The seventh European Parliament was elected in the

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and lasted until the

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Major events

* 4–7 June 2009 ** Elections to the Seventh Parliament. * 14 July 2009 ** First meeting (constitutive session) of the Seventh Parliament. **

Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he served as Pre ...

is elected as

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. ** Vice-presidents elections. * 17 January 2012 **

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is elected as

Activity

Major resolutions and positions

Committees

Summary

Temporary committees

Committees of enquiry

Delegations

Political groups

:''See membership below for details of size''

Members in groups by country

Leadership

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

Quaestors

Membership

After the 2009 election, the members formed seven groups with around 26 independent members, mainly from the far right which failed to unify into a political group. With the

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not in force in time for the elections, the national distribution followed the rules of the

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which necessitated a reduction to 736 members. Extra members will join the chamber if Lisbon comes into force. The seventh parliament ended with a total of 766 MEPs (including Croatia) and was slimmed down to 751 at the start of the eight parliament. For the seventh parliament, the number of women increased from 31% to 35% (the highest to date, from 16% in 1979) with increases in most countries. The largest percentage was in Sweden, with 56% of MEPs women, followed by Estonia with 50%. The lowest was Malta with no women members at all, followed by the Czech Republic with 18%, down from 21%. From inauguration, the youngest member was Emilie Turunen of Denmark (born in 1984 making her 25) and the oldest member was

Ciriaco de Mita Luigi Ciriaco De Mita (; 2 February 1928 – 26 May 2022) was an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 1988 to July 1989. A member of the Christian Democracy (DC), De Mita served as its secretary and leader from Ma ...

of Italy (born 1928 making him 81). Usually the oldest member would preside over the chamber for the election of the Parliament's president. However, with concern that the far-right

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015. Le Pen graduated fro ...

would be the oldest member (rather than De Mita) the rules were changed to give this role to the outgoing President. ;

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Edward McMillan-Scott was expelled from the

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on 15 September 2009;

Nikki Sinclaire Nicole Sinclaire (born 26 July 1968) is a British politician and former leader of the We Demand a Referendum Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 2009 to 2014. She was elected MEP in June 2009, as ...

was expelled from the

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on 4 March 2010.
Edward McMillan-Scott joined Liberal Democrats on 12 March 2010.

Mike Nattrass Michael Henry Nattrass FRICS (born 14 December 1945) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands constituency, from 2004 to 2014. He was elected as a candidate for the UK Independence ...

left

on 23 June 2010. ;

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Secretariat

Notes

References

External links

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