Sixth European Parliament

6th European Parliament
20 July 2004 – 30 July 2009
President (1st ½)	Josep Borrell
President (2nd ½)	Hans-Gert Poettering
Commission	Barroso
Political groups	EPP-ED PES ALDE Greens-EFA EUL-NGL ID UEN ITS NI
MEPs	732 (2004–2006) 785 (2007–2009)
Elections	June 2004 (Union) May 2007 (Bulgaria) November 2007 (Romania)
Governing treaty	Nice[nb 1]
← Fifth Seventh →

European Union

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the European Union

Executive Juncker Commission President Juncker (EPP) Vice Presidents College Civil Service Secretary-General Day

Legislature Parliament President Schulz (S&D) Largest groups; EPP (Manfred Weber) S&D (Gianni Pittella) 8th session (2014-19) 751 MEPs Bureau Vice Presidents Quaestor Conference Legislative procedure EU Council Luxembourgish Presidency Configurations General Foreign Justice and Home Economic Euro Legislative procedure Voting Secretariat Secretary-General Uwe Corsepius Directorates-general COREPER

European Council President Tusk (EPP) Parties List of meetings

Judiciary Court of Justice Members Rulings General Court Civil Service Tribunal

Central Bank President Draghi ESCB Euro EMU Eurozone

Court of Auditors Budget OLAF

Other bodies Agencies Investment Bank CoR EESC Ombudsman National parliaments

Policies and issues Foreign relations High Representative Federica Mogherini Ext. Action Service Foreign Policy Defence Policy Customs Union Enlargement Budget Four Freedoms Economic Area Area of FS&J Schengen Area Policies Agricultural Energy Fisheries Regional Citizenship Identity Pro-Europeanism Euroscepticism Integration Supranationalism Federalism United States of Europe Multi-speed Opt-outs Enhanced co-op Withdrawal

Elections 1979, 1984, 1989 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 2014 (last election) Political parties Constituencies Referendums

Law Acquis Primacy Subsidiarity Treaties Fundamental Rights Membership

The Sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in Strasbourg^[1] following the 2004 elections 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 presides as oldest member.
  • Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament.
• 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.
  • Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled.
• 18 November 2004
  • The Barroso Commission 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 and Bulgaria.
• 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

Term	President (or candidate)	Group		State	Votes
20 July 2004– 14 January 2007	Josep Borrell		PES	Spain	388
	Bronisław Geremek		ALDE	Poland	208
	Francis Wurtz		EUL/NGL	France	51
15 January 2007– 14 July 2009[2]	Hans-Gert Pöttering		EPP-ED	Germany	450
	Monica Frassoni		G/EFA	Italy	145
	Francis Wurtz		EUL/NGL	France	48
	Jens-Peter Bonde		IND/DEM	Denmark	46

Vice-Presidents

Quaestors

Chairs of the political groups

Membership

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

Groups

Apportionment

State	Seats		State	Seats
Germany	99		France	78
United Kingdom	78		Italy	78
Spain	54		Poland	54
Romania[nb 9]	35		Netherlands	27
Greece	24		Portugal	24
Belgium	24		Czech Republic	24
Hungary	24		Sweden	19
Austria	18		Bulgaria[nb 9]	18
Denmark	14		Slovakia	14
Finland	14		Ireland	13
Lithuania	13		Latvia	9
Slovenia	7		Estonia	6
Cyprus	6		Luxembourg	6
Malta	5		Total[nb 9]	732 / 785

Secretariat

See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

1. ↑ The Treaties of Rome and Treaty of Maastricht as amended by the Treaty of Nice and all preceding amending treaties.
2. ↑ Created 15 January 2007, disbanded 14 November 2007
3. ↑ Independents, not a group
4. ↑ Tuesday 20 July 2004: first day of the constitutive session of the Sixth European Parliament. By Friday 23 July 2004, the composition had changed slightly.
5. ↑ Composition of 15 January 2007 following the creation of ITS
6. ↑ Following Bulgarian and Romanian elections
7. ↑ Before 2009 election
8. ↑ Four Lega Nord MEPs arrived on 20 July 2004, sat with the Non-Inscrits for one day, then sat with IND/DEM on 21 July 2004, bringing the number of IND/DEM MEPs up to 37. Consequently, "37" is sometimes given as the number of IND/DEM MEPs on 20 July 2004.
9. 1 2 3 Bulgaria and Romania joined on 1 January 2007. Prior to 2007 there were 732 seats, following enlargement the Romanian and Bulgarian seats were added bringing it to 785.

References

External links

• European Parliament
• Explanation of codecision
• European Parliament positions
• European Parliament and European Council common positions
• European Parliament Conciliation Committee Joint texts

European Parliament Organisation Bureau Committees and Delegations Conference MEPs President (Martin Schulz) Quaestor Rapporteur Secretariat Vice Presidents Politics COSAC (National parliaments) Groups Parties Reform working group Elections 1979 (session / members) 1984 (session / members) 1989 (session / members) 1994 (session / members) 1999 (session / members) 2004 (session / members) 2009 (session / members) 2014 (session / members) Apportionment Constituencies Intergroups Crocodile Club Spinelli Group Paneuropean Working Group Intergroup on long term investment and reindustrialisation Seats Strasbourg (Buildings) Brussels (Buildings Esplanade) Luxembourg buildings History Assizes Budget controversy Buttiglione controversy European Convention Joint parliamentary meeting Prizes Charlemagne Youth Prize European Citizens' Prize Sakharov Prize Lux Prize Other Europa InSitu EuroparlTV Model European Communities Project Model European Parliament State of the Union European Union Portal Brussels Portal