Eighth European Parliament

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8th European Parliament
1 July 2014 – 18 April 2019
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President (1st Half) Martin Schulz
President (2nd Half) Antonio Tajani
Commission Juncker
Political groups
MEPs 751
Elections May 2014 (Union)
Treaty of Lisbon [nb 1]

The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.

Contents

Major events

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Activity

201420152016201720182019Source
Reports
Resolutions and positions
Parliamentary questions
Written declarations

Major resolutions and positions

Resolution/position numberProcedure numberNotes

Committees

Summary

TypeNumberSourcesNotes
Standing committee
Temporary committee
Committee of enquiry

Temporary committees

CodeCommitteeReportSources

Committees of enquiry

CodeCommitteeReportSources

Delegations

TypeNumberSources
Europe delegations
Non-Europe delegations
Ad-hoc delegations

Political groups

GroupPartiesLeader(s)Est.MEPs
European People's Party (EPP)
Manfred Weber 2009216
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
Gianni Pittella 2009185
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR)
Syed Kamall 200977
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Guy Verhofstadt 200469
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) Gabi Zimmer 199552
Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA)
199952
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD)
Nigel Farage 201442
Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF)
201536
Non-Inscrits (NI)
N/A20
Source for MEPs: Seats by Member State Total749

Members in groups by country

Political group [1]
Country
EPP S&D ECR ALDE GUE-NGL Greens-EFA EFDD ENF NI MEPsVacant
Austria 5513418
Belgium 44462121
Bulgaria 742417
Croatia 5212111
Cyprus 12126
Czech Republic 74243121
Denmark 13431113
Estonia 11316
Finland 32241113
France 2013746120374
Germany 34276481311296
Greece 5416521
Hungary 1242321
Ireland 4111411
Italy 153123115673
Latvia 411118
Lithuania 32131111
Luxembourg 31116
Malta 336
Netherlands 532732426
Poland 2251912251
Portugal 881421
Romania 131413132
Slovakia 64313
Slovenia 51118
Spain 1714811454
Sweden 46314220
United Kingdom 22019116201373
Total21918871685152443620751

Leadership

Presidents

TermPresident
(or candidate)
GroupStateVotes
1 July 2014 – 17 January 2017 [2] Martin Schulz   PES Flag of Germany.svg Germany409
Sajjad Karim   ECR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom101
Pablo Iglesias Turrión   GUE-NGL Flag of Spain.svg Spain51
Ulrike Lunacek   Greens/EFA Flag of Austria.svg Austria51
TermPresident
(or candidate)
GroupStateVotes
1st round2nd round3rd round4th round
17 January 2017 – Antonio Tajani   EPP Flag of Italy.svg Italy274287291351
Gianni Pittella   S&D Flag of Italy.svg Italy183200199282
Helga Stevens   ECR Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium776658
Jean Lambert   Greens–EFA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom565153
Eleonora Forenza   GUE/NGL Flag of Italy.svg Italy504245
Laurențiu Rebega   ENF Flag of Romania.svg Romania434544

Vice-Presidents

MembersGroupStateVotes
1 Antonio Tajani EPP Flag of Italy.svg Italy452, Round 1
2 Mairead McGuinness EPP Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland441, Round 1
3 Rainer Wieland EPP Flag of Germany.svg Germany437, Round 1
4 Ramón Luis Valcárcel EPP Flag of Spain.svg Spain406, Round 1
5 Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary400, Round 1
6 Adina Vălean EPP Flag of Romania.svg Romania394, Round 1
7 Corina Crețu S&D Flag of Romania.svg Romania406, Round 2
8 Sylvie Guillaume S&D Flag of France.svg France406, Round 2
9 David Sassoli S&D Flag of Italy.svg Italy394, Round 2
10 Olli Rehn ALDE Flag of Finland.svg Finland377, Round 3
11 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE Flag of Germany.svg Germany365, Round 3
12 Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA Flag of Austria.svg Austria319, Round 3
13 Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL Flag of Greece.svg Greece302, Round 3
14 Ryszard Czarnecki ECR Flag of Poland.svg Poland284, Round 3

Quaestors

NameCountryPartyGroup
Élisabeth Morin Flag of France.svg  France Union for a Popular Movement EPP
Bogusław Liberadzki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Democratic Left Alliance S&D
Catherine Bearder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Liberal Democrats ALDE
Andrey Kovatchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria GERB EPP
Karol Karski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Law and Justice ECR

Membership

After the 2014 election, the members formed seven groups with 52 independent members, mainly MEPs against the Union who failed to unify into a political group.

Apportionment
StateSeatsStateSeatsStateSeatsStateSeats
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 96Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 11
Flag of France.svg  France 74Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 21Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 17Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 73Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 13Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 73Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 6
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 13Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 21Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 6
Total751

Secretariat

See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

  1. The Treaties of Rome and Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.

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References

  1. "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. Martin Schulz re-elected President of the European Parliament