European Parliament political groups

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The European Parliament political groups are transnational alliances of Members of the European Parliament organized by shared political ideology rather than nationality, shaping legislation, debates, and decision-making within the EU’s directly elected assembly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary group system
political organization structure
appliesToJurisdiction European Union
composedOf Members of the European Parliament
governs formation of parliamentary majorities
hasAlternative Non-attached Members
hasConstraint Members may belong to only one political group
hasFeature ideological cohesion
internal discipline
public funding
transnational character
hasHistoricalGroup Communist and Allies Group
Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
Europe of Democracies and Diversities
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Europe of Nations and Freedom
European Democratic Alliance
European People’s Party–European Democrats Group
European Radical Alliance
Forza Europa
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group
Rainbow Group
Socialist Group in the European Parliament
Technical Group of Independents
Union for Europe of the Nations
hasLanguage multilingual internal communication
hasMinimumMemberStatesRequirement one quarter of EU Member States
hasMinimumSizeRequirement 23 Members of the European Parliament
hasRole allocating parliamentary positions
coordinating voting behavior
influencing decision-making
organizing speaking time
shaping legislation
structuring committee membership
structuring parliamentary debate
includes European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Group of the European People’s Party
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Identity and Democracy Group
Renew Europe Group
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
influences agenda-setting in plenary
allocation of rapporteurships
composition of parliamentary bureaus
distribution of committee chairs
distribution of vice-presidencies
legalBasis Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament
meetsAt Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Strasbourg
notOrganizedBy nationality
organizedBy political ideology
partOf European Parliament
receivesFrom European Parliament budget

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European Parliament hasGroup Identity and Democracy group
linked to: European Parliament political groups
Directorates-General of the European Parliament supportsBody European Parliament political groups
JAN building hasTenants European Parliament political groups
European Parliament elections in Belgium relatedTo European political groups
linked to: European Parliament political groups
EPP Women worksWith EPP Group in the European Parliament
linked to: European Parliament political groups
European Radical Alliance memberOf European Parliament party groups
linked to: European Parliament political groups