Greens–European Free Alliance

The Greens/European Free Alliance
European parliamentary 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[3]
Regionalism[3]
Minority politics[3]
European parties European Green Party
European Free Alliance
From 1999
Preceded by The Green Group
European Radical Alliance
Chaired by Philippe Lamberts MEP & Ska Keller MEP
MEP(s)
51 / 751
Website http://www.greens-efa.eu/
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The Greens-European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA) is the political group in the European Parliament containing green, regionalist and nationalist political parties.[4][5][6] The group was formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament.

The Greens/EFA group consists of two distinct European political parties – the European Green Party (EGP) and the European Free Alliance (EFA).[7] The EFA consists of parties representing stateless nations, regionalist and minority political interests. The Alliance 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 Pirate Party (2009–2014).[9]

Group members

State National party European party MEPs 2004-2009 MEPs 2009-2014 MEPs 2014-2019
Austria AustriaThe Greens – The Green AlternativeEuropean Green Party
2 / 19
2 / 19
3 / 18
Belgium BelgiumEcoloEuropean Green Party
1 / 24
2 / 22
1 / 21
GreenEuropean Green Party
1 / 24
1 / 22
1 / 21
New Flemish AllianceEuropean Free Alliancein EPP-ED group
1 / 22
in ECR
Croatia Croatiaindependentindependent
1 / 11
Denmark DenmarkSocialist People's PartyEuropean Green Party, NGLA
1 / 14
1 / 13
1 / 13
Estonia EstoniaIndependent (Indrek Tarand)independent[10]
1 / 6
1 / 6
Finland FinlandGreen LeagueEuropean Green Party
1 / 14
2 / 13
1 / 13
France FranceEurope Ecology – The GreensEuropean Green Party
6 / 78
15 / 74
[B 1]
6 / 74
Party of the Corsican NationEuropean Free Alliance
1 / 78
1 / 72
0 / 73
Germany GermanyAlliance '90/The GreensEuropean Green Party
13 / 99
14 / 99
11 / 96
Pirate PartyEuropean Pirate Party
1 / 96
Ecological Democratic Partynon-aligned
1 / 96
Greece GreeceEcologist GreensEuropean Green Party
0 / 24
1 / 22
0 / 21
Hungary HungaryPolitics Can Be DifferentEuropean Green Party
1 / 21
Dialogue for Hungarynon-aligned
1 / 21
Republic of Ireland IrelandGreen Party (Ireland)European Green Party--
0 / 11
Italy ItalyFederation of the GreensEuropean Green Party
2 / 78
0 / 72
0 / 73
Independent (Marco Affronte)European Green Party--
1 / 73
[B 2]
Latvia LatviaLatvian Russian UnionEuropean Free Alliance
1 / 9
1 / 9
1 / 8
Lithuania LithuaniaLithuanian Farmers and Greens Unionnon-aligned
1 / 11
Luxembourg LuxembourgThe GreensEuropean Green Party
1 / 6
1 / 6
1 / 6
Netherlands NetherlandsGreenLeftEuropean Green Party
2 / 23
3 / 26
2 / 26
Europe Transparentnon-aligned
2 / 23
Portugal PortugalLIVRE[B 3]European Green Party
0 / 21
Romania RomaniaIndependent (László Tőkés)European Free Alliance
1 / 35
[B 4]
Spain Spain EQUOEuropean Green Party
0 / 54
0 / 54
1 / 54
Republican Left of Catalonia / Left for the Right to DecideEuropean Free Alliance
0 / 54
1 / 54
[B 5]
2 / 54
Initiative for Catalonia GreensEuropean Green Party
1 / 54
1 / 54
1 / 54
Valencian Nationalist BlocEuropean Free Alliance
1 / 54
Basque SolidarityEuropean Free Alliance
1 / 54
0 / 54
0 / 54
Galician Nationalist BlocEuropean Free Alliance
0 / 54
1 / 54
[B 6]
0 / 54
Slovenia SloveniaVerjamemnon-aligned
1 / 8
Sweden Sweden Green PartyEuropean Green Party
1 / 19
2 / 20
4 / 20
Pirate PartyEuropean Pirate Party
2 / 20
[B 1]
0 / 20
United Kingdom United Kingdom Green Party of England and WalesEuropean Green Party
2 / 78
2 / 73
3 / 73
Scottish National PartyEuropean Free Alliance
2 / 78
2 / 73
2 / 73
Plaid Cymru – Party of WalesEuropean Free Alliance
1 / 78
1 / 73
1 / 73
Sources[11][12]
    1. 1 2 including one Lisbon MEP
    2. From 11/01/2017
    3. Independent candidate Rui Tavares until formation of LIVRE in 2014.
    4. Realigned with EPP
    5. until 31/12/2011
    6. from 01/01/2012
    The Greens/EFA has MEPs from 18 states, 9 with multiple MEPs (in dark green) and 9 with one MEP each (light green).

    References

    1. Who we are - The Greens | European Free Alliance. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
    2. Qui sommes-nous ? - The Greens | European Free Alliance. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
    3. 1 2 3 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
    4. John Peterson; Michael Shackleton (22 March 2012). The Institutions of the European Union. Oxford University Press. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-0-19-957498-8. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
    5. Andreas Staab (24 June 2011). The European Union Explained, Second Edition: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. Indiana University Press. pp. 67–. ISBN 978-0-253-00164-1. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
    6. Alexander H. Trechsel (13 September 2013). Towards a Federal Europe. Taylor & Francis. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1.
    7. Who we are on greens-efa.eu
    8. Gupta, Devashree (April 2008). "Nationalism across borders: transnational nationalist advocacy in the European Union". Comparative European Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. 6 (1): 61–80. doi:10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110127.
    9. VoteWatch Europe: European Parliament, Council of the EU. Votewatch.eu. Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
    10. Indrek Tarand on europarl.europa.eu
    11. List of elected MEPs on greens-efa.eu
    12. European Parliament Election Results, 2014
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