The New Fisheries Committee – what’s new

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After the voters have had their say, the turnover of MEPs is  63%. For the fisheries Committee, it’s 70%.

Established names were not re-elected or re-stand. Out of the 27 members (full not counting substitutes), 8 were returned, 12 discarded by the voters,and 7 did not stand.

Political heavyweights of the Fisheries Committee will not be there.Alain Cadec, Gabriel Mato, andUlrike Rodust have been pivotal voices in the fisheries committee. Mr Cadec was a strong supporter of Parliamentary privileges and the control of delegated legislation. Mr Mato chaired the vote in the Fisheries committee when the discards ban, to his obvious surprise, was adopted by the Fisheries Committee. Ulrike Rodust championed the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

I’ll update this post when the new Fisheries Committee meets. Notable figures to watch will be Chris Davies (ALDE/UK) who was a leading voice for the reform of the CFP.

When turnover is high, a lot of influence for a time lands up in the hands of experienced political staffers and group advisers.

The political make up of the Fisheries Committee will evolve. The seats allocation is likely to be:

 

  • EPP                       7
  • S&D                      6
  • ALDE                   4
  • ECR                      2
  • GREENS             3
  • GUE                     1
  • ENF                      2
  • EFDD                   2
  • NI                         1

Note: If the UK leaves on 31 October 2019, the UK members will leave.

Re-elected

  1. Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK (EPP/NL)
  2. Clara Eugenia AGUILERA GARCIA (S&D/ES)
  3. Richard CORBETT (S&D/UK)
  4. Peter van DALEN (ECR/NL)
  5. Diane DODDS (NI/UK)
  6. Ruza TOMAŠIĆ (ECR/HR)
  7. Joao FERREIRA (GUE/PT)
  8. Nathan GILL (EFDD/UK)

Returning

1. Chris DAVIES (ALDE/UK)

Not re-elected

  1. Alain CADEC (EPP/FR) (Chair)
  2. Werner KUHN (EPP/DE) (Vice Chair)
  3. Jaroslaw WALESA (EPP/PL) (Vice Chair)
  4. Barbara MATERA (EPP/IT)
  5. Gabriel MATO (EPP/ES)
  6. Isabelle THOMAS (S&D/FR)
  7. Remo SERNAGIOTTO (ECR/IT)
  8. Antonio MARINHO E PINTO (ALDE/PT)
  9. Norica NICOLAI (ALDE/RO)
  10. Marco AFFRONTE (Greens/IT)
  11. Liadh Nĺ RIADA (GUE/IE)
  12. Sylvie GODDYN (EFDD/FR)

Not re-standing

  1. Carlos ITURGAIZ (EPP/ES)
  2. Renata BRIANO (S&D/IT)
  3. David COBURN (EFDD/UK)
  4. Ulrike RODUST (S&D/DE)
  5. Ricardo SERRAO SANTOS (S&D/PT)
  6. Linnéa ENGSTRÖM (Greens/SE)
  7. Ian HUDGHTON (Greens/UK)