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10th European Parliament
10th European Parliament
16 July 2024 – TBD
President (1st Half)	Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML)
President (2nd Half)	TBD
Vice-Presidents	First Vice-President:; 1st Half:; Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE);
Commission	von der Leyen I & II
Political groups	EPP (188); S&D (136); PfE (86); ECR (80); Renew (75); Greens/EFA (53); The Left (46); ESN (25); NI (32); Vacant (1);
MEPs	720
Elections	June 2024 (Union)
	Treaty on European Union; Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Website	Official website
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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.

Major events

6–9 June 2024
- Elections to the 10th European Parliament
16–19 July 2024 (constitutive plenary session of the European Parliament)
- Election of the Bureau
  - Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML) elected President of the Parliament with 562 votes
- Ursula von der Leyen (EPP, DE) elected President of the European Commission with 401 votes

Major resolutions

17 July 2024: The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine^[1] 2024/2721(RSP)

Groups and parties summary

Current composition


		MEPs
EPP	Group of the European People's Party European People's Party	188 / 720
S&D	Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Party of European Socialists	136 / 720
PfE	Patriots for Europe Identity and Democracy Party European Conservatives and Reformists Party European Christian Political Movement	84 / 720
ECR	European Conservatives and Reformists Group European Conservatives and Reformists Party European Christian Political Movement	78 / 720
Renew	Renew Europe Group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party European Democratic Party	77 / 720
Greens/EFA	Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance European Green Party European Free Alliance European Pirate Party Volt Europa	53 / 720
The Left	The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Party of the European Left Nordic Green Left Alliance Now the People Animal Politics EU	46 / 720
ESN	Europe of Sovereign Nations Identity and Democracy Party	25 / 720
NI	Non-attached Members	32 / 720
Vacant		1 / 720

Historical composition

History of the composition of the groups
Date	Group									Total	Vacant	Ref

	The Left	S&D	Greens/EFA	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	NI
16 July 2024 (constitutive plenary session)	46	136	53	77	188	78	84	25	32	719	1	^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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 Hojsík	SVK
	S&D	Christel Schaldemose	DEN
	S&D	Javi López	SPA
	RENEW	Sophie Wilmès	BEL
	G/EFA	Nicolae Ștefănuță	ROM
	ECR	Roberts Zīle	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 Złotowski	POL

Standing committees


Committee			President	Vice-Presidents	Group Coordinators
Foreign Affairs		AFET	TBD	TBD	List Michael Gahler (EPP) Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D) Hilde Vautmans (Renew)
	Human Rights (AFET Subcommittee)	aft	TBD	TBD	List Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP) Francisco Assis (S&D) Bernard Guetta (Renew)
	Security and Defence (AFET Subcommittee)	SEDE	TBD	TBD	List Nicolás Pascual de la Parte (EPP) Sven Mikser (S&D) Nathalie Loiseau (Renew)
Employment and Social Affairs		EMPL	TBD	TBD	List Dennis Radtke (EPP) Estelle Ceulemans (S&D) Jana Toom (Renew)
Culture and Education		CULT	TBD	TBD	List Zoltán Tarr (EPP) Hannes Heide (S&D) Laurenace Farreng (Renew)
Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety		ENVI	TBD	TBD	List Peter Liese (EPP) Tiemo Wölken (S&D) Pascal Canfin (Renew)
	Public Health (ENVI Subcommittee)	SANT	TBD	TBD	List Tomislav Sokol (EPP) Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (S&D) Vlad Voiculescu (Renew)
Legal Affairs		JURI	TBD	TBD	List Axel Voss (EPP) René Repasi (S&D) Dainius Žalimas (Renew)
Industry, Research and Energy		ITRE	TBD	TBD	List Christian Ehler (EPP) Dan Nica (S&D) Christophe Grudler (Renew)
Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs		LIBE	TBD	TBD	List Lena Düpont (EPP) Birgit Sippel (S&D) Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Development		DEVE	TBD	TBD	List Lukas Mandl (EPP) Udo Bullmann (S&D) Charles Goerens (Renew)
Internal Market and Consumer Protection		IMCO	TBD	TBD	List Andreas Schwab (EPP) Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
Constitutional Affairs		AFCO	TBD	TBD	List Loránt Vincze (EPP) Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D) Sandro Gozi (Renew)
International Trade		INTA	TBD	TBD	List Jörgen Warborn (EPP) Brando Benifei (S&D) Marie-Pierre Vendrenne (Renew)
Transport and Tourism		TRAN	TBD	TBD	List Jens Gieseke (EPP) Johan Danielsson (S&D) Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew)
Women's Rights and Gender Equality		FEMM	TBD	TBD	List Eleonora Meleti (EPP) Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew)
Budgets		BUDG	TBD	TBD	List Karlo Ressler (EPP) Jean-Marc Germain (S&D) Lucia Yar (Renew)
Regional Development		REGI	TBD	TBD	List Andrey Novakov (EPP) Marcos Ros Sempere (S&D) Ľubica Karvašová (Renew)
Petitions		PETI	TBD	TBD	List Alma Ezcurra Almansa (EPP) Sandra Gómez López (S&D) Michał Kobosko (Renew)
Budgetary Control		CONT	TBD	TBD	List Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) Carla Tavares (S&D) Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Agriculture and Rural Development		AGRI	TBD	TBD	List Herbert Dorfmann (EPP) Dario Nardella (S&D) Elsi Katainen (Renew)
Economic and Monetary Affairs		ECON	TBD	TBD	List Markus Ferber (EPP) Jonás Fernández Álvarez (S&D) Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
	Tax Matters (ECON Subcommittee)	FISC	TBD	TBD	List Fernando Navarrete Rojas (EPP) Bruno Gonçalves (S&D) Ľudovít Ódor (Renew)
Fisheries		PECH	TBD	TBD	List Gabriel Mato (EPP) André Rodrigues (S&D) Emma Wiesner (Renew)

Members

MEPs that previously served as head of state or government:

Elio Di Rupo (S&D), Prime Minister of Belgium (2011-2014)
Ewa Kopacz (EPP), Prime Minister of Poland (2014-2015)
Vilis Krištopāns (NI), Prime Minister of Latvia (1998-1999)
Andrius Kubilius (EPP), Prime Minister of Lithuania (1999-2000, 2008-2012)
Ľudovít Ódor (Renew), Prime Minister of Slovakia (2023)
Jüri Ratas (EPP), Prime Minister of Estonia (2016-2021)
Beata Szydło (ECR), Prime Minister of Poland (2015-2017)
Marjan Šarec (Renew), Prime Minister of Slovenia (2018-2020)
Mihai Tudose (S&D), Prime Minister of Romania (2017-2018)
Sophie Wilmès (Renew), Prime Minister of Belgium (2019-2020)

MEPs that previously served as presiding officer of national parliament:

Eero Heinäluoma (S&D), Speaker of Parliament of Finland (2011-2015)
Ewa Kopacz (EPP), Marshal of the Sejm (2011-2014)
Vangelis Meimarakis (EPP), President of the Boule of the Hellenes (2012-2015)
Nikola Minchev (Renew), Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (2021-2022)
Jüri Ratas (EPP), President of the Riigikogu (2021-2023)
Matej Tonin (EPP), President of the National Assembly of Slovenia (2018)

MEPs that previously served as member of the European Commission:

Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D), European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (2014-2019)
Sandra Kalniete (EPP), European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries (2004)
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP), European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (2010-2014)
Virginijus Sinkevičius (G/EFA), European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries (2019-2024)
Adina-Ioana Vălean (S&D), European Commissioner for Transport (2019-2024)

MEPs that previously served as minister of foreign and/or European affairs:

Marina Kaljurand (S&D), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015-2016)
Nathalie Loiseau (Renew), Minister of European Affairs (2017-2019)
Sven Mikser (S&D), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2016-2019)
Urmas Paet (Renew), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2014)
Tonino Picula (S&D), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2003)
Davor Ivo Stier (EPP), Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2016-2017)
Villy Søvndal (G/EFA), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2013)
Kristian Vigenin (S&D), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2014)
Alexandr Vondra (ECR), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007)
Sophie Wilmès (Renew), Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs (2020-2022)

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.^[5] European Parliament's secret vote took place on 18 July 2024.


Candidate				Members	Voting	Majority	In favor	Against	Blank	Void
Ursula von der Leyen	Germany		EPP	719	707	360	401	284	15	7
Source: ^[6]

Hearings of commissioner candidates

President-elect of the Commission will propose to the European Parliament candidates for members of the Commission.

Notes

^ The Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.

References

^ "Newly elected Parliament reaffirms its strong support for Ukraine". European Parliament. 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ "MEPs Full list". European Parliament. 2024-07-16. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17.
^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. 2024-07-16. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17.
^ "Parliament's new Bureau elected". European Parliament. 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ "European Council - Consilium".
^ "Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president". euronews. 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-07-18.

[NB08-1] The Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and all preceding amending treaties.

[2] "Newly elected Parliament reaffirms its strong support for Ukraine". European Parliament. 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

[3] "MEPs Full list". European Parliament. 2024-07-16. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17.

[4] "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. 2024-07-16. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17.

[bureau-5] "Parliament's new Bureau elected". European Parliament. 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

[:0-6] "European Council - Consilium".

[7] "Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president". euronews. 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-07-18.

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