European People's Party
"The European People’s Party (EPP) is the political family of the centre-right, whose roots run deep in the history and civilisation of the European continent and which has pioneered the European project from its inception. Tracing back its roots to Europe’s Founding Fathers – Robert SCHUMAN, Alcide DE GASPERI, and Konrad ADENAUER - the EPP is committed to a strong Europe based on a federal model that relies on the principle of subsidiarity."
The EPP's story
Member Parties
The EPP's story
Member Parties
Socialists & Democrats
The S&D Group is the leading centre-left political group in the European Parliament and the second largest, with 195 members from all 28 EU countries.
Mission, vision & values
The S&D Group stands for an inclusive European society based on principles of freedom, equality, solidarity, diversity and fairness.
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Mission, vision & values
The S&D Group stands for an inclusive European society based on principles of freedom, equality, solidarity, diversity and fairness.
Memer Parties
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament
"The ALDE Party consists of 57 member parties from across Europe.
Together with our liberal member parties across the European continent we are translating the principle of freedom into politics, economics and all other areas of our societies. The ALDE Party provides an increasingly vital link between citizens and the EU institutions and is continuously growing in size and significance."
About the ALDE party
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Together with our liberal member parties across the European continent we are translating the principle of freedom into politics, economics and all other areas of our societies. The ALDE Party provides an increasingly vital link between citizens and the EU institutions and is continuously growing in size and significance."
About the ALDE party
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European Green Party
http://campaign.europeangreens.eu/_http://campaign.europeangreens.eu/The European Greens have always been committed to basic tenets of Green politics, such as environmental responsibility, individual freedom, inclusive democracy, diversity, social justice, gender equality, global sustainable development and non-violence.
The Greens Website
The Greens Website
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Parties
"The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) is a centre-right eurosceptic European political party, defending broader conservative and economically liberal principles. It has fifteen member parties in twelve countries, as well as five independents MEPs. Its member parties have fifty-two MEPs — the fourth-most of any Europarty — and one head of government.
The party was founded on 1 October 2009,[5] after the creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group in the European Parliament. It was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. The AECR had eight members at its formation – predominantly in central and eastern Europe. It has accepted eight more member parties since then, representing the eurosceptic centre-right." (wikipedia)
The AECR Website.
The party was founded on 1 October 2009,[5] after the creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group in the European Parliament. It was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. The AECR had eight members at its formation – predominantly in central and eastern Europe. It has accepted eight more member parties since then, representing the eurosceptic centre-right." (wikipedia)
The AECR Website.
Party of the European Left
"The Party of the European Left, (PEL; also commonly abbreviated European Left), is a political party at the European level and an association of democratic socialist, socialist[1] and communist[1] political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 European Parliament elections. PEL was founded on 8–9 May 2004 in Rome.[2] Elected MEPs from member parties of the European Left sit in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group in the European parliament." (wikipedia)
The PEL website.
Member Parties
The PEL website.
Member Parties
Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
"MELD is a European political alliance committed to the principles of Democracy, Freedom and cooperation among sovereign States in an effort to impede the complete bureaucratization of Europe.
Our members are opposed to further European integration through treaties and policies that exacerbate the present democratic deficit and the centralist political structure of the EU.
We believe that new treaties or any modification of existing treaties should be submitted to the peoples’ vote through free and fair national referenda."
The MELD website
Our members are opposed to further European integration through treaties and policies that exacerbate the present democratic deficit and the centralist political structure of the EU.
We believe that new treaties or any modification of existing treaties should be submitted to the peoples’ vote through free and fair national referenda."
The MELD website
European Democratic Party
"Many of our fellow-citizens feel it: Europe is for us the only democratic and durable answer to the upheavals of the world. Eager to preserve their identities but also anxious to see the European history continuing through the 21st century, and to influence on an international level, Europeans want to rediscover confidence again in the destiny of the "Old Continent"."
The Pde-Edp website
The Pde-Edp website
European Alliance for Freedom
"The European Alliance for Freedom (EAF) is a pan-European alliance of Members of the European Parliament, together with national and regional parliamentarians and parties, united under a political platform calling for national freedom and democracy in opposition to centralised, supranational control."
The EAF Website.
The EAF Website.
Alliance of European National Movements
The Alliance of European National Movements (AENM) is a European political party that was formed in Budapest on 24 October 2009 by a number of ultranationalist and far-right parties from countries in Europe. The alliance's founding members were Jobbik (the Alliance was established during their sixth party congress), France's National Front, Italy's Tricolour Flame, Sweden's National Democrats and Belgium's National Front. At the end of 2011, Marine Le Pen, new leader of the French National Front resigned from the AENM and joined the EAF (European Alliance for Freedom). (wikipedia)
The AEMN values.
The AEMN values.
European Union Democrats
"Founded in 2005, the EUDemocrats is a pan-European Eurorealist alliance. Our goal is to reform the EU: we work for increased transparency, accountability, subsidiarity, and most importantly budget control within the European Union. The EUD does not take a position on left-right policy issues, believing that these issues should be decided in national parliaments."
The EUD website
The EUD website