European Parliament’s committee membership determined

Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:52

On Wednesday, MEPs voted on the size of Parliament’s 20 committees and two sub-committees. Their composition was confirmed by political groups later on the same day. Following the vote in Parliament’s plenary meeting on Wednesday, at the beginning of the 9th legislative term the number of MEPs in each committee and subcommittee of the European Parliament will be as shown below....Request free trial

On Wednesday, MEPs voted on the size of Parliament’s 20 committees and two sub-committees. Their composition was confirmed by political groups later on the same day.

Following the vote in Parliament’s plenary meeting on Wednesday, at the beginning of the 9th legislative term the number of MEPs in each committee and subcommittee of the European Parliament will be as shown below.

AFET	Foreign Affairs	71
AGRI	Agriculture and Rural Development	48
BUDG	Budgets	41
CULT	Culture and Education	31
DEVE	Development	26
ECON	Economic and Monetary Affairs	60
EMPL	Employment and Social Affairs	55
ENVI	Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	76
IMCO	Internal Market and Consumer Protection	45
INTA	International Trade	41
ITRE	Industry, Research and Energy	72
JURI	Legal Affairs	25
LIBE	Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	68
REGI	Regional Development	43
TRAN	Transport and Tourism	49
AFCO	Constitutional Affairs	28
PECH	Fisheries	28
PETI	Petitions	35
FEMM	Women’s Rights and Gender Equality	35
CONT	Budgetary Control	30
DROI	Human Rights (Subcommittee)	30
SEDE	Security and Defence (Subcommittee)	30

The complete list of full members is available here. Chairs will be elected at each committee’s and subcommittee’s constitutive meeting.

The political groups have yet to communicate the lists of their substitute members in the committees.

Rules on the composition of committees

According to Parliament's Rules of Procedure (Rule 199 as amended in the most recent revision), the composition of its committees and subcommittees should as far as possible reflect the composition of Parliament as a whole.

The proportional distribution of seats among political groups must not depart from the nearest whole number, with the Conference of Presidents (i.e. the EP President and the leaders of the political groups) resolving any disputes between groups on their proportional weight.

The political groups and non-attached Members decide internally who is appointed to each committee and subcommittee. Seat trading between groups is not allowed.