The Joint Congress-Senate Committee for the European Union (Spanish: ''Comisión Mixta Congreso-Senado para la Unión Europea'') is a parliamentary committee of the Spanish

Cortes Generales The Cortes Generales (; en, Spanish Parliament, lit=General Courts) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house), and the Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets ...

formed by members of the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

and the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. A natural evolution of the Joint Committee for the European Communities (created in 1985), the Joint Committee for the European Union is devoted to the participation of the Parliament on EU affairs, obtaining information in order to have influence on the stance of the Government. Since its launch, its functions were expanded after the signing of the

Treaty of Lisbon The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by the EU member sta ...

through the Law 24/2009, of 22 December 2009 and the Law 38/2010, of 20 December 2010, modifying the original Law 8/1994.

Presidents

Legislators chairing the committee: ;6th term *

Pedro Solbes Mira Pedro Solbes Mira (born 31 August 1942 in Pinoso, Alicante) is a Spanish economist. He was the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank. Career While independent in the sense of not affiliated to any party, his various ministerial roles in S ...

(10 June 1996 – 15 September 1999) *

Josep Borrell Fontelles Josep Borrell Fontelles (; born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 1 December 2019. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he serve ...

(28 September – 18 January 2000) ;7th term *

(23 May 2000 – 20 January 2004) ;8th term * Ana Palacio Vallelersundi (27 May 2004 – 28 August 2006) * Carlos Aragonés Mendiguchía (7 September 2006 – 15 January 2008) ;9th term *

Miguel Arias Cañete Miguel Arias Cañete (born 24 February 1950) is a Spanish politician who served as European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action in the Juncker Commission from 2014 and 2019. A member of the People's Party, Arias served as Minister for Ag ...

(3 June 2008 – 27 September 2011) ;10th term * Gerardo Camps Devesa (8 February 2012 – 27 October 2015) ;11th term * José Zaragoza Alonso (24 February 2016 – 3 May 2016) ;12th term * María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (16 November 2016 – 5 March 2019) ;13th term * Susana Sumelzo Jordán (since 30 July 2019)

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* {{authority control Joint committees (legislatures) Cortes Generales Spain and the European Union