Seventh European Parliament
The seventh European Parliament was elected in the 2009 elections and lasted until the 2014 elections.
Major events
- 4–7 June 2009
- * Elections to the Seventh Parliament.
- 14 July 2009
- * First meeting of the Seventh Parliament.
- * Jerzy Buzek is elected as President of the European Parliament.
- * Vice-presidents elections.
- 17 January 2012
- * Martin Schulz is elected as President of the European Parliament.
Activity
Major resolutions and positions
| Resolution/position number | Procedure number | Notes |
Committees
Summary
Temporary committees
Committees of enquiry
Delegations
| Type | Number | Sources |
| Europe delegations | ||
| Non-Europe delegations | ||
| Ad-hoc delegations |
Political groups
Members in groups by country
Leadership
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
Quaestors
Membership
After the 2009 election, the members formed seven groups with around 26 independent members, mainly from the far right which failed to unify into a political group. With the Treaty of Lisbon not in force in time for the elections, the national distribution followed the rules of the Treaty of Nice which necessitated a reduction to 736 members. Extra members will join the chamber if Lisbon comes into force.The seventh parliament ended with a total of 766 MEPs and was slimmed down to 751 at the start of the eight parliament.
For the seventh parliament, the number of women increased from 31% to 35% with increases in most countries. The largest percentage was in Sweden, with 56% of MEPs women, followed by Estonia with 50%. The lowest was Malta with no women members at all, followed by the Czech Republic with 18%, down from 21%.
From inauguration, the youngest member was Emilie Turunen of Denmark and the oldest member was Ciriaco de Mita of Italy. Usually the oldest member would preside over the chamber for the election of the Parliament's President. However, with concern that the far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen would be the oldest member the rules were changed to give this role to the outgoing President.
;Groups
Edward McMillan-Scott was expelled from the Conservative Party on 15 September 2009;
Nikki Sinclaire was expelled from the UK Independence Party on 4 March 2010.
Edward McMillan-Scott joined Liberal Democrats on 12 March 2010.
Mike Nattrass left UK Independence Party on 23 June 2010.
;Apportionment
| State | Seats | State | Seats | |
| Germany | 99 | France | 72 | |
| UK | 72 | Italy | 72 | |
| Spain | 50 | Poland | 50 | |
| Romania | 33 | Netherlands | 25 | |
| Greece | 22 | Portugal | 22 | |
| Belgium | 22 | Czech Republic | 22 | |
| Hungary | 22 | Sweden | 18 | |
| Austria | 17 | Bulgaria | 17 | |
| Denmark | 13 | Slovakia | 13 | |
| Finland | 13 | Ireland | 12 | |
| Lithuania | 12 | Latvia | 8 | |
| Slovenia | 7 | Estonia | 6 | |
| Cyprus | 6 | Luxembourg | 6 | |
| Malta | 5 | Total | 736 |
Secretariat
| Office | Post | Name | Source |
| Office of the Secretary-General | Secretary-General of the European Parliament |  Klaus Welle | |
| Legal Service | Jurisconsult of the European Parliament |  Christian Pennera | |
| Directorate-General for the Presidency | Director-General |  Francesca Ratti | |
| Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union | Director-General | Riccardo Ribera d'Alcala | |
| Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union | Director-General |  Luis Marco Aguiriano Nalda | |
| Directorate-General for Communication | Director-General |  Juana Lahousse-Juarez | |
| Directorate-General for Personnel | Director-General | Yves Quittin | |
| Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics | Director-General |  Constantin Stratigakis | |
| Directorate-General for Translation | Director-General | ? | |
| Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences | Director-General | ? | |
| Directorate-General for Finance | Director-General | ? |