Greens–European Free Alliance
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The Greens/European Free Alliance | |
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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] Animal Politics EU |
From | 1999 |
Preceded by | The Green Group European Radical Alliance |
Chaired by | Philippe Lamberts Ska Keller |
MEP(s) | 73 / 705 |
Website | greens-efa |
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The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.[6][7][8]
Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, the Greens/EFA group now consists of five distinct European political parties, namely the larger European Green Party (EGP) and part of the European Free Alliance (EFA)[9] and the smaller European Pirate Party (PPEU), Volt Europa (Volt), and part of Animal Politics EU (APEU). 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
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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
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Independent Ecological Alliance Alliance écologiste indépendante (AEI) |
None | 2 / 79
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Let's Do Corsica Femu a Corsica (FaC) |
EFA | 1 / 79
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Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Grüne) |
EGP | 21 / 96
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Pirate Party Piratenpartei Deutschland (Piraten) |
PPEU | 1 / 96
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Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP) |
None | 1 / 96
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Volt | Volt | 1 / 96
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Independent[13] | None | 1 / 96
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Green Europe Europa Verde - Verdi (EV) |
None | 1 / 76
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Independent[14] | None | 3 / 76
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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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Green Party Partia Zieloni |
EGP | 1 / 52
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People-Animals-Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN) |
APEU | 1 / 21
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Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) |
EFA | 2 / 59
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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
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73 / 705
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8th European Parliament[]
State | National party | European party | showMEPs 2014[15] | |
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Total
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52 / 751
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7th European Parliament[]
State | National party | European party | showMEPs 2009[17] | |
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Total
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55 / 751
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6th European Parliament[]
State | National party | European party | showMEPs 2004 | |
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Total
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42 / 751
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d For 2019 it include Benoît Biteau, an independent politician
- ^ From 20 April 2016 the MEP Davor Škrlec become independent
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Until 31 December 2011.
- ^ From 2004 to 2009 with EPP-ED and from 2014 with ECR
- ^ Realigned with the EPP since 2009
Group presidents[]
The Greens/EFA group is usually co-chaired by 2 presidents, at least one of them must be a woman.
Legislature | Co-president | National party | Co-president | National party |
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1999–2004 | Paul Lannoye | Ecolo | Heidi Hautala | Ligue verte |
2004–2009 | Daniel Cohn-Bendit | Alliance 90 / Les Verts | Monica Frassoni | Federation of the Greens |
2009–2014 | Daniel Cohn-Bendit | Europe Écologie Les Verts | Rebecca Harms | Alliance 90/The Greens |
2014–2016 | Philippe Lamberts | Ecolo | Rebecca Harms | Alliance 90/The Greens |
since 2016 | Philippe Lamberts | Ecolo | Ska Keller | Alliance 90/The Greens |
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 (pre-Brexit) | 74 / 751 [19]
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2019 (post-Brexit) | 69 / 705
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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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ @EuropeElects (9 June 2019). "EU28: Volt Europa membership vote on..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Petitjean, Euranet Plus News Agency | Sophie (12 June 2019). "Volt Europa : "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. S2CID 144152782.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Humorlose Erklärung, warum ich aus Die PARTEI austrete" (in German). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "M5S, i quattro eurodeputati scissionisti accolti nel gruppo dei Verdi al Parlamento Ue" (in Italian). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Indrek Tarand". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "2019 Election Results". Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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