- The campaign
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Results
New composition of the European Parliament for 2009-2014
For the 7th legislature (2009-2014), the number of seats according to the political groups are divided up as follows:
Source: European Parliament
S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
ECR: European conservatives and reformists
EFD: Europe of Freedom and Democracy.
Distribution of seats by political group and Member State (7th legislature – 2009-2014)
 EPP |
S&D1  ALDE ECR2  Greens/EFA  GUE/NGL EFD3 Non attached Members Total | ||||||||
 Belgium |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
 Bulgaria |
6 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
 Czech Republic |
2 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
 Denmark |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
 Germany |
42 |
23 |
12 |
0 |
14 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
99 |
 Estonia |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
 Ireland |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
 Greece |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
 Spain |
23 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
 France |
29 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
72 |
 Italy |
35 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
72 |
 Cyprus |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
 Latvia |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
 Lithuania |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
 Luxembourg |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
 Hungary |
14 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
22 |
 Malta |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
 The Netherlands |
5 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
 Austria |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
 Poland |
28 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
 Portugal |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
 Romania |
14 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
 Slovenia |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
 Slovakia |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
 Finland |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
 Sweden |
5 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
 UK |
0 |
13 |
11 |
25 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
72 |
| Total | 265 |
S&D1 184 |
 84 |
ECR 55 |
 55 |
 35 |
EFD3 32 |
NI 26 |
Total
736 |
Source: European Parliament.
1S&D : Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
2ECR : European conservatives and reformists
3EFD : Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Turnout at the European elections in 2004 and 2009
choose a country :
Source: TNS opinion in collaboration with the European Parliament.
2004 - EU25 - The 15 Member States + Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta in 2004.
2009 - EU27 - The 25 Member States + Bulgaria and Romania in 2007.
The Chairs of the Political Groups in the 7th Legislature (2009-2014)
The presidents of the political groups at the European Parliament for the 7th legislature are:
European People’s Party: Joseph Daul, France.
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group: Martin Schulz, Germany.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group: Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium.
European Conservatives and Reformists Group: Michal Kamiński, Poland.
Greens/European Free Alliance Group: Rebecca Harms, Germany and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, France.
European United Left/Nordic Left Group: Lothar Bisky, Germany.
Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group:Nigel Farage, United Kingdom and Francesco Speroni, Italy.
The Presidents of the Committees for the 7th legislature (2009-2014)
The 20 Presidents of the Committees for the 7th legislature are:
Foreign Affairs: Gabriele Albertini, Italy, EPP
Development: Eva Joly, France, Verts/ALE
International Trade: Vital Moreira, Portugal, S&D
Budgets: Alain Lamassoure, France, EPP
Budgetary Control: Luigi de Magistris, Italy, ALDE
Economic and Monetary Affairs: Sharon Bowles, United Kingdom, ALDE
Employment and Social Affairs: Pervenche Beres, France, S&D
Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: Jo Leinen, Germany , S&D
Industry, Research and Energy: Herbert Reul, Germany, EPP
Internal Market and Consumer Protection: Malcolm Harbour, United Kingdom, ECR
Transport and Tourism: Brian Simpson, United Kingdom, S&D
Regional Development: Danuta Hübner, Poland, EPP
Agriculture : Paulo De Castro, Italy, S&D
Fisheries: Carmen Fraga Estévez, Spain, EPP
Culture and Education: Doris Pack, Germany, EPP
Legal Affairs: Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Germany, EPP
Civil Liberties: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spain, S&D
Constitutional Affairs: Carlo Casini, Italy, EPP
Women's Rights and Gender Equality: Eva-Britt Svensson, Sweden, GUE/NGL
Petitions: Erminia Mazzoni, Italy, EPP
Within the Foreign Affairs Committee there are two sub-committees:
Human Rights: Heidi Hautala, Finland, Greens/EFA
Security and Defence: Arnaud Danjean, France, EPP
The distribution of women in the European Parliament in the 7th legislature (2009-2014)
Member State |
Number of MEPs |
Number of women |
% |
| Finland |
13 |
8 |
61.54 |
| Sweden |
18 |
10 |
55.56 |
| Estonia |
6 |
3 |
50.00 |
| Netherland |
25 |
12 |
48.00 |
| Bulgaria |
13 |
6 |
46.15 |
| Denmark |
13 |
6 |
46.15 |
| France |
72 |
33 |
45.83 |
| Austria |
17 |
7 |
41.18 |
| Slovakia |
13 |
5 |
38.46 |
| Latvia |
8 |
3 |
37.50 |
| Germany |
99 |
37 |
37.37 |
| Belgium |
22 |
8 |
36.36 |
 Hungary |
22 |
8 |
36.36 |
| Portugal |
22 |
8 |
36.36 |
| Romania |
33 |
12 |
36.36 |
| Spain |
50 |
18 |
36.00 |
| UK |
72 |
24 |
33.33 |
| Cyprus |
6 |
2 |
33.33 |
| Greece |
22 |
7 |
31.82 |
| Slovenia |
7 |
2 |
28.57 |
| Ireland |
12 |
3 |
25.00 |
| Lithuania |
12 |
3 |
25.00 |
| Italy |
72 |
16 |
22.22 |
| Poland |
50 |
11 |
22.00 |
| Czech Republic |
22 |
4 |
18.18 |
| Luxembourg |
6 |
1 |
16.67 |
| Malta |
5 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Total | 736 | 257 | 34.92 |
Source : European Parliament