Sixth European Parliament

The sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in StrasbourgEuropean Parliament Minutes (Proceedings of the Sitting) on the European Parliament website following the 2004 elections and ended after the 2009 elections.

Major events 10–13 June 2004 Elections to the Sixth Parliament. 20 July 2004 First meeting (constitutive session) of the Sixth Parliament. Giovanni Berlinguer presides as oldest member. Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament. 22 July 2004 Parliament approves José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission. 27 September to 11 October 2004 Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners. Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and Rocco Buttiglione. Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled. 18 November 2004 The Barroso Commission is approved by Parliament. 22 November 2004 Barroso Commission takes office. 12 December 2006 Parliament approves Meglena Kuneva and Leonard Orban as new European Commissioners for Romania and Bulgaria. 1 January 2007 Accession of Romania and Bulgaria, their observers in Parliament become full MEPs. 15 January 2007 Hans-Gert Pöttering is elected President of the European Parliament. 20 May 2007 Election of Bulgarian MEPs. 25 November 2007 Election of Romanian MEPs. 20 February 2008 Parliament approves the Lisbon Treaty.

Activity 200420052006200720082009SourceReports73415481519515268Resolutions and positions80440483494514215Parliamentary questions252563107032776582663373Written declarations27829111510652

Major resolutions and positions

Resolution/position numberProcedure numberNotesP6_TA(2006)0552COD/2003/0256Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the REACH regulationP6_TA(2007)0032INI/2006/2200European Parliament resolution on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisonersP6_TA(2006)0490COD/2004/0001Amended and approved Directive 2006/123/EC, the Bolkestein directiveP6_TA(2007)0401COD/2004/0047Amended and approved Directive 2007/58/EC, the rail competition directiveP6_TA(2005)0275COD/2002/0047Rejected the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventionsP6_TA(2007)0199COD/2006/0133Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 717/2007, the mobile phone roaming regulationP6_TA(2008)0342COD/2006/0130Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, the air pricing clarity regulationP6_TA(2008)0293COD/2005/0167Amended and approved Directive 2008/115/EC, the illegal immigration directiveP6_TA(2005)0132INI/2004/2172European Parliament resolution on the Common Foreign and Security Policy

Committees

Summary TypeNumberSourcesNotesStanding committee20 (+2 subcommittees)Temporary committee3See below for listCommittee of enquiry1See below for list

Temporary committees CodeCommitteeReportSourcesCLIMTemporary Committee on Climate ChangeA6-2008-0495TDIPTemporary Committee on the alleged use of European countriesby the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisonersA6-2007-0020FINPTemporary Committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013A6-2005-0153

Committees of enquiry CodeCommitteeReportSourcesEQUICommittee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance SocietyA6-2007-0203

Delegations

TypeNumberSourcesEurope delegations10Non-Europe delegations24Ad-hoc delegations1

Political groups

See membership below for details of size Group nameAcronymEuropean People's Party–European DemocratsEPP-EDParty of European SocialistsPESAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for EuropeALDEGreens/European Free AllianceG/EFAEuropean United Left-Nordic Green LeftEUL-NGLIndependence/DemocracyIND/DEMUnion for a Europe of NationsUENIdentity, Tradition, SovereigntyCreated 15 January 2007, disbanded 14 November 2007ITSNon-InscritsIndependents, not a groupNI

Leadership Presidents

TermPresident(or candidate)GroupStateVotes20 July 2004–14 January 2007Josep Borrell PES388Bronisław Geremek ALDE208Francis Wurtz EUL/NGL5115 January 2007–14 July 2009European Parliament Press Release on electionHans-Gert Pöttering EPP-ED450Monica Frassoni G/EFA145Francis Wurtz EUL/NGL48Jens-Peter Bonde IND/DEM46

Vice-Presidents

Group2004–20062007–2009EPP-EDAlejo Vidal-Quadras Roca Antonios Trakatellis Edward McMillan-Scott Ingo Friedrich Mario Mauro Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Miroslav OuzkýRodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Alejo Vidal-Quadras Edward McMillan-Scott Mario MauroPESDagmar Roth-Behrendt António Costa Pierre MoscoviciMiguel Angel Martínez Martínez Mechtild Rothe Pierre Moscovici Manuel António Dos Santos Marek SiwiecALDELuigi Cocilovo Janusz OnyszkiewiczLuigi Cocilovo Diana WallisG/EFAGérard OnestaGérard OnestaEUL-NGLSylvia-Yvonne KaufmannLuisa MorgantiniIND/DEMn/an/aUENn/aAdam BielanITSn/an/a

Quaestors

Group2004–2006"Debates Wednesday, 21 July 2004 – Strasbourg > Election of Quaestors" from https://www.europarl.europa.eu/2007–2009EPP-EDJames NicholsonGodelieve Quisthoudt-RowohlAstrid LullingJames NicholsonAstrid LullingIngo FriedrichPESGenowefa GrabowskaMia De VitsMia De VitsSzabolcs FazakasALDEn/aJan Mulder

Chairs of the political groups

GroupChairsEPP-EDHans-Gert Pöttering (until 2007), Joseph Daul (from 2007)PESMartin SchulzALDEGraham WatsonG/EFAMonica FrassoniDaniel Cohn-BenditEUL-NGLAlonso José PuertaFrancis WurtzIND/DEMJens-Peter Bonde (until 2008), Kathy Sinnott (2008), Hanne Dahl (from 2008)Nigel Farage (full term)UENBrian Crowley (until 2009)Cristiana MuscardiniITSBruno Gollnisch (2007)

Membership

See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list. Groups GroupSeats2004Tuesday 20 July 2004: first day of the constitutive session of the Sixth European Parliament. By Friday 23 July 2004, the composition had changed slightly.20040720 on the European Parliament website 2007Composition of 15 January 2007 following the creation of ITS"EU's surprise far-right coalition", BBC, 15 January 20092007Following Bulgarian and Romanian electionsEPP-ED Overview 2008-02-102009Before 2009 electionEPP-ED268277288288PES200218215217ALDE88106101104G/EFA42424343EUL-NGL41404141IND/DEM33Four Lega Nord MEPs arrived on 20 July 2004, sat with the Non-Inscrits for one day, then sat with IND/DEM on 21 July 2004, bringing the number of IND/DEM MEPs up to 37. Consequently, "37" is sometimes given as the number of IND/DEM MEPs on 20 July 2004.232422UEN27444440ITSn/a20n/an/aNI33142930

Apportionment StateSeatsStateSeats 99 78 78 78 54 54 35 27 24 24 24 24 24 19 18 18 14 14 14 13 13 9 7 6 6 6 5TotalBulgaria and Romania joined on 1 January 2007. Prior to 2007 there were 732 seats, following enlargement the Romanian and Bulgarian seats were added bringing it to 785. 732 / 785

Secretariat

OfficePostNameSourceOffice of the Secretary-GeneralSecretary-General of the European ParliamentJulian Priestley (to 2007)Harald Rømer (2007 to 2009)Klaus Welle (since 2009)Legal ServiceJurisconsult of the European ParliamentChristian PenneraDirectorate-General for the PresidencyDirector-GeneralDavid HarleyDirectorate-General for Internal Policies of the UnionDirector-GeneralRiccardo Ribera d'AlcalaDirectorate-General for External Policies of the UnionDirector-GeneralDietmar NickelDirectorate-General for CommunicationDirector-GeneralFrancesca R. RattiDirectorate-General for PersonnelDirector-GeneralBarry WilsonDirectorate-General for Infrastructure and LogisticsDirector-GeneralConstantin StratigakisDirectorate-General for TranslationDirector-GeneralJuana Lahousse-JuárezDirectorate-General for Interpretation and ConferencesDirector-GeneralOlga CosmidouDirectorate-General for FinanceDirector-GeneralRoger Vanhaeren

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