UK ELECTION

1. Explain the role of the European Parliament and mention some important areas they work with
   
   The role of the European Parliament is that it is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union. It exercises the legislative function of the EU together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. 
   The European Parliament is elected every 5 years. According to their webpage, they have three main roles;
   
   -debating and passing European laws, with the Council
   -scrutinising other EU institutions, particularly the Commission, to make sure they are working democratically
   -Debating and adopting the EU's budget, with the Council ^
   
   Some important areas they are working with is finance, environment, health, consumer protection, free movement of people, services, commerce and so on.
2. Explain the voting system how many representatives do each country have?
   All the MPs elected is elected under some form of proportional representation. Proportional representation means that political parties put forward names of candidates in rank order, the number of candidates being no more than the number of seats allowed for each region. 
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5. From the UK election, Why is UKIP so popular in the European Parliament and what is the significance?
6. Watch the debate and look at the numbers below and write your article using the debate as your source.