Emil StoyanovMember of the European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament are elected to deal with European issues. They represent their nation state. But the MEPs main task is to vote on and create European Legislation (Directives and Regulations), which is binding across the whole of the European Union. MEPs represent the citizens' voice in Europe and work to ensure that their national state has a full benefit of its EU membership.

Normally the MEPs divide their time between their work in the European Parliament both in Brussels and Strasbourg and their national states. In Brussels the MEPs stay for three out of four weeks in the month. There they join the meetings of the committees and delegations, in which they are members and attend political group meetings. One week is usually spent in Strasbourg, where in the so called "plenary sessions" they vote on EU legislation. Work in the national state is usually done from Friday throughout the weekend.