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
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
surface form: 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
surface form: European People’s Party–European Democrats Group

European Radical Alliance
Forza Europa
Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group
Rainbow Group
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
surface form: 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 Party
surface form: European Conservatives and Reformists Group

European People’s Party
surface form: Group of the European People’s Party

Greens–European Free Alliance
surface form: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
surface form: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Identity and Democracy Group
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party)
surface form: Renew Europe Group

European United Left–Nordic Green Left
surface form: 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 European Parliament elections
surface form: Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage

Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament
meetsAt Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

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

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Altiero Spinelli building hasTenant European Parliament political groups
Espace Léopold complex usedBy European Parliament political groups
European Parliament hasGroup European Parliament political groups
this entity surface form: Identity and Democracy group
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 Parliament political groups
this entity surface form: European political groups
EPP Women worksWith European Parliament political groups
this entity surface form: EPP Group in the European Parliament
European Radical Alliance memberOf European Parliament political groups
this entity surface form: European Parliament party groups