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MANDATES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Submitted by christian on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 15:42

There are a number of mandates and responsibilities that will be allocated in the next European Parliament.

  1. Presidency of the European Parliament (1)
  2. Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (14)
  3. Quaestors (5)
  4. Chairmen of Committees and Subcommittees
  5. Vice-Chairmen of Committees
  6. Chairs of Political Groups
  7. Vice-Presidents of Political Groups
  8. Coordinators
  9. Deputy Coordinators
  10. Chairs of Delegations
  11. Vice-Chairs of Delegations
  12. Intergroups

The European Parliament will elect its President and Vice-Presidents by an absolute majority at the plenary session of 1–3 July 2014. Within the following weeks, the Chairpersons and Vice-Chairs of Committees will be selected from among the Committee Members.

The European Parliament President, as well as the Vice-Presidents and Quaestors, are elected from among the MEPs for a term of 2.5 years The European Parliament President together with the Chairs of political groups form the Conference of Presidents .

Individual MEPs are allocated to Parliamentary Committees on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, based on the political preferences of each MEP and his/her political group. At the first meeting in July, each Committee will elect the Committee Chair and 4 Vice-Chairs for the term of 2.5 years.

In the last 7th Legislature, mandates and responsibilities among the EU member states were allocated as follows: Germany, France, UK, Italy, Poland, Spain and Netherlands combined accounted for  227 MEPs or 61.3% of total

  1. Germany: 55 MEPs (14.8%)
  2. France: 41 MEPs (11.0%)
  3. United Kingdom: 40 MEPs (10.8%)
  4. Italy: 28 MEPs (7.6%)
  5. Poland: 23 MEPs (6.2%)
  6. Spain: 20 MEPs (5.4%)
  7. Netherlands: 20 MEPs (5.4%)
  8. Belgium: 13 MEPs (3.5%
  9. Portugal:  13 MEPs (3.5%)
  10. Romania : 13 MEPs  (3.5%)
  11. Austria: 11 MEPs (3.0%)
  12. Denmark: 11 MEPs (3.0%)
  13. Czech Republic: 11 MEPs (3.0%)
  14. Greece: 10 MEPs (2.7%)
  15. Hungary: 10 MEPs (2.7%)
  16. Sweden: 10 MEPs (2.7%)
  17. Bulgaria: 8 MEPs (2.2%)
  18. Finland: 8 MEPs (2.2%)
  19. Latvia: 4 MEPs (1.1%)
  20. Luxembourg : 4  MEPs (1.1%)
  21. Cyprus: 3 MEPs (0.8%)
  22. Ireland: 3 MEPs (0.8%)
  23. Lithuania: 3 MEPs (0.8%)
  24. Slovakia: 3 MEPs  (0.8%)
  25. Estonia: 2 MEPs (0.5%)
  26. Slovenia: 2 MEPs (0.5%)
  27. Malta: 1 MEP (0.2%)

Total: 370 MEPs were given mandates and responsibilities

 

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