Brussels, 02/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 2 July, the European Parliament took a decision on the number of MEPs who will sit on its 20 permanent committees and two sub-committees for the new parliamentary term - a number which reflects the Parliament's political balance. On Thursday 3 July, the MEPs are due to decide on the members themselves of the different committees. The provisional list of MEPs for each committee was published on the Parliament's website (plenary session, priority documents section), at 7.00pm on Wednesday.
The number of MEPs per committee and sub-committee as approved in vote on Wednesday is as follows: Committee on Foreign Affairs: 71, Committee on Development: 28, Committee on International Trade: 41, Committee on Budgets: 41, Committee on Budgetary Control: 30, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: 61, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs: 55, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: 69, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy: 67, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection: 40, Committee on Transport and Tourism: 49, Committee on Regional Development: 43, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development: 45, Committee on Fisheries: 25, Committee on Culture and Education: 31, Committee on Legal Affairs: 25, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: 60, Committee on Constitutional Affairs: 25, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality: 35, Committee on Petitions: 35, Sub-committee on Human Rights: 30, and Sub-committee on Security and Defence: 30.
Rules on the composition of committees. According to Parliament's rules of procedure, the composition of its committees should as far as possible reflect the composition of the Parliament as a whole. The proportional distribution of committee seats among political groups must not depart from the nearest appropriate whole number. (LC)