Greens–European Free Alliance

The Greens/European
Free Alliance
The Greens/European; Free Alliance
Minority politics; Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
European parties	EGP; EFA; PIRATES; Volt
From	1999; 25 years ago
Preceded by	The Green Group; European Radical Alliance
Chaired by	Philippe Lamberts; Terry Reintke
MEP(s)	72 / 705
Website	greens-efa.eu

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

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

9th European Parliament

State	National party		MEPs^[14]
Austria	The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne)	EGP	3 / 19
Belgium	Ecolo	EGP	2 / 8
Belgium	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	1 / 96
	Independent Nico Semsrott	Independent	1 / 96
Greece	Independent Petros Kokkalis	Independent	1 / 21
Italy	Territorial Equity Movement Movimento Equità Territoriale (MET)	EFA individual member	1 / 76
Italy	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
Spain	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

State	National party		MEPs 2014^[15]
Austria	The Greens – The Green Alternative	EGP	3 / 18
Belgium	Ecolo	EGP	1 / 21
Belgium	Green	EGP	1 / 21
Croatia	ORaH^{[B 1]}	EGP	1 / 11
Denmark	Socialist People's Party	EGP	1 / 13
Estonia	independent )	Independent^[16]	1 / 6
Finland	Green League	EGP	1 / 13
France	Europe Ecology – The Greens^{[B 2]}	EGP	6 / 74
Germany	Alliance '90/The Greens	EGP	11 / 96
	Pirate Party	PPEU	1 / 96
	Ecological Democratic Party	None	1 / 96
Hungary	Politics Can Be Different	EGP	1 / 21
Hungary	Dialogue for Hungary	None	1 / 21
Italy	Federation of the Greens	EGP	1 / 73
Latvia	Latvian Russian Union	EFA	1 / 8
Lithuania	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	None	1 / 11
Luxembourg	The Greens	EGP	1 / 6
Netherlands	GreenLeft	EGP	2 / 26
Spain	Republican Left of Catalonia^{[B 3]}	EFA	1 / 54
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	EGP	1 / 54
	Coalició Compromís	EFA	1 / 54
	New Catalan Left	EFA	1 / 54
Slovenia	Verjamem	None	1 / 8
Sweden	Green Party	EGP	4 / 20
United Kingdom	Green Party of England and Wales	EGP	3 / 73
	Scottish National Party	EFA	2 / 73
	Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales	EFA	1 / 73
European Union	Total		52 / 751

7th European Parliament

State	National party		MEPs 2009^[17]
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
Denmark	Socialist People's Party	EGP	1 / 13
Estonia	independent )	Independent^[16]	1 / 6
Finland	Green League	EGP	2 / 13
France	Europe Ecology – The Greens^{[B 2]}	EGP	15 / 74
France	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
Spain	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	EGP	1 / 54
Sweden	Green Party	EGP	2 / 20
Sweden	Pirate Party	PPEU	2 / 20
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		55 / 751

6th European Parliament

State	National party		MEPs 2004
Austria	The Greens – The Green Alternative	EGP	2 / 19
Belgium	Ecolo	EGP	1 / 24
Belgium	Green	EGP	1 / 24
Denmark	Socialist People's Party	EGP	1 / 14
Finland	Green League	EGP	1 / 14
France	Europe Ecology – The Greens^{[B 2]}	EGP	6 / 78
France	Party of the Corsican Nation	EFA	1 / 78
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
Netherlands	Europe Transparent	None	2 / 23
Romania	independent)^{[B 5]}	Independent	1 / 35
Spain	Republican Left of Catalonia^{[B 3]}	EFA	1 / 54
Spain	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

^ From 20 April 2016 the MEP Davor Škrlec become independent
^ ^a ^b ^c For 2019 it include Benoît Biteau, an independent politician
^ ^a ^b ^c Until 31 December 2011.
EPP-ED and from 2014 with ECR

EPP
since 2009

Group 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 present Belgium
(French)
Ecolo

Ska Keller 2016 2022 Germany
Alliance 90/
The Greens

Terry Reintke 2022 present Germany
Alliance 90/
The Greens

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
^[18] 24

2019 (post-Brexit)
69 / 705
5

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.

^ ^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"".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

ISBN 978-0-19-957498-8
.

ISBN 978-0-253-00164-1
.

ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1
.

^ "Who we are". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Greens – European Free Alliance.

Official website Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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[16] From 20 April 2016 the MEP Davor Škrlec become independent

[:0-18] For 2019 it include Benoît Biteau, an independent politician

[:1-19] Until 31 December 2011.

[21] EPP-ED and from 2014 with ECR

[22] EPP
since 2009

[1] "Who we are". Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[2] "Qui sommes-nous ?" Archived 23 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Greens-efa.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[Nordsieck-3] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[4] "The Greens – The Green Alternative". The Democratic Society. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[5] "Austrian government teeters as Greens seek options to oust PM Kurz". Reuters. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[6] @EuropeElects (9 June 2019). "EU28: Volt Europa membership vote on..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[7] 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)

[Raunio2012-8] ISBN 978-0-19-957498-8
.

[Staab2011-9] ISBN 978-0-253-00164-1
.

[Thorlakson2013-10] ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1
.

[11] "Who we are". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[12] S2CID 144152782
.

[13] "VoteWatch Europe: European Parliament, Council of the EU" Archived 10 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Votewatch.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[14] "MEPs by Member State and political group". Retrieved 9 December 2022.

[15] See the 2014 European Parliament election results.

[:0-17] "Indrek Tarand". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[20] "List of elected MEPs". Greens-efa.eu. Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[23] "2019 Election Results". Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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