List of political groups in the European Parliament

The following list of political groups in the European Parliament shows the official German names of the political groups in the European Parliament or in the parliamentary assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community as well as the official English and French abbreviations (English | French, if they are different) .

• Social Democrats :
  • S, SOC: Socialist Fraction (June 23, 1953 to April 21, 1993, abbreviation S to 1958)
  • PES | PSE: Group of the Party of European Socialists (21 April 1993 to 20 July 2004)
  • PES | PSE: Socialist Group in the European Parliament (July 20, 2004 to June 23, 2009)
  • S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (23 June 2009 to 30 June 2014)
  • S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats in the European Parliament (since July 1, 2014)

• Christian Democrats
  • CD | DC: Christian Democratic Group (June 23, 1953 to March 14, 1978)
  • CD | DC: Christian Democratic Group (Group of the European People's Party) (March 14, 1978 to July 17, 1979)
  • EPP | PPE: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democratic Group) (17 July 1979 to 20 July 1999)
  • EPP-ED | PPE-DE: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (20 July 1999 to 22 June 2009)
  • EPP | PPE: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (since June 22, 2009)

• National Conservatives
  • C: European Conservative Group (January 16, 1973 to July 17, 1979)
  • ED | DE: European Democratic Group (17 July 1979 to 1 May 1992)
  • UDE: Group of the European Democratic Union (21 January 1965 to 16 January 1973)
  • EPD | DEP: Group of European Progressive Democrats (16 January 1973 to 24 July 1984)
  • FDFA | RDE: Group of the European Democratic Assembly Movement (24 July 1984 to 6 July 1995)
  • FE: Forza Europa (July 19, 1994 to July 6, 1995)
  • UFE | UPE: Union for Europe Group (6 July 1995 to 20 July 1999)
  • UEN: Union for Europe of the Nations Group (July 20, 1999 to June 22, 2009)
  • ECR: Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (since June 22, 2009)

• Communists , leftists
  • COM: Communist and Allies Group (SF, Ind. Sin.) (October 16, 1973 to July 1979)
  • COM: Communist and Allies Group (July 17, 1979 to July 25, 1989)
  • EUL | GUE: Group of the European United Left (25 July 1989 to 11 January 1993)
  • LU | CG: Coalition of the Left (July 25, 1989 to July 19, 1994)
  • EUL | GUE: Confederal Group of the European Unitarian Left (19 July 1994 to 6 January 1995)
  • GUE / NGL: Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left (since January 6, 1995)

• Liberals , centrists
  • L, LD, LDR: Liberal and Democratic Group (June 23, 1953 to July 18, 1994, L to 1976, LD to December 13, 1985)
  • ELDR: Group of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Europe (19 July 1994 to 20 July 2004)
  • ALDE | ADLE: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (July 20, 2004 to July 1, 2019)
  • RE: Renew Europe (since July 2, 2019)

• EU skeptics
  • EN | EDN: Europe of the Nations Group (coordination group) (19 July 1994 to 10 November 1996)
  • I-EN | I-EDN: Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations (December 20, 1996 to July 20, 1999)
  • EDD: Group for a Europe of Democracies and Differences (July 20, 1999 to July 20, 2004)
  • IND / DEM: Independence / Democracy Group (July 20, 2004 to July 1, 2009)
  • EFD | ELD: Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2014)
  • EFDD | ELDD: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (July 1, 2014 to October 15, 2014, October 20, 2014 to July 1, 2019)

• Green and regional parties
  • RBW | ARC: Rainbow Group: Federation of: Green-Alternative European Alliance, Agalev-Ecolo, Danish people's movement against membership of the European Community, European Free Alliance in the European Parliament (July 24, 1984 to July 1989)
  • RBW | ARC: Rainbow Group in the European Parliament (July 1989 to July 1994)
  • G | V: The Greens Group in the European Parliament (25 July 1989 to 20 July 1999)
  • ERA | ARE: Group of the European Radical Alliance (19 July 1994 to 20 July 1999)
  • GREENS / EFA | VERTS / ALE: Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance (since July 20, 1999)

• Right-wing populists and right-wing extremists :
  • ER | DR: Group of the European Right (24 July 1984 to 24 July 1989)
  • DR: Technical Group of the European Right (25 July 1989 to 18 July 1994)
  • ITS: Group Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (January 15, 2007 to November 14, 2007)
  • ENF | ENL: Europe of Nations and Freedom (June 16, 2015 to July 1, 2019)
  • ID: Identity and Democracy (since July 2, 2019)

• Mixed fractions :
  • CDI: Group for the technical coordination and defense of independent groups and MPs (1979 to 1984)
  • CTDI: Group for the Technical Coordination and Defense of Independent Groups and Members (17 September to 17 November 1987)
  • TGI | TDI: Technical Group of Independent Members - Mixed Group (July 20, 1999 to September 13, 1999 and December 1, 1999 to October 4, 2001)

See also

See also : Distribution of seats in the European Parliament by political group

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Parliament: Composition of Parliament