Greens–European Free Alliance
| The Greens/European Free Alliance | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament group | |
| 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 |
| Political position | Centre-left[3] to left-wing[4] |
| European parties | European Green Party European Free Alliance (minority) |
| From | 1999 |
| Preceded by | The Green Group European Radical Alliance |
| Chaired by | Bas Eickhout Terry Reintke |
| MEP(s) | 53 / 720 |
| Website | greens-efa |
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The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green political parties.[5][6][7]
The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Alliance (EFA), and members of Volt Europa and European Pirate Party political alliances.
History
Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, the group has generally limited its membership to progressive parties.[8] 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.[9]
9th European Parliament
On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt Europa chose to join the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.[10][11]
10th European Parliament
On 19 June 2024, the group elected Bas Eickhout, and re-elected Terry Reintke, as Co-Presidents of the group.[12] On 25 June, the group elected the members of its bureau.[13]
MEPs
10th European Parliament
| State | National party | European party | MEPs[14] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 20
| |
| Belgium | Ecolo | EGP | 1 / 22
| |
| Green | EGP | 1 / 22
| ||
| Croatia | We can! | EGP | 1 / 12
| |
| Czech Republic | Czech Pirate Party | None | 1 / 21
| |
| Denmark | Green Left | EGP | 3 / 15
| |
| Finland | Green League | EGP | 2 / 15
| |
| France | The Ecologists | EGP | 5 / 81
| |
| Germany | Alliance 90/The Greens | EGP | 12 / 96
| |
| Volt Germany | None | 3 / 96
| ||
| Italy | Green Europe | EGP | 4 / 76
| |
| Latvia | The Progressives | EGP | 1 / 9
| |
| Lithuania | Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | EGP | 1 / 11
| |
| Luxembourg | The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
| |
| Netherlands | GreenLeft | EGP | 4 / 31
| |
| Volt Netherlands | None | 2 / 31
| ||
| Romania | Health Education Nature Sustainability Party (Nicolae Ștefănuță) |
Independent | 1 / 33
| |
| Slovenia | Vesna - Green Party | EGP | 1 / 9
| |
| Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia | EFA | 1 / 61
| |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc | EFA | 1 / 61
| ||
| Catalunya en Comú | EGP associate member | 1 / 61
| ||
| Més–Compromís | EFA | 1 / 61
| ||
| Sweden | Green Party | EGP | 3 / 21
| |
| European Union | Total | 53 / 720
| ||
9th European Parliament
| State | National party | European party | MEPs[15] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne) |
EGP | 3 / 19
| |
| Belgium | Ecolo | EGP | 2 / 8
| |
| Green Groen |
EGP | 1 / 12
| ||
| Czech Republic | Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana (Piráti) |
PPEU | 3 / 21
| |
| Denmark | Green Left Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) |
EGP | 2 / 14
| |
| Finland | Green League Vihreä liitto (Vihr) |
EGP | 3 / 14
| |
| France | Europe Ecology – The Greens Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) |
EGP | 10 / 79
| |
| Let's Do Corsica Femu a Corsica (FaC) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 79
| ||
| Breton Democratic Union Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (UDB) |
EFA | 1 / 79
| ||
| Germany | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Grüne) |
EGP | 21 / 96
| |
| Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 96
| ||
| Pirate Party Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland (Piraten) |
PPEU | 1 / 96
| ||
| Volt Germany Volt Deutschland (Volt) |
Volt Europa | 1 / 96
| ||
| Independent Nico Semsrott |
Independent | 1 / 96
| ||
| Greece | Kosmos Κόσμος |
None | 1 / 21
| |
| Italy | Territorial Equity Movement Movimento Equità Territoriale (MET) |
EFA individual member | 1 / 76
| |
| Independents Ignazio Corrao, Rosa D'Amato |
Independent | 2 / 76
| ||
| Ireland | Green Party Comhaontas Glas |
EGP | 2 / 13
| |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga (LVŽS) |
None | 2 / 11
| |
| Luxembourg | The Greens Déi Gréng (DG) |
EGP | 1 / 6
| |
| Netherlands | GreenLeft GroenLinks (GL) |
EGP | 3 / 29
| |
| Poland | Independent Sylwia Spurek |
Independent | 1 / 52
| |
| Portugal | Independent Francisco Guerreiro |
Independent | 1 / 21
| |
| Romania | Independent Nicolae Ștefănuță |
Independent | 1 / 33
| |
| Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) |
EFA | 2 / 59
| |
| Galician Nationalist Bloc Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) |
EFA | 1 / 59
| ||
| Sweden | Green Party Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP) |
EGP | 3 / 21
| |
| European Union | Total | 72 / 705
| ||
8th European Parliament
7th European Parliament
| State | National party | European party | MEPs 2009[18] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19
| |
| Belgium | Ecolo | EGP | 2 / 22
| |
| Green | EGP | 1 / 22
| ||
| New Flemish Alliance[B 4] | EFA | 1 / 22
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| Denmark | Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 13
| |
| Estonia | Indrek Tarand (independent) | Independent[17] | 1 / 6
| |
| Finland | Green League | EGP | 2 / 13
| |
| France | The Greens | EGP | 15 / 74
| |
| Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 72
| ||
| Germany | Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 14 / 99
| |
| Greece | Ecologist Greens | EGP | 1 / 22
| |
| Latvia | Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9
| |
| Luxembourg | The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
| |
| Netherlands | GreenLeft | EGP | 3 / 26
| |
| Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia[B 3] | EFA | 1 / 54
| |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54
| ||
| Sweden | Green Party | EGP | 2 / 20
| |
| Pirate Party | PPEU | 2 / 20
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| United Kingdom | Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 73
| |
| Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 73
| ||
| Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 73
| ||
| European Union | Total
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55 / 751
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6th European Parliament
| State | National party | European party | MEPs 2004 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 19
| |
| Belgium | Ecolo | EGP | 1 / 24
| |
| Green | EGP | 1 / 24
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| Denmark | Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 14
| |
| Finland | Green League | EGP | 1 / 14
| |
| France | The Greens | EGP | 6 / 78
| |
| Party of the Corsican Nation | EFA | 1 / 78
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| Germany | Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 13 / 99
| |
| Italy | Federation of the Greens | EGP | 2 / 78
| |
| Latvia | Latvian Russian Union | EFA | 1 / 9
| |
| Luxembourg | The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
| |
| Netherlands | GreenLeft | EGP | 2 / 23
| |
| Europe Transparent | None | 2 / 23
| ||
| Romania | László Tőkés (independent)[B 5] | Independent | 1 / 35
| |
| Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia[B 3] | EFA | 1 / 54
| |
| Initiative for Catalonia Greens | EGP | 1 / 54
| ||
| Sweden | Green Party | EGP | 1 / 19
| |
| United Kingdom | Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 78
| |
| Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 78
| ||
| Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 1 / 78
| ||
| European Union | Total
|
42 / 751
| ||
5th European Parliament
| State | National party | European party | MEPs 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | The Greens – The Green Alternative | EGP | 2 / 21
| |
| Belgium | Ecolo | EGP | 3 / 25
| |
| Green | EGP | 2 / 25
| ||
| People's Union | EFA | 2 / 25
| ||
| Denmark | Socialist People's Party | EGP | 1 / 16
| |
| Finland | Green League | EGP | 2 / 15
| |
| France | The Greens | EGP | 9 / 87
| |
| Germany | Alliance '90/The Greens | EGP | 7 / 99
| |
| Italy | Federation of the Greens | EGP | 2 / 87
| |
| Ireland | Green Party | EGP | 2 / 15
| |
| Luxembourg | The Greens | EGP | 1 / 6
| |
| Netherlands | GreenLeft | EGP | 2 / 23
| |
| Spain | Eusko Alkartasuna | PNV | 1 / 63
| |
| Basque Nationalist Party | PNV | 1 / 63
| ||
| Andalusian Party | EC | 1 / 63
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| Galician Nationalist Bloc | EFA | 1 / 63
| ||
| Sweden | Green Party | EGP | 2 / 22
| |
| United Kingdom | Green Party of England and Wales | EGP | 2 / 87
| |
| Scottish National Party | EFA | 2 / 87
| ||
| Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | EFA | 2 / 87
| ||
| European Union | Total
|
48 / 626
| ||
Group leadership
Presidents
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) |
Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lannoye | 1999 | 2004 | Belgium (French) |
Ecolo |
Heidi Hautala | 1999 | 2004 | Finland | Green League | ||
| Daniel Cohn-Bendit | 2004 | 2014 | Germany | Alliance 90/ The Greens |
Monica Frassoni | 2004 | 2009 | Italy (North-West) |
Federation of the Greens | ||
| Rebecca Harms | 2009 | 2016 | Germany | Alliance 90/ The Greens | |||||||
| Philippe Lamberts | 2014 | 2024 | Belgium (French) |
Ecolo | |||||||
| Ska Keller | 2016 | 2022 | Germany | Alliance 90/ The Greens | |||||||
| Terry Reintke | 2022 | present | Germany | Alliance 90/ The Greens | |||||||
| Bas Eickhout | 2024 | present | Netherlands | GroenLinks | |||||||
Bureau
2024–present
Group bureau during the 10th European Parliament.[13]
| Position | Name | National Party | European Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-President | Bas Eickhout | GroenLinks | EGP | |
| Co-President | Terry Reintke | The Greens | EGP | |
| Treasurer and Vice-President |
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen | Green Left | EGP | |
| Vice-President | Alice Bah Kuhnke | Green Party | EGP | |
| Vice-President | Marie Toussaint | The Ecologists | EGP | |
| Vice-President | Virginijus Sinkevičius | Union of Democrats | EGP | |
| Vice-President | Ignazio Marino | Green Europe | EGP | |
| Vice-President | Sergey Lagodinsky | The Greens | EGP | |
| President of the EFA delegation |
Diana Riba | Republican Left of Catalonia | EFA | |
European Parliament results
| Election year | No. of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 48 / 626
|
48 |
| 2004 | 42 / 732
|
6 |
| 2009 | 55 / 736
|
13 |
| 2014 | 50 / 751
|
5 |
| 2019 (pre-Brexit) | 74 / 751 [19]
|
24 |
| 2019 (post-Brexit) | 69 / 705
|
5 |
| 2024 | 53 / 720
|
16 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tapio Raunio (2012). "Political Interests: The European Parliament's Party Groups". In John Peterson; Michael Shackleton (eds.). The Institutions of the European Union. Oxford University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-19-957498-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ @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"".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "GREENS/EFA Group elects Bas Eickhout and Terry Reintke as Co-Presidents". Greens/EFA Group. 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Greens/EFA Group elects bureau". Greens/EFA. 25 June 2024.
- ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "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" Archived 27 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
External links
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