The sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected

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 ...

. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in StrasbourgEuropean Parliament Minutes (Proceedings of the Sitting)
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2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...

Major events

* 10–13 June 2004 ** Elections to the Sixth Parliament. * 20 July 2004 ** First meeting (constitutive session) of the Sixth Parliament. **

Giovanni Berlinguer Giovanni Berlinguer (; 9 July 1924 – 6 April 2015) was an Italian politician, humanist and professor of social medicine. Life and career He was born in Sassari, Sardinia, the son of Mario Berlinguer. A physician and professor of public health ...

presides as oldest member. **

Josep Borrell 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 served ...

is elected as

President of the European Parliament 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 f ...

. * 22 July 2004 ** Parliament approves José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission. * 27 September to 11 October 2004 ** Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners. ** Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and

Rocco Buttiglione Rocco Buttiglione (; born 6 June 1948) is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic. Buttiglione's nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil liberties, result ...

. ** Buttiglione is replaced by

Franco Frattini Franco Frattini (14 March 1957 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian politician and magistrate. From January to December 2022, Frattini served as president of the Council of State. Frattini previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...

, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled. * 18 November 2004 ** The

Barroso Commission The Barroso Commission was the European Commission in office from 22 November 2004 until 31 October 2014. Its president was José Manuel Barroso, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Uni ...

is approved by Parliament. * 22 November 2004 ** Barroso Commission takes office. * 12 December 2006 ** Parliament approves

Meglena Kuneva Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva ( bg, Меглена Щилиянова Кунева; born 22 June 1957) is a Bulgarian and EU politician. Biography Born in Sofia, Kuneva is descended from a Catholic family from the town of Rakovski. She graduat ...

and

Leonard Orban Leonard Orban (born 28 June 1961) is a Romanian independent technocrat who served as the Commissioner for Multilingualism in the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU). He was responsible for the EU language policy ...

as new European Commissioners for

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

and

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. * 1 January 2007 ** Accession of Romania and Bulgaria, their observers in Parliament become full MEPs. * 15 January 2007 **

Hans-Gert Pöttering Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945) is a German lawyer, historian and conservative politician ( CDU, European People's Party), who served as President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009 and as Chairman of the C ...

is elected President of the European Parliament. * 20 May 2007 ** Election of Bulgarian MEPs. * 25 November 2007 ** Election of Romanian MEPs. * 20 February 2008 ** Parliament approves the

Lisbon Treaty 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 ...

Activity

Major resolutions and positions

Committees

Summary

Temporary committees

Committees of enquiry

Delegations

Political groups

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

Leadership

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

Quaestors

Chairs of the political groups

Membership

:''See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list.'' ;

Groups A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...

; Apportionment

Secretariat

Notes

References

External links

European ParliamentExplanation of codecisionEuropean Parliament positionsEuropean Parliament and European Council common positionsEuropean Parliament Conciliation Committee Joint texts
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