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President (1st ½)
  
Josep Borrell

Commission
  
Barroso

President (2nd ½)
  
Hans-Gert Poettering

Sixth European Parliament

Political groups
  
EPP-EDPESALDEGreens-EFAEUL-NGLIDUENITSNI

MEPs
  
732 (2004–2006)785 (2007–2009)

Elections
  
June 2004 (Union)May 2007 (Bulgaria)November 2007 (Romania)

The Sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in Strasbourg following the 2004 elections and ended after the 2009 elections.

Contents

Major events

  • 10–13 June 2004
  • Elections to the Sixth Parliament.
  • 20 July 2004
  • First meeting (constitutive session) of the Sixth Parliament.
  • Giovanni Berlinguer presides as oldest member.
  • Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament.
  • 22 July 2004
  • Parliament approves José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission.
  • 27 September to 11 October 2004
  • Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners.
  • Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and Rocco Buttiglione.
  • Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled.
  • 18 November 2004
  • The Barroso Commission is approved by Parliament.
  • 22 November 2004
  • Barroso Commission takes office.
  • 12 December 2006
  • Parliament approves Meglena Kuneva and Leonard Orban as new European Commissioners for Romania and Bulgaria.
  • 1 January 2007
  • Accession of Romania and Bulgaria, their observers in Parliament become full MEPs.
  • 15 January 2007
  • Hans-Gert Pöttering is elected President of the European Parliament.
  • 20 May 2007
  • Election of Bulgarian MEPs.
  • 25 November 2007
  • Election of Romanian MEPs.
  • 20 February 2008
  • Parliament approves the Lisbon Treaty.

    • Political groups

    See membership below for details of size

    Membership

    See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list.
    Groups
    Apportionment

    References

    Sixth European Parliament Wikipedia
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