(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) All 14 European Parliament Vice-Presidents were elected in three rounds of voting on Tuesday afternoon, according to an EP statement
Vice-Presidents can replace the President in performing his duties when necessary, including chairing plenary sittings
They are also members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament's preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational matters
Earlier today, Martin Schulz was re-elected as the EP President
The list of new EP Vice-Presidents is: - Antonio TajanI (Italy) - Mairead Mcguinness (Ireland) - Rainer Wieland (Germany) - Ramon Luis Valcarcel Siso (Spain) - Ildik Gall-Pelcz (Hungary) - Adina Ioana Valean (Romania) - Corina Cretu (Romania) - Sylvie Guillaume (France) - David Sassoli (Italy) - Olli Rehn (Finland) - Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (Germany) - Ulrike Lunacek (Austria) - Dimitris Papadimoulis (Greece) - Ryszard Czarnecki (Poland)
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