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+---
+title: Lawmaking Rules
+layout: home
+parent: Advanced Eurocracy
+nav_order: 1
+---
+# Lawmaking Rules
+## Necessity
+## Proportionality
+## Subsidiarity
diff --git a/pages/advanced_eurocracy/regulation_vs_directive.markdown b/pages/advanced_eurocracy/regulation_vs_directive.markdown
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+---
+title: Regulations vs Directives
+layout: home
+parent: Advanced Eurocracy
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
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+---
+title: Strengthening your Arguments
+layout: home
+parent: Advanced Eurocracy
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
diff --git a/pages/getting_started/legislative_procedure.markdown b/pages/getting_started/legislative_procedure.markdown
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-# Legislative Procedure
-{% include legislative_procedure.html %}
+# Ordinary Legislative Procedure
+_Ordinary Legislative Procedure_ is the main way the EU makes laws. In this system:
+1. the European Commission prepares a proposal, and sends it to the European Parliament and the Council.
+2. Inside the Parliament, MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) debate and negotiate to agree on a list of changes to the law (amendments) that they want to make. Once they are done, Parliament votes on a "Report": a document containing all the changes that Parliament wants to make.
+3. Inside the council, a similar process takes place simultaneously.
+4. Once both the Parliament and council have a position, they negotiate with eachother in _Trilogues_ to find a compromise. If they can agree, then the proposal becomes law.
+
+Below you will find a flowchart illustrating the process, followed by explanations about each stage, and links to pages where you can find tips about how you can influence each stage.
+
+{% include legislative_procedure.html %}
+
+## Agenda Forming
+The first step in the process is for the [European Commission](https://unfsckthe.eu/pages/getting_started/institutions.html#the-european-commission) to decide to make a law about something.
+
+> You can learn about how to convince the EU to propose a new law on [this page](https://unfsckthe.eu/pages/lobbying/propose.html).
+
+The Commission can decide to make a law at its own initiative or for one or more of three reasons:
+
+**Parliament asked them to**
+While the European Parliament cannot propose laws itself, it can ask the Commission to propose a law to address an issue. The Commission must respond, either with a proposal for a law or an explanation of why they do not want to take action.
+
+**Citizens asked them to**
+Citizens can directly make a call for action using the [European Citizens Initiative](https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en). To do so, they must collect 1 million signatures of EU citizens. The Commission must respond, either with a proposal for a law or an explanation of why they do not want to take action.
+
+**EU Member States ask them to**
+The [Council of the European Union](https://unfsckthe.eu/pages/getting_started/institutions.html#the-council-of-the-european-union) (Representatives from EU countries' governments), can ask the Commission to act through _Council Resolutions_. Exceptionally, the European Council (a meeting of the leaders of each EU country) can ask the Commission to take action. The Commission must respond, either with a proposal for a law or an explanation of why they do not want to take action.
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+---
+title: Influencing Drafting
+layout: home
+parent: Lobbying the EU
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
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+title: Influencing the Council
+layout: home
+parent: Lobbying the EU
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
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+---
+title: Influencing Parliament
+layout: home
+parent: Lobbying the EU
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
diff --git a/pages/lobbying/last_minute.markdown b/pages/lobbying/last_minute.markdown
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+---
+title: Fighting for last minute changes
+layout: home
+parent: Lobbying the EU
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc
diff --git a/pages/lobbying/propose.markdown b/pages/lobbying/propose.markdown
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+---
+title: Proposing a law
+layout: home
+parent: Lobbying the EU
+nav_order: 1
+---
+tbc