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European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensioners, professional and vocational training, the European Social Fund, and employment discrimination law. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 55 members. Since July 2024, it is chaired by Li Andersson from Finland.

Members

As of 13 April 2022, the 55 members of the committee are:{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/empl/home/members|title=Members|access-date=13 April 2022|website=European Parliament}}

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! Member

! colspan=2| Group (Party)

! State

Dragoș Pîslaru (Chair)

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (PLUS)

| Romania

Marc Angel (Vice-Chair)

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (LSAP)

| Luxembourg

Leïla Chaibi (Vice-Chair)

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL (LFI)

| France

Romana Tomc (Vice-Chair)

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (SDS)

| Slovenia

Katrin Langensiepen (Vice-Chair)

| bgcolor={{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}|

| G/EFA (GRÜNE)

| Germany

Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (DPS)

| Bulgaria

Dominique Bilde

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID (RN)

| France

Gabriele Bischoff

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (SPD)

| Germany

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (LSDP)

| Lithuania

Milan Brglez

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (SD)

| Slovenia

Sylvie Brunet

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (MoDem)

| France

Jordi Cañas Pérez

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (Cs)

| Spain

David Casa

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (PN)

| Malta

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR (Vox)

| Spain

Ilan de Basso

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (S)

| Sweden

Özlem Demirel

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL (LINKE)

| Germany

Klára Dobrev

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (DK)

| Hungary

Jarosław Duda

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (PO)

| Poland

Estrella Durá Ferrandis

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (PSOE)

| Spain

Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (Ind)

| Slovakia

Rosa Estaràs

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (PP)

| Spain

Nicolaus Fest

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID AfD)

| Germany

Loukas Fourlas

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (DISY)

| Cyprus

Cindy Franssen

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (CD&V)

| Belgium

Helmut Geuking

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (FAMILIE)

| Germany

Elisabetta Gualmini

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (PD)

| Italy

Alicia Homs Ginel

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (PSOE)

| Spain

France Jamet

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID (RN)

| France

Agnes Jongerius

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (PvdA)

| Netherlands

Radan Kanev

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (DSB)

| Bulgaria

Ádám Kósa

| bgcolor={{party color|Non-Inscrits}}|

| NI (Fidesz)

| Hungary

Stelios Kympouropoulos

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (ND)

| Greece

Miriam Lexmann

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (KDH)

| Slovakia

Elena Lizzi

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID (Lega)

| Italy

Sara Matthieu

| bgcolor={{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}|

| G/EFA (Groen)

| Belgium

Giuseppe Milazzo

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR (FdI)

| Italy

Sandra Pereira

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL (PCP)

| Portugal

Kira Marie Peter-Hansen

| bgcolor={{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}|

| G/EFA (SF)

| Denmark

Manuel Pizarro

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (PS)

| Portugal

Dennis Radtke

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (CDU)

| Germany

Elżbieta Rafalska

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR (PiS)

| Poland

Guido Reil

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID (AfD)

| Germany

Daniela Rondinelli

| bgcolor={{party color|Non-Inscrits}}|

| NI (M5S)

| Italy

Mounir Satouri

| bgcolor={{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}|

| G/EFA (EELV)

| France

Monica Semedo

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (Ind)

| Luxembourg

Michal Šimečka

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (PS)

| Slovakia

Beata Szydło

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR (PiS)

| Poland

Cristian Terheș

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR (PNȚ-CD)

| Romania

Eugen Tomac

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (PMP)

| Romania

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE (MoDem)

| France

Nikolaj Villumsen

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL (EL)

| Denmark

Marianne Vind

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D (A)

| Denmark

Maria Walsh

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (FG)

| Ireland

Stefania Zambelli

| bgcolor={{party color|Identity and Democracy}}|

| ID (Lega)

| Italy

Tomáš Zdechovský

| bgcolor={{party color|European People's Party Group}}|

| EPP (KDU-ČSL)

| Czech Republic

Chairpersons

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! colspan=2| Chairperson

! Term start

! Term end

! colspan=2| Group

! State

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| Pervenche Berès

| 16 July 2009

| 30 June 2014

| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}|

| S&D

| France

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| Thomas Händel

| 7 July 2014

| 30 June 2019

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL

| Germany

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| rowspan=2| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

| 18 July 2019

| 18 June 2021

| bgcolor={{party color|European Conservatives and Reformists}}|

| ECR

| rowspan=2| Slovakia

18 June 2021

| 24 January 2022

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE

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| Dragoș Pîslaru

| 24 January 2022

| 23 July 2024

| bgcolor={{party color|Renew Europe}}|

| RE

| Romania

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| Li Andersson

| 23 July 2024

| Incumbent

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL}}|

| GUE/NGL

| Finland

References

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External links

  • [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/empl/home.html EMPL official website]

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