The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a
political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of
green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...
and
regionalist political parties.
Formed following the
1999 European elections for the
5th European Parliament
The fifth European Parliament is the fifth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began following the June 1999 elections and ended after the June 2004 elections.
The constitutive session was held on Tuesday 20 July 1999. Nicole ...
, the Greens/EFA group now consists of five distinct
European political parties, namely the larger
European Green Party (EGP) and part of the
European Free Alliance (EFA) and the smaller
European Pirate Party (PPEU),
Volt Europa (Volt), and part of
Animal Politics EU
Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
Goals
They call for:
* Raise the moral and legal status of animals
* Improve the welfare of animals kept for farming purposes and ens ...
(APEU). The EFA consists of parties representing
stateless nations, regionalist and
minority political interests. The group has generally limited its membership to
progressive parties. These European parties are joined by MEPs from non-aligned national parties, which have included the Dutch
Europe Transparent
Europe Transparent ( nl, Europa Transparant) was a political party in the Netherlands. The party's founder, Paul van Buitenen, announced its establishment on 8 April 2004. In the 2004 election to the European Parliament the party gained two seat ...
(2004–2009) and the
Swedish (2009–2014),
German
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**Germania (historical use)
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**Ge ...
(2014–) and
Czech (2019–)
Pirate Parties.
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Group members
9th European Parliament
8th European Parliament
7th European Parliament
6th European Parliament
Group presidents
The Greens/EFA group is usually co-chaired by 2 presidents, at least one of them must be a woman.
European Parliament results
References
External links
Official website
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Political parties established in 1999
European Parliament party groups
*Main
1999 establishments in the European Union