The EPTA Council welcomed its 24th and 25th member, the Committee for the Future of Lithuania and the Spanish Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology.

During the 2021 Council meeting (Zoom) under the Dutch Presidency on 8 November two new members were accepted:

(1) The Committee for the Future of Lithuania is now the 12th associate member of EPTA. It is a parliamentary committee simiilar to the one in Finland (see here) and has been established at the end of 2020.

(2) The Spanish Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology became the 13th full member of EPTA. It was founded by the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in March 2021 on the initiative of the scientist association Ciencia en el Parlamento.

More information on the two members will appear soon here on the website in the members section.

The EPTA family is looking forward to exchanges with its new members in upcoming meetings, next in Germany in 2022, as the German member, TAB, will hold the presidency next year.