Party Groups and Policy Positions in the European Parliament



Party Positions in the EP -- p19

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|                                                        Party

Label

Seat %

Seats |

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|                             European People's Party

EPP

37.5

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294 |

|                   Party of the European Socialists

PES

29.5

232 |

|         European Liberal and Democrat Reform Party

ELDR

8.4

66 |

|             European United Left/Nordic Green Left

GUE

7.0

55 |

|                                                    Greens

Verts

6.0

47 |

|                  Union for a Europe of the Nations

UEN

3.8

30 |

| Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities

EDD

2.2

17 |

|                                                        Other

Other

5.6

44 |

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100.0

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785 |

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Table 1. Political Party Groups in European Parliament pre-2004 Election

Source: European Parliament official website
(
http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep5/owa/p_meps2.repartitiion).4

4 These figures represent the standing just prior to the European Parliament Elections of 2004, the 785 member
total is composed of the 626 members from the 15 pre-enlargement states and the temporary members
representing the accession states since May 1st prior to the June elections.



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