MEPs elected their fifth and sixth vice-presidents in the third round of voting on Tuesday 18 January: Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, Finland) and Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left, Greece). The distribution of vice-presidential posts between the groups is the result of the agreement reached between the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe on 17 January (see EUROPE 12870/2, 12871/1). Although they did not participate in the discussions, the Greens/EFA and The Left groups each obtained a vice-presidential post and a quaestor for the Greens/EFA.
Also as a result of the tripartite agreement, the Identity and Democracy group lost a vice-president and is therefore no longer represented in the European Parliament Bureau.
Quaestors
The Greens/EFA lost a vice-president, but gained a quaestor: Marcel Kolaja (Greens/EFA, Czech Republic) was elected as such in the second round on 19 January.
The EPP’s Anne Sander (France) and Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg), the S&D’s Monika Flašíková-Beňová (Slovakia), and Renew Europe’s Fabienne Keller (France) were elected in the first round.
In the Parliament, the Quaestors manage the administrative and financial tasks directly concerning the MEPs. They may submit proposals to amend or rewrite texts concerning the regulations adopted by the Bureau. (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)