The faces of the 2012–14 2 The faces of the European Parliament — 2012–14 ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ bodies Political ■ ■ Parliament European The President by the Preface ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ committees Parliamentary Secretariat-General The ■ ■ Delegations groups political the MEPsand The Parliament European the of President The Presidents of Conference The Presidents of Conference the of Members Bureau Parliament’s Quaestors The Bureau The Committee Special chairs their and committees EP’s standing The assemblies parliamentary Multilateral chairs their and EP delegations The Contents Contents 22 10 10 10 21 16 16 18 19 19 13 12 12 5 3 6 5 3 ­ ­ Europe Europe which billion billion Europeans. President President fascinating idea of peace, Preface by the the by Preface Preface by the the by Preface daily daily reality for half a free and open Europe — a united united Europe. This is because we realised that new era dawned with the foundation of the European European theof foundation dawnedtheerawithnew war between EU Member is States unthinkableThe today. national, religious and philosophical differences and grow to philosophical anddifferences grow and religious national, gether as a our interests can no longer be separated from those of our neighbours; lose either all win. we — or all we defending citizens’ rightsdefending and values. common citizens’ We have managed to turn enemies into friends, overcome freedom, stability and prosperity. After centuries suffering open bor together with Europe’s TheUnion. ofwar, absence true. come oldest humankind’s dreams ofonemade ders, has A common market is a The Union is basedEuropean on a from devastating conflicts and the catastrophe of two world wars,a can be proud of its cultural diversity and its commitment to Today we Today live in a What does this mean in practice? It means resolving disputes by means of dialogue and consensus; basing decisions on the principles of solidarity and democracy, and not simply defer­ ring to the more powerful; reconciling the interests of the smaller and larger Member States, of northern and southern Europe and of eastern and western Europe; and placing the common good above individual interests.

What a success story!

But we must never take the EU or the European integration project for granted. These are turbulent times in our history. For many people, they are hard times. In the wake of the fi­ nancial and economic crisis, many Europeans are losing faith Preface by the by PresidentPreface in politics and its institutions. This crisis of confidence also af­ fects the European integration process. We must grasp the fact that people in Europe have little time for institutional de­ bates because they are too busy worrying about their chil­ dren’s future, their jobs and their pensions.

If Europe wants to be a project that is fully alive again, it needs to demonstrate its ability to solve problems that are important to its citizens. The European Parliament is the ­forum for democracy and debate about the future political course of the EU.

We are now entering the second half of this parliamentary term with an eye on the next elections in 2014. Members of the European Parliament are your advocates and as President I am particularly proud of that fact and proud to preside over such a committed and open Parliament. This is a body through which you can be heard, as you elect your representatives to defend your key interests. And we want to listen to you.

Let us now work for a Europe for ourselves and for coming gen­ erations that holds out the promise of an economically strong, socially just, free and democratic home for all Europeans.

Martin Schulz 4 President of the European Parliament ■ The European Parliament

The European Parliament is the parliamentary institution of the (EU). Due to the Lisbon Treaty the total number of MEPs has increased from 736 (MEPs elected in 2009) to 751. Over one third of them are women. The Euro­ pean Parliament, whose seat is in Strasbourg, has three places of work: Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.

The President of the European Parliament The President of the European Parliament is elected for a re­ newable term of two and a half years, i.e. half the term of a Member of Parliament. The President represents the Euro­ pean Parliament vis-à-vis the outside world and in its rela­ tions with the other Union institutions. The President chairs the plenary sittings of Parliament, the Bureau of Parliament (including 14 Vice-Presidents) and the Conference of Presi­ dents of the political groups.

Presidents of the European Parliament (1958–2014)

1958–60 1960–62 1962–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–69 1969–71 1971–73 5 6 The European Parliament R obert S obert chuman have parliamentary assistants. have parliamentary Members the and staff own their havebers’.groups Political ‘nonas known aregroups the to anyof long groups in the European Parliament. who do not Members be political seven currentlyare There Members. 25 minimumof a has and States Member EU the of quarter one least at in elected Members comprises group political A affiliation. ical political in sit polit­bynationality,by areorganised not but they groups— Parliament European the of Members The The MEPs and the political groups 2012–… 2009–12 2007–09 2004–07 2002–04 1999–2002 1997–99 1994–97 1992–94 1989–92 1987–89 1984–87 1982–84 1979–82 1977–79 1975–77 1973–75 Martin Buzek Jerzy Pöttering Hans-Gert Fontelles Borrell Josep Fontaine Nicole Gil-Robles María José Hänsch Klaus Klepsch A. Egon Crespo Barón Enrique Plumb Lord Pflimlin Pierre Dankert Pieter VeilSimone Colombo Emilio Spénale Georges Berkhouwer Cornelis - attached Mem attached ­ ­ The European Parliament 7 NI attached Members - (NI) Non Confederal Group of the European United United Confederal of Group the European Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) of Freedom and DemocracyEurope Group (EFD) European ConservativesEuropean and Reformists Group (ECR) Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Alliance ofGroup the Free Greens/European (Greens/EFA) Group of the Alliance of ofGroup the Alliance and Democrats forEurope (ALDE) Group of the Progressive Alliance Alliance ofGroup the Progressive of Socialists and Democrats Parliament thein European (S&D) Group of the European People’s Party People’s ofGroup the European Democrats) (Christian (EPP) 7. 1. 5. 3. 4. 6. 2. ist of political groups L 8 The European Parliament T he make-up of the E the of make-up he EPP 271 NI 30 S&D 190 EFD 33 NI ALDE 85 uropean Parliament uropean NGL GUE/ 34 EFA Greens/ 58 ECR 53 The European Parliament 9 6 6 8 6 9 6 74 12 12 13 13 13 19 18 51 33 26 73 20 73 22 22 22 22 22 54 99 754 Total 6 2 6 3 1 1 3 3 5 NI 30 9 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 10 33 EFD 1 8 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 5 1 2 4 34 NGL GUE/ 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 11 27 53 ECR 5 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 14 15 58 EFA Greens/ 6 5 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 3 3 4 1 2 6 12 12 85 ALDE 2 5 2 6 2 1 3 1 4 4 3 5 7 7 5 4 7 4 1 3 8 11 13 14 22 23 23 190 S&D 4 6 4 5 2 4 4 3 2 5 6 5 7 2 1 1 4 7 14 14 10 35 42 30 29 25 271 EPP tates after the June 2009 elections Total Sweden (SE) Sweden Kingdom (UK) United Slovenia (SI) Slovenia (SK) Slovakia (FI) Finland Portugal (PT)Portugal Romania (RO) (NL) Netherlands (AT) Austria (PL) Poland Hungary (HU) (MT) Latvia (LV) Latvia Lithuania (LT) (LU) Luxembourg (IT) (CY)Cyprus Spain (ES) (FR) France Estonia (EE) Estonia (IE) Ireland (EL) Greece Denmark (DK) (DE) (BE) Bulgaria (BG) Czech Republic (CZ) The Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on 1 December 2009, provides for the European Parliament Members. have to 751 Under the treaty, Germany loses three seats. However, since the treaty came into force after the elections in June 2009, Germany will retain those seats until the next elections Until then, in 2014. the number of MEPs will temporarily rise 754. to ember S :  istribution of seats political by groups and NB D M 10 chairs of the political groups political the of chairs and Parliament of President Conference of Presidents Members of the third institutions, countries extra and EU other the and Parliament European the between relations the in role important an has also It • • • planning: legislative to relating matters all on and work Parliament’s the of organisation the regarding decisions makes It ment. Parlia European the of President the and groups political the of chairs the of up Conferencemade Presidentsis of The The Conference of Presidents ■ President Schulz Martin legislative planning. remits; their and delegations, and committees the of composition the sittings; plenary for agenda and timetable the Political bodies

- EU organisations. S&D, DE ­

Joseph Daul EPP, FR Chair of the Group of the European People’s Party Political bodies Political

Hannes Swoboda S&D, AT Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Guy Verhofstadt ALDE, BE Chair of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Rebecca Harms Greens/EFA, DE Co-chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Greens/EFA, FR Co-chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Martin Callanan ECR, UK Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group

Gabriele Zimmer GUE/NGL, DE Chair of the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left

Nigel Paul Farage EFD, UK Co-chair of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group 11 12 Political bodies infrastructure necessary to exercise mandate. their necessary infrastructure the have Members that ensure they and advisors as Bureau the on sit Quaestors five The Members. to concern direct of matters financial and administrative for responsible are They The Quaestors • • • including: Parliament’sIt guides internal functioning, years. ahalf and two of period renewable a for assembly the by elected status, server 14Vice the ment, BureauThe is made up of the President of the European Parlia The Bureau and Democracy Group Democracy and Co Francesco Enrico Speroni the Secretariat the organisation; financial and administrative Europeanthe estimates; Parliament’s budget - chair of the Europe of Freedom Freedom of Europe the of chair - - General and its services. its and General Presidents and the five Quaestors with ob with Quaestors five the and Presidents EFD, IT ­ ­ Political bodies 13 (S&D, IT)(S&D, ES) (S&D, EL) (S&D, ES) (EPP, EL) (EPP, IT) (EPP, (S&D, DE) (S&D, Quadras - Gianni Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez Podimata Anni Alejo Vidal Georgios Papastamkos Roberta Angelilli Martin Schulz Vice-Presidents President Parliament’s Bureau Parliament’s 14 Political bodies Isabelle Durant Durant Isabelle László Surján László Jacek Protasiewicz Vlasák Oldřich Wieland Rainer Alvaro Alexander Edward McMillan Karas Othmar - Scott (ALDE, UK) (Greens/EFA, BE) (EPP, HU) (EPP, PL) (ECR, CZ) (EPP, DE) (ALDE, DE) (EPP, AT) Political bodies 15 (EPP, LU) (EPP, IE) (EPP, PL) (S&D, PL) (S&D, (GUE/NGL, CZ) Jim Higgins Jim GeringerLidia de Oedenberg Bogusław Liberadzki MaštálkaJiří Astrid Lulling Quaestors ■ Parliamentary committees

Preparatory work for the Parliament’s plenary sittings takes place in the Parliament’s 20 committees, which cover every­ thing from women’s rights to health and consumer protec­ tion. A committee consists of 24 to 76 MEPs, and has a chair, a bureau and a secretariat. Parliament can also set up sub­ committees and special committees to deal with specific ­issues as well as committees of inquiry under its supervisory remit. Debates in the committees are open to the public.

The EP’s standing committees and their chairs

■ Committee on Foreign Affairs (EPP, DE) ■ Subcommittee on Human Rights (Greens/EFA, DE) ■ Subcommittee on Security and Defence Arnaud Danjean (EPP, FR)

■ Committee on Development Eva Joly (Greens/EFA, FR)

■ Committee on International Trade Vital Moreira (S&D, PT)

■ Committee on Budgets Alain Lamassoure (EPP, FR) 16 ■ Committee on Budgetary Control (ALDE, DE)

■ Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Parliamentary committees Sharon Bowles (ALDE, UK)

■ Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Pervenche Berès (S&D, FR)

■ Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (S&D, DE)

■ Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Amalia Sartori (EPP, IT)

■ Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Malcolm Harbour (ECR, UK)

■ Committee on Transport and Tourism Brian Simpson (S&D, UK)

■ Committee on Regional Development Danuta Maria Hübner (EPP, PL)

■ Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Paolo De Castro (S&D, IT)

■ Committee on Fisheries Gabriel Mato Adrover (EPP, ES)

■ Committee on Culture and Education (EPP, DE)

■ Committee on Legal Affairs Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP, DE)

■ Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, ES) 17 ■ Committee on Constitutional Affairs Carlo Casini (EPP, IT)

■ Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Mikael Gustafsson (GUE/NGL, SE)

■ Committee on Petitions Erminia Mazzoni (EPP, IT)

Special Committee ■ Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering Parliamentary committeesParliamentary 18 ■ Delegations

Relations with countries outside the European Union are vital for the European Parliament. It therefore has a series of dele­ gations which interact with the parliaments of countries that are not members of the European Union. They play an im­ portant role in helping to develop Europe’s influence abroad.

There are different types of delegations: • interparliamentary delegations, whose task is to maintain relations with the parliaments of countries outside the Euro­pean Union that have not applied for membership; • delegations to the joint parliamentary committees, which maintain contact with the parliaments of countries that are candidates for accession to the European Union and states that have association agreements with the EU; • delegations to the multilateral parliamentary assemblies.

The EP delegations and their chairs ■ Europe, western Balkans and Turkey • EU–Croatia: Gunnar Hökmark (EPP, SE) • EU–Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: (ALDE, DE) • EU–Turkey: Hélène Flautre (Greens/EFA, FR) • Switzerland, EU–Iceland and Norway and European Economic Area (EEA): Pat the Cope Gallagher (ALDE, IE) • , , , and : Eduard Kukan (EPP, SK) ■ Russia, the Eastern Partnership states, central Asia and Mongolia • EU–Russia: (S&D, DE) • EU–Ukraine: Paweł Robert Kowal (ECR, PL) • EU–Moldova: Monica Luisa Macovei (EPP, RO) 19 • Belarus: Jacek Protasiewicz (EPP, PL) • EU –, EU– and EU–: Milan Cabrnoch (ECR, CZ) • EU–Kazakhstan, EU–Kyrgyzstan and EU–Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Paolo Bartolozzi (EPP, IT) ■ Maghreb, Mashreq, Israel and Palestine • Israel: Bastiaan Belder (EFD, NL) • Palestinian Legislative Council: Emer Costello (S&D, IE) elegations

D • the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union: Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT) • the Mashreq countries: Mário David (EPP, PT) ■ the Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran • the Arab Peninsula: (EPP, DE) • Iraq: Struan Stevenson (ECR, UK) • Iran: Tarja Cronberg (Greens/ALE, FI) ■ the Americas • United States: (EPP, DE) • Canada: Philip Bradbourn (ECR, UK) • Central America: (S&D, NL) • Andean Community: Luis de Grandes Pascual (EPP, ES) • Mercosur: Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García (S&D, ES) • EU–Mexico: Ricardo Cortés Lastra (S&D, ES) • EU–Chile: María Paloma Muñiz de Urquiza (S&D, ES) • EU–Cariforum: David Martin (S&D, UK) ■ Asia/Pacific • Japan: Johannes Cornelis van Baalen (ALDE, NL) • China: Crescenzio Rivellini (EPP, IT) • India: Sir Graham Watson (ALDE, UK) • Afghanistan: (S&D, NL) • South Asia: Jean Lambert (Greens/EFA, UK) • South -east Asia and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN): Werner Langen (EPP, DE) • the Korean Peninsula: (EPP, DE) • and : Mara Bizzotto (EFD, IT) ■ Africa • South Africa: Michael Cashman (S&D, UK) • the Pan-African Parliament: (EPP, DE) 20 Delegations 21 Neyra (EPP, ES) Neyra (EPP, - Wolski (EPP, PL) (EPP, Wolski - EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly Kristian BG) Vigenin (S&D, Relations Parliamentary with the NATO Assembly SaryuszJacek ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Michel BE) (ALDE, Louis Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Martin DE) Schulz (S&D, Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) Assembly Parliamentary American Euro-Latin José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Multilateral parliamentary parliamentary Multilateral assemblies ■ The Secretariat-General

The European Parliament is assisted by a secretariat. Its task is to coordinate legislative work and organise part-sessions and other meetings. The Secretariat-General is located in Luxem­ bourg and Brussels, whilst plenary sittings of Parliament are held in Strasbourg and Brussels. The Secretary-General of the European Parliament is Klaus Welle.

The Secretariat-General consists of just under 5 600 officials and temporary and contract staff. Its main organisational units are the Secretary-General’s Office, ten directorates-­ general and the Legal Service, as follows.

The Directorate-General for the Presidency is responsible for or­ ganising and running plenary sittings. The Directorate-General for Internal Policies is responsible for or­ ganising the work of Parliament’s committees in the field of internal policies. The Directorate-General for External Policies is responsible for or­ ganising the work of Parliament’s committees and interparlia­ mentary delegations in the field of external policies. The Directorate-General for Communication ensures that infor­ mation is disseminated to the public, the media and opinion leaders. The Directorate-General for Personnel helps ensure that Parlia­ ment’s other directorates-general have the human re­sources necessary to carry out their work. The Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics is respon­ sible for managing infrastructure and logistics in Parliament’s various places of work. The Directorate-General for Translation prepares the Euro­pean Parliament’s documents in all the official languages of the Euro­pean Union. 22 The Secretariat-General 23 ------helps draws up Parliament’s provides legal assistance for Parliament’s Directorate-General Directorate-General for Finance Legal Legal Service Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences and Interpretation for Directorate-General Support Technological and Innovation for Directorate-General political bodies and its Secretariat-General. It also assists the in in the group secretariats. Lastly, just over 1 600 accredited parliamentary assistants complete the picture. In moretotal, 8 000than people wheels keep turning. Parliament’s Alongside the Secretariat-General, all the political groups a have secretariat of their own which varies in size according some900 There are staff group. the in MEPs ofnumber the to sents the European Parliament in European and courts. national The repre andwork parliamentary legislative their committees in is is responsible for information and technolocommunication gies and for publishing and distribution services in the Euro pean Parliament. and administers the Internal Audit body. Audit theand administers Internal The charge charge procedure and keeps and closes the accounts. It pro vides financial and budgetary expertise for all delegated au Parliament. The ­budget, supervises its the dis implementation, accompanies The meet the political requirements of multilingualism in thorising officers in Parliament, manages Members’ finances QA-31-11-338-EN-C

For more information visit: www.europarl.europa.eu

This publication was produced by the European Parliament‘s Directorate-General for Communication.

Manuscript completed in January 2012.

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