European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensioners, professional and vocational training, the European Social Fund, and employment discrimination law. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 55 members. Since July 2024, it is chaired by Li Andersson from Finland.

Members

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As of 13 April 2022, the 55 members of the committee are:[1]

Member Group (Party) State
Dragoș Pîslaru (Chair) RE (PLUS) Romania
Marc Angel (Vice-Chair) S&D (LSAP) Luxembourg
Leïla Chaibi (Vice-Chair) GUE/NGL (LFI) France
Romana Tomc (Vice-Chair) EPP (SDS) Slovenia
Katrin Langensiepen (Vice-Chair) G/EFA (GRÜNE) Germany
Atidzhe Alieva-Veli RE (DPS) Bulgaria
Dominique Bilde ID (RN) France
Gabriele Bischoff S&D (SPD) Germany
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė S&D (LSDP) Lithuania
Milan Brglez S&D (SD) Slovenia
Sylvie Brunet RE (MoDem) France
Jordi Cañas Pérez RE (Cs) Spain
David Casa EPP (PN) Malta
Margarita de la Pisa Carrión ECR (Vox) Spain
Ilan de Basso S&D (S) Sweden
Özlem Demirel GUE/NGL (LINKE) Germany
Klára Dobrev S&D (DK) Hungary
Jarosław Duda EPP (PO) Poland
Estrella Durá Ferrandis S&D (PSOE) Spain
Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová RE (Ind) Slovakia
Rosa Estaràs EPP (PP) Spain
Nicolaus Fest ID AfD) Germany
Loukas Fourlas EPP (DISY) Cyprus
Cindy Franssen EPP (CD&V) Belgium
Helmut Geuking EPP (FAMILIE) Germany
Elisabetta Gualmini S&D (PD) Italy
Alicia Homs Ginel S&D (PSOE) Spain
France Jamet ID (RN) France
Agnes Jongerius S&D (PvdA) Netherlands
Radan Kanev EPP (DSB) Bulgaria
Ádám Kósa NI (Fidesz) Hungary
Stelios Kympouropoulos EPP (ND) Greece
Miriam Lexmann EPP (KDH) Slovakia
Elena Lizzi ID (Lega) Italy
Sara Matthieu G/EFA (Groen) Belgium
Giuseppe Milazzo ECR (FdI) Italy
Sandra Pereira GUE/NGL (PCP) Portugal
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen G/EFA (SF) Denmark
Manuel Pizarro S&D (PS) Portugal
Dennis Radtke EPP (CDU) Germany
Elżbieta Rafalska ECR (PiS) Poland
Guido Reil ID (AfD) Germany
Daniela Rondinelli NI (M5S) Italy
Mounir Satouri G/EFA (EELV) France
Monica Semedo RE (Ind) Luxembourg
Michal Šimečka RE (PS) Slovakia
Beata Szydło ECR (PiS) Poland
Cristian Terheș ECR (PNȚ-CD) Romania
Eugen Tomac EPP (PMP) Romania
Marie-Pierre Vedrenne RE (MoDem) France
Nikolaj Villumsen GUE/NGL (EL) Denmark
Marianne Vind S&D (A) Denmark
Maria Walsh EPP (FG) Ireland
Stefania Zambelli ID (Lega) Italy
Tomáš Zdechovský EPP (KDU-ČSL) Czech Republic

Chairpersons

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Chairperson Term start Term end Group State
  Pervenche Berès 16 July 2009 30 June 2014 S&D France
  Thomas Händel 7 July 2014 30 June 2019 GUE/NGL Germany
  Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová 18 July 2019 18 June 2021 ECR Slovakia
18 June 2021 24 January 2022 RE
  Dragoș Pîslaru 24 January 2022 23 July 2024 RE Romania
  Li Andersson 23 July 2024 Incumbent GUE/NGL Finland

References

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  1. ^ "Members". European Parliament. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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