Sixth European Parliament

The sixth European Parliament was the sixth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began on Tuesday 20 July 2004 in Strasbourg following the 2004 elections and ended after the 2009 elections.

Major events

 * 10–13 June 2004
 * Elections to the Sixth Parliament.
 * 20 July 2004
 * First meeting (constitutive session) of the Sixth Parliament.
 * Giovanni Berlinguer presides as oldest member.
 * Josep Borrell is elected as President of the European Parliament.
 * 22 July 2004
 * Parliament approves José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission.
 * 27 September to 11 October 2004
 * Parliamentary hearings for the European Commissioners.
 * Parliament airs objections to Ingrida Udre, László Kovács, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and Rocco Buttiglione.
 * Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and László Kovács reshuffled.
 * 18 November 2004
 * The Barroso Commission is approved by Parliament.
 * 22 November 2004
 * Barroso Commission takes office.
 * 12 December 2006
 * Parliament approves Meglena Kuneva and Leonard Orban as new European Commissioners for Romania and Bulgaria.
 * 1 January 2007
 * Accession of Romania and Bulgaria, their observers in Parliament become full MEPs.
 * 15 January 2007
 * Hans-Gert Pöttering is elected President of the European Parliament.
 * 20 May 2007
 * Election of Bulgarian MEPs.
 * 25 November 2007
 * Election of Romanian MEPs.
 * 20 February 2008
 * Parliament approves the Lisbon Treaty.

Political groups

 * See membership below for details of size

Membership

 * See List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 for the full list.


 * Groups


 * Apportionment