The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 41 members plus 39 substitute members. The committee's current chair is Jean Arthuis, [1] who has held this position since 7 July 2014. [2]
Heidi Anneli Hautala is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Green League, part of the European Green Party.
David Casa is a Maltese politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is Malta's longest serving MEP, having served since June 2004. As a member of the Nationalist Party in Malta, he belongs to the European People's Party.
Søren Gade Jensen is a Danish politician who has been Speaker of the Folketing since November 2022, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was a Liberal member of the Folketing from 2001 to 2019 and again in 2022. Before entering politics, he was a military officer and businessman. He was formerly a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022.
The Committee on Development is a committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union, notably talks with developing countries; aid to developing countries; and promotion of democratic values, good governance and human rights in developing countries.
Jean Arthuis is a French politician. Over the course of career, he has held various ministerial positions and served as Member of the European Parliament from France, where he chaired the Committee on Budgets. He also serves as Senator representing Mayenne in the French Parliament.
Elena Nikolova Yoncheva is a Bulgarian freelance journalist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Married with two children, she earned a master's degree in economic theory from the University of Minnesota and served as economic and employment spokesperson for the PSOE.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 European election, representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012, he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
Petra Kammerevert is a German politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Party of European Socialists.
Henna Maria Virkkunen is a Finnish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She is a member of the National Coalition Party, part of the European People's Party. She was Minister of Public Administration and Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen from 22 June 2011 to 24 June 2014.
Jens Geier is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2009. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Party of European Socialists.
Morten Helveg Petersen is a Danish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. He is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, which is affiliated to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, and sits in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 and 2019 and served as member of the Folketing 1998–2009.
Felix Reda is a German researcher and politician who was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. He was a member of the Pirate Party Germany until 27 March 2019, part of The Greens–European Free Alliance. He has been Vice-President of the Greens/EFA group since 2014. He was also previously the president of Young Pirates of Europe. After the 2019 European Parliament election Reda was succeeded by Patrick Breyer, Marcel Kolaja, Markéta Gregorová, and Mikuláš Peksa.
Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
Siegfried Mureșan is a Romanian economist and politician, vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019, Vice-Chair 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.
Alessandra Moretti is an Italian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Costas Mavrides is a Cypriot politician, who since 2014, has been a Member of the European Parliament, representing Cyprus. He is a member of Democratic Party. He sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.
Yana Toom is an Estonian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of the Estonian Centre Party.
Maria da Graça Carvalho is a Portuguese academic, engineer and politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 and again since the 2019 elections.
Henrike Hahn is a German politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019. She is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens at national level, and sits with the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.