NEWCOMERS IN THE EPP GROUP OF THE EP

Out of the 221 seats of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, 79 seats (35.75%) will be occupied by Newcomers. More than half of the Newcomers are from Italy (8), Poland (8), Romania (8), Czech Republic (7) and France (7).

Here below is the breakdown of Newcomers by Member States:

AUSTRIA (1 )

1. Claudia Schmidt (ÖVP, City Council of Salzburg, responsible for urban planning

BELGIUM ( 2)

1. Claude Rolin (CdH, Secretary-General of CSC)
2. Pascal Arimont (CSP, Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community)

BULGARIA (3)

1. Tomislav Donchev (GERB, Member of the Bulgarian Parliament, Former Minister of EU Funds)
2. Eva Paunova (GERB, Assistant and Party Coordinator of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group)
3. Emil Radev (GERB, Member of the Bulgarian Parliament)

CROATIA (1)

1. Marijana Petir (HSS, Vice President of HSS)

CYPRUS (1)

1. Christos Stylianides (DISY, Former Government's Spokesman)

CZECH REPUBLIC (7)

1. Luděk Niedermayer (TOP09, Former Vice-President of the Central Bank, renowned economist)
2. Jiří Pospíšil (TOP09, Former minister of Justice)
3. Stanislav Polčák (TOP09, Nominated by Mayors movement, MP, laywer)
4. Jaromír Štetina (TOP09, Senator, former war correspondent)
5. Pavel Svoboda (KDU-ČSL, University professor of European Law, former diplomat)
6. Michaela Šojdrová (KDU-ČSL, Former MP)
7. Tomáš Zdechovský (KDU-ČSL)

DENMARK (0)

ESTONIA (0)

FINLAND (1)

1. Henna Virkkunen (National Coalition Party, Minister of Local Government and Transport)

FRANCE (7)

1. Angélique Delahaye (UMP, Mayor of Saint-Martin-le-Beau)
2. Nadine Morano (UMP, Former Minister)
3. Anne Sander (UMP, Member of the Alsace Economic and Social Council)
4. Renaud Muselier (UMP, Former Minister)
5. Jérôme Lavrilleux (UMP)
6. Marc Joulaud (UMP, Mayor of Sable-sur-Sarthe)
7. Michèle Alliot-Marie (UMP, Former Minister)

GERMANY (4)

1. Norbert Lins (CDU, Consultant for broadband funding in the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection)
2. David McAllister (CDU, State Chairman CDU Lower Saxony)
3. Jens Gieseke (CDU, Lawyer)
4. Sven Schulze (CDU, Dipl. Engineer)

GREECE (5)

1. Thodoris Zagorakis (Nea Demokratia, Former footballer)
2. Manolis Kefaloyannis (Nea Demokratia, Former Minister)
3. Georgios Kirtsos (Nea Demokratia, Journalist and Publisher)
4. Maria Spyraki (Nea Demokratia)
5. Eliza Vozemberg Elissavet (Nea Demokratia)

HUNGARY (3)

1. Norbert Erdős (Fidesz-KDNP, Government Representative of Békés county, Member of the Hungarian Parliament)
2. Andrea Bocskor (Fidesz-KDNP, Professor at the Hungarian University of Beregszász (Ukraine)
3. Andor Deli (Fidesz-KDNP, Member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (party in Serbia)

IRELAND (2)

1. Brian Hayes (Fine Gael, Minister of State)
2. Deirdre Clune (Fine Gael, Senator)

ITALY (8)

1. Giovanni Toti (Forza Italia)
2. Alberto Cirio (Forza Italia)
3. Remo Sernagiotto (Forza Italia)
4. Fulvio Martusciello (Forza Italia)
5. Antonio Pogliese (Forza Italia)
6. Salvatore Cicu (Forza Italia)
7. Maurizio Lupi (Nuovo Centrodestra/Unione di Centro/Popolari per l'Italia)
8. Lorenzo Cesa (Nuovo Centrodestra/Unione di Centro/Popolari per l'Italia)

LATVIA (1)

1. Artis Pabriks (Vienotība, Former Defence Minister)

LITHUANIA (1)

1. Gabrielius Landsbergis (Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Advisor to the Government's Chancellor's Office in the Foreign and EU Affairs Division )

LUXEMBOURG (0)

MALTA (1)

1. Therese Comodini Cachia (Partit Nazzjonalista, Human rights lawyer)

NETHERLANDS (2)

1. Jeroen Lenaers (CDA, Assistant to MEP)
2. Annie Schreijer (CDA, Former MP and Farmer)

POLAND (8

1. Bogdan Zdrojewski (PO)
2. Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz (PO)
3. Adam Szejnfeld (PO)
4. Michał Boni (PO)
5. Marek Plura (PO)
6. Julia Pitera (PO)
7. Bogdan Wenta (PO)
8. Krzysztof Hetman (PSL)

PORTUGAL (3

1. Fernando Ruas (PSD, Former Mayor of Viseu, Former President of the Portuguese Association of Municipalities)
2. Sofia Ribeiro (Independent, nominated by PSD Açores, Teacher)
3. Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar (PSD Madeira, Member of the Portuguese Parliament)

ROMANIA (8)

1. Daniel Buda (PDL, Jurist)
2. Adina Vălean (PNL)
3. Norica Nicolai (PNL)
4. Ramona Mănescu (PNL)
5. Cristian Buşoi (PNL)
6. Renate Weber (PNL)
7. Eduard Hellvig (PNL)
8. Siegfried Mureșan (PMP, EPP Senior Political Advisor)

SLOVAKIA (3)

1. Ivan Štefanec (SKDU-DS)
2. Pál Csáky (SMK-MKP, Member of SMK MKP Party Presidency, former Deputy Prime Minister and party Chairman)
3. József Nagy (Most-Hid)

SLOVENIA (3)

1. Romana Tomc (SDS, Vice-President of the National Assembly)
2. Patricija Šulin (SDS, Former Member of Parliament for SDS)
3. Franc Bogovič (SLS)

SPAIN (3)

1. Esteban Gonzalez Pons (PP, Deputy Secretary-General of Studies and Programmes of the PP)
2. Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso (PP, Ex-President of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, President of Committee of the Regions)
3. Francesc Gambús i Millet (UDC)

SWEDEN (1)

1. Lars Adaktusson (Christian Democrat, Journalist)

Summary

1. AUSTRIA (5 seats) 1 Newcomer
2. BELGIUM (4 seats) 2 Newcomers
3. BULGARIA (7 seats) 3 Newcomers
4. CROATIA (5 seats) 1 Newcomer
5. CYPRUS (2 seats) 1 Newcomer
6. CZECH REPUBLIC (7 seats) 7 Newcomers
7. DENMARK (1 seat) 0
8. ESTONIA (1 seat) 0
9. FINLAND (3 seats) 1 Newcomer
10. FRANCE (20 seats) 7 Newcomers
11. GERMANY (34 seats) 4 Newcomers
12. GREECE (5 seats) 5 Newcomers
13. HUNGARY (12 seats) 3 Newcomers
14. IRELAND (4 seats) 2 Newcomers
15. ITALY (17 seats) 8 Newcomers
16. LATVIA (4 seats) 1 Newcomer
17. LITHUANIA (2 seats) 1 Newcomer
18. LUXEMBOURG (3 seats) 0
19. MALTA (3 seats) 1 Newcomer
20. NETHERLANDS (5 seats) 2 Newcomers
21. POLAND (23 seats) 8 Newcomers
22. PORTUGAL (7 seats) 3 Newcomers
23. ROMANIA (15 seats) 8 Newcomers
24. SLOVAKIA (6 seats) 3 Newcomers
25. SLOVENIA (5 seats) 3 Newcomers
26. SPAIN (17 seats) 3 Newcomers
27. SWEDEN (4 seats) 1 Newcomer

221 Seats

79 Newcomers

Newcomers represent 35.75% of total EPP seats