Parliament updates the composition of its committees and subcommittees

Source: European Parliament (EP) i, published on Thursday, January 20 2022.

On Thursday, MEPs updated the number of members in Parliament’s 20 committees and 3 sub-committees, and the political groups determined who will sit in each committee.

Following a plenary vote on the proposal by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (673 for, 17 against, 5 abstentions), the number of members in each of Parliament’s committees and subcommittees for the second half of the 9th legislative term is shown below.

 

AFET

Foreign Affairs

79

+8

DEVE

Development

26

 

INTA

International Trade

43

 

BUDG

Budgets

41

 

CONT

Budgetary Control

30

 

ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

61

+1

EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

55

 

ENVI

Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

88

+7

ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

78

 

IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

45

 

TRAN

Transport and Tourism

49

 

REGI

Regional Development

43

 

AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

48

 

PECH

Fisheries

28

 

CULT

Culture and Education

31

 

JURI

Legal Affairs

25

 

LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

69

+1

AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

28

 

FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

37

+2

PETI

Petitions

35

 

DROI

Human Rights (Subcommittee)

30

 

SEDE

Security and Defence (Subcommittee)

30

 

FISC

Tax Matters (Subcommittee)

30

 

The list of full members for each committee and subcommittee is available here. Chairs and vice-chairs will be elected at subsequent committee and subcommittee meetings.

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

Rules on the composition of committees

According to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure (Rule 209), the composition of its committees and subcommittees should as far as possible reflect the composition of Parliament as a whole.

The political groups and non-attached Members decide internally who is appointed to each committee and subcommittee.