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List of Members Delegation for relations with Canada Members Stéphanie YON-COURTIN Chair Renew Europe Group France Liste Renaissance Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ Vice-Chair Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Spain Partido Socialista Obrero Español Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Romania Partidul Naţional Liberal Rasmus ANDRESEN Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Hildegard BENTELE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Damian BOESELAGER Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Volt Carlo CALENDA Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Italy Azione Ladislav ILČIĆ Member European Conservatives and Reformists Group Croatia Hrast – Pokret za uspješnu Hrvatsku Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ Member Non-attached Members Croatia - Ondřej KOVAŘÍK Member Renew Europe Group Czechia ANO 2011 28/09/2021 1 Joëlle MÉLIN Member Identity and Democracy Group France Rassemblement national Jan OLBRYCHT Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Poland Platforma Obywatelska Martin SCHIRDEWAN Member The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Germany DIE LINKE. Tiemo WÖLKEN Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Javier ZARZALEJOS Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Spain Partido Popular 28/09/2021 2 Substitutes Robert BIEDROŃ Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Poland Wiosna Saskia BRICMONT Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Belgium Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales Annika BRUNA Substitute Identity and Democracy Group France Rassemblement national Isabel CARVALHAIS Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Portugal Partido Socialista Cindy FRANSSEN Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Belgium Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams Alexis GEORGOULIS Substitute The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Greece Coalition of the Radical Left Andreas GLÜCK Substitute Renew Europe Group Germany Freie Demokratische Partei Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Spain Partido Popular Monika HOHLMEIER Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Germany Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. Elsi KATAINEN Substitute Renew Europe Group Finland Suomen Keskusta Georg MAYER Substitute Identity and Democracy Group Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Portugal Partido Social Democrata 28/09/2021 3 Jutta PAULUS Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Daniela RONDINELLI Substitute Non-attached Members Italy Movimento 5 Stelle Irene TINAGLI Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Italy Partito Democratico Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA Substitute European Conservatives and Reformists Group Poland Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP 28/09/2021 4.
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