There are still some gaps in what one might expect of a fully fledged parliament . There is still a category of special legislative procedures where the Council alone can adopt legislation . The dismissal by Parliament of the Commission in a vote of no confidence requires a two-thirds majority . Like the Council , Parliament can request the Commission to draft a proposal , but it itself has only a limited right to initiate legislative proposals . However , the latter is a traditional parliamentary power that most national parliaments rarely use , as legislative proposals in the modern era almost invariably come from the executive .
Let us now look at how these changes came about .
Enlarged Bureau meeting in Luxembourg , press conference - December 1985 . Seated from left to right : Simone Veil , Nicolas Estgen , Giovanni Cervetti , Mario Didò , Pieter Dankert , Pierre Pflimlin , Maria Luisa Cassamagnago Cerretti , Giovanni Giavazzi , Hans Nord , Altiero Spinelli . | © Communautés Européennes - Source : PE
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