The president of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. They also represent the Parliament within the European Union (EU) and internationally. The president's signature is required for laws initiated under co-decision and the EU budget.
Anna Záborská is a Slovak politician of the Christian Union party,living in Bojnice. From 2004 to 2019 she was a Member of the European Parliament,where she was a member of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP). She was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement party (KDH).
Klaus-Heiner Lehne is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as member of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) since 2014. From 2016 until 2022,he was its 11th President
Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Adina-Ioana Vălean is a Romanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Transport under the leadership of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until 2019,where she chaired of the European Parliament Committee on Industry,Research and Energy in 2019.
Tonino Picula is a Croatian politician currently serving his third term as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia,having successfully run in 2013,2014,and 2019 European elections. He got involved in politics in the early 1990s and had served four consecutive terms as a member of the Croatian Parliament,having been elected in 2000,2003,2007,and 2011 parliamentary elections as a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 under prime minister Ivica Račan,and as mayor of Velika Gorica from 2005 to 2009.
Roberta Metsola is a Maltese politician. A member of Malta's Nationalist Party (PN) and the European People's Party (EPP),she has been serving as president of the European Parliament since January 2022.
Catherine Zena Bearder is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament between 2 July 2014 and 12 November 2019. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 4 June 2009 to 31 January 2020.
Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the National Coalition Party,part of the European People's Party.
Victoria Grace Ford is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for Development from 6 September to 25 October 2022. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2017. She is a former investment banker,district councillor,and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 2009 to 2017.
Ingeborg Helen Gräßle is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections,representing the Backnang –Schwäbisch Gmünd district. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019,where chaired of the Budgetary Control Committee.
Axel Voss is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2009 and became coordinator of the European People's Party group in the Committee on Legal Affairs in 2017. His parliamentary work focuses on digital and legal topics.
Angelika Werthmann is a Member of the European Parliament since 2009,representing Hans-Peter Martin's List in Austria. Between 4 July 2012 and 7 April 2014 she was a member of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament.
Siegfried Mureșan is a Romanian economist and politician,vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019,vice-president of the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament and member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Romania in 2014 and 2019. Previously,he was a member of the People's Movement Party (PMP) between 2014 and 2018 and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) before 2014.
Eva Maydell is a Bulgarian politician. She is a member of the European Parliament and President of the European Movement International.
Kerstin Westphal is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party,part of the Party of European Socialists.
Tilly Metz is a Luxemburgish politician of the Green Party. After teaching humanities and social sciences,she was appointed as deputy director of the Lycée Technique pour Professions Educatives et Sociales (LTPES) in Mersch. She was the mayor of the municipality of Weiler-la-Tour (Luxembourg) and has been a Member of the European Parliament since June 2018,as part of the Greens/EFA political group. She is particularly known for her stance on animal welfare,health-related issues and human rights.
Christophe Hansen is a Luxembourgish politician belonging to the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),of which he is Secretary-General.
Daniel Freund is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since July 2019. He is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens at the national level and sits with the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.
