Guide to the new European Parliament
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January 2012
27-01-2012
Table of Contents
President of the European Parliament 3 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament Quaestors
POLI TIC AL GROUPS 4
European Peoples’ Party (EPP) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
Progressive Alliance Socialist and Democrats (S&D) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe (ALDE) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
Greens/ European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
European United Left/ Nordic Green left (GUE/NGL) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
European of Freedom and Democracy group (EFD) Group Chairmen and vice presidents
KEY COMMITTEES 8
1. Environment Public Health and Food Safety Committee – ENVI 2. Industry, Research and Energy Committee – ITRE 3. Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee – IMCO 4. International Trade Committee – INTA 5. Legal Affairs Committee – JURI 6. Development Committee – DEVE 7. Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee – ECON 8. Agriculture and Rural Development Committee – AGRI
18 New MEPs 11
Overview Coordinators by Committees 13
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New European Parliament
President of parliament
Country MEP Political Group Germany Martin Schulz S&D
The President represents the European Parliament vis-à-vis the outside world and in its relations with the other EU institutions.The President also oversees all the work of the Parliament and its constituent bodies (Bureau and Conference of Presidents), as well as the debates in plenary. He also ensures that Parliament’s Rules of Procedure are adhered to and, through his arbitration, guarantees that all the activities of the institution and its constituent bodies run smoothly.
Vice Presidents of Parliament
Country MEP Political Group Austria Othmar Karas EPP Belgium Isabelle Durant Greens/EFA Czech Republic Oldrich Vlasak ECR Germany Alexander Alvaro ALDE Germany Rainer Wieland EPP Greece Georgios Papastamkos EPP Greece Anni Podimata S&D Hungary Laszlo Surjan EPP Italy Roberta Angelilli EPP Italy Giovanni Pittella S&D Poland Jacek Protasiewicz EPP Spain Miguel Ángel Martìnez S&D Martìnez Spain Àlejo Vidal-Quadras EPP UK Edward Mcmillan-Scott ECR
Vice-Presidents are Members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament’s preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational matters.
Quaestors
Country MEP Political Group
Czech Republic Jiri Mastalka GUE/NGL Ireland Jim Higgins EPP Luxembourg Astrid Lulling EPP Poland Lidia Geringer de S&D Oedenberg Poland Boguslav Liberadzki S&D
The Quaestors are responsible for administrative and financial matters that directly affect Members, for example making general services and equipment available.
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Political Groups
The Members of the European Parliament sit in political groups – they are not organised by nationality, but by political affiliation. There are currently 7 political groups in the European Parliament.
Each takes care of its own internal organisation by appointing a chair (or two co-chairs in the case of some groups), a bureau and a secretariat. The places assigned to Members in the Chamber are decided by political affiliation, from left to right, by agreement with the group chairmen. 25 Members are needed to form a political group, and at least one-quarter of the Member States must be represented within the group. Members may not belong to more than one political group. Some Members do not belong to any political group and are known as non-attached Members. Before every vote in plenary the political groups scrutinise the reports drawn up by the parliamentary committees and table amendments to them. The position adopted by the political group is arrived at by discussion within the group. No Member can be forced to vote in a particular way.
754 Members of the European Parliament
EPP: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats ALDE: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Greens-EFA: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists GUE-NGL: Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left EFD: Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group NI: Non-attached Members
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EUROPEAN PEOPLES’ PARTY GROUP (EPP)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Joseph Daul France Vice-Presidents Ioannis Kasoulides Cyprus Manfred Weber Germany Jozsef Szajer Hungary Vito Bonsignore Italy Jan Olbrycht Poland Paulo Rangel Portugal Marian-Jean Marinescu Romania Jaime Mayor Oreja Spain Gunnar Hökmark Sweden Corien Wortmann-Kool The Netherlands
PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE SOCIALISTS AND DEMOCRATS GROUP (S&D)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Johannes Swoboda Austria Vice Presidents Véronique de Keyser Belgium Libor Roucek Czech Republic Sylvie Guillaume France Bernhard Rapkay Germany Patrizia Toia Italy Rovana Plumb Romania Monika Flasikova Benova Slovakia Enrique Guerrero Salom Spain Marita Ulvskrog Sweden Stephen Hughes United Kingdom
ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS FOR EUROPE (ALDE)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Guy Verhofstadt Belgium Vice-President Antonyia Parvanova Bulgaria Alexander Lambsdorff Germany Marielle De Sarnez France Anneli Jäätteenmäki Finland Niccolò Rinaldi Italy Adina Ioana Vălean Romania
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GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE (GREENS/EFA)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Daniel Cohn-Bendit France Rebecca Harms Germany Vice Presidents Eva Lichtenberger Austria Michèle Rivasi France Reinhard Bütikofer Germany Claude Turmes Luxembourg Marije Cornelissen Netherlands Raül Romeva I Rueda Spain Jill Evans United Kingdom
EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVES AND REFORMISTS (ECR)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Martin Callanan United Kingdom Vice-Presidents Derk Jan Eppink Belgium Jan Zahradil Czech Republic Ryszard Antoni Legutko Poland Geoffrey Van Orden UK
EUROPEAN UNITED LEFT / NORDIC GREEN LEFT (GUE/NGL)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Lothar Bisky Germany Vice Presidents Takis Hadjigeorgiou Cyprus Miloslav Ransdorf Czech Republic Patrick Le Hyaric France Kartika Liotard Netherlands Ilda Figueiredo Portugal Mikael Gustafsson Sweden
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EUROPE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY GROUP (EFD)
President and vice presidents
President National Country Francesco Speroni Italy Nigel Farage United Kingdom First Vice-President Kiria Niki Tzavella Greece Second Vice-President Morten Messerschmidt Denmark Vice-Presidents Timo Soini Finland Philippe de Villiers France Bastiaan Belder Netherlands Jaroslav Paška Slovakia
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Key Committees (out of 22)
In order to do the preparatory work for Parliament’s plenary sittings, the Members are divided up among a number of specialised standing committees.
1. Environment Public Health and Food Safety – ENVI
With 68 members, ENVI is one of the largest committees in the European Parliament and deals with many issues which affect the daily lives of EU citizens. In the field of health policy, ENVI works in areas which relate to the internal market and where there are cross-border effects, e.g. the safety of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, the fight against counterfeit medicinal products or the defence of patients' rights.
Country First Name Name Group Position Germany Matthias Groote S&D Chairman Technical background in engineering. Involved in energy and environmental issues. More information here Netherlands Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy ALDE 1st V-CH Involved in biodiversity, resource efficiency and waste issues. More information here Sweden Carl Schlyter Greens/EFA 2nd V-CH Technical background in chemical engineering with a specialization in biotechnology and the environment. In addition to his role in the Environment Committee, he is a substitute Member of the Committee on International Trade. He has been involved in many environmental issues as diverse as the sustainable management of chemicals, nanomaterials, fisheries, access to information and whaling. More information here Hungary Janos Ader EPP 3rd V-CH He is also a member of parliamentary intergroups on water. He has been involved in greenhouse gas emissions, assessment of the environmental impact of gas pipelines, assessment of micronutrients, Seveso II and intellectual property. More information here. Denmark Dan Jorgensen S&D 4th V-CH Social science background. In addition to his role in the Environment Committee, he is the head of the Danish delegation of Social Democrats in the European Parliament, President of the Animal Welfare intergroup and he substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He has been involved in many environmental issues such as financial aspects of climate change, chemicals and clean energy, and he has recently become increasingly active on economic issues. More information here
2. Industry, Research and Energy Committee – ITRE
Country First Name Name Group Position Italy Amalia Sartori EPP Chairman MEP since 1999. Member of ITRE and ENVI. Has been the rapporteur on "Proposal for a Council recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections " . More information here Italy Patrizia Toia S&D 1st V-CH Member of the European Alzheimer's Allaince and Member of the European Parliament Heart Group. Interested in stem cells research. More information here Denmark Jens Rohde ALDE 2nd V-CH MEP since 2001. He has submit in the past a written question on Marketing Authorisation for medicinal products. More information here Greece Dimitrios Droutsas S&D 3rd V-CH Czech Evzen Tosenovsky ECR 4th V-CH Republic
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3. Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee – IMCO
Country First Name Name Group Position United Malcolm Harbour ECR Chairman Kingdom Submited written questions on "State aid and health care "and "Medical devices and medicinal products. More information here Finland Eija-Riitta Korhola EPP 1st V-CH Member of ENVI Committee 2004-2009. Interested in mental health. More information here France Bernadette Vergnaud S&D 2nd V-CH Has been the rapporteur for the "Report on the impact and consequences of the exclusion of health services from the Directive on services in the internal market" and draftwoman on cross-border healthcare. More information here Italy Gino Trematerra EPP 3rd V-CH Malta Louis Grech S&D 4th V-CH Submitted a written question on “Access to medication”. More information here
4. International Trade Committee - INTA
Country First Name Name Group Position Portugal Vital Moreira S&D Chairman Motion for resolution on the state of play of the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda, EU-Canada trade relations and EU-Japan trade relations. More information here Italy Cristiana Muscardini EPP 1st V-CH Substitute ENVI. Member of the European Parliament Heart Group. She has shown interests in rare diseases and trade. More information here UK Robert Sturdy ECR 2nd V-CH MEP since 1994. He is the INTA Coordinator. More information here Poland Oawel Zalewski EPP 3rd V-CH France Yannick Jadot Greens/EFA 4th V-CH INTA Coordinator. He founded the Alliance for the Planet in 2006 and is interested in environmental affairs and international development. Prior to been elected to the parliament, he was the campaign director for Greenpeace France for six years. More information here
5. Legal Affairs Committee - JURI
Country First Name Name Group Position Germany Klaus-Heiner Lehne EPP Chairman Italy Luigi Berlinguer S&D 1st V-CH Italy Raffaele Baldassarre EPP 2nd V-CH Austria Evelyne Regner S&D 3rd V-CH Director of the EO office of the Austrian federation of Trade Unions (1999-2008) in Brussels. She is also a member of the Economic and Social Committee and sits on the steering committee of the Trade Union advisory panel to the OCED. She has expressed a wish to fight against the reduction of average wages. More information here Romania Sebastian Bodu EPP 4th V-CH Valentin Interested in Intellectual properties and patents. More information here
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6. Development Committee – DEVE
Country First Name Name Group Position France Eva Joly Greens/EFA Chairman France Michèle Striffler EPP 1st V-CH Diploma in pharmacology for medical sales representatives. More information here United Nirj Deva ECR 2nd V-CH Kingdom Interested in International Development, engagements with China; Asian and far East Affairs. More information here Italy Iva Zanicchi EPP 3rd V-CH Romania Corina Cretu S&D 4th V-CH
7. Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee - ECON
Country First Name Name Group UK Sharon Bowles ALDE Chairman Practising Patent and Trademark Attorney. Interested in intellectual property. More information here Spain Pablo Zalba Bidegain EPP 1st V-CH Interested in research, business, trade and industry. More information here UK Arlene McCarthy S&D 2nd V-CH Romania Theodor Dumitru Stolojan EPP 3rd V-CH Malta Edward Scicluna S&D 4th V-CH
8. Agriculture and Rural Development Committee - AGRI
Country First Name Name Group Position Italy Paolo de Castro S&D Chairman Poland Czeslaw Adam Siekierski EPP 1st V-CH France José Bové Greens/EFA 2nd V-CH Poland Janusz Wojciechowski ECR 3rd V-CH Sweden Marit Paulsen ALDE 4th V-CH
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18 New appointed MEPs
Between December 2011 and January 2012, the European Parliament has expand to include eighteen new MEPs. Under the Lisbon Treaty, the number of MEPs is set at 751, and these numbers are reallocated among the Member States. The distribution of the eighteen seats is among twelve Member States: Spain received four; Austria, France and Sweden received two; and Bulgaria, Italy, Malta, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the UK ll received one new MEP. The only country to lose seats is Germany, which go from 99 MEPs to 96. However, the extra three MEPs will continue until the end of the 2009-2014 legislature.
Country First Name Name Group
Austria Josef Weidenholzer S&D
Appointed Member LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Austria Ewald Johann Stadler NI – Non-attached
Appointed Member REGI Regional Development and Susbstitute ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. More information here
Bulgaria Svetoslav Malinov EPP
Appointed Member LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Substitute EMPL Employment and Social Affairs
France Yves Cochet Greens/EFA
Appointed Member ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and member of the Delegation for relations with India. More information here
France Jean Roatta EPP
Appointed Member DEVE Development and Substitute ITRE Industry, research and Energy. More information here
Italy Gino Trematerra EPP
Appointed Member IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Delegation for relations with India. Appointed Substitute ITRE Industry, research and Energy and Delegation for relations with Chile. More information here
Latvia Kārlis Šadurskis EPP
Appointed Member ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and member of the Delegation for relations with South-Africa. Appointed Substitute LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Delegation for relations with India. More information here
Malta Joseph Cuschieri S&D
Appointed Member TRAN Transport and Tourism and member of the Delegation for relation with the Arab Peninsula
Netherlands Patricia van der Kammen NI – non-attached
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Poland Arkadiusz Bratkowski EPP
Appointed Member LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula. Appointed Substitute EMPL Employment and Social Affairs and Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Slovenia Zofija Mazej Kukovic EPP
Appointed Member ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relations with India. Appointed Substitute ITRE Industry, research and Energy. Minister for Health of Slovenia from September 11 2007 to November 21 2008 (during the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union); Before her nomination she was the City Councillor of Ljubljana, Chair of the Business Forum, and Chair of the Expert Council for Health. More information here
Spain Eva Ortiz Vilella EPP
Appointed member CONT Budgetary Control and Delegation for relation with India Appointed Substitute ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relation with Korean Peninsula. More information here
Spain Salvador Sedó i Alabart EPP
Appointed Member ITRE Industry, Research and Energy and Delegation for relations with South Africa. Appointed Susbitute Delegation for relations with South Asia. Before his nomination he was the Director General of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Catalonia. More information here Spain Vicente Garcés Ramón S&D
Appointed Member IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula. Appointed Substitute ITRE Industry, Research and Energy and PETI Petitions. Former MEP (October 2007-July 2009): Member of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the Republic of Iran, the European Parliament Delegation with Mexico and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. More information here Spain Dolores García-Hierro S&D Caraballo Appointed Member PECH Fisheries and Delegation for relations with South Africa Sweden Jens Nilsson S&D
Appointed Member REGI Regional Development and Delegation for relations with South Africa Sweden Amelia Andersdotter Greens/EFA
Appointed Member ITRE Industry, Research and Energy and Delegation for relations with Korean Peninsula. Member of the Pirate Party, whose political message focuses on copyright law reform, abolishing patents and increased privacy rights for EU citizens. More information here United Kingdom Anthea McIntyre ECR
Appointed Member LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Appointed Substitute EMPL Employment and Social Affairs.
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EPP S&D ALDE Greens/EFA GUE/NGL EFD ECR Miroslav OUZKY Richard SEEBER Linda Co-coordinator Co-coordinator MCAVAN Chris DAVIES Satu HASSI Kartika LIOTARD Oreste ROSSI ENVI Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Anna ROSBACH Peter LIESE Co-coordinator Co-coordinator
Pilar DEL CASTILLO Coordinator
Romana JORDAN Teresa RIERA Lena EK Claude TURMES Marisa MATIAS Niki TZAVELA Giles CHICHESTER ITRE CIZEILJ MADURELL Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Vice Coordinator Coordinator
Paul RÜBIG Vice Coordinator Andreas SCHWAB
Coordinator Evelyne Jürgen Kyriacos Heide RÜHLE Matteo SALVINI Adam BIELAN IMCO GEBHARDT CREUTZMANN TRIANTAPHYLLIDES Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Malgorzata HANDZLIK Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator
Vice coordinator Daniel CASPARY William Coordinator Bernd LANGE Metin KAZAK Yannick JANDOT Helmut SCHOLZ EARL OF Robert W. STURDY INTA Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator DARTMOUTH Coordinator Tokia SAÏFI Coordinator Vice coordinator Gay MITCHELL Co-coordinator Thijs Philippe DE Charles GOERENS Catherine GREZE Gabriele ZIMMER Nirj DEVA DEVE BERMAN VILLIERS Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Filip KACZMAREK Coordinator Coordinator Co-coordinator Tadeusz ZWIEFKA Coordinator Bernahrd Eva Francesco Diana WALLIS Jiri MASTALKA Sajjad KARIM JURI RAPKAY LICHTENBERGER SPERONI Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Marielle GALLO Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Vice coordinator
Lambert van Constanze Angela Ramona Nicole Oldrich François ALFONSI John BUFTON REGI NISTERLROOIJ KREHL MANESCU VLASAK Coordinator N.N Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator
Jean-Paul GAUZES Sylvie GOULARD Coordinator Coordinator Godfrey Udo BULLMANN Sven GIEGOLD Jürgen KLUTE Kay SWINBURNE ECON BLOOM Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Burkhard BALZ Olle SCHMIDT Coordinator Vice coordinator Deputy Coordinator
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Csaba ÖRY Marian HARKIN Coordinator Coordinator Mara Alejandro CERCAS Jean LAMBERT Gabriele ZIMMER Milan CABRNOCH EMPL BIZZOTTO Elisabeth Coordinator Jean-Luc Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator MORIN-CHARTIER BENNAHMIAS Vice coordinator Deputy coordinator José I. SALAFRANCA Coordinator Annemie NEYTS- Bastiaan Ulrike LUNACEK Willy MEYER Charles TANNOCK AFET Kristian VIGENIN UYTTEBROECK BELDER Co-coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Cristian PREDA Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Vice coordinator Salvador GARRIGA- POLLEDO Coordinator Claudio Goran FÄRM Anne E. JENSEN Helga TRUPEL Miguel PORTAS Lajos BOKROS BUDG MORGANTINI Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Sidonia Coordinator JEDRZEJEWSKA Vice coordinator Enrique Morten Soren Bo Rafal TRZASKOWSKI GUERRERO Andrew DUFF Gerard HÄFNER MESSERSCHM Ashley FOX AFCO SONDERGAARD Coordinator SALOM Coordinator Coordinator IDT Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Ingeborg Jorgo Soren Bo Marta Jens GEIER Bart STAES Ryszard CZARNECKI CONT GRÄSSLE CHATZIMARKAKIS SONDERGAARD ANDREASEN Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Co-coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Albert DESS Luis Manuel George LYON Coordinator CAPOULAS Coordinator Lorenzo Martin HAÜSLING Alfreds RUBIKS James NICHOLSON AGRI SANTOS FONTANA Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Michel DANTIN Coordinator Britta REIMERS Coordinator Vice coordinator Deputy coordinator Simon BUSUTTIL Coordinator Kyriacos Claude MORAES Renate WEBER Judith SARGENTINI Gerard BATTEN Timothy KIRKHOPE LIBE TRIANTAPHYLLIDES Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Véronique Mathieu Coordinator Vice coordinator
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