Elena BĂSESCU   (Romania)     

Bachelor’s Degree in Economic and Financial Affairs - Domestic and International, Romanian-American University, Bucharest (1999-2004). Master’s Degree in Political Science, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest (2005-2007).                    

     Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)

Member

-   Committee on Petitions;

-   Delegation for relations with Israel    

Leonidas DONSKIS   (Lithuania)

Doctorate at the Department of Social and Moral Philosophy of the University of Helsinki (Finland, 1997-1999). Doctor (philosophy), Humanities Department of Vilnius University. Doctor of social sciences (D.Soc.Sc.).

     Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- Member of the Bureau.

Member:

-   Committee on Development;

-   Subcommittee on Human Rights;

-   Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees;

-   Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly               

Danuta Maria HÜBNER   (Poland)

Master’s in economics (1971). Doctorate in economics (1974). Postdoctoral qualification (dr. hab.) in economics (1981). Professor of economics (1992).

   Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
- Member of the Bureau

Chair:

- Committee on Regional Development

Member:

-   Conference of Committee Chairs;

-   Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis;

-   Delegation for relations with the United States

Evgeni KIRILOV    (Bulgaria) 

Graduate in engineering, University of Rostock, Germany (1965-1971). Doctor of international economic relations and international law, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow (1973-1976).

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

-          Committee on Foreign Affairs;

-          Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees;

-          Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Béla KOVÁCS   (Hungary)

School of Economics in Budapest, University of Politics and International relations, Moscow Institute of International relations 1986

Non-attached Members

Member:

-   Committee on Industry, Research and Energy;

-   Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU   (Greece)

Studied sociology and European integration at the Graduate Institute of European Studies at University of Geneva

     Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)

Vice-President:

- European Parliament

Member:

-   Parliament’s Bureau;

-   Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs;

-   Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality;

-   Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries;

-   Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Bogusław LIBERADZKI     (Poland)

Master’s in economics (1970). Doctorate in economics (1975). Postdoctoral qualification (dr. hab.) (1981). Associate professor (1999). Professor (2003).

     Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Vice-Chair

-  Committee on Budgetary Control    

Member

- Committee on Transport and Tourism;

- Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013

- Delegation for relations with Japan

Kyriakos MAVRONIKOLAS   (Cyprus)

Graduate of the Kapodistrian University of Athens (1981) (Faculty of Medicine).

     Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Vice-Chair:

- Subcommittee on Security and Defence    

Member:

- Committee on Foreign Affairs;

- Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Alexander MIRSKY   (Latvia)

 Kauņa Polytechnic Institute, Building Faculty, civil engineer (1986)                                        

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

-   Committee on Foreign Affairs;

-   Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee;

-   Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ    (Slovakia)

Business Academy of Nitra, (2001) Politology and European Studies, University in Nitra (2006)

     Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

-          Committee on Culture and Education;

-          Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Siiri OVIIR    (Estonia)

Graduated in law at Tartu State University (1975); Full University degree diploma in law (eqv. master degree in law). Assistant to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Estonia (1975-1990). Docent, Tallinn University of Education (1992-2003); Vice-Chairman of the Board of Tallinn University of Education (since 2001).

     Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- Member of the Bureau

Vice-Chair

- Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Member

- Committee on Employment and Social Affairs;

- Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality;

- Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe;

- Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly;

- Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK   (Poland)

Degree in engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) (1997). Master’s in management and marketing (1997-1999). Doctorate in economics (2007).

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

- Committee on Regional Development;

- Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development;

 -  Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China

Ivari PADAR    (Estonia)

University of Tartu, BA in history (1995).

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

-          Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs;

-          Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Justas Vincas PALECKIS   (Lithuania)

Vilnius University, specialising in journalism (1959-1964). Diplomatic University (Moscow, 1966-1969).

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Vice-Chair

- Subcommittee on Security and Defence

- Delegation for relations with Belarus   

Member:

- Committee on Foreign Affairs;

- Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee;

-   Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Gianni PITTELLA    (Italy)

Graduate in medicine and surgery; specialised in medicine for legal and insurance purposes.

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Vice-President

- European Parliament  

Member:

-   Parliament’s Bureau;

-   Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection;

-   Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo 

Jacek PROTASIEWICZ   (Poland)

Graduate of the University of Wrocław (1994).

     Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
Member of the Bureau

Chair

- Delegation for relations with Belarus  

Member:

-   Conference of Delegation Chairs;

-   Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs;

-   Subcommittee on Human Rights;

-   Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Vilja SAVISAAR-TOOMAST  (Estonia)

Degree from the University of Tartu, psychologist and teacher (1985), master’s degree, Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, State University of Tartu (1988).

    Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Member:

-   Committee on Transport and Tourism;

-   Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Monika SMOLKOVÁ   (Slovakia)

Secondary school specialising in economics (1971-1975). Pedagogical Faculty of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (UPJŠ) in Prešov - teacher training studies (1983-1985); Pedagogical Faculty of UPJŠ in Prešov - master’s degree (1987-1992); Faculty of Economics of the Technical University of Košice - two-year postgraduate course (2005-2007).

    Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Member:

-          Committee on Regional Development;

-          Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV   (Bulgaria)

Degree in engineering (chemical cybernetics), Moscow (27.02.1975). Doctorate, Sofia (27.04.1980). Senior research associate, rank II (March 1990). Doctor of Technical Science (17.12.1998). Professor (2000).

    Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Member:

-   Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety;

-   Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee;

-   Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Viktor USPASKICH   (Lithuania)

Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics (Moscow, 1993).

 Kaunas University of Technology, master’s degree (1999)

     Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- Member of the Bureau

Member:

-   Committee on Regional Development;

-   Delegation for relations with the United States