The Greens–European Free Alliance

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The Greens - European Free Alliance
European Parliament group
Logo greens-efa.png
EG-EFA logo
Name The Greens - European Free Alliance
English abbr. Greens-EFA
French abbr. Verts-ALE
Formal name Parliamentary Group of The Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament
Ideology Green politics
Regionalism
Progressivism
European parties European Green Party
European Free Alliance
From 1999
To present
Preceded by The Green Group in the EP
European Radical Alliance
Chaired by Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP & Rebecca Harms MEP
MEP(s) 58 (January 1, 2012)
Website http://www.greens-efa.eu/

The Greens – European Free Alliance (Greens – EFA; French: Les Verts – Alliance libre européenne; German: Die Grünen – Freie Europäische Allianz) is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament.[1]

As a group, The Greens-EFA made more gains at the European elections of 2009 than any other group.

This group consists of two distinct European political parties - the European Green Party (EGP) and the European Free Alliance (EFA).[2] The EFA consists of parties representing stateless nations. The alliance has generally limited its membership to progressive parties.[3] These European parties are joined by national parties, such as the Dutch Europe Transparent (between 2004 and 2009) and the Swedish Pirate Party (since 2009).

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The Greens-EFA has MEPs from 16 states, including 12 with more than one MEP (in dark green) and four with one MEP each (in light green).
State National party European party MEPs 2004-2009 MEPs 2009-2014 (as of 1 January 2012)
AustriaAustria The Greens – The Green Alternative European Green Party 2 2
BelgiumBelgium Ecolo European Green Party 1 2
Groen! European Green Party 1 1
Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie European Free Alliance in EPP-ED group 1
DenmarkDenmark Socialist People's Party European Green Party[A 1] 1 2
EstoniaEstonia Independent (Indrek Tarand) independent[4] 1
FinlandFinland Green League European Green Party 1 2
FranceFrance Europe Écologie–The Greens European Green Party 6 14[B 1]
Party of the Corsican Nation European Free Alliance 0 1
GermanyGermany Alliance '90/The Greens European Green Party 13 14
GreeceGreece Ecologist Greens European Green Party 0 1
ItalyItaly Federation of the Greens European Green Party 2 0
LatviaLatvia For Human Rights in United Latvia European Free Alliance 1 1
LuxembourgLuxembourg The Greens European Green Party 1 1
NetherlandsNetherlands GreenLeft European Green Party 2 3
Europe Transparent unaligned 2
PortugalPortugal Independent (Rui Tavares) independent[5] 1
RomaniaRomania Independent (László Tőkés) European Free Alliance 1 in EPP group
SpainSpain Confederation of The Greens European Green Party 1 0
(Catalonia) Republican Left of Catalonia European Free Alliance 0 1[B 2]
(Catalonia) Initiative for Catalonia Greens European Green Party 1 1
(Basque Country) Eusko Alkartasuna European Free Alliance 1 0
(Galicia) Galician Nationalist Bloc European Free Alliance 0 1[B 3]
SwedenSweden Green Party European Green Party 1 2
Pirate Party Pirate Parties International[A 2] 2[B 1]
United KingdomUnited Kingdom (England, Wales) Green Party of England and Wales European Green Party 2 2
(Scotland) Scottish National Party European Free Alliance 2 2
(Wales) Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales European Free Alliance 1 1
Sources [6]
  1. ^ Observer status
  2. ^ No European party yet
  1. ^ a b including one Lisbon MEP
  2. ^ until 31/12/2011
  3. ^ from 01/01/2012

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