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Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary List of Members Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary List of members Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee Members Sajjad KARIM Chair European Conservatives and Reformists Group United Kingdom Conservative Party Elisabeth KÖSTINGER Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Austria Österreichische Volkspartei Antanas GUOGA Vice-Chair Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Lithuania Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis Lorenzo CESA Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Italy Nuovo Centrodestra - Unione di Centro Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Damian DRĂGHICI Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Romania Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României Heidi HAUTALA Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Finland Vihreä liitto Iris HOFFMANN Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 20/04/2016 1 Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ Member Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group Poland KORWiN Kateřina KONEČNÁ Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Czech Republic Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy Iskra MIHAYLOVA Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Bulgaria Movement for Rights and Freedoms Clare MOODY Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Rolandas PAKSAS Member Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group Lithuania Partija Tvarka ir teisingumas Georgi PIRINSKI Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Bulgaria Bulgarian Socialist Party Monika SMOLKOVÁ Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Slovakia SMER-Sociálna demokracia Jaromír ŠTĚTINA Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Czech Republic TOP 09 a Starostové Traian UNGUREANU Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Romania Partidul Naţional Liberal Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI Member European Conservatives and Reformists Group Poland Prawo i Sprawiedliwość 20/04/2016 2 Substitutes Laura AGEA Substitute Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group Italy Movimento 5 Stelle Nikolay BAREKOV Substitute European Conservatives and Reformists Group Bulgaria Bulgaria without Censorship Dita CHARANZOVÁ Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Czech Republic ANO 2011 Nikolaos CHOUNTIS Substitute Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Greece Popular Unity Andi CRISTEA Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Romania Partidul Social Democrat Miriam DALLI Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Malta Partit Laburista Martina DLABAJOVÁ Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Czech Republic ANO 2011 Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Spain Partido Popular András GYÜRK Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Hungary Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség-Keresztény Demokrata Néppárt Gunnar HÖKMARK Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Sweden Moderaterna Marc JOULAUD Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) France Les Républicains 20/04/2016 3 Krišjānis KARIŅŠ Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Latvia Partija "VIENOTĪBA" Notis MARIAS Substitute European Conservatives and Reformists Group Greece Independent Susanne MELIOR Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Tamás MESZERICS Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Hungary Lehet Más A Politika Sergei STANISHEV Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Bulgaria Bulgarian Socialist Party Boris ZALA Substitute Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Slovakia SMER-Sociálna demokracia Source : © European Union, 2016 - EP 20/04/2016 4.
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