On Thursday 20 January, MEPs increased the number of members of the European Parliament’s twenty committees and three subcommittees. Notably, they transferred seven new members to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), already the largest in number since the start of the 2019-2024 legislature.
The composition of the parliamentary committees is as follows: - Foreign Affairs (AFET): 79 MEPs (+8 MEPs); - Development (DEVE): 26 MEPs; - International Trade (INTA): 43 MEPs; - Budgets (BUDG): 41 MEPs; - Budgetary Control (CONT): 30 MEPs; - Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): 61 MEPs (+1); - Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): 55 MEPs; - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: 88 MEPs (+7); - Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): 78 MEPs; - Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): 45 MEPs; - Transport and Tourism (TRAN): 49 MEPs; - Regional Development (REGI): 43 MEPs; - Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): 48 MEPs; - Fisheries (PECH): 28 MEPs; - Culture and Education (CULT): 31 MEPs; - Legal Affairs (JURI): 25 MEPs; - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): 69 MEPs (+1); - Constitutional Affairs (AFCO): 28 MEPs; - Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): 37 MEPs (+2); - Petitions (PETI): 35 MEPs; - Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI): 30 MEPs; - Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): 30 MEPs; - Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs (FISC): 30 MEPs.
Each committee and sub-committee will meet to elect its bureau until the end of the 2019-2024 legislature.
See the list of full members of each parliamentary committee and sub-committee: https://bit.ly/3fE7dmK (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)