The sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in Strasbourg[1] following the 2004 elections and ended after the 2009 elections.
6th European Parliament | |
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20 July 2004 – 7 May 2009 | |
President (1st Half) | Josep Borrell |
President (2nd Half) | Hans-Gert Poettering |
Commission | Barroso |
Political groups | |
MEPs |
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Elections | |
Nice[nb 1] | |
Major events
edit- 10–13 June 2004
- 20 July 2004
- First meeting (constitutive session) of the Sixth Parliament.
- Giovanni Berlinguer presides as oldest member.
- Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- 22 July 2004
- Parliament approves José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission.
- 27 September to 11 October 2004
- Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners.
- Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and Rocco Buttiglione.
- Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled.
- 18 November 2004
- The Barroso Commission is approved by Parliament.
- 22 November 2004
- Barroso Commission takes office.
- 12 December 2006
- Parliament approves Meglena Kuneva and Leonard Orban as new European Commissioners for Romania and Bulgaria.
- 1 January 2007
- Accession of Romania and Bulgaria, their observers in Parliament become full MEPs.
- 15 January 2007
- Hans-Gert Pöttering is elected President of the European Parliament.
- 20 May 2007
- 25 November 2007
- 20 February 2008
- Parliament approves the Lisbon Treaty.
Activity
edit2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reports | 73 | 415 | 481 | 519 | 515 | 268 | [1] |
Resolutions and positions | 80 | 440 | 483 | 494 | 514 | 215 | [2] |
Parliamentary questions | 2525 | 6310 | 7032 | 7765 | 8266 | 3373 | [3] |
Written declarations | 27 | 82 | 91 | 115 | 106 | 52 | [4] |
Major resolutions and positions
editResolution/position number | Procedure number | Notes |
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P6_TA(2006)0552 | COD/2003/0256 | Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the REACH regulation |
P6_TA(2007)0032 | INI/2006/2200 | European Parliament resolution on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners |
P6_TA(2006)0490 | COD/2004/0001 | Amended and approved Directive 2006/123/EC, the Bolkestein directive |
P6_TA(2007)0401 | COD/2004/0047 | Amended and approved Directive 2007/58/EC, the rail competition directive |
P6_TA(2005)0275 | COD/2002/0047 | Rejected the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions |
P6_TA(2007)0199 | COD/2006/0133 | Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 717/2007, the mobile phone roaming regulation |
P6_TA(2008)0342 | COD/2006/0130 | Amended and approved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, the air pricing clarity regulation |
P6_TA(2008)0293 | COD/2005/0167 | Amended and approved Directive 2008/115/EC, the illegal immigration directive |
P6_TA(2005)0132 | INI/2004/2172 | European Parliament resolution on the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
Committees
editSummary
editType | Number | Sources | Notes |
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Standing committee | 20 (+2 subcommittees) | [5] | |
Temporary committee | 3 | [6] | See below for list |
Committee of enquiry | 1 | [7] | See below for list |
Temporary committees
editCode | Committee | Report | Sources |
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CLIM | Temporary Committee on Climate Change | A6-2008-0495 | [8] |
TDIP | Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners |
A6-2007-0020 | [9] |
FINP | Temporary Committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013 | A6-2005-0153 | [10] |
Committees of enquiry
editCode | Committee | Report | Sources |
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EQUI | Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society | A6-2007-0203 | [11] |
Delegations
editType | Number | Sources |
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Europe delegations | 10 | [12] |
Non-Europe delegations | 24 | [13] |
Ad-hoc delegations | 1 | [14] |
Political groups
edit- See membership below for details of size
Group name | Acronym |
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European People's Party–European Democrats | EPP-ED |
Party of European Socialists | PES |
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | ALDE |
Greens/European Free Alliance | G/EFA |
European United Left-Nordic Green Left | EUL-NGL |
Independence/Democracy | IND/DEM |
Union for a Europe of Nations | UEN |
Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty[nb 2] | ITS |
Non-Inscrits[nb 3] | NI |
Leadership
editPresidents
editTerm | President (or candidate) |
Group | State | Votes | |
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20 July 2004– 14 January 2007 |
Josep Borrell | PES | Spain | 388 | |
Bronisław Geremek | ALDE | Poland | 208 | ||
Francis Wurtz | EUL/NGL | France | 51 | ||
15 January 2007– 14 July 2009[2] |
Hans-Gert Pöttering | EPP-ED | Germany | 450 | |
Monica Frassoni | G/EFA | Italy | 145 | ||
Francis Wurtz | EUL/NGL | France | 48 | ||
Jens-Peter Bonde | IND/DEM | Denmark | 46 |
Vice-Presidents
editGroup | 2004–2006 | 2007–2009 |
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EPP-ED |
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca |
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou |
PES |
Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez | |
ALDE | ||
G/EFA | ||
EUL-NGL | ||
IND/DEM | n/a | n/a |
UEN | n/a | |
ITS | n/a | n/a |
Quaestors
editGroup | 2004–2006[3] | 2007–2009 |
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EPP-ED | James Nicholson Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Astrid Lulling |
James Nicholson Astrid Lulling Ingo Friedrich |
PES | Genowefa Grabowska Mia De Vits |
Mia De Vits Szabolcs Fazakas |
ALDE | n/a | Jan Mulder |
Chairs of the political groups
editGroup | Chairs |
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EPP-ED | Hans-Gert Pöttering (until 2007), Joseph Daul (from 2007) |
PES | Martin Schulz |
ALDE | Graham Watson |
G/EFA | Monica Frassoni Daniel Cohn-Bendit |
EUL-NGL | Alonso José Puerta Francis Wurtz |
IND/DEM | Jens-Peter Bonde (until 2008), Kathy Sinnott (2008), Hanne Dahl (from 2008) Nigel Farage (full term) |
UEN | Brian Crowley (until 2009) Cristiana Muscardini |
ITS | Bruno Gollnisch (2007) |
Membership
edit- See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list.
- Groups
Group | Seats | |||
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2004 [nb 4] [4] |
2007 [nb 5] [5] |
2007 [nb 6] [6] |
2009 [nb 7] | |
EPP-ED | 268 | 277 | 288 | 288 |
PES | 200 | 218 | 215 | 217 |
ALDE | 88 | 106 | 101 | 104 |
G/EFA | 42 | 42 | 43 | 43 |
EUL-NGL | 41 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
IND/DEM | 33[nb 8] | 23 | 24 | 22 |
UEN | 27 | 44 | 44 | 40 |
ITS | n/a | 20 | n/a | n/a |
NI | 33 | 14 | 29 | 30 |
State | Seats | State | Seats | |
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Germany | 99 | France | 78 | |
United Kingdom | 78 | Italy | 78 | |
Spain | 54 | Poland | 54 | |
Romania[nb 9] | 35 | Netherlands | 27 | |
Greece | 24 | Portugal | 24 | |
Belgium | 24 | Czech Republic | 24 | |
Hungary | 24 | Sweden | 19 | |
Austria | 18 | Bulgaria[nb 9] | 18 | |
Denmark | 14 | Slovakia | 14 | |
Finland | 14 | Ireland | 13 | |
Lithuania | 13 | Latvia | 9 | |
Slovenia | 7 | Estonia | 6 | |
Cyprus | 6 | Luxembourg | 6 | |
Malta | 5 | Total[nb 9] | 732 / 785 |
Secretariat
editOffice | Post | Name | Source |
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Office of the Secretary-General | Secretary-General of the European Parliament | Julian Priestley (to 2007) Harald Rømer (2007 to 2009) Klaus Welle (since 2009) |
[15] |
Legal Service | Jurisconsult of the European Parliament | Christian Pennera | [16] |
Directorate-General for the Presidency | Director-General | David Harley | [17] |
Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union | Director-General | Riccardo Ribera d'Alcala | [18] |
Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union | Director-General | Dietmar Nickel | [19] |
Directorate-General for Communication | Director-General | Francesca R. Ratti | [20] |
Directorate-General for Personnel | Director-General | Barry Wilson | [21] |
Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics | Director-General | Constantin Stratigakis | [22] |
Directorate-General for Translation | Director-General | Juana Lahousse-Juárez | [23] |
Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences | Director-General | Olga Cosmidou | [24] |
Directorate-General for Finance | Director-General | Roger Vanhaeren | [25] |
See also
editElections
editMembership lists
editNotes
edit- ^ The Treaties of Rome and Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Nice and all preceding amending treaties.
- ^ Created 15 January 2007, disbanded 14 November 2007
- ^ Independents, not a group
- ^ Tuesday 20 July 2004: first day of the constitutive session of the Sixth European Parliament. By Friday 23 July 2004, the composition had changed slightly.
- ^ Composition of 15 January 2007 following the creation of ITS
- ^ Following Bulgarian and Romanian elections
- ^ Before 2009 election
- ^ Four Lega Nord MEPs arrived on 20 July 2004, sat with the Non-Inscrits for one day, then sat with IND/DEM on 21 July 2004, bringing the number of IND/DEM MEPs up to 37. Consequently, "37" is sometimes given as the number of IND/DEM MEPs on 20 July 2004.
- ^ a b c Bulgaria and Romania joined on 1 January 2007. Prior to 2007 there were 732 seats, following enlargement the Romanian and Bulgarian seats were added bringing it to 785.
References
edit- ^ European Parliament Minutes (Proceedings of the Sitting) on the European Parliament website
- ^ European Parliament Press Release on election
- ^ "Debates Wednesday, 21 July 2004 – Strasbourg > Election of Quaestors" from http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
- ^ 20040720 on the European Parliament website
- ^ "EU's surprise far-right coalition", BBC, 15 January 2009
- ^ EPP-ED Overview 2008-02-10