European Parliament delegations elect their bureaus
The European Parliament’s delegations, the official bodies which maintain and develop its contacts with third countries, have elected their chairs and vice-chairs. The delegations’ compositions reflect the political composition of the House. The delegations are also bound to represent the views expressed by the Parliament as a whole.
You will find the composition of the delegations’ bureaus below:
DELEGATION | CHAIRMAN | 1st VICE-CHAIRMAN | 2nd VICE-CHAIRMAN |
Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (DPLC) | Martina ANDERSON (GUE/NGL, UK) | Marita ULVSKOG (S&D, SE) | Margrete AUKEN (Greens/EFA, DK) |
Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (DMER) | Francisco ASSIS (S&D, PT) | Pablo IGLESIAS (GUE/NGL, ES) | Elisabetta GARDINI (EPP, IT) |
Delegation for relations with the Pan African Parliament (DPAP) | Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE) | Fredrick FEDERLEY (ALDE, SE) | Maria HEUBUCH (Greens/EFA, DE) |
Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil (D-BR) | Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT) | Antonio MARINHO E PINTO (ALDE, PT) | Carlos ZORRINHO (S&D, PT) |
Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS) | Marisa MATIAS (GUE/NGL, PT) | Ramona Nicole MANESCU (EPP, RO) | Gilles PARGNEAUX (S&D, FR) |
Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND) | Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL (EPP, ES) | Tania GONZALEZ PENAS (GUE/NGL, ES) | Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA (ALDE, ES) |
Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) | Michael THEURER (ALDE, DE) | Axel VOSS (EPP, DE) | Jacqueline FOSTER (ECR, UK) |
Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (DMAG) | Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT) | Tokia SAÏFI (EPP, FR) | Fernando MAURA BARANDIARAN (ALDE, ES) |
Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MX) | Teresa JIMENEZ-BECERRIL (EPP, ES) | Pina PICIERNO (S&D, IT) | José BLANCO LOPEZ (S&D, ES) |
Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP) | Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE (EPP, FR) | Alessia MOSCA (S&D, IT) | Salvatore CICU (EPP, IT) |
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL) | Constanze KREHL (S&D, DE) | Renate WEBER (EPP, RO) | Eleonora FORENZA (GUE/NGL, IT) |
Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-TR) | Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS (EPP, EL) | Miltos KYRKOS (S&D, EL) | Takis HADJIGEORGIOU (GUE/NGL, CY) |
Delegation for relations with Iraq (D-IQ) | David CAMPBELL BANNERMAN (ECR, UK) | Brian HAYES (EPP, IE) | Javier COUSO PERMUY (GUE/NGL, ES) |
Delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA) | Hans VAN BAALEN (ALDE, NL) | Boris ZALA (S&D, SL) | Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE) |
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS), | Jean LAMBERT (Greens/EFA, UK) | Ian DUNCAN (ECR, UK ) | Richard HOWITT (S&D, UK) |
Delegation to the European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MK) | Alojz PETERLE (EPP, SL) | Sergei STANISHEV (S&D, BG) | Angel DZHAMBAZKI (ECR, BG) |
Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (SIN) and to the European Economic Area (EEA) (DEEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | Jørn DOHRMANN (ECR, DK) | Anna HEDH (S&D, SE) | Marit PAULSEN (ALDE, SE) |
Delegation for relations with Japan (D-JP) | Petr JEZEK (ALDE, CZ) | Romana TOMC (EPP, SL) | Karin KADENBACH (S&D, AT) |
Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Council (D-RS) | Eduard KUKAN (EPP, SK) | Paul TANG (S&D, NL) | Igor ŠOLTES (Greens/EFA, SL) |
Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-RU) | Othmar KARAS (EPP, AT) | Liisa JAAKONSAARI (S&D, FI) | Jiri MASTALKA (GUE/NGL, CZ) |
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Council (D-ME) | Anneliese DODDS (S&D, UK) | Mairead McGUINNESS (EPP, IE) | Iliana IOTOVA (S&А,BG) |
Delegation for relations with Belarus (D-BY) | Bogdan ZDROJEWSKI (EPP, PL) | Andrejs MAMIKINS (S&D, LT) | Valdemar TOMASEVSKI (ECR, LT) |
Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (DSEE) | Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR) | Dubravka ŠUICA (EPP, HR) | Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT) |
Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA) | Bernd KÖLMEL (ECR, DE) | Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP, DE) | Glenis WILLMOTT (S&D, UK) |
Delegation for relations with Israel (D-IL) | Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO (EPP, IT) | Olga SEHNALOVA (S&D, CZ) | Bastiaan BELDER (ECR, NL) |
Delegation for relations with India (D-IN) | Geoffrey VAN ORDEN (ECR, UK) | Neena GILL (S&D, UK) | Cora VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN (ALDE, NL) |
Delegation for relations with the countries of South-east Asia and ASEAN: the Association of South-east Asian Nations (DASE) | Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE) | Marc TARABELLA (S&D, BE) | Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL) |
Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (DKOR) | Nirj DEVA (ECR, UK) | Paul RÜBIG (EPP, AT) | Nedzhmi ALI (ALDE, BG) |
Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (D-AF) | Petras AUSTREVICIUS (ALDE, LT) | Eva JOLY (Greens/EFA, FR) | Lars ADAKTUSSON (EPP, SV) |
Delegation for relations with Iran (D-IR) | Janusz LEWANDOWSKI (EPP, PL) | Connie ERNST (GUE/NGL, DE) | Alessandra MORETTI (S&D, IT) |
Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for the relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (DCAS) | Iveta GRIGULE (NI, LV) | Gabrielus LANDSBERGIS (EPP, LT) | Tatjana ZDANOKA (Greens/EFA, LV) |
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN) | Jo LEINEN (S&D, DE) | Reinhard BÜTIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE) | Frank ENGEL (EPP, LU) |
Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Council (D-AL) | Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) | Elena SCHLEIN (S&D, IT) | Ivan JAKOVCIC (ALDE, HR) |
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM) | Sofia SAKORAFA (GUE/NGL, EL) | Gabriel MATO (EPP, ES) | Caterina CHINNICI (S&D, IT) |
Delegation to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee (DCAR) | Boleslaw PIECHA (ECR, PL) | Will be elected on 6/11/2014 | Maurice PONGA (EPP, FR) |
Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US) | David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) | Jeppe KOFOD (S&D, DK) | Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL) |
Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (DSCA) | Sajjad KARIM (ECR, UK) | Elisabeth KOSTINGER (EPP, AT) | Antanas GUOGA (ALDE, LT) |
Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-MD) | Andi-Lucian CRISTEA (S&D, RO) | Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ (ECR, PL) | Michal BONI (EPP, PL) |
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-UA) | Andrej PLENKOVIĆ (EPP, HR) | Tibor SZANYI (S&D, HU) | Kaja KALLAS (ALDE, ET) |
Composition of the bureaus of the multilateral parliamentary assemblies:
| Delegation to the ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly | Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean | Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly |
CHAIR | Louis MICHEL (ALDE, BE) | Martin SCHULZ (S&D, DE) | Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI) | Eva KAILI (S&D, EL) | Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO (S&D,ES) |
1st VICE-CHAIR | Michèle RIVASI (Greens/EFA, FR) | Zigmantas BALČYTIS (S&D, LT) | Arnaud DANJEAN (EPP, FR) | ||
2nd VICE-CHAIR | João FERREIRA (GUE/NGL, PT) | Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) | Georgios KYRTSOS (EPP, EL) | ||
3rd VICE-CHAIR | Kashetu KYENGE (S&D, IT) | Andrea BOCSKOR (EPP, HU) | |||
4th VICE-CHAIR | Renaud MUSELIER (EPP, FR) | Rolandas PAKSAS (EFDD, LT) | |||
5th VICE-CHAIR | Daniel HANNAN (ECR, UK) | ||||
6th VICE-CHAIR | Louis-Joseph ANSCOUR (S&D, FR) | ||||
7th VICE-CHAIR | Piernicola PEDICINI (EFDD, IT) | ||||
8th VICE-CHAIR | Andrzej DUDA (ECR, PL) | ||||
9th VICE-CHAIR | Fernando RUAS (EPP, PT) | ||||
10th VICE-CHAIR | Javier NART (ALDE, ES) | ||||
11th VICE-CHAIR | Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) | ||||
12th VICE-CHAIR | Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA (ECR, PL) |