Tenth European Parliament

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 (until 30 November 2024)
Political groups	EPP (188); S&D (136); PfE (84); ECR (78); Renew (77); Greens/EFA (53); The Left (46); ESN (25); NI (32);
MEPs	720
Elections	June 2024 (Union)
	Treaty on European Union; Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Website	Official website
	← Ninth; Eleventh →;

The tenth European Parliament was elected during the 2024 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2029 elections.

Major events[edit]

6–9 June 2024
- Elections to the 10th European Parliament
16–19 July 2024
- The constitutive plenary session of the European Parliament
  - Presiding Officer: Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML; outgoing President) and Pina Picierno (S&D, IT; outgoing Vice-President - for election of the President)
  - Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML) elected President of the Parliament with 562 votes

Major resolutions[edit]

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

Groups and parties summary[edit]

Current composition[edit]


		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

Historical composition[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]



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
	RE	Martin Hojsík	SVK
	S&D	Christel Schaldemose	DEN
	S&D	Javi López	SPA
	RE	Sophie Wilmès	BEL
	G/EFA	Nicolae Ștefănuță	ROM
	ECR	Roberts Zīle	LAT
	ECR	Antonella Sberna	ITA
	LEFT	Younous Omarjee	FRA

Quaestors	EPP	Andrey Kovatchev	BGR
	S&D	Marc Angel	LUX
	EPP	Miriam Lexmann	SVK
	RE	Fabienne Keller	FRA
	ECR	Kosma Złotowski	POL

List of MEPs[edit]

List of members[edit]

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[edit]

Election of president[edit]

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 will take place on 18 July 2024.


Candidate				Present	In favor	Against	Invalid
Ursula von der Leyen	Germany		EPP
Source:

Hearings of commissioner candidates[edit]

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

The list of candidates that are expected to be nominated by the members states is below:


Candidate	Member state		Previous positions	Ref
Kaja Kallas	Estonia	Renew	Prime Minister (2021-Incumbent) MEP (2014-2018)	^[5]
Henna Virkkunen	Finland	EPP	MEP (2014-Incumbent) Minister of Transport (2014) Minister of Public Administration and Local Government (2011-2014) Minister of Education (2008-2011)	^[6]
Valdis Dombrovskis	Latvia	EPP	Executive Vice-President of the Commission (2019-Incumbent) European Commissioner fot Trade (2020-Incumbent) European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union (2016-2020) Prime Minister of Latvia (2009-2014) Minister of Finance (2002-2004)	^[7]
Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	PES	Executive Vice-President of the Commission (2023-Incumbent) European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration (2010-2014, 2019-Incumbent) Vice-President of the Commission (2010-2023) European Commissioner for Energy (2014-2019) European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth (2009-2010) Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the European Union (2004–2009)	^[8]
Tomaž Vesel	Slovenia	Renew	President of the Court of Audit of Slovenia (2013-2022)	^[9]
Teresa Ribera	Spain	PES	Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (2020-Incumbent) Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (2020-Incumbent) Minister for the Ecological Transition (2018-2020)	^[10]
Jessika Roswall	Sweden	EPP	Minister for European Union Affairs (2022-Incumbent) Minister for Nordic Cooperation (2022-Incumbent)	^[11]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "European Council, 27 June 2024".
^ "Virkkunen gets the nod as Finland's next European Commissioner". News. 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
^ "The waltz of European commissioners nominated by EU governments". 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
^ "Slovakia confirms Šefčovič as EU Commissioner candidate". 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
^ R, L. M. , M. (2024-06-26). "Vlada začela postopek imenovanja Tomaža Vesela za evropskega komisarja". N1 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Kurmayer, Nikolaus J. (2024-04-24). "Madrid endorses Ribera to become Spanish Commissioner". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
^ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (2024-07-09). "Swedish Government nominates Jessika Roswall as new European Commissioner". Regeringskansliet. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[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, 27 June 2024".

[7] "Virkkunen gets the nod as Finland's next European Commissioner". News. 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[8] "The waltz of European commissioners nominated by EU governments". 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[9] "Slovakia confirms Šefčovič as EU Commissioner candidate". 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[10] R, L. M. , M. (2024-06-26). "Vlada začela postopek imenovanja Tomaža Vesela za evropskega komisarja". N1 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[11] Kurmayer, Nikolaus J. (2024-04-24). "Madrid endorses Ribera to become Spanish Commissioner". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

[12] Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (2024-07-09). "Swedish Government nominates Jessika Roswall as new European Commissioner". Regeringskansliet. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

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