The Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) is a
committee of the European Parliament dealing with institutional matters such as revisions to the
Treaties of the European Union
The Treaties of the European Union are a set of international treaties between the European Union (EU) member states which sets out the EU's constitutional basis. They establish the various EU institutions together with their remit, procedure ...
, inter-institutional agreements, and the Parliament's internal rules of procedure. It was established in 1982, initially known as the Committee on Institutional Affairs.
Recent Chairs
* 1999–2004
Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano (; 29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving pre ...
(S&D)
* 2004–2009:
Jo Leinen
Joseph Leinen (born 6 April 1948) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2019. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
He is well known for h ...
(S&D)
* 2009–2014:
Carlo Casini (
EPP)
* 2014–2019:
Danuta Hübner
Danuta Maria Hübner (, or ; born 8 April 1948) is a Polish politician, diplomat, and economist and Member of the European Parliament. She was European Commissioner for Regional Policy from 22 November 2004 until 4 July 2009, when she resigned t ...
(EPP)
* 2019-2022
Antonio Tajani
Antonio Tajani (; born 4 August 1953) is an Italian politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs since 22 October 2022. He served as President of the Europe ...
(EPP)
* 2022–2024:
Salvatore De Meo (EPP)
* 2024-Present:
Sven Simon (EPP)
References
External links
Official Homepage
Constitutional
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
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