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The majority of major local or national political parties in Europe have aligned themselves into one of the pan-European political organizations. 13 of these
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organizations have been legally recognized by the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
as political parties at the European level: , there are 10 registered Europarties


History

In October 2014, the regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations lays down the conditions governing the statute and funding of political parties at European level ('European political parties') and political foundations at European level ('European political foundations'). Chapters of this regulations focus on status, funding, control and sanctions.regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations


Political parties in Europe

The
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is a transnational federation of parties, not a pan-European political party ''per se'', but it articulates a broadly uniform ideology and its membership is exclusive to it. As such, it is treated akin to one here. Parties represented in national parliaments or the
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
are generally included in the below chart, while independents have been omitted. Great ideological diversity can be found in most pan-European organizations, and individual country rows may not correspond with the heuristic left-right spectrum commonly used within its own political discourse. * Standalone parties with representation in the European Parliament are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit. These are: : * Standalone parties with representation in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Assembly is made up o ...
(but not the European Parliament) are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit in the former. These are: : * The "Standalone parties of the political centre" column includes some single-interest parties that claim to draw support from all across the spectrum. * † indicates the party has observer or associate status within transnational organization * National parties are sorted by the alignment adopted by the party's leadership; in some cases MEPs have chosen to sit in different groups within the EP. * The pan-European party Volt Europa is not shown in this table as it has national sections in several European countries; it is currently part of the Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.


See also

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European integration European integration is the process of industrial, economic integration, economic, political, legal, social integration, social, and cultural Regional integration, integration of states wholly or partially in Europe or nearby. European integrat ...
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Politics of Europe The politics of Europe deals with the continually evolving politics within the continent of Europe. It is a topic far more detailed than other continents due to a number of factors including the long history of nation states in the region as ...


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Parties and Elections in Europe - Political Parties & International Party OrganisationsEuropean Parliament - Directory of MEPs by country and political groupCouncil of Europe Parliamentary Assembly - National DelegationsEPP - Parties and PartnersPES - Member PartiesALDE - Member PartiesAECR - Member PartiesEL - Member PartiesMELD - Member PartiesEDPEFA - Member PartiesEAFAENM - Member PartiesEUD - MembersECPM - Member PartiesNGLA - Members
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