The Parliament of Greece

Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

 naturally assumes legislative responsibilities within the framework of the state, a key part of this parliamentary process (in any liberal democracy

Liberal democracy

Liberal democracy, also known as constitutional democracy, is a common form of representative democracy. According to the principles of liberal democracy, elections should be free and fair, and the political process should be competitive...

) is the establishment and running of Parliamentary committees on all manner of state decisions. There are several different types of Parliamentary committee within the Greek system.

Standing committees

Standing committees are the main committees associated with the Greek Parliament. They are instituted and composed at the onset of every Regular Session with the directive of the Speaker of the Parliament, in order to process and examine bill or law proposals. Following the revision of the Constitution

Constitution of Greece

The Constitution of Greece , was created by the Fifth Revisional Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975. It has been revised three times since, most significantly in 1986, and also in 2001 and in 2008. The Constitutional history of Greece goes back to the Greek War of...

 and the amendment of the Standing Orders, they are free to exercise both legislative work and parliamentary control. There are 6 standing committees:

• Standing Committee on Cultural and Educational Affairs.
• Standing Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs.
• Standing Committee on Economic Affairs.
• Standing Committee on Social Affairs.
• Standing Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice.
• Standing Committee on Production and Trade.

Special committees

These are instituted by the Speaker of the Parliament

Presidium (Greece)

The Presidium of Parliament is the group of individuals elected by the Hellenic Parliament to deal with the business of organizing and running the Parliament...

following a Government proposal for a new bill or law to be passed. They scrutinize and analyse the bill and when they have made a final decision in regards to it their term expires.

Special permanent committees

These are special committees which are instituted at the onset of each new Parliamentary session. Unlike special committees set up to scrutinize a specific law, they do not have a fixed term of existence and are permanent. There are 4 special permanent committees.

• Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad.
• Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency.
• Special Permanent Committee on Technology Assessment.
• Special Permanent Committee on Equality and Human Rights.

Internal Parliamentary committees

They are instituted at the onset of every Regular Session and deal with standing internal issues of the workings of the Parliament and scrutinize the running of parliament. There are 4 Internal Parliamentary committees.

• Standing Orders of the Parliament.
• Committee on Parliaments Finances.
• Committee on the Parliaments Library.
• Committees on Parliaments International Affairs.

Investigative committees

Investigation committees are instituted for the assessment of general interest special issues (i.e. investigations into things such as major corruption issues that require the attention of Parliament), following the proposal of one fifth of the total number of Parliamentarians (60 Parliamentarians) and the vote of the Plenary Session.