European Parliament 2014 Elections

This briefing is part of a DeHavilland EU series on the 2014 European elections.

Updated 9 September 2014

Committee Chairs in the European Parliament 2014-2017

On 7 July 2014, the Committees of the European Parliament elected their Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the first half of the 2014-2019 parliamentary cycle. The Chairs and his deputies are responsible for the smooth running of their Committee. All Chairmen- and women also sit on the Conference of Committee Chairs, which oversees cooperation between the different Committees, resolves disputes on responsibility for specific legislative files and drafts the agenda for Plenary Sessions of the Parliament.

Committee Chair 1st Vice-Chair 2nd Vice-Chair 3rd Vice-Chair 4th Vice-Chair AFCO Danuta Hubner (PL, EPP) Barbara Spinelli (IT, GUE) Pedro Pereira (PT, S&D) Kazimierz Ujazdowski (PL, ECR) Paulo Rangel (PT, EPP) AFET Elmar Brok (DE, EPP) Ryszard Legutko (PL, ECR) Marina Guzman (ES, GUE) Ioan Pascu (RO, S&D) Andrej Plenkovic (HR, EPP) AGRI Czeslaw Siekierski (PL, EPP) Eric Andrieu (FR, S&D) Janusz Wojciechowski (PL, ECR) Clara Garcia (ES, S&D) Vasilica Dancila (RO, S&D) BUDG Jean Arthuis (FR, ALDE) Petri Sarvamaa (FI, EPP) Jens Geier (DE, S&D) Siegfried Muresan (RO, EPP) Patricija Sulin (SI, EPP) CONT Ingeborg Grassle (DE, EPP) Derek Vaughan (UK, S&D) Igor Soltes (SI, Greens) Martina Dlabajova (CZ, ALDE) Dan Nica (RO, S&D) CULT Silvia Costa (IT, S&D) Andrea Bocskor (HU, EPP) Mircea Diaconu (RO, ALDE) Helga Trupel (DE, Greens) Michaela Sojdrova (CZ, EPP) DEVE Linda McAvan (UK, S&D) Maurice Ponga (FR, S&D) Paavo Vayrynen (FI, ALDE) Konstantinos Chrysogonos (GR, GUE) Nirj Deva (UK, ECR) DROI Elena Valenciano (ES, S&D) Cristian Dan Preda (RO, EPP) Fernando Barandiaran (ES, ALDE) Laszlo Tokes (HU, EPP) Barbara Lochbihler (DE, Greens) ECON Roberto Gualtieri (IT, S&D) Markus Ferber (DE, EPP) Peter Simon (DE, S&D) Johan van Overtveldt (ECR, BE) Marianne Thyssen (EPP, BE) EMPL Thomas Handel (DE, GUE) Marita Ulvskog (SE, S&D) Danuta Jazlowiecka (PL, EPP) Ulla Tornaes (DK, ALDE) Agnes Jongerius (NL, S&D) ENVI Giovanni La Via (IT, EPP) Benedek Javor (HU, Greens) Daciana Sarbu (RO, S&D) Pavel Poc (CZ, S&D) Gilles Pargneaux (FR, S&D) FEMM Iratxe Perez (ES, S&D) Barbara Matera (IT, EPP) Ines Zuber (PT, GUE) Vilija Blinkeviciute (LT, S&D) Jana Zitnanska (SK, ECR) IMCO Vicky Ford (UK, ECR) Anna Corazza Bildt (SE, EPP) Robert Rochefort (FR, ALDE) Catherine Stihler (UK, S&D) Sergio Cofferati (IT, S&D) INTA Bernd Lange (DE, S&D) Tokia Saifi (FR, EPP) Yannick Jadot (FR, Greens/EFA) Iuliu Winkler (RO, EPP) Jan Zahradil (CZ, ECR) ITRE Jerzy Buzek (PL, EPP) Patrizia Toia (IT, S&D) Hans-Olaf Henkel (DE, ECR) Miloslav Ransdorf (CZ, GUE) Morten Petersen (DK, ALDE) JURI Pavel Svoboda (CZ, EPP) Lidia de Oedenberg (PL, S&D) Jean-Marie Cavada (FR, ALDE) Axel Voss (DE, EPP) Mady Delvaux-Stehres (LU, S&D) LIBE Claude Moraes (UK, S&D) Kinga Gal (HU, EPP) Iliana Iotova (BG, S&D) Jan-Philipp Albrecht (DE, Greens) Barbara Kudrycka (PL, EPP) PECH Alain Cadec (FR, EPP) Isabella Lovin (SE, Greens) Jaroslaw Walesa (PL, EPP) Werner Kuhn (DE, EPP) Renata Briano (IT, S&D) PETI Cecilia Wikstrom (SE, ALDE) Rosa Ferragut (ES, EPP) Roberta Triccas (MT, EPP) Marlene Mizzi (MT, S&D) Pal Csaky (SK, EPP) REGI Iskra Mihaylova (BG, ALDE) Younus Omarjee (FR, GUE) Stanislav Polcak (CZ, EPP) Joachim Zeller (DE, EPP) Andrea Cozzolino (IT, S&D) SEDE Anna Fotyga (PO, ECR) Michael Gahler (DE, EPP) Jaromir Stetina (CZ, EPP) Afzal Khan (UK, S&D) Sabine Losing (DE, GUE/NGL) TRAN Michael Cramer (FR, Greens) Dominique Riquet (FR, ALDE) Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (DE, EPP) Tomasz Poreba (PL, ECR) Istvan Ujhelyi (HU, S&D)