Project-No. 513416 EU – CONSENT Wider Europe, Deeper Integration? Constructing Europe Network Network of Excellence Priority 7 – Citizens and Governance in the Knowledge-based Society New kids on the Brussels block: committee assignments in the European Parliament before and after enlargement Author: Dr Richard Whitaker, Leicester University Paper presented to the Federal Trust Workshop ‘The European Parliament and the European Political Space’, 30 March 2006, London (Deliverable No. 17). Lead contractor for this paper: The Federal Trust for Education and Research (Partner No. 18) Due date of deliverable: 31/05/2007 Start date of project: 01/06/2005 Duration: 48 months