Vice-President of the European Parliament
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There are fourteen Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the President in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.
Role[]
Vice-Presidents are members of the Bureau and chair the plenary when the President is not in the chair. The President may also delegate any duty, task or power to one of the Vice-Presidents. Three Vice-Presidents, designated by the Conference of Presidents, traditionally have more power than the others; the right to be on the conciliation committee.[1]
Election[]
The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years.[2]
There tends to be an agreement dividing up the 14 posts between the groups,[citation needed] and thus they are usually elected without formal opposition.[dubious ] However, in 2009 Edward McMillan-Scott, through the individual support of 40 MEPs, successfully challenged his group's (the European Conservatives and Reformists) formal candidate; Michał Kamiński. Having been elected and prevented the election of Kaminski, McMillan-Scott was expelled from the ECR and Kaminski gained the group chair.[1]
6th parliament[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/EP_VP_04.png/220px-EP_VP_04.png)
- 30 July 2004 to 16 January 2007
Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;
Members | Group | State | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca | EPP-ED | ![]() |
2 | Antonios Trakatellis | EPP-ED | ![]() |
3 | Dagmar Roth-Behrendt | PES | ![]() |
4 | Edward McMillan-Scott | EPP-ED | ![]() |
5 | Ingo Friedrich | EPP-ED | ![]() |
6 | Mario Mauro | EPP-ED | ![]() |
7 | António Costa | PES | ![]() |
8 | Luigi Cocilovo | ALDE | ![]() |
9 | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | EPP-ED | ![]() |
10 | Pierre Moscovici | PES | ![]() |
11 | Miroslav Ouzký | EPP-ED | ![]() |
12 | Janusz Onyszkiewicz | ALDE | ![]() |
13 | Gérard Onesta | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
14 | Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann | EUL/NGL | ![]() |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/EP_VP_07.png/220px-EP_VP_07.png)
- 16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009
Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;[3]
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | EPP-ED | ![]() |
322 |
2 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP-ED | ![]() |
300 |
3 | Gérard Onesta | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
285 |
4 | Edward McMillan-Scott | EPP-ED | ![]() |
274 |
5 | Mario Mauro | EPP-ED | ![]() |
262 |
6 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | PES | ![]() |
260 |
7 | Luigi Cocilovo | ALDE | ![]() |
234 |
8 | Mechtild Rothe | PES | ![]() |
217 |
9 | Luisa Morgantini | GUE/NGL | ![]() |
207 |
10 | Pierre Moscovici | PES | ![]() |
207 |
11 | Manuel António Dos Santos | PES | ![]() |
193 |
12 | Diana Wallis | ALDE | ![]() |
192 |
13 | Marek Siwiec | PES | ![]() |
180 |
14 | Adam Bielan | UEN | ![]() |
128 |
7th parliament[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/EP_VP_09.png/220px-EP_VP_09.png)
- 14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012
Elected in order of precedence;[4]
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Giovanni Pittella | S&D | ![]() |
360 |
2 | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | EPP | ![]() |
355 |
3 | Stavros Lambrinidis | S&D | ![]() |
346 |
4 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | S&D | ![]() |
327 |
5 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP | ![]() |
308 |
6 | Dagmar Roth-Behrendt | S&D | ![]() |
287 |
7 | Libor Rouček | S&D | ![]() |
278 |
8 | Isabelle Durant | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
276 |
9 | Roberta Angelilli | EPP | ![]() |
274 |
10 | Diana Wallis | ALDE | ![]() |
272 |
11 | Pál Schmitt | EPP | ![]() |
257 |
12 | Edward McMillan-Scott | Non-attached[5] | ![]() |
244 |
13 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | ![]() |
237 |
14 | Silvana Koch-Mehrin | ALDE | ![]() |
186 |
Changes since election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
Pál Schmitt | EPP | ![]() |
14 May 2010 | Resigned due to becoming president of Hungary | László Tőkés[6] | May 2010 | EPP | ![]() |
Silvana Koch-Mehrin | ALDE | ![]() |
11 May 2011 | Resigned due to doctorate plagiarism scandal | Giles Chichester | 6 July 2011 | ECR | ![]() |
- 17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014
Elected in order of precedence;[7]
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gianni Pittella | S&D | ![]() |
319 |
2 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | S&D | ![]() |
295 |
3 | S&D | ![]() |
281 | |
4 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP | ![]() |
269 |
5 | Georgios Papastamkos | EPP | ![]() |
248 |
6 | Roberta Angelilli | EPP | ![]() |
246 |
7 | Othmar Karas | EPP | ![]() |
244 |
8 | Edward McMillan-Scott | ALDE | ![]() |
239 |
9 | Isabelle Durant | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
238 |
10 | Alexander Alvaro | ALDE | ![]() |
235 |
11 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | ![]() |
230 |
12 | Oldřich Vlasák | ECR | ![]() |
223 |
13 | Jacek Protasiewicz | EPP | ![]() |
206 |
14 | László Surján | EPP | ![]() |
188 |
8th parliament[]
- 1 July 2014 – 18 January 2017
Elected in order of precedence;[8]
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Antonio Tajani | EPP | ![]() |
452, Round 1 |
2 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | ![]() |
441, Round 1 |
3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | ![]() |
437, Round 1 |
4 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | ![]() |
406, Round 1 |
5 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | ![]() |
400, Round 1 |
6 | Adina Vălean | EPP | ![]() |
394, Round 1 |
7 | Corina Crețu | S&D | ![]() |
406, Round 2 |
8 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D | ![]() |
406, Round 2 |
9 | David Sassoli | S&D | ![]() |
394, Round 2 |
10 | Olli Rehn | ALDE | ![]() |
377, Round 3 |
11 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | ![]() |
365, Round 3 |
12 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
319, Round 3 |
13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | ![]() |
302, Round 3 |
14 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | ![]() |
284, Round 3 |
Changes since election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Departed member | Group | State | Date | Replacement | Elected | Group | State | |
Corina Crețu | S&D | ![]() |
October 2014 | Ioan Mircea Pașcu | November 2014 | S&D | ![]() | |
Olli Rehn | ALDE | ![]() |
May 2015 | Anneli Jäätteenmäki | May 2015 | ALDE | ![]() |
Elected on 18 January 2017
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | ![]() |
466, Round 1 |
2 | Bogusław Liberadzki | S&D | ![]() |
378, Round 1 |
3 | David Sassoli | S&D | ![]() |
377, Round 1 |
4 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | ![]() |
336, Round 1 |
5 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D | ![]() |
335, Round 1 |
6 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | ![]() |
328, Round 1 |
7 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | ![]() |
323, Round 1 |
8 | Evelyne Gebhardt | S&D | ![]() |
315, Round 1 |
9 | Pavel Telička | ALDE | ![]() |
313, Round 1 |
10 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | ![]() |
310, Round 1 |
11 | Ioan Mircea Pașcu | S&D | ![]() |
517, Round 2 |
12 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | ![]() |
469, Round 2 |
13 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
441, Round 2 |
14 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | ![]() |
393, Round 2 |
Changes since election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | ![]() |
1 September 2017 | Resigned to join the European Court of Auditors | Lívia Járóka | 15 November 2017[9] | EPP | ![]() |
Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
23 October 2017 | Resigned from politics after a defeat in national elections | Heidi Hautala | 26 October 2017[10] | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | ![]() |
23 October 2017 | Resigned to become member of the Bundestag | Fabio Massimo Castaldo | 15 November 2017[9] | EFDD | ![]() |
Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | ![]() |
7 February 2018 | Removed from office due to serious misconduct[11] | Zdzisław Krasnodębski | 1 March 2018[12] | ECR | ![]() |
9th Parliament[]
- 3 July 2019–
Elected in order of precedence;[13]
Members | Group | State | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | ![]() |
618, Round 1 |
2 | Pedro Silva Pereira | S&D | ![]() |
556, Round 1 |
3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | ![]() |
516, Round 1 |
4 | Katarina Barley | S&D | ![]() |
516, Round 1 |
5 | Othmar Karas | EPP | ![]() |
477, Round 1 |
6 | Ewa Kopacz | EPP | ![]() |
461, Round 1 |
7 | Klára Dobrev | S&D | ![]() |
402, Round 1 |
8 | Dita Charanzová | RE | ![]() |
395, Round 1 |
9 | Nicola Beer | RE | ![]() |
363, Round 1 |
10 | Lívia Járóka | EPP | ![]() |
349, Round 1 |
11 | Heidi Hautala | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
336, Round 1 |
12 | Marcel Kolaja | Greens/EFA | ![]() |
426, Round 2 |
13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | ![]() |
401, Round 2 |
14 | Fabio Massimo Castaldo | NI | ![]() |
285, Round 3 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b New European Conservatives group in disarray over renegade MEP, ANDREW WILLIS 14 July 2009
- ^ http://www.euparliament.eu/european-organisation
- ^ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2007)". europa.eu.
- ^ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2009)". europa.eu.
- ^ Was elected with the British Conservatives and sat with ECR. However successfully stood against ECR's official candidate and was expelled. Although he joined the Liberal Democrats in the UK, he sits as a Non-attached Member in the European Parliament.
- ^ http://wireupdate.com/local/european-parliament-elects-laszlo-tokes-as-vice-president/
- ^ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2012)". europa.eu.
- ^ "Fourteen Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament elected – News – European Parliament". europa.eu.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Livia Járóka and Fabio Massimo Castaldo elected Vice-Presidents of the EP – News – European Parliament". europa.eu.
- ^ "Heidi Hautala elected Vice-President of the European Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu.
- ^ "Ryszard Czarnecki no longer Vice-President of Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu.
- ^ "Zdzisław Krasnodębski elected Vice-President of the European Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu.
- ^ "The new European Parliament Vice-Presidents". europa.eu.
External links[]
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