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 |
Political position | Centre-left[4] to left-wing[5] |
European parties | EGP EFA PIRATES Volt[6][7] |
From | 1999 |
Preceded by | The Green Group European Radical Alliance |
Chaired by | Philippe Lamberts Terry Reintke |
MEP(s) | 72 / 705 |
Website | greens-efa |
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Green politics |
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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.[8][9][10]
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)[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]
Group members[edit]
9th European Parliament[edit]
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State | National party | European party | MEPs[14] | |
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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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Green Groen |
EGP | 1 / 12
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Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana (Piráti) |
PPEU | 3 / 21
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Green Left 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 Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) |
EGP | 10 / 79
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Let's Do Corsica Femu a Corsica (FaC) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 79
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Breton Democratic Union Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (UDB) |
EFA | 1 / 79
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Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Grüne) |
EGP | 21 / 96
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Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 96
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Pirate Party Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland (Piraten) |
PPEU | 1 / 96
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Volt Germany Volt Deutschland |
Volt | 1 / 96
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Independent Nico Semsrott |
Independent | 1 / 96
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Cosmos Κόσμος |
None | 1 / 21
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Territorial Equity Movement Movimento Equità Territoriale (MET) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 76
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Independents Ignazio Corrao, Rosa D'Amato |
Independent | 2 / 76
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Green Party Comhaontas Glas |
EGP | 2 / 13
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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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Independent Sylwia Spurek |
Independent | 1 / 52
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Independent Francisco Guerreiro |
Independent | 1 / 21
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Independent Nicolae Ștefănuță |
Independent | 1 / 33
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Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) |
EFA | 2 / 59
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Galician Nationalist Bloc Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) |
EFA | 1 / 59
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Green Party Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP) |
EGP | 3 / 21
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Total | 72 / 705
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8th European Parliament[edit]
7th European Parliament[edit]
State | National party | European party | MEPs 2009[17] | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19
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Ecolo | EGP | 2 / 22
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Green | EGP | 1 / 22
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New Flemish Alliance[B 4] | EFA | 1 / 22
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Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 13
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Indrek Tarand (independent) | Independent[16] | 1 / 6
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Green League | EGP | 2 / 13
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Europe Ecology – The Greens[B 2] | EGP | 15 / 74
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Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 72
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Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 14 / 99
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Ecologist Greens | EGP | 1 / 22
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Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9
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The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
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GreenLeft | EGP | 3 / 26
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Republican Left of Catalonia[B 3] | EFA | 1 / 54
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Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54
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Green Party | EGP | 2 / 20
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Pirate Party | PPEU | 2 / 20
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Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 73
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Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 73
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Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 73
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Total
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55 / 751
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6th European Parliament[edit]
State | National party | European party | MEPs 2004 | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19
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Ecolo | EGP | 1 / 24
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Green | EGP | 1 / 24
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Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 14
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Green League | EGP | 1 / 14
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Europe Ecology – The Greens[B 2] | EGP | 6 / 78
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Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 78
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Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 13 / 99
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Federation of the Greens | EGP | 2 / 78
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Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9
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The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
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GreenLeft | EGP | 2 / 23
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Europe Transparent | None | 2 / 23
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László Tőkés (independent)[B 5] | Independent | 1 / 35
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Republican Left of Catalonia[B 3] | EFA | 1 / 54
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Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54
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Green Party | EGP | 1 / 19
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Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 78
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Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 78
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Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 78
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Total
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42 / 751
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Group presidents[edit]
The Greens/EFA group is usually co-chaired by 2 presidents, at least one of them must be a woman.
Co-chairperson | Took office | Left office | Country (Constituency) |
Party | Co-chairperson | Took office | Left office | Country (Constituency) |
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Paul Lannoye | ![]() |
1999 | 2004 | ![]() (French) |
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Heidi Hautala | ![]() |
1999 | 2004 | ![]() |
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit | ![]() |
2004 | 2014 | ![]() |
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Monica Frassoni | ![]() |
2004 | 2009 | ![]() (North-West) |
Federation of the Greens |
Rebecca Harms | ![]() |
2009 | 2016 | ![]() |
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Philippe Lamberts | ![]() |
2014 | present | ![]() (French) |
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Ska Keller | ![]() |
2016 | 2022 | ![]() |
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Terry Reintke | ![]() |
2022 | present | ![]() |
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European Parliament results[edit]
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 [18]
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2019 (post-Brexit) | 69 / 705
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References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Greens – The Green Alternative". The Democratic Society. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Austrian government teeters as Greens seek options to oust PM Kurz". Reuters. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ @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"".
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ See the 2014 European Parliament election results.
- ^ a b "Indrek Tarand". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "List of elected MEPs". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2019 Election Results". Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
External links[edit]
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- Official website Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine