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

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...

. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

European Parliament Minutes (Proceedings of the Sitting)
on th
European Parliament website
/ref> following the

2004 elections 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

and ended after the 2009 elections.

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 heal ...

presides as oldest member. ** Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament. * 22 July 2004 ** Parliament approves

José Manuel Barroso José Manuel Durão Barroso (; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and university teacher, currently serving as non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International. He previously served as the 11th president of the European Commis ...

President of the European Commission The president of the European Commission is the head of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU). The President of the Commission leads a Cabinet of Commissioners, referred to as the College, collectively account ...

. * 27 September to 11 October 2004 ** Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners. ** Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács,

Neelie Kroes Neelie Kroes (; born 19 July 1941) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 November 2014. Kroes studied Economics at ...

Mariann Fischer-Boel Mariann Fischer Boel (; born 15 April 1943, in Åsum) is a Danish politician, serving as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2004 to 2009. A member of the party Venstre, she had previously been minister of agr ...

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, resulted ...

. ** Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by

Andris Piebalgs Andris Piebalgs (born 17 September 1957) is a Latvian politician and diplomat who served as European Commissioner for Development at the European Commission from 2010 until 2014. Between 2004 and 2009 he served as Commissioner for Energy. Betw ...

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 Un ...

is approved by Parliament. * 22 November 2004 ** Barroso Commission takes office. * 12 December 2006 ** Parliament approves Meglena Kuneva and Leonard Orban as new European Commissioners for

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

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 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.

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
{{Europarl 6