Ninth European Parliament

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The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and sat until the tenth European Parliament was sworn in on 16 July 2024.

9th European Parliament
2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
The logo of the European Parliament
President (1st Half)Italy David Sassoli (S&D)
Malta Roberta Metsola (EPP) (acting)
President (2nd Half)Malta Roberta Metsola (EPP)
Vice-Presidents
First Vice-President:

1st Half:

2nd Half:

Other Vice-Presidents:
See List

CommissionJuncker (until 30 November 2019)
von der Leyen I (from 1 December 2019)
Political groups
  •   EPP Group (177)
  •   S&D (140)
  •   Renew (102)
  •   Greens/EFA (72)
  •   ECR (68)
  •   ID (59)
  •   The Left (37)
  •   NI (50)
MEPs705
ElectionsMay 2019 (Union)
Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Major events

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The 9th European Parliament's constitutive session, Strasbourg (2 July 2019)

Leadership

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The President of the European Parliament 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]

First Half

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President: David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:

Second Half

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President: Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents

Elections of the Quaestors

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4 July 2019 election

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The five Quaestors were chosen by acclamation.

Candidate Group Votes
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

20 January 2022 election

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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
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

Political groups and parties

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The 705 seats after the UK left by their representation
 
The 751 seats before the UK left by their representation

There were 7 political groups in the parliament, one fewer than the previous parliament. Each MEP could belong to only one group. Political groups could be founded by at least 25 MEPs which came from at least one quarter of all EU member states (namely seven).[2]

Situation before and after Brexit

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Political group
and affiliated European political parties
MEPs
Pre-Brexit Post-Brexit
EPP

[14]

Group of the European People's Party
- European People's Party
182 / 751
187 / 705
  5
24.23% 26.52%   2.29%
S&D

[15]

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
- Party of European Socialists
154 / 751
147 / 705
  7
20.24% 20.99%   0.75%
Renew

[16]

Renew Europe Group
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
- European Democratic Party
108 / 751
98 / 705
  10
14.38% 13.76%   0.62%
ID

[17]

Identity and Democracy Group
- Identity and Democracy Party
73 / 751
76 / 705
  3
9.72% 10.78%   1.06%
G/EFA

[18]

Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
- European Green Party
- European Free Alliance
- European Pirate Party
- Volt Europa
74 / 751
67 / 705
  7
9.84% 9.50%   0.34%
ECR

[19]

European Conservatives and Reformists
- European Conservatives and Reformists Party
- European Christian Political Movement
62 / 751
61 / 705
  1
8.26% 8.79%   0.53%
GUE/NGL

[20]

The Left in the European Parliament
- Party of the European Left
- Nordic Green Left Alliance
- Now the People
- Animal Politics EU
41 / 751
39 / 705
  2
5.46% 5.67%   0.21%
NI

[21]

Non-Inscrits
- European Alliance for Freedom and Democracy
- Alliance for Peace and Freedom
- Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
54 / 751
29 / 705
  25
7.19% 3.33%   3.86%
Vacant[22][23][24][25] 4 1   46
Source for MEPs: Seats by Member State

Members

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List of members

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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:

Seat allocations

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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
  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]

Post-Brexit political groups membership changes

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Member state Political groups MEPs
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

Former members

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Group Name State MEP until Reason Source
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

Elected MEPs that did not take the seat

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Group Name State Reason Source
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]

Working bodies

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Standing committees

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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]

Committee Members Chair Vice Chairs
1st half of term
(2019–2022)
2nd half of term
(2022–2024)
1st half of term
(2019–2022)
2nd half of term
(2022–2024)
Committee on Foreign Affairs AFET 79 EPP David McAllister   GER ECR Witold Waszczykowski   POL
RE Urmas Paet   EST
S&D Sergei Stanishev   BUL
EPP Željana Zovko   HRV
Subcommittee on Security and Defence SEDE 30 RE Nathalie Loiseau   FRA S&D Nikos Androulakis   GRE
EPP Rasa Juknevičienė   LIT
GUE
/
NGL
Özlem Demirel   GER
EPP Lukas Mandl   AUT
Subcommittee on Human Rights DROI 30 S&D Marie Arena   BEL RE Bernard Guetta   FRA
G /
EFA
Hannah Neumann   GER
EPP Christian Sagartz   AUT
S&D Raphaël Glucksmann   FRA
Committee on Development DEVE 26 EPP Tomas Tobé   SWE G /
EFA
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana   GER
S&D Norbert Neuser   GER S&D Pierfrancesco Majorino   ITA
RE Chrysoula Zacharopoulou   FRA
G /
EFA
Erik Marquardt   GER
Committee on International Trade INTA 41 S&D Bernd Lange   GER ECR Jan Zahradil   CZE
EPP Iuliu Winkler   ROM
EPP Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou   GRE
RE Marie-Pierre Vedrenne   FRA
Committee on Budgets BUDG 41 ECR Johan Van Overtveldt   BEL EPP Janusz Lewandowski   POL
RE Olivier Chastel   BEL
S&D Margarida Marques   POR
EPP Niclas Herbst   GER
Committee on Budgetary Control CONT 30 EPP Monika Hohlmeier   GER S&D Isabel García Muñoz   ESP
S&D Caterina Chinnici   ITA
RE Martina Dlabajová   CZE RE Gilles Boyer   FRA
EPP Petri Sarvamaa   FIN EPP Tomáš Zdechovský   CZE
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON 61 S&D Irene Tinagli   ITA EPP Luděk Niedermayer   CZE
RE Stéphanie Yon-Courtin   FRA
ECR Michiel Hoogeveen   NLD
GUE
/
NGL
José Gusmão   POR
Subcommittee on Tax Matters FISC 30 S&D Paul Tang   NLD EPP Markus Ferber   GER
RE Martin Hlaváček   CZE
G /
EFA
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen   DEN
EPP Othmar Karas   AUT
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs EMPL 55 RE Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová   SVK RE Dragoș Pîslaru   ROM S&D Vilija Blinkevičiūtė   LIT S&D Elisabetta Gualmini   ITA
GUE
/
NGL
Sandra Pereira   POR GUE
/
NGL
Leïla Chaibi   FRA
EPP Tomáš Zdechovský   CZE EPP Romana Tomc   SLO
G /
EFA
Katrin Langensiepen   GER
Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ENVI 88 RE Pascal Canfin   FRA G /
EFA
Bas Eickhout   NED
S&D César Luena   ESP
EPP Dan-Ștefan Motreanu   ROM
GUE
/
NGL
Anja Hazekamp   NED
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy ITRE 72 EPP Cristian Bușoi   ROM ECR Zdzisław Krasnodębski   POL
RE Morten Helveg Petersen   DEN
S&D Patrizia Toia   ITA
S&D Lina Gálvez   ESP
Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO 45 G /
EFA
Anna Cavazzini   GER RE Andrus Ansip   EST
S&D Maria Grapini   ROM
EPP Krzysztof Hetman   POL
S&D Maria Manuel Leitão Marques   POR
Committee on Transport and Tourism TRAN 49 G /
EFA
Karima Delli   FRA S&D István Ujhelyi   HUN
EPP Jens Gieseke   GER
S&D Andris Ameriks   LAT
RE Jan-Christoph Oetjen   GER
Committee on Regional Development REGI 43 GUE
/
NGL
Younous Omarjee   FRA EPP Krzysztof Hetman   POL
RE Vlad-Marius Botoş   ROM
S&D Adrian-Dragoş Benea   ROM S&D Nora Mebarek   FRA
EPP Isabel Benjumea Benjumea   ESP
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI 48 EPP Norbert Lins   GER G /
EFA
Francisco Guerreiro   POR G /
EFA
Benoît Biteau   FRA
EPP Daniel Buda   ROM
ECR Mazaly Aguilar   ESP
RE Elsi Katainen   FIN
Committee on Fisheries PECH 28 RE Pierre Karleskind   FRA EPP Peter van Dalen   NED
RE Søren Gade   DEN
S&D Giuseppe Ferrandino   ITA
EPP Maria da Graça Carvalho   POR
Committee on Culture and Education CULT 31 EPP Sabine Verheyen   GER G /
EFA
Romeo Franz   GER
ECR Dace Melbārde   LAT
S&D Victor Negrescu   ROM
EPP Milan Zver   SVN EPP Michaela Šojdrová   CZE
Committee on Legal Affairs JURI 25 RE Adrián Vázquez Lázara   ESP G /
EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky   GER
EPP Marion Walsmann   GER
S&D Iban García del Blanco   ESP S&D Lara Wolters   NED
ECR Raffaele Stancanelli   ITA
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE 69 S&D Juan Fernando López Aguilar   ESP RE Maite Pagazaurtundúa   ESP
S&D Pietro Bartolo   ITA
EPP Andrzej Halicki   POL
EPP Emil Radev   BUL
Committee on Constitutional Affairs AFCO 28 EPP Antonio Tajani   ITA S&D Gabriele Bischoff   GER
RE Charles Goerens   LUX
S&D Giuliano Pisapia   ITA
EPP Lóránt Vincze   ROM
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality FEMM 37 S&D Evelyn Regner   AUT S&D Robert Biedroń   POL GUE
/
NGL
María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop   ESP
G /
EFA
Sylwia Spurek   POL
EPP Eliza Vozemberg   GRE
S&D Robert Biedroń   POL S&D Radka Maxová   CZE
Committee on Petitions PETI 35 EPP Dolors Montserrat   ESP G /
EFA
Tatjana Ždanoka   LAT
RE Yana Toom   EST
ECR Ryszard Czarnecki   POL
S&D Cristina Maestre   ESP S&D Alex Agius Saliba   MLT
Sources:[33][34][35][36]

Other bodies

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Body Members President Members
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]

Composition of the executive

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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

Appointment of the new executive

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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.

President of the Commission election

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Secret paper ballot took place on 16 July 2019.

Candidate Votes cast Majority In favor Against Blank Source
EPP Ursula von der Leyen   GER 733 374 383 327 22 [6]

Von der Leyen Commission Confirmation

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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
EPP Von der Leyen Commission 707 374[citation needed] 461 157 89 [41]
S&D
RE

Council presidency

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Presidency of the
Council of the EU
 
Belgium
1 January 2024 - 30 June 2024

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
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
ALDE Prime Minister
Alexander De Croo
(Open Vld)
De Croo ALDE Open Vld
ALDE MR
PES Vooruit
PES PS
EPP CD&V
EGP Groen
EGP Ecolo
  Hungary 1 July 2024 –
31 December 2024
TBD TBD TBD X TBD TBD TBD

Appointments

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European Parliament has role in the appointment of:[42]

Position Candidate EP Role Appointer Hearing European Parliament vote Source
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 [43][44]
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. [45]

Statistics

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European Parliament statistics

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There were 266 women MEPs, 37.7% of the whole Parliament. Kira Peter-Hansen of Denmark was the youngest MEP at 21, while Silvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy), was the oldest at the age of 82. The average age of all MEPs was 50.[46]

387 of the MEPs were newly elected and weren't members of European Parliament before. 295 MEPs were also members of the previous Parliament. 16 of the MEPs held position before, but not between 2014 and 2019.[46]

Women MEPs New MEPs Age
Youngest Average Oldest
266 / 705
387 / 705
21 50 82

Statistics by member states

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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.[46]

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.[46]

Member state Positions Women MEPs New MEPs Age
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:[46]

Delegations

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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.[47] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair.[47] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations and ad hoc delegations.[47]

Delegations to parliamentary assemblies

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Delegation Chair
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:[48]

Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs)

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JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and the third country.[49]

Delegation Chair
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:[50]

Parliamentary Cooperations Committees (PCCs)

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Delegation Chair
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:[51]

Bilateral and multilateral relations delegations

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Delegation Chair
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:[52]

Secretariat

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The composition of the rest of Secretariat is appointed by the Parliament Bureau, headed by the Secretary General.

Other services that assist the Secretariat:

  • Secretariat of the Bureau and Quaestors
  • Secretariat of the Conference of Presidents
  • Directorate for Relations with Political Groups
  • Internal Audit Unit
  • Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Unit (EMAS)
  • Management Team Support Office
  • Business Continuity Management Unit
  • Data Protection Service

Directorates General

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Directorate General Director General
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

2019 elections results

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The 2019 European Parliament election took place from 23 to 26 May 2019.

2019 results by political group[53]
Group (2019–24) Seats 2019 Outgoing
seats
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  
Notes on changes in groups

Results by country

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State Political groups MEPs
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)[55] +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

Notes

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

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