Composition of The 6th European Parliament
The mandate of previous European Parliament ran from 2004 and 2009. It was composed of the following political groups.
| Group | Sub-parties | Leader(s) | Est. | MEPs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) | European People's Party (EPP) European Democrats (ED) |
Joseph Daul | 1999 | 288 | |
| Party of European Socialists (PES) | Party of European Socialists (PES) | Martin Schulz | 1953 | 217 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) European Democratic Party (EDP) + 2 unaffiliated national parties + 2 independent politicians |
Graham Watson | 2004 | 104 | |
| Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN) | Alliance for Europe of the Nations (AEN) + 6 unaffiliated national parties |
Cristiana Muscardini | 1994 | 40 | |
| The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA) | European Green Party (EGP) European Free Alliance (EFA) + 2 unaffiliated national parties |
Monica Frassoni Daniel Cohn-Bendit |
1999 | 43 | |
| European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE–NGL) | Party of the European Left (PEL) Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) + 5 unaffiliated national parties |
Francis Wurtz | 1994 | 41 | |
| Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (AIDE) EUDemocrats (EUD) + 2 unaffiliated national parties |
Nigel Farage Kathy Sinnott |
2004 | 22 | |
| Non-Inscrits (NI) | Euronat + 11 unaffiliated national parties + 3 independent politicians |
N/A | 30 | ||
| Total | 785 | ||||
Read more about this topic: Political Groups Of The European Parliament
Famous quotes containing the words composition of, composition, european and/or parliament:
“Give a scientist a problem and he will probably provide a solution; historians and sociologists, by contrast, can offer only opinions. Ask a dozen chemists the composition of an organic compound such as methane, and within a short time all twelve will have come up with the same solution of CH4. Ask, however, a dozen economists or sociologists to provide policies to reduce unemployment or the level of crime and twelve widely differing opinions are likely to be offered.”
—Derek Gjertsen, British scientist, author. Science and Philosophy: Past and Present, ch. 3, Penguin (1989)
“The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“What is the first thing that savage tribes accept from Europeans nowadays? Brandy and Christianity, the European narcotics.—And what is it that most rapidly leads to their destruction?—The European narcotics.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The war shook down the Tsardom, an unspeakable abomination, and made an end of the new German Empire and the old Apostolic Austrian one. It ... gave votes and seats in Parliament to women.... But if society can be reformed only by the accidental results of horrible catastrophes ... what hope is there for mankind in them? The war was a horror and everybody is the worse for it.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)