Eighth European Parliament
The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.
Major events
- 22–25 May 2014
- * Elections to the Eighth Parliament.
- 1 July 2014
- * First meeting of the Eighth Parliament.
- * Martin Schulz is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- * Vice-presidents elections.
- 17 January 2017
- * Antonio Tajani is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- 18 January 2017
- * Vice-presidents elections.
Activity
Major resolutions and positions
| Resolution/position number | Procedure number | Notes |
Committees
Summary
Temporary committees
Committees of enquiry
Delegations
| Type | Number | Sources |
| Europe delegations | ||
| Non-Europe delegations | ||
| Ad-hoc delegations |
Political groups
Members in groups by country
Leadership
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
| Members | Group | State | Votes | |
| 1 | Antonio Tajani | EPP | Italy | 452, Round 1 |
| 2 | Mairead McGuinness | EPP | Ireland | 441, Round 1 |
| 3 | Rainer Wieland | EPP | Germany | 437, Round 1 |
| 4 | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | EPP | Spain | 406, Round 1 |
| 5 | Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | EPP | Hungary | 400, Round 1 |
| 6 | Adina Vălean | EPP | Romania | 394, Round 1 |
| 7 | Corina Crețu | S&D | Romania | 406, Round 2 |
| 8 | Sylvie Guillaume | S&D | France | 406, Round 2 |
| 9 | David Sassoli | S&D | Italy | 394, Round 2 |
| 10 | Olli Rehn | ALDE | Finland | 377, Round 3 |
| 11 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | ALDE | Germany | 365, Round 3 |
| 12 | Ulrike Lunacek | Greens/EFA | Austria | 319, Round 3 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Papadimoulis | GUE/NGL | Greece | 302, Round 3 |
| 14 | Ryszard Czarnecki | ECR | Poland | 284, Round 3 |
Quaestors
| Name | Country | Party | Group |
| Élisabeth Morin | Union for a Popular Movement | EPP | |
| Bogusław Liberadzki | Democratic Left Alliance | S&D | |
| Catherine Bearder | Liberal Democrats | ALDE | |
| Andrey Kovatchev | GERB | EPP | |
| Karol Karski | Law and Justice | ECR |
Membership
After the 2014 election, the members formed seven groups with 52 independent members, mainly MEPs against the Union who failed to unify into a political group.;Apportionment