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The parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament (MPs). It is a unicameral legislature of 300 members, elected for a four-year term.
The Assembly opted for a single-chamber (unicameral) Parliament for a four-year term, and hence abolished the Senate. The new Constitution would also allow Parliament to establish "fact-finding, investigation committees".
The institutional role of the Parliament in shaping Greek foreign policy is acknowledged in a series of Constitutional articles and clauses as well as in its Standing Orders. Hellenic Parliament steadily promotes stronger links with other EU national parliaments and the European Parliament (EP).
Parliamentary systems fall into two categories: bicameral and unicameral. Out of 190 national parliaments in the world, 78 are bicameral (156 chambers) and 112 are unicameral, making a total of 268 chambers of parliament with some 44,000 members of parliament.
The Greek legislature, known as the Hellenic Parliament, is a unicameral body consisting of 300 members elected for a four-year term. It is responsible for passing laws, approving the budget, and scrutinizing the executive government.
The 300 members of the unicameral Hellenic Parliament are elected to serve four-year terms through a mixture of 8 single-member constituencies, 48 multi-member constituencies, and a national constituency with 12 seats.
Greece is a parliamentary republic under the 1975 Constitution. The Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) is unicameral and consists of 300 members. The Head of State is the President of the Republic and the Government is led by a Prime Minister.
