Tenth European Parliament

The tenth European Parliament was elected during the 2024 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2029 elections.^[1]

10th European Parliament
16 July 2024 – TBD
President (1st Half)	Roberta Metsola (EPP)
Vice-Presidents	First Vice-President: 1st Half: Sabine Verheyen (EPP)
Commission	von der Leyen I von der Leyen II
Political groups	EPP Group (188)   S&D (136)   PfE (85)   ECR Group (79)   Renew (75)   Greens/EFA (53)   The Left (46)   ESN (27)   NI (30)   Vacant (1)
MEPs	720
Elections	June 2024 (Union)
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
Website	Official website
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Major events

Roberta Metsola during the first session of the tenth term of the European Parliament

Ursula von der Leyen during her statement for the candidacy of Commission President

Mario Draghi during his statement on the Draghi report

• 6–9 June 2024: Elections to the 10th European Parliament
• 16–19 July 2024: Constitutive plenary session of the European Parliament
  • 16 July: Roberta Metsola (EPP, ML) is elected President of the Parliament with 562 votes, together with vice-presidents and quaestors.
  • 18 July: Ursula von der Leyen (EPP, DE) is elected President of the European Commission with 401 votes.
• 16–19 September 2024: Plenary session
  • 17 September: Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, addressed the parliament on the Draghi report about the future of EU competitiveness, followed by a debate with MEPs.^[2]

Major resolutions

• 17 July 2024: The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine^[3] 2024/2721(RSP)

Groups and parties summary

See also: Political groups of the European Parliament

Current composition

Political group		European political party	MEPs
	European People's Party Group (EPP Group)	European People's Party (EPP) European Christian Political Party (ECPP)	188 / 720 (26%)
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)	Party of European Socialists (PES)	136 / 720 (19%)
	Patriots for Europe (PfE)	Patriots.eu	85 / 720 (12%)
	European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR Group)	European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) European Free Alliance (EFA) European Christian Political Party (ECPP)	79 / 720 (11%)
	Renew Europe (Renew)	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) European Democratic Party (EDP)	75 / 720 (10%)
	Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)	European Green Party (EGP) European Free Alliance (EFA)	53 / 720 (7%)
	The Left in the European Parliament (The Left)	European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA) Party of the European Left (PEL)	46 / 720 (6%)
	Europe of Sovereign Nations Group (ESN)	Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)	27 / 720 (4%)
	Non-attached members (Non-Inscrits)		30 / 720 (4%)
	Vacant		1 / 720

Historical composition

The table below lists the history of the composition of the groups during the Tenth European Parliament.^[4][5][6]

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 Jul 2024 (constitutive plenary session)	46	136	53	77	188	78	84	25	32	719	1	[7][8]
23 Aug 2024	46	135	53	77	188	78	84	25	32	718	2	[9]
31 Jul 2024	46	135	53	77	188	78	83	25	32	717	3	[10]
1 Sep 2024	46	135	53	77	188	78	82	25	32	716	4	[11]
5 Sep 2024	46	136	53	77	188	78	82	25	32	717	3	[12]
22 Sep 2024	46	136	53	77	188	78	83	25	32	718	2	[13]

Members

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament (2024–2029)

European Parliament Bureau

See also: Bureau of the European Parliament

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.^[14]

First half of the term

Main article: 2024 Bureau of the European Parliament election

Bureau of the European Parliament (1st 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

Committees

Standing committees

Committee			President	Vice-Presidents	Group Coordinators
Foreign Affairs		AFET	David McAllister (EPP)	List Hana Jalloul (S&D) Urmas Paet (Renew) Alberico Gambino (ECR) Ioan-Rareş Bogdan (EPP)	List Michael Gahler (EPP) Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D) Hilde Vautmans (Renew)
	Human Rights (AFET Subcommittee)	DROI	Mounir Satouri (G/EFA)	List Marta Temido (S&D) Łukasz Kohut (EPP)	List Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP) Francisco Assis (S&D) Bernard Guetta (Renew)
	Security and Defence (AFET Subcommittee)	SEDE	Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew)	List Christophe Gomart (EPP) Mihai Tudose (S&D) Alberico Gambino (ECR) Riho Terras (EPP)	List Nicolás Pascual de la Parte (EPP) Sven Mikser (S&D) Nathalie Loiseau (Renew)
Employment and Social Affairs		EMPL	Li Andersson (The Left)	List Johan Danielsson (S&D) Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak (EPP) Katrin Langensiepen (G/EFA)	List Dennis Radtke (EPP) Estelle Ceulemans (S&D) Jana Toom (Renew)
Culture and Education		CULT	Nela Riehl (G/EFA)	List Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP) Emma Rafowicz (S&D) Diana Riba i Giner (G/EFA) Hristo Petrov (Renew)	List Zoltán Tarr (EPP) Hannes Heide (S&D) Laurence Farreng (Renew)
Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety		ENVI	Antonio Decaro (S&D)	List Esther Herranz García (EPP) Pietro Fiocchi (ECR) Anja Hazekamp (The Left) András Tivadar Kulja (EPP)	List Peter Liese (EPP) Tiemo Wölken (S&D) Pascal Canfin (Renew)
	Public Health (ENVI Subcommittee)	SANT	Adam Jarubas (EPP)	List Tilly Metz (G/EFA) Stine Bosse (Renew) Romana Jerković (S&D) Emmanouil Fragkos (ECR)	List Tomislav Sokol (EPP) Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (S&D) Vlad Voiculescu (Renew)
Legal Affairs		JURI	Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew)	List Marion Walsmann (EPP) Mario Mantovani (ECR) Lara Wolters (S&D) Emil Radev (EPP)	List Axel Voss (EPP) René Repasi (S&D) Dainius Žalimas (Renew)
Industry, Research and Energy		ITRE	Borys Budka (EPP)	List Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D) Elena Donazzan (ECR) Giorgio Gori (S&D) Yvan Verougstraete (Renew	List Christian Ehler (EPP) Dan Nica (S&D) Christophe Grudler (Renew)
Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs		LIBE	Javier Zarzalejos (EPP)	List Marina Kaljurand (S&D) Charlie Weimers (ECR) Alessandro Zan (S&D) Estrella Galán (The Left)	List Lena Düpont (EPP) Birgit Sippel (S&D) Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Development		DEVE	Barry Andrews (Renew)	List Isabella Lövin (G/EFA) Hildegard Bentele (EPP) Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew) Robert Biedroń (S&D)	List Lukas Mandl (EPP) Udo Bullmann (S&D) Charles Goerens (Renew)
Internal Market and Consumer Protection		IMCO	Anna Cavazzini (G/EFA)	List Christian Doleschal (EPP) Nikola Minchev (Renew) Maria Grapini (S&D) Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (EPP)	List Andreas Schwab (EPP) Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
Constitutional Affairs		AFCO	Sven Simon (EPP)	List Gabriele Bischoff (S&D) Adrián Vázquez Lázara (EPP) Charles Goerens (Renew) Péter Magyar (EPP)	List Loránt Vincze (EPP) Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D) Sandro Gozi (Renew)
International Trade		INTA	Bernd Lange (S&D)	List Manon Aubry (The Left) Iuliu Winkler (EPP) Karin Karlsbro (Renew) Kathleen Van Brempt (S&D)	List Jörgen Warborn (EPP) Brando Benifei (S&D) Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Renew)
Transport and Tourism		TRAN	Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (EPP)	List Virginijus Sinkevičius (G/EFA) Sophia Kircher (EPP) Elena Kountoura (The Left) Matteo Ricci (S&D)	List Jens Gieseke (EPP) Johan Danielsson (S&D) Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew)
Women's Rights and Gender Equality		FEMM	Lina Gálvez (S&D)	List Dainius Žalimas (Renew) Irene Montero (The Left) Rosa Estaràs (EPP) Predrag Fred Matić (S&D)	List Eleonora Meleti (EPP) Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew)
Budgets		BUDG	Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR)	List Monika Hohlmeier (EPP) Giuseppe Lupo (S&D) Janusz Lewandowski (EPP) Lucia Yar (Renew)	List Karlo Ressler (EPP) Jean-Marc Germain (S&D) Lucia Yar (Renew)
Regional Development		REGI	Dragoș Benea (S&D)	List Gabriella Gerzsenyi (EPP) Nora Mebarek (S&D) Francesco Ventola (ECR) Ľubica Karvašová (Renew)	List Andrey Novakov (EPP) Marcos Ros Sempere (S&D) Ľubica Karvašová (Renew) Vladimir Prebilič (G/EFA)
Petitions		PETI	Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)	List Dolors Montserrat (EPP) Fredis Beleris (EPP) Nils Ušakovs (S&D) Cristina Guarda (G/EFA)	List Alma Ezcurra Almansa (EPP) Sandra Gómez López (S&D) Michał Kobosko (Renew)
Budgetary Control		CONT	Niclas Herbst (EPP)	List Caterina Chinnici (EPP) Cristian Terheș (ECR) Claudiu Manda (S&D) Georgios Aftias (EPP)	List Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) Carla Tavares (S&D) Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Agriculture and Rural Development		AGRI	Veronika Vrecionová (ECR)	List Daniel Buda (EPP) Norbert Lins (EPP) Éric Sargiacomo (S&D)	List Herbert Dorfmann (EPP) Dario Nardella (S&D) Elsi Katainen (Renew)
Economic and Monetary Affairs		ECON	Aurore Lalucq (S&D)	List Damian Boeselager (G/EFA) Ľudovít Ódor (Renew Luděk Niedermayer (EPP) Marlena Maląg (ECR)	List Markus Ferber (EPP) Jonás Fernández Álvarez (S&D) Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
	Tax Matters (ECON Subcommittee)	FISC	Pasquale Tridico (The Left)	List Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (G/EFA) Regina Doherty (EPP) Markus Ferber (EPP) Matthias Ecke (S&D)	List Fernando Navarrete Rojas (EPP) Bruno Gonçalves (S&D) Ľudovít Ódor (Renew)
Fisheries		PECH	Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP)	List Sander Smit (EPP) Giuseppe Milazzo (ECR) Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew) Jessica Polfjärd (EPP)	List Gabriel Mato (EPP) André Rodrigues (S&D) Emma Wiesner (Renew)
Source: European Parliament[15]

Leadership statistics

Chairs

No chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)

Germany   7 Poland, Spain   3 France, Italy   2 Finland, Bulgaria, Ireland, Greece, Belgium, Romania, Czechia   1

No chair-people: Sweden, Estonia, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Denmark, Croatia, Lithuania, Portugal, Austria, Latvia, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus

Vice-Chairs

No vice-chairpeople: PfE and ESN (due to cordon sanitaire)

Italy   13 Germany   10 Spain, Romania   7 Sweden   6 Poland, France   5 Greece   4 Estonia, Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia   3 Luxembourg, Denmark, Croatia, Belgium, Lithuania   2 Portugal, Austria, Latvia, Czechia, Ireland   1

No vice-chairpeople: Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus, Finland

European Commission formation

Election of president

Main article: Von der Leyen Commission II § President of the Commission

European Council proposed on 27 June 2024 Ursula von der Leyen as a candidate for a second term as President of the European Commission.^[16] European Parliament's secret vote took place on 18 July 2024.^[17]

Candidate				Members	Voting	Majority	In favor	Against	Blank	Void
Ursula von der Leyen	Germany		EPP	719	707	360	401	284	15	7
Source: European Parliament[17]

Hearings of commissioner candidates

Main article: Von der Leyen Commission II § Commissioners

President-elect of the Commission will propose to the European Parliament candidates for members of the Commission.^[17]

See also

• 2024 European Parliament election
• European Parliament
• Political groups of the European Parliament
• Institutions of the European Union

Notes

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