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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attitude_to_EU_tax" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attitude_to_EU_tax"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Attitude to EU tax</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attitude_to_EU_tax-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Analyses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Analyses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Analyses</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Analyses-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Analyses subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Analyses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Groups_cohesion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Groups_cohesion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Groups cohesion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Groups_cohesion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Proportion_of_female_MEPs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proportion_of_female_MEPs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Proportion of female MEPs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proportion_of_female_MEPs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Party_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Party relations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Party_relations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Group_cooperation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_cooperation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Group cooperation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_cooperation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Breaking_coalitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Breaking_coalitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Breaking coalitions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Breaking_coalitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_switching" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_switching"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.3</span> <span>Group switching</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_switching-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Compositions_of_past_European_Parliaments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Compositions_of_past_European_Parliaments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Compositions of past European Parliaments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Compositions_of_past_European_Parliaments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fifth_European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fifth_European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Fifth European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fifth_European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sixth_European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sixth_European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Sixth European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sixth_European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seventh_European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seventh_European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Seventh European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seventh_European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eighth_European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eighth_European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>Eighth European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eighth_European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ninth_European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ninth_European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.5</span> <span>Ninth European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ninth_European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_according_to_group" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_according_to_group"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>History according to group</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_according_to_group-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Christian_democrats_and_conservatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christian_democrats_and_conservatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Christian democrats and conservatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christian_democrats_and_conservatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Social_democrats" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Social_democrats"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Social democrats</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Social_democrats-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Liberals_and_centrists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Liberals_and_centrists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.3</span> <span>Liberals and centrists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Liberals_and_centrists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eurosceptic_conservatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eurosceptic_conservatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.4</span> <span>Eurosceptic conservatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eurosceptic_conservatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greens_and_regionalists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greens_and_regionalists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.5</span> <span>Greens and regionalists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greens_and_regionalists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Communists_and_socialists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Communists_and_socialists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.6</span> <span>Communists and socialists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Communists_and_socialists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Right-wing_nationalists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Right-wing_nationalists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.7</span> <span>Right-wing nationalists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Right-wing_nationalists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eurosceptics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eurosceptics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.8</span> <span>Eurosceptics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eurosceptics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Heterogeneous" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heterogeneous"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.9</span> <span>Heterogeneous</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heterogeneous-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.10</span> <span>Independents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > 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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupos_pol%C3%ADticos_del_Parllamentu_Europ%C3%A9u" title="Grupos políticos del Parllamentu Européu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Grupos políticos del Parllamentu Européu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B8_%D0%B2_%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Парламентарни групи в Европейския парламент – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Парламентарни групи в Европейския парламент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grups_pol%C3%ADtics_del_Parlament_Europeu" title="Grups polítics del Parlament Europeu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Grups polítics del Parlament Europeu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politick%C3%A1_skupina_Evropsk%C3%A9ho_parlamentu" title="Politická skupina Evropského parlamentu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Politická skupina Evropského parlamentu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politiske_grupper_i_Europa-Parlamentet" title="Politiske grupper i Europa-Parlamentet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Politiske grupper i Europa-Parlamentet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktion_im_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlament" title="Fraktion im Europäischen Parlament – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fraktion im Europäischen Parlament" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_pol%C3%ADtico_del_Parlamento_Europeo" title="Grupo político del Parlamento Europeo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Grupo político del Parlamento Europeo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frakcio_(E%C5%ADropa_Parlamento)" title="Frakcio (Eŭropa Parlamento) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Frakcio (Eŭropa Parlamento)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europako_Parlamentuko_talde_politikoak" title="Europako Parlamentuko talde politikoak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Europako Parlamentuko talde politikoak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr 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data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Georgia–European Union relations">Georgia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span 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Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Ukraine</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Countries with suspended accession negotiations</a></b></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Turkey to the European Union">Turkey</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Applicant countries</a></b></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">Kosovo</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_territories_of_states_participating_in_the_European_integration" class="mw-redirect" title="Special territories of states participating in the European integration">Special territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="Belgium–Germany relations">Belgium–Germany relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="France–Germany relations">France–Germany relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations" title="Germany–Netherlands relations">Germany–Netherlands relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EU_three" title="EU three">EU 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Withdrawal from the European Union</a></li></ul> <hr /></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union" title="Treaties of the European Union">Treaties and Declarations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schuman_Declaration" title="Schuman Declaration">Schuman Declaration</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1951)" title="Treaty of Paris (1951)">Treaty of Paris</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe_Declaration" title="Europe Declaration">Europe Declaration</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaak_Report" title="Spaak Report">Spaak Report</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome" title="Treaty of Rome">Treaty of Rome</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euratom_Treaty" title="Euratom Treaty">Euratom Treaty</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merger_Treaty" title="Merger Treaty">Merger Treaty</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solemn_Declaration_on_European_Union" title="Solemn Declaration on European Union">Solemn Declaration</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amsterdam" title="Treaty of Amsterdam">Treaty of Amsterdam</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nice" title="Treaty of Nice">Treaty of Nice</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Declaration_(2007)" title="Berlin Declaration (2007)">Berlin Declaration</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a> (2007) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Article_7_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union" title="Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union">Article 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Article 50</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Opt-outs_in_the_European_Union" title="Opt-outs in the European Union">Opt-outs</a></div> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Treaties of accession</b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972" title="Treaty of Accession 1972">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1979" title="Treaty of Accession 1979">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1985" title="Treaty of Accession 1985">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1994" title="Treaty of Accession 1994">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_2003" title="Treaty of Accession 2003">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_2005" title="Treaty of Accession 2005">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_2011" title="Treaty of Accession 2011">2011</a></div> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Treaties of succession</b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Greenland_from_the_European_Communities" title="Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brexit_withdrawal_agreement" title="Brexit withdrawal agreement">2020</a></div> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Other treaties</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schengen_Agreement" title="Schengen Agreement">Schengen Agreement</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Area" title="European Economic Area">European Economic Area Agreement</a> (1992)</li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Abandoned treaties and agreements</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_establishing_a_Constitution_for_Europe" title="Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe">European Constitution</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%932016_United_Kingdom_renegotiation_of_European_Union_membership" title="2015–2016 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership">UK membership renegotiation</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission" title="Von der Leyen Commission">Von der Leyen Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Von der Leyen</a> (EPP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_European_Commission" title="Vice-President of the European Commission">Vice Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">College of Commissioners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Civil_Service" title="European Civil Service">Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_European_Commission" title="Secretary-General of the European Commission">Secretary-General</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ilze_Juhansone" title="Ilze Juhansone"> Juhansone</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_legislative_procedure" title="European Union legislative procedure">Legislative institutions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_legislative_procedure" title="European Union legislative procedure">Legislative procedure</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the EU</a></b><br /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Presidency of the Council of the European Union">Presidency</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2024_Hungarian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union"><b>Hungary</b></a></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">(<a href="/wiki/2024_Hungarian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union">July–December 2024</a>) </div></div> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Configurations</b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Affairs_Council" title="General Affairs Council">GAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Council" title="Foreign Affairs Council">FAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Financial_Affairs_Council" title="Economic and Financial Affairs Council">ECOFIN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurogroup" title="Eurogroup">Eurogroup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_and_Fisheries_Council" title="Agriculture and Fisheries Council">AGRIFISH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment,_Social_Policy,_Health_and_Consumer_Affairs_Council" title="Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council">EPSCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Competitiveness_Council_(COMPET)" title="Competitiveness Council (COMPET)">COMPET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport,_Telecommunications_and_Energy_Council" title="Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council">TTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_Council" title="Environment Council">ENVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Home_Affairs_Council" title="Justice and Home Affairs Council">JHA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education,_Youth,_Culture_and_Sport_Council" title="Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council">EYC</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Voting in the Council of the European Union">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Secretariat_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union">Secretariat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union">Secretary-General</a>: <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Blanchet" title="Thérèse Blanchet">Thérèse Blanchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_directorates-general_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="List of directorates-general of the Council of the European Union">Directorates-general</a></li></ul></li> <li>Council preparatory bodies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Permanent_Representatives" title="Committee of Permanent Representatives">COREPER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_Working_Party" title="Council Working Party">Council Working Parties</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></b><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_(2024%E2%80%932029)" title="List of members of the European Parliament (2024–2029)">Members</a>)</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Metsola" title="Roberta Metsola">Metsola</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Largest groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_group" class="mw-redirect" title="European People&#39;s Party group">EPP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Manfred Weber</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">S&amp;D</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iratxe_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Iratxe García">Iratxe García</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_European_Parliament" title="Tenth European Parliament">10th session</a> (2024–2029)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Bureau of the European Parliament">Bureau</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Vice-President of the European Parliament">Vice Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaestor_(European_Parliament)" title="Quaestor (European Parliament)">Quaestor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_of_Presidents_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament">Conference</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/National_parliaments_of_the_European_Union" title="National parliaments of the European Union">National parliaments</a></b></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Judicial institutions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Justice_of_the_European_Union" title="Court of Justice of the European Union">Court of Justice of the EU</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice" title="European Court of Justice">European Court of Justice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Court_of_Justice" title="List of members of the European Court of Justice">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_(European_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Advocate General (European Union)">Advocates General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Court_of_Justice_rulings" title="List of European Court of Justice rulings">Rulings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Court_(European_Union)" title="General Court (European Union)">General Court</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Auditory institutions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Auditors" title="European Court of Auditors">European Court of Auditors</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Auditors" title="European Court of Auditors">European Court of Auditors</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Other auditory bodies</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internal_Audit_Service_(European_Commission)" title="Internal Audit Service (European Commission)">Internal Audit Service of the Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Committee_on_Budgetary_Control" title="European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control"> Committee on Budgetary Control of the Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Financial_Affairs_Council" title="Economic and Financial Affairs Council">Economic and Financial Affairs configuration of the Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Anti-Fraud_Office" title="European Anti-Fraud Office">Anti-Fraud Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Public_Prosecutor%27s_Office" title="European Public Prosecutor&#39;s Office">Public Prosecutor's Office</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Central_Bank" title="President of the European Central Bank">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Christine_Lagarde" title="Christine Lagarde">Lagarde</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_System_of_Central_Banks" title="European System of Central Banks">ESCB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Monetary_Union_of_the_European_Union" title="Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union">EMU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_banknotes" title="Euro banknotes">Euro banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_coins" title="Euro coins">Euro coins</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Other bodies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Investment Bank Group</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Investment_Bank" title="European Investment Bank">Investment Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Investment_Fund" title="European Investment Fund">Investment Fund</a></li> <li>EIB Institute</li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Stability Mechanism</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Stability_Mechanism" title="European Stability Mechanism">European Stability Mechanism</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European University Institute</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_University_Institute" title="European University Institute">European University Institute</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Unified Patent Court</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Patent_Court" title="Unified Patent Court">Unified Patent Court</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Agencies,_decentralised_independent_bodies_and_joint_undertakings_of_the_European_Union_and_the_Euratom" class="mw-redirect" title="Agencies, decentralised independent bodies and joint undertakings of the European Union and the Euratom">Agencies, decentralised independent bodies and joint undertakings</a></b></div> <ul><li>Decentralised agencies of the EU <ul><li>Single market agencies</li> <li>CFSP agencies</li> <li>AFSC agencies</li> <li>ESFS <a href="/wiki/European_Supervisory_Authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="European Supervisory Authorities">European Supervisory Authorities</a></li> <li>SRM bodies</li></ul></li> <li>Executive agencies of the EU</li> <li>Euratom agencies</li> <li>Decentralised 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href="/wiki/European_Ombudsman" title="European Ombudsman">European Ombudsman</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Advisory_bodies_to_the_European_Union" title="Advisory bodies to the European Union">Advisory bodies</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Committee_of_the_Regions" title="European Committee of the Regions">European Committee of the Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee" title="European Economic and Social Committee">European Economic and Social Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_and_Security_Committee" title="Political and Security Committee">Political and Security Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Military_Committee" title="European Union Military Committee">European Union Military Committee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Space_Programme#EU/ESA_Space_Council" title="European Union Space 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> (provisional member)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><span 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European Union">Microstates and the European Union</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EEA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="European Economic Area"><img alt="European Economic Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/EEA.svg/200px-EEA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/EEA.svg/300px-EEA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/EEA.svg/400px-EEA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>European Economic Area</figcaption></figure></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">Elections to the European Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_political_foundation" title="European political foundation">European foundations</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Political groups of the European Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitzenkandidat" title="Spitzenkandidat">Spitzenkandidat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituency" title="European Parliament constituency">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament" title="Apportionment in the European Parliament">Apportionment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_related_to_the_European_Union" title="Referendums related to the European Union">Referendums related to the EU</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European elections</b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election" title="1979 European Parliament election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election" title="1984 European Parliament election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election" title="1989 European Parliament election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election" title="1994 European Parliament election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election" title="1999 European Parliament election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election" title="2004 European Parliament election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election" title="2009 European Parliament election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election" title="2014 European Parliament election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election">2024 (latest election)</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Elections in EU member states</b></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Belgium" title="Elections in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Bulgaria" title="Elections in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Estonia" title="Elections in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Finland" title="Elections in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_France" title="Elections in France">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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title="Elections in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Hungary" title="Elections in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Netherlands" title="Elections in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Elections in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Romania" title="Elections in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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href="/wiki/Costa_v_ENEL" title="Costa v ENEL">ECJ Case 6/64</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsidiarity_(European_Union)" title="Subsidiarity (European Union)">Subsidiarity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulation_(European_Union)" title="Regulation (European Union)">Regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directive_(European_Union)" title="Directive (European Union)">Directive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decision_(European_Union)" title="Decision (European Union)">Decision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recommendation_(European_Union)" title="Recommendation (European Union)">Recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_of_the_European_Union" title="Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union">Fundamental Rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Policies and 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href="/wiki/Common_Fisheries_Policy" title="Common Fisheries Policy">Fisheries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_policy_of_the_European_Union" title="Regional policy of the European Union">Regional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship of the European Union">Citizenship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Union" title="Passports of the European Union">Passports of the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-European_identity" title="Pan-European identity">Identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" title="Pro-Europeanism">Pro-Europeanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism" title="Euroscepticism">Euroscepticism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_banking_union" title="European banking union">European banking union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Banking_Supervision" title="European Banking Supervision">European Banking Supervision</a></li> <li><a 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mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_European_Union" title="Foreign relations of the European Union">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top: 0; text-align: left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy" title="High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy">High Representative</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Josep Borrell</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_External_Action_Service" title="European External Action Service">Ext. Action Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Foreign_and_Security_Policy" title="Common Foreign and Security Policy">Foreign Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy" title="Common Security and Defence Policy">Defence Policy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Foreign relations of EU member states</b></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Bulgaria" title="Foreign relations of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Croatia" title="Foreign relations of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Foreign relations of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Denmark" title="Foreign relations of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Estonia" title="Foreign relations of Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Finland" title="Foreign relations of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_France" title="Foreign relations of France">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Germany" title="Foreign relations of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ireland" title="Foreign relations of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Lithuania" title="Foreign relations of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg"><img alt="Luxembourg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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representation of one or two of the <a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political parties</a> (Europarty), sometimes supplemented by members from other national political parties or independent politicians. In contrast to the European political parties, it is strictly forbidden for political groups to organise or finance the political campaign during the European elections since this is the exclusive responsibility of the parties.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But there are other incentives for MEPs to organise in parliamentary Groups: besides the political advantages of working together with like-minded colleagues, Groups have some procedural privileges within the Parliament (such as Group spokespersons speaking first in debates, Group leaders representing the Group in the Parliament's Conference of Presidents), and Groups receive a staff allocation and financial subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT_ITS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT_ITS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Majorities in the Parliament depend on how Groups vote and what deals are negotiated among them. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status">Status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although most of the political groups in the European Parliament correlate to a corresponding political party, there are cases where members from two political parties come together in a shared political group: for example, the <a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (half a dozen MEPs in the ninth Parliament) and the <a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> (over 50 MEPs in the ninth Parliament) have, since 1999, felt they are stronger by working together in the <a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">European Greens–European Free Alliance</a> Group than they would have as stand-alone groups (especially for the EFA, which would not otherwise have enough members to constitute a group). The same is true of the <a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew Europe</a> Group, most of whose members are from the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party</a>, but also includes a dozen from the small <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a>. Both have also had independents and MEPs from minor parties also join their Group. </p><p>For a Group to be formally recognised in the Parliament, it must fulfil the conditions laid down in the relevant European Parliament Rule of Procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This lays down the minimum criteria a Group must meet to qualify as a Group. 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This decision was challenged at the <a href="/wiki/CJEU" class="mw-redirect" title="CJEU">CJEU</a>, which found in Parliament's favour. </p><p>Further questions were asked when MEPs attempted to create a far-right Group called "<a href="/wiki/Identity,_Tradition,_Sovereignty" title="Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty">Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty</a>" (ITS). This generated controversy and there were concerns about public funds going towards a far-right Group.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT_ITS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT_ITS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Attempts to block the formation of ITS were unsuccessful, but ITS were blocked from leading positions on committees, when members from other Groups declined to vote for their candidates, despite a previous tradition of sharing such posts among members from all Groups.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>These events spurred MEPs, mainly from the largest two groups, to approve a rise in the threshold for groups to its current levels, having previously been even lower. This was opposed by many MEPs, notably from smaller Groups but also from the Liberal Group, arguing that it would be detrimental to democracy, whilst supporters argued that the change made it harder for a small number of members, possibly on the extremes (including the far right), to claim public funds.<sup id="cite_ref-EUO_rise_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUO_rise-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internal_structure">Internal structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Internal structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Groups may be based around a single <a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political party</a> (e.g. the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a>) or they can include more than one European party as well as national parties and independents, such as the <a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance">Greens–European Free Alliance</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each group appoints a leader, referred to as a "president", "co-ordinator" or "chair". The chairs of each Group meet in the <a href="/wiki/Conference_of_Presidents" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference of Presidents">Conference of Presidents</a> to decide what issues will be dealt with at the <a href="/wiki/Plenary_session" title="Plenary session">plenary session</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>. Groups can table motions for resolutions and table amendments to reports. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spectrum">Spectrum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Spectrum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition_of_the_10th_European_Parliament">Composition of the 10th European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Composition of the 10th European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Tenth_European_Parliament" title="Tenth European Parliament">Tenth European Parliament</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Political groups</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">and affiliated <a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political parties</a></span> </th> <th>MEPs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3399FF"> </td> <td><b>EPP Group</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group"><b>Group of the European People's Party</b></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party"><small>European People's Party</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">188 / 720&#8195;(26%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #3399FF; width: 26%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0001C"> </td> <td><b>S&amp;D</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats"><b>Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament</b></a><br /><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists"><small>Party of European Socialists</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">136 / 720&#8195;(19%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F0001C; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#253082"> </td> <td><b>PfE</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Patriots_for_Europe" title="Patriots for Europe">Patriots for Europe</a></b><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Patriots.eu" title="Patriots.eu">Patriots.eu</a></small> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/European_Christian_Political_Movement" title="European Christian Political Movement">European Christian Political Movement</a></small><br /> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">86 / 720&#8195;(12%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #253082; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#196CA8"> </td> <td><b>ECR</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group"><b>European Conservatives and Reformists Group</b></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Party" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Party"><small>European Conservatives and Reformists Party</small></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Christian_Political_Movement" title="European Christian Political Movement"><small>European Christian Political Movement</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">78 / 720&#8195;(11%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #196CA8; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><b>Renew</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe"><b>Renew Europe Group</b></a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party"><small>Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party</small></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party"><small>European Democratic Party</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">77 / 720&#8195;(11%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#57B45F"> </td> <td><b>Greens/EFA</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance"><b>Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance</b></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party"><small>European Green Party</small></a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance"><small>European Free Alliance</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">53 / 720&#8195;(7%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #57B45F; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#B71C1C"> </td> <td><b>The Left</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/The_Left_in_the_European_Parliament_%E2%80%93_GUE/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL">The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_European_Left" title="Party of the European Left"><small>Party of the European Left</small></a> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">46 / 720&#8195;(6%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B71C1C; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#13517E"> </td> <td><b>ESN</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Sovereign_Nations_Group" title="Europe of Sovereign Nations Group">Europe of Sovereign Nations Group</a></b><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Sovereign_Nations_(party)" title="Europe of Sovereign Nations (party)">Europe of Sovereign Nations</a></small><br /> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">25 / 720&#8195;(3%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #13517E; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#999999"> </td> <td><b>NI</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-attached Members</a></b> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">30 / 720&#8195;(4%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #999999; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff"> </td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_(2024%E2%80%932029)#Vacancies" title="List of members of the European Parliament (2024–2029)">Vacant</a></b> </td> <td><div style="width: 8em;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 720</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 0.1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition_of_the_9th_European_Parliament">Composition of the 9th European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Composition of the 9th European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ninth_European_Parliament" title="Ninth European Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Parties </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr> </th> <th>MEPs 2019<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Brexit change </th> <th>MEPs 2022<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td width="5px" style="color:inherit;background-color:#3399FF"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party</a> (EPP) </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a> (EPP)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Manfred Weber</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">2009 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">182 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #3399FF; width: 24%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;0<br />+5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">176 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #3399FF; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F0001C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a> (S&amp;D) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iratxe_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Iratxe García">Iratxe García</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">2009 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">154 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F0001C; width: 21%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;10<br />+3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">144 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F0001C; width: 20%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew Europe</a> (Renew)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a> (ALDE)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a> (EDP)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_S%C3%A9journ%C3%A9" title="Stéphane Séjourné">Stéphane Séjourné</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">2019 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">108 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;17<br />+7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">101 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#57B45F"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance">Greens–European Free Alliance</a> (Greens–EFA) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> (EGP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Pirate_Party" title="European Pirate Party">European Pirate Party</a> (PPEU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volt_Europa" title="Volt Europa">Volt Europa</a> (Volt)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Reintke" title="Terry Reintke">Terry Reintke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Lamberts" title="Philippe Lamberts">Philippe Lamberts</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">1999 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">72 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #57B45F; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;11<br />+4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">73 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #57B45F; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#196CA8"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists Group</a> (ECR) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Party" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Party">European Conservatives and Reformists Party</a> (ECR Party)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Christian_Political_Movement" title="European Christian Political Movement">European Christian Political Movement</a> (ECPM)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raffaele_Fitto" title="Raffaele Fitto">Raffaele Fitto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryszard_Legutko" title="Ryszard Legutko">Ryszard Legutko</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">2009 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">62 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #196CA8; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;4<br />+3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">66 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #196CA8; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0E408A"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Identity_and_Democracy" title="Identity and Democracy">Identity and Democracy</a> (ID)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identity_and_Democracy_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Identity and Democracy Party">Identity and Democracy Party</a> (ID Party)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Zanni" title="Marco Zanni">Marco Zanni</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">2019 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">73 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0E408A; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;0<br />+3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">62 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0E408A; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#B71C1C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Left_in_the_European_Parliament_%E2%80%93_GUE/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL">The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL</a> (GUE-NGL) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_European_Left" title="Party of the European Left">Party of the European Left</a> (PEL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Green_Left_Alliance" title="Nordic Green Left Alliance">Nordic Green Left Alliance</a> (NGLA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Anti-Capitalist_Left" title="European Anti-Capitalist Left">European Anti-Capitalist Left</a> (EACL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Now_the_People" title="Now the People">Now the People!</a> (NTP!)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_Politics_EU" title="Animal Politics EU">Animal Politics EU</a> (APEU)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manon_Aubry" title="Manon Aubry">Manon Aubry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Schirdewan" title="Martin Schirdewan">Martin Schirdewan</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">1995 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 751</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #999999; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">&#8722;30<br />+2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">46 / 703</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #999999; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"><small>The 73 UK MEPs <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">left in January 2020</a>, and 36 additional MEPs were drawn from the remaining member states bringing the total to 705.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positions">Positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Social">Social</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Social"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>EUL/NGL and G/EFA were the most left-wing groups, UEN and EDD the most right-wing, and that was mirrored in their attitudes towards taxation, homosexual equality, abortion, euthanasia and controlling migration into the EU. The groups fell into two distinct camps regarding the further development of EU authority, with UEN and EDD definitely against and the rest broadly in favour. Opinion was wider on the <a href="/wiki/Common_Foreign_and_Security_Policy" title="Common Foreign and Security Policy">CFSP</a>, with different divisions on different issues. Unsurprisingly, G/EFA was far more in favour of Green issues compared to the other groups. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Attitude_to_EU_tax">Attitude to EU tax</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Attitude to EU tax"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG/220px-Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG/330px-Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG/440px-Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="710" /></a><figcaption>2007 Group attitude to EU tax (see <a href="/wiki/File:Heinemann_2007_Support_for_hypothetical_EU_tax_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG" title="File:Heinemann 2007 Support for hypothetical EU tax by European Parliament group.PNG">description</a> for sources). </figcaption></figure> <p>Table 1<sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of an April 2008 discussion paper<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from the Centre for European Economic Research by Heinemann et al. analysed each Group's stance on a hypothetical generalised EU tax. The results for each Group are given in the adjacent diagram with the horizontal scale scaled so that −100% = totally against and 100% = totally for. The results are also given in the table below, rescaled so that 0% = totally against, 100% = totally for. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Group attitude to EU tax (2008) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Attitude to a hypothetical EU tax </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#090;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens/EFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens/EFA">G/EFA</a></td> <td>97.5%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f00;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">PES</a></td> <td>85.1%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#000;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Identity,_Tradition,_Sovereignty" title="Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty">ITS</a></td> <td>62.5%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#900;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EUL/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="EUL/NGL">EUL/NGL</a></td> <td>55.0%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ff0;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew</a></td> <td>53.5%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#39f;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPP-ED" class="mw-redirect" title="EPP-ED">EPP-ED</a></td> <td>53.5%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9ff;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">UEN</a></td> <td>34.8%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f90;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IND/DEM" class="mw-redirect" title="IND/DEM">IND/DEM</a></td> <td>0.0%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#999;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">NI</a></td> <td>0.0%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ZEW0802701_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZEW0802701-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>G/EFA and PES were in favour of such a tax, IND/DEM and the <a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Independents</a> were definitely against, the others had no clear position. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analyses">Analyses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Analyses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National media focus on the MEPs and national parties of their own member state, neglecting the group's activities and poorly understanding their structure or even existence. Transnational media coverage of the groups <i>per se</i> is limited to those organs such as the Parliament itself, or those news media (e.g. <a href="/wiki/EUObserver" class="mw-redirect" title="EUObserver">EUObserver</a> or <a href="/wiki/TheParliament.com" class="mw-redirect" title="TheParliament.com">theParliament.com</a>) that specialise in the Parliament. These organs cover the groups in detail but with little overarching analysis. So although such organs make it easy to find out how a group acted on a specific vote, they provide little information on the voting patterns of a specific group. As a result, the only bodies providing analysis of the voting patterns and <i><a href="/wiki/Weltanschauung" class="mw-redirect" title="Weltanschauung">Weltanschauung</a></i> of the groups are academics.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Academics analysing the European political groups include <a href="/wiki/Simon_Hix" title="Simon Hix">Simon Hix</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics_and_Political_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="London School of Economics and Political Science">London School of Economics and Political Science</a>), <a href="/wiki/Amie_Kreppel" title="Amie Kreppel">Amie Kreppel</a> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Noury&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul Noury (page does not exist)">Abdul Noury</a> (<a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles" title="Université libre de Bruxelles">Free University of Brussels</a>), <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Roland_(economist)" title="Gérard Roland (economist)">Gérard Roland</a>, (<a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gail_McElroy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gail McElroy (page does not exist)">Gail McElroy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a>, Department of Political Science), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Benoit&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenneth Benoit (page does not exist)">Kenneth Benoit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a> – Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_Heinemann&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Friedrich Heinemann (page does not exist)">Friedrich Heinemann</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philipp_Mohl&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Philipp Mohl (page does not exist)">Philipp Mohl</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steffen_Osterloh&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Steffen Osterloh (page does not exist)">Steffen Osterloh</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Mannheim" title="University of Mannheim">University of Mannheim</a> – <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_European_Economic_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre for European Economic Research">Centre for European Economic Research</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Groups_cohesion">Groups cohesion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Groups cohesion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG/220px-Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG/330px-Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG/440px-Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="710" /></a><figcaption>2002 Group cohesion (see <a href="/wiki/File:Faas_2002_Group_cohesion_in_the_European_Parliament.PNG" title="File:Faas 2002 Group cohesion in the European Parliament.PNG">description</a> for sources). </figcaption></figure> <p><i>Cohesion</i> is the term used to define whether a Group is united or divided amongst itself. Figure 1<sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/2002-002.htm">2002 paper</a> from European Integration online Papers (EIoP) by Thorsten Faas analysed the Groups as they stood in 2002. The results for each Group are given in the adjacent diagram with the horizontal scale scaled so that 0% = totally split, 100% = totally united. The results are also given in the table below. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Group cohesion (2002) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Cohesion </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f00;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">PES</a></td> <td>approx 90%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ff0;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_(European_Parliament_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (European Parliament group)">ELDR</a></td> <td>approx 90%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#090;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens/EFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens/EFA">G/EFA</a></td> <td>approx 90%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#39f;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPP-ED" class="mw-redirect" title="EPP-ED">EPP-ED</a></td> <td>approx 80%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9ff;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">UEN</a></td> <td>approx 70%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#900;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EUL/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="EUL/NGL">EUL/NGL</a></td> <td>approx 65%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#999;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Technical_Group_of_Independents_(1999%E2%80%932001)" title="Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)">TGI</a></td> <td>approx 50%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#999;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">NI</a></td> <td>approx 45%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f90;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Democracies_and_Diversities" title="Europe of Democracies and Diversities">EDD</a></td> <td>approx 35%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-EIOP200200201_22-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIOP200200201-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>G/EFA, PES and ELDR were the most united groups, with EDD the most disunited. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proportion_of_female_MEPs">Proportion of female MEPs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Proportion of female MEPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stokes_2006_Gender_balance_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Stokes_2006_Gender_balance_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG/220px-Stokes_2006_Gender_balance_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Stokes_2006_Gender_balance_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG/330px-Stokes_2006_Gender_balance_by_European_Parliament_group.PNG 1.5x, 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That chapter<sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> gave the proportion of female MEPs in each Group in the European Parliament. The results for each Group are given in the adjacent diagram. The horizontal scale denotes gender balance (0% = totally male, 100% = totally female, but no Group has a female majority, so the scale stops at 50%). The results are also given in the table below. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Group percentage female (2006) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Percentage female </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#090;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens/EFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens/EFA">G/EFA</a></td> <td>47.6%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ff0;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Group_of_the_Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe">ALDE</a></td> <td>41%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f00;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">PES</a></td> <td>38%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#900;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EUL/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="EUL/NGL">EUL/NGL</a></td> <td>29%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#39f;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPP-ED" class="mw-redirect" title="EPP-ED">EPP-ED</a></td> <td>23%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9ff;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">UEN</a></td> <td>16.8%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f90;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IND/DEM" class="mw-redirect" title="IND/DEM">IND/DEM</a></td> <td>9%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SE200603_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SE200603-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>G/EFA, PES and ALDE were the most balanced groups in terms of gender, with IND/DEM being the most unbalanced. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_relations">Party relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Party relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Parliament does not form a government in the traditional sense and its politics have developed over consensual rather than adversarial lines as a form of <a href="/wiki/Consociationalism" title="Consociationalism">consociationalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Settembri_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Settembri-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> No single group has ever held a majority in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-Kreppel_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kreppel-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Historically, the two largest parliamentary formations have been the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">EPP Group</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">PES Group</a>, which are affiliated to their respective <a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political parties</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a> (EPP) and the <a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES). These two groups have dominated the Parliament for much of its life, continuously holding between 50 and 70 per cent of the seats together. The PES were the largest single party grouping up to 1999, when they were overtaken by the centre-right EPP.<sup id="cite_ref-SOC_history_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOC_history-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EPP_history_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPP_history-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987 the <a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a> came into force and, under the new <a href="/wiki/Cooperation_procedure" title="Cooperation procedure">cooperation procedure</a>, the Parliament needed to obtain large majorities to make the most impact. So the EPP and PES came to an agreement to cooperate in the Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-EPP_History_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPP_History-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This agreement became known as the "<a href="/wiki/Grand_coalition" title="Grand coalition">grand coalition</a>" and, aside from a break in the fifth Parliament,<sup id="cite_ref-Watson_interview_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watson_interview-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it has dominated the Parliament for much of its life, regardless of necessity. The grand coalition is visible in the agreement between the two Groups to divide the five-year term of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President of the European Parliament</a> equally between them, with an EPP president for half the term and a PES president for the other half, regardless of the actual election result.<sup id="cite_ref-Settembri_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Settembri-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_cooperation">Group cooperation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Group cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Table 3<sup id="cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008082103-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of 21 August 2008 version of working paper by Hix and Noury<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> gave figures for the level of cooperation between each group (how many times they vote with a group, and how many times they vote against) for the Fifth and Sixth Parliaments. 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Surprisingly, given that PES and EPP-ED are partners in the Grand Coalition, they were not each other's closest allies, although they did vote with each other about two-thirds of the time. IND/DEM did not have close allies within the political groups, preferring instead to cooperate most closely with the <a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-Inscrits</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Breaking_coalitions">Breaking coalitions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Breaking coalitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the fifth term the ELDR Group were involved in a break in the grand coalition when they entered into an alliance with the European People's Party, to the exclusion of the Party of European Socialists.<sup id="cite_ref-Watson_interview_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watson_interview-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was reflected in the Presidency of the Parliament with the terms being shared between the EPP and the ELDR, rather than the EPP and PES as before.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, ELDR intervention was not the only cause for a break in the grand coalition. There have been specific occasions where real left-right party politics have emerged, notably the <a href="/wiki/Santer_Commission#Budget_controversy" title="Santer Commission">resignation of the Santer Commission</a>. When the initial allegations against the Commission Budget emerged, they were directed primarily against the PES <a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Cresson" title="Édith Cresson">Édith Cresson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Mar%C3%ADn" title="Manuel Marín">Manuel Marín</a>. PES supported the commission and saw the issue as an attempt by the EPP to discredit their party ahead of the 1999 elections. EPP disagreed. Whilst the Parliament was considering rejecting the <a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union" title="Budget of the European Union">Community budget</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Santer" title="Jacques Santer">Jacques Santer</a> argued that a "No" vote would be tantamount to a <a href="/wiki/Vote_of_no_confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote of no confidence">vote of no confidence</a>. PES leader <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Green" title="Pauline Green">Pauline Green</a> MEP attempted a vote of confidence and the EPP put forward countermotions. During this period the two Groups adopted a government-<a href="/wiki/Opposition_(parliamentary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition (parliamentary)">opposition</a> dynamic, with PES supporting the executive and EPP renouncing its previous coalition support and voting it down.<sup id="cite_ref-Ringe_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringe-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004 there was another notable break in the grand coalition. It occurred over the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Buttiglione" title="Rocco Buttiglione">Rocco Buttiglione</a> as <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Justice,_Freedom_and_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security">European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security</a>. The EPP supported the appointment of Buttiglione, while the PES, who were also critics of the President-designate <a href="/wiki/Jose_Manuel_Barroso" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Manuel Barroso">Jose Manuel Barroso</a>, led the parties seeking Buttiglione's removal following his rejection (the first in <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_European_Union" title="History of the European Union">EU history</a>) by a <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Committees of the European Parliament">Parliamentary committee</a>. Barroso initially stood by his team and offered only small concessions, which were rejected by the PES. The EPP demanded that if Buttiglione were to go, then a PES commissioner must also be sacrificed for balance.<sup id="cite_ref-B_reject_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B_reject-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the end, Italy withdrew Buttiglione and put forward <a href="/wiki/Franco_Frattini" title="Franco Frattini">Franco Frattini</a> instead. Frattini won the support of the PES and the <a href="/wiki/Barroso_Commission" title="Barroso Commission">Barroso Commission</a> was finally approved, albeit behind schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-F_instead_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-F_instead-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Politicisation such as the above has been increasing, with Simon Hix of the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> noting in 2007 that<sup id="cite_ref-Farrell_Powerful_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farrell_Powerful-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Our work also shows that politics in the European Parliament is becoming increasingly based around party and ideology. Voting is increasingly split along left-right lines, and the cohesion of the party groups has risen dramatically, particularly in the fourth and fifth parliaments. So there are likely to be policy implications here too.</p></blockquote> <p>The dynamical coalitions in the European Parliament show year-to-year changes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Group_switching">Group switching</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Group switching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Party group switching in the European Parliament is the phenomenon where parliamentarians individually or collectively switch from one party group to the other. The phenomenon of EP party group switching is a well-known contributor to the volatility of the EP party system and highlights the fluidity that characterizes the composition of European political groups. On average 9% of MEPs switch during legislative terms. Party group switching is a phenomenon that gained force especially in the legislatures during the 1990s, up to a maximum of 18% for the 1989–1994 term, with strong prevalence among representatives from France and Italy, though by no means limited to those two countries. There is a clear tendency of party group switches from the ideological extremes, both left and right, toward the center. Most switching takes place at the outset of legislative terms, with another peak around the half-term moment, when responsibilities rotate within the EP hierarchy.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Improve_images plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-cat_improve" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/60px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/80px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional or more specific <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit">help out</a> by <a href="/wiki/MOS:IMAGES" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:IMAGES">adding images</a> to it so that it can be better illustrated.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="right" border="0" style="background:none"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="thumbinner" style="width:620px"> <table style="background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0; width:620px" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:620px; background:white; height:200px; padding: 0; margin: 0;" class="thumbimage"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_pben1kxghgml6ngbzxzp8cjc2tp8jst"></map><img usemap="#timeline_pben1kxghgml6ngbzxzp8cjc2tp8jst" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/pben1kxghgml6ngbzxzp8cjc2tp8jst.png" /></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0;"><div class="thumbcaption">The composition of the European Parliament with regard to percentage share of deputies for each political group, 1979 to 2024. Left to right:<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br /> <table style="background:none; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#990000; color:white;font-size:5pt;">&#160;</span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">Left-wing</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000; 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The groups are coalitions of <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEPs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European parties</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">national parties</a> that those MEPs belong to. The groups have coalesced into representations of the dominant schools of European political thought and are the primary actors in the Parliament. </p><p>The first three Groups were established in the earliest days of the Parliament. They were the "Socialist Group" (which eventually became the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">S&amp;D group</a>), the "Christian Democrat Group" (later <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">EPP group</a>) and the "Liberals and Allies Group" (later <a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew Europe</a>). </p><p>As the Parliament developed, other Groups emerged. <a href="/wiki/Gaullism" title="Gaullism">Gaullists</a> from France founded the <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Union" title="European Democratic Union">European Democratic Union</a> Group.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When Conservatives from <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and the United Kingdom joined, they created the 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class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th> <th><sup id="cite_ref-IIIS92225302_46-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IIIS92225302-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sixth_European_Parliament">Sixth European Parliament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Sixth European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sixth_European_Parliament" title="Sixth European Parliament">Sixth European Parliament</a></div> <p>The mandate of the previous European Parliament ran from 2004 and 2009. It was composed of the following political groups. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Parties </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th>Est. </th> <th>MEPs </th></tr> <tr> <td width="5px" style="color:inherit;background-color:#0047AB"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group#History" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party–European Democrats</a> (EPP–ED) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a> (EPP)<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Democrats" title="European Democrats">European Democrats</a> (ED) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Daul" title="Joseph Daul">Joseph Daul</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">288 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F0001C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats#History" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Schulz" title="Martin Schulz">Martin Schulz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">217 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:gold"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a> (ALDE) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party</a> (ELDR)<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a> (EDP)<br />+ 2 unaffiliated national parties<br />+ 2 independent politicians </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Watson" title="Graham Watson">Graham Watson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">104 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#4F6BA2"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">Union for Europe of the Nations</a> (UEN) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Alliance for Europe of the Nations">Alliance for Europe of the Nations</a> (AEN)<br />+ 6 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cristiana_Muscardini" title="Cristiana Muscardini">Cristiana Muscardini</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#57B45F"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">The Greens–European Free Alliance</a> (Greens–EFA) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> (EGP)<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA)<br />+ 2 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monica_Frassoni" title="Monica Frassoni">Monica Frassoni</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Cohn-Bendit" title="Daniel Cohn-Bendit">Daniel Cohn-Bendit</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#B71C1C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">European United Left–Nordic Green Left</a> (GUE–NGL) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_European_Left" title="Party of the European Left">Party of the European Left</a> (PEL)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Green_Left_Alliance" title="Nordic Green Left Alliance">Nordic Green Left Alliance</a> (NGLA)<br />+ 5 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Wurtz" title="Francis Wurtz">Francis Wurtz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F7AF20"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">Independence/Democracy</a> (IND/DEM) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Independent_Democrats_in_Europe" title="Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe">Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe</a> (AIDE)<br /><a href="/wiki/EUDemocrats" class="mw-redirect" title="EUDemocrats">EUDemocrats</a> (EUD) <br />+ 2 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Sinnott" title="Kathy Sinnott">Kathy Sinnott</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#999999"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-Inscrits</a> (NI) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Euronat" title="Euronat">Euronat</a><br />+ 11 unaffiliated national parties<br />+ 3 independent politicians </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><small>Source for MEPs: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert.do?language=EN">European Parliament</a></small> </th> <th style="text-align:right;" colspan="2">Total </th> <th style="text-align:center;">785 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hix-Lord_model_for_EP_6_(June_2004_to_December_2006_period)_by_roll-call_votes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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The results for each group are shown in the adjacent diagram. The vertical scale is the anti-pro Europe spectrum, (0% = extremely anti-Europe, 100% = extremely pro), and the horizontal scale is the economic left-right spectrum, (0% = extremely economically left-wing, 100% = extremely economically right-wing). The results are also shown in the table below. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Group positions (Sixth Parliament) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Left-right spectrum </th> <th>Eurosceptic spectrum </th> <th>Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#900;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EUL/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="EUL/NGL">EUL/NGL</a></td> <td>very left-wing</td> <td>Eurosceptic</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f00;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats#History" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">PES</a></td> <td>centre-left</td> <td>very Europhile</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#090;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens/EFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Greens/EFA">G/EFA</a></td> <td>left-wing</td> <td>Europhile</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ff0;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew</a></td> <td>centre</td> <td>Europhile</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#39f;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPP-ED" class="mw-redirect" title="EPP-ED">EPP-ED</a> (EPP subgroup)</td> <td>centre-right</td> <td>Europhile</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#00f;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPP-ED" class="mw-redirect" title="EPP-ED">EPP-ED</a> (ED subgroup)</td> <td>right-wing</td> <td>Eurosceptic</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f90;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IND/DEM" class="mw-redirect" title="IND/DEM">IND/DEM</a> (reformist subgroup)</td> <td>centre</td> <td>very Eurosceptic</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f90;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IND/DEM" class="mw-redirect" title="IND/DEM">IND/DEM</a> (secessionist subgroup)</td> <td>very right-wing</td> <td>Secessionist</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#9ff;">&#160;</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">UEN</a></td> <td>centre-right</td> <td>Eurosceptic</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-HN2008010303_47-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HN2008010303-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Two of the groups (EPP-ED and IND/DEM) were split. EPP-ED are split on Euroscepticism: the EPP subgroup ( <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3399FF; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;</span>) were centre-right Europhiles, whereas the ED subgroup ( <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white;">&#160;</span>&#160;</span>) were right-wing Eurosceptics. </p><p>IND/DEM was also split along its subgroups: the reformist subgroup ( <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9900; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;</span>, bottom-center) voted as centrist Eurosceptics, and the secessionist subgroup ( <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9900; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;</span>, middle-right) voted as right-wing Euroneutrals. The reformist subgroup was able to pursue a reformist agenda via the Parliament. The secessionist subgroup was unable to pursue a secessionist agenda there (it's out of the Parliament's purview) and pursued a right-wing agenda instead. This resulted in the secessionist subgroup being <i>less</i> Eurosceptic in terms of roll-call votes than other, non-eurosceptic parties. UKIP (the major component of the secessionist subgroup) was criticised for this seeming abandonment of its Eurosceptic core principles.<sup id="cite_ref-Times1845227_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times1845227-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Table 2<sup id="cite_ref-IIIS92225301_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IIIS92225301-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IIIS92225302_46-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IIIS92225302-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of a 2005 discussion paper<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from the Institute for International Integration Studies by Gail McElroy and Kenneth Benoit analysed the group positions between April and June 2004, at the end of the Fifth Parliament and immediately before the 2004 elections. The results are given below, with 0% = extremely against, 100% = extremely for (except for the left-right spectrum, where 0% = extremely left-wing, 100% = extremely right-wing) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seventh_European_Parliament">Seventh European Parliament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Seventh European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Seventh_European_Parliament" title="Seventh European Parliament">Seventh European Parliament</a></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Parties </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th>Est. </th> <th>MEPs </th></tr> <tr> <td width="5px" style="color:inherit;background-color:#3399FF"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party</a> (EPP) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a> (EPP)<br />+1 unaffiliated national party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Daul" title="Joseph Daul">Joseph Daul</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">274 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F0001C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a> (S&amp;D) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES)<br />+3 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a 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style="color:inherit;background-color:#57B45F"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">The Greens–European Free Alliance</a> (Greens–EFA) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> (EGP)<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA)<br />+ 2 unaffiliated national parties<br />+ 2 independent politicians </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Cohn-Bendit" title="Daniel Cohn-Bendit">Daniel Cohn-Bendit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Harms" title="Rebecca Harms">Rebecca Harms</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#196CA8"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists Group</a> (ECR) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_European_Conservatives_and_Reformists" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists">Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists</a> (AECR)<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Christian_Political_Movement" title="European Christian Political Movement">European Christian Political Movement</a> (ECPM) <br />+ 1 unaffiliated national party <br /> + 2 independent politicians </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Callanan" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Callanan">Martin Callanan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#B71C1C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">European United Left–Nordic Green Left</a> (GUE-NGL) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_European_Left" title="Party of the European Left">Party of the European Left</a> (PEL)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Green_Left_Alliance" title="Nordic Green Left Alliance">Nordic Green Left Alliance</a> (NGLA)<br />+ 10 unaffiliated national parties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabi_Zimmer" title="Gabi Zimmer">Gabi Zimmer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#24B9B9"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Democracy</a> (EFD) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_a_Europe_of_Liberties_and_Democracy" title="Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy">Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy</a> (MELD)<br />+ 2 unaffiliated national parties<br />+ 2 independent politicians </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Speroni" title="Francesco Speroni">Francesco Speroni</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#999999"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-Inscrits</a> (NI) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_European_National_Movements" title="Alliance of European National Movements">Alliance of European National Movements</a> (AENM)<br />+14 unaffiliated national parties<br />+ 3 independent politicians </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><small>Source for MEPs: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html">European Parliament</a></small> </th> <th style="text-align:right;" colspan="2">Total </th> <th style="text-align:center;">766 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eighth_European_Parliament">Eighth European Parliament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Eighth European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eighth_European_Parliament" title="Eighth European Parliament">Eighth European Parliament</a></div> <p>Major changes compared to the period 2004–2009 were: </p> <ul><li>The formation of a new political group, the <a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists</a> (ECR).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This conservative, Eurosceptic group was headed by 26 MEPs from the UK's Conservative Party.</li> <li>The Eurosceptic <a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">Independence/Democracy</a> (IND/DEM) and <a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">Union for Europe of the Nations</a> (UEN) groups suffered heavy losses in the election. On their own, they no longer had enough MEPs to form a separate group. MEPs formerly from these groups formed the <a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Democracy</a> (EFD) group on 1 July 2009.</li> <li>The centre-right <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party</a> now formed its own political group in its entirety, as the former members of the <a href="/wiki/European_Democrats" title="European Democrats">European Democrats</a> left the group to join the ECR.</li> <li>The political group of the <a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> renamed itself to the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a> or Socialists and Democrats (S&amp;D) to accommodate the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Italy)" title="Democratic Party (Italy)">Democratic Party</a> of Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-Viola2015_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viola2015-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Democratic Party did not become member of the Party of European Socialists until February 2014.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group </th> <th>Parties </th> <th>Leader(s) </th> <th><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr> </th> <th>MEPs </th></tr> <tr> <td width="5px" style="color:inherit;background-color:#3399FF"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_group" class="mw-redirect" title="European People&#39;s Party group">European People's Party</a> (EPP) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a> (EPP)</li> <li>+1 unaffiliated national party</li> <li>+4 independent politicians</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Manfred Weber</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">216 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F0001C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a> (S&amp;D) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> (PES)</li> <li>+3 unaffiliated national parties</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gianni_Pittella" title="Gianni Pittella">Gianni Pittella</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">185 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#196CA8"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists Group</a> (ECR) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Conservatives_and_Reformists_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe">Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe</a> (ACRE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Christian_Political_Movement" title="European Christian Political Movement">European Christian Political Movement</a> (ECPM)</li> <li>+ 1 unaffiliated national party</li> <li>+ 2 independent politicians</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syed_Kamall" title="Syed Kamall">Syed Kamall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:gold"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_group" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a> (ALDE) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a> (ALDE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a> (EDP)</li> <li>+ 5 unaffiliated national parties</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guy_Verhofstadt" title="Guy Verhofstadt">Guy Verhofstadt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">69 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#B71C1C"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">European United Left–Nordic Green Left</a> (GUE-NGL) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_the_European_Left" title="Party of the European Left">Party of the European Left</a> (PEL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Anti-Capitalist_Left" title="European Anti-Capitalist Left">European Anti-Capitalist Left</a> (EACL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Green_Left_Alliance" title="Nordic Green Left Alliance">Nordic Green Left Alliance</a> (NGLA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maintenant_le_Peuple" class="mw-redirect" title="Maintenant le Peuple">Maintenant le Peuple</a> (MLP)</li> <li>+ 10 unaffiliated national parties</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabi_Zimmer" title="Gabi Zimmer">Gabi Zimmer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#57B45F"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance">Greens–European Free Alliance</a> (Greens–EFA) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> (EGP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA)</li> <li>+ 3 unaffiliated national parties</li> <li>+ 2 independent politicians</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Harms" title="Rebecca Harms">Rebecca Harms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Lamberts" title="Philippe Lamberts">Philippe Lamberts</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#24B9B9"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Direct_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy</a> (EFDD) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Direct_Democracy_in_Europe" title="Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe">Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe</a> (ADDE)</li> <li>+ 1 unaffiliated national party</li> <li>+ 1 independent politician</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2014 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2B3856"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Nations_and_Freedom" title="Europe of Nations and Freedom">Europe of Nations and Freedom</a> (ENF) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Alliance_for_Freedom" title="European Alliance for Freedom">European Alliance for Freedom</a> (EAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_a_Europe_of_Nations_and_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom">Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom</a> (MENF)</li> <li>+ 2 unaffiliated national parties</li> <li>+ 2 independent politicians</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Le_Pen" title="Marine Le Pen">Marine Le Pen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_de_Graaff" title="Marcel de Graaff">Marcel de Graaff</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2015 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#999999"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-Inscrits</a> (NI) </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Peace_and_Freedom" title="Alliance for Peace and Freedom">Alliance for Peace and Freedom</a> (APF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_European_National_Movements" title="Alliance of European National Movements">Alliance of European National Movements</a> (AENM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initiative_of_Communist_and_Workers%27_Parties" title="Initiative of Communist and Workers&#39; Parties">Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties</a> (INITIATIVE)</li> <li>+3 unaffiliated national parties</li> <li>+4 independent politicians</li></ul> </div> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">N/A </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><small>Source for MEPs: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/crosstable.html">Seats by Member State</a></small> </th> <th style="text-align:right;" colspan="2">Total </th> <th style="text-align:center;">749 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ninth_European_Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Ninth European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ninth_European_Parliament" title="Ninth European Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</a></div> <table 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">POL</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Mure%C8%99an" title="Siegfried Mureșan">Siegfried Mureșan</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">ROU</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">ESP</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolaj_Villumsen" title="Nikolaj Villumsen">Nikolaj Villumsen</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">DEN</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_according_to_group">History according to group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: History according to group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the groups (such as the PES and S&amp;D Group) have become homogeneous units coterminous with their European political party, some (such as IND/DEM) have not. But they are still coalitions, not parties in their own right, and do not issue <a href="/wiki/Manifesto" title="Manifesto">manifestos</a> of their own. It may therefore be difficult to discern how the groups intend to vote without first inspecting the <a href="/wiki/Party_platform" title="Party platform">party platforms</a> of their constituent parties, and then with limited certainty. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Christian_democrats_and_conservatives">Christian democrats and conservatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Christian democrats and conservatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In European politics, the centre-right is usually occupied by <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democrats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservatives</a>. These two ideological strands have had a tangled relationship in the Parliament. The first Christian Democrat Group was founded in 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and stayed with that name for a quarter of a century. Meanwhile, outside the Parliament, local Christian-democratic parties were organising and eventually formed the pan-national political party called the "<a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People&#39;s Party">European People's Party</a>" on 29 April 1976. Since all the Christian-democratic MEPs were members of this pan-European party, the Group's name was changed to indicate this: first to the "Christian-Democratic Group (Group of the European People's Party)"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s50_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s50-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 14 March 1978,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> then to "Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s50_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s50-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 17 July 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, on 16 January 1973,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the "European Conservative Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was formed by the British and Danish Conservative parties, which had recently joined the EEC. This group was renamed to the "European Democratic Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s49_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s49-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 17 July 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The EPP Group grew during the 1980s, with conservative parties such as <a href="/wiki/New_Democracy_(Greece)" title="New Democracy (Greece)">New Democracy</a> of Greece and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People&#39;s Party (Spain)">People's Party</a> of Spain joining the Group. In contrast, the number of MEPs in the European Democratic Group fell over the same period and it eventually merged with the EPP Group on 1 May 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This consolidation of the centre-right continued during the 1990s, with MEPs from the Italian centre-right party <span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Forza_Italia" title="Forza Italia">Forza Italia</a></span></span> being admitted into the EPP Group on 15 June 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after spending nearly a year (19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to 6 July 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) in their own Group, self-referentially called "<a href="/wiki/Forza_Europa" title="Forza Europa">Forza Europa</a>", and nearly three years (6 July 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to 15 June 1998<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) in the <a href="/wiki/National_conservatism" title="National conservatism">national-conservative</a> Group called "<a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe" title="Union for Europe">Union for Europe</a>". But the Conservatives were growing restless and on 20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the EPP Group was renamed<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to the "Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (EPP-ED) to identify the Conservative parties within the Group. The Group remained under that name until after the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election" title="2009 European Parliament election">2009 European elections</a>, when it reverted to the title "Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)" upon the exit of the European Democrats subgroup and the formation of the "<a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists</a>" group in June 2009. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Christian Democratic Group </td> <td>CD<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>DC<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Christian Democratic Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s50_66-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s50-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 March 1978<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christian Democratic Group </td> <td>CD<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>DC<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Christian Democratic Group (Group of the European People's Party)<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s50_66-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s50-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 March 1978<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17 July 1979<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives" title="European Conservatives">European Conservatives</a> </td> <td>C<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>European Conservative Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s49_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s49-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 January 1973<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17 July 1979<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Democrats" title="European Democrats">European Democrats</a> </td> <td>ED<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>DE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>European Democratic Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s49_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s49-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17 July 1979<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 May 1992<sup id="cite_ref-t1s7_43-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_(European_Parliament_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="European People&#39;s Party (European Parliament group)">European People's Party</a> </td> <td>EPP<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>PPE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s50_66-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s50-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17 July 1979<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 May 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s34_44-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s34-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Forza_Europa" title="Forza Europa">Forza Europa</a> </td> <td>FE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s26_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s26-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Forza Europa </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 July 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party–European Democrats</a> </td> <td>EPP-ED<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>PPE-DE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s51_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s51-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>22 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party</a> </td> <td>EPP </td> <td>PPE </td> <td>Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) </td> <td>22 June 2009 </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Social_democrats">Social democrats</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Social democrats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Western Europe, <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social-democratic</a> parties have been the dominant centre-left force since the dawn of modern European cooperation. The Socialist Group was one of the first Groups to be founded when it was created on 23 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in the European Parliament's predecessor, the Common Assembly of the <a href="/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community" title="European Coal and Steel Community">European Coal and Steel Community</a>, and continued through the creation of the appointed Parliament in 1958 and the elected Parliament in 1979. Meanwhile, the national parties making up the Group were also organising themselves on a European level <i>outside</i> the Parliament, with the parties creating the "Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community" in 1974<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s29_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s29-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s30_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s30-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and its successor, the "<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Party of European Socialists</a>", in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s29_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s29-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s30_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s30-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a result, the Group (which had kept its "Socialist Group" name all along) was renamed to the "Group of the Party of European Socialists" on 21 April 1993<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it became difficult to distinguish between the <a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> party and the political group. The Group reverted to (approximately) its former name of the "Socialist Group in the European Parliament".<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite all this, the Group was still universally referred to as "PES", notwithstanding the 2009 name change to the "<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a>" to accommodate the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Italy)" title="Democratic Party (Italy)">Democratic Party</a> of Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Socialist Group </td> <td>S<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Group of the Socialists<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1958<sup id="cite_ref-t1s29_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s29-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Socialist Group </td> <td>SOC<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Socialist Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s29_75-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s29-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s41_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s41-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1958<sup id="cite_ref-t1s29_75-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s29-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 April 1993<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a> </td> <td>PES<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>PSE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>"Group of the Party of European Socialists"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s42_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s42-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (until 20 July 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br />"Socialist Group in the European Parliament"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s43_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s43-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (since 20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) </td> <td>21 April 1993<sup id="cite_ref-t1s28_74-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s28-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a> </td> <td>S&amp;D </td> <td>S&amp;D </td> <td>Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament </td> <td>23 June 2009 </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Liberals_and_centrists">Liberals and centrists</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Liberals and centrists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In European politics, <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberalism</a> tends to be associated with ideas inspired by <a href="/wiki/Classical_liberalism" title="Classical liberalism">classical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalism" title="Economic liberalism">economic liberalism</a>, which advocates limited government intervention in society. However, the Liberal Group contains diverse parties, including <a href="/wiki/Conservative_liberalism" title="Conservative liberalism">conservative-liberal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">social-liberal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nordic_agrarian_parties" title="Nordic agrarian parties">Nordic agrarian parties</a>. It has previously been home to parties such as the minor French <a href="/wiki/Gaullism" title="Gaullism">Gaullist</a> party <a href="/wiki/Union_for_the_New_Republic" title="Union for the New Republic">Union for the New Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Portugal)" title="Social Democratic Party (Portugal)">Social Democratic Party</a> of Portugal, which were not explicitly liberal parties, but who were not aligned with either the Socialist or the Christian Democratic Groups. The Liberal Group was founded on 23 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> under the name of the "Group of Liberals and Allies".<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the Parliament grew, it changed its name to the "Liberal and Democratic Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (1976<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>), then to the "Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s45_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s45-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (13 December 1985<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>), then to the "<a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_(European_Parliament_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (European Parliament group)">Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) before settling on the name of the "<a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group">Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 20 July 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when the Group was joined by the centrist parties that formed the <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_(European_Parliament_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (European Parliament group)">ELDR Group</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Graham_Watson" title="Graham Watson">Graham Watson</a> MEP denounced the grand coalition in 2007 and expressed a desire to ensure that the posts of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">Commission President</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">Council President</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">Parliament President</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Common_Foreign_and_Security_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy">High Representative</a> were not divided based on agreement between the two largest groups to the exclusion of third parties.<sup id="cite_ref-ALDE_formed_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALDE_formed-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1994 and 1999 there was a separate "<a href="/wiki/European_Radical_Alliance" title="European Radical Alliance">European Radical Alliance</a>", which consisted of MEPs of the French <i><a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_of_the_Left" title="Radical Party of the Left">Energie Radicale</a></i>, the Italian <a href="/wiki/Bonino_List" title="Bonino List">Bonino List</a>, and regionalists aligned with the <a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s10_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s10-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current name as of 2020 is "Renew Europe". </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Liberal Group </td> <td>L<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Group of Liberals and Allies<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1976<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Liberal and Democratic Group </td> <td>LD<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Liberal and Democratic Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s44_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s44-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1976<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13 December 1985<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group </td> <td>LDR<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s45_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s45-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13 December 1985<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_(European_Parliament_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (European Parliament group)">European Liberal Democratic and Reform Party</a> </td> <td>ELDR<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s46_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s46-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Radical_Alliance" title="European Radical Alliance">European Radical Alliance</a> </td> <td>ERA<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ARE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the European Radical Alliance<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s58_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s58-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe</a> </td> <td>ALDE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ADLE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s48_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s48-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s47_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s47-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s9_81-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s9-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>June 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew Europe</a> </td> <td>RE </td> <td>RE </td> <td>Renew Europe group </td> <td>20 June 2019 </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eurosceptic_conservatives">Eurosceptic conservatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Eurosceptic conservatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Parties from certain European countries have been unwilling to join the centre-right <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party Group</a>. These parties generally have a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal conservative">liberal conservative</a> but <a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism" title="Euroscepticism">eurosceptic</a> agenda. The first such Group was formed when the French <a href="/wiki/Gaullist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaullist Party">Gaullists</a> split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (<i>not</i> to be confused with the association of conservative and Christian-democratic parties founded in 1978 called the <a href="/wiki/European_Democrat_Union" title="European Democrat Union">European Democrat Union</a> nor the Conservative Group called the "European Democratic Group" founded in 1979). The Group was renamed on 16 January 1973<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s31_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s31-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s33_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s33-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>, and renamed itself again on 24 July 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to the "Group of the European Democratic Alliance".<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s33_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s33-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The European Democratic Alliance joined with MEPs from <span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Forza_Italia" title="Forza Italia">Forza Italia</a></span></span> to become the "<a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe" title="Union for Europe">Union for Europe</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s52_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s52-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 6 July 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but it did not last and the <span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;">Forza Italia</span></span> MEPs left on 15 June 1998 to join the EPP,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> leaving Union for Europe to struggle on until it split on 20 July 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The French <a href="/wiki/Rally_for_the_Republic" title="Rally for the Republic">Rally for the Republic</a> members joined the EPP,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> and the Portuguese <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Portugal)" class="mw-redirect" title="People&#39;s Party (Portugal)">CDS–PP</a> members joined a new group called the "<a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">Union for Europe of the Nations</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-t1s53_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s53-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election" title="2009 European Parliament election">2009 Parliament elections</a> the Union for Europe of Nations was disbanded due to a lack of members, with the remaining members splitting into factions, with some joining with the remaining members of <a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">Independence/Democracy</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Democracy</a>, a new <a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism" title="Euroscepticism">Eurosceptic</a> group, and the remaining members joining with the former members of the <a href="/wiki/European_Democrats" title="European Democrats">European Democrat</a> subgroup of the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">EPP-ED</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Union" title="European Democratic Union">European Democratic Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>UDE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>European Democratic Union Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s33_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s33-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 January 1965<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 January 1973<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Progressive_Democrats" title="European Progressive Democrats">European Progressive Democrats</a><sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>EPD<sup id="cite_ref-PolDatHandOECD1997_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PolDatHandOECD1997-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>DEP<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of European Progressive Democrats<sup id="cite_ref-t1s31_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s31-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s33_92-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s33-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 January 1973<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Alliance" title="European Democratic Alliance">European Democratic Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>EDA<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>RDE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the European Democratic Alliance<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s33_92-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s33-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s52_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s52-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 July 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe" title="Union for Europe">Union for Europe</a> </td> <td>UFE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>UPE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>"Group Union for Europe"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s52_93-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s52-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 July 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">Union for Europe of the Nations</a> </td> <td>UEN<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Union for Europe of the Nations Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s53_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s53-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s8_69-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s8-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s27_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s27-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists</a> </td> <td>ECR </td> <td>CRE </td> <td>European Conservatives and Reformists Group </td> <td>24 June 2009 </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Greens_and_regionalists">Greens and regionalists</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Greens and regionalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In European politics, there has been a coalition between the <a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">greens</a> and the stateless nationalists or <a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">regionalists</a> (who also support <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a>). In 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Greens and regionalists gathered into the "Rainbow Group",<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a coalition of Greens, regionalists and other parties of the left unaffiliated with any of the international organisations. In 1989,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the group split: the Greens went off to form the "Green Group", whilst the regionalists stayed in Rainbow. Rainbow collapsed in 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and its members joined the "European Radical Alliance" under the French <i><a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_of_the_Left" title="Radical Party of the Left">Energie Radicale</a></i>. The Greens and regionalists stayed separate until 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when they reunited under the "Greens/European Free Alliance"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> banner. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Group_(1984%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow Group (1984–89)">Rainbow Group</a> </td> <td>RBW<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ARC<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Rainbow Group: Federation of the Green Alternative European Left, Agalev-Ecolo, the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament<sup id="cite_ref-t1s58_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s58-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s57_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s57-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Group_(1989%E2%80%9394)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow Group (1989–94)">Rainbow Group</a> </td> <td>RBW<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ARC<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Rainbow Group in the European Parliament<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s58_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s58-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Group_in_the_European_Parliament" title="The Green Group in the European Parliament">The Green Group</a> </td> <td>G<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>V<sup id="cite_ref-t1s63_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s63-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>The Green Group in the European Parliament<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s59_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s59-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">The Greens–European Free Alliance</a> </td> <td>G/EFA,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Verts/ALE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of the Greens–European Free Alliance<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s60_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s60-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Communists_and_socialists">Communists and socialists</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Communists and socialists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first communist group in the European Parliament was the "Communist and Allies Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> founded on 16 October 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It stayed together until 25 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when it split into two groups, the "Left Unity" Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with 14<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> members and the "Group of the European United Left"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (EUL) with 28<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> members. EUL collapsed in January 1993<sup id="cite_ref-t1s35_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s35-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Communist_Party" title="Italian Communist Party">Italian Communist Party</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_Left" title="Democratic Party of the Left">Democratic Party of the Left</a> and its MEPs joined the PES Group, leaving Left Unity as the only leftist group before the 1994 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s35_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s35-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The name was resurrected immediately after the elections when the "Confederal Group of the European United Left"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was formed on 19 July 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 6 January 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when parties from <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> joined, the Group was further renamed to the "Confederal Group of the <a href="/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">European United Left–Nordic Green Left</a>" and it has stayed that way to the present. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_and_Allies_Group" title="Communist and Allies Group">Communists and Allies</a> </td> <td>COM<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Communist and Allies Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s37_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s37-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 October 1973<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_United_Left_(1989%E2%80%931993)" title="European United Left (1989–1993)">European United Left</a> </td> <td>EUL<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>GUE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group for the European United Left<sup id="cite_ref-t1s39_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s39-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>January 1993<sup id="cite_ref-t1s35_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s35-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_Unity_(European_Parliament)" title="Left Unity (European Parliament)">Left Unity</a> </td> <td>LU<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>CG<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Left Unity<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s38_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s38-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_United_Left_(1994%E2%80%9395)" class="mw-redirect" title="European United Left (1994–95)">European United Left</a> </td> <td>EUL<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>GUE<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Confederal Group of the European United Left<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s40_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s40-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 January 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Left_in_the_European_Parliament_%E2%80%93_GUE/NGL" class="mw-redirect" title="The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL">The Left in the European Parliament</a> </td> <td>EUL/NGL<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>GUE/NGL<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Confederal Group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s40_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s40-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 January 1995<sup id="cite_ref-t1s4_101-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s4-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s40_106-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s40-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Right-wing_nationalists">Right-wing nationalists</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Right-wing nationalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In European politics, a grouping of nationalists has thus far found it difficult to cohere in a continuous Group. The first nationalist Group was founded by the French <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (France)">National Front</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Movement" title="Italian Social Movement">Italian Social Movement</a> in 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> under the name of the "Group of the European Right",<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it lasted until 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s36_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s36-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its successor, the "Technical Group of the European Right",<sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s15_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s15-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> existed from 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There was then a gap of thirteen years until "Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s17_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s17-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was founded on 15 January 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s17_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s17-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which lasted for nearly eleven months until it fell apart on 14 November 2007 due to in-fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s18_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s18-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Laible2008_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laible2008-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new radical right group was formed during the 8th parliament on 16 June 2015 under the name "<a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Nations_and_Freedom" title="Europe of Nations and Freedom">Europe of Nations and Freedom</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Right_(1984%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Right (1984–89)">European Right</a> </td> <td>ER<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Group of the European Right<sup id="cite_ref-t1s3_42-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Right_(1989%E2%80%9394)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Right (1989–94)">European Right</a> </td> <td>DR<sup id="cite_ref-t1s15_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s15-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Technical Group of the European Right<sup id="cite_ref-t1s16_107-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s16-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s15_109-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s15-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25 July 1989<sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Identity,_Tradition,_Sovereignty" title="Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty">Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty</a> </td> <td>ITS<sup id="cite_ref-t1s17_110-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s17-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s55_115-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s55-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>15 January 2007<sup id="cite_ref-t1s17_110-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s17-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 November 2007<sup id="cite_ref-t1s18_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s18-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Nations_and_Freedom" title="Europe of Nations and Freedom">Europe of Nations and Freedom</a> </td> <td>ENF<sup id="cite_ref-le_pen2_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-le_pen2-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ENL </td> <td>Europe of Nations and Freedom Group<sup id="cite_ref-le_pen2_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-le_pen2-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 June 2015<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13 June 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Identity_and_Democracy" title="Identity and Democracy">Identity and Democracy</a> </td> <td>ID </td> <td>ID </td> <td>Identity and Democracy Group </td> <td>13 June 2019 </td> <td>8 July 2024<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patriots_for_Europe" title="Patriots for Europe">Patriots for Europe</a> </td> <td>PfE </td> <td>PfE </td> <td>Patriots for Europe Group </td> <td>8 July 2024 </td> <td>Present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Sovereign_Nations_Group" title="Europe of Sovereign Nations Group">Europe of Sovereign Nations</a> </td> <td>ESN </td> <td>ENS </td> <td>Europe of Sovereign Nations Group </td> <td>10 July 2024 </td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eurosceptics">Eurosceptics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Eurosceptics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school of political thought that states that the competences of the European Union should be reduced or prevented from expanding further, is represented in the European Parliament by the <a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism" title="Euroscepticism">eurosceptics</a>. The first Eurosceptic group in the European Parliament was founded on 19 July 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was called the "European Nations Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it lasted until 10 November 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its successor was the "Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations",<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s13_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s13-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> founded on 20 December 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election" title="1999 European Parliament election">1999 European elections</a>, the Group was reorganised into the "Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 20 July 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and similarly reorganised after the <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election" title="2004 European Parliament election">2004 election</a> into the "Independence/Democracy Group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s14_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s14-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on 20 July 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The group's leaders were <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (<a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>) and Kathy Sinnott (Independent, Ireland). After the 2009 European elections, a significant proportion of the IND/DEM members joined the "<a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Democracy</a>", which included parties formerly part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. The EFD group's leaders were Farage and <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Speroni" title="Francesco Speroni">Francesco Speroni</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lega_Nord" title="Lega Nord">Lega Nord</a> (Italy). With significant changes in membership after the 2014 European elections, the group was re-formed as "<a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Direct_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy</a>", led by Farage and <a href="/wiki/David_Borrelli_(politician)" title="David Borrelli (politician)">David Borrelli</a> (<a href="/wiki/Five_Star_Movement" title="Five Star Movement">Five Star Movement</a>, Italy). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Nations" title="Europe of Nations">Europe of Nations</a> </td> <td>EN<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>EDN<sup id="cite_ref-t1s63_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s63-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group)<sup id="cite_ref-t1s61_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s61-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 July 1994<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s61_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s61-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>10 November 1996<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s61_122-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s61-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Independents_for_a_Europe_of_Nations" title="Independents for a Europe of Nations">Independents for a Europe of Nations</a> </td> <td>I-EN<sup id="cite_ref-t1s13_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s13-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>I-EDN<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations<sup id="cite_ref-t1s6_67-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s6-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s13_120-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s13-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s61_122-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s61-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s62_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s62-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 December 1996<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Democracies_and_Diversities" title="Europe of Democracies and Diversities">Europe of Democracies and Diversities</a> </td> <td>EDD<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s62_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s62-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Independence/Democracy" title="Independence/Democracy">Independence/Democracy</a> </td> <td>IND/DEM<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>Independence/Democracy Group<sup id="cite_ref-t1s14_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s14-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s62_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s62-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 2004<sup id="cite_ref-t1s12_119-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s12-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Democracy</a> </td> <td>EFD </td> <td>ELD </td> <td>Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 July 2009 </td> <td>24 June 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Direct_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy</a> </td> <td>EFDD </td> <td>ELDD </td> <td>Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group </td> <td>24 June 2014 </td> <td>26 June 2019 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Heterogeneous">Heterogeneous</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Heterogeneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>&#32;with: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Technical_Group_of_Independents_(1987)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Technical Group of Independents (1987) (page does not exist)">Technical Group of Independents (1987)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktion_f%C3%BCr_die_technische_Koordinierung_und_Verteidigung_der_unabh%C3%A4ngigen_Gruppen_und_Mitglieder" class="extiw" title="de:Fraktion für die technische Koordinierung und Verteidigung der unabhängigen Gruppen und Mitglieder">de</a>&#93;</span>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A Group is assumed to have a set of core principles ("affinities" or "complexion") to which the full members are expected to adhere. This throws up an anomaly: Groups get money and seats on Committees which Independent members do not get, but the total number of Independent members may be greater than the members of the smaller Groups. In 1979, MEPs got around this by forming a <a href="/wiki/Technical_group" title="Technical group">technical group</a> (formally called the "Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members",<sup id="cite_ref-t1s56_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s56-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or "CDI"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s10_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s10-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> for short) as a coalition of parties ranging from centre-left to far-left, which were not aligned with any of the major international organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> CDI lasted until 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s11_87-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s11-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 20 July 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s19_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> another technical group was formed, (formally called the "Technical Group of Independent Members – mixed group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s64_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s64-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or "TGI"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s19_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> for short). Since it contained far-right MEPs and centre-left MEPs, it could not possibly be depicted as having a common outlook. The Committee on Constitutional Affairs ruled<sup id="cite_ref-t1s20_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s20-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that TGI did not have a coherent political complexion, Parliament upheld (412 to 56 with 36 abstentions) the ruling,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s21_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s21-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and TGI was thus disbanded on 13 September 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-t1s21_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s21-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the first Group to be forcibly dissolved. However, the ruling was appealed to the <a href="/wiki/General_Court_(European_Union)" title="General Court (European Union)">European Court of First Instance</a><sup id="cite_ref-t1s21_130-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s21-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the Group was temporarily resurrected on 1 December 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s22_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s22-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> until the Court came to a decision.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s22_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s22-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 3 October 2001, president Fontaine announced that the Court of First Instance had declared against the appeal<sup id="cite_ref-t1s23_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s23-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that the disbandment was back in effect from 2 October 2001, the date of the declaration.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s24_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s24-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> TGI appeared on the list of Political Groups in the European Parliament for the last time on 4 October 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-t1s25_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s25-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since then the requirement that Groups have a coherent political complexion has been enforced (as <a href="/wiki/Identity,_Tradition,_Sovereignty" title="Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty">ITS</a> later found out), and "mixed" Groups are not expected to appear again. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group<br />name </th> <th>English<br />abbr. </th> <th>French<br />abbr. </th> <th>Formal European<br />Parliament name </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Technical_Group_of_Independents_(1979%E2%80%9384)" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical Group of Independents (1979–84)">Technical Group of Independents</a> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>CDI<sup id="cite_ref-t1s10_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s10-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>"Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s56_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s56-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1979<sup id="cite_ref-t1s19_127-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1984<sup id="cite_ref-t1s21_130-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s21-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Technical_Group_of_Independents_(1999%E2%80%932001)" title="Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)">Technical Group of Independents</a> </td> <td>TGI<sup id="cite_ref-t1s1_71-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s19_127-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>TDI<sup id="cite_ref-t1s2_65-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t1s5_70-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s5-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>"Technical Group of Independent Members – mixed group"<sup id="cite_ref-t1s64_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s64-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-t1s19_127-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>4 October 2001<sup id="cite_ref-t1s25_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t1s25-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Independents">Independents</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Independent MEPs that are not in a Group are categorised as "<a href="/wiki/Non-Inscrits" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-Inscrits</a>" (the French term is universally used, even in English translations). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Interview%3A+Graham+Watson%2C+leader+of+group+of+Liberal+Democrat+MEPs&amp;rft.pub=Euractiv&amp;rft.date=2004-06-15&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.euractiv.com%2Fen%2Felections%2Finterview-graham-watson-leader-group-liberal-democrat-meps%2Farticle-128543&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+groups+of+the+European+Parliament" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HN2008082103-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HN2008082103_31-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://personal.lse.ac.uk/HIX/Working_Papers/Hix-Noury-After%20Enlargement-21August08.pdf">"After Enlargement: Voting Patterns in the Sixth European Parliament", by Simon Hix and Abdul Noury, LSE/ULB, 21 August 2008</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090424001546/http://personal.lse.ac.uk/HIX/Working_Papers/Hix-Noury-After%20Enlargement-21August08.pdf">Archived</a> 24 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> original figure taken from "Table 3. 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Coppieters of the Flemish <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Union_(Belgium)" title="People&#39;s Union (Belgium)">People's Union</a>, Else Hammerich, Jens-Peter Bonde, Sven Skovmand, and Jørgen Bøgh of the Danish <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Movement_against_the_EU" title="People&#39;s Movement against the EU">People's Movement against the EEC</a>, the Irish independent MEP Neil Blaney, Luciana Castellina from the Italian <a href="/wiki/Proletarian_Unity_Party_(Italy)" title="Proletarian Unity Party (Italy)">Proletarian Unity Party</a>, Mario Capanna from the Italian <a href="/wiki/Proletarian_Democracy" title="Proletarian Democracy">Proletarian Democracy</a>, and Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino and Leonardo Sciascia of the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_(Italy)" title="Radical Party (Italy)">Radical Party</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-t1s19-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t1s19_127-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm">"The Week&#160;: 20-07-99(s)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party</a>&#160;(188)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats</a>&#160;(136)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriots_for_Europe" title="Patriots for Europe">Patriots for Europe</a>&#160;(86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists Group</a>&#160;(78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renew_Europe" title="Renew Europe">Renew Europe</a>&#160;(77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance">Greens–European Free Alliance</a>&#160;(53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Left_in_the_European_Parliament_%E2%80%93_GUE/NGL" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nationalists / far-right</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurodroite" title="Eurodroite">Eurodroite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Right_(1984%E2%80%931989)" title="European Right (1984–1989)">European Right (1984–1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Right_(1989%E2%80%931994)" title="European Right (1989–1994)">European Right (1989–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identity,_Tradition,_Sovereignty" title="Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty">Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Nations_and_Freedom" title="Europe of Nations and Freedom">Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identity_and_Democracy" title="Identity and Democracy">Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National conservatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Union" title="European Democratic Union">European Democratic Union (1965–1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Progressive_Democrats" title="European Progressive Democrats">European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Alliance" title="European Democratic Alliance">European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe" title="Union for Europe">Union for Europe (1995–1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_for_Europe_of_the_Nations" title="Union for Europe of the Nations">Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christian democrats / conservatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group#History" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">Christian Democrats (1953–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group#History" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party (1979–1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives" title="European Conservatives">European Conservatives (1973–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Democrats" title="European Democrats">European Democrats (1979–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forza_Europa" title="Forza Europa">Forza Europa (1994–1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group#History" title="European People&#39;s Party Group">European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Liberals / centrists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_Group" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group">Liberals and Allies (1953–1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_Group" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group">Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_Group" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group">Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Radical_Alliance" title="European Radical Alliance">European Radical Alliance (1994–1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party_Group" title="European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group">European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_group" title="Alliance of 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href="/wiki/History_of_the_European_Communities_(1973%E2%80%931993)" title="History of the European Communities (1973–1993)">1973&#8211;1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_European_Union_(1993%E2%80%932004)" title="History of the European Union (1993–2004)">1993&#8211;2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_European_Union_since_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the European Union since 2004">Since 2004</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy" title="Common Security and Defence Policy">Defence policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist 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(1949&#8211;1951)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community" title="European Coal and Steel Community">European Coal and Steel Community (1951&#8211;2002)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community (1958&#8211;1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Community">European Community (1993&#8211;2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Atomic_Energy_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Atomic Energy Community">European Atomic Energy Community (est. 1958)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">Central bank</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Cooperation_Fund" title="European Monetary Cooperation Fund">European Monetary Cooperation Fund (1973&#8211;1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Institute" title="European Monetary Institute">European Monetary Institute (1994&#8211;1998)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Stability_Mechanism" title="European Stability Mechanism">Financial stability</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Financial_Stability_Facility" title="European Financial Stability Facility">European Financial Stability Facility (2010&#8211;<i>2012</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Financial_Stability_Mechanism" class="mw-redirect" title="European Financial Stability Mechanism">European Financial Stability Mechanism (2010&#8211;<i>2012</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Enlargement of the European Union">Enlargements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free_Territory_of_Trieste#Dissolution" title="Free Territory of Trieste">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1973 enlargement of the European Communities">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1981 enlargement of the European Communities">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1986 enlargement of the European Communities">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="1995 enlargement of the European Union">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2007 enlargement of the European Union">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2013 enlargement of the European Union">2013</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Withdrawals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89vian_Accords" title="Évian Accords">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Greenland_from_the_European_Communities" title="Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon#After_1945" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy#21st_century" title="Saint Barthélemy">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_European_Union" title="Geography of the European Union">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_European_Union" title="Geography of the European Union">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_Union" title="Demographics of the European Union">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_border_of_the_European_Union" title="External border of the European Union">External border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_European_Union" title="Environmental issues in the European Union">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_European_Union" title="Extreme points of the European Union">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographical_midpoint_of_Europe#Geographic_centre_of_the_European_Union" title="Geographical midpoint of Europe">Geographic centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larger_urban_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger urban zone">Larger urban zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union" title="Member state of the European Union">Member states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_European_Union" title="Protected areas of the European Union">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">Regions <span style="font-size:85%;">(first-level NUTS)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_territories_of_members_of_the_European_Economic_Area" title="Special territories of members of the European Economic Area">Special territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_statistics" title="European Union statistics">Statistics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bodies_of_the_European_Union_and_the_Euratom" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodies of the European Union and the Euratom">Bodies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Institutions_of_the_European_Union" title="Institutions of the European Union">Institutions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Vice-President of the European Parliament">Vice-Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Secretariat of the European Parliament">Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Committees of the European Parliament">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituency" title="European Parliament constituency">Constituencies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Political groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_political_foundation" title="European political foundation">European political foundations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Presidency of the Council of the European Union">Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Secretariat_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union">General Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurogroup" title="Eurogroup">Eurogroup</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_summit" title="Euro summit">Euro summit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_European_Commission" title="Vice-President of the European Commission">Vice-Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Commissioners_by_nationality" class="mw-redirect" title="List of European Commissioners by nationality">Commissioners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate-General" title="Directorate-General">Directorates-General</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Justice_of_the_European_Union" title="Court of Justice of the European Union">Court of Justice of the European Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice" title="European Court of Justice">Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Court_(European_Union)" title="General Court (European Union)">General Court</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">Central bank</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Central_Bank" title="President of the European Central Bank">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_System_of_Central_Banks" title="European System of Central Banks">System of Central Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurosystem" title="Eurosystem">Eurosystem</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_audit_institution" title="Supreme audit institution">Supreme audit institution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Auditors" title="European Court of Auditors">European Court of Auditors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_European_Court_of_Auditors" title="Secretary-General of the European Court of Auditors">Secretary-General</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />international-law<br />EU bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Atomic_Energy_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Atomic Energy Community">European Atomic Energy Community</a></li> <li>EIB Group <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Investment_Bank" title="European Investment Bank">European Investment Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Investment_Fund" title="European Investment Fund">European Investment Fund</a></li> <li>EIB Institute</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_University_Institute" title="European University Institute">European University Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Stability_Mechanism" title="European Stability Mechanism">European Stability Mechanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Patent_Court" title="Unified Patent Court">Unified Patent Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Independent<br />offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Ombudsman" title="European Ombudsman">European Ombudsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Data_Protection_Supervisor" title="European Data Protection Supervisor">European Data Protection Supervisor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agencies_of_the_European_Union" title="Agencies of the European Union">Agencies of the European Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advisory<br />bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Committee_of_the_Regions" title="European Committee of the Regions">European Committee of the Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee" title="European Economic and Social Committee">European Economic and Social Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military<br />bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_and_Security_Committee" title="Political and Security Committee">Political and Security Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Military_Committee" title="European Union Military Committee">European Union Military Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Military_Staff" title="European Union Military Staff">European Union Military Staff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_law" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union law">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acquis_communautaire" title="Acquis communautaire">Acquis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_of_the_European_Union" title="Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union">Charter of Fundamental Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_competition_law" title="European Union competition law">Competition law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_Union" title="Copyright law of the European Union">Copyright law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directive_(European_Union)" title="Directive (European Union)">Directive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Rights_Directive" title="Citizens&#39; Rights Directive">Citizens' Rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanism_for_Cooperation_and_Verification" title="Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification">Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Official_Journal_of_the_European_Union" title="Official Journal of the European Union"><i>Official Journal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_legislative_procedure" title="European Union legislative procedure">Legislative procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiative" title="European Citizens&#39; Initiative">Citizens' Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulation_(European_Union)" title="Regulation (European Union)">Regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the European Union">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enhanced_cooperation" title="Enhanced cooperation">Enhanced cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union" title="Treaties of the European Union">Treaties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opt-outs_in_the_European_Union" title="Opt-outs in the European Union">opt-outs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union" title="Economy of the European Union">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union" title="Budget of the European Union">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currencies_of_the_European_Union" title="Currencies of the European Union">Currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_preference_(EU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Community preference (EU)">Community preference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_procurement_in_the_European_Union" title="Government procurement in the European Union">Government procurement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_status_and_usage_of_the_euro" title="International status and usage of the euro">International status and usage</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Transport" title="European Commissioner for Transport">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TRACECA" title="TRACECA">TRACECA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_minimum_wage" title="List of European Union member states by minimum wage">Minimum wage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage" title="List of European countries by average wage">Average wage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_unemployment_rate" title="List of European Union member states by unemployment rate">Unemployment rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_health_expense_per_person" title="List of European Union member states by health expense per person">Health expense per person</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_European_Union" title="Politics of the European Union">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_integration" title="European integration">European integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurosphere" title="Eurosphere">Eurosphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmentalism" title="Intergovernmentalism">Intergovernmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-speed_Europe" title="Multi-speed Europe">Multi-speed Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neofunctionalism" title="Neofunctionalism">Neofunctionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optimum_currency_area" title="Optimum currency area">Optimum currency area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">Supranational union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism" title="Euroscepticism">Euroscepticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euromyth" title="Euromyth">Euromyths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="European Federation">Federalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" 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