EP committee chairs

Final votes to appoint chairs and vice-chairs of European Parliament committees were held today. Results were largely as anticipated, with the exception of the non-election of Marta Andreasen as vice-chair of the budget control committee - a candidacy that the Greens/EFA Group had not opposed. Following the result Ms. Andreasen proposed Belgian Green MEP Bart Staes as an alternative candidate for the vice-chair position, a suggestion supported unanimously by the committee.  

Greens/EFA Group members have been appointed to the following European Parliament committee positions:

Chairs:

Development
Eva Joly (France)

Human rights
Heidi Hautala (Finland)

Vice-chairs:

Agriculture and Rural Development
José Bové (France)

Budget control
Bart Staes (Belgium)

Culture and Education
Helga Truepel (Germany)

Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Carl Schlyter (Sweden)

Employment and Social Affairs
Elisabeth Schroedter (Germany)

International trade
Yannick Jadot (France)

Regional development
Michalis Tremopoulos (Greece)