Written by Giulio Sabbati
Updated on 11 November 2015
The new European Parliament meets for the first time in plenary on Tuesday 1 July. At the start of the new term there are set to be seven groups as last time. Our table shows the number of MEPs in each group, broken down by Member State, as well as the non-attached (NI) Members not in any group.
Please note that these figures, supplied by our colleagues from the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit at DG Communication, may still change slightly before the session starts.
Find out more about the political groups in the EP on Parliament’s website.
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- November 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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September 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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July 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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June II 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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June 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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May 2015: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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October 2014: Size of Political Groups in the EP
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July 2014: Size of Political Groups in the new EP
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 11 November 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 10 September 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 8 July 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 24 June 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 10 June 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 27 May 2015)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of October 2014)
Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of July 2014)
Last time Germany had 99 MEP. The discrimination of German citizens continues, not only are Germans underrepresented, each time a new member state joins the Germans get even less votes.
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Posted by Andre | July 1, 2014, 18:41Neither the infographic nor this page explaining it decodes what “EPP” “S&D” “ECR” etc. actually mean, making this useless to the layperson.
In trying to engage the public in an inclusive understanding of European politics, you’ve failed at the very first hurdle.
I can’t even see a link to find this secret information I’m supposed to know. A simple key or sentence would suffice and open the doors to a much wider audience of potentially-politically-active readers.
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Posted by redpola | July 1, 2014, 10:17Thank you for your very valuable comment. As you can see we have updated the post but you can also check the following list:
EPP – Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
S&D – Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the EP
ECR – European Conservatives and Reformists Group
ALDE – Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
GUE/NGL – Confederal Group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left
Greens/EFA – Group of the Greens–European Free Alliance
EFDD – Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
NI – Non-Inscrits
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Posted by EPRSAdmin | July 2, 2014, 10:55