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The EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (EU-UK PPA) is an
Two ordinary meetings of the EU-UK PPA are held annually with extraordinary meetings being able to be called if requested by one-third of each delegation. Meetings are hosted in turn by the European Parliament and the UK Parliament.
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inter-parliamentary institution
An inter-parliamentary institution (also known as Inter-parliamentary assembly) is an organization of more than one national legislatures (parliament, assembly, council and other types).
Most of the inter-parliamentary institutions are part of a ...
established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is a free trade agreement signed on 30 December 2020, between the European Union (EU), the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and the United Kingdom (UK). It Provisional application (tr ...
(TCA) to bring together members from the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...
and the European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two 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 ...
. The assembly aims to be a forum for parliamentarians to exchange views on the implementation and operation of the TCA.
Membership
The EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly has 70 members, 35 from the UK Parliament and 35 from the European Parliament. The devolved legislatures within the UK are each able to send two members to meetings of the UK-EU PPA to participate as observers.Chair-in-office
The chair of the UK and EP delegations assume the role of Chair-in-office of the EU-UK PPA on a rotational basis. *Sandro Gozi
Sandro Gozi (Sogliano al Rubicone, 25 March 1968) is an Italian politician, former Undersecretary of State for European Affairs in the Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni governments.
In France, he was advisor for European affairs in the governmen ...
(European Parliament)
*Oliver Heald
Sir Oliver Heald, (born 15 December 1954) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire, formerly North Hertfordshire, from 1992 to 2024.
Early life and ca ...
(United Kingdom)
Bureau
The chairs and vice-chairs of each delegation constitute the six member Bureau of the assembly.https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/250421/RoP%20-%20final%20text%20to%20Bureau.pdf *Sandro Gozi
Sandro Gozi (Sogliano al Rubicone, 25 March 1968) is an Italian politician, former Undersecretary of State for European Affairs in the Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni governments.
In France, he was advisor for European affairs in the governmen ...
(Chair of the European Parliament Delegation)
**Klára Dobrev
Klára Dobrev (born Klara Petrova Dobreva, ; on 2 February 1972) is a Hungarian left-wing politician who served as Vice-President of the European Parliament between July 2019 and January 2022. She is currently the leader of the Democratic Coal ...
(Vice-chair of the European Parliament Delegation)
**Mika Aaltola
Mika Petteri Aaltola (born 2 May 1969) is a Finnish political scientist and a member of the European Parliament. He is a former director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention since the Russian invasion ...
(Vice-chair of the European Parliament Delegation)
*Oliver Heald
Sir Oliver Heald, (born 15 December 1954) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire, formerly North Hertfordshire, from 1992 to 2024.
Early life and ca ...
(Chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)
**Angela Eagle
Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992. Eagle has served as Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum since July 2024.
Eagle ...
(Vice-chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)
**Peter Ricketts
Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, (born 30 September 1952) is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.
Ricketts served as chair of the Joint Intelligence Committe ...
(Vice-chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)
Meetings
Two ordinary meetings of the EU-UK PPA are held annually with extraordinary meetings being able to be called if requested by one-third of each delegation. Meetings are hosted in turn by the European Parliament and the UK Parliament.
See also
*EU–UK Partnership Council
The EU–UK Partnership Council is a Joint Committee established upon provisional application of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.TCA Article 7 (Draft TCA, Article Inst.1), It has several governing tasks within the TCA and supplemen ...
, an intergovernmental body established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
* EU–UK Civil Society Forum, a civic society forum established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
*Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
The Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom, formerly known as Representative of the European Union (specifically the Representative of the European Commission and the Representative of the European Parliament) in London are the d ...
*United Kingdom–European Union relations
Relations between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) are governed, since 1 January 2021, by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
Relations trace back to the f ...
References
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