Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Map of the EU (green) and Latin America (orange)
Formation	2006
Type	Inter-parliamentary institution
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Website	http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/eurolat/default_en.htm

The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is a trans-national body of 150 Parliamentarians from Europe and Latin America. It was established in 2006 to bolster EU-Latin American relations. It was described by Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Union's External Relations Commissioner, as "one of the key bodies in ensuring fruitful cooperation between our two regions."

Organisation

EuroLat is led by a Co-Presidency, the current European Co-President is Ramón Jáuregui Atondo and the Latin American Co-President is José Leonel Vasquéz Búcaro (of El Salvador, Parlacen). There are 14 Co-Vice Presidents, again equally split. The Co-Presidents and the Co-Vice Presidents form the Executive Bureau, the managing body. EuroLat has four standing committees: Political, Security and Human Rights Affairs; Economic, Financial and Trade Affairs; Committee on Social Affairs, Youth and Children, Human Exchanges, Education and Culture and Committee on Sustainable Development, Environment, Energy Policy, Research, Innovation and Technology. There can be a maximum of 2 temporary committees or working groups.

Members

The 150 members are split equally between European and Latin American members, currently drawn from the following bodies;

• European Parliament
• Andean Parliament
• Central American Parliament
• Latin American Parliament
• Parliament of Mercosur
• Congress of Mexico
• National Congress of Chile

Executive Bureau Members from European Parliament;

• Chair: Javi López (S&D, Spain)
• 1st Vice Chair: Jordi Cañas Pérez (RE, Spain)
• 2nd Vice Chair: Sandra Pereira (GUE/NGL, Portugal)
• 3rd Vice Chair: Hermann Tertsch (ECR, Spain)
• 4th Vice Chair: José Manuel García-Margallo (EPP, Spain)
• 5th Vice Chair: Nikos Androulakis (S&D, Greece)
• 6th Vice Chair: Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy)
• 7th Vice Chair: Beata Mazurek (ECR, Poland)

Executive Bureau Members from Latin America;

• José Manuel Vásquez Búcaro (Parlacen, El Salvador)
• Elías Ariel Castillo Gonzalez (Parlatino, Panamá)
• Jorge Pizarro Soto (JPC Eu-Chile)
• Rabindranath Salazar Solorio (JPC EU-Mexico)
• María de los Angeles Higonet (Parlatino, Argentina)
• Doreen Javier Ibarra (Parlasur, Uruguay)
• José Pedro de la Cruz (Parlandino, Ecuador)
• Diego Aquino Acosta Rojas (Parlacen, Dominican Republic)

See also

• European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Summit
• Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
• ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

References

External links

• Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

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Bilateral relations

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Multilateral relations and initiatives

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