The European Parliament adopted a decision on the numerical strength of interparliamentary delegations.
It decided to set as follows the numerical strength of the following interparliamentary delegations:
Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey
Delegations to the:
- EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee: 13 Members,
- EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: 25 Members,
- Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: 17 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: 15 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: 14 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: 14 Members,
- Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo: 13 Members.
Russia and the Eastern Partnership states
- Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: 31 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee: 16 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee: 14 Members,
- Delegation for relations with Belarus: 12 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee: 18 Members.
Maghreb, Mashreq, Israel and Palestine
Delegations for relations with:
- Israel: 18 Members,
- Palestine: 18 Members,
- the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees: 18 Members,
- the Mashreq countries: 18 Members.
The Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran
Delegations for relations with:
- the Arab Peninsula: 15 Members,
- Iraq: 7 Members,
- Iran: 11 Members.
The Americas
Delegations for relations with:
- the United States: 63 Members,
- Canada: 16 Members,
- the Federative Republic of Brazil: 14 Members,
- the countries of Central America: 15 Members,
- the countries of the Andean Community: 12 Members,
- Mercosur: 19 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: 14 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: 15 Members,
- Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee: 15 Members.
Asia/Pacific
Delegations for relations with:
- Japan: 24 Members,
- the People’s Republic of China: 37 Members,
- India: 23 Members,
- Afghanistan: 7 Members,
- the countries of South Asia: 15 Members,
- the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 26 Members,
- the Korean Peninsula: 12 Members,
- Australia and New Zealand: 12 Members,
- Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia: 19 Members.
Africa
Delegations for relations with:
- South Africa: 15 Members,
- the Pan-African Parliament: 12 Members.
Multilateral assemblies
- Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: 78 Members,
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: 49 Members,
- Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: 75 Members,
- Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: 60 Members,
- Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: 10 Members.
Parliament decided that the delegation bureaux may consist of up to two vice-chairs.