Unionsparlamentet

The Union Parliament is the supreme legislature of The Baltic Union, located in Stockholm. The Union Parliament has 379 members, and is elected every four years based on proportional basis. The assembly is led by a presidium of a president and five vice presidents. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees, as well as four procedural committees. Almost all public agencies of The Baltic Union are subordinate to the government, but three ombudsmen, the Parliamentary Intelligence Committee and the Office of the Auditor General are directly subordinate to parliament.

Parliament was established by the 2001 Act fo Union.

Procedure
The legislative procedure goes through five stages. First a bill is introduced to parliament either by a member of government or, in the case of a private member's bill, by any individual representative. Parliament will refer the bill to the relevant standing committee, where it will be subject for detailed consideration in the committee stage. The first reading takes place when parliament debates the recommendation from the committee, and will make a vote. If the bill is dismissed, the procedure ends. The second reading takes place at least three days after the first reading, in which parliament debates the bill again. A new vote is taken, and if successful, the bill is submitted to the King. If parliament comes to a different conclusion in the second reading, a third reading will be held at least three days later, repeating the debate and vote, and may adopt the amendments from the second reading or finally dismiss the bill. Once the bill has reached the King, the bill must be signed by the King and countersigned by the Prime Minister. It then becomes Union Law from the date stated in the act or decided by the government.