9th European Parliament | |
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2 July 2019 – TBD | |
President (1st Half) | David Sassoli (S&D) Roberta Metsola (EPP) (acting) |
President (2nd Half) | Roberta Metsola (EPP) |
Vice-Presidents | First Vice-President: 1st Half:
2nd Half:
Other Vice-Presidents: |
Commission | Juncker (until 30 November 2019) von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019) |
Political groups | Coalition (418)(de facto): [1] Opposition (287)(de facto):
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MEPs | 705 |
Elections | May 2019 (Union) |
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union [a 1] | |
Website | Official website |
The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.
The President of the European Union is chosen through the votes of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and serves a term lasting 2.5 years, with the option for re-election. The responsibilities of the president encompass a diverse array of functions, including presiding over debates and representing the European Parliament in its interactions with other institutions within the European Union. [12]
Fourteen Vice Presidents are elected through a single 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. 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. 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. [13]
President: David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:
President: Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents
The five Quaestors were chosen by acclamation.
Candidate | Group | Votes | ||
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Anne Sander | FRA | EPP | 407 | |
Monika Beňová | SVK | S&D | 391 | |
David Casa | MLT | EPP | 391 | |
Gilles Boyer | FRA | RE | 317 | |
Karol Karski | POL | ECR | 261 | |
Source: European Parliament News |
Four Quaestors were elected on the first round of voting, with the fifth being elected on the second round of voting.
Candidate | Group | Remote Votes | ||||
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1st Round | 2nd Round | |||||
Anne Sander | FRA | EPP | 622 | |||
Christophe Hansen | LUX | EPP | 576 | |||
Monika Beňová | SVK | S&D | 487 | |||
Fabienne Keller | FRA | RE | 479 | |||
Marcel Kolaja | CZE | G/EFA | 277 | 344 | ||
Karol Karski | POL | ECR | 321 | 324 | ||
Votes cast | 676 | 668 | ||||
Votes needed for election | 339 | 335 | ||||
Blank or void | 12 | n/a | ||||
Voted | 688 | n/a | ||||
Source: European Parliament News |
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] Roberta Metsola currently belongs to the European People's Party
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]
MEPs that previously served as President or Prime Minister:
MEPs that previously served as European Commissioner:
MEPs that previously served as presiding officer of a national parliament:
MEPs that previously served as President of the European Parliament:
MEPs that previously served as foreign minister:
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. [26]
Member state | Seats Pre Brexit (2019-2020) | Seats Post Brexit (2020-2024) | Post Brexit change | |
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Austria | 18 | 19 | 1 | |
Belgium | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Bulgaria | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
Croatia | 11 | 12 | 1 | |
Cyprus | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Czech Republic | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Denmark | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
Estonia | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
Finland | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
France | 74 | 79 | 5 | |
Germany | 96 | 96 | 0 | |
Greece | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Hungary | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Ireland | 11 | 13 | 2 | |
Italy | 73 | 76 | 3 | |
Latvia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
Lithuania | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
Luxembourg | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Malta | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Netherlands | 26 | 29 | 3 | |
Poland | 51 | 52 | 1 | |
Portugal | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Romania | 32 | 33 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 13 | 14 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
Spain | 54 | 59 | 5 | |
Sweden | 20 | 21 | 1 | |
United Kingdom | 73 | 0 | 73 | |
Total | 751 | 705 | 46 | |
[27] [28] [29] |
Member state | Political groups | MEPs | |||||||
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EPP (EPP) | S&D (PES) | RE (ALDE, EDP) | ECR (ECR, ECPM) | GUE/NGL (EL, NGLA, EACL) | G/EFA (EGP, EFA) | ID (ID) | NI | ||
Austria | +1 (Grüne) | +1 | |||||||
Croatia | +1 (SDP) | +1 | |||||||
Denmark | +1 (V) | +1 | |||||||
France | +1 (PS) | +1 (LREM) +1 (PD) | +1 | +1 (RN) | +5 | ||||
Estonia | +1 (PP) | +1 | |||||||
Finland | +1 (VIHR) | +1 | |||||||
Ireland | +1 (FG) | +1 (FF) | +2 | ||||||
Italy | +1 (FI) | +1 (FdI) | +1 (LN) | +3 | |||||
Netherlands | +1(VVD) | +1 (FvD) | +1 (PVV) | +3 | |||||
Poland | +1 (PiS) | +1 | |||||||
Romania | +1 (PSD) | +1 | |||||||
Slovakia | +1 (KDH) | +1 | |||||||
Spain | +1 (PP) | +1 (PSOE) | +1 (C's) | +1 (VOX) | +1 (JxCat) | +5 | |||
Sweden | +1 (MP) | +1 | |||||||
United Kingdom | -10 (Lab) | -16 (LibDem) -1 (Alliance Party) | -4 (Con) | -1 (SF) | -7 (Green) -3 (SNP) -1 (PC) | -1 (DUP) -29 (Brexit Party) | -73 | ||
Total | +5 | -6 | -11 | 0 | -1 | -7 | +3 | -29 | MEPs |
EPP | S&D | RE | ECR | GUE/NGL | G/EFA | ID | NI |
Group | Name | State | MEP until | Reason | Source | |
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S&D | André Bradford | POR | 18 July 2019 | Death | [24] | |
S&D | Roberto Gualtieri | ITA | 5 September 2019 | Named Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy | [25] | |
EPP | Adina-Ioana Vălean | ROM | 1 December 2019 | Approved as European Commissioner for Transport | ||
EPP | Dubravka Šuica | CRO | 1 December 2019 | Approved as European Commission VP for Democracy and Demography | ||
S&D | Nicolas Schmit | LUX | 1 December 2019 | Approved as European Commissionioner for Jobs and Social Rights | ||
EPP | Mairead McGuinness | IRE | 12 October 2020 | Approved as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union | ||
S&D | David Sassoli | ITA | 11 January 2022 | Death | ||
EPP | Silvio Berlusconi | ITA | 12 October 2022 | To take up seat in the Italian Senate |
Group | Name | State | Reason | Source | |
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S&D | Frans Timmermans | NED | Remained European Commissioner for the Netherlands | [30] | |
EPP | Mariya Gabriel | BUL | Remained European Commissioner for Bulgaria | [31] | |
EPP | Valdis Dombrovskis | LAT | Remained European Commissioner for Latvia | [32] |
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. [33]
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. [33]
Body | Members | President | Members | ||||
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Conference of Presidents | BCPR | 11 | S&D | David Sassoli (ex-officio) 1st Half | ITA | President of the European Parliament Presidents of political groups One NI MEP, invited by the President (no voting right) | |
EPP | Roberta Metsola (ex-officio) 2nd Half | MLT | |||||
The Bureau | BURO | 20 | S&D | David Sassoli (ex-officio) 1st Half | ITA | President of the European Parliament Vice Presidents of the European Parliament Quaestors (in advisory capacity) | |
EPP | Roberta Metsola (ex-officio) 2nd Half | MLT | |||||
College of Quaestors | QUE | 5 | / | Quaestors | |||
Conference of Committee Chairs | CCC | 22 | EPP | Antonio Tajani | ITA | Chairs of all standing and temporary committees | |
Conference of Delegation Chairs | CDC | 45 | S&D | Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero | ESP | Chairs of all standing interparliamentary delegations | |
Sources: [37] [38] |
Executive | ||||||||
President of the European Council | President of the European Commission | High Representative | ||||||
Charles Michel (ALDE) of Belgium from 1 December 2019 | Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) of Germany from 1 December 2019 | Josep Borrell (PES) of Spain from 1 December 2019 |
Parliament term: 2 July 2019 - TBA | ||||
European Council | ||||
President Donald Tusk (EPP), until 31 November 2019 | ||||
President Charles Michel (ALDE), from 1 December 2019 | ||||
European Commission | ||||
Juncker Commission , until 30 November 2019 | ||||
President Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP), until 30 November 2019 | ||||
High Representative Federica Mogherini (PES), until 30 November 2019 | ||||
Von der Leyen Commission , taking office on 1 December 2019 | ||||
President Ursula von der Leyen (EPP), from 1 December 2019 | ||||
High Representative Josep Borrell (PES), from 1 December 2019 |
On 2 July 2019 European Council finished a three-day-long summit with a decision to propose the following for approval by the Parliament: [39]
European 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.
Secret paper ballot took place on 16 July 2019.
Candidate | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Blank | Source | |||
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EPP | Ursula von der Leyen | GER | 733 | 374 | 383 | 327 | 22 | [7] |
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. [40] 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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EPP | Von der Leyen Commission | 707 | 374 | 461 | 157 | 89 | [41] | |
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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. [42]
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, according 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. [43] 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. [44] 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. [45] 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. [46] 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. [47]
According to several media reports hearings before the European Parliament committees could be tough for: [48] [49]
Date | 9:00-12:00 | 14:30-17:30 | 18:30-21:30 | ||||||||||||||||
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30 September 2019 | Maroš Šefčovič of Slovakia Vice-President-designate for Inter-Institutional Relations and Foresight | Phil Hogan of Ireland European Commissioner-designate for Trade | |||||||||||||||||
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1 October 2019 | Nicolas Schmit of Luxembourg European Commissioner-designate for Jobs | Janusz Wojciechowski [56] of Poland European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture HEARING NO. 1 | László Trócsányi [57] of Hungary European Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood and Enlargement NO HEARING HELD | ||||||||||||||||
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Jutta Urpilainen of Finland European Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships | Ylva Johansson of Sweden European Commissioner-designate for Home Affairs | Stella Kyriakidou of Cyprus European Commissioner-designate for Health | |||||||||||||||||
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2 October 2019 | Didier Reynders of Belgium European Commissioner-designate for Justice | Helena Dalli of Malta European Commissioner-designate for Equality | Elisa Ferreira of Portugal European Commissioner-designate for Cohesion and Reforms | ||||||||||||||||
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Rovana Plumb [58] of Romania European Commissioner-designate for Transport NO HEARING HELD | Sylvie Goulard of France European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market HEARING NO. 1 | Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia European Commissioner-designate for Crisis Management | |||||||||||||||||
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3 October 2019 | Paolo Gentiloni of Italy European Commissioner-designate for Economy | Virginijus Sinkevičius of Lithuania European Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans | Margaritis Schinas of Greece Vice-President-designate for Protecting our European Way of Life | ||||||||||||||||
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Kadri Simson of Estonia European Commissioner-designate for Energy | Johannes Hahn of Austria European Commissioner-designate for Budget and Administration | Dubravka Šuica of Croatia Vice-President-designate for Democracy and Demography | |||||||||||||||||
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7 October 2019 | Věra Jourová of the Czech Republic Vice-President-designate for Values and Transparency | ||||||||||||||||||
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Josep Borrell of Spain Vice-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 Latvia Executive Vice-President-designate for Economy that Works for People and European Commissioner-designate for Financial Markets | Margrethe Vestager of Denmark Executive Vice-President-designate for Europe Fit for Digital Age and European Commissioner-designate for Competition | Frans Timmermans of the Netherlands Executive 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 France European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market HEARING NO. 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [59] Confirmed candidate Candidate with additional hearing Rejected candidate Responsible Committee Associated Committee |
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:
Candidate | Official nomination | Portfolio | Committee vote | Refs | |||||||
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Date | Committee | In favor | Against | Abstain | |||||||
EPP | Johannes Hahn | AUT | 22 July 2019 | Budget and Administration | 3 October 2019 | BUDG | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [62] | |||
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JURI | |||||||||||
ALDE | Didier Reynders | BEL | Justice | 2 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | |||||
JURI | |||||||||||
IMCO | |||||||||||
EPP | Mariya Gabriel | BUL | 23 July 2019 | Innovation and Youth | 30 September 2019 | CULT | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [63] [64] | |||
ITRE | |||||||||||
EPP | Dubravka Šuica | CRO | 22 August 2019 | Democracy and Demography (Vice President) | 3 October 2019 | AFCO | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [65] [66] | |||
EMPL | |||||||||||
EPP | Stella Kyriakidou | CYP | 23 July 2019 | Health | 1 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [67] [68] | |||
AGRI | |||||||||||
ALDE | Věra Jourová | CZE | 26 August 2019 | Values and Transparency (Vice President) | 7 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [69] [70] | |||
AFCO | |||||||||||
JURI | |||||||||||
ALDE | Margrethe Vestager | DEN | 1 August 2019 | A Europe Fit for the Digital Age (Executive Vice President) | 8 October 2019 | ECON | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [71] | |||
ITRE | |||||||||||
IMCO | |||||||||||
JURI | |||||||||||
ALDE | Kadri Simson | EST | 22 July 2019 | Energy | 3 October 2019 | ITRE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [72] [73] | |||
ENVI | |||||||||||
PES | Jutta Urpilainen | FIN | 22 July 2019 | International Partnerships | 1 October 2019 | DEVE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [74] | |||
Ind. | Thierry Breton | FRA | Internal Market | IMCO | |||||||
ITRE | |||||||||||
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CULT | |||||||||||
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 | [75] [76] | |||
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EMPL | |||||||||||
EPP | Olivér Várhelyi | HUN | 1 October 2019 | Neighbourhood and Enlargement | AFET | [77] | |||||
EPP | Phil Hogan | IRL | 31 July 2019 | Trade | 30 September 2019 | INTA | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [78] [79] | |||
PES | Paolo Gentiloni | ITA | 6 September 2019 | Economy | 3 October 2019 | ECON | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [80] [81] | |||
BUDG | |||||||||||
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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 | [82] | |||
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Ind. | Virginijus Sinkevičius | LIT | 28 August 2019 | Environment, Oceans and Fisheries | 3 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [83] | |||
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PES | Nicolas Schmit | LUX | Jobs and Social Rights | 1 October 2019 | EMPL | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | |||||
ECON | |||||||||||
PES | Helena Dalli | MLT | 31 July 2019 | Equality | 2 October 2019 | FEMM | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [84] | |||
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PES | Frans Timmermans | NED | 24 July 2019 | European Green Deal (Executive Vice President) | 8 October 2019 | ENVI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [85] | |||
ITRE | |||||||||||
TRAN | |||||||||||
ECR | Janusz Wojciechowski | POL | 2 September 2019 | Agriculture | 10 October 2019 | AGRI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [86] | |||
ENVI | |||||||||||
PES | Elisa Ferreira | POR | 26 August 2019 | Cohesion and Reforms | 2 October 2019 | REGI | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [87] | |||
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PES | Adina-Ioana Vălean | ROM | 7 October 2019 | Transport | TRAN | [88] | |||||
ENVI | |||||||||||
PES | Maroš Šefčovič | SVK | 19 July 2019 | Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (Vice President) | 30 September 2019 | AFCO | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [89] [90] | |||
JURI | |||||||||||
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ITRE | |||||||||||
ALDE | Janez Lenarčič | SLO | 26 July 2019 | Crisis Management | 2 October 2019 | DEVE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [91] [92] | |||
ENVI | |||||||||||
PES | Josep Borrell | ESP | Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President) | 7 October 2019 | AFET | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [39] [93] [94] | ||||
PES | Ylva Johansson | SWE | 8 August 2019 | Home Affairs | 1 October 2019 | LIBE | Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote | [95] | |||
Responsible Committee Associated Committee |
Candidate | Portfolio | Date | Reason | |||
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PES | Rovana Plumb | ROM | Transport | 26 September 2019 | Rejected by the JURI Committee due to discrepancies in her declarations of interests. | |
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. | |
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. |
Presidency of the Council of the EU | ||||||||
Spain 1 June 2023 - 31 December 2023 |
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.
Presidency of the Council of the European Union | Parliament | Commission | High Representative FAC President | European Council | |||||||||||||||
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Member state | Trio | Term | Head of Government | Cabinet | Government coalition | ||||||||||||||
Romania | T9 | 1 January 2019 – 30 June 2019 | PES | Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă (PSD) | Dăncilă | PES | PSD | VIII | Juncker | PES | Federica Mogherini | EPP | Donald Tusk | ||||||
ALDE | ALDE | ||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 1 July 2019 – 31 December 2019 | PES | Prime Minister Antti Rinne (SDP) until 10 December 2019 | Rinne | PES | SDP | |||||||||||||
ALDE | Kesk. | IX | |||||||||||||||||
EGP | VIHR | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | Vas. | ||||||||||||||||||
ALDE | SFP | ||||||||||||||||||
Von der Leyen | PES | Josep Borrell | ALDE | Charles Michel | |||||||||||||||
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) from 10 December 2019 | Marin | PES | SDP | ||||||||||||||||
ALDE | Kesk. | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | Vas. | ||||||||||||||||||
EGP | VIHR | ||||||||||||||||||
ALDE | SFP | ||||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 1 January 2020 – 30 June 2020 | EPP | Prime Minister Andrej Plenković (HDZ) | Plenković | EPP | HDZ | |||||||||||||
ALDE | HNS | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | T10 | 1 July 2020 – 31 December 2020 | EPP | Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) | Merkel IV | EPP | CDU | ||||||||||||
PES | SPD | ||||||||||||||||||
EPP | CSU | ||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 January 2021 – 30 June 2021 | PES | Prime Minister António Costa (PS) | Costa II | PES | PS | |||||||||||||
Slovenia | 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021 | EPP | Prime Minister Janez Janša (SDS) | Janša III | EPP | SDS | |||||||||||||
ALDE | SMC | ||||||||||||||||||
EPP | NSi | ||||||||||||||||||
EDP | DeSUS | ||||||||||||||||||
France | T11 | 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022 | Ind. | Prime Minister Jean Castex (DVD- EC) | Castex | Ind. | LREM | ||||||||||||
Ind. | TDP | ||||||||||||||||||
Ind. | EC | ||||||||||||||||||
EDP | MoDem | ||||||||||||||||||
ALDE | RAD | ||||||||||||||||||
Ind. | Agir | ||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 1 July 2022 – 31 December 2022 | ECR | Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) | Fiala | ECR | ODS | |||||||||||||
EPP | STAN | ||||||||||||||||||
EPP | KDU-ČSL | ||||||||||||||||||
PPEU | Pirates | ||||||||||||||||||
EPP | TOP 09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 January 2023 – 30 June 2023 | EPP | Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) | Kristersson | EPP | M | |||||||||||||
EPP | KD | ||||||||||||||||||
ALDE | L | ||||||||||||||||||
Spain | T12 | 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023 | PES | Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) | Sánchez II until 21 November 2023 | PES | PSOE | ||||||||||||
MLP | Podemos | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | PCE | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | IU | ||||||||||||||||||
EGP | CatComú | ||||||||||||||||||
Sánchez III from 21 November 2023 | PES | PSOE | |||||||||||||||||
Ind. | SMR | ||||||||||||||||||
PES | PSC | ||||||||||||||||||
EGP | CatComú | ||||||||||||||||||
Ind. | MM | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | IU | ||||||||||||||||||
PEL | PCE | ||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 1 January 2024 – 30 June 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||
Hungary | 1 July 2024 – 31 December 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | X | TBD | TBD | TBD |
European Parliament has role in the appointment of: [96]
Position | Candidate | EP Role | Appointer | Hearing | European Parliament vote | Source | ||||||||||||
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Party | Name | Country | Date | Committee | In favor | Against | Abstain | Date | Votes cast | Majority | In favor | Against | Abstain | |||||
President of the European Central Bank | EPP | Christine Lagarde | FRA | Consultation | European Council | 4 September 2019 | ECON | 37 | 11 | 4 | 17 September 2019 | 649 | 325 | 349 | 206 | 49 | [97] [98] | |
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. | [99] |
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. [100]
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. [100]
Women MEPs | New MEPs | Age | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Youngest | Average | Oldest | ||
266 / 705 | 387 / 705 | 21 | 50 | 82 |
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, 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. [100]
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. [100]
Member state | Positions | Women MEPs | New MEPs | Age | ||||
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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 | 6 / 14 | 8 / 14 | 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 | 33 | 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: [100] |
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. [101] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair. [101] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations and ad hoc delegations. [101]
Delegation | Chair | |||||
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Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly | DNAT | EPP | Tom Vandenkendelaere | BEL | ||
Delegation to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | DACP | S&D | Carlos Zorrinho | POR | ||
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | DLAT | S&D | Javi López | ESP | ||
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | DEPA | EPP | Andrius Kubilius | LIT | ||
Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | DMED | S&D | David Sassoli | ITA | ||
Source: [102] |
JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and the third country. [103]
Delegation | Chair | |||||
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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 | EPP | Andreas Schwab | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo | DSEE | 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 | S&D | Andrea Cozzolino | ITA | ||
Delegation to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee | DCAR | RE | Stéphane Bijoux | FRA | ||
Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-AL | EPP | Manolis Kefalogiannis | GRE | ||
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-CL | S&D | Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero | ESP | ||
Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MX | S&D | Massimiliano Smeriglio | ITA | ||
Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee | D-MD | EPP | Siegfried Mureșan | ROM | ||
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-ME | EPP | Vladimír Bilčík | SVK | ||
Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-MK | S&D | Andreas Schieder | AUT | ||
Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee | D-RS | S&D | Tanja Fajon | SLO | ||
Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | D-TR | G/EFA | Sergey Lagodinsky | GER | ||
Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly | D-UK | RE | Nathalie Loiseau | FRA | ||
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee | D-UA | ECR | Witold Waszczykowski | POL | ||
Source: [104] |
Delegation | Chair | |||||
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Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee | DSCA | S&D | Marina Kaljurand | EST | ||
Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia | DCAS | EPP | Fulvio Martusciello | ITA | ||
Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | D-RU | ECR | Ryszard Czarnecki | POL | ||
Source: [105] |
Delegation | Chair | |||||
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Delegation for relations with Afghanistan | D-AF | RE | Petras Auštrevičius | LIT | ||
Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand | DANZ | RE | Ulrike Müller | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with Belarus | D-BY | S&D | Robert Biedroń | POL | ||
Delegation for relations with Brazil | D-BR | EPP | José Manuel Fernandes | POR | ||
Delegation for relations with Canada | D-CA | RE | Stéphanie Yon-Courtin | FRA | ||
Delegation for relations with India | D-IN | RE | Søren Gade | DEN | ||
Delegation for relations with Iran | D-IR | GUE/NGL | Cornelia Ernst | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with Iraq | D-IQ | EPP | Sara Skyttedal | SWE | ||
Delegation for relations with Israel | D-IL | EPP | Antonio López-Istúriz White | ESP | ||
Delegation for relations with Japan | D-JP | S&D | Christel Schaldemose | DEN | ||
Delegation for relations with Mercosur | DMER | RE | Jordi Cañas Pérez | ESP | ||
Delegation for relations with Palestine | DPAL | GUE/NGL | Manu Pineda | ESP | ||
Delegation for relations with South Africa | D-ZA | EPP | Magdalena Adamowicz | POL | ||
Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula | DARP | G/EFA | Hannah Neumann | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America | DCAM | G/EFA | Tilly Metz | LUX | ||
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia | DSAS | ECR | Nicola Procaccini | ITA | ||
Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | DASE | EPP | Daniel Caspary | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community | DAND | EPP | Pilar del Castillo | ESP | ||
Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula | DKOR | EPP | Lukas Mandl | AUT | ||
Delegation for relations with the Mashriq countries | DMAS | S&D | Isabel Santos | POR | ||
Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament | DPAP | RE | María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos | ESP | ||
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | D-CN | G/EFA | Reinhard Bütikofer | GER | ||
Delegation for relations with the United States | D-US | EPP | Radosław Sikorski | POL | ||
Source: [106] |
The composition of the rest of Secretariat is appointed by the Parliament Bureau, headed by the Secretary General.
Other services that assist the Secretariat:
Directorate General | Director General | |
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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 |
The 2019 European Parliament election took place from 23 to 26 May 2019.
Group (2019–24) | Seats 2019 | Outgoing seats | ∆ | ||
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EPP | European People's Party (Christian democrats and liberal conservatives) | 182 | 216 | −34 | |
S&D | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Social democrats) | 154 | 185 | −31 | |
RE | Renew Europe (Social liberals and conservative liberals) | 108 | 69 | +39 | |
Greens/EFA | Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens and regionalists) | 74 | 52 | +22 | |
ID | Identity and Democracy (Right-wing populists and nationalists) | 73 | 36 | +37 | |
ECR | European Conservatives and Reformists (National conservatives and sovereignists) | 62 | 77 | −15 | |
GUE/NGL | European United Left–Nordic Green Left (Democratic socialists and communists) | 41 | 52 | −11 | |
NI | Non-attached | 57 | 20 | +37 | |
EFDD | Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (Populists and hard eurosceptics) | – | 42 | −42 | |
Vacant | N/A | 0 | 2 | — | |
Total | 751 | 751 |
State | Political groups | MEPs | |||||||||||||||
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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) [109] | +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 | 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 |
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Renew Europe (Renew) is a liberal, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which existed during the sixth, seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019, and under a variety of other names in earlier Parliaments. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe.
The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the 2024 elections. It has Ursula von der Leyen as its president and it further consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union.
The 2024 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held on 6 to 9 June 2024. This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit. This election will also coincide with a number of other elections in the European Union.
Olivér Várhelyi is a Hungarian lawyer and diplomat, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement from Hungary in the von der Leyen Commission after the rejection of László Trócsányi by the European Parliament.
The Conference on the Future of Europe was a proposal of the European Commission and the European Parliament, announced at the end of 2019, with the aim of looking at the medium- to long-term future of the EU and what reforms should be made to its policies and institutions. It is intended that the Conference should involve citizens, including a significant role for young people, civil society, and European institutions as equal partners and last for two years. It will be jointly organised by the European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission. On 19 April 2021, the multilingual digital platform of the Conference futureu.europa.eu was launched.
Several Parliament officials said that Farage's former "Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy" group had not been added to the official list. "Farage and 5Star doesn't have a group," said one official, referring to Italy's 5Star movement which was also part of the EFDD.