EP committee Chairs update
1630 update:
Latest news on the EP committee Chairs appears on our ‘Key positions‘ page - with the latest update of the list of committee and delegation Chairs as follows (note that with negotiations ongoing, nothing will be confirmed until the committees hold their constituent meetings on 16 July in Strasbourg and 20 July in Brussels):
Committees:
Foreign affairs (AFET): Mario Mauro (EPP, Italy)
Development (DEVE): Eva Joly (Greens / EFA, France)
International trade: Antonio Correia de Campos (Socialists & Democrats, Portugal)
Budgets (BUDG): Alain Lamassoure (EPP, France)
Budgetary control: Luigi de Magistris (ALDE, Italy)
Economic and monetary affairs (ECON): ALDE, possibly Sharon Bowles (ALDE, UK)
Employment and social affairs (EMPL): Pervenche Beres (Socialists & Democrats, France)
Environment, public health and food safety (ENVI): Jo Leinen (Socialists & Democrats, Germany)
Industry, research and energy: Herbert Reul or Christian Ehler (EPP, Germany)
Internal market and consumer protection (IMCO): Malcolm Harbour (ECR, UK)
Transport and tourism (TRAN): Brian Simpson (Socialists & Democrats, UK)
Regional development: Danuta Hubner (EPP, Poland)
Agriculture (AGRI): Socialists & Democrats, Italy
Fisheries (PECH): EPP
Legal affairs (JURI): Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP, Germany)
Civil liberties (LIBE): Fernando Lopez Aguilar (Socialists & Democrats, Spain)
Constitutional affairs (AFCO): EPP
Women’s rights (FEMM): Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/NGL, Sweden)
Petitions (PETI): ECR, probably Poland
Culture (CULT): Doris Pack (EPP, Germany)
Sub-committees:
Human rights (DROI): Heidi Hautala (Greens / EFA, Finland)
Security and defence (SEDE): EPP
Delegations:
China: Graham Watson (ALDE, UK)
ACP co-chair: Louis Michel (ALDE, Belgium)