Composition of The 7th European Parliament
This is a summary of the composition of the 7th European Parliament, whose mandate runs from 2009 to 2014.
| Group | Sub-parties | Leader(s) | Est. | MEPs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party (EPP) | European People's Party (EPP) +1 unaffiliated national party |
Joseph Daul | 2009 | 271 | |
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Party of European Socialists (PES) +2 unaffiliated national parties |
Hannes Swoboda | 2009 | 189 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) European Democratic Party (EDP) + 3 independent politicians |
Guy Verhofstadt | 2004 | 85 | |
| The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA) | European Green Party (EGP) European Free Alliance (EFA) + 2 unaffiliated national party + 2 independent politicians |
Daniel Cohn-Bendit Rebecca Harms |
1999 | 59 | |
| European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) | Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) + 2 independent politicians |
Jan Zahradil | 2009 | 52 | |
| European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) | Party of the European Left (PEL) Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) + 9 unaffiliated national parties |
Lothar Bisky | 2009 | 34 | |
| Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) | Libertas + 8 unaffiliated national parties |
Nigel Farage Francesco Speroni |
2009 | 34 | |
| Non-Inscrits (NI) | 11 national parties | N/A | 30 | ||
| Total | 754 | ||||
Major changes compared to the period 2004-2009 are:
- The formation of a new political group, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group. This conservative, Eurosceptic group is headed by 26 MEPs from the UK's Conservative Party.
- The Eurosceptic IND/DEM and UEN suffered heavy losses in the election. On their own they no longer had enough MEPs to form a separate group. MEPs from these parties formed Europe of Freedom and Democracy on 1 July 2009.
- The centre-right European People's Party now formed its own parliamentary group, as the former members of the European Democrats left the group to join the ECR.
- The parliamentary group of the centre-left Party of European Socialists renamed itself to Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats to allow non-socialist members of the Italian Democratic Party to sit in their group.
Read more about this topic: Political Groups Of The European Parliament
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