translation: On 12 March 2013 the Commission issued a Recommendation on enhancing the democratic and efficient conduct of the European Parliament elections, against the background of the Lisbon Treaty, which strengthened the Parliament's role in relation to the Commission.
translation: Fit-12 ta' Marzu 2013 fl-isfond tat-Trattat ta' Lisbona, il-Kummissjoni ħarġet Rakkomandazzjoni dwar it-tisħiħ tal-kondotta demokratika u effiċjenti tal-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew, li saħħet ir-rwol tal-Parlament fir-rigward tal-Kummissjoni.