European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs

The Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) is a standing committee of the European Parliament. It deals with the institutional aspects of European integration, including the implementation and amendment of the Treaties of the European Union, interinstitutional relations, the European electoral procedure, European political parties and foundations, and the interpretation and application of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. It was established in 1982 as the Committee on Institutional Affairs.

Responsibilities

The committee is responsible for the institutional aspects of the European integration process, particularly the preparation, initiation and conduct of procedures for amending the Treaties. It also examines the institutional consequences of enlargement negotiations and proposals concerning the constitutional development of the European Union.

Its remit includes:

implementation of the Treaties and assessment of their operation; interinstitutional relations, including agreements between the institutions; Parliament's Rules of Procedure and proposals for their amendment; the European electoral procedure and the verification of members' credentials; the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations; Parliament's role in the appointment or election of office-holders in the institutions of the European Union; institutional consequences of enlargement negotiations; and the determination of whether there is a serious and persistent breach by a member state of the values on which the European Union is founded.

The committee also maintains relations with national parliaments and with bodies concerned with the institutional development of the European Union.

Chairs

The following table lists the chairs of the committee since 1999.

Name Political group Member state Took office Left office Giorgio Napolitano PES Italy 1999 2004 Jo Leinen PES Germany 2004 2009 Carlo Casini EPP Italy 2009 2014 Danuta Hübner EPP Poland 2014 2019 Antonio Tajani EPP Italy 2019 2022 Salvatore De Meo EPP Italy 2022 2024 Sven Simon EPP Germany 2024 Incumbent

Members

10th Parliament, 2024–2029

The committee consists of 30 full members. Its current 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 Sven Simon, Germany, Chair Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Spain, Vice-Chair François-Xavier Bellamy, France Csaba Bogdán, Hungary Salvatore De Meo, Italy Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Greece Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, Poland Sabine Verheyen, Germany Loránt Vincze, Romania Gabriele Bischoff, Germany, Vice-Chair Brando Benifei, Italy Vasile Dîncu, Romania Klára Dobrev, Hungary Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spain Thijs Reuten, Netherlands Patryk Jaki, Poland Sander Smit, Netherlands Charlie Weimers, Sweden Charles Goerens, Luxembourg, Vice-Chair Sandro Gozi, France Ľubica Karvašová, Slovakia Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations Gerolf Annemans, Belgium Jean-Paul Garraud, France Ernő Schaller-Baross, Hungary Alexandre Varaut, France Daniel Freund, Germany Reinier van Lanschot, Netherlands Carolina Morace, Italy Anthony Smith, France Stanisław Tyszka, Poland

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 Sebastião Bugalho, Portugal Alma Ezcurra Almansa, Spain Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Poland Borja Giménez Larraz, Spain Willemien Koning, Netherlands Liudas Mažylis, Lithuania Ana Miguel Pedro, Portugal Tomislav Sokol, Croatia Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Lithuania Marc Angel, Luxembourg Idoia Mendia, Spain Krzysztof Śmiszek, Poland Kristian Vigenin, Bulgaria Alessandro Zan, Italy Tobiasz Bocheński, Poland Mario Mantovani, Italy Gheorghe Piperea, Romania Gilles Boyer, France Helmut Brandstätter, Austria Joachim Streit, Germany Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations Marieke Ehlers, Netherlands Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Spain Fabrice Leggeri, France Harald Vilimsky, Austria Damian Boeselager, Germany Leoluca Orlando, Italy Pasquale Tridico, Italy Christine Anderson, Germany

Research support

The committee's work is supported by the research services of the European Parliament. These services provide studies, briefings and other analyses concerning institutional reform, treaty change, electoral law, democratic accountability, interinstitutional relations and Parliament's internal rules.

Publications prepared for the committee are made available through its online database of supporting analyses and through the European Parliament's Think Tank.

European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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