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List of Members Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 Members Josep BORRELL FONTELLES Chair Socialist Group in the European Parliament Spain Partido Socialista Obrero Español Terence WYNN Vice-Chair Socialist Group in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Gerardo GALEOTE Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Spain Partido Popular Dariusz ROSATI Vice-Chair Socialist Group in the European Parliament Poland Socjaldemokracja Polska Inés AYALA SENDER Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Spain Partido Socialista Obrero Español Jean Marie BEAUPUY Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe France Union pour la démocratie française Margrietus van den BERG Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Netherlands Partij van de Arbeid Jana BOBOŠÍKOVÁ Member Non-attached Members Czechia NEZÁVISLÍ Reimer BÖGE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Paulo CASACA Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Portugal Partido Socialista 27/09/2021 1 Giles CHICHESTER Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Paolo CIRINO POMICINO Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Alleanza Popolare - Unione Democratici per l'Europa Jean-Luc DEHAENE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Belgium Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams - Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Spain Partido Socialista Obrero Español James ELLES Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Szabolcs FAZAKAS Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Hungary Magyar Szocialista Párt Markus FERBER Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Spain Partido Popular Bronisław GEREMEK Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Poland Unia Wolnosci Robert GOEBBELS Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Luxembourg Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois Lutz GOEPEL Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Dariusz Maciej GRABOWSKI Member Independence/Democracy Group Poland Liga Polskich Rodzin 27/09/2021 2 Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Pedro GUERREIRO Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Portugal Partido Comunista Português Catherine GUY-QUINT Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament France Parti socialiste Konstantinos HATZIDAKIS Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Greece Nea Dimokratia Anne E. JENSEN Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Denmark Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Pierre JONCKHEER Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Belgium Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales Othmar KARAS Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Austria Österreichische Volkspartei - Liste Ursula Stenzel Constanze KREHL Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Alain LAMASSOURE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats France Union pour un Mouvement Populaire Janusz LEWANDOWSKI Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Poland Platforma Obywatelska Helmuth MARKOV Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Germany Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus Jean-Claude MARTINEZ Member Non-attached Members France Front national 27/09/2021 3 Jan MULDER Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Netherlands Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie Francesco MUSOTTO Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Forza Italia Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Netherlands Christen Democratisch Appèl Gianni PITTELLA Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Italy Democratici di Sinistra Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI Member Union for Europe of the Nations Group Poland Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Esko SEPPÄNEN Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Finland Vasemmistoliitto José Albino SILVA PENEDA Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Portugal Coligaçao Força Portugal (PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) Peter ŠŤASTNÝ Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Slovakia Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia László SURJÁN Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Hungary Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség Catherine TRAUTMANN Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament France Parti socialiste Helga TRÜPEL Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Kyösti VIRRANKOSKI Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Finland Suomen Keskusta 27/09/2021 4 Ralf WALTER Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Sir Graham WATSON Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Party Lars WOHLIN Member Independence/Democracy Group Sweden Junilistan Marilisa XENOGIANNAKOPOULOU Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Greece Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima Jan ZAHRADIL Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Czechia Občanská demokratická strana 27/09/2021 5 Substitutes Jan ANDERSSON Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Sweden Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Lithuania Tėvynės sąjunga Katerina BATZELI Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Greece Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima Rolf BEREND Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Jens-Peter BONDE Substitute Independence/Democracy Group Denmark JuniBevægelsen - Mod Unionen Herbert BÖSCH Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Netherlands GroenLinks Simon BUSUTTIL Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Malta Partit Nazzjonalista Panayiotis DEMETRIOU Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Cyprus Dimokratikos Synagermos Gérard DEPREZ Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Belgium Mouvement Réformateur Mia DE VITS Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Belgium Socialistische Partij.Anders- Sociaal, Progressief, Internationaal, Regionaal, Integraal Democratisch, Toekomstgericht Valdis DOMBROVSKIS Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Latvia Jaunais laiks 27/09/2021 6 Den DOVER Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Avril DOYLE Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Ireland Fine Gael Party José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Spain Partido Popular Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Poland Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy Neena GILL Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Françoise GROSSETÊTE Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats France Union pour un Mouvement Populaire Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Spain Convergència Democràtica Catalunya Gábor HARANGOZÓ Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Hungary Magyar Szocialista Párt Jutta HAUG Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Gunnar HÖKMARK Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Sweden Moderata Samlingspartiet Ville ITÄLÄ Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Finland Kansallinen Kokoomus Romana JORDAN Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Slovenia Slovenska demokratska stranka 27/09/2021 7 Tunne KELAM Substitute Group of the European People's Party
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