Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Official abbreviation	S&D
Members	146/705
Group leaders	Iratxe García Pérez
founding	1953
history	1953–1993 Socialist Group 1993–2004 Group of the Party of European Socialists 2004–2009 Socialist Group 2009–2014 Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats since 2014 Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Alignment	Social democracy , progressivism
European party	Party of European Socialists (PES)
Website	socialistsanddemocrats.eu

The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (including Progressive Alliance of Socialists , English Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in short S & D , 2009-2014 Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ) is a faction in the European Parliament . It includes the members of the Social Democratic Party of Europe (SPE) as well as other members who do not belong to any party at European level but are programmatically close to the Social Democrats . With a total of 146 MEPs (as of February 1, 2020), it is the second largest group in Parliament.

The group leader is Iratxe García Pérez from Spain . After the 2019 European elections, she replaced Udo Bullmann , who had led the parliamentary group since March 20, 2018.

Members of the group

The group is made up of 26 national delegations for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term.

Members of the parliamentary group
since 1979, at the beginning and end of the legislature

Soc
1979	112/410
1984	124/434
1984	130/434
1989	166/518
1989	180/518
SPE
1994	198/518
1994	198/567
1999	214/626
1999	180/626
2004	232/788
2004	200/732
2009	217/785
S&D
2009	184/736
2014	195/766
2014	191/751
2019	187/751
2019	154/751
current	146/705

country	National party	MEP
Belgium	Parti Socialiste	2/21	Paul Magnette , Marie Arena
	Socialist Party Anders	1/21	Kathleen Van Brempt
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	5/17	Elena Yoncheva , Sergei Stanishev , Petar Vitanov , Tsvetelina Penokva , Ivo Hristov
Denmark	Social democrats	3/14	Niels Fugslang , Christel Schaldemose , Marianne Vind
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	16/96	Jens Geier , Katarina Barley , Udo Bullmann , Maria Noichl , Delara Burkhardt , Bernd Lange , Birgit Sippel , Dietmar Köster , Gabriele Bischoff , Ismail Ertug , Constanze Krehl , Tiemo Wölken , Petra Kammervert , Norbert Neuser , Evelyne Gebhardt , Joachim Schuster
Estonia	Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond	2/7	Marina Kaljurand , Sven Mikser
Finland	Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue	2/14	Eero Heinäluoma , Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
France	Parti socialist	3/79	Sylvie Guillaume , Eric Andrieu , Nora Mebarek (since February 1, 2020)
	Place publique	2/79	Raphaël Glucksmann , Aurore Lalucq
	Nouvelle Donne	1/79	Pierre Larrouturou
Greece	Kinima Allagis	2/21	Nikos Androulakis , Eva Kaili
Italy	Partito Democratico	18/76	David Sassoli , Giuliano Pisapia , Irene Tingali , Pierfrancesco Majorino , Patrizia Toia , Brando Benifei , Carlo Calenda , Elisabetta Gualmini , Paolo De Castro , Alessandra Moretti , Simona Bonafè , Massimiliano Smeriglio , Roberto Gualtieri (until September 5, 2019), Franco Roberti , Giuseppe Ferrandino , Andrea Cozzolino , Pina Picierno , Pietro Bartolo , Caterina Chinnici , Nicola Danti ( replacement for Roberto Gualtieri, transferred to IV on October 20, 2019 and left S&D on February 13, 2020)
Croatia	Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	4/12	Biljana Borzan , Tonino Picula , Predrag Matic , Romana Jerković (since February 1, 2020)
Latvia	Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"	2/8	Nils Ušakovs , Andris Ameriks
Lithuania	Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija	2/11	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė , Juozas Olekas
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerger Socialist Workers Party	1/6	Nicolas Schmit
Malta	Partit Laburista	4/6	Miriam Dalli , Alfred Sant , Alex Agius Saliba , Josianne Cutajar
Netherlands	Partij van de Arbeid	6/29	Lara Wolters , Agnes Jongerius , Paul Tang , Kati Piri , Vera Tax , Mohammed Chahim
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	5/19	Andreas Schieder , Evelyn Regner , Günther Sidl , Bettina Vollath , Hannes Heide
Poland	Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej	5/52	Bogusław Liberadzki , Marek Belka , Wlodzimierz Cimoczewicz , Leszek Miller , Marek Balt
	Wiosna	3/52	Robert Biedroń , Łukasz Kohut , Sylwia Spurek
Portugal	Partido Socialista	9/21	Carlos Zorrinho , Pedro Marques , Maria Manuel Leitão Marques , Pedro Silva Pereira , Margarida Marques , Isabel Estrada Carvalhais , Sara Cerdas , Isabel Santos , Manuel Pizarro Castro
Romania	Partidul Social Democrat	9/33	Dan Nica , Rovana Plumb , Carmen Avram , Claudiu Manda , Maria Grapini , Tudor Ciuhodaru , Dragoş Benea , Mihai Tudose (until January 2020 Pro România), Victor Negrescu (since February 1, 2020), Cristian Terheș (until May 12, 2020)
	Pro România	1/33	Corina Crețu
Sweden	Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti	5/21	Heléne Fritzon , Johan Danielsson , Jytte Guteland , Erik Bergkvist , Evin Incir
Slovakia	SMER - sociálna demokracia	3/14	Monika Benova Ňova , Miroslav Čiž , Róbert Hajšel
Slovenia	Socialni Demokratie	2/8	Tanja Fajon , Milan Brglez
Spain	Partido Socialista Obrero Español / Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya	21/59	Josep Borrell Fontelles , Iratxe García Pérez , Lina Galvez Munoz , Javi López , Inmaculada Rodriguez-Pinero Fernandez , Iban Garcia del Blanco , Eider GARDIAZÁBAL Rubial , Nicolás González Casares , Cristina Maestre Martin de Almagro , César Luena Lopez , Clara Aguilera García , Ignacio Sanchez Amor , Mónica González González , Juan Fernando López Aguilar , Adriana Maldonado Lopez , Jonás Fernández Álvarez , Alícia Homs Ginel , Javier Moreno Sanchez , Isabel Garcia Munoz , Domènec Miguel Ruiz Devesa , Marcos Ros Sempere (since February 1, 2020)
Hungary	Magyar Szocialista Párt	1/21	István Ujhelyi
	Democratic coalition	4/21	Csaba Molnár , Klára Dobrev , Sándor Rónai , Attila Ara-Kovács
United Kingdom	Labor Party	-	Richard Corbett , Rory Palmer , Claude Moraes , Seb Dance , Theresa Griffin , Julie Ward , Jude Kirton-Darling , John Howarth , Jackie Jones , Neena Gill (all retired after January 31, 2020)
Cyprus	Kinima Sosialdimokraton	1/6	Demetris Papadakis
	Dimokratiko comma	1/6	Kostas Mavridis
total		146/705
Members of the political group who do not belong to the PES are highlighted in gray.

Member parties from 2014 to 2019

country	National party	MEP
Belgium	Parti Socialiste	3
	Socialist Party Anders	1
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	4th
Denmark	Social democrats	3
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	27
Estonia	Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond	1
Finland	Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue	2
France	Parti socialist	11
	Parti radical de gauche	1
Greece	Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima	2
	To Potami	2
Ireland	Independent	1
Italy	Partito Democratico	26th
	Articolo UNO - Movimento Democratico e Progressista	3
	Independent	2
Croatia	Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	2
Latvia	Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"	1
Lithuania	Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija	2
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerger Socialist Workers Party	1
Malta	Partit Laburista	3
Netherlands	Partij van de Arbeid	3
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	5
Poland	Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej	5
Portugal	Partido Socialista	8th
Romania	Partidul Social Democrat	10
	Partidul Puterii Umaniste	1
	Independent	2
Sweden	Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti	5
	Feminist initiative	1
Slovakia	SMER - sociálna demokracia	4th
Slovenia	Socialni Demokratie	1
Spain	Partido Socialista Obrero Español	13
	Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya	1
Czech Republic	Česká strana sociálně Demokratieická	4th
Hungary	Magyar Szocialista Párt	2
	Democratic coalition	2
United Kingdom	Labor Party	20th
Cyprus	Kinima Sosialdimokraton	1
	Dimokratiko comma	1

history

In the then Parliamentary Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community , a socialist parliamentary group was established for the first time on June 23, 1953 (also Social Democratic parliamentary group , English Socialist Group , French Groupe socialiste ). From the 1970s until the 1999 European elections , it was the strongest parliamentary group in the evolved European Parliament. After the establishment of the PES as a European political party in 1992, the group was renamed the Group of the Party of European Socialists on April 21, 1993 . On July 20, 2004, the group was renamed the Socialist Group in the European Parliament to distinguish it from the SPE .

S&D was founded under its current name on June 23, 2009 after the 2009 European elections . The renaming was intended to enable the integration of the Italian Partito Democratico (PD): this center-left party emerged in 2007 from various parties that previously belonged to the social democratic and partly to the liberal faction in the European Parliament . Since some PD members refused to designate themselves as “socialists”, the new name should make it easier for them to agree to the joint faction. Four PD MPs were temporarily members of the European Democratic Party . In early 2014, the PD also joined the PES.

Official name of the group	Official abbreviation	Group leader	Country of origin	national party	Taking office	Term expires
Socialist Group	S.	Guy Mollet	France	SFIO	June 23, 1953	1956
		Hendrik Fayat	Belgium	PSB	1956	1958
Socialist Group	SOC	Pierre-Olivier Lapie	France	SFIO	1958	1959
		Willi Birkelbach	Germany	SPD	1959	1964
		Kate Strobel	Germany	SPD	1964	1967
		Francis Vals	France	SFIO	1967	1974
		Georges Spénale	France	PS	1974	1975
		Ludwig Fellermaier	Germany	SPD	1975	June 16, 1979
		Ernest Glinne	Belgium	PS	17th June 1979	June 23, 1984
		Rudi Arndt	Germany	SPD	June 24, 1984	June 24, 1989
		Jean-Pierre Cot	France	PS	June 25, 1989	April 21, 1993
Group of the Party of European Socialists	SPE				April 21, 1993	July 18, 1994
		Pauline Green	United Kingdom	Labor	July 19, 1994	July 19, 1999
		Enrique Barón Crespo	Spain	PSOE	July 20, 1999	June 19, 2004
Socialist Group in the European Parliament		Martin Schulz	Germany	SPD	June 20, 2004	June 22, 2009
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament	S&D				June 23, 2009	17th January 2012
		Hannes Swoboda	Austria	SPÖ	17th January 2012	June 18, 2014
		Martin Schulz	Germany	SPD	June 18, 2014	July 1, 2014
		Gianni Pittella	Italy	Partito Democratico	July 1, 2014	March 2018
		Udo Bullmann	Germany	SPD	March 21, 2018 (previously provisional)	18th June 2019
		Iratxe García Pérez	Spain	PSOE	18th June 2019	officiating

Web links

• Official homepage of the parliamentary group

Individual evidence

1. ↑ europarl.europa.eu
2. ↑ Overview by country and political group European Parliament. Retrieved March 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Group leader Pittella announces resignation
4. ↑ https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/sites/default/files/2019-06/S%26D_MEPS_2019-2024_PROVISIONAL_LIST.pdf
5. ↑ Rasmus Nielsen: Her er Jeppe Kofods afløser i Parlamentet. In: altinget.dk. June 27, 2019, accessed July 13, 2019 (Danish). 
6. ↑ Thomas Klose Jensen and Per Bang Thomsen: Overrasket Kofod-afløser: Jeg havde ikke forestillet mig andet, end han skulle fortsætte det vigtige arbejde i EU. In: dr.dk. June 27, 2019, accessed July 13, 2019 (Danish). 
7. ↑ https://adz.ro/artikel/artikel/ex-premier-tudose-ist-wieder-psd-träger
8. ↑ Press release of the new parliamentary group of June 23, 2009. ( Memento of the original of November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ EurActiv, 13 May 2009: Socialist group wants name change after EU elections .