How much influence the committee chairs • Table.Briefings

The newly appointed EU parliamentary committees meet for the first time in Brussels.

The committees in the European Parliament elect their chairs. Although they have little direct influence on the content, they can still set the course for the work of the Parliament.

In today’s election of committee chairs, taking place on Tuesday, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will be in the spotlight. Some MPs from other parties are uneasy about the fact that the AGRI chairmanship will go to the national-conservative ECR and thus to one of the far-right factions in Parliament. The likely candidate is Veronika Vrecionová from the Czech Republic.

How much influence the committee chairs have

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