14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament elected
2 Jul 2014 11:20 AM
On Tuesday afternoon,
all 14 European Parliament Vice-Presidents were elected in three rounds of
voting. Six Vice-Presidents were elected in the first ballot, three in the
second and the remaining five by a relative majority in the
third.
The list of new Vice-Presidents
in the order as elected:
|
Antonio TAJANI (EPP,
IT)
|
452 votes,
1st round
|
|
Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP,
IE)
|
441 votes,
1st round
|
|
Rainer WIELAND (EPP,
DE)
|
437 votes,
1st round
|
|
Ramón Luis
VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES)
|
406 votes,
1st round
|
|
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
(EPP, HU)
|
400 votes,
1st round
|
|
Adina Ioana VALEAN (EPP,
RO)
|
394 votes,
1st round
|
|
Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D,
FR)
|
406 votes,
2nd round
|
|
Corina CREŢU (S&D,
RO)
|
406 votes,
2nd round
|
|
David SASSOLI (S&D,
IT)
|
394 votes,
2nd round
|
|
Olli REHN (ALDE,
FI)
|
377 votes,
3rd round
|
|
Alexander GRAF LAMBSDORFF (ALDE,
DE)
|
365 votes,
3rd round
|
|
Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA,
AT)
|
319 votes,
3rd round
|
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Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS (GUE/NGL,
EL)
|
302 votes,
3rd round
|
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Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR,
PL)
|
284 votes,
3rd round
|
First ballot
result
Votes cast: 729
Blank or invalid votes:
12
Valid votes cast:
717
Absolute majority of votes cast
required to be elected: 359
Six Vice-Presidents elected in
the first ballot:
|
Antonio TAJANI (EPP,
IT)
|
452 votes
|
|
Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP,
IE)
|
441 votes
|
|
Rainer WIELAND (EPP,
DE)
|
437 votes
|
|
Ramón Luis
VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES)
|
406 votes
|
|
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
(EPP, HU)
|
400 votes
|
|
Adina Ioana VALEAN (EPP,
RO)
|
394 votes
|
Second ballot
result
Votes cast: 704
Blank or invalid votes:
13
Valid votes cast:
691
Absolute majority of votes cast
required to be elected: 346
Three Vice-Presidents were
elected by an absolute majority in in the second ballot:
|
Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D,
FR)
|
406 votes
|
|
Corina CREŢU (S&D,
RO)
|
406 votes
|
|
David SASSOLI (S&D,
IT)
|
394 votes
|
Third ballot
result
Votes cast: 706
Blank or invalid votes:
16
Valid votes cast:
690
Five Vice-Presidents were
elected in the third ballot, which required a relative
majority:
|
Olli REHN (ALDE,
FI)
|
377 votes
|
|
Alexander GRAF LAMBSDORFF (ALDE,
DE)
|
365 votes
|
|
Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA,
AT)
|
319 votes
|
|
Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS (GUE/NGL,
EL)
|
302 votes
|
|
Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR,
PL)
|
284 votes
|
Role of
Vice-Presidents
Vice-Presidents can replace the
President in performing his duties when necessary, including chairing plenary
sittings. They are also members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau
is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament’s
preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational
matters.