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The Bureau of the European Parliament election was held on 16 and 17 July 2024, where members of the European Parliament, elected in the 2024 election, voted to elect its Bureau for the 2.5 years term during the Tenth European Parliament. On 16 July, Roberta Metsola was elected president of the European Parliament together with 14 vice-presidents. On 17 July, 5 quaestors were elected. [1] [2]
The Bureau of the European Parliament is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. It is composed of the President of the European Parliament along with all 14 vice-presidents and the 5 quaestors. [2]
They are elected with a secret ballot for two and a half years with a renewable term. According to the Parliament's Rules of Procedure, nominations are put forward either by a political group or by a group of MEPs reaching the low threshold (1/20th of MEPs, or 36 out of 720 in 2024). [2]
Traditionally, the political groups informally agree on the distribution of positions (president, vice-presidents and quaestors) using proportional representation, specifically the D'Hondt method. [3] At the same time, some groups refuse to cooperate with PfE and ESN applying a so-called cordone sanitaire . [4] [5]
The President of the European Parliament is elected through a secret vote of MEPs, requiring an absolute majority of cast votes for the election. [2] Article 14 of the Treaty on European Union states that Parliament elects its president from among its Members. [1] [6]
On 16 July 2024, Roberta Metsola was re-elected as President of the European Parliament with 562 votes. [7]
| Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Metsola |  Malta | EPP | 562 | |
| Irene Montero |  Spain | The Left | 61 | |
| Voted | 699 | |||
| Votes cast | 623 | |||
| Blank or void | 76 | |||
| Votes needed for election | 312 | |||
| Source: European Parliament [8] [9] [10] | ||||
Fourteen vice-presidents are elected through a single secret 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. [2]
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. 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. [2]
On 16 July 2024, the S&D group got 5 vice-presidents elected, the EPP 3, Renew 2 and the G/EFA 1. In the second round the ECR group got 2 vice-presidents elected and The Left 1. The PfE and ESN candidates remained out due to the cordon sanitaire . [5] [11]
| Candidate | Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Ballot | 2nd Ballot | ||||
| Sabine Verheyen (elected First Vice-President) |  Germany | EPP | 604 | ||
| Ewa Kopacz |  Poland | EPP | 572 | ||
| Esteban González Pons | Spain | EPP | 478 | ||
| Katarina Barley | Germany | S&D | 450 | ||
| Pina Picierno |  Italy | S&D | 405 | ||
| Victor Negrescu |  Romania | S&D | 394 | ||
| Martin Hojsík |  Slovakia | Renew | 393 | ||
| Christel Schaldemose |  Denmark | S&D | 378 | ||
| Javi López | Spain | S&D | 377 | ||
| Sophie Wilmès |  Belgium | Renew | 371 | ||
| Nicolae Ştefănuță | Romania | G/EFA | 347 | ||
| Roberts Zīle |  Latvia | ECR | 306 | 490 | |
| Antonella Sberna | Italy | ECR | 323 | 314 | |
| Younous Omarjee |  France | The Left | 272 | 311 | |
| Klára Dostálová |  Czechia | PfE | 214 | 177 | |
| Fabrice Leggeri | France | PfE | 209 | 116 | |
| Ewa Zajaczkowska-Hernik | Poland | ESN | 102 | 46 | |
| Voted | 701 | 674 | |||
| Votes cast | 665 | 609 | |||
| Blank or void | 36 | 65 | |||
| Votes needed for election | 333 | 305 | |||
| Source: European Parliament | [12] | [13] | |||
Five quaestors are elected through a single secret ballot process, following the same procedure as that for the election of vice-presidents. [2]
On 17 July 2024, the EPP group got 2 quaestors elected, while the S&D and Renew groups 1 each. The ECR got 1 quaestor elected in the second round, while the PfE candidate remained out due to the cordon sanitaire . [14]
| Candidate | Votes | ||||
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| 1st Ballot | 2nd Ballot | ||||
| Andrey Kovatchev |  Bulgaria | EPP | 559 | ||
| Marc Angel |  Luxembourg | S&D | 461 | ||
| Miriam Lexmann | Slovakia | EPP | 459 | ||
| Fabienne Keller | France | Renew | 398 | ||
| Kosma Złotowski | Poland | ECR | 260 | 335 | |
| Pál Szekeres |  Hungary | PfE | 174 | 130 | |
| Voted | 669 | 612 | |||
| Votes cast | 641 | 465 | |||
| Blank or void | 28 | 147 | |||
| Votes needed for election | 321 | 233 | |||
| Source: European Parliament [15] | |||||
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