The European Parliament will have 48 interparliamentary delegations in this legislative term – four more than in the 2019-2024 legislature. The political groups and non-attached Members decide internally which MEPs sit on each delegation. The full list of members sitting on each delegation is available here and will also be added to the plenary minutes. The announcement was made in plenary on Thursday, following a vote on Wednesday (adopted with a show of hands) to correct the numerical composition of the delegations, replacing the July 2024 decision.

The process to establish Parliament’s delegations is set out in Rule 229 of its Rules of Procedure, which states that the composition of the delegations must ensure as far as possible that member states, political views, and gender are fairly represented, while no delegation may have more than one third of its MEPs coming from the same country.

Background

Interparliamentary delegations maintain relations and exchange information…