Decision on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations

2024/2717(RSO)

The European Parliament decided to set as follows the numerical strength of the following interparliamentary delegations:

(1) Europe, Western Balkans and Türkiye

- Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee: 13 Members,

- Delegation to the EU-Türkiye 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: 18 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, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association

Parliamentary Committee: 13 Members,

- Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly: 35 Members.

(2) 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.

(3) 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: 19 Members.

(4) The Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran

Delegations for relations with:

- the Arab Peninsula: 16 Members,

- Iraq, including the EU-Iraq Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: 8 Members,

- Iran: 11 Members.

(5) The Americas

Delegations for relations with:

- the United States: 64 Members,

- Canada: 18 Members,

- the Federative Republic of Brazil: 14 Members,

- the countries of Central America, including the EU-Central America Parliamentary Association Committee: 15 Members,

- the countries of the Andean Community: 13 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.

(6) Asia/Pacific

Delegations for relations with:

- Japan: 24 Members,

- the People’s Republic of China: 38 Members,

- India: 24 Members,

- Afghanistan: 8 Members,

- the countries of South Asia: 15 Members,

- the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 27 Members,

- the Korean Peninsula: 13 Members,

- Australia and New Zealand: 12 Members,

- Delegation for relations with Central Asia: 19 Members.

(7) Africa

Delegations for relations with:

- South Africa: 16 Members,

- the Pan-African Parliament: 12 Members.

(8) Multilateral assemblies

- Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: 78 Members,

- Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly: 48 Members,

- Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly: 15 Members,

- Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly: 15 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 recalled that only official delegations, duly authorised by the Conference of Presidents, are permitted to carry out activities on behalf of the European Parliament and to represent its position.