A strong EPP team in the new Bureau of the European Parliament

The EPP Group welcomes the strong and competent representation of the EPP Group in the new Bureau of the European Parliament:

Alejo Vidal-Quadras MEP, Vice-President
Georgios Papastamkos MEP, Vice-President
Roberta Angelilli MEP, Vice-President
Othmar Karas MEP, Vice-President
Rainer Wieland MEP, Vice-President
Jacek Protasiewicz MEP, Vice-President
László Surján MEP, Vice-President
Astrid Lulling MEP, Quaestor
Jim Higgins MEP, Quaestor

The Bureau of the European Parliament is responsible, among other things, for drawing up Parliament’s preliminary draft budget and deciding on administrative, staff and organisational matters.

The new Bureau of the Parliament is elected for the remainder of the current Parliamentary term, i.e. until June 2014.