# European Parliament

id: ent_european-parliament  
wikidata: Q8889  
kind: regulator  
timeline: /timelines/european-parliament.md  
page: /record/european-parliament  

parliament of the European Union directly elected by the citizens of the Union

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | Roberta Metsola | valid 2022-01-18 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6A4C38FD906F](/claim/clm_6A4C38FD906F.md)
  sources: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/118859/ROBERTA_METSOLA/history/9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://web.archive.org/web/20240720140544id_/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240710IPR22805/roberta-metsola-re-elected-as-president-of-the-european-parliament, https://the-president.europarl.europa.eu/en
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | founded | 1952-01-01 | valid 1952-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_F34FAF29C823](/claim/clm_F34FAF29C823.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/70-years-of-european-democracy-in-action, https://edc.library.unic.ac.cy/history-european-parliament-ep

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | Roberta Metsola | valid 2022-01-18 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6A4C38FD906F](/claim/clm_6A4C38FD906F.md)
  sources: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/118859/ROBERTA_METSOLA/history/9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://web.archive.org/web/20240720140544id_/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240710IPR22805/roberta-metsola-re-elected-as-president-of-the-european-parliament, https://the-president.europarl.europa.eu/en
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | David Sassoli | valid 2019-07-03 to 2022-01-11 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6A4C38FD906F](/claim/clm_6A4C38FD906F.md) | [clm_791416D8C1EF](/claim/clm_791416D8C1EF.md)
  sources: https://historicalarchives.europarl.europa.eu/en/presidents/david-sassoli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/96864/DAVID+MARIA_SASSOLI/history/9
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | Antonio Tajani | valid 2017-01-17 to 2019-07-03 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_791416D8C1EF](/claim/clm_791416D8C1EF.md) | [clm_EA0324BDBB4F](/claim/clm_EA0324BDBB4F.md)
  sources: https://historicalarchives.europarl.europa.eu/en/presidents/antonio-tajani, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/2187/ANTONIO_TAJANI/history/8#detailedcardmep, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | Martin Schulz | valid 2012-01-17 to 2017-01-17 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_EA0324BDBB4F](/claim/clm_EA0324BDBB4F.md) | [clm_4A9630DC7C01](/claim/clm_4A9630DC7C01.md)
  sources: https://historicalarchives.europarl.europa.eu/en/presidents/antonio-tajani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/1911/MARTIN_SCHULZ/history/7#detailedcardmep, https://web.archive.org/web/20211228211642id_/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/former_ep_presidents/president-schulz-2012-2014/en/president/html/biography.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/1911/MARTIN_SCHULZ/history/8#detailedcardmep
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | chair | Jerzy Buzek | valid 2009-07-14 to 2012-01-17 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_4A9630DC7C01](/claim/clm_4A9630DC7C01.md) | [clm_7B459949FEC3](/claim/clm_7B459949FEC3.md)
  sources: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/28269/JERZY_BUZEK/history/7, http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/europe/newsid_9678000/9678877.stm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://historicalarchives.europarl.europa.eu/en/presidents/jerzy-buzek
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | headquarters | Espace Léopold | valid undated to present | conf 0.90 | unverified | [clm_7BC3C881BC91](/claim/clm_7BC3C881BC91.md)
  sources: https://www.building.co.uk/buildings/heres-looking-at-eu/5081737.article, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889
- [European Parliament](/record/european-parliament.md) | founded | 1952-01-01 | valid 1952-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_F34FAF29C823](/claim/clm_F34FAF29C823.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8889, https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/70-years-of-european-democracy-in-action, https://edc.library.unic.ac.cy/history-european-parliament-ep

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