14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors of the European Parliament elected
All 14 European Parliament Vice-Presidents were elected in the third round with a simple majority of the valid votes cast. Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE, UK) was re-elected Vice-President. On Wednesday afternoon, five Quaestors were elected. Jim HIGGINS (EPP, IE) was re-elected Quaestor.
The 14 Vice-Presidents elected are:
Gianni PITTELLA (S&D, IT) |
319 votes |
Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (S&D, ES) |
295 votes |
Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL) |
281 votes |
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (EPP, ES) |
269 votes |
Georgios PAPASTAMKOS (EPP,EL) |
248 votes |
Roberta ANGELILLI (EPP,IT) |
246 votes |
Othmar KARAS (EPP, AT) |
244 votes |
Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (ALDE, UK) |
239 votes |
Isabelle DURANT (Green/EFA, BE) |
238 votes |
Alexander ALVARO (ALDE, DE) |
235 votes |
Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE) |
230 votes |
Oldřich VLASÁK (ECR, CZ) |
223 votes |
Jacek PROTASIEWICZ (EPP, PL) |
206 votes |
László SURJÁN (EPP, HU) |
188 votes |
Role of Vice-Presidents
Vice-Presidents are Members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament’s preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational matters.
Five Quaestors elected
On Wednesday afternoon, Parliament elected 5 Quaestors, Members of the Parliament who deal with administrative matters directly affecting MEPs themselves.
Quaestors were elected in the third ballot by simple majority of the votes. They are:
Astrid LULLING (EPP, LU) |
273 votes |
Jim HIGGINS (EPP, IE) |
254 votes |
Lidia GERINGER DE OEDENBERG (S&D, PL) |
235 votes |
Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL) |
216 votes |
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA (GUE/NGL, CZ) |
207 votes |
Contacts:
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Federico DE GIROLAMO