Eighth European Parliament

The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.

Major events

22–25 May 2014 Elections to the Eighth Parliament. 1 July 2014 First meeting (constitutive session) of the Eighth Parliament. Martin Schulz is elected as President of the European Parliament. Vice-presidents elections. 17 January 2017 Antonio Tajani is elected as President of the European Parliament. 18 January 2017 Vice-presidents elections.

Activity 201420152016201720182019SourceReportsResolutions and positionsParliamentary questionsWritten declarations

Major resolutions and positions

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Committees

Summary TypeNumberSourcesNotesStanding committeeTemporary committeeCommittee of enquiry

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Delegations

TypeNumberSourcesEurope delegationsNon-Europe delegationsAd-hoc delegations

Political groups

Members in groups by country Political groupCountryEPPS&DECRALDEGUE-NGLGreens-EFAEFDDENFNIMEPsVacant Austria5513418Belgium44462121Bulgaria74 2417Croatia52 12111Cyprus12126Czech Republic74243121Denmark 1 3 4 31 1 13Estonia 1 1 316Finland32241113France2013746120374Germany342764813112 96Greece54165 21Hungary12423 21Ireland4 111411Italy153123115673Latvia411118Lithuania32131111Luxembourg31116Malta336Netherlands532732426Poland2251912251Portugal881421Romania131413132Slovakia64313Slovenia51118Spain1714811454Sweden46314220United Kingdom22019116201373 Total21918871685152443620751

Leadership

Presidents

TermPresident(or candidate)GroupStateVotes1 July 2014 – 17 January 2017Martin Schulz re-elected President of the European ParliamentMartin Schulz PES Germany409Sajjad Karim ECR United Kingdom101Pablo Iglesias Turrión GUE-NGL Spain51Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA Austria51

TermPresident(or candidate)GroupStateVotes1st round2nd round3rd round4th round17 January 2017 –Antonio Tajani EPP Italy274287291351Gianni Pittella S&D Italy183200199282Helga Stevens ECR Belgium776658Jean Lambert Greens–EFA United Kingdom565153Eleonora Forenza GUE/NGL Italy504245Laurențiu Rebega ENF Romania434544

Vice-Presidents

Members Group State Votes1Antonio TajaniEPP Italy452, Round 12Mairead McGuinnessEPP Ireland441, Round 13Rainer WielandEPP Germany437, Round 14Ramón Luis ValcárcelEPP Spain406, Round 15Ildikó Pelczné GállEPP Hungary400, Round 16Adina VăleanEPP Romania394, Round 17Corina CrețuS&D Romania406, Round 28Sylvie GuillaumeS&D France406, Round 29David SassoliS&D Italy394, Round 210Olli RehnALDE Finland377, Round 311Alexander Graf LambsdorffALDE Germany365, Round 312Ulrike LunacekGreens/EFA Austria319, Round 313Dimitrios PapadimoulisGUE/NGL Greece302, Round 314Ryszard CzarneckiECR Poland284, Round 3

Quaestors

Name Country Party Group Élisabeth Morin Union for a Popular Movement EPP Bogusław Liberadzki Democratic Left Alliance S&D Catherine Bearder Liberal Democrats ALDE Andrey Kovatchev GERB EPP Karol Karski Law and Justice ECR

Membership

After the 2014 election, the members formed seven groups with 52 independent members, mainly MEPs against the Union who failed to unify into a political group.

Apportionment State Seats State Seats State Seats State Seats 96 26 18 11 74 21 17 8 73 21 13 8 73 21 13 6 54 21 13 6 51 21 11 6 32 20 11 6 Total 751

Secretariat

See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

References

External links European Parliament