Open AccessObywatele Unii Europejskiej – wyborcy Parlamentu Europejskiego – parlamentu ponadnarodowego
Author(s) -
Stefan Marek Grochalski
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
opolskie studia administracyjno-prawne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-1922
pISSN - 1731-8297
DOI - 10.25167/osap.1480
Subject(s) - parliament , european union , political science , european union law , context (archaeology) , european integration , law , entitlement (fair division) , single euro payments area , public administration , politics , economics , economic policy , geography , archaeology , mathematical economics
Parliament – an institution of a democratic state – a member of the Union – is not only an authority but also, as in the case of the European Union, the only directly and universally elected representative body of the European Union. The article presents questions related to the essence of parliament and that of a supranational parliament which are vital while dealing with the subject matter. It proves that the growth of the European Parliament’s powers was the direct reason for departing from the system of delegating representatives to the Parliament for the benefit of direct elections. It presents direct and universal elections to the European Parliament in the context of presenting legal regulations applicable in this respect. It describes a new legal category – citizenship of the European Union – primarily in terms of active and passive suffrage to the European Parliament, as a political entitlement of a citizen of the European Union.