On Monday evening (15 July), the Parliament’s political families reached a provisional agreement on the distribution of committee chairmanships, with the centre-right EPP and the socialists eyeing key posts. The groups are now battling internally over their choices for the top posts ahead of a final vote next week (23 July), when each committee will elect its new leaders. The committees are responsible for drafting Parliament’s positions on legislative proposals, preparing own-initiative reports, organising hearings with experts and scrutinising other EU institutions and bodies, to name a few …