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THE NEW BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Submitted by christian on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 14:49

A new Bureau has been formed. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament's preliminary draft budget and decides all administrative, staff and organisational matters. The Bureaub consists of the President of the European Parliament, the 14 Vice-Presidents and the five Quaestors elected by Parliament for a period of two and half years (which can be renewed). In the event of a tied vote in the Bureau, the President has the deciding vote. The Quaestors are members of the Bureau in an advisory capacity.

The Bureau has numeropus administrative and financial duties within Parliament.

  • It is responsible for all matters relating to the internal running of Parliament.
  • It takes decisions on the organisation of sittings, it can authorise committee or delegation meetings outside the three usual places (Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg), and prepares the preliminary draft estimates of Parliament's expenditure.
  • It appoints the Secretary-General who is responsible for running Parliament's administration and establishes the composition and organisation of the Secretariat.

The Bureau generally meets twice a month. Bureau minutes are translated into the official languages, printed and distributed to all Members. Any Member may ask questions about the Bureau's activities. The Bureau decides on the funding of the political parties represented in the European Parliament.

The 14 New Vice-Presidents:, Germany (2)  Italy (2), (Romania (2) Austria (1), Finland (1) France (1), Greece (1) Hungary (1), Ireland (1), Poland (1) Spain (1), UK (1)

  1. Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT)
  2. Mairead McGuinness (EPP, IE)
  3. Rainer Wieland (EPP, DE)
  4. Ramon Luis Valcarcel Siso (EPP, ES)
  5. Ildiko Gall-Pelcz (EPP, HU)
  6. Adina Ioana Valean (EPP, RO)
  7. Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, FR)
  8. Corina Cretu (S&D, RO)
  9. David Sassoli (S&D, IT)
  10. Olli Rehn (ALDE, FI)
  11. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, DE)
  12. Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA, AT)
  13. Dimitris Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL, EL)
  14. Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR, PL)

The 5 New Quaestors: Poland (2), France (1), Bulgaria (1), UK (1)

  1. Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (EPP, FR)
  2. Boguslav Liberadzki (S&D, PL)
  3. Catherine Bearder (ALDE, UK)
  4. Andrey Kavatchev (EPP, BG)
  5. Karol Adam Karski (ECR, PL)

 

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