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Ninth European Parliament

Incumbent session of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024

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9th European Parliament
2 July 2019 – TBD
President (1st Half)	David Sassoli (S&D) Roberta Metsola (EPP) (acting)
President (2nd Half)	Roberta Metsola (EPP)
Vice-Presidents	First Vice-President: 1st Half: Mairead McGuinness (EPP)  (until 12 October 2020) Roberta Metsola (EPP)  (from 12 November 2020) 2nd Half: Othmar Karas (EPP) Other Vice-Presidents: See List
Commission	Juncker (until 30 November 2019) von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019)
Political groups	Coalition (417) (de facto):[1]   EPP Group (176)   S&D (139)   Renew (102) Opposition (288) (de facto):   Greens/EFA (72)   ECR (69)   ID (49)   The Left (37)   NI (61)
MEPs	705
Elections	May 2019 (Union)
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
Website	Official website
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The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.

Major events[edit]

• 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-PresidentsofParliament for the first half of the parliamentary term.^[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 Kingdomtowithdraw 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.
• 12 November 2020
  • Roberta Metsola (EPP) of Malta is elected First Vice-President, replacing Mairead McGuinness who has taken the role of European Commissioner.
• 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]
• 11 January 2022
  • Death in officeofPresident David Sassoli.
  • First Vice-President Roberta Metsola takes the role of Acting President of the European Parliament till the election of a new president.^[10]
• 18 January 2022
  • Election of the President and Vice-PresidentsofParliament for the second half of the parliamentary term.
    • Roberta Metsola (EPP) of Malta is elected President, Othmar Karas (EPP) of Austria is elected First Vice-President^[11]

Leadership[edit]

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[edit]

President: David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:

• Mairead McGuinness
• Rainer Wieland
• Othmar Karas
• Ewa Kopacz
• Lívia Járóka
• Pedro Silva Pereira
• Katarina Barley
• Klára Dobrev
• Dita Charanzová
• Nicola Beer
• Heidi Hautala
• Marcel Kolaja
• Dimitrios Papadimoulis
• Fabio Massimo Castaldo

Second Half[edit]

President: Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents

• Othmar Karas
• Ewa Kopacz
• Rainer Wieland
• Pina Picierno
• Pedro Silva Pereira
• Eva Kaili
• Evelyn Regner
• Katarina Barley
• Dita Charanzová
• Michal Šimečka
• Nicola Beer
• Roberts Zīle
• Dimitrios Papadimoulis
• Heidi Hautala

Elections of the Quaestors[edit]

4 July 2019 election[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

There are currently 7 political groups in the parliament, one less than the previous parliament. Each MEP can belong to only one group. Political groups can be founded by at least 25 MEPs which come from at least one quarter of all EU member states (currently seven).^[3] Roberta Metsola currently belongs to the European People's Party

Political groups and parties[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

List of members[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Standing committees[edit]

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]