Party Groups and Policy Positions in the European Parliament



Party Positions in the EP -- p20

|

Party

abbreviation

Policy dimension

|

GUE

Verts

PES

ELDR

EPP

UEN

EDD

Divergence

-J__

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Left-Right

|

3.6

5.1

7.4

11.8

12.6

16.5

17.1

3.8

|

0.51

0.36

0.30

0.43

0.39

0.58

0.49

|

2.4

1.7

1.5

2.1

1.9

2.5

2.1

|

23

23

24

24

24

19

18

-J__

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Taxes v. Spending

|

4.9

5.7

6.4

13.1

13.4

13.9

14.1

4.0

|

1.01

0.72

0.35

0.73

0.60

1.06

1.28

|

4.4

3.1

1.6

3.3

2.7

4.0

5.1

|

I

19

19

20

20

20

14

16

EU: Authority

|
|

9.5

7.3

6.3

7.5

7.4

17.7

18.9

3.0

|

0.82

1.00

0.54

0.64

0.63

0.50

0.32

|

3.8

4.7

2.6

3.1

3.0

2.3

1.4

|

I

22

22

23

23

23

21

20

EU Federalism

|
|

10.8

8.4

6.1

6.3

7.4

16.6

18.9

3.0

|

1.07

0.99

0.72

0.85

1.04

1.13

0.56

|

4.7

4.4

3.3

3.9

4.8

5.0

2.4

|

I

19

20

21

21

21

20

19

Deregulation

|
|

4.0

6.7

7.4

14.2

13.5

13.0

14.6

3.8

|

0.62

0.82

0.43

0.89

0.50

1.04

1.02

|

2.9

3.9

2.1

4.4

2.5

4.0

3.9

|

I

22

23

24

24

24

15

15

EU Collective Security

|
|

12.2

11.2

5.7

6.3

6.0

16.8

18.5

3.6

|

0.92

1.12

0.46

0.64

0.77

0.83

0.50

|

3.9

4.9

2.3

3.1

3.8

3.9

2.3

|

I

18

19

24

23

24

22

21

Immigration

|
|

6.1

6.5

7.3

7.4

12.0

17.5

17.5

3.4

|

0.75

1.22

0.63

0.73

0.70

0.50

0.40

|

3.1

5.3

2.9

3.4

3.3

2.2

1.7

|

I

17

19

22

21

22

19

17

Environment

|
|

6.9

2.9

8.6

10.9

12.1

12.8

12.9

2.8

|

0.89

0.83

0.50

0.96

0.55

0.82

0.91

|

4.2

3.9

2.4

4.6

2.6

3.4

3.8

|

I

22

22

23

23

23

17

18

Social

|
|

4.3

4.0

5.6

4.4

13.9

15.1

15.1

4.9

|

0.45

1.05

0.41

0.40

0.58

0.76

0.90

|

2.0

4.7

1.9

1.8

2.7

3.1

3.5

|

20

20

21

21

21

17

15

Table 2. Policy Positions of European Party Groups

Note: Mean, Std. Error, Std. Deviation, N. Dimensions following Left-Right are ranked by
importance as per Table 3 below. Divergence is the weighted standard error of mean party
positions on each issue.



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