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European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs

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The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is a committee of the European Parliament.

Responsibilities

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The main responsibilities of the committee are the interpretation and application of international and European law and the compliance of European Union acts with the treaties of the European Union. It is also responsible for legislation in the areas of civil law, commercial law, intellectual property and procedural law. It is responsible for matters relating to the statutes and political immunity of MEPs and EU staff.[1]

The member of the European Commission responsible for legal affairs is the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. In the European Commission. The committee responds to the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.

Pre-hearing of designated nominees to the European Commission

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The committee scrutinizes the declaration of financial interests of designated nominees to the European Commission and adverts about conflicts of interest. It may declare a nominee unable to carry out his duties of a commissioner if upcoming concerns are not cleared up. In September 2019 the committee rejected two nominees of the Von der Leyen Commission, in particular Rovana Plumb and László Trócsányi.[2][3]

This scrutiny should not to be confound with the subsequent hearings dealing with the European Commission candidates' portfolio.[4]

Members in the 8th legislature (2014–2019)

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MEP Country Group
Max Andersson Sweden Greens/EFA
Joëlle Bergeron France EFDD
Marie-Christine Boutonnet France Non-Inscrits
Jean-Marie Cavada (Vice-Chair) France ALDE
Kostas Chrysogonos Greece GUE/NGL
Therese Comodini Cachia Malta EPP
Mady Delvaux-Stehres (Vice-Chair) Luxembourg S&D
Andrzej Duda Poland ECR
Rosa Estaràs Ferragut Spain EPP
Laura Ferrara Italy EFDD
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (Vice-Chair) Poland S&D
Mary Honeyball United Kingdom S&D
Dietmar Köster Germany S&D
Sajjad Karim United Kingdom ECR
Gilles Lebreton France Non-Inscrits
Antonio Marinho e Pinto Portugal ALDE
Jiří Maštálka Czech Republic GUE/NGL
Alessandra Moretti Italy S&D
Emil Radev Bulgaria EPP
Felix Reda Germany Greens/EFA
Evelyn Regner Austria S&D
Pavel Svoboda (Chair) Czech Republic EPP
József Szájer Hungary EPP
Axel Voss (Vice-Chair) Germany EPP
Tadeusz Zwiefka Poland EPP

Members in the 9th legislature (2019–2024)

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Source:[5]

Following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union chair Lucy Nethsingha was replaced by Adrián Vázquez Lázara on 17 February 2020.[6]

MEP Country Group
Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Chair) Spain RE
Sergey Lagodinsky (Vice-Chair) Germany Greens/EFA
Marion Walsmann (Vice-Chair) Germany EPP
Iban García del Blanco (Vice-Chair) Spain S&D
Raffaele Stancanelli (Vice-Chair) Italy ECR
Manon Aubry France GUE/NGL
Gunnar Beck Germany ID
Geoffroy Didier France EPP
Angel Dzhambazki Bulgaria EPP
Jean-Paul Garraud France ID
Esteban González Pons Spain EPP
Mislav Kolakušić Croatia NI
Gilles Lebreton France ID
Karen Melchior Danish Realm RE
Jiří Pospíšil Czech Republic EPP
Franco Roberti Italy S&D
Marcos Ros Sempere Spain S&D
Liesje Schreinemacher Netherlands RE
Stéphane Séjourné France RE
József Szájer Hungary EPP
Marie Toussaint France Greens/EFA
Axel Voss Germany EPP
Tiemo Wölken Germany S&D
Lara Wolters Netherlands S&D
Javier Zarzalejos Spain EPP

References

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  1. ^ Duties of the JURI-committee.
  2. ^ Romanian, Hungarian Commissioner nominees rejected
  3. ^ "Romania and Hungary's Commission picks rejected for second time". POLITICO. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ How Parliament votes the European Commission into office
  5. ^ JURI-members in the 9th European Parliament legislature
  6. ^ Impact of Post-Brexit on EP Committees
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