Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is the political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.[6][7][8]
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Name | The Greens/European Free Alliance |
English abbr. | Greens/EFA[1] |
French abbr. | Verts/ALE[2] |
Formal name | Parliamentary Group of The Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament |
Ideology | Green politics[3] Regionalism[3] Minority politics[3] Pro-Europeanism |
European parties | European Green Party European Free Alliance European Pirate Party Volt Europa[4][5] |
From | 1999 |
Preceded by | The Green Group European Radical Alliance |
Chaired by | Philippe Lamberts Ska Keller |
MEP(s) | 67 / 705 |
Website | greens-efa |
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Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, the Greens/EFA group now consists of three distinct European political parties, namely the larger European Green Party (EGP) and the European Free Alliance (EFA)[9] and the smaller European Pirate Party. The EFA consists of parties representing stateless nations, regionalist and minority political interests. The group has generally limited its membership to progressive parties.[10] These European parties are joined by MEPs from non-aligned national parties, which have included the Dutch Europe Transparent (2004–2009) and the Swedish (2009–2014), German (2014–) and Czech (2019–) Pirate Parties.[11]
Group members
9th European Parliament
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State | National party | European party | MEPs[12] | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne) |
EGP | 3 / 19 | |
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Ecolo | EGP | 2 / 8 | |
Groen | EGP | 1 / 12 | ||
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Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana (Piráti) |
PPEU | 3 / 21 | |
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Socialist People's Party Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) |
EGP | 2 / 14 | |
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Green League Vihreä liitto (Vihr.) |
EGP | 3 / 14 | |
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Europe Ecology – The Greens[B 1] Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) |
EGP | 10 / 79 | |
Independent Ecological Alliance Alliance écologiste indépendante (AEI) |
None | 2 / 79 | ||
Party of the Corsican Nation U Partitu di a Nazione Corsa (PNC) |
EFA | 1 / 79 | ||
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Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Grüne) |
EGP | 21 / 96 | |
Pirate Party Piratenpartei Deutschland (Piraten) |
PPEU | 1 / 96 | ||
Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP) |
None | 1 / 96 | ||
Volt[B 2] | VOLT | 1 / 96 | ||
The PARTY Die PARTEI |
None | 1 / 96 | ||
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Green Party Comhaontas Glas |
EGP | 2 / 13 | |
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Latvian Russian Union Latvijas Krievu savienība (LKS) |
EFA | 1 / 8 | |
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Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga (LVŽS) |
None | 2 / 11 | |
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The Greens Déi Gréng (DG) |
EGP | 1 / 6 | |
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GreenLeft GroenLinks (GL) |
EGP | 3 / 29 | |
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Independent | None | 1 / 21 | |
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Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) |
EFA | 1 / 59 | |
Catalonia in Common Catalunya en Comú (CatComú) |
EGP | 1 / 59 | ||
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Green Party Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP) |
EGP | 3 / 21 | |
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Total |
67 / 705 |
8th European Parliament
7th European Parliament
State | National party | European party | MEPs 2009[15] | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19 | |
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Ecolo | EGP | 2 / 22 | |
Green | EGP | 1 / 22 | ||
New Flemish Alliance[B 5] | EFA | 1 / 22 | ||
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Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 13 | |
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Indrek Tarand (independent) | Independent[14] | 1 / 6 | |
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Green League | EGP | 2 / 13 | |
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Europe Ecology – The Greens[B 1] | EGP | 15 / 74 | |
Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 72 | ||
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Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 14 / 99 | |
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Ecologist Greens | EGP | 1 / 22 | |
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Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9 | |
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The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6 | |
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GreenLeft | EGP | 3 / 26 | |
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Republican Left of Catalonia[B 4] | EFA | 1 / 54 | |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54 | ||
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Green Party | EGP | 2 / 20 | |
Pirate Party | PPEU | 2 / 20 | ||
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Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 73 | |
Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 73 | ||
Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 73 | ||
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Total |
55 / 751 |
6th European Parliament
State | National party | European party | MEPs 2004 | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19 | |
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Ecolo | EGP | 1 / 24 | |
Green | EGP | 1 / 24 | ||
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Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 14 | |
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Green League | EGP | 1 / 14 | |
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Europe Ecology – The Greens[B 1] | EGP | 6 / 78 | |
Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 78 | ||
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Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 13 / 99 | |
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Federation of the Greens | EGP | 2 / 78 | |
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Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9 | |
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The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6 | |
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GreenLeft | EGP | 2 / 23 | |
Europe Transparent | None | 2 / 23 | ||
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László Tőkés (independent)[B 6] | Independent | 1 / 35 | |
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Republican Left of Catalonia[B 4] | EFA | 1 / 54 | |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54 | ||
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Green Party | EGP | 1 / 19 | |
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Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 78 | |
Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 78 | ||
Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 78 | ||
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Total |
42 / 751 |
- For 2019 it include Benoît Biteau, an independent politician
- Officially a European-only International political party
- From 20 April 2016 the MEP Davor Škrlec become independent
- Until 31 December 2011.
- From 2004 to 2009 with EPP-ED and from 2014 with ECR
- Realigned with the EPP since 2009
European Parliament results
Election year | No. of overall seats won |
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1999 | 48 / 626 |
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2004 | 42 / 732 |
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2009 | 55 / 736 |
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2014 | 50 / 751 |
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2019 | 74 / 751 [16] |
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References
- "Who we are". Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- "Qui sommes-nous ?" Archived 23 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1137769312431824897
- https://euranetplus-inside.eu/damian-boeselager-we-need-european-solutions-to-european-problems/
- Tapio Raunio (2012). "Political Interests: The European Parliament's Party Groups". In John Peterson; Michael Shackleton (eds.). The Institutions of the European Union. Oxford University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-19-957498-8.
- Andreas Staab (2011). The European Union Explained, Second Edition: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. Indiana University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-253-00164-1.
- Lori Thorlakson (2013). "Federalism and the European Party System". In Alexander H. Trechsel (ed.). Towards a Federal Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1.
- "Who we are". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Gupta, Devashree (April 2008). "Nationalism across borders: transnational nationalist advocacy in the European Union". Comparative European Politics. 6 (1): 61–80. doi:10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110127.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "VoteWatch Europe: European Parliament, Council of the EU" Archived 10 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Votewatch.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- See the 2019 European Parliament election results.
- See the 2014 European Parliament election results.
- "Indrek Tarand". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "List of elected MEPs". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "2019 Election Results". Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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