Features of IPEX
IPEX features a database of national parliamentary scrutiny information, forums, and a news section. It is publicly accessible.
The website aims to provide the following:
- Overview of the state of affairs in the debate within the national parliaments and the European Parliament with regard to proposals for European legislation coming from the European institutions, especially from the European Commission
- Exchange of information on legislative proposals between the national parliaments and the European Parliament, with special regard to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
- Exchange of information about consultation documents coming from the European Commission as a part of the “Informal Political Dialogue” (formerly known as the “Barroso Initiative”)
- Calendar of interparliamentary cooperation
- Links to national Parliaments and to the European Parliament as well as to other websites of interparliamentary cooperation in the framework of the EU, offering, for example, information about institutional procedures in EU affairs
IPEX also hosts the EU Speakers Conference website.
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