European Parliament's legislative initiative

The Commission proposes, Parliament and Council decide … has been the traditional approach to law-making in the European Union, until now … But the increasing need to put the citizens' voice at the heart of EU law-making, giving the European Parliament greater power to propose laws, is challenging this assumption and could open the door to a more democratic Union.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2020)646174

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