European Parliament Election 2019

[andrea]

Feb 1, 2020 3:07:46 GMT WJ said:

Feb 1, 2020 2:10:58 GMT AJS said:

The number of French MEPs has just increased from 74 to 79.

Other countries:

Italy: 73 to 76.
Spain: 54 to 59.
Poland: 51 to 52.
Romania: 32 to 33.
Netherlands: 26 to 29.
Sweden: 20 to 21.
Austria: 18 to 19.
Denmark: 13 to 14.
Finland: 13 to 14.
Slovakia: 13 to 14.
Ireland: 11 to 13.
Croatia: 11 to 12.
Estonia: 6 to 7.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament#Changes_in_membership

Has anyone worked out which parties/blocs will get new MEPs?

France: 2 Macron, 1 Front National, 1 Socialist, 1 Green
Italy: 1 Lega, 1 Forza Italia and 1 Brothers of Italy
Spain: 1 Vox, 1 PP, 1 PS, 1 Junta for Catalunya, 1 Ciudadanos
Poland: 1 Law and Justice
Romania: 1 Social Democrat
Netherlands: 1 VVD, 1 Green Forum Democracy, 1 Party for Freedom
Sweden: 1 Green
Austria: 1 Green
Denmark: 1 Venstree (Liberals)
Finland: 1 Green
Slovakia: 1 Christian Democratic Movement
Ireland: 1 FF, 1 FG
Croatia: 1 Social Democrat1
Estonia: 1 Isamaa (Christian-democratic)


The MEPs who officially took over today

Alviina ALAMETSÄ (Finnish Greens)

Barry ANDREWS (Fianna Fial)
Deidre CLUNE (Fianna Gael)

Sergio BERLATO (Brothers of Italy)
Salvatore DE MEO (Forza Italia)
Vincenzo SOFO (Northern League)

Ilana CICUREL (Liste Renaissance)
Sandro GOZI (Liste Renaissance)
Claude GRUFFAT (Europe Ecologie)
Jean-Lin LACAPELLE (Rassemblement national)
Nora MEBAREK (Parti Socialiste)

Jakop DALUNDE (Swedish Green)


Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN (VOX)
Gabriel MATO (Partido Popular)
Clara PONSATÍ OBIOLS (Junts per Catalunya - Lliures per Europa)
Marcos ROS SEMPERE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA (Ciudadanos – Partido de la Ciudadanía)

Miriam LEXMANN (Slovakia Christian Democratic Movement)

Victor NEGRESCU (Romania Social Democrats)

Romana JERKOVIĆ (Croatian Social Democrats)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti)

Dominik TARCZYŃSKI (Poland Law and Justice)

Riho TERRAS (Isamaa/Fatherland, Estonia)


Austria and Netherlands have not officially named the in-coming members.

[Admin Twaddleford]

Feb 1, 2020 9:07:37 GMT alien8ted said:

Anyone reckon any staunch remainers will try and run a 'fantasy' European Elections for the UK in 2024?

👽

It will now be possible to create a book: "A Complete History of European Parliamentary elections and referenda in the UK, 1975-2019", perhaps complete with notional results from the FPTP constituencies which existed for the first half of that period. And similar data for the two referenda.

[andrea]

New Committee Chairs to replace departing British MEPs (Chris Davies and Lucy Nethsingha)

Legal Affairs: Adrián Vázquez Lázara(Spain)
Fisheries: Pierre Karleskind (France)

Feb 1, 2020 10:06:58 GMT andrea said:

Austria and Netherlands have not officially named the in-going members.

Dutch new MEPs

Bart GROOTHUIS (VVD)
Marcel de GRAAFF (Party for Freedom)
Dorien ROOKMAKER (elected from Forum for Democracy list but now joined the Groep Otten splinter)

Austrian new MEP

Thomas WAITZ (Greens)

[andrea]

Two changes in the composition of the Parliament since February

Chris MacManus (Sinn Fein) replaced Matt Carthy. Carthy was elected as MP at the recent Irish elections
Manuela Ripa (Germany, Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei) replaced Klaus Buchner. 79 year old Buchner decided to retire (he served also in the 2014-19 term)

[jimmkl]

Sept 8, 2020 19:13:45 GMT @kipper1 said:

The EU Commissioner is a political role. If it were appointing the Director-General the logic would hold. But that isn't done based on nationality. Its (supposed to be) meritocratic. A political appointment isn't.

[andrea]

Some changes in the composition of the Parliament since September

Petra De Sutter (Belgium, Greens) has been apponted to the new Belgian government. She has been replaced as MEP by Sara Matthieu.
Mairead McGuiness (Ireland, Fine Gael) has been named EU commissioner. Colm Markey is supposed to replace her but he has not taken up office yet.
Miriam Dalli (Malta, Labour) has moved to Maltese parliament. She has been repleced by Cyrus Engerer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Engerer

[andrea]

Colm Markey (Fine Gael) has taken up his seat on 20 November.

In early November Clotilde Armand (Romania, Save Romania Union+ Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party joint list) resigned as MEP after beeing elected as mayor of Bucharest Sector 1. She has been repleced by Vlad Gheorghe. Both are from Save Romania Union party.

Cristian Ghinea (Romania, Save Romania Union+ Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party joint list, he is from Save Romania Union) resigned in December after being appointed to Romanian government. He has been replaced by Alin Mituta (Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party)

József Szajer (Hungary, Fidesz ) resigned on January 1st after being caught at an orgy in Bruxelles during the Covid lockdown. He has been replaced by Ernő Schaller-Baross.

January 2021 also saw the resignation of Kris Peeters (Belgium, Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams). He is set to become one of the vice-presidents of the European Investment Bank. No replacement appointed yet.

[Devil Wincarnate]

Jan 14, 2021 23:31:35 GMT andrea said:

January 2021 also saw the resignation of Kris Peeters (Belgium, Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams). He is set to become one of the vice-presidents of the European Investment Bank. No replacement appointed yet.

Peeters has had quite the career. He was made a minister in Flanders before even being elected, and was minister-president within about a year of his first run for office. Then he was a federal minister and a MEP.

[Arthur Figgis]

Jan 15, 2021 0:04:15 GMT Devil Wincarnate said:

Jan 14, 2021 23:31:35 GMT andrea said:

January 2021 also saw the resignation of Kris Peeters (Belgium, Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams). He is set to become one of the vice-presidents of the European Investment Bank. No replacement appointed yet.

Peeters has had quite the career. He was made a minister in Flanders before even being elected, and was minister-president within about a year of his first run for office. Then he was a federal minister and a MEP.

This is Belgium though- elections are largely meaningless.

[maxque]

Jan 14, 2021 23:31:35 GMT andrea said:

Colm Markey (Fine Gael) has taken up his seat on 20 November.

In early November Clotilde Armand (Romania, Save Romania Union+ Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party joint list) resigned as MEP after beeing elected as mayor of Bucharest Sector 1. She has been repleced by Vlad Gheorghe. Both are from Save Romania Union party.

Cristian Ghinea (Romania, Save Romania Union+ Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party joint list, he is from Save Romania Union) resigned in December after being appointed to Romanian government. He has been replaced by Alin Mituta (Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party)

József Szajer (Hungary, Fidesz ) resigned on January 1st after being caught at an orgy in Bruxelles during the Covid lockdown. He has been replaced by Ernő Schaller-Baross.

January 2021 also saw the resignation of Kris Peeters (Belgium, Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams). He is set to become one of the vice-presidents of the European Investment Bank. No replacement appointed yet.

Belgium elects replacements at the same time as MEPs. The first CD&V replacement is Tom Vandenkendelaere, already MEP from 2014 to 2019 as the replacement for Marianne Thiesen, European Commissionner.

[john07]

Feb 1, 2020 2:10:58 GMT AJS said:

The number of French MEPs has just increased from 74 to 79.

Other countries:

Italy: 73 to 76.
Spain: 54 to 59.
Poland: 51 to 52.
Romania: 32 to 33.
Netherlands: 26 to 29.
Sweden: 20 to 21.
Austria: 18 to 19.
Denmark: 13 to 14.
Finland: 13 to 14.
Slovakia: 13 to 14.
Ireland: 11 to 13.
Croatia: 11 to 12.
Estonia: 6 to 7.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament#Changes_in_membership

Don’t Germany qualify for any?

[relique]

Jan 15, 2021 17:28:07 GMT john07 said:

Feb 1, 2020 2:10:58 GMT AJS said:

The number of French MEPs has just increased from 74 to 79.

Other countries:

Italy: 73 to 76.
Spain: 54 to 59.
Poland: 51 to 52.
Romania: 32 to 33.
Netherlands: 26 to 29.
Sweden: 20 to 21.
Austria: 18 to 19.
Denmark: 13 to 14.
Finland: 13 to 14.
Slovakia: 13 to 14.
Ireland: 11 to 13.
Croatia: 11 to 12.
Estonia: 6 to 7.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament#Changes_in_membership

Don’t Germany qualify for any?

They have been capped for quite some time now I believe.

[john07]

Jan 15, 2021 17:42:21 GMT relique said:

Jan 15, 2021 17:28:07 GMT john07 said:

Don’t Germany qualify for any?

They have been capped for quite some time now I believe.

They should kept the East as a second delegation by fudging the reunification process!

The USSR had the Ukraine and Belarus as separate seats in the United Nations in addition to their own seat. I suspect they wanted 15 seats but settled for three.

[Foggy]

Jan 15, 2021 17:57:44 GMT john07 said:

Jan 15, 2021 17:42:21 GMT relique said:

They have been capped for quite some time now I believe.

They should kept the East as a second delegation by fudging the reunification process!

The USSR had the Ukraine and Belarus as separate seats in the United Nations in addition to their own seat. I suspect they wanted 15 seats but settled for three.

AFAIK the East was simply not represented in the European Parliament until 1994. Germany's allocation was reduced in 2019 from 99 to 96 MEPs.

Stephen Harper once promised Québec its own seat on UNESCO but it was not within his gift to, in effect, create a second Canadian delegation.