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

10Ã¢ÂÂ13 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 JosÃÂ© 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, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ KovÃÂ¡cs, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel and Rocco Buttiglione.
Buttiglione is replaced by Franco Frattini, Ingrida Udre replaced by Andris Piebalgs and LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ KovÃÂ¡cs 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 PÃÂ¶ttering 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.

See membership below for details of size

See List of members of the European Parliament 2004Ã¢ÂÂ2009 for the full list.