The Members of the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) meeting elect its Chair during their meeting in margins of the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ (ECR, SK) is elected Chair of the Committee by secret ballot.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Strasbourg

meeting

vote

9th parliamentary term

RAFALSKA, Elżbieta (ECR, PL)

ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Lucia (Renew, SK)

EMPL Committee Constitutive meeting: arrivals and roundtable

Atmosphere shots of MEPs and staff entering the meeting room, arrivals. Cutaways on Ms Lucia ĎURI&Scaron; NICHOLSONOV&Aacute; (ECR, SK). Ambience shots. 

SOUNDBITE (Polish), El&#380;bieta RAFALSKA (ECR, PL), On behalf of the ECR group I would like to nominate for the position of President of the Committee of Employment Mme ĎURI&Scaron; NICHOLSONOV&Aacute; who accepts the nomination.

Secret vote and results on the screen: 38 votes in favor, 14 against and 3 abstentions. Ms ĎURI&Scaron; NICHOLSONOV&Aacute; walks to the tribune and starts chairing the meeting: atmosphere shots, she thanks everybody for their trust. Applause. (7 shots)

SOUNDBITE (Slovak), Lucia &#270;URI&#352; NICHOLSONOV&#193; (ECR, SK), Chair of the EMPL EP Committee, Our citizens will be directly impacted by our work, I am somebody very oriented on compromises and my door will be open to all when we are having constructive discussions. Once again I'd like to thank you all for your trust, I'm sure it was not easy to vote for somebody that you don't know. 