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- Major events
- Activity
- Major resolutions and positions
- Committees Summary Temporary committees Committees of enquiry
- Delegations
- Political groups
- Leadership Presidents Vice-Presidents Quaestors Chairs of the political groups
- Membership
- Secretariat
- See also Elections Membership lists
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2013}}{{Infobox European Parliament |number = 6th |previous = 5th |next = 7th |start = 20 July 2004 |end = 7 May 2009 |president_half_one = Josep Borrell |president_half_two = Hans-Gert Poettering |vice-presidents= |commission = Barroso |groups = {{Flatlist|- EPP-ED
- PES
- ALDE
- Greens-EFA
- EUL-NGL
- ID
- UEN
- ITS
- NI
|meps = {{Plainlist|- 732 (2004–2006)
- 785 (2007–2009)
|election = {{Plainlist|- June 2004 (Union)
- May 2007 (Bulgaria)
- November 2007 (Romania)
|location = |treaty = Nice[1] }}{{Politics of the European Union}}The Sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in Strasbourg[2] following the 2004 elections and ended after the 2009 elections. Major events- 10–13 June 2004
- Elections to the Sixth Parliament.
- 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
- Election of Bulgarian MEPs.
- 25 November 2007
- Election of Romanian MEPs.
- 20 February 2008
- Parliament approves the Lisbon Treaty.
Activity2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Source |
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Reports | 73 | 415 | 481 | 519 | 515 | 268 | |
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Resolutions and positions | 80 | 440 | 483 | 494 | 514 | 215 | |
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Parliamentary questions | 2525 | 6310 | 7032 | 7765 | 8266 | 3373 | |
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Written declarations | 27 | 82 | 91 | 115 | 106 | 52 | |
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Major resolutions and positionsResolution/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{{see|Committees of the European Parliament}}SummaryType | Number | Sources | Notes |
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Standing committee | 20 (+2 subcommittees) | | Temporary committee | 3 | | See below for list | Committee of enquiry | 1 | | See below for list |
Temporary committeesCode | Committee | Report | Sources |
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CLIM | Temporary Committee on Climate Change | A6-2008-0495 | | TDIP | Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners | A6-2007-0020 | | FINP | Temporary Committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013 | A6-2005-0153 | |
Committees of enquiryCode | Committee | Report | Sources |
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EQUI | Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society | A6-2007-0203 | |
Delegations{{see also|European Parliament Delegations}}Type | Number | Sources |
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Europe delegations | 10 | | Non-Europe delegations | 24 | | Ad-hoc delegations | 1 | |
Political groups{{see|Political groups of the European Parliament}}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[3] | ITS | Non-Inscrits[4] | NI |
LeadershipPresidents{{See|President of the European Parliament}}Term | President (or candidate) | Group | State | Votes |
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20 July 2004– 14 January 2007 | Josep Borrell | | PES | {{ESP}} | 388 |
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Bronisław Geremek | | ALDE | {{POL}} | 208 | Francis Wurtz | | EUL/NGL | {{FRA}} | 51 | 15 January 2007– 14 July 2009[5] | Hans-Gert Pöttering | | EPP-ED | {{DEU}} | 450 |
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Monica Frassoni | | G/EFA | {{ITA}} | 145 | Francis Wurtz | | EUL/NGL | {{FRA}} | 48 | Jens-Peter Bonde | | IND/DEM | {{DEN}} | 46 |
Vice-Presidents{{See|Vice-President of the European Parliament}}Group | 2004–2006 | 2007–2009 |
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EPP-EDAlejo Vidal-Quadras Roca Antonios Trakatellis Edward McMillan-Scott Ingo Friedrich Mario Mauro Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Miroslav OuzkýRodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Alejo Vidal-Quadras Edward McMillan-Scott Mario Mauro | PESDagmar Roth-Behrendt António Costa Pierre MoscoviciMiguel Angel Martínez Martínez Mechtild Rothe Pierre Moscovici Manuel António Dos Santos Marek Siwiec | ALDELuigi Cocilovo Janusz OnyszkiewiczLuigi Cocilovo Diana Wallis | G/EFAGérard OnestaGérard Onesta | EUL-NGLSylvia-Yvonne KaufmannLuisa Morgantini | IND/DEM | n/a | n/a | UEN | n/aAdam Bielan | ITS | n/a | n/a |
Quaestors{{See|Quaestor (European Parliament)}}Group | 2004–2006[6] | 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{{See|Political groups of the European Parliament}}Group | 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{{see|Member of the European Parliament}}See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list. - //Political groups of the European Parliament">Groups
Group | Seats |
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2004 [7] [8] | 2007 [9] [10] | 2007 [11] [12] | 2009 [13] |
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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[14] | 23 | 24 | 22 | UEN | 27 | 44 | 44 | 40 | ITS | n/a | 20 | n/a | n/a | NI | 33 | 14 | 29 | 30 |
- //Apportionment in the European Parliament">Apportionment
State | Seats | State | Seats |
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{{DEU | 99 | {{FRA | 78 |
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{{UK | 78 | {{ITA | 78 |
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{{ESP | 54 | {{POL | 54 |
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{{ROU[15] | 35 | {{NLD | 27 |
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{{GRE | 24 | {{POR | 24 |
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{{BEL | 24 | {{CZE | 24 |
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{{HUN | 24 | {{SWE | 19 |
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{{AUT | 18 | {{BUL[15] | 18 |
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{{DEN | 14 | {{SVK | 14 |
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{{FIN | 14 | {{IRL | 13 |
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{{LTU | 13 | {{LAT | 9 |
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{{SVN | 7 | {{EST | 6 |
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{{CYP | 6 | {{LUX | 6 |
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{{MLT | 5 | Total[15] | 732 / 785 |
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Secretariat{{see also|Secretariat of the European Parliament}}Office | 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) | | Legal Service | Jurisconsult of the European Parliament | Christian Pennera | | Directorate-General for the Presidency | Director-General | David Harley | | Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union | Director-General | Riccardo Ribera d'Alcala | | Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union | Director-General | Dietmar Nickel | | Directorate-General for Communication | Director-General | Francesca R. Ratti | | Directorate-General for Personnel | Director-General | Barry Wilson | | Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics | Director-General | Constantin Stratigakis | | Directorate-General for Translation | Director-General | Juana Lahousse-Juárez | | Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences | Director-General | Olga Cosmidou | | Directorate-General for Finance | Director-General | Roger Vanhaeren | |
See also Elections {{See|European Parliament election, 2004}}{{See|European Parliament election, 2007}} Membership lists {{See|Members of the European Parliament 2004–2009}} Notes 1. ^The Treaties of Rome and Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Nice and all preceding amending treaties. 2. ^European Parliament Minutes (Proceedings of the Sitting) on the European Parliament website 3. ^Created 15 January 2007, disbanded 14 November 2007 4. ^Independents, not a group 5. ^European Parliament Press Release on election 6. ^"Debates Wednesday, 21 July 2004 – Strasbourg > Election of Quaestors" from http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ 7. ^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. 8. ^20040720 on the European Parliament website 9. ^Composition of 15 January 2007 following the creation of ITS 10. ^"EU's surprise far-right coalition", BBC, 15 January 2009 11. ^Following Bulgarian and Romanian elections 12. ^EPP-ED Overview 2008-02-10 13. ^Before 2009 election 14. ^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. 15. ^1 2 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.
ReferencesExternal links- European Parliament
- Explanation of codecision
- European Parliament positions
- European Parliament and European Council common positions
- European Parliament Conciliation Committee Joint texts
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