There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.
Role[edit | edit source]
Vice-presidents are members of the Bureau and chair the plenary when the president is not in the chair. The president may also delegate any duty, task or power to one of the vice-presidents. Three vice-presidents, designated by the Conference of Presidents, traditionally have more power than the others; the right to be on the conciliation committee.[1]
Election[edit | edit source]
The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years.[2]
There tends to be an agreement dividing up the 14 posts between the groups,[citation needed] and thus they are usually elected without formal opposition.[dubious ] However, in 2009 Edward McMillan-Scott, through the individual support of 40 MEPs, successfully challenged his group's (the European Conservatives and Reformists) formal candidate; Michał Kamiński. Having been elected and prevented the election of Kaminski, McMillan-Scott was expelled from the ECR and Kaminski gained the group chair.[1]
6th parliament[edit | edit source]
Three
Two
One
None
- 30 July 2004 to 16 January 2007
Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;
| Members | Group | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca | EPP-ED | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain |
| 2 | Antonios Trakatellis | EPP-ED |  Greece
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| 3 | Dagmar Roth-Behrendt | PES |  Germany
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| 4 | Edward McMillan-Scott | EPP-ED | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom |
| 5 | Ingo Friedrich | EPP-ED | Germany
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| 6 | Mario Mauro | EPP-ED |  Italy
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| 7 | António Costa | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portugal |
| 8 | Luigi Cocilovo | ALDE | Italy
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| 9 | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | EPP-ED | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland |
| 10 | Pierre Moscovici | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France |
| 11 | Miroslav Ouzký | EPP-ED |  Czech Republic
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| 12 | Janusz Onyszkiewicz | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland |
| 13 | Gérard Onesta | Greens/EFA | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France |
| 14 | Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann | EUL/NGL | Germany
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Three
Two
One
None
- 16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009
Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;[3]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | EPP-ED | Greece |
322 |
| 2 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP-ED | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 300 |
| 3 | Gérard Onesta | Greens/EFA | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France | 285 |
| 4 | Edward McMillan-Scott | EPP-ED | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom | 274 |
| 5 | Mario Mauro | EPP-ED | Italy |
262 |
| 6 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 260 |
| 7 | Luigi Cocilovo | ALDE | Italy |
234 |
| 8 | Mechtild Rothe | PES | Germany |
217 |
| 9 | Luisa Morgantini | GUE/NGL | Italy |
207 |
| 10 | Pierre Moscovici | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France | 207 |
| 11 | Manuel António Dos Santos | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portugal | 193 |
| 12 | Diana Wallis | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom | 192 |
| 13 | Marek Siwiec | PES | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 180 |
| 14 | Adam Bielan | UEN | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 128 |
7th parliament[edit | edit source]
Three
Two
One
None
- 14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012
Elected in order of precedence;[4]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Pittella | S&D | Italy |
360 |
| 2 | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | EPP | Greece |
355 |
| 3 | Stavros Lambrinidis | S&D | Greece |
346 |
| 4 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 327 |
| 5 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 308 |
| 6 | Dagmar Roth-Behrendt | S&D | Germany |
287 |
| 7 | Libor Rouček | S&D | Czech Republic |
278 |
| 8 | Isabelle Durant | Greens/EFA |  Belgium |
276 |
| 9 | Roberta Angelilli | EPP | Italy |
274 |
| 10 | Diana Wallis | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom | 272 |
| 11 | Pál Schmitt | EPP |  Hungary |
257 |
| 12 | Edward McMillan-Scott | Non-attached[5] | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom | 244 |
| 13 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
237 |
| 14 | Silvana Koch-Mehrin | ALDE | Germany |
186 |
| Changes since election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
| Pál Schmitt | EPP | Hungary |
14 May 2010 | Resigned due to becoming president of Hungary | László Tőkés[6] | May 2010 | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania |
| Silvana Koch-Mehrin | ALDE | Germany |
11 May 2011 | Resigned due to doctorate plagiarism scandal | Giles Chichester | 6 July 2011 | ECR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing UK |
- 17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014
Elected in order of precedence;[7]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianni Pittella | S&D | Italy |
319 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 295 |
| 3 | Anni Podimata | S&D | Greece |
281 |
| 4 | Alejo Vidal-Quadras | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 269 |
| 5 | Georgios Papastamkos | EPP | Greece |
248 |
| 6 | Roberta Angelilli | EPP | Italy |
246 |
| 7 | Othmar Karas | EPP |  Austria |
244 |
| 8 | Edward McMillan-Scott | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom | 239 |
| 9 | Isabelle Durant | Greens/EFA | Belgium |
238 |
| 10 | Alexander Alvaro | ALDE | Germany |
235 |
| 11 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
230 |
| 12 | Oldřich Vlasák | ECR | Czech Republic |
223 |
| 13 | Jacek Protasiewicz | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 206 |
| 14 | László Surján | EPP | Hungary |
188 |
8th parliament[edit | edit source]
- 1 July 2014 to 18 January 2017
Elected in order of precedence;[8]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Tajani | EPP | Italy |
452, Round 1 |
| 2 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP |  Ireland |
441, Round 1 |
| 3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
437, Round 1 |
| 4 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 406, Round 1 |
| 5 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | Hungary |
400, Round 1 |
| 6 | Adina Vălean | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania | 394, Round 1 |
| 7 | Corina Crețu | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania | 406, Round 2 |
| 8 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France | 406, Round 2 |
| 9 | David Sassoli | S&D | Italy |
394, Round 2 |
| 10 | Olli Rehn | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland | 377, Round 3 |
| 11 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | Germany |
365, Round 3 |
| 12 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | Austria |
319, Round 3 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | Greece |
302, Round 3 |
| 14 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 284, Round 3 |
| Changes since election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
| Corina Crețu | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania | October 2014 | Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner | Ioan Mircea Pașcu | November 2014 | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania |
| Olli Rehn | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland | May 2015 | Resigned due to becoming Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland | Anneli Jäätteenmäki | May 2015 | ALDE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland |
- 18 January 2017 to 3 July 2019
Elected in order of precedence;
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | Ireland |
466, Round 1 |
| 2 | Bogusław Liberadzki | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 378, Round 1 |
| 3 | David Sassoli | S&D | Italy |
377, Round 1 |
| 4 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
336, Round 1 |
| 5 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing France | 335, Round 1 |
| 6 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 328, Round 1 |
| 7 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spain | 323, Round 1 |
| 8 | Evelyne Gebhardt | S&D | Germany |
315, Round 1 |
| 9 | Pavel Telička | ALDE | Template:Country data CZTemplate:Preview warning Czech Republic | 313, Round 1 |
| 10 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | Hungary |
310, Round 1 |
| 11 | Ioan Mircea Pașcu | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Romania | 517, Round 2 |
| 12 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | Greece |
469, Round 2 |
| 13 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | Austria |
441, Round 2 |
| 14 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | Germany |
393, Round 2 |
| Changes since election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
| Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | Hungary |
1 September 2017 | Resigned due to joining the European Court of Auditors | Lívia Járóka | 15 November 2017[9] | EPP | Hungary
|
| Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | Austria |
23 October 2017 | Resigned from politics after a defeat in national elections | Heidi Hautala | 26 October 2017[10] | Greens/EFA | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland |
| Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | Germany |
23 October 2017 | Resigned due to becoming member of the Bundestag | Fabio Massimo Castaldo | 15 November 2017[9] | EFDD | Italy
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| Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 7 February 2018 | Removed from office due to serious misconduct[11] | Zdzisław Krasnodębski | 1 March 2018[12] | ECR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland |
9th Parliament[edit | edit source]
- 3 July 2019 to 18 January 2022
Elected in order of precedence;[13]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | Ireland |
618, Round 1 |
| 2 | Pedro Silva Pereira | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portugal | 556, Round 1 |
| 3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
516, Round 1 |
| 4 | Katarina Barley | S&D | Germany |
516, Round 1 |
| 5 | Othmar Karas | EPP | Austria |
477, Round 1 |
| 6 | Ewa Kopacz | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 461, Round 1 |
| 7 | Klára Dobrev | S&D | Hungary |
402, Round 1 |
| 8 | Dita Charanzová | RE | Czech Republic |
395, Round 1 |
| 9 | Nicola Beer | RE | Germany |
363, Round 1 |
| 10 | Lívia Járóka | EPP | Hungary |
349, Round 1 |
| 11 | Heidi Hautala | Greens/EFA | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland | 336, Round 1 |
| 12 | Marcel Kolaja | Greens/EFA | Czech Republic |
426, Round 2 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | Greece |
401, Round 2 |
| 14 | Fabio Massimo Castaldo | NI | Italy |
285, Round 3 |
| Changes since election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
| Mairead McGuinness | EPP | Ireland |
October 2020 | Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner | Roberta Metsola | November 2020 | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malta |
- 18 January 2022 to present
Elected in order of precedence;[14]
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Othmar Karas | EPP | Austria |
536, Round 1 |
| 2 | Pina Picierno | S&D | Italy |
527, Round 1 |
| 3 | Pedro Silva Pereira | S&D | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Portugal | 517, Round 1 |
| 4 | Ewa Kopacz | EPP | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Poland | 467, Round 1 |
| 5 | Eva Kaili | S&D | Greece |
454, Round 1 |
| 6 | Evelyn Regner | S&D | Austria |
434, Round 1 |
| 7 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany |
432, Round 1 |
| 8 | Katarina Barley | S&D | Germany |
426, Round 1 |
| 9 | Dita Charanzová | RE | Czech Republic |
406, Round 1 |
| 10 | Michal Šimečka | RE | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slovakia | 494, Round 2 |
| 11 | Nicola Beer | RE | Germany |
410, Round 2 |
| 12 | Roberts Zīle | ECR |  Latvia |
403, Round 2 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | Greece |
492, Round 3 |
| 14 | Heidi Hautala | Greens/EFA | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Finland | 304, Round 3 |
| Changes since election[15] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Group | State | Date | Reason | Replacement | Elected | Group | State |
| Eva Kaili | S&D | Greece |
December 2022 | Expelled from group due to arrest | Awaiting Election | - | - | - |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New European Conservatives group in disarray over renegade MEP, ANDREW WILLIS 14 July 2009
- ↑ "European Organisation - European Parliamentary Yearbook". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2007)". europa.eu. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ↑ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2009)". europa.eu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ↑ Was elected with the British Conservatives and sat with ECR. However successfully stood against ECR's official candidate and was expelled. Although he joined the Liberal Democrats in the UK, he sits as a Non-attached Member in the European Parliament.
- ↑ "European Parliament elects László Tőkés as Vice-President » WireUpdate Local | Local Breaking News | Local Breaking Wire -". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ↑ "European Parliament Press Release on election (2012)". europa.eu. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ↑ "Fourteen Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament elected – News – European Parliament". europa.eu. 7 January 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Livia Járóka and Fabio Massimo Castaldo elected Vice-Presidents of the EP – News – European Parliament". europa.eu. 15 November 2017.
- ↑ "Heidi Hautala elected Vice-President of the European Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu. 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Ryszard Czarnecki no longer Vice-President of Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu. 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Zdzisław Krasnodębski elected Vice-President of the European Parliament – News – European Parliament". europa.eu. 3 January 2018.
- ↑ "The new European Parliament Vice-Presidents". europa.eu. 3 July 2019.
- ↑ "Parliament's new Vice-Presidents". europa.eu. 18 January 2022.
- ↑ "Greek MEP stripped of vice president powers over graft probe". Retrieved 11 December 2022.