Ninth European Parliament
| 9th European Parliament | |
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| 2 July 2019 – TBD | |
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| President (1st Half) |  David Sassoli (S&D) |
| President (2nd Half) | TBD |
| Vice-Presidents | First Vice President:
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| Commission | Juncker (until 1 November 2019) Von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019) |
| Political groups | Coalition (431) (unofficial, de facto):[1] EPP (187) S&D (146) RE (98) Opposition (273) (unofficial, de facto): ID (76) Greens/EFA (67) ECR (62) GUE-NGL (39) NI (29) Vacant (1) |
| 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 |
The 9th European Parliament was elected in the 2019 elections and is to last until the 2024 elections.
Major events
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- 23–26 May 2019[2]
- Elections to the 9th European Parliament
- EPP (182 seats), S&D (154), RE (108), Greens/EFA (74), ID (73), ECR (62), GUE/NGL (41), others (54)
- Elections to the 9th European Parliament
- 2 July 2019[3]
- First Session (constitutive session) of the 9th Parliament.
- Presiding officer (under Article 14(2) of the Rules): Antonio Tajani (EPP) of Italy, President of the Eighth Parliament
- First Session (constitutive session) of the 9th Parliament.
- 3 July 2019
- Election of the President and Vice Presidents of Parliament[4]
- David Sassoli (S&D) of Italy is elected President, Mairead McGuinness (EPP) of Ireland is elected First Vice President[5]
- Election of the President and Vice Presidents of Parliament[4]
- 16 July 2019[6]
- Vote on 3 July 2019 EUCO proposal for President of the European Commission
- Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) of Germany is elected President of the European Commission[7]
- Vote on 3 July 2019 EUCO proposal for President of the European Commission
- 30 September-8 October 2019[8]
- Hearings of candidates for European Commissioners
- Additional hearings, if needed, would take place on 14 and 15 October 2019
- 23 October 2019[8]
- Confirmation vote on the Von der Leyen Commission
- 31 October 2019 (postponed)
- Original scheduled date for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union, but has been agreed to be postponed for 3 months
- As Brexit is further postponed, the UK will have to nominate a candidate for a European Commissioner.
- 1 November 2019
- New European Commission takes office
- 31 January 2020
- The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, subsequently resulting in a reduction in the number of seats in the European Parliament from 751 to 705.
Leadership
First half
Elections of the President
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| David Sassoli (PES) of Italyfrom 3 July 2019 | ||||||||
3 July 2019 election
The President was due to be elected at the first meeting of Parliament on 2 July but the vote was delayed until 3 July because of the European Council's ongoing negotiations to fill other major EU roles. Nominations for candidates remained open until late in the evening on 2 July.[4] The President is elected with the majority of valid votes.
| Candidate | Group | Ballots | |||
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| David Sassoli | ITA
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style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color; width:1px;" | | S&D | 325 | 345 |
| Jan Zahradil |  CZE
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style="background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;" | | ECR | 162 | 160 |
| Ska Keller |  GER
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style="background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;" | | G/EFA | 133 | 119 |
| Sira Rego |  SPA
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style="background-color:Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color" | | GUE/NGL | 42 | 43 |
| Votes cast | 662 | 667 | |||
| Votes needed for election | 332 | 334 | |||
| Blank or void | 73 | 37 | |||
| Voted | 735 | 704 | |||
| Source: European Parliament News | |||||
Elections of the Vice Presidents
The 14 Vice Presidents are elected in a single ballot by an absolute majority of votes cast. If the number of successful candidates is less than 14, a second vote is held to assign the remaining seats under the same conditions. If a third vote is necessary, a simple majority is sufficient to fill the remaining seats. Vice Presidents take precedence in the order in which they are elected and, in the event of a tie, by age. At each round, MEPs may vote for as many candidates as the number of seats available at that round, but they have to vote for more than half of the positions to be filled.[9]
3 July 2019 election
Elections of the Quaestors
4 July 2019 election
The five Quaestors were chosen by acclamation.
| Candidate | Group | Votes | ||
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| Anne Sander |  FRA
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style="background-color:width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | 407 |
| Monika Beňová |  SVK
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style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color; width:1px;" | | S&D | 391 |
| David Casa |  MLT
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style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | 391 |
| Gilles Boyer | FRA
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style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | RE | 317 |
| Karol Karski |  POL
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style="background-color:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color" | | ECR | 261 |
| Source: European Parliament News | ||||
Political groups leadership
Political groups and parties
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There are currently 7 political groups in the parliament, one less than the previous parliament. Each MEP can belong to only one group. Political groups can be founded by at least 25 MEPs which come from at least one quarter of all EU member states (currently seven).[3]
Current situation
Members
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List of members
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: 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 and Fisheries (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 the National 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)
Seat allocations
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.[29]
| Member state | Current seats | Post Brexit change | |
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 Austria
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19 |  1
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 Belgium
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21 |  0
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 Bulgaria
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17 | 0
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 Croatia
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12 | 1
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 Cyprus
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6 | 0
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| Czech Republic
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21 | 0
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 Denmark
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14 | 1
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 Estonia
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7 | 1
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 Finland
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14 | 1
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| France
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79 | 5
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| Germany
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96 | 0
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 Greece
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21 | 0
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 Hungary
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21 | 0
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 Ireland
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13 | 2
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| Italy
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76 | 3
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 Latvia
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8 | 0
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 Lithuania
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11 | 0
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 Luxembourg
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6 | 0
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| Malta
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6 | 0
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 Netherlands
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29 | 3
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| Poland
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52 | 1
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 Portugal
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21 | 0
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 Romania
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33 | 1
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| Slovakia
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14 | 1
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 Slovenia
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8 | 0
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| Spain
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59 | 5
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 Sweden
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21 | 1
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| Total | 705 |  46
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Post-Brexit political groups membership changes
Former members
| Group | Name | State | MEP until | Reason | Source | |
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| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | André Bradford | POR
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18 July 2019 | Death | [27] |
| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Roberto Gualtieri | ITA
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5 September 2019 | Named Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy | [28] |
Elected MEPs that did not take the seat
| Group | Name | State | Reason | Source | |
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| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Frans Timmermans | NED
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Remained European Commissioner for the Netherlands | [33] |
| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Mariya Gabriel | BUL
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Remained European Commissioner for Bulgaria | [34] |
| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Valdis Dombrovskis | LAT
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Remained European Commissioner for Latvia | [35] |
Working bodies
Standing committees
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 the ordinary legislative procedure, which is usually used in decision-making process at the EU level.[36]
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.[36]
Other bodies
| Body | Members | President | Members | ||||
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| Conference of Presidents | BCPR | 11 | style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | David Sassoli (ex-officio) | ITA
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President of the European Parliament Presidents of political groups One NI MEP, invited by the President (no voting right) |
| The Bureau | BURO | 20 | style="width:1px; background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | David Sassoli (ex-officio) | ITA
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President of the European Parliament Vice Presidents of the European Parliament Quaestors (in advisory capacity) |
| College of Quaestors | QUE | 5 | / | Quaestors | |||
| Conference of Committee Chairs | CCC | 22 | style="width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Antonio Tajani | ITA
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Chairs of all standing and temporary committees |
| Conference of Delegation Chairs | CDC | 45 | Chairs of all standing interparliamentary delegations | ||||
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Composition of the 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 | ||||||
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| President Donald Tusk (EPP), until 31 November 2019
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| President Charles Michel (ALDE), from 1 December 2019
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| Juncker Commission, until 30 November 2019 | ||||
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| High Representative Federica Mogherini (PES), until 30 November 2019
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| President Ursula von der Leyen (EPP), from 1 December 2019
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| High Representative Josep Borrell (PES), from 1 December 2019
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Appointment of the new executive
On 2 July 2019 European Council finished a three-day-long summit with a decision to propose the following for approval by the Parliament:[42]
Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) for President- Josep Borrell (PES) for High Representative
Euroepan Parliament confirmed Ursula von Der Leyen as President of the European Commission on 16 July 2019.
On the same summit Charles Michel (ALDE), incumbent Prime Minister of Belgium was elected a new President of the European Council and President of Euro Summit for a 2.5 years term.
President of the Commission Confirmation
Secret paper ballot took place on 16 July 2019.
| Candidate | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Blank | Source | |||
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733 | 374 | 383 | 327 | 22 | [7] |
Von der Leyen Commission Confirmation
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 the European 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 using qualified majority.[43] 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 | |
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| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Von der Leyen Commission | 707 | 374 | 461 | 157 | 89 | [44] |
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| style="width:1px; background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | RE | |||||||
Commissioners-designate Confirmations
The responsible committee held a 3-hour hearing of the Commissioner-designate to examine the candidate's competence and suitability. Committee decided if candidate is suitable to become a European Commissioner and if their knowledge of the portfolio is sufficient. After each hearing, the committee voted on the candidate. Decisions of the committee were first taken by the coordinators of the EP political groups, at this point each candidate needed support of 2/3 of coordinators, if support was reached, the candidate was confirmed. If such support was not reached, then committee as a whole took a vote on a Commissioner-designate, where a candidate needed the support of the majority of committee members. If candidate was rejected by the committee as well, President-elect could propose a new candidate, in which case a new hearing would take place for a new candidate. Coordinators could also decide to hold additional hearing of 1.5 hours or demand additional written answers. If there were more committees hearing one candidate, all committees would give a joint evaluation.[citation needed]
The first round of hearings took place from 30 September until 8 October 2019, followed by the evaluation by the BCPR (Conference of Presidents) on 15 October 2019. If any of the candidates would be rejected by the responsible committee, new hearings would take place on 14 and 15 October 2019, followed by BCPR evaluation on 16 October 2019. BCPR closed hearings process on 17 October 2019.[8] Before the hearings begin, Committee on Legal Affairs, on 19 September 2019, examined if there was a possibility of a conflict of interests for any of the candidates for commissioners.[citation needed]
The United Kingdom, which had been expected to leave the EU on 31 October 2019, did not nominate a candidate for commissioner.[45]
It was reported by Euractiv on 26 September 2019 that commissioners-designate László Trócsányi of Hungary (Neighbourhood and Enlargement) and Rovana Plumb of Romania (Transport) will be questioned by the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee about their declarations of interests due to potential conflict of interests and "discrepancies in property statements". Other commissioners-designate were approved by the Committee, including Didier Reynders of Belgium (Justice) and Sylvie Goulard of France (Internal Market) who are under investigation by respective national authorities due to corruption allegations or misuse of EU money, accoriding to one of the MEPs because the Committee does not have the authority to question candidates beyond facts stated in the declarations od interests. Euractiv also reports that Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland (Agriculture) might as well be questioned by the Committee.[46] Euractiv reported later that day that Rovana Plumb of Romania was rejected as a European Commissioner-designate by 10 votes to 6 (with 2 abstentions). Hungarian Commissioner-designate László Trócsányi was rejected on 26 September as well by 11 votes to 9 due to his personal finances in connection with his law firm, he founded before becoming Minister of Justice and due to concerns about "connections to Russia" in relation to extradition of Russian suspects to Russia.[47] It is up to the President-elect Ursula von der Leyen to take further decisions on candidates, while JURI approval is a necessary precondition for hearings to take place. This was the first time that candidates have been rejected by the JURI Committee.[citation needed]
Following the JURI Committee decision to reject László Trócsányi, he published a statement on his Twitter account later that day, stating that he will take all legal steps against the decision.[48] This could have an impact on the process of formation of the new European Commission which is due to take office on 1 November 2019.[citation needed]
The Legal Affairs Committee was asked to decide on both rejected candidates again and on 30 September 2019 JURI again rejected both of the candidates, Plumb with 13 votes to 7 and Trócsányi with 12 votes to 9.[49] Following the vote, President-elect Von der Leyen asked the national governments of Romania and Hungary to propose new candidates. Hungary already proposed a new candidate Olivér Várhelyi, its Permanent Representative to the EU.[50]
According to several media reports hearings before the European Parliament committees could be tough for:[51][52]
- Janusz Wojciechowski - European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture (due to ongoing investigation by OLAF regarding irregularities in the reimbursement of travel expenses when he was MEP; it was reported on 27 September by Politico that OLAF dropped investigation because Wojciechowski already paid the money back to the Euroepan Parliament)[53][54]
- Didier Reynders - European Commissioner-designate for Justice (due to investigation by the national authorities regarding corruption and money laundering in the Democratic Republic of Congo; it was reported by Politico on 27 September 2019 that Belgian prosecutor dropped the investigation against Reynders and found no wrongdoing)[55][56]
- Sylvie Goulard - European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (due to alleged misuse of EU funds)[57]
- Paolo Gentiloni - European Commissioner-designate for Economy (due to his role in Italian economy as Prime Minister)[52]
- Dubravka Šuica - Vice-President-designate for Democracy and Demography (due to personal finances and possession of many real estate worth more than 5 million euros in light of her work as teacher, mayor and MP, and due to her views on women's rights, especially freedom of birth and due to her past votings as MEP where she objected abortion)[58]
Schedule of the hearings
| Date | 9:00-12:00 | 14:30-17:30 | 18:30-21:30 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 30 September 2019 | Maroš Šefčovič of SlovakiaVice-President-designate for Inter-Institutional Relations and Foresight |
Phil Hogan of IrelandEuropean Commissioner-designate for Trade | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 October 2019 | Nicolas Schmit of LuxembourgEuropean Commissioner-designate for Jobs |
Janusz Wojciechowski[59] of PolandEuropean Commissioner-designate for Agriculture HEARING NO. 1 |
László Trócsányi[60] of HungaryEuropean Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood and Enlargement NO HEARING HELD | ||||||||||||||||
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| Jutta Urpilainen of FinlandEuropean Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships |
Ylva Johansson of SwedenEuropean Commissioner-designate for Home Affairs |
Stella Kyriakidou of CyprusEuropean Commissioner-designate for Health | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2 October 2019 | Didier Reynders of BelgiumEuropean Commissioner-designate for Justice |
Helena Dalli of MaltaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Equality |
Elisa Ferreira of PortugalEuropean Commissioner-designate for Cohesion and Reforms | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rovana Plumb[61] of RomaniaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Transport NO HEARING HELD |
Sylvie Goulard of FranceEuropean Commissioner-designate for Internal Market HEARING NO. 1 |
Janez Lenarčič of SloveniaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Crisis Management | |||||||||||||||||
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| 3 October 2019 | Paolo Gentiloni of ItalyEuropean Commissioner-designate for Economy |
Virginijus Sinkevičius of LithuaniaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans |
Margaritis Schinas of GreeceVice-President-designate for Protecting our European Way of Life | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kadri Simson of EstoniaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Energy |
Johannes Hahn of AustriaEuropean Commissioner-designate for Budget and Administration |
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| 7 October 2019 | Věra Jourová of the Czech RepublicVice-President-designate for Values and Transparency |
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| Josep Borrell of SpainVice-President-designate for A Stronger Europe in the World and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 October 2019 | Valdis Dombrovskis of LatviaExecutive Vice-President-designate for Economy that Works for People and European Commissioner-designate for Financial Markets |
Margrethe Vestager of DenmarkExecutive Vice-President-designate for Europe Fit for Digital Age and European Commissioner-designate for Competition |
Frans Timmermans of the NetherlandsExecutive Vice-President-designate for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner-designate for Climate Action | ||||||||||||||||
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| 10 October 2019 | Sylvie Goulard of FranceEuropean Commissioner-designate for Internal Market HEARING NO. 2 |
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Coordinators of political groups in the responsible committees decided that additional written answers will be requested by and potentially additional hearing of 1.5 hours should be held for:
- Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland, European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture (additional hearing on 8 October 2018)[63]
Sylvie Goulard of France, European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (additional hearing on 10 October 2018)[64]
Ylva Johansson of Sweden, European Commissioner-designate for Home Affairs
Hearings
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Johannes Hahn | AUT
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22 July 2019 | Budget and Administration | 3 October 2019 | BUDG | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Didier Reynders | BEL
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Justice | 2 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Mariya Gabriel | BUL
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23 July 2019 | Innovation and Youth | 30 September 2019 | CULT | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[66][67] | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Dubravka Šuica | CRO
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22 August 2019 | Democracy and Demography (Vice President) | 3 October 2019 | AFCO | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[68][69] | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Stella Kyriakidou | CYP
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23 July 2019 | Health | 1 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[70][71] | ||
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Věra Jourová | CZE
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26 August 2019 | Values and Transparency (Vice President) | 7 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[72][73] | ||
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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Margrethe Vestager | DEN
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1 August 2019 | A Europe Fit for the Digital Age (Executive Vice President) | 8 October 2019 | ECON | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
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| IMCO | |||||||||||
| JURI | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Kadri Simson | EST
|
22 July 2019 | Energy | 3 October 2019 | ITRE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[75][76] | ||
| ENVI | |||||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | PES | Jutta Urpilainen | FIN
|
22 July 2019 | International Partnerships | 1 October 2019 | DEVE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[77] | ||
| Ind. | Thierry Breton | FRA
|
Internal Market | IMCO | |||||||
| ITRE | |||||||||||
| JURI | |||||||||||
| CULT | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Margaritis Schinas | GRE
|
23 July 2019 | Promoting the European Way of Life (Vice President) | 3 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[78][79] | ||
| CULT | |||||||||||
| EMPL | |||||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Olivér Várhelyi | HUN
|
1 October 2019 | Neighbourhood and Enlargement | AFET | [80] | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Phil Hogan | IRL
|
31 July 2019 | Trade | 30 September 2019 | INTA | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[81][82] | ||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Paolo Gentiloni | ITA
|
6 September 2019 | Economy | 3 October 2019 | ECON | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[83][84] | ||
| BUDG | |||||||||||
| EMPL | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Valdis Dombrovskis | LAT
|
23 July 2019 | An Economy that Works for People (Executive Vice President) | 8 October 2019 | ECON | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[85] | ||
| EMPL | |||||||||||
| BUDG | |||||||||||
| Ind. | Virginijus Sinkevičius | LIT
|
28 August 2019 | Environment, Oceans and Fisheries | 3 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[86] | |||
| PECH | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Nicolas Schmit | LUX
|
Jobs and Social Rights | 1 October 2019 | EMPL | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
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| ECON | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Helena Dalli | MLT
|
31 July 2019 | Equality | 2 October 2019 | FEMM | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[87] | ||
| EMPL | |||||||||||
| LIBE | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Frans Timmermans | NED
|
24 July 2019 | European Green Deal (Executive Vice President) | 8 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[88] | ||
| ITRE | |||||||||||
| TRAN | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe/meta/color" | | ECR | Janusz Wojciechowski | POL
|
2 September 2019 | Agriculture | 10 October 2019 | AGRI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[89] | ||
| ENVI | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | PES | Elisa Ferreira | POR
|
26 August 2019 | Cohesion and Reforms | 2 October 2019 | REGI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[90] | ||
| BUDG | |||||||||||
| ECON | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | PES | Adina-Ioana Vălean | ROM
|
7 October 2019 | Transport | TRAN | [91] | ||||
| ENVI | |||||||||||
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Maroš Šefčovič | SVK
|
19 July 2019 | Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (Vice President) | 30 September 2019 | AFCO | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[92][93] | ||
| JURI | |||||||||||
| PETI | |||||||||||
| ITRE | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Janez Lenarčič | SLO
|
26 July 2019 | Crisis Management | 2 October 2019 | DEVE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[94][95] | ||
| ENVI | |||||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Josep Borrell | SPA
|
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President) | 7 October 2019 | AFET | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[42][96][97] | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Ylva Johansson | SWE
|
8 August 2019 | Home Affairs | 1 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote |
[98] | ||
Responsible Committee Associated Committee
| |||||||||||
Rejected candidates
| Candidate | Portfolio | Date | Reason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party of European Socialists/meta/color" | | PES | Rovana Plumb | ROM
|
Transport | 26 September 2019 | Rejected by the JURI Committee due to discrepancies in her declarations of interests. |
| style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | László Trócsányi | HUN
|
Neighbourhood and Enlargement | 26 September 2019 | Rejected by the JURI Committee due to his personal finances in connection with his law firm and possible connections with Russia. |
| style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color" | | ALDE | Sylvie Goulard | FRA
|
Internal Market | 10 October 2019 | Rejected by the responsible committees after the hearing with 82 votes against, 29 in favour and 1 abstention. |
Council presidency
 |
| Presidency of the Council of the EU | ||||||||
| ||||||||
| Croatia 1 January 2020 - 30 June 2020 | ||||||||
The Council of the European Union (Council) is one of three EU institutions involved in the EU lawmaking process. It is the de 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 by qualified 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.
Appointments
European Parliament has role in the appointment of:[99]
- President of the European Commission
- Members of the European Commission
- Members of the European Court of Auditors
- Members of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank and Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank
- economic governance bodies:
- Chair and Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism
- Chair, Vice Chair and full-time members of the Single Resolution Board of the Single Resolution Mechanism
- Chairs and Executive Directors of the European Supervisory Authorities (European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority)
- Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments
| 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 | style="width:1px; background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Christine Lagarde | FRA
|
Consultation | European Council | 4 September 2019 | ECON | 37 | 11 | 4 | 17 September 2019 | 649 | 325 | 349 | 206 | 49 | [100][101] |
| Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European 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. | [102] | |||||||||||
Statistics
European Parliament statistics
There are 266 women MEPs, 37.7% of the whole Parliament. Kira Peter-Hansen of Denmark is the youngest MEP at 21, while Silvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy), is the oldest at the age of 82. The average age of all MEPs is 50.[103]
387 of current MEPs is newly elected and weren't members of European Parliament before. 295 MEPs were also members of the previous Parliament. 16 of current MEPs held position before, but not between 2014 and 2019.[103]
 European Parliament |
Women MEPs | New MEPs | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest | Average | Oldest | |||
266 / 705
|
387 / 705
|
21 | 50 | 82 | |
Statistics by member states
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, Denmark, 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.[103]
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.[103]
| 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
|
7 / 12
|
8 / 12
|
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
|
66 | 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:[103] | ||||||||
Statistics by political groups
EPP holds most bureau positions as the biggest political group. All other political groups have declared a cordon sanitaire on Identity and Democracy, keeping it from holding any bureau positions.
Identity and Democracy has the highest percent of newly elected MEPs with 81%, while the EPP has the highest percent of returning MEPs at 59%.[103]
| Group | Positions | Women MEPs | New MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP Bureau | Committees' bureaus | ||||
| style="background:Template:European People's Party group/meta/color;"| | EPP | 7 / 20
|
29 / 110
|
63 / 182
|
74 / 182
|
| style="background:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color;"| | S&D | 5 / 20
|
28 / 110
|
63 / 152
|
78 / 152
|
| style="background:Template:Renew Europe/meta/color;"| | RE | 3 / 20
|
19 / 110
|
41 / 108
|
75 / 108
|
| style="background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;"| | G/EFA | 2 / 20
|
12 / 110
|
33 / 74
|
51 / 74
|
| style="background:Template:Identity and Democracy/meta/color;"| | ID | 0 / 20
|
0 / 110
|
38 / 73
|
59 / 73
|
| style="background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;"| | ECR | 1 / 20
|
10 / 110
|
19 / 62
|
36 / 62
|
| style="background:Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color;"| | GUE/NGL | 1 / 20
|
6 / 110
|
17 / 41
|
24 / 41
|
| NI | 1 / 20
|
0 / 110
|
9 / 54
|
39 / 54
| |
| Source:[103] | |||||
Delegations
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.[104] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair.[104] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations and ad hoc delegations.[104]
Delegations to parliamentary assemblies
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly | DNAT | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Kris Peeters | BEL
| |
| Delegation to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | DACP | style="width:1px;" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Carlos Zorrinho | POR
| |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | DLAT | |||||
| Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | DEPA | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Andrius Kubilius | LIT
| |
| Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | DMED | |||||
| Source:[105] | ||||||
Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs)
JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and the third country.[106]
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | DEEA | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Andreas Schwab | GER
| |
| Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo | DSEE | style="background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;" | | G/EFA | Romeo Franz | GER
| |
| Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees | DMAG | style="width:1px;" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Andrea Cozzolino | ITA
| |
| Delegation to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee | DCAR | |||||
| Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-AL | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Manolis Kefalogiannis | GRE
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee | DSCA | style="width:1px;" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Marina Kaljurand | EST
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-CL | |||||
| Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MX | |||||
| Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee | D-MD | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Siegfried Mureșan | ROM
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-ME | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Vladimír Bilčík | SVK
| |
| Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MK | style="width:1px;" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Andreas Schieder | AUT
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-RS | style="width:1px;" style="background-color:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color" | | S&D | Tanja Fajon | SLO
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-TR | style="background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;" | | G/EFA | Sergey Lagodinsky | GER
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee | D-UA | style="background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;" | | ECR | Witold Waszczykowski | POL
| |
| Source:[107] | ||||||
Parliamentary Cooperations Committees (PCCs)
| Delegation | Chair | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee | DSCA | |||||
| Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia | DCAS | style="background-color:Template:European People's Party/meta/color" | | EPP | Fulvio Martusciello | ITA
| |
| Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | D-RU | style="background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;" | | ECR | Ryszard Czarnecki | POL
| |
| Source:[108] | ||||||
Bilateral and multilateral relations delegations
Secretariat
The composition of the rest of Secretariat is appointed by the Parliament Bureau, headed by the Secretary General.
- Secretary General: Klaus Welle
- Deputy Secretary General: Markus Winkler
- The Cabinet of the Secretary General
- Director: Susanne Altenberg
- Director:
- Legal Service
- Head: Freddy Drexler
- Head:
- Directorates General.
Other services that assist the Secretariat:
- Secretariat of the Bureau and Quaestors
- Secretariat of the Conference of Presidents
- Directorate for Relations with Political Groups
- Internal Audit Unit
- Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Unit (EMAS)
- Management Team Support Office
- Business Continuity Management Unit
- Data Protection Service
Directorates General
| 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
|
2019 elections results
The 2019 European Parliament election took place from 23 to 26 May 2019.
- Notes on changes in groups
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was succeeded by Renew Europe.
- Europe of Nations and Freedom was disbanded and largely replaced by Identity and Democracy.
- Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy did not form in the Ninth Parliament.[111]
Results by country
| State | Political groups | MEPs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:European People's Party group/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width: 90px; background:Template:Identity and Democracy/meta/color;" | | |||||||||||
| 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)[112] | +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 | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:European People's Party group/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:European Conservatives and Reformists/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:European United Left–Nordic Green Left/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:Greens–European Free Alliance/meta/color;" | | colspan="2" style="width:90px; background:Template:Identity and Democracy/meta/color;" | | 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 | |
Notes
- ^ The Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.
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