In the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

, the quaestors are elected to oversee administrative and financial matters directly affecting

members Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...

(MEPs) as well as other duties assigned to them by the Parliament's Rules of Procedure or the

Bureau of the European Parliament The Bureau of the European Parliament is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. It is composed of the President of the European Parliament along with all 14 Vice-Presidents and the five Quaestors (in ...

. Five quaestors are elected among the MEPs for two and a half year-terms, i.e. half a parliamentary term.

Election

Quaestors are elected after the

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

and

Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament. Role Vice-presidents are members of the Bureau and chair the plenary when the president is not i ...

. Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure dictates that quaestors are elected by the same procedure as the Vice-Presidents, meaning that one or more single ballots are held until all five seats have been filled via either

absolute majority A supermajority, supra-majority, qualified majority, or special majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority ru ...

(first two ballots) or

relative majority A plurality vote (in American English) or relative majority (in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth) describes the circumstance when a party, candidate, or proposition polls more votes than any other but does not receive more than half of all vote ...

(3rd ballot). If the number of candidates does not exceed five, the quaestors are elected by

acclamation An acclamation is a form of election that does not use a ballot. It derives from the ancient Roman word ''acclamatio'', a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval towards imperial officials in certain social contexts. Voting Voice vot ...

unless a ballot is requested by members or one or more political groups totaling at least one-fifth of the members.Rule 15(1)(3) read together with Rule 179(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure (9th parliamentary term) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RULES-9-2019-07-02-RULE-015_EN.html

Election

List of quaestors

9th Parliament (2019–2024)

8th Parliament (2014–2019)

7th Parliament (2009–2014)

6th Parliament (2004–2009)

Footnotes