COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS OF EU NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

Austria 

Austrian National Council

• Main Committee on EU Affairs (26 Members)
• Standing Subcommittee on EU Affairs (16 Members)

Austrian Federal Council

• EU-Committee (14 Members)

Belgium 

Belgian House of Representatives and Belgian Senate

• Federal Advisory Committee on European Affairs (30 Members composed of 10 Senators, 10 Members of the House of Representatives and 10 Belgian Members of the European Parliament)

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Assembly

• Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds (18 Members)

Croatia 

Croatian Parliament

• EU Affairs Committee (15 Members)

Cyprus 

Cyprus House of Representatives

• Committee on European Affairs (10 Members)

Czech Republic 

Czech Chamber of Deputies

• Committee for European Affairs (15 Members reflecting the proportional strength of all political parties in the Chamber of Deputies)

Czech Senate

• Committee on European Union Affairs (11 Members representing the political caucuses in accordance with their proportional strength in the Senate)

Denmark 

Danish Parliament

• European Affairs Committee (29 Members)

Estonia 

Estonian Parliament

• European Union Affairs Committee (At least 15 Members)

Finland 

Finnish Parliament

• Grand Committee (25 titular Members and 13 substitutes, who have the right to attend and speak at the Committee meetings)

France 

French National Assembly

• Committee on European Affaires (48 Members reflecting the proportional strength of the political parties of the National Assembly)

French Senate

• Committee for European Affairs (36 Members reflecting the proportional strength of the political groups in the Senate)

Germany 

German Bundestag

• Committee on the Affairs of the European Union (33 Members of the Bundestag and 16 German Members of the European Parliament without voting rights)

German Bundesrat

• Committee on European Union Questions (17 Members composed of one Member of each federal state- some Members are Minister-President of their federal states, while others are State Ministers for European Affairs)

Greece 

Hellenic Parliament

• Special Standing Committee for European Affairs (31 Members)

Hungary 

Hungary National Assembly

• Committee on European Affairs (21 Members reflecting the proportional strength of the political parties in the Parliament)

Ireland 

Irish Houses of Oireachtas

• Joint Committee on European Union Affairs (9 Members of the Dail Eireann and 5 Members of the Seanad Eireann)

Italy 

Italian Chamber of Deputies

• Committee on EU Policies (Composed as other standing committees of the Chamber of Deputies. Currently, 43 Members)

Italian Senate

• Standing Committee on EU Policies (Currently 29 Members)

Latvia 

Saeima Parliament of Latvia

• European Affairs Committee (Currently, 17 Members proportionally reflecting the parliamentary groups represented in the Seima)

Lithuania 

Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

• Committee on European Affairs (Not less than 15 and not more than 25 Members in accordance with the principle of proportional representation of the political groups of the Seimas. Currently 21 Members).

Luxembourg 

Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

• Committee for Foreign and European Affairs, for Defence, for Cooperation and Immigration (12 Members representing political groups of the Parliament proportionally)

Malta

Maltese House of Representatives

• Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs (9 Members)

Netherlands 

Dutch House of Representatives

• Committee on European Affairs (24 Members representing all political parties of the Dutch House of Representatives)

Dutch Senate

• Committee for European Co-operation Organisations (27 Members)

Poland

Polish Sejm

• European Union Affairs Committee (The Committee should be composed of no more than 46 Members (10% of the Sejm). The composition should reflect the composition of the Chamber).

Polish Senate

• European Union Affairs Committee (There are no formal limitations regarding the number of Members of the Committee, but currently it consists of 18 Members)

Portugal 

Assembleia da Republica

• Committee on European Affairs (21 Members of the Committee proportionally represent the political parties in the Parliament)

Romania 

Romanian Chamber of Deputies

• Committee on European Affairs (25 Members of the Chamber of Deputies)

Romanian Senate

• Committee on European Affairs (11 Members of the Senate)

Slovakia 

National Council of the Slovak Republic

• Committee on European Affairs (15 Members proportionally representing the political parties in the Parliament)

Slovenia 

Slovenian National Assembly

• Committee for EU Affairs (14 Members, Political parties are represented proportionally)

Slovenian National Council

• International Relations and European Affairs Commission (11 Members, composed of representatives of interest groups of the Slovenian society)

Spain 

Cortes Generales

• Joint Committee for the European Union (43 Members in accordance with a decision made by the Bureau of both Chambers sitting jointly)

Sweden 

Swedish Parliament

• Committee on EU Affairs (17 Members and 42 Alternates. All sectoral committees are represented in the Committee on EU Affairs)

United Kingdom

House of Commons

• European Scrutiny Committee (16 Members. Their party composition reflects that of the House)

House of Lords

• European Union Committee (Around 19 Members, with a further 55 on the six sub-committees of the Committee meaning that 74 Members are involved in total)

Total Number of Members Involved in each Member State

1. United Kingdom: 90
2. France: 84
3. Italy: 72
4. Germany: 66
5. Poland: 64
6. Sweden: 59
7. Austria: 56
8. Netherlands: 51
9. Spain: 43
10. Romania: 36
11. Greece: 31
12. Belgium: 30
13. Denmark: 29
14. Czech Republic: 26
15. Finland: 25
16. Slovenia: 25
17. Hungary: 21
18. Lithuania: 21
19. Portugal: 21
20. Bulgaria: 18
21. Latvia:17
22. Croatia: 15
23. Estonia: 15
24. Slovakia: 15
25. Ireland: 14
26. Luxembourg: 12
27. Cyprus: 10
28. Malta: 9