Understand the different parts of EU legislative acts and the principles that guide their drafting and amending.

The European Citizens Initiative (ECI) allows one million citizens residing in one quarter of the Member States to invite the Commission to submit a legislative proposal.

Register of written and oral questions adressed by MEPs, political groups and committees to the President of the European Council, the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Work programmes of the Commission from 2007 to 2022. The annexes list the new initiatives for each political priority as well as revisions, evaluations, fitness checks of existing regulations, pending proposals that will be prioritised or withdrawn, and existing legislation which the Commission proposes to repeal.

Presentation of Commissioners and their teams. Additional information: portfolio, allocation of services, mission letter, EP confirmation hearing, calendar, meetings with stakeholders, declaration of interests.

Identify the leadership and staff of the Renew Europe group of the European Parliament (e.g. coordinators and advisors in each EP committee). Identify decision-makers in the Commission and Council affiliated to Renew Europe. Identify national political parties affiliated to Renew Europe. Follow the news from the Renew Europe group.

Understand the decision-making process for secondary legislation.

Overall policy framework of the European Council for the 2019-2024 institutional cycle. It focuses on four main priorities: protecting citizens and freedoms; developing a strong and vibrant economic base; building a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe; promoting European interests and values on the global stage.

Register of EU law, EU case law and parliamentary questions. Includes a feature to search by EU lawmaking procedures. Also includes a register of national law and case law of Member states.

Find opinions from regional parliaments on proposed EU legislation, in particular with regards to the respect of the principle of subsidiarity. See also IPEX, for information on the scrutiny of legislative proposals by national parliaments, and the Subsidiarity control mechanism.

Identify working parties and committees preparing decisions of Ministers, find information on their mandate, access the webpage of each preparatory body to track meetings and access documents.

Find opinions from national parliaments on proposed EU legislation, in particular with regards to the respect of the principle of subsidiarity. Also provides a calendar of interparliamentary conferences and meetings. See also the 'Subsidiarity control mechanism' tool in the Commission toolbox. See also REGPEX for information on the scrutiny of legislative proposals by the Committee of Regions.

Map stakeholders and interest groups, the human and financial resources they allocate to influencing the EU institutions, who they are meeting and their responses to Commission public consultations. See also LobbyFacts.eu and EU Integrity Watch.

Committee meeting agendas and documents.

The Commission's Better Regulation agenda is meant to ensure EU law-making is evidence-based, transparent and based on the views of stakeholders. The toolbox contains detailed advice for each step in the policy cycle based on the Better Regulation guidelines.

Access the websites of the EU's decentralised Agencies, European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and Joint Undertakings (JUs) that comprise the EU Agencies Network (EUAN). Agencies implement EU policies in various policy areas, ESAs supervise the financial sector, JUs are public-private research partnerships.

Corporate Europe Observatory table of unofficial industry-led cross-party groups. See also Intergroups.

Understand the powers and access the case law of the judicial authority of the EU which comprises two courts: the Court of Justice and the General Court. These courts review the legality of the acts of the institutions of the European Union, ensure that the Member States comply with obligations under the Treaties, and interpret European Union law at the request of the national courts and tribunals.

National parliaments have a role in EU decision-making through the subsidiarity control mechanism. Access reasoned opinions of national parliaments on Commission proposals and Commission replies. See also IPEX and REGPEX.

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. The EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. It works under the political guidance of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP).