| ELECTION RESULTS OF THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Follow-up and recent developments |
Please be advised that some political groups have elected their president/chairman, notably:
1. The European People’s Party (EEP) has re-elected Mr. Joseph Daul.
2. The Socialist Group has re-elected Mr. Martin Schulz. The name of the Socialist Group has also been changed into Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
3. The European Free Alliance have elected Mrs. Jill Evans .
4. The Greens have elected a co-chairmanship, notably Mr. Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Mrs. Rebecca Harms.
5. The European United Left/Nordic Green Left group has elected Mr. Lothar Bisky.
Some political groups, such as the Liberals (ALDE) are expected to appoint a chairman or president in the coming days.
Way forward
On 14 July, the newly elected European Parliament will meet for the first time in Plenary in Strasbourg and will elect its new President. However, for the time being, there is no agreement over the next president of the European Parliament.
On 15 July, the European Parliament might vote on the candidacy of Mr. Barroso for a second term at the helm of the European Commission. Mr. Barroso has already received support from the Member States at the European Council meeting of June 2009 but he now needs to be confirmed by a majority vote in the European Parliament. To that end, consultations are ongoing between the leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament. Moreover, the Czech and incoming Swedish Presidency are – reportedly – leading negotiations with the political groups in the European Parliament to see whether there is a majority in the European Parliament ready to support a re-election of Mr. Barroso as Commission President.