| 8th European Parliament | |
|---|---|
| 1 July 2014 – 18 April 2019 | |
 | |
| President (1st Half) | Martin Schulz |
| President (2nd Half) | Antonio Tajani |
| Commission | Juncker |
| Political groups | |
| MEPs | 751 |
| Elections | May 2014 (Union) |
| Treaty of Lisbon[nb 1] | |
The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.
Major events
- 22–25 May 2014
- 1 July 2014
- First meeting (constitutive session) of the Eighth Parliament.
- Martin Schulz is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- Vice-presidents elections.
- 17 January 2017
- Antonio Tajani is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- 18 January 2017
- Vice-presidents elections.
Activity
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reports | |||||||
| Resolutions and positions | |||||||
| Parliamentary questions | |||||||
| Written declarations |
Major resolutions and positions
| Resolution/position number | Procedure number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Committees
Summary
| Type | Number | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standing committee | |||
| Temporary committee | |||
| Committee of enquiry |
Temporary committees
| Code | Committee | Report | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
Committees of enquiry
| Code | Committee | Report | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
Delegations
| Type | Number | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Europe delegations | ||
| Non-Europe delegations | ||
| Ad-hoc delegations |
Political groups
Members in groups by country
| Political group[1] Country |
EPP | S&D | ECR | ALDE | GUE-NGL | Greens-EFA | EFDD | ENF | NI | MEPs | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| Belgium | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Bulgaria | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | ||||||
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Denmark | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| France | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 74 | ||
| Germany | 34 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96 | |
| Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||||
| Hungary | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
| Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Italy | 15 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 73 | |||
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Malta | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 26 | |||
| Poland | 22 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 51 | ||||
| Portugal | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | ||||||
| Romania | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 32 | |||||
| Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |||||||
| Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Spain | 17 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 54 | |||||
| Sweden | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 73 | |
| Total | 219 | 188 | 71 | 68 | 51 | 52 | 44 | 36 | 20 | 751 |
Leadership
Presidents
| Term | President (or candidate) |
Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2014 – 17 January 2017[2] | Martin Schulz | PES |  Germany |
409 | |
| Sajjad Karim | ECR |  United Kingdom |
101 | ||
| Pablo Iglesias Turrión | GUE-NGL |  Spain |
51 | ||
| Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA |  Austria |
51 | ||
| Term | President (or candidate) |
Group | State | Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | |||||
| 17 January 2017 – | Antonio Tajani | EPP |  Italy |
274 | 287 | 291 | 351 | |
| Gianni Pittella | S&D | Italy |
183 | 200 | 199 | 282 | ||
| Helga Stevens | ECR | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
77 | 66 | 58 | |||
| Jean Lambert | Greens–EFA | United Kingdom |
56 | 51 | 53 | |||
| Eleonora Forenza | GUE/NGL | Italy |
50 | 42 | 45 | |||
| Laurențiu Rebega | ENF |  Romania |
43 | 45 | 44 | |||
Vice-Presidents
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Tajani | EPP | Italy | 452, Round 1 |
| 2 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP |  Ireland | 441, Round 1 |
| 3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany | 437, Round 1 |
| 4 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | Spain | 406, Round 1 |
| 5 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP |  Hungary | 400, Round 1 |
| 6 | Adina Vălean | EPP | Romania | 394, Round 1 |
| 7 | Corina Crețu | S&D | Romania | 406, Round 2 |
| 8 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D |  France | 406, Round 2 |
| 9 | David Sassoli | S&D | Italy | 394, Round 2 |
| 10 | Olli Rehn | ALDE |  Finland | 377, Round 3 |
| 11 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | Germany | 365, Round 3 |
| 12 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | Austria | 319, Round 3 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL |  Greece | 302, Round 3 |
| 14 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR |  Poland | 284, Round 3 |
Quaestors
Membership
After the 2014 election, the members formed seven groups with 52 independent members, mainly MEPs against the Union who failed to unify into a political group.
| State | Seats | State | Seats | State | Seats | State | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 96 |  Netherlands | 26 | Austria | 18 |  Lithuania | 11 |
| France | 74 | Belgium | 21 |  Bulgaria | 17 |  Latvia | 8 |
| Italy | 73 |  Czech Republic | 21 |  Denmark | 13 |  Slovenia | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 73 | Greece | 21 | Finland | 13 |  Cyprus | 6 |
| Spain | 54 | Hungary | 21 |  Slovakia | 13 |  Estonia | 6 |
| Poland | 51 |  Portugal | 21 |  Croatia | 11 |  Luxembourg | 6 |
| Romania | 32 |  Sweden | 20 | Ireland | 11 |  Malta | 6 |
| Total | 751 | ||||||
Secretariat
See also
Elections
Membership lists
Notes
- ↑ The Treaties of Rome and Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.
References
- ↑ "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ Martin Schulz re-elected President of the European Parliament
External links
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