The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a
political group of the European Parliament
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composed primarily of
green
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political parties.
The group consists of
European Green Party
The European Green Party (EGP), also referred to as European Greens, is a transnational, European political party representing national parties from across Europe who share Green values.
The European Greens works closely with the Greens–Eur ...
(EGP), part of the
European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a European political party that consists of various regionalist, separatist and minority political parties in Europe. Member parties advocate either for full political independence and sovereignty, or some ...
(EFA), and members of
Volt Europa
Volt Europa (known mononymously as Volt) is a transnational pro-European and Federalisation of the European Union, federalist European political alliances, European political movement. It operates as a Pan-European identity, pan-European umbrell ...
and
European Pirate Party
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political alliances.
History
Formed following the
1999 European elections for the
5th European Parliament, 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
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(2004–2009) and the
Swedish (2009–2014),
German
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(2014–) and
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
(2019–)
Pirate Parties
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.
9th European Parliament
On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members,
Volt Europa
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chose to join the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.
10th European Parliament
On 19 June 2024, the group elected
Bas Eickhout
Bas Eickhout (born 8 October 1976) is a Dutch politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 elections. He is a member of the GreenLeft, part of the European Green Party.
Education and early career
Eickhout w ...
, and re-elected
Terry Reintke
Theresa Reintke (born 9 May 1987) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament from Germany since 2014. She is co-president of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. She is a member of the Allian ...
, as Co-Presidents of the group.
On 25 June, the group elected the members of its bureau.
MEPs
10th European Parliament
9th European Parliament
8th European Parliament
7th European Parliament
6th European Parliament
5th European Parliament
Group leadership
Presidents
The Greens/EFA group is usually co-chaired by 2 presidents, at least one of them must be a woman.
Bureau
2024–present
Group bureau during the 10th European Parliament.
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European Parliament results
References
External links
Official website
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Political parties established in 1999
Political groups of the European Parliament
*Main
1999 establishments in the European Union
European political alliances