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

1st Half:

2nd Half:

Other Vice-Presidents:
See List

CommissionJuncker (until 30 November 2019)
von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019)
Political groupsCoalition (420) (de facto):[1]
  •   EPP Group (178)
  •   S&D (141)
  •   Renew (101)

Opposition (285) (de facto):
MEPs705
ElectionsMay 2019 (Union)
Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.

Major events

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

Leadership

The President of the European Union 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

President: David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:

Second Half

President: Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents

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

20 January 2022 election

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

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

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

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

[14]

 Group of the European People's Party
- European People's Party
182 / 751
187 / 705
 Increase 5
24.23% 26.52% Increase 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
 Decrease 7
20.24% 20.99% Increase 0.75%
Renew

[16]

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

[17]

 Identity and Democracy Group
- Identity and Democracy Party
73 / 751
76 / 705
 Increase 3
9.72% 10.78% Increase 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
 Decrease 7
9.84% 9.50% Decrease 0.34%
ECR

[19]

 European Conservatives and Reformists
- European Conservatives and Reformists Party
- European Christian Political Movement
62 / 751
61 / 705
 Decrease 1
8.26% 8.79% Increase 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
 Decrease 2
5.46% 5.67% Increase 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
 Decrease 25
7.19% 3.33% Decrease 3.86%
Vacant[22][23][24][25] 4 1 Decrease 46
Source for MEPs: Seats by Member State

Members

List of members

MEPs that previously served as President or Prime Minister:

MEPs that previously served as European Commissioner:

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

MEPs that previously served as President of the European Parliament:

MEPs that previously served as foreign minister:

Seat allocations

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 Current seats Post Brexit
change
 Austria 19 Increase 1
 Belgium 21 Steady 0
 Bulgaria 17 Steady 0
 Croatia 12 Increase 1
 Cyprus 6 Steady 0
 Czech Republic 21 Steady 0
 Denmark 14 Increase 1
 Estonia 7 Increase 1
 Finland 14 Increase 1
 France 79 Increase 5
 Germany 96 Steady 0
 Greece 21 Steady 0
 Hungary 21 Steady 0
 Ireland 13 Increase 2
 Italy 76 Increase 3
 Latvia 8 Steady 0
 Lithuania 11 Steady 0
 Luxembourg 6 Steady 0
 Malta 6 Steady 0
 Netherlands 29 Increase 3
 Poland 52 Increase 1
 Portugal 21 Steady 0
 Romania 33 Increase 1
 Slovakia 14 Increase 1
 Slovenia 8 Steady 0
 Spain 59 Increase 5
 Sweden 21 Increase 1
Total 705 Decrease 46
[27][28][29]

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 Austria +1 (Grüne) +1
Croatia Croatia +1 (SDP) +1
Denmark Denmark +1 (V) +1
France France +1 (PS) +1 (LREM)
+1 (PD)		 +1 +1 (RN) +5
Estonia Estonia +1 (PP) +1
Finland Finland +1 (VIHR) +1
Republic of Ireland Ireland +1 (FG) +1 (FF) +2
Italy Italy +1 (FI) +1 (FdI) +1 (LN) +3
Netherlands Netherlands +1(VVD) +1 (FvD) +1 (PVV) +3
Poland Poland +1 (PiS) +1
Romania Romania +1 (PSD) +1
Slovakia Slovakia +1 (KDH) +1
Spain Spain +1 (PP) +1 (PSOE) +1 (C's) +1 (VOX) +1 (JxCat) +5
Sweden Sweden +1 (MP) +1
United Kingdom 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 [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

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

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.[33]

Each committee elects its chair and vice chairs to lead the work of the committee. Committee chairs are members of the Conference of Committee Chairs, which coordinates the work of all the committees.[33]

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

Other bodies

Body Members President Members
Conference of Presidents BCPR 11 S&D David Sassoli (ex-officio)
1st Half		  ITA President of the European Parliament
Presidents of political groups
One NI MEP, invited by the President (no voting right)
EPP Roberta Metsola (ex-officio)
2nd Half		  MLT
The Bureau BURO 20 S&D David Sassoli (ex-officio)
1st Half		  ITA President of the European Parliament
Vice Presidents of the European Parliament
Quaestors (in advisory capacity)
EPP Roberta Metsola (ex-officio)
2nd Half		  MLT
College of Quaestors QUE 5 / Quaestors
Conference of Committee Chairs CCC 22 EPP Antonio Tajani  ITA Chairs of all standing and temporary committees
Conference of Delegation Chairs CDC 45 S&D Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero  ESP Chairs of all standing interparliamentary delegations
Sources:[37][38]

Composition of the executive

Executive
President of the European Council President of the European Commission High Representative
Charles Michel (ALDE)
of Belgium Belgium
from 1 December 2019		 Ursula von der Leyen (EPP)
of Germany Germany
from 1 December 2019		 Josep Borrell (PES)
of Spain Spain
from 1 December 2019
Parliament term:
2 July 2019 - TBA
European Council
President Poland Donald Tusk (EPP), until 31 November 2019
President Belgium Charles Michel (ALDE), from 1 December 2019
European Commission
Juncker Commission, until 30 November 2019
President Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP), until 30 November 2019
High Representative Italy Federica Mogherini (PES), until 30 November 2019
Von der Leyen Commission, taking office on 1 December 2019
President Germany Ursula von der Leyen (EPP), from 1 December 2019
High Representative Spain 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:[39]

European Parliament confirmed Ursula von Der Leyen as President of the European Commission on 16 July 2019.

On the same summit Charles Michel (ALDE), incumbent Prime Minister of Belgium was elected a new President of the European Council and President of Euro Summit for a 2.5 years term.

President of the Commission 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.[40] Commissioners took the oath of office before the Court of Justice of the EU before officially taking office.

Coalition Commission Votes cast Majority In favor Against Abstain Source
EPP Von der Leyen Commission 707 374 461 157 89 [41]
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.

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.

The United Kingdom, which had been expected to leave the EU on 31 October 2019, did not nominate a candidate for commissioner.[42]

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.[43] 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.[44] 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.

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.[45] 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.

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.[46] 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.[47]

According to several media reports hearings before the European Parliament committees could be tough for:[48][49]

  • 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 European Parliament)[50][51]
  • 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)[52][53]
  • Sylvie Goulard - European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (due to alleged misuse of EU funds)[54]
  • Paolo Gentiloni - European Commissioner-designate for Economy (due to his role in Italian economy as Prime Minister)[49]
  • 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)[55]
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[56]
of  Poland
European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture
HEARING NO. 1		 László Trócsányi[57]
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[58]
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[56]
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:[59]
  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:

  • Poland Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland, European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture (additional hearing on 8 October 2019)[60]
  • France Sylvie Goulard of France, European Commissioner-designate for Internal Market (additional hearing on 10 October 2019)[61]
  • Sweden 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		 [62]
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		 [63][64]
ITRE
EPP Dubravka Šuica  CRO 22 August 2019 Democracy and Demography (Vice President) 3 October 2019 AFCO Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [65][66]
EMPL
EPP Stella Kyriakidou  CYP 23 July 2019 Health 1 October 2019 ENVI Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [67][68]
AGRI
ALDE Věra Jourová  CZE 26 August 2019 Values and Transparency (Vice President) 7 October 2019 LIBE Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [69][70]
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		 [71]
ITRE
IMCO
JURI
ALDE Kadri Simson  EST 22 July 2019 Energy 3 October 2019 ITRE Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [72][73]
ENVI
PES Jutta Urpilainen  FIN 22 July 2019 International Partnerships 1 October 2019 DEVE Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [74]
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		 [75][76]
CULT
EMPL
EPP Olivér Várhelyi  HUN 1 October 2019 Neighbourhood and Enlargement AFET [77]
EPP Phil Hogan  IRL 31 July 2019 Trade 30 September 2019 INTA Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [78][79]
PES Paolo Gentiloni  ITA 6 September 2019 Economy 3 October 2019 ECON Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [80][81]
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		 [82]
EMPL
BUDG
Ind. Virginijus Sinkevičius  LIT 28 August 2019 Environment, Oceans and Fisheries 3 October 2019 ENVI Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [83]
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		 [84]
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		 [85]
ITRE
TRAN
ECR Janusz Wojciechowski  POL 2 September 2019 Agriculture 10 October 2019 AGRI Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [86]
ENVI
PES Elisa Ferreira  POR 26 August 2019 Cohesion and Reforms 2 October 2019 REGI Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [87]
BUDG
ECON
PES Adina-Ioana Vălean  ROM 7 October 2019 Transport TRAN [88]
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		 [89][90]
JURI
PETI
ITRE
ALDE Janez Lenarčič  SLO 26 July 2019 Crisis Management 2 October 2019 DEVE Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [91][92]
ENVI
PES Josep Borrell  ESP Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President) 7 October 2019 AFET Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [39][93][94]
PES Ylva Johansson  SWE 8 August 2019 Home Affairs 1 October 2019 LIBE Confirmed by the Coordinators
no Committee vote		 [95]
  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

Presidency of the
Council of the EU
Spain
1 June 2023 - 31 December 2023

The Council of the European Union (Council) is one of three EU institutions involved in the EU lawmaking process. It is the de facto upper house of the EU legislature, the European Parliament being the lower house, with an equal role in the ordinary legislative procedure. The Council consists of ministerial representatives from member states' national governments. Votes are decided by qualified majority (55% of member states and 65% of EU population).

Every six months, a new EU member state takes over the presidency of the Council. As presiding country, it organises Council meetings (with the help of Secretariat General) and decides on their agendas. These agendas are prepared in cooperation with other two member states that are part of each trio, which form common policy agendas over their 18-month period.

Presidency of the Council of the European Union Parliament Commission High Representative
FAC President		 European Council
Member state Trio Term Head of Government Cabinet Government coalition
 Romania T9 1 January 2019 –
30 June 2019		 PES Prime Minister
Viorica Dăncilă (PSD)		 Dăncilă PES PSD VIII Juncker PES Federica Mogherini EPP Donald Tusk
ALDE ALDE
 Finland 1 July 2019 –
31 December 2019		 PES Prime Minister
Antti Rinne (SDP)
until 10 December 2019		 Rinne PES SDP
ALDE Kesk. IX
EGP VIHR
PEL Vas.
ALDE SFP
Von der Leyen PES Josep Borrell ALDE Charles Michel
Prime Minister
Sanna Marin (SDP)
from 10 December 2019		 Marin PES SDP
ALDE Kesk.
PEL Vas.
EGP VIHR
ALDE SFP
 Croatia 1 January 2020 –
30 June 2020		 EPP Prime Minister
Andrej Plenković (HDZ)		 Plenković EPP HDZ
ALDE HNS
 Germany T10 1 July 2020 –
31 December 2020		 EPP Federal Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)		 Merkel IV EPP CDU
PES SPD
EPP CSU
 Portugal 1 January 2021 –
30 June 2021		 PES Prime Minister
António Costa (PS)		 Costa II PES PS
 Slovenia 1 July 2021 –
31 December 2021		 EPP Prime Minister
Janez Janša (SDS)		 Janša III EPP SDS
ALDE SMC
EPP NSi
EDP DeSUS
 France T11 1 January 2022 –
30 June 2022		 Ind. Prime Minister
Jean Castex (DVD-EC)		 Castex Ind. LREM
Ind. TDP
Ind. EC
EDP MoDem
ALDE RAD
Ind. Agir
 Czech Republic 1 July 2022 –
31 December 2022		 ECR Prime Minister
Petr Fiala (ODS)		 Fiala ECR ODS
EPP STAN
EPP KDU-ČSL
PPEU Pirates
EPP TOP 09
 Sweden 1 January 2023 –
30 June 2023		 EPP Prime Minister
Ulf Kristersson
(M)		 Kristersson EPP M
EPP KD
ALDE L
 Spain T12 1 July 2023 –
31 December 2023		 PES Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) Sánchez II
until 21 November 2023		 PES PSOE
MLP Podemos
PEL PCE
PEL IU
EGP CatComú
Sánchez IIIfrom 21 November 2023 PES PSOE
Ind. SMR
PES PSC
EGP CatComú
Ind. MM
PEL IU
PEL PCE
 Belgium 1 January 2024 –
30 June 2024		 TBD TBD TBD
 Hungary 1 July 2024 –
31 December 2024		 TBD TBD TBD X TBD TBD TBD

Appointments

European Parliament has role in the appointment of:[96]

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 [97][98]
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. [99]

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.[100]

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.[100]

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.[100]

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.[100]

Member state Positions Women MEPs New MEPs Age
EP Bureau Committees' bureaus Groups' bureaus Youngest Average Oldest
Austria Austria
1 / 20
3 / 110
0 / 55
9 / 18
12 / 18
 27 47 61
Belgium Belgium
0 / 20
4 / 110
3 / 55
7 / 21
11 / 21
 34 52 68
Bulgaria Bulgaria
0 / 20
1 / 110
2 / 55
5 / 17
8 / 17
 30 45 67
Croatia Croatia
0 / 20
0 / 110
2 / 55
4 / 11
6 / 11
 28 47 62
Cyprus Cyprus
0 / 20
0 / 110
1 / 55
0 / 6
3 / 6
 49 55 59
Czech Republic Czech Republic
2 / 20
4 / 110
0 / 55
7 / 21
11 / 21
 26 46 66
Denmark Denmark
0 / 20
2 / 110
1 / 55
6 / 14
8 / 14
 21 46 74
Estonia Estonia
0 / 20
1 / 110
0 / 55
2 / 6
3 / 6
 28 48 62
Finland Finland
1 / 20
1 / 110
0 / 55
8 / 13
6 / 13
 40 55 73
France France
2 / 20
10 / 110
6 / 55
37 / 74
51 / 74
 23 50 72
Germany Germany
3 / 20
17 / 110
6 / 55
35 / 96
50 / 96
 26 49 78
Greece Greece
1 / 20
3 / 110
1 / 55
5 / 21
11 / 21
 33 52 67
Hungary Hungary
2 / 20
3 / 110
1 / 55
8 / 21
8 / 21
 30 46 66
Republic of Ireland Ireland
1 / 20
0 / 110
1 / 55
6 / 11
7 / 11
 32 54 68
Italy Italy
2 / 20
8 / 110
3 / 55
30 / 73
41 / 73
 30 49 82
Latvia Latvia
0 / 20
2 / 110
1 / 55
4 / 8
4 / 8
 43 57 69
Lithuania Lithuania
0 / 20
1 / 110
0 / 55
3 / 11
6 / 11
 54 60 65
Luxembourg Luxembourg
0 / 20
1 / 110
0 / 55
3 / 6
3 / 6
 35 52 67
Malta Malta
1 / 20
0 / 110
1 / 55
2 / 6
2 / 6
 29 44 71
Netherlands Netherlands
0 / 20
4 / 110
5 / 55
13 / 26
12 / 26
 29 46 66
Poland Poland
2 / 20
7 / 110
2 / 55
18 / 51
31 / 51
 34 56 79
PortugalPortugal
1 / 20
5 / 110
1 / 55
10 / 21
12 / 21
 27 49 66
Romania Romania
0 / 20
7 / 110
3 / 55
7 / 32
22 / 32
 33 49 67
Slovakia Slovakia
1 / 20
1 / 110
0 / 55
2 / 13
11 / 13
 34 49 65
Slovenia Slovenia
0 / 20
0 / 110
0 / 55
4 / 8
3 / 8
 30 50 59
Spain Spain
0 / 20
11 / 110
6 / 55
26 / 54
32 / 54
 25 20 74
Sweden Sweden
0 / 20
2 / 110
3 / 55
11 / 20
16 / 20
 32 45 58
Source:[100]

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.[101] Delegations have full and substitute members, and elects its own chair.[101] They can be divided in two groups, standing delegations and ad hoc delegations.[101]

Delegations to parliamentary assemblies

Delegation Chair
Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly DNAT EPP Tom Vandenkendelaere  BEL
Delegation to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly DACP S&D Carlos Zorrinho  POR
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly DLAT S&D Javi López  ESP
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly DEPA EPP Andrius Kubilius  LIT
Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly DMED S&D David Sassoli  ITA
Source:[102]

Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs)

JPCs are created with bilateral agreement between the EU and the third country.[103]

Delegation Chair
Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee DEEA EPP Andreas Schwab  GER
Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo DSEE G/EFA Romeo Franz  GER
Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees DMAG S&D Andrea Cozzolino  ITA
Delegation to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee DCAR RE Stéphane Bijoux  FRA
Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee D-AL EPP Manolis Kefalogiannis  GRE
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee D-CL S&D Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero  ESP
Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee D-MX S&D Massimiliano Smeriglio  ITA
Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee D-MD EPP Siegfried Mureșan  ROM
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee D-ME EPP Vladimír Bilčík  SVK
Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee D-MK S&D Andreas Schieder  AUT
Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee D-RS S&D Tanja Fajon  SLO
Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee D-TR G/EFA Sergey Lagodinsky  GER
Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly D-UK RE Nathalie Loiseau  FRA
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee D-UA ECR Witold Waszczykowski  POL
Source:[104]

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:[105]

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 Christel Schaldemose  DEN
Delegation for relations with Mercosur DMER RE Jordi Cañas Pérez  ESP
Delegation for relations with Palestine DPAL GUE/NGL Manu Pineda  ESP
Delegation for relations with South Africa D-ZA EPP Magdalena Adamowicz  POL
Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula DARP G/EFA Hannah Neumann  GER
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America DCAM G/EFA Tilly Metz  LUX
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia DSAS ECR Nicola Procaccini  ITA
Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) DASE EPP Daniel Caspary  GER
Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community DAND EPP Pilar del Castillo  ESP
Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula DKOR EPP Lukas Mandl  AUT
Delegation for relations with the Mashriq countries DMAS S&D Isabel Santos  POR
Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament DPAP RE María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos  ESP
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China D-CN G/EFA Reinhard Bütikofer  GER
Delegation for relations with the United States D-US EPP Radosław Sikorski  POL
Source:[106]

Secretariat

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

  • Secretary General: Germany Klaus Welle
  • Deputy Secretary General: Germany Markus Winkler
  • The Cabinet of the Secretary General
    • Director: Germany Susanne Altenberg
  • Legal Service
    • Head: France Freddy Drexler
  • 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 Germany Markus Winkler
Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union DG IPOL Italy Riccardo Ribera d'Alcalá
Directorate General for External Policies of the Union DG EXPO Italy Pietro Ducci
Directorate General for Communication DG COMM Spain Jaume Duch Guillot
Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services DG EPRS
Directorate General for Personnel DG PERS Denmark Kristian Knudsen
Directorate General for Infrastructure and Logistics DG INLO Finland Leena Maria Linnus
Directorate General for Translation DG TRAD Slovenia Valter Mavrič
Directorate General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences DG LINC Poland Agnieszka Walter-Drop
Directorate General for Finance DG FINS France Didier Klethi
Directorate General for Innovation and Technological Support DG ITEC Belgium Walter Petrucci (Acting)
Directorate General for Security DG SAFE Italy Elio Carozza

2019 elections results

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

2019 results by political group[107]
Group (2019–24) Seats 2019 Outgoing
seats		 ∆
EPP European People's Party (Christian democrats and liberal conservatives) 182 216 Decrease −34
S&D Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Social democrats) 154 185 Decrease −31
RE Renew Europe (Social liberals and conservative liberals) 108 69 Increase +39
Greens/EFA Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens and regionalists) 74 52 Increase +22
ID Identity and Democracy (Right-wing populists and nationalists) 73 36 Increase +37
ECR European Conservatives and Reformists (National conservatives and sovereignists) 62 77 Decrease −15
GUE/NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left (Democratic socialists and communists) 41 52 Decrease −11
NI Non-attached 57 20 Increase +37
EFDD Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (Populists and hard eurosceptics) – 42 Decrease −42
Vacant N/A 0 2 —
Total 751 751 Steady
Notes on changes in groups

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 Austria 7 (ÖVP) +2 5 (SPÖ) = 1 (NEOS) = 2 (Grüne) −1 3 (FPÖ) −1 18
Belgium 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 Bulgaria 6 (GERB)
1 (DSB)		 =
+1		 5 (BSP) +1 3 (DPS) −1 2 (IMRO) +1 17
Croatia Croatia 4 (HDZ) −1 3 (SDP) +1 1 (AMS/IDS) −1 1 (HKS) = 1 (Human Shield)
1 (Kolakušić)		 +1 11
Cyprus Cyprus 2 (DISY) = 1 (EDEK)
1 (DIKO)		 =
=		 2 (AKEL) = 6
Czech Republic 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 Denmark 1 (C) = 3 (S) = 3 (V)
2 (B)		 +1
+1		 1 (RG) +1 2 (SF) +1 1 (O) −3 13
France 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 Estonia 2 (SDE) +1 2 (RE)
1 (KE)		 =
=		 1 (EKRE) +1 6
Finland Finland 3 (Kok.) = 2 (SDP) = 2 (Kesk.)
1 (SFP)		 −1
=		 1 (Vas.) = 2 (VIHR) +1 2 (PS) = 13
Germany 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 Greece 8 (ND) +3 2 (KINAL) = 1 (Greek Solution)[109] +1 6 (SYRIZA) = 2 (KKE)
2 (XA)		 =
=		 21
Hungary Hungary 12+1 (Fidesz+KDNP) +1 1 (MSZP)
4 (DK)		 −1
+2		 2 (MoMo) +2 1 (Jobbik) −2 21
Republic of Ireland Ireland 4 (FG) = 1 (FF) = 2 (I4C)
1 (SF)
1 (Flanagan)		 +2
−2
=		 2 (GP) +2 11
Italy Italy 6 (FI)
1 (SVP)		 −7
=		 19 (PD) −12 5 (FdI) +5 28 (Lega) +23 14 (M5S) −3 73
Latvia Latvia 2 (JV) −2 2 (Saskaņa SDP) +1 1 (AP!) +1 2 (NA) +1 1 (LKS) = 8
Lithuania Lithuania 3 (TS–LKD)
1 (Maldeikienė)		 +1
+1		 2 (LSDP) = 1 (DP)
1 (LRLS)		 =
−1		 1 (LLRA) = 2 (LVŽS) +1 11
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2 (CSV) −1 1 (LSAP) = 2 (DP) +1 1 (Gréng) = 6
Malta Malta 2 (PN) −1 4 (PL) +1 6
Netherlands 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 Poland 14 (PO)
3 (PSL)		 −5
−1		 5 (SLD)
3 (WIOSNA)		 =
+3		 25 (PiS)
1 (SP)		 +6
+1		 51
Portugal Portugal 6 (PSD)
1 (CDS–PP)		 =
=		 9 (PS) +1 2 (CDU: PCP)
2 (BE)		 −1
+1		 1 (PAN) +1 21
Romania Romania 10 (PNL)
2 (UDMR)
2 (PMP)		 −1
=
=		 8 (PSD)
2 (PRO Romania)		 −8
+2		 8 (USR-PLUS) +8 32
Slovakia Slovakia 2 (SPOLU)
1 (KDH)
1 (OĽaNO)		 +2
−1
=		 3 (Smer–SD) −1 2 (PS) +2 2 (SaS) +1 2 (ĽSNS) +2 13
Slovenia Slovenia 2+1 (SDS+SLS)
1 (NSi)		 −1
=		 2 (SD) +1 2 (LMS) +2 8
Spain 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 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 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

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

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