Correspondents. Features of IPEX IPEX features a database of national parliamentary scrutiny information, forums, and a news section. It is publicly accessible. The website aims to provide the following: Overview of the state of affairs in the debate within the national parliaments and the European Parliament with regard to proposals for European legislation coming from the European institutions, especially from the European Commission Exchange of information on legislative proposals between the national parliaments and the European Parliament, with special regard to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality Exchange of information about consultation documents coming from the European Commission as a part of the “Informal Political Dialogue” (formerly known as the “Barroso Initiative”) Calendar of interparliamentary cooperation Links to national Parliaments and to the European Parliament as well as to other websites of interparliamentary cooperation in the framework of the EU, offering, for example, information about institutional procedures in EU affairs IPEX also hosts the EU Speakers Conference website. External links Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union COSAC - official homepage European Commission: Relations with the European Parliament, the European Ombudsman, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the National Parliaments, retrieved 21 May 2012 European Parliament: Relations with National Parliaments, retrieved 21 May 2012 The European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation ECPRD - official homepage References Politics of the European Union European political websites Internet properties established in 2006