European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a standing committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for energy policy, industrial policy, research and innovation, telecommunications, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, space policy and measures affecting small and medium-sized enterprises. With 90 seats during the tenth parliamentary term, it is one of Parliament's two largest committees. The official membership page currently lists 89 full members.

Responsibilities

ITRE is responsible for the European Union's industrial, energy, research and technology policies. Its work covers energy security and infrastructure, the internal energy market, renewable energy, energy efficiency, industrial competitiveness, digital connectivity, research programmes and the Union's space activities.

Its remit includes:

industrial policy, competitiveness and the technological transformation of European industry; measures affecting small and medium-sized enterprises; the Union's energy policy, including security of supply, energy efficiency and renewable energy; the functioning and interconnection of electricity and gas networks; nuclear-energy matters governed by the Euratom Treaty, including nuclear safeguards and waste; research and innovation policy, including Horizon Europe; the activities of the Joint Research Centre; telecommunications, electronic communications and digital infrastructure; cybersecurity within its areas of competence; the digital economy, data infrastructure and emerging technologies; the Union's space policy, including Galileo, Copernicus and relations with the European Space Agency; and relevant EU agencies and public–private partnerships.

Energy policy

ITRE is Parliament's lead committee for legislation on the internal energy market, renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy infrastructure and security of supply. It has played a central role in measures connected with the European Green Deal, the decarbonisation of the energy system and the reduction of dependence on imported fossil fuels.

Its legislative work includes rules on electricity-market design, energy-performance standards for buildings, renewable-energy targets, energy efficiency, methane emissions, hydrogen markets and cross-border energy networks. The committee also follows the implementation of the REPowerEU plan and the development of energy-storage and grid technologies.

Industry, research and innovation

The committee deals with policies intended to strengthen the competitiveness, resilience and technological capacity of European industry. These include the development of clean technologies, strategic supply chains, access to critical raw materials, industrial decarbonisation and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.

ITRE is also responsible for Parliament's work on the Union's research framework programmes, including Horizon Europe, and for scrutiny of the Joint Research Centre. Its research remit covers scientific cooperation, innovation, technology transfer and the development of research infrastructure.

Digital and space policy

ITRE legislates on telecommunications networks, electronic communications, connectivity, digital infrastructure and cybersecurity in areas falling within its competence. The committee has considered legislation on roaming, broadband deployment, spectrum policy, network security and the regulation of telecommunications markets.

The committee also coordinates Parliament's work on European space policy. It follows the Union Space Programme, satellite-navigation and Earth-observation systems and relations with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and the European Space Agency.

Chairs

The following table lists the chairs of the committee since 2009.

Name Political group Member state Took office Left office Herbert Reul EPP Germany 2009 2012 Amalia Sartori EPP Italy 2012 2014 Jerzy Buzek EPP Poland 2014 2019 Adina-Ioana Vălean EPP Romania July 2019 November 2019 Cristian Bușoi EPP Romania 2019 2024 Borys Budka EPP Poland 2024 Incumbent

Members

10th Parliament, 2024–2029

The committee has 90 seats; the official membership page currently lists 89 full members. Its composition is shown below, with the chair and vice-chairs indicated in italics.

European People's Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats European Conservatives and Reformists Renew Europe Borys Budka, Poland, Chair Wouter Beke, Belgium Hildegard Bentele, Germany Pilar del Castillo Vera, Spain Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Spain Christian Ehler, Germany Jan Farský, Czechia Niels Flemming Hansen, Denmark Adam Jarubas, Poland Seán Kelly, Ireland Willemien Koning, Netherlands Eszter Lakos, Hungary Fulvio Martusciello, Italy Eva Maydell, Bulgaria Letizia Moratti, Italy Angelika Niebler, Germany Mirosława Nykiel, Poland Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Romania Jüri Ratas, Estonia Aura Salla, Finland Paulius Saudargas, Lithuania Matej Tonin, Slovenia Andrea Wechsler, Germany Angelika Winzig, Austria Tsvetelina Penkova, Bulgaria, Vice-Chair Giorgio Gori, Italy, Vice-Chair Annalisa Corrado, Italy Matthias Ecke, Germany Sofie Eriksson, Sweden Niels Fuglsang, Denmark Lina Gálvez, Spain Jens Geier, Germany Bruno Gonçalves, Portugal Nicolás González Casares, Spain Eero Heinäluoma, Finland Giannis Maniatis, Greece Dan Nica, Romania Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, France Elena Sancho Murillo, Spain Bruno Tobback, Belgium Nicola Zingaretti, Italy Elena Donazzan, Italy, Vice-Chair Ondřej Krutílek, Czechia Daniel Obajtek, Poland Nicola Procaccini, Italy Diego Solier, Spain Beata Szydło, Poland Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Romania Kris Van Dijck, Belgium Mariateresa Vivaldini, Italy Anna Zalewska, Poland Yvan Verougstraete, Belgium, Vice-Chair Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Spain João Cotrim de Figueiredo, Portugal Sigrid Friis, Denmark Bart Groothuis, Netherlands Christophe Grudler, France Ivars Ijabs, Latvia Michał Kobosko, Poland Morten Løkkegaard, Denmark Anna Stürgkh, Austria Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations Majbritt Birkholm, Denmark Paolo Borchia, Italy András Gyürk, Hungary Ondřej Knotek, Czechia Jana Nagyová, Czechia Aleksandar Nikolic, France Aldo Patriciello, Italy Julie Rechagneux, France Isabella Tovaglieri, Italy Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Poland Auke Zijlstra, Netherlands Michael Bloss, Germany Alexandra Geese, Germany Isabella Lövin, Sweden Sara Matthieu, Belgium Ville Niinistö, Finland Benedetta Scuderi, Italy Nicolae Ștefănuță, Romania Rudi Kennes, Belgium Marina Mesure, France Nikos Pappas, Greece Jussi Saramo, Finland Anthony Smith, France Dario Tamburrano, Italy Markus Buchheit, Germany Sarah Knafo, France Marcin Sypniewski, Poland Non-Inscrits Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă, Romania

Substitute members

The committee's substitute members are listed below.

European People's Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats European Conservatives and Reformists Renew Europe François-Xavier Bellamy, France Stefan Berger, Germany Zala Tomašič, Slovenia Paulo Cunha, Portugal Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Poland Jens Gieseke, Germany Michalis Hatzipantelas, Cyprus Krzysztof Hetman, Poland Radan Kanev, Bulgaria Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Spain Ana Miguel Pedro, Portugal Massimiliano Salini, Italy Oliver Schenk, Germany Susana Solís Pérez, Spain Davor Ivo Stier, Croatia Michał Szczerba, Poland Tomas Tobé, Sweden Dimitris Tsiodras, Greece Inese Vaidere, Latvia Adina Vălean, Romania Marion Walsmann, Germany Jörgen Warborn, Sweden Iuliu Winkler, Romania Daniel Attard, Malta Laura Ballarín Cereza, Spain Delara Burkhardt, Germany Mohammed Chahim, Netherlands Christophe Clergeau, France Andi Cristea, Romania Sven Mikser, Estonia Csaba Molnár, Hungary Dario Nardella, Italy René Repasi, Germany Günther Sidl, Austria Irene Tinagli, Italy Georgia Tramacere, Italy Adam Bielan, Poland Carlo Ciccioli, Italy Alessandro Ciriani, Italy Pietro Fiocchi, Italy Patryk Jaki, Poland Rihards Kols, Latvia Lara Magoni, Italy Marion Maréchal, France Georgiana Teodorescu, Romania Francesco Torselli, Italy Barry Andrews, Ireland Andreas Glück, Germany Elisabetta Gualmini, Italy Martin Hojsík, Slovakia Katri Kulmuni, Finland Michael McNamara, Ireland Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Germany Brigitte van den Berg, Netherlands Emma Wiesner, Sweden Sophie Wilmès, Belgium Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations Christophe Bay, France Barbara Bonte, Belgium Anna Bryłka, Poland Mélanie Disdier, France Tomáš Kubín, Czechia András László, Hungary Jorge Martín Frías, Spain Georg Mayer, Austria Raffaele Stancanelli, Italy Petra Steger, Austria Pierre-Romain Thionnet, France Damian Boeselager, Germany Markéta Gregorová, Czechia Sergey Lagodinsky, Germany Jutta Paulus, Germany Virginijus Sinkevičius, Lithuania Villy Søvndal, Denmark Marie Toussaint, France Marc Botenga, Belgium Per Clausen, Denmark Hanna Gedin, Sweden Catarina Martins, Portugal João Oliveira, Portugal Gaetano Pedullà, Italy René Aust, Germany Petras Gražulis, Lithuania Petar Volgin, Bulgaria Non-Inscrits Monika Beňová, Slovakia Thomas Geisel, Germany

Research support

The committee is supported by the European Parliament's research services and policy departments. They provide studies, briefings and impact assessments on energy, industrial policy, research, digital infrastructure, telecommunications, cybersecurity, space and technological competitiveness.

Research prepared for the committee is published through Parliament's supporting-analyses database and the European Parliament Think Tank.

European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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