Election of New Vice-Presidents
The 14 new Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament were elected on 3rd July for a two and a half year mandate. Members of 6 political groups and 10 Member States, the 14 Vice-Presidents are: Mairead McGuinness (EPP, Irland), Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D, Portugal), Rainer Wieland (EPP, Germany), Katarina Barley (S&D, Germany), Othmar Karas (EPP, Austria), Ewa Bozena Kopacz (EPP, Poland), Klara Dobrev (S&D, Hungary), Dita Charanzova (Renew Europe, Czech Republic), Nicola Beer (Renew Europe, Germany), Livia Jaroka (EPP, Hungary), Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, Finland), Marcel Kolaja (Greens/EFA, Czech Republic), Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL, Greece) and Fabio Massimo Castaldo (NI, Italy).