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| 9th European Parliament | |
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| 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
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| President (1st Half) |  David Sassoli (S&D) Roberta Metsola (EPP)(acting) |
| President (2nd Half) | Roberta Metsola (EPP) |
| Vice-Presidents | First Vice-President: 1st Half:
2nd Half:
Other Vice-Presidents: |
| Commission | Juncker (until 30 November 2019) von der Leyen I (from 1 December 2019) |
| Political groups | |
| MEPs | 705 |
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| Elections | May 2019 (Union) |
| Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1] | |
| Website | Official website |
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Theninth European Parliament was elected during the2019 elections and sat until thetenth European Parliament was sworn in on 16 July 2024.
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The President of the European Parliament is chosen through the votes of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and serves a term lasting 2.5 years, with the option for re-election. The responsibilities of the president encompass a diverse array of functions, including presiding over debates and representing the European Parliament in its interactions with otherinstitutions within the European Union.[12]
Fourteen Vice Presidents are elected through a single ballot process, requiring an absolute majority of cast votes for their selection. In situations where the number of successful candidates falls below 14, a second round of voting is conducted to allocate the remaining positions following identical conditions. Should a third round of voting become necessary, a simple majority suffices to occupy the remaining seats. The precedence of Vice Presidents is established by the order in which they are elected, and in cases of a tie, seniority is determined by age. During each round of voting, MEPs have the capacity to cast votes for as many candidates as there are available seats for that particular round. However, they are obligated to vote for more than half of the total positions to be filled.[13]
President:David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:
President:Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents
The five Quaestors were chosen by acclamation.
| Candidate | Group | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Sander |  FRA | EPP | 407 | |
| Monika Beňová |  SVK | S&D | 391 | |
| David Casa | MLT | EPP | 391 | |
| Gilles Boyer | FRA | RE | 317 | |
| Karol Karski |  POL | ECR | 261 | |
| Source:European Parliament News | ||||
Four Quaestors were elected on the first round of voting, with the fifth being elected on the second round of voting.
| Candidate | Group | Remote Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | |||||
| Anne Sander | FRA | EPP | 622 | |||
| Christophe Hansen |  LUX | EPP | 576 | |||
| Monika Beňová | SVK | S&D | 487 | |||
| Fabienne Keller | FRA | RE | 479 | |||
| Marcel Kolaja |  CZE | G/EFA | 277 | 344 | ||
| Karol Karski | POL | ECR | 321 | 324 | ||
| Votes cast | 676 | 668 | ||||
| Votes needed for election | 339 | 335 | ||||
| Blank or void | 12 | n/a | ||||
| Voted | 688 | n/a | ||||
| Source:European Parliament News | ||||||
There were 7political groups in the parliament, one fewer than the previous parliament. Each MEP could belong to only one group. Political groups could be founded by at least 25 MEPs which came from at least one quarter of all EU member states (namely seven).[2]
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MEPs that previously served as president or Prime Minister:
Andrus Ansip of Estonia:Prime Minister (2005–2014)
Traian Băsescu of Romania:President (2004–2014)Marek Belka of Poland:Prime Minister (2004–2005)Silvio Berlusconi of Italy:Prime Minister (1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011)Jerzy Buzek of Poland:Prime Minister (1997–2001)Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland:Prime Minister (1996–1997)Dacian Cioloș of Romania:Prime Minister (2015–2017)Ewa Kopacz of Poland:Prime Minister (2014–2015)
Andrius Kubilius of Lithuania:Prime Minister (1999–2000, 2008–2012)Leszek Miller of Poland:Prime Minister (2001–2004)Alfred Sant of Malta:Prime Minister (1996–1998)
Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria:Prime Minister (2005–2009)Beata Szydło of Poland:Prime Minister (2015–2017)Mihai Tudose of Romania:Prime Minister (2017–2018)
Guy Verhofstadt of Belgium:Prime Minister (1999–2008)MEPs that previously served as European Commissioner:
Andrus Ansip of Estonia: Vice President,Digital Single Market (2014–2019)Dacian Cioloș of Romania:Agriculture and Rural Development (2010–2014)Corina Crețu of Romania:Regional Policy (2014–2019)Danuta Hübner of Poland:Trade (2004),Regional Policy (2004–2009)
Sandra Kalniete of Latvia:Agriculture andFisheries (2004)Janusz Lewandowski of Poland:Financial Programming and the Budget (2010–2014)Antonio Tajani of Italy:Transport (2008–2010),Industry and Entrepreneurship (2010–2014)MEPs that previously served as presiding officer of a national parliament:
Vasile Blaga of Romania:President of the Senate (2011–2012)
Milan Brglez of Slovenia: Speaker of theNational Assembly (2014–2018)Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland:Marshal of the Sejm (2005)
Eero Heinäluoma of Finland:Speaker of Parliament (2011–2015)
Vangelis Meimarakis of Greece:Speaker of Parliament (2012–2015)Radosław Sikorski of Poland:Marshal of the Sejm (2014–2015)MEPs that previously served as President of the European Parliament:
Jerzy Buzek of Poland: President (2009–2012)Antonio Tajani of Italy: President (2017–2019)MEPs that previously served as foreign minister:
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2005)Anna Fotyga of Poland:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007)
José Manuel García-Margallo of Spain:Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2011–2016)Marina Kaljurand of Estonia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2016)Sandra Kalniete of Latvia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002–2004)Sven Mikser of Estonia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2016–2019)Urmas Paet of Estonia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2014)
Tonino Picula of Croatia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003)Radosław Sikorski of Poland:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2014)Witold Waszczykowski of Poland:Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2018)When the United Kingdom left the EU, 27 seats were reallocated to the other member states and the other 46 seats were abolished, for a total of 705 MEPs.[26]
| Member state | Seats Pre Brexit (2019–2020) | Seats Post Brexit (2020–2024) | Post Brexit change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 18 | 19 |  1 | |
| Belgium | 21 | 21 |  0 | |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| Croatia | 11 | 12 | 1 | |
 Cyprus | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Czech Republic | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
 Denmark | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| Finland | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
| France | 74 | 79 | 5 | |
 Germany | 96 | 96 | 0 | |
| Greece | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
 Hungary | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
 Ireland | 11 | 13 | 2 | |
| Italy | 73 | 76 | 3 | |
| Latvia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Malta | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
 Netherlands | 26 | 29 | 3 | |
| Poland | 51 | 52 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
| Romania | 32 | 33 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Spain | 54 | 59 | 5 | |
 Sweden | 20 | 21 | 1 | |
 United Kingdom | 73 | 0 |  73 | |
| Total | 751 | 705 | 46 | |
| [27][28][29] | ||||
| Member state | Political groups | MEPs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP (EPP) | S&D (PES) | RE (ALDE,EDP) | ECR (ECR,ECPM) | GUE/NGL (EL,NGLA,EACL) | G/EFA (EGP,EFA) | ID (ID) | NI | ||
| Austria | +1 (Grüne) | +1 | |||||||
| Croatia | +1 (SDP) | +1 | |||||||
| Denmark | +1 (V) | +1 | |||||||
| France | +1 (PS) | +1 (LREM) +1 (PD) | +1 | +1 (RN) | +5 | ||||
| Estonia | +1 (PP) | +1 | |||||||
| Finland | +1 (VIHR) | +1 | |||||||
| Ireland | +1 (FG) | +1 (FF) | +2 | ||||||
| Italy | +1 (FI) | +1 (FdI) | +1 (LN) | +3 | |||||
| Netherlands | +1(VVD) | +1 (FvD) | +1 (PVV) | +3 | |||||
| Poland | +1 (PiS) | +1 | |||||||
| Romania | +1 (PSD) | +1 | |||||||
| Slovakia | +1 (KDH) | +1 | |||||||
| Spain | +1 (PP) | +1 (PSOE) | +1 (C's) | +1 (VOX) | +1 (JxCat) | +5 | |||
| Sweden | +1 (MP) | +1 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | -10 (Lab) | -16 (LibDem) -1 (Alliance Party) | -4 (Con) | -1 (SF) | -7 (Green) -3 (SNP) -1 (PC) | -1 (DUP) -29 (Brexit Party) | -73 | ||
| Total | +5 | -6 | -11 | 0 | -1 | -7 | +3 | -29 | MEPs |
| EPP | S&D | RE | ECR | GUE/NGL | G/EFA | ID | NI | ||
| Group | Name | State | MEP until | Reason | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&D | André Bradford | POR | 18 July 2019 | Death | [24] | |
| S&D | Roberto Gualtieri | ITA | 5 September 2019 | Named Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy | [25] | |
| EPP | Adina-Ioana Vălean | ROM | 1 December 2019 | Approved as European Commissioner for Transport | ||
| EPP | Dubravka Šuica | CRO | 1 December 2019 | Approved asEuropean Commission VP for Democracy and Demography | ||
| S&D | Nicolas Schmit | LUX | 1 December 2019 | Approved as European Commissionioner for Jobs and Social Rights | ||
| EPP | Mairead McGuinness | IRE | 12 October 2020 | Approved as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union | ||
| S&D | David Sassoli | ITA | 11 January 2022 | Death | ||
| EPP | Silvio Berlusconi | ITA | 12 October 2022 | To take up seat in theItalian Senate | ||
| Group | Name | State | Reason | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&D | Frans Timmermans | NED | Remained European Commissioner for the Netherlands | [30] | |
| EPP | Mariya Gabriel | BUL | Remained European Commissioner for Bulgaria | [31] | |
| EPP | Valdis Dombrovskis | LAT | Remained European Commissioner for Latvia | [32] | |
MEPs are divided up among 20 standing committees. Each MEP is usually member of one committee and a substitute member of another. Committees discuss legislative proposals from the commission before the European Parliament decides on them in plenary session. The European Parliament has an equal role to the Council of the EU in theordinary legislative procedure, which is usually used in decision-making process at the EU level.[33]
Each committee elects its chair and vice chairs to lead the work of the committee. Committee chairs are members of the Conference of Committee Chairs, which coordinates the work of all the committees.[33]
| Body | Members | President | Members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference of Presidents | BCPR | 11 | S&D | David Sassoli(ex-officio) 1st Half | ITA | President of the European Parliament Presidents of political groups One NI MEP, invited by the President(no voting right) | |
| EPP | Roberta Metsola(ex-officio) 2nd Half | MLT | |||||
| The Bureau | BURO | 20 | S&D | David Sassoli(ex-officio) 1st Half | ITA | President of the European Parliament Vice Presidents of the European Parliament Quaestors(in advisory capacity) | |
| EPP | Roberta Metsola(ex-officio) 2nd Half | MLT | |||||
| College of Quaestors | QUE | 5 | / | Quaestors | |||
| Conference of Committee Chairs | CCC | 22 | EPP | Antonio Tajani | ITA | Chairs of all standing and temporary committees | |
| Conference of Delegation Chairs | CDC | 45 | S&D | Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero | ESP | Chairs of all standing interparliamentary delegations | |
| Sources:[37][38] | |||||||
| Executive | ||||||||
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| President of the European Council | President of the European Commission | High Representative | ||||||
| Charles Michel (ALDE) of Belgiumfrom 1 December 2019 | Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) of Germanyfrom 1 December 2019 | Josep Borrell (PES) of Spainfrom 1 December 2019 | ||||||
| Parliament term: 2 July 2019 - TBA | ||||
| European Council | ||||
| PresidentDonald Tusk (EPP),until 31 November 2019 | ||||
| PresidentCharles Michel (ALDE), from 1 December 2019 | ||||
| European Commission | ||||
| Juncker Commission,until 30 November 2019 | ||||
| PresidentJean-Claude Juncker (EPP),until 30 November 2019 | ||||
| High RepresentativeFederica Mogherini (PES),until 30 November 2019 | ||||
| Von der Leyen Commission, taking office on 1 December 2019 | ||||
| PresidentUrsula von der Leyen (EPP), from 1 December 2019 | ||||
| High RepresentativeJosep Borrell (PES), from 1 December 2019 | ||||
On 2 July 2019 European Council finished a three-day-long summit with a decision to propose the following for approval by the Parliament:[39]
Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) for PresidentJosep Borrell (PES) for High RepresentativeEuropean Parliament confirmed Ursula von Der Leyen as President of the European Commission on 16 July 2019.
On the same summitCharles Michel(ALDE), incumbent Prime Minister of Belgium was elected a new President of the European Council and President ofEuro Summit for a 2.5 years term.
Secret paper ballot took place on 16 July 2019.
| Candidate | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Blank | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP | Ursula von der Leyen | GER | 733 | 374 | 383 | 327 | 22 | [6] | |
Following the election of the new President of the commission, President-elect called upon member states to propose candidates for European Commissioners. The President-elect, in agreement with theEuropean Council, assigned to each proposed candidate a portfolio, and the Council sent the list of candidates to the European Parliament. Candidates were then questioned about their knowledge of the assigned portfolio and confirmed by European Parliament Committees. When all of the candidates were confirmed by the respective committee, European Parliament took a vote of confirmation of the new European Commission in the plenary session. European Commission was then officially appointed by the European Council usingqualified majority.[40] Commissioners took the oath of office before the Court of Justice of the EU before officially taking office.
| Coalition | Commission | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Abstain | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP | Von der Leyen Commission | 707 | 374[citation needed] | 461 | 157 | 89 | [41] | |
| S&D | ||||||||
| RE | ||||||||
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| Presidency of the Council of the EU | ||||||||
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| Belgium 1 January 2024 - 30 June 2024 | ||||||||
TheCouncil of the European Union (Council) is one of three EU institutions involved in the EU lawmaking process. It is thede facto upper house of the EU legislature, the European Parliament being the lower house, with an equal role in the ordinary legislative procedure. The Council consists of ministerial representatives from member states' national governments. Votes are decided byqualified majority (55% of member states and 65% of EU population).
Every six months, a new EU member state takes over the presidency of the council. As presiding country, it organises Council meetings (with the help of Secretariat General) and decides on their agendas. These agendas are prepared in cooperation with other two member states that are part of each trio, which form common policy agendas over their 18-month period.
European Parliament has role in the appointment of:[42]
| Position | Candidate | EP Role | Appointer | Hearing | European Parliament vote | Source | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Country | Date | Committee | In favor | Against | Abstain | Date | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Abstain | |||||
| President of the European Central Bank | EPP | Christine Lagarde | FRA | Consultation | European Council | 4 September 2019 | ECON | 37 | 11 | 4 | 17 September 2019 | 649 | 325 | 349 | 206 | 49 | [43][44] | |
| Vice Chair of the supervisory board of theEuropean Central Bank | Ind | Yves Mersch | LUX | Consultation | Governing Council of the European Central Bank | 4 September 2019 | ECON | 35 | 14 | 4 | 17 September 2019 | 678 | 340 | 379 | 230 | 69 | ||
| Chief European Public Prosecutor | Ind | Laura Codruța Kövesi | ROM | Appointment | European Parliament Council of the EU | Confirmed by the BCPR, no EP vote. | [45] | |||||||||||
There were 266 women MEPs, 37.7% of the whole Parliament.Kira Peter-Hansen of Denmark was the youngest MEP at 21, whileSilvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy), was the oldest at the age of 82. The average age of all MEPs was 50.[46]
387 of the MEPs were newly elected and weren't members of European Parliament before. 295 MEPs were also members of the previous Parliament. 16 of the MEPs held position before, but not between 2014 and 2019.[46]
| Women MEPs | New MEPs | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest | Average | Oldest | ||
266 / 705 | 387 / 705 | 21 | 50 | 82 |
Most bureau positions is held by Germany, while on the other side Slovenia is the only member state that has no bureau positions. With 5, Germany has most Committee Chairmen, followed by France with 4.
Finland (with 7 women out of 13 MEPs) and Sweden (with 11 out of 20) are the only member states with more women MEPS than men. Austria, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia have a gender parity. Cyprus is the only member state without any women.
Slovakia has the highest percent of newly elected MEPs at 85%, while Malta only has 33% of newly elected MEPs.[46]
With 60 years of age Lithuania has the oldest national delegation, while Malta has the youngest at 44. Sweden has the youngest "oldest" MEP at the age of 58 and Lithuania has the oldest "youngest" MEP at the age of 54.[46]
| Member state | Positions | Women MEPs | New MEPs | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP Bureau | Committees' bureaus | Groups' bureaus | Youngest | Average | Oldest | |||
| Austria | 1 / 20 | 3 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 9 / 18 | 12 / 18 | 27 | 47 | 61 |
| Belgium | 0 / 20 | 4 / 110 | 3 / 55 | 7 / 21 | 11 / 21 | 34 | 52 | 68 |
| Bulgaria | 0 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 2 / 55 | 5 / 17 | 8 / 17 | 30 | 45 | 67 |
| Croatia | 0 / 20 | 0 / 110 | 2 / 55 | 4 / 11 | 6 / 11 | 28 | 47 | 62 |
| Cyprus | 0 / 20 | 0 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 0 / 6 | 3 / 6 | 49 | 55 | 59 |
| Czech Republic | 2 / 20 | 4 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 7 / 21 | 11 / 21 | 26 | 46 | 66 |
| Denmark | 0 / 20 | 2 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 6 / 14 | 8 / 14 | 21 | 46 | 74 |
| Estonia | 0 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 6 | 28 | 48 | 62 |
| Finland | 1 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 8 / 13 | 6 / 13 | 40 | 55 | 73 |
| France | 2 / 20 | 10 / 110 | 6 / 55 | 37 / 74 | 51 / 74 | 23 | 50 | 72 |
| Germany | 3 / 20 | 17 / 110 | 6 / 55 | 35 / 96 | 50 / 96 | 26 | 49 | 78 |
| Greece | 1 / 20 | 3 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 5 / 21 | 11 / 21 | 33 | 52 | 67 |
| Hungary | 2 / 20 | 3 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 8 / 21 | 8 / 21 | 30 | 46 | 66 |
| Ireland | 1 / 20 | 0 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 6 / 11 | 7 / 11 | 32 | 54 | 68 |
| Italy | 2 / 20 | 8 / 110 | 3 / 55 | 30 / 73 | 41 / 73 | 30 | 49 | 82 |
| Latvia | 0 / 20 | 2 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 43 | 57 | 69 |
| Lithuania | 0 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 3 / 11 | 6 / 11 | 54 | 60 | 65 |
| Luxembourg | 0 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 3 / 6 | 3 / 6 | 35 | 52 | 67 |
| Malta | 1 / 20 | 0 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 2 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 29 | 44 | 71 |
| Netherlands | 0 / 20 | 4 / 110 | 5 / 55 | 13 / 26 | 12 / 26 | 29 | 46 | 66 |
| Poland | 2 / 20 | 7 / 110 | 2 / 55 | 18 / 51 | 31 / 51 | 34 | 56 | 79 |
| Portugal | 1 / 20 | 5 / 110 | 1 / 55 | 10 / 21 | 12 / 21 | 27 | 49 | 66 |
| Romania | 0 / 20 | 7 / 110 | 3 / 55 | 7 / 32 | 22 / 32 | 33 | 49 | 67 |
| Slovakia | 1 / 20 | 1 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 2 / 13 | 11 / 13 | 34 | 49 | 65 |
| Slovenia | 0 / 20 | 0 / 110 | 0 / 55 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 30 | 50 | 59 |
| Spain | 0 / 20 | 11 / 110 | 6 / 55 | 26 / 54 | 32 / 54 | 25 | 20 | 74 |
| Sweden | 0 / 20 | 2 / 110 | 3 / 55 | 11 / 20 | 16 / 20 | 32 | 45 | 58 |
| Source:[46] | ||||||||
Delegations are established to maintain and develop relations with entities the European Parliament has an interest to cooperate with. Among these are countries that EU has close (especially trade) relations or countries applying expected to join the EU. The EP also cooperates with the parliamentary bodies of other international organisations, such as NATO.[47] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair.[47] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations andad hoc delegations.[47]
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation for relations with theNATO Parliamentary Assembly | DNAT | EPP | Tom Vandenkendelaere | BEL | ||
| Delegation to theAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific Group-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | DACP | S&D | Carlos Zorrinho | POR | ||
| Delegation to theEuro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | DLAT | S&D | Javi López | ESP | ||
| Delegation to theEuronest Parliamentary Assembly | DEPA | EPP | Andrius Kubilius | LIT | ||
| Delegation to theEuro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | DMED | S&D | David Sassoli | ITA | ||
| Source:[48] | ||||||
JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and thethird country.[49]
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations withSwitzerland andNorway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and theEuropean Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | DEEA | EPP | Andreas Schwab | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations withBosnia and Herzegovina andKosovo | DSEE | G/EFA | Romeo Franz | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations with theMaghreb countries and theArab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees | DMAG | S&D | Andrea Cozzolino | ITA | ||
| Delegation to theCARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee | DCAR | RE | Stéphane Bijoux | FRA | ||
| Delegation to the EU-AlbaniaStabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-AL | EPP | Manolis Kefalogiannis | GRE | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-CL | S&D | Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero | ESP | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MX | S&D | Massimiliano Smeriglio | ITA | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee | D-MD | EPP | Siegfried Mureșan | ROM | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-ME | EPP | Vladimír Bilčík | SVK | ||
| Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MK | S&D | Andreas Schieder | AUT | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-RS | S&D | Tanja Fajon | SLO | ||
| Delegation to theEU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-TR | G/EFA | Sergey Lagodinsky | GER | ||
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly | D-UK | RE | Nathalie Loiseau | FRA | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee | D-UA | ECR | Witold Waszczykowski | POL | ||
| Source:[50] | ||||||
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee | DSCA | S&D | Marina Kaljurand | EST | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations withTurkmenistan andMongolia | DCAS | EPP | Fulvio Martusciello | ITA | ||
| Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | D-RU | ECR | Ryszard Czarnecki | POL | ||
| Source:[51] | ||||||
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation for relations withAfghanistan | D-AF | RE | Petras Auštrevičius | LIT | ||
| Delegation for relations withAustralia andNew Zealand | DANZ | RE | Ulrike Müller | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations withBelarus | D-BY | S&D | Robert Biedroń | POL | ||
| Delegation for relations withBrazil | D-BR | EPP | José Manuel Fernandes | POR | ||
| Delegation for relations withCanada | D-CA | RE | Stéphanie Yon-Courtin | FRA | ||
| Delegation for relations withIndia | D-IN | RE | Søren Gade | DEN | ||
| Delegation for relations withIran | D-IR | GUE/NGL | Cornelia Ernst | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations withIraq | D-IQ | EPP | Sara Skyttedal | SWE | ||
| Delegation for relations withIsrael | D-IL | EPP | Antonio López-Istúriz White | ESP | ||
| Delegation for relations withJapan | D-JP | S&D | Christel Schaldemose | DEN | ||
| Delegation for relations withMercosur | DMER | RE | Jordi Cañas Pérez | ESP | ||
| Delegation for relations with Palestine | DPAL | GUE/NGL | Manu Pineda | ESP | ||
| Delegation for relations with South Africa | D-ZA | EPP | Magdalena Adamowicz | POL | ||
| Delegation for relations with theArabian Peninsula | DARP | G/EFA | Hannah Neumann | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations with the countries ofCentral America | DCAM | G/EFA | Tilly Metz | LUX | ||
| Delegation for relations with the countries ofSouth Asia | DSAS | ECR | Nicola Procaccini | ITA | ||
| Delegation for relations with the countries ofSoutheast Asia and theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | DASE | EPP | Daniel Caspary | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations with the countries of theAndean Community | DAND | EPP | Pilar del Castillo | ESP | ||
| Delegation for relations with theKorean Peninsula | DKOR | EPP | Lukas Mandl | AUT | ||
| Delegation for relations with theMashriq countries | DMAS | S&D | Isabel Santos | POR | ||
| Delegation for relations with thePan-African Parliament | DPAP | RE | María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos | ESP | ||
| Delegation for relations with thePeople's Republic of China | D-CN | G/EFA | Reinhard Bütikofer | GER | ||
| Delegation for relations with theUnited States | D-US | EPP | Radosław Sikorski | POL | ||
| Source:[52] | ||||||
The composition of the rest of Secretariat is appointed by the Parliament Bureau, headed by the Secretary General.
Klaus WelleMarkus WinklerSusanne AltenbergFreddy DrexlerOther services that assist the Secretariat:
| Directorate General | Director General | |
|---|---|---|
| Directorate Generale for the Presidency | DG PRES | Markus Winkler |
| Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union | DG IPOL | Riccardo Ribera d'Alcalá |
| Directorate General for External Policies of the Union | DG EXPO | Pietro Ducci |
| Directorate General for Communication | DG COMM | Jaume Duch Guillot |
| Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services | DG EPRS | |
| Directorate General for Personnel | DG PERS | Kristian Knudsen |
| Directorate General for Infrastructure and Logistics | DG INLO | Leena Maria Linnus |
| Directorate General for Translation | DG TRAD | Valter Mavrič |
| Directorate General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences | DG LINC | Agnieszka Walter-Drop |
| Directorate General for Finance | DG FINS | Didier Klethi |
| Directorate General for Innovation and Technological Support | DG ITEC | Walter Petrucci(Acting) |
| Directorate General for Security | DG SAFE | Elio Carozza |
The2019 European Parliament election took place from 23 to 26 May 2019.
| Group (2019–24) | Seats 2019 | Outgoing seats | ∆ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP | European People's Party(Christian democrats andliberal conservatives) | 182 | 216 | −34 | |
| S&D | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats(Social democrats) | 154 | 185 | −31 | |
| RE | Renew Europe(Social liberals andconservative liberals) | 108 | 69 | +39 | |
| Greens/EFA | Greens/European Free Alliance(Greens andregionalists) | 74 | 52 | +22 | |
| ID | Identity and Democracy(Right-wing populists andnationalists) | 73 | 36 | +37 | |
| ECR | European Conservatives and Reformists(National conservatives andsovereignists) | 62 | 77 | −15 | |
| GUE/NGL | European United Left–Nordic Green Left(Democratic socialists andcommunists) | 41 | 52 | −11 | |
| NI | Non-attached | 57 | 20 | +37 | |
| EFDD | Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy(Populists andhard eurosceptics) | – | 42 | −42 | |
| Vacant | N/A | 0 | 2 | N/a | |
| Total | 751 | 751 | | ||
| State | Political groups | MEPs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP (EPP,ECPM) | S&D (PES) | RE (ALDE,EDP) | ECR (ECR,ECPM) | GUE/NGL (EL,NGLA,EACL) | G/EFA (EGP,EFA) | ID (EAPN) | NI | ||||||||||
| Austria | 7 (ÖVP) | +2 | 5 (SPÖ) | = | 1 (NEOS) | = | 2 (Grüne) | −1 | 3 (FPÖ) | −1 | 18 | ||||||
| Belgium | 2 (CD&V) 1 (CDH) 1 (CSP) | = = = | 2 (PS) 1 (SP.A) | −1 = | 2 (Open VLD) 2 (MR) | −1 −1 | 3 (N-VA) | −1 | 1 (PTB) | +1 | 2 (ECOLO) 1 (Groen) | +1 = | 3 (VB) | +2 | 21 | ||
| Bulgaria | 6 (GERB) 1 (DSB) | = +1 | 5 (BSP) | +1 | 3 (DPS) | −1 | 2 (IMRO) | +1 | 17 | ||||||||
| Croatia | 4 (HDZ) | −1 | 3 (SDP) | +1 | 1 (AMS/IDS) | −1 | 1 (HKS) | = | 1 (Human Shield) 1 (Kolakušić) | +1 | 11 | ||||||
| Cyprus | 2 (DISY) | = | 1 (EDEK) 1 (DIKO) | = = | 2 (AKEL) | = | 6 | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 2+1 (TOP 09+STAN) 2 (KDU–ČSL) | −1 −1 | 6 (ANO) | +2 | 4 (ODS) | +2 | 1 (KSČM) | −2 | 3 (Piráti) | +3 | 2 (SPD) | +2 | 21 | ||||
| Denmark | 1 (C) | = | 3 (S) | = | 3 (V) 2 (B) | +1 +1 | 1 (RG) | +1 | 2 (SF) | +1 | 1 (O) | −3 | 13 | ||||
| France | 7 (LR) 1 (LC) | −12 | 2 (PS) 2 (PP) 1 (ND) | −8 | 10 (LREM) 5 (MoDem) 1 (MR) 1 (Agir) 4 (Ind.) | +21 | 5 (FI) 1 (GRS) | +6 | 8 (EELV) 2 (AEI) 1 (PNC) 1 (Ind.) | +6 | 20 (RN) 2 (Ind.) | −2 | 74 | ||||
| Estonia | 2 (SDE) | +1 | 2 (RE) 1 (KE) | = = | 1 (EKRE) | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Finland | 3 (Kok.) | = | 2 (SDP) | = | 2 (Kesk.) 1 (SFP) | −1 = | 1 (Vas.) | = | 2 (VIHR) | +1 | 2 (PS) | = | 13 | ||||
| Germany | 23 (CDU) 6 (CSU) | −5 +1 | 16 (SPD) | −11 | 5 (FDP) 2 (FW) | +2 +1 | 1 (Familie) | = | 5 (Linke) 1 (Tierschutz) | −2 = | 21 (B’90/Grüne) 1 (ÖDP) 1 (Piraten) 1 (Volt Europa) 1 (Die Partei) | +10 = = +1 +1 | 11 (AfD) | +4 | 1 (Die Partei) | = | 96 |
| Greece | 8 (ND) | +3 | 2 (KINAL) | = | 1 (Greek Solution)[55] | +1 | 6 (SYRIZA) | = | 2 (KKE) 2 (XA) | = = | 21 | ||||||
| Hungary | 12+1 (Fidesz+KDNP) | +1 | 1 (MSZP) 4 (DK) | −1 +2 | 2 (MoMo) | +2 | 1 (Jobbik) | −2 | 21 | ||||||||
| Ireland | 4 (FG) | = | 1 (FF) | = | 2 (I4C) 1 (SF) 1 (Flanagan) | +2 −2 = | 2 (GP) | +2 | 11 | ||||||||
| Italy | 6 (FI) 1 (SVP) | −7 = | 19 (PD) | −12 | 5 (FdI) | +5 | 28 (Lega) | +23 | 14 (M5S) | −3 | 73 | ||||||
| Latvia | 2 (JV) | −2 | 2 (Saskaņa SDP) | +1 | 1 (AP!) | +1 | 2 (NA) | +1 | 1 (LKS) | = | 8 | ||||||
| Lithuania | 3 (TS–LKD) 1 (Maldeikienė) | +1 +1 | 2 (LSDP) | = | 1 (DP) 1 (LRLS) | = −1 | 1 (LLRA) | = | 2 (LVŽS) | +1 | 11 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | 2 (CSV) | −1 | 1 (LSAP) | = | 2 (DP) | +1 | 1 (Gréng) | = | 6 | ||||||||
| Malta | 2 (PN) | −1 | 4 (PL) | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 (CDA) 1 (50+) 1 (CU) | −1 +1 +1 | 6 (PvdA) | +3 | 2 (D66) 4 (VVD) | −2 +1 | 3 (FvD) 1 (SGP) | = +1 | 1 (PvdD) | = | 3 (GL) | +1 | 26 | ||||
| Poland | 14 (PO) 3 (PSL) | −5 −1 | 5 (SLD) 3 (WIOSNA) | = +3 | 25 (PiS) 1 (SP) | +6 +1 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 6 (PSD) 1 (CDS–PP) | = = | 9 (PS) | +1 | 2 (CDU:PCP) 2 (BE) | −1 +1 | 1 (PAN) | +1 | 21 | ||||||||
| Romania | 10 (PNL) 2 (UDMR) 2 (PMP) | −1 = = | 8 (PSD) 2 (PRO Romania) | −8 +2 | 8 (USR-PLUS) | +8 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | 2 (SPOLU) 1 (KDH) 1 (OĽaNO) | +2 −1 = | 3 (Smer–SD) | −1 | 2 (PS) | +2 | 2 (SaS) | +1 | 2 (ĽSNS) | +2 | 13 | ||||||
| Slovenia | 2+1 (SDS+SLS) 1 (NSi) | −1 = | 2 (SD) | +1 | 2 (LMS) | +2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 12 (PP) | −4 | 20 (PSOE) | +6 | 7 (C's) 1 (CEUS/EAJ/PNV) | +1 = | 3 (VOX) | +3 | 2 (UP/Podemos) 2 (UP/IU) 1 (UP/Ind.) 1 (AR/EH Bildu) | −5 | 2 (AR/ERC) 1 (UP/ICV) | = | 2 (JuntsxCat) | +2 | 54 | ||
| Sweden | 4 (M) 2 (KD) | +1 +1 | 5 (S) | = | 2 (C) 1 (L) | +1 −1 | 3 (SD) | +1 | 1 (V) | = | 2 (MP) | −2 | 20 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 10 (Lab) | −10 | 16 (LibDem) 1 (Alliance Party) | +15 +1 | 4 (Con) | −15 | 1 (SF) | = | 7 (Green) 3 (SNP) 1 (PC) | +4 +1 = | 29 (Brexit Party) 1 (DUP) | +29 = | 73 | ||||
| Total | MEPs | ||||||||||||||||
| EPP | S&D | RE | ECR | GUE/NGL | G/EFA | ID | NI | ||||||||||
| 182 (24.2%) | −39 | 154 (20.5%) | −37 | 108 (14.4%) | +41 | 62 (8.2%) | −8 | 41 (5.5%) | −11 | 75 (10.0%) | +25 | 73 (9.7%) | +73 | 57 (7.5%) | −36 | 751 | |
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