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9th European Parliament
2 July 2019 – TBD
President (1st Half)	David Sassoli (S&D) Roberta Metsola (EPP) (acting)
President (2nd Half)	Roberta Metsola (EPP)
Vice-Presidents	First Vice-President: 1st Half: Mairead McGuinness (EPP)  (until 12 October 2020) Roberta Metsola (EPP)  (from 12 November 2020) 2nd Half: Othmar Karas (EPP) Other Vice-Presidents: See List
Commission	Juncker (until 30 November 2019) von der Leyen (from 1 December 2019)
Political groups	Coalition (417) (de facto):[1]   EPP Group (176)   S&D (139)   Renew (102) Opposition (288) (de facto):   Greens/EFA (72)   ECR (69)   ID (49)   The Left (37)   NI (61)
MEPs	705
Elections	May 2019 (Union)
Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union[a 1]
Website	Official website
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The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.

Major events

• 23–26 May 2019^[2]
  • Elections to the 9th European Parliament.
    • EPP (182 seats), S&D (154), RE (108), Greens/EFA (74), ID (73), ECR (62), GUE/NGL (41), others (54).
• 2 July 2019^[3]
  • First Session (constitutive session) of the 9th Parliament.
    • Presiding officer (under Article 14(2) of the Rules): Antonio Tajani (EPP) of Italy, President of the Eighth Parliament.
• 3 July 2019
  • Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of Parliament for the first half of the parliamentary term.^[4]
    • David Sassoli (S&D) of Italy is elected President, Mairead McGuinness (EPP) of Ireland is elected First Vice-President.^[5]
• 16 July 2019^[6]
  • Vote on 3 July 2019 EUCO proposal for President of the European Commission.
    • Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) of Germany is elected President of the European Commission.^[7]
• 30 September-8 October 2019^[8]
  • Hearings of candidates for European Commissioners.
  • Additional hearings, if needed, would take place on 14 and 15 October 2019.
• 23 October 2019^[8]
  • Confirmation vote on the Von der Leyen Commission.
• 31 October 2019 (postponed)
  • Original scheduled date for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union, but has been agreed to be postponed for 3 months.
  • As Brexit is further postponed, the UK will have to nominate a candidate for a European Commissioner.
• 1 November 2019
  • New European Commission takes office.
• 31 January 2020
  • The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, subsequently resulting in a reduction in the number of seats in the European Parliament from 751 to 705.
• 12 November 2020
  • Roberta Metsola (EPP) of Malta is elected First Vice-President, replacing Mairead McGuinness who has taken the role of European Commissioner.
• 16 December 2020
  • Approval of the seven-year budget 2021-2027 of the EU. Decision on keeping an eye on how Next Generation EU funds are spent.^[9]
• 11 January 2022
  • Death in office of President David Sassoli.
  • First Vice-President Roberta Metsola takes the role of Acting President of the European Parliament till the election of a new president.^[10]
• 18 January 2022
  • Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of Parliament for the second half of the parliamentary term.
    • Roberta Metsola (EPP) of Malta is elected President, Othmar Karas (EPP) of Austria is elected First Vice-President^[11]

Leadership

The President of the European Parliament is chosen through the votes of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and serves a term lasting 2.5 years, with the option for re-election. The responsibilities of the president encompass a diverse array of functions, including presiding over debates and representing the European Parliament in its interactions with other institutions within the European Union.^[12]
Fourteen Vice Presidents are elected through a single ballot process, requiring an absolute majority of cast votes for their selection. In situations where the number of successful candidates falls below 14, a second round of voting is conducted to allocate the remaining positions following identical conditions. Should a third round of voting become necessary, a simple majority suffices to occupy the remaining seats. The precedence of Vice Presidents is established by the order in which they are elected, and in cases of a tie, seniority is determined by age. During each round of voting, MEPs have the capacity to cast votes for as many candidates as there are available seats for that particular round. However, they are obligated to vote for more than half of the total positions to be filled.^[13]

First Half

President: David Sassoli
Vice Presidents:

• Mairead McGuinness
• Rainer Wieland
• Othmar Karas
• Ewa Kopacz
• Lívia Járóka
• Pedro Silva Pereira
• Katarina Barley
• Klára Dobrev
• Dita Charanzová
• Nicola Beer
• Heidi Hautala
• Marcel Kolaja
• Dimitrios Papadimoulis
• Fabio Massimo Castaldo

Second Half

President: Roberta Metsola
Vice Presidents

• Othmar Karas
• Ewa Kopacz
• Rainer Wieland
• Pina Picierno
• Pedro Silva Pereira
• Eva Kaili
• Evelyn Regner
• Katarina Barley
• Dita Charanzová
• Michal Šimečka
• Nicola Beer
• Roberts Zīle
• Dimitrios Papadimoulis
• Heidi Hautala

Elections of the Quaestors

4 July 2019 election

The five Quaestors were chosen by acclamation.

Candidate		Group		Votes
Anne Sander	FRA		EPP	407
Monika Beňová	SVK		S&D	391
David Casa	MLT		EPP	391
Gilles Boyer	FRA		RE	317
Karol Karski	POL		ECR	261
Source: European Parliament News

20 January 2022 election

Four Quaestors were elected on the first round of voting, with the fifth being elected on the second round of voting.

Candidate		Group		Remote Votes
				1st Round	2nd Round
Anne Sander	FRA		EPP	622
Christophe Hansen	LUX		EPP	576
Monika Beňová	SVK		S&D	487
Fabienne Keller	FRA		RE	479
Marcel Kolaja	CZE		G/EFA	277	344
Karol Karski	POL		ECR	321	324
Votes cast				676	668
Votes needed for election				339	335
Blank or void				12	n/a
Voted				688	n/a
Source: European Parliament News

Political groups

There are currently 7 political groups in the parliament, one less than the previous parliament. Each MEP can belong to only one group. Political groups can be founded by at least 25 MEPs which come from at least one quarter of all EU member states (currently seven).^[3] Roberta Metsola currently belongs to the European People's Party

Political groups and parties

There are currently 7 political groups in the parliament, one less than the previous parliament. Each MEP can belong to only one group. Political groups can be founded by at least 25 MEPs which come from at least one quarter of all EU member states (currently seven).^[3]

Current situation