Ninth European Parliament

9th European Parliament
2 July 2019 – TBD
President (1st Half)	David Sassoli (S&D)
President (2nd Half)	TBD
Vice-Presidents	First Vice President: Roberta Metsola (EPP) Vice Presidents: Rainer Wieland (EPP) Othmar Karas (EPP) Ewa Kopacz (EPP) Lívia Járóka (NI) Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D) Katarina Barley (S&D) Klara Dobrev (S&D) Dita Charanzová (RE) Nicola Beer (RE) Heidi Hautala (G/EFA) Marcel Kolaja (G/EFA) Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL) Fabio Massimo Castaldo (NI)
Commission	Juncker (until 30 November 2019) Von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019)
Political groups	Coalition (421) (unofficial, de facto):[1]   EPP (178)   S&D (146)   RE (97) Opposition (284) (unofficial, de facto):   ECR (74)   ID (74)   Greens/EFA (73)   GUE-NGL (39)   NI (27)
MEPs	705
Elections	May 2019 (Union)
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
Website	Official website
← Eighth Tenth →

The 9th European Parliament was elected in the 2019 elections and is to last until the 2024 elections.

Major events[]

• 23–26 May 2019^[2]
  • Elections to the 9th European Parliament
    • EPP (182 seats), S&D (154), RE (108), Greens/EFA (74), ID (73), ECR (62), GUE/NGL (41), others (54)
• 2 July 2019^[3]
  • First Session (constitutive session) of the 9th Parliament.
    • Presiding officer (under Article 14(2) of the Rules): Antonio Tajani (EPP) of Italy, President of the Eighth Parliament
• 3 July 2019
  • Election of the President and Vice Presidents of Parliament^[4]
    • David Sassoli (S&D) of Italy is elected President, Mairead McGuinness (EPP) of Ireland is elected First Vice President^[5]
• 16 July 2019^[6]
  • Vote on 3 July 2019 EUCO proposal for President of the European Commission
    • Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) of Germany is elected President of the European Commission^[7]
• 30 September-8 October 2019^[8]
  • Hearings of candidates for European Commissioners
  • Additional hearings, if needed, would take place on 14 and 15 October 2019
• 23 October 2019^[8]
  • Confirmation vote on the Von der Leyen Commission
• 31 October 2019 (postponed)
  • Original scheduled date for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union, but has been agreed to be postponed for 3 months
  • As Brexit is further postponed, the UK will have to nominate a candidate for a European Commissioner.
• 1 November 2019
  • New European Commission takes office
• 31 January 2020
  • The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, subsequently resulting in a reduction in the number of seats in the European Parliament from 751 to 705.
• 16 December 2020
  • Approval of the seven-year budget 2021-2027 of the EU. Decision on keeping an eye on how Next Generation EU funds are spent.^[9]

Leadership[]

First half[]

President		S&D	David Sassoli	ITA
Vice Presidents For order of precedence see the election results		EPP	Mairead McGuinness	IRL
		EPP	Rainer Wieland	GER
		EPP	Othmar Karas	AUT
		EPP	Ewa Kopacz	POL
		EPP	Lívia Járóka	HUN
		S&D	Pedro Silva Pereira	POR
		S&D	Katarina Barley	GER
		S&D	Klára Dobrev	HUN
		RE	Dita Charanzová	CZE
		RE	Nicola Beer	GER
		G/EFA	Heidi Hautala	FIN
		G/EFA	Marcel Kolaja	CZE
		GUE/NGL	Dimitrios Papadimoulis	GRE
		NI	Fabio Massimo Castaldo	ITA
Quaestors		EPP	Anne Sander	FRA
		EPP	David Casa	MLT
		S&D	Monika Beňová	SVK
		RE	Gilles Boyer	FRA
		ECR	Karol Karski	POL

Elections of the President[]

President of the European Parliament
David Sassoli (PES) of Italy from 3 July 2019

3 July 2019 election[]

The President was due to be elected at the first meeting of Parliament on 2 July but the vote was delayed until 3 July because of the European Council's ongoing negotiations to fill other major EU roles. Nominations for candidates remained open until late in the evening on 2 July.^[4] The President is elected with the majority of valid votes.

Candidate		Group		Ballots
				1st Ballot	2nd Ballot
David Sassoli	ITA		S&D	325	345
Jan Zahradil	CZE		ECR	162	160
Ska Keller	GER		G/EFA	133	119
Sira Rego	ESP		GUE/NGL	42	43
Votes cast				662	667
Votes needed for election				332	334
Blank or void				73	37
Voted				735	704
Source: European Parliament News

Elections of the Vice Presidents[]

The 14 Vice Presidents are elected in a single ballot by an absolute majority of votes cast. If the number of successful candidates is less than 14, a second vote is held to assign the remaining seats under the same conditions. If a third vote is necessary, a simple majority is sufficient to fill the remaining seats. Vice Presidents take precedence in the order in which they are elected and, in the event of a tie, by age. At each round, MEPs may vote for as many candidates as the number of seats available at that round, but they have to vote for more than half of the positions to be filled.^[10]

3 July 2019 election[]

Candidate		Group		Ballots		Electronic
				1st Ballot	2nd Ballot	3rd Round
Mairead McGuinness	IRL		EPP	618
Pedro Silva Pereira	POR		S&D	556
Rainer Wieland	GER		EPP	516
Katarina Barley	GER		S&D	516
Othmar Karas	AUT		EPP	477
Ewa Kopacz	POL		EPP	461
Klara Dobrev	HUN		S&D	402
Dita Charanzová	CZE		RE	395
Nicola Beer	GER		RE	363
Lívia Járóka	HUN		EPP	349
Heidi Hautala	FIN		G/EFA	336
Marcel Kolaja	CZE		G/EFA	237	426
Dimitrios Papadimoulis	GRE		GUE/NGL	303	401
Fabio Massimo Castaldo	ITA		NI	143	284	248
Zdzisław Krasnodębski	POL		ECR	169	261	85
Mara Bizzotto	ITA		ID	130	142	17
Laura Huhtasaari	FIN		ID	135	withdrew
Votes cast				661	663	350
Votes needed for election				331	332	175
Blank or void				41	16	61
Voted				702	679	411
Source: European Parliament News

Elections of the Quaestors[]

4 July 2019 election[]

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

Political groups leadership[]

Political group			Presidents		Vice Presidents
	EPP [11]	Group of the European People's Party	Manfred Weber	GER	Dubravka Šuica	CRO
					Esteban González Pons	ESP
					Ewa Kopacz	POL
					Siegfried Mureșan	ROU
					Mairead McGuinness	IRL
					Esther de Lange	NED
					Arnaud Danjean	FRA
					Andrey Kovatchev	BUL
					Vangelis Meimarakis	GRE
					Paulo Rangel	POR
	S&D [12]	Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament	Iratxe García	ESP	Éric Andrieu	FRA
					Simona Bonafé from 11 September 2019	ITA
					Biljana Borzan	CRO
					Miriam Dalli	MLT
					Heléne Fritzon	SWE
					Kati Piri	NED
					Rovana Plumb	ROU
					Ismail Ertug from 11 September 2019	GER
					Bernd Lange	GER
					Roberto Gualtieri until 5 September 2019	ITA
	RE [13][14]	Renew Europe Group	Dacian Cioloș	ROU	Malik Azmani	NED
					Katalin Cseh	HUN
					Luis Garicano	ESP
					Morten Løkkegaard	DEN
					Iskra Mihaylova	BUL
					Frédérique Ries	BEL
					Dominique Riquet	FRA
					Sylvie Brunet	FRA
					Fredrick Federley	SWE
	G/EFA [15]	Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance	Ska Keller	GER	Alice Bah Kuhnke	SWE
					Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield	FRA
					Bas Eickhout	NED
					Terry Reintke	GER
			Philippe Lamberts	BEL
					Ernest Urtasun	ESP
	ID [16]	Identity and Democracy Group	Marco Zanni	ITA	Nicolas Bay	FRA
					Jörg Meuthen	GER
	ECR [17]	European Conservatives and Reformists	Raffaele Fitto	ITA	Roberts Zīle	LAT
					Assita Kanko	BEL
					Peter Lundgren	SWE
			Ryszard Legutko	POL
					Derk Jan Eppink	NED
					Hermann Tertsch	ESP
	GUE/NGL [18]	Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left	Manon Aubry	FRA	João Ferreira	POR
					Marisa Matias	POR
			Martin Schirdewan	GER	Sira Rego	ESP
					Nikolaj Villumsen	DEN

Political groups and parties[]

European Parliament membership Previous 751 MEPs composition Previous 751 MEPs composition Current 705 MEPs Composition (when the UK left)

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]

Current situation[]

Political group and affiliated European political parties			MEPs
			Pre-Brexit	Post-Brexit
	EPP [19]	Group of the European People's Party - European People's Party	182 / 751	187 / 705	5
			24.23%	26.52%	2.29%
	S&D [20]	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 [21]	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 [16]	Identity and Democracy Group - Identity and Democracy Party	73 / 751	76 / 705	3
			9.72%	10.78%	1.06%
	G/EFA [22]	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 [23]	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 [24]	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 [25]	Non-inscrits and others - including Brexit Party, DUP, Five Star Movement, Jobbik, Golden Dawn, KKE, Živi zid, Die Partei and Kotleba	54 / 751	29 / 705	25
			7.19%	3.33%	3.86%
Vacant[26][27][28][29]			4	1	46
Source for MEPs: Seats by Member State

Members[]

Political groups by member states Group of the European People's Party Group of the European People's Party Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Renew Europe Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Identity and Democracy European Conservatives and Reformists Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left

List of members[]

MEPs that previously served as President or Prime Minister:

• Andrus Ansip of Estonia: Prime Minister (2005–2014)
• Traian Băsescu of Romania: President (2004–2014)
• Marek Belka of Poland: Prime Minister (2004–2005)
• Silvio Berlusconi of Italy: Prime Minister (1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011)
• Jerzy Buzek of Poland: Prime Minister (1997–2001)
• Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland: Prime Minister (1996–1997)
• Dacian Cioloș of Romania: Prime Minister (2015–2017)
• Ewa Kopacz of Poland: Prime Minister (2014–2015)
• Andrius Kubilius of Lithuania: Prime Minister (1999–2000, 2008–2012)
• Leszek Miller of Poland: Prime Minister (2001–2004)
• Alfred Sant of Malta: Prime Minister (1996–1998)
• Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria: Prime Minister (2005–2009)
• Beata Szydło of Poland: Prime Minister (2015–2017)
• Mihai Tudose of Romania: Prime Minister (2017–2018)
• Guy Verhofstadt of Belgium: Prime Minister (1999–2008)

MEPs that previously served as European Commissioner:

• Andrus Ansip of Estonia: Vice President, Digital Single Market (2014–2019)
• Dacian Cioloș of Romania: Agriculture and Rural Development (2010–2014)
• Corina Crețu of Romania: Regional Policy (2014–2019)
• Danuta Hübner of Poland: Trade (2004), Regional Policy (2004–2009)
• Sandra Kalniete of Latvia: Agriculture and Fisheries (2004)
• Janusz Lewandowski of Poland: Financial Programming and the Budget (2010–2014)
• Antonio Tajani of Italy: Transport (2008–2010), Industry and Entrepreneurship (2010–2014)

MEPs that previously served as presiding officer of a national parliament:

• Vasile Blaga of Romania: President of the Senate (2011–2012)
• Milan Brglez of Slovenia: Speaker of the National Assembly (2014–2018)
• Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland: Marshal of the Sejm (2005)
• Eero Heinäluoma of Finland: Speaker of Parliament (2011–2015)
• Vangelis Meimarakis of Greece: Speaker of Parliament (2012–2015)
• Radosław Sikorski of Poland: Marshal of the Sejm (2014–2015)

MEPs that previously served as President of the European Parliament:

• Jerzy Buzek of Poland: President (2009–2012)
• Antonio Tajani of Italy: President (2017–2019)

MEPs that previously served as foreign minister:

• Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2005)
• Anna Fotyga of Poland: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007)
• José Manuel García-Margallo of Spain: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2011–2016)
• Marina Kaljurand of Estonia: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2016)
• Sandra Kalniete of Latvia: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002–2004)
• Sven Mikser of Estonia: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2016–2019)
• Urmas Paet of Estonia: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2014)
• Tonino Picula of Croatia: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003)
• Radosław Sikorski of Poland: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2014)
• Witold Waszczykowski of Poland: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2018)

Seat allocations[]

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.^[30]

Member state	Current seats	Post Brexit change
Austria	19	1
Belgium	21	0
Bulgaria	17	0
Croatia	12	1
Cyprus	6	0
Czech Republic	21	0
Denmark	14	1
Estonia	7	1
Finland	14	1
France	79	5
Germany	96	0
Greece	21	0
Hungary	21	0
Ireland	13	2
Italy	76	3
Latvia	8	0
Lithuania	11	0
Luxembourg	6	0
Malta	6	0
Netherlands	29	3
Poland	52	1
Portugal	21	0
Romania	33	1
Slovakia	14	1
Slovenia	8	0
Spain	59	5
Sweden	21	1
Total	705	46
[31][32][33]

Post-Brexit political groups membership changes[]

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[]

Group		Name	State	MEP until	Reason	Source
	S&D	André Bradford	POR	18 July 2019	Death	[28]
	S&D	Roberto Gualtieri	ITA	5 September 2019	Named Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy	[29]

Elected MEPs that did not take the seat[]

Group		Name	State	Reason	Source
	S&D	Frans Timmermans	NED	Remained European Commissioner for the Netherlands	[34]
	EPP	Mariya Gabriel	BUL	Remained European Commissioner for Bulgaria	[35]
	EPP	Valdis Dombrovskis	LAT	Remained European Commissioner for Latvia	[36]

Working bodies[]

Standing committees[]

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.^[37]

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.^[37]

Committee			Members	First half of the term
				Chair				Vice Chairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs		AFET	71		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	Kinga Gál	HUN
									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
									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		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
									EPP	Tamás Deutsch	HUN
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs		ECON	60		S&D	Roberto Gualtieri until 5 September 2019	ITA		EPP	Luděk Niedermayer	CZE
									RE	Stéphanie Yon-Courtin	FRA		GUE/NGL	José Gusmão	POR
									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		ECR	Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová	SVK		S&D	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	LIT
									GUE/NGL	Sandra Pereira	POR
									EPP	Tomáš Zdechovský	CZE
									G/EFA	Katrin Langensiepen	GER
Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety		ENVI	76		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 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	Róża Thun	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	Sven Schulze	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		ROM
									S&D		ROM
									EPP	Isabel Benjumea Benjumea	ESP
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development		AGRI	48		EPP	Norbert Lins	GER		G/EFA	Francisco Guerreiro	POR
									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		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	Andrea Bocskor	HUN
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
									ECR	Raffaele Stancanelli	ITA
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs		LIBE	68		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		GER
									RE	Charles Goerens	LUX
									S&D	Giuliano Pisapia	ITA
										TBD
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality		FEMM	35		S&D	Evelyn Regner	AUT		GUE/NGL	María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop	ESP
									G/EFA	Sylwia Spurek	POL
									EPP	Eliza Vozemberg	GRE
									S&D	Robert Biedroń	POL
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
Sources:[37][38][39][40]

Other bodies[]

Body		Members	President				Members
Conference of Presidents	BCPR	11		S&D	David Sassoli (ex-officio)	ITA	President of the European Parliament Presidents of political groups One NI MEP, invited by the President (no voting right)
The Bureau	BURO	20		S&D	David Sassoli (ex-officio)	ITA	President of the European Parliament Vice Presidents of the European Parliament Quaestors (in advisory capacity)
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:[41][42]

Composition of the executive[]

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[]

On 2 July 2019 European Council finished a three-day-long summit with a decision to propose the following for approval by the Parliament:^[43]

• Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) for President
• Josep Borrell (PES) for High Representative

Euroepan 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 Confirmation[]

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	[7]

Von der Leyen Commission Confirmation[]

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.^[44] 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	461	157	89	[45]
	S&D
	RE

Commissioners-designate Confirmations[]

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.^[46]

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.^[47] 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.^[48] 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.^[49] 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.^[50] 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.^[51]

According to several media reports hearings before the European Parliament committees could be tough for:^[52][53]

• Janusz Wojciechowski - European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture (due to ongoing investigation by OLAF regarding irregularities in the reimbursement of travel expenses when he was MEP; it was reported on 27 September by Politico that OLAF dropped investigation because Wojciechowski already paid the money back to the Euroepan Parliament)^[54][55]
• Didier Reynders - European Commissioner-designate for Justice (due to investigation by the national authorities regarding corruption and money laundering in the Democratic Republic of Congo; it was reported by Politico on 27 September 2019 that Belgian prosecutor dropped the investigation against Reynders and found no wrongdoing)^[56][57]
• Sylvie Goulard - European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (due to alleged misuse of EU funds)^[58]
• Paolo Gentiloni - European Commissioner-designate for Economy (due to his role in Italian economy as Prime Minister)^[53]
• Dubravka Šuica - Vice-President-designate for Democracy and Demography (due to personal finances and possession of many real estate worth more than 5 million euros in light of her work as teacher, mayor and MP, and due to her views on women's rights, especially freedom of birth and due to her past votings as MEP where she objected abortion)^[59]

Schedule of the hearings[]

Date	9:00-12:00	14:30-17:30	18:30-21:30
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
		AFCO JURI PETI ITRE	INTA
			Mariya Gabriel of  Bulgaria European Commissioner-designate for Innivation and Youth
			ITRE CULT
1 October 2019	Nicolas Schmit of  Luxembourg European Commissioner-designate for Jobs	Janusz Wojciechowski[60] of  Poland European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture HEARING NO. 1	László Trócsányi[61] of  Hungary European Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood and Enlargement NO HEARING HELD
	EMPL ECON	AGRI ENVI	AFET
	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
	DEVE	LIBE	ENVI AGRI
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
	LIBE JURI IMCO	FEMM EMPL LIBE	REGI BUDG ECON
	Rovana Plumb[62] 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
	TRAN ENVI	IMCO ITRE JURI CULT	DEVE ENVI
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
	ECON BUDG EMPL	PECH ENVI	LIBE CULT EMPL
	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
	ITRE ENVI	BUDG CONT JURI	AFCO EMPL
7 October 2019		Věra Jourová of the  Czech Republic Vice-President-designate for Values and Transparency
		AFCO LIBE JURI
		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
		AFET
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
	ECON EMPL BUDG	ITRE IMCO ECON JURI	ENVI ITRE TRAN
	Janusz Wojciechowski[60] of  Poland European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture HEARING NO. 2
	AGRI ENVI
10 October 2019	Sylvie Goulard of  France European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market HEARING NO. 2
	IMCO ITRE JURI CULT
Source:[63]   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:

• Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland, European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture (additional hearing on 8 October 2019)^[64]
• Sylvie Goulard of France, European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (additional hearing on 10 October 2019)^[65]
• Ylva Johansson of Sweden, European Commissioner-designate for Home Affairs

Hearings[]

Candidate				Official nomination	Portfolio	Committee vote					Refs
						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			[66]
							CONT
							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			[67][68]
							ITRE
	EPP	Dubravka Šuica	CRO	22 August 2019	Democracy and Demography (Vice President)	3 October 2019	AFCO	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[69][70]
							EMPL
	EPP	Stella Kyriakidou	CYP	23 July 2019	Health	1 October 2019	ENVI	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[71][72]
							AGRI
	ALDE	Věra Jourová	CZE	26 August 2019	Values and Transparency (Vice President)	7 October 2019	LIBE	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[73][74]
							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			[75]
							ITRE
							IMCO
							JURI
	ALDE	Kadri Simson	EST	22 July 2019	Energy	3 October 2019	ITRE	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[76][77]
							ENVI
	PES	Jutta Urpilainen	FIN	22 July 2019	International Partnerships	1 October 2019	DEVE	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[78]
	Ind.	Thierry Breton	FRA		Internal Market		IMCO
							ITRE
							JURI
							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			[79][80]
							CULT
							EMPL
	EPP	Olivér Várhelyi	HUN	1 October 2019	Neighbourhood and Enlargement		AFET				[81]
	EPP	Phil Hogan	IRL	31 July 2019	Trade	30 September 2019	INTA	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[82][83]
	PES	Paolo Gentiloni	ITA	6 September 2019	Economy	3 October 2019	ECON	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[84][85]
							BUDG
							EMPL
	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			[86]
							EMPL
							BUDG
	Ind.	Virginijus Sinkevičius	LIT	28 August 2019	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries	3 October 2019	ENVI	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[87]
							PECH
	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			[88]
							EMPL
							LIBE
	PES	Frans Timmermans	NED	24 July 2019	European Green Deal (Executive Vice President)	8 October 2019	ENVI	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[89]
							ITRE
							TRAN
	ECR	Janusz Wojciechowski	POL	2 September 2019	Agriculture	10 October 2019	AGRI	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[90]
							ENVI
	PES	Elisa Ferreira	POR	26 August 2019	Cohesion and Reforms	2 October 2019	REGI	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[91]
							BUDG
							ECON
	PES	Adina-Ioana Vălean	ROM	7 October 2019	Transport		TRAN				[92]
							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			[93][94]
							JURI
							PETI
							ITRE
	ALDE	Janez Lenarčič	SLO	26 July 2019	Crisis Management	2 October 2019	DEVE	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[95][96]
							ENVI
	PES	Josep Borrell	ESP		Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President)	7 October 2019	AFET	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[43][97] [98]
	PES	Ylva Johansson	SWE	8 August 2019	Home Affairs	1 October 2019	LIBE	Confirmed by the Coordinators no Committee vote			[99]
Responsible Committee   Associated Committee

Rejected candidates[]

Candidate				Portfolio	Date	Reason
	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.

Council presidency[]

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Presidency of the Council of the EU

Slovenia 1 July 2021 - 31 July 2021

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
								Ind.		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
								GUE		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.
								GUE		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	TBD			TBD	TBD
Czech Republic		1 July 2022 – 31 December 2022	TBD			TBD	TBD										TBD
Sweden		1 January 2023 – 30 June 2023	TBD			TBD	TBD
Spain	T12	1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023	TBD			TBD	TBD
Belgium		1 January 2024 – 30 June 2024	TBD			TBD	TBD
Hungary		1 July 2024 – 31 December 2024	TBD			TBD	TBD					X	TBD	TBD

Appointments[]

European Parliament has role in the appointment of:^[100]

• President of the European Commission
• Members of the European Commission
• Members of the European Court of Auditors
• Members of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank and Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank
• economic governance bodies:
  • Chair and Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism
  • Chair, Vice Chair and full-time members of the Single Resolution Board of the Single Resolution Mechanism
  • Chairs and Executive Directors of the European Supervisory Authorities (European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority)
  • Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments

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	[101][102]
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.											[103]

Statistics[]

European Parliament statistics[]

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.^[104]

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.^[104]

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

Statistics by member states[]

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.^[104]

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.^[104]

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:[104]

Delegations[]

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.^[105] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair.^[105] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations and ad hoc delegations.^[105]

Delegations to parliamentary assemblies[]

Delegation		Chair
Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly	DNAT		EPP	Kris Peeters	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:[106]

Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs)[]

JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and the third country.^[107]

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-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee	D-UA		ECR	Witold Waszczykowski	POL
Source:[108]

Parliamentary Cooperations Committees (PCCs)[]

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:[109]

Bilateral and multilateral relations delegations[]

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
Delegation for relations with Mercosur	DMER		RE	Stéphane Séjourné	FRA
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:[110]

Secretariat[]

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

• Secretary General: Klaus Welle
• Deputy Secretary General:
• The Cabinet of the Secretary General
  • Director:
• Legal Service
  • Head:
• Directorates 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[]

Directorate General		Director General
Directorate Generale for the Presidency	DG PRES
Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union	DG IPOL
Directorate General for External Policies of the Union	DG EXPO
Directorate General for Communication	DG COMM	Jaume Duch Guillot
Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services	DG EPRS
Directorate General for Personnel	DG PERS
Directorate General for Infrastructure and Logistics	DG INLO
Directorate General for Translation	DG TRAD
Directorate General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences	DG LINC
Directorate General for Finance	DG FINS
Directorate General for Innovation and Technological Support	DG ITEC	(Acting)
Directorate General for Security	DG SAFE

2019 elections results[]

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

2019 results by political group^[111]

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	N/A
Total			751	751

Notes on changes in groups

• Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was succeeded by Renew Europe.
• Europe of Nations and Freedom was disbanded and largely replaced by Identity and Democracy.
• Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy did not form in the Ninth Parliament.^[112]

Results by country[]

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)[113]	+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[]

References[]

External websites[]

• European Parliament