Tenth European Parliament
Incumbent session of the European Parliament from 2024 to 2029
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The tenth European Parliament was elected during the 2024 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2029 elections.[1]
Roberta Metsola (EPP)| 10th European Parliament | |
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| 16 July 2024 â TBD | |
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| President (1st Half) | Roberta Metsola (EPP) |
| Vice-Presidents | |
| Commission | von der Leyen I von der Leyen II |
| Political groups | |
| MEPs | 720 |
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| Elections | June 2024 (Union) |
| Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1] | |
| Website | Official website |
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Major events
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- 6â9 June 2024: Elections to the 10th European Parliament
- 16â19 July 2024: Constitutive plenary session of the European Parliament
- 16 July: Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML) is elected President of the Parliament with 562 votes, together with vice-presidents and quaestors.
- 18 July: Ursula von der Leyen (EPP, DE) is elected President of the European Commission with 401 votes.
- 16â19 September 2024: Plenary session
- 17 September: Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, addressed the parliament on the Draghi report about the future of EU competitiveness, followed by a debate with MEPs.[2]
Major resolutions
- 17 July 2024: The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine[3] 2024/2721(RSP)
Groups and parties summary
Current composition
Historical composition
The table below lists the history of the composition of the groups during the Tenth European Parliament.[4][5][6]
| Date | Group | Total | Vacant | Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | S&D | Greens/EFA | Renew | EPP | ECR | Patriots | ESN | NI | ||||
| 16 Jul 2024 (constitutive plenary session) |
46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 84 | 25 | 32 | 719 | 1 | [7][8] |
| 23 Aug 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 84 | 25 | 32 | 718 | 2 | [9] |
| 31 Jul 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 83 | 25 | 32 | 717 | 3 | [10] |
| 1 Sep 2024 | 46 | 135 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 82 | 25 | 32 | 716 | 4 | [11] |
| 5 Sep 2024 | 46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 82 | 25 | 32 | 717 | 3 | [12] |
| 22 Sep 2024 | 46 | 136 | 53 | 77 | 188 | 78 | 83 | 25 | 32 | 718 | 2 | [13] |
Members
European Parliament Bureau
The President of the European Parliament, together with fourteen Vice Presidents and 5 Quaestors are chosen through the votes of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) serving a term lasting 2.5 years, with the option for re-election.[14]
First half of the term
| President | EPP | Roberta Metsola | MLT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice Presidents | EPP | Sabine Verheyen |  GER | |
| EPP | Ewa Kopacz |  POL | ||
| EPP | Esteban González Pons |  SPA | ||
| S&D | Katarina Barley | GER | ||
| S&D | Pina Picierno |  ITA | ||
| S&D | Victor Negrescu |  ROM | ||
| RENEW | Martin HojsÃk |  SVK | ||
| S&D | Christel Schaldemose |  DEN | ||
| S&D | Javi López | SPA | ||
| RENEW | Sophie Wilmès |  BEL | ||
| G/EFA | Nicolae ÈtefÄnuÈÄ | ROM | ||
| ECR | Roberts ZÄ«le |  LAT | ||
| ECR | Antonella Sberna | ITA | ||
| THE LEFT | Younous Omarjee |  FRA | ||
| Quaestors | EPP | Andrey Kovatchev |  BGR | |
| S&D | Marc Angel |  LUX | ||
| EPP | Miriam Lexmann | SVK | ||
| RENEW | Fabienne Keller | FRA | ||
| ECR | Kosma ZÅotowski | POL | ||
Committees
Standing committees
Leadership statistics
Chairs
No chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)
No chair-people: Sweden, Estonia, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Denmark, Croatia, Lithuania, Portugal, Austria, Latvia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus
Vice-Chairs
No vice-chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)
No vice-chairpeople: Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Finland
European Commission formation
Election of president
European Council proposed on 27 June 2024 Ursula von der Leyen as a candidate for a second term as President of the European Commission.[16] European Parliament's secret vote took place on 18 July 2024.[17]
| Candidate | Members | Voting | Majority | In favor | Against | Blank | Void | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursula von der Leyen | Germany |
EPP | 719 | 707 | 360 | 401 | 284 | 15 | 7 | |
| Source: European Parliament[17] | ||||||||||
Hearings of commissioner candidates
President-elect of the Commission will propose to the European Parliament candidates for members of the Commission.[17]
See also
Notes
- The Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.