The European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg in France where the 12 monthly part-sessions, including the session at which the decision on the annual EU budget is taken, should be held.

Find in this package, audiovisual content of the activities of the European Parliament in Strasbourg such as atmosphere inside and outside the buildings and parliamentary work.

The European Parliament in Strasbourg

The European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg in France but the bulk of its political work is done at its site in Brussels where the parliamentary committees should meet as well as additional part-sessions.

Find in this package, audiovisual content of the activities of the European Parliament in Brussels such as atmosphere inside and outside the buildings or&nbsp;parliamentary work.

The European Parliament in Brussels

European Parliament Press Seminar - A new political agenda for Europe: The priorities of the European parliament group leaders

European Parliament Press Seminar - A new political agenda for Europe: The priorities of the European parliament group leaders.

Plenary session week 50 2016 in Strasbourg.  - General revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure

This news item shows extracts from the AFET (Foreign Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Home Affairs and Justice), ITRE (Industry, research and Energy), ECON (Economy and Monetary Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety), DEVE (Development) and AGRI (Agriculture) Committee's constitutive meetings and the election of their Bureau. The constitutive meetings of the European Parliament's standing committees and subcommittees take place in Brussels following the appointments of their members in the plenary sitting of 16-19 July. During the constitutive meetings, each committee and subcommittee elects its respective bureau, made up of a Chair and Vice-Chairs, for a two-and-a-half year mandate. The newly set up committees then starts holding their regular meetings during the same week following their constitutive meeting.

Constitutive meetings of the Committees (AFET, LIBE, ITRE, ECON, ENVI, DEVE and AGRI): extracts

MEPs vote on the number and size of Parliament’s standing committees, sub-committees and delegations. Membership of the committees will be announced on Friday. The composition of its committees and subcommittees should as far as possible reflect the composition of Parliament as a whole. The proportional distribution of committee seats among political groups must not depart from the nearest appropriate whole number.

Vote on the numerical strenght of standing committees

Vote on the numerical strenght of interparliamentary delegations

Parliament elects its Quaestors following the election of the President of the European Parliament, Roberta METSOLA, which comprise Parliament’s Bureau. Quaestors deal with administrative matters directly affecting MEPs and participate in an advisory capacity which lays down rules for Parliament’s smooth functioning. Elected Quaestors are: Marc ANGEL (S&D, LU), Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP, BG), Miriam LEXMANN (EPP, SK), and Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (ECR, PL).

Elections of the Quaestors of the Parliament - First Ballot

Graphics showing the final results of the European Elections - EU results (breakdown by political groups, breakdown by country, turnout), national results (turnout, breakdown by political groups, national results).

10th Legislative term - European Elections 2024 Final results - Graphics

The EP President and MEPs hold the opening of the plenary session with a order of business. This includes votes on debates on situation in gaza and on hte situation in the USA after the attack attempt to Donald Trump.

Order or business

After the second ballot, the European Parliament elects the three Vice-Presidents who were not elected during the first round. Vice-Presidents are elected in a single ballot, by an absolute majority of votes cast. If the number of successful candidates is less than 14, a second vote is held for the remaining seats, under the same conditions. Vice-Presidents can replace the President, including to chair plenary sittings and in representing the Parliament at specific ceremonies or acts, when necessary. Following the election of the President, Parliament begins the process of electing its 14 Vice-Presidents, who together with the five Quaestors, comprise Parliament’s Bureau.

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament - Second ballot: Announcement of the results of the second ballot

This video shows a timelapse of the first plenary sitting of the 10th Parliamentary Term in Strasbourg.

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