The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green political parties.
The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Alliance (EFA), and members of Volt Europa and European Pirate Party 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 (2004–2009) and the Swedish (2009–2014), German (2014–) and Czech (2019–) Pirate Parties."VoteWatch Europe: European Parliament, Council of the EU" . Votewatch.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
9th European Parliament On 9 June 2019, following a pan-European vote of party members, Volt Europa 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, and re-elected Terry Reintke, as Co-Presidents of the group. On 25 June, the group elected the members of its bureau.
MEPs 10th European Parliament
State National party MEPs The Greens – The Green Alternative EGP Ecolo EGP Green EGP Croatia We can! EGP Czech Republic Czech Pirate Party PPEU Green Left EGP Green League EGP The Ecologists EGP Germany Alliance 90/The Greens EGP Volt Germany Volt Europa Green Europe EGP The Progressives EGP Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" EGP The Greens EGP Progressief Nederland None Volt Netherlands Volt Europa Romania Health Education Nature Sustainability Party(Nicolae Ștefănuță) Independent Prerod EGP Spain Republican Left of Catalonia EFA Galician Nationalist Bloc EFA Catalunya en Comú EGP associate member Més–Compromís EFA Sweden Green Party EGP Total
9th European Parliament
State National party MEPs Austria The Greens – The Green AlternativeDie Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne) EGP Belgium Ecolo EGP GreenGroen EGP Czech Republic Czech Pirate PartyČeská pirátská strana (Piráti) PPEU Denmark Green LeftSocialistisk Folkeparti (SF) EGP Finland Green LeagueVihreä liitto (Vihr) EGP France Europe Ecology – The GreensEurope Écologie Les Verts (EELV) EGP Let's Do CorsicaFemu a Corsica (FaC) EFA individual member Breton Democratic UnionUnvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (UDB) EFA Germany Alliance 90/The GreensBündnis 90/Die Grünen (Grüne) EGP Ecological Democratic PartyÖkologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP) EFA individual member Pirate Party GermanyPiratenpartei Deutschland (Piraten) PPEU Volt Germany (Volt) Volt Europa IndependentNico Semsrott Independent Greece KosmosΚόσμος None Territorial Equity MovementMovimento Equità Territoriale (MET) EFA individual member IndependentsIgnazio Corrao, Rosa D'Amato Independent Ireland Green PartyComhaontas Glas EGP Lithuania Lithuanian Farmers and Greens UnionLietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga (LVŽS) None Luxembourg The GreensDéi Gréng (DG) EGP Netherlands GreenLeft GroenLinks (GL) EGP Poland IndependentSylwia Spurek Independent Portugal IndependentFrancisco Guerreiro Independent Romania IndependentNicolae Ștefănuță Independent Spain Republican Left of CataloniaEsquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) EFA Galician Nationalist BlocBloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG) EFA Sweden Green PartyMiljöpartiet de gröna (MP) EGP Total
8th European Parliament
StateNational partyEuropean allianceMEPs 2014See the 2014 European Parliament election results. AustriaThe Greens – The Green Alternative EGP BelgiumEcolo EGPGreen EGP CroatiaORaHFrom 20 April 2016 the MEP Davor Škrlec become independent EGP DenmarkSocialist People's Party EGP EstoniaIndrek Tarand (independent) Independent FinlandGreen League EGP FranceEurope Ecology – The GreensFor 2019 it include Benoît Biteau, an independent politician EGP GermanyAlliance '90/The Greens EGPPirate Party PPEUEcological Democratic Party None HungaryPolitics Can Be Different EGPDialogue for Hungary None ItalyFederation of the Greens EGP LatviaLatvian Russian Union EFA LithuaniaLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union None LuxembourgThe Greens EGP NetherlandsGreenLeft EGP SpainRepublican Left of CataloniaUntil 31 December 2011. EFAInitiative for Catalonia Greens EGPCoalició Compromís EFANew Catalan Left EFA SloveniaVerjamem None SwedenGreen Party EGP United KingdomGreen Party of England and Wales EGPScottish National Party EFAPlaid Cymru – Party of Wales EFA
7th European Parliament
StateNational partyEuropean allianceMEPs 2009"List of elected MEPs". Greens-efa.eu. AustriaThe Greens – The Green Alternative EGP BelgiumEcolo EGPGreen EGPNew Flemish AllianceFrom 2004 to 2009 with EPP-ED and from 2014 with ECR EFA DenmarkSocialist People's Party EGP EstoniaIndrek Tarand (independent) Independent"Indrek Tarand". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2018. FinlandGreen League EGP FranceThe Greens EGPParty of the Corsican Nation EFA GermanyAlliance '90/The Greens EGP GreeceEcologist Greens EGP LatviaLatvian Russian Union EFA LuxembourgThe Greens EGP NetherlandsGreenLeft EGP SpainRepublican Left of Catalonia EFAInitiative for Catalonia Greens EGP SwedenGreen Party EGPPirate Party PPEU United KingdomGreen Party of England and Wales EGPScottish National Party EFAPlaid Cymru – Party of Wales EFA
6th European Parliament
StateNational partyEuropean allianceMEPs 2004 AustriaThe Greens – The Green Alternative EGP BelgiumEcolo EGPGreen EGP DenmarkSocialist People's Party EGP FinlandGreen League EGP FranceThe Greens EGPParty of the Corsican Nation EFA GermanyAlliance '90/The Greens EGP ItalyFederation of the Greens EGP LatviaLatvian Russian Union EFA LuxembourgThe Greens EGP NetherlandsGreenLeft EGPEurope Transparent None RomaniaLászló Tőkés (independent)Realigned with the EPP since 2009 Independent SpainRepublican Left of Catalonia EFAInitiative for Catalonia Greens EGP SwedenGreen Party EGP United KingdomGreen Party of England and Wales EGPScottish National Party EFAPlaid Cymru – Party of Wales EFA
5th European Parliament
StateNational partyEuropean allianceMEPs 1999 AustriaThe Greens – The Green Alternative EGP BelgiumEcolo EGPGreen EGPPeople's Union EFA DenmarkSocialist People's Party EGP FinlandGreen League EGP FranceThe Greens EGP GermanyAlliance '90/The Greens EGP ItalyFederation of the Greens EGP IrelandGreen Party EGP LuxembourgThe Greens EGPNetherlandsGreenLeft EGP SpainEusko Alkartasuna PNVBasque Nationalist Party PNVAndalusian Party ECGalician Nationalist Bloc EFA SwedenGreen Party EGP United KingdomGreen Party of England and Wales EGPScottish National Party EFAPlaid Cymru – Party of Wales EFA
Group leadership Presidents The Greens/EFA group is usually co-chaired by 2 presidents, at least one of them must be a woman. Co-chairpersonTook officeLeft officeCountry(Constituency)PartyCo-chairpersonTook officeLeft officeCountry(Constituency)PartyPaul Lannoye19992004(French)EcoloHeidi Hautala19992004Green LeagueDaniel Cohn-Bendit20042014Alliance 90/The GreensMonica Frassoni20042009(North-West)Federation of the GreensRebecca Harms20092016Alliance 90/The GreensPhilippe Lamberts20142024(French)EcoloSka Keller20162022Alliance 90/The GreensTerry Reintke2022presentAlliance 90/The GreensBas Eickhout2024presentGroenLinks
Bureau 2024–present Group bureau during the 10th European Parliament. Position Name National Party European alliance Co-President Bas Eickhout GroenLinks EGP Co-President Terry Reintke The Greens EGP Treasurer andVice-President Kira Marie Peter-Hansen Green Left EGP Vice-President Alice Bah Kuhnke Green Party EGP Vice-President Marie Toussaint The Ecologists EGP Vice-President Virginijus Sinkevičius Union of Democrats EGP Vice-President Ignazio Marino Green Europe EGP Vice-President Sergey Lagodinsky The Greens EGP President ofthe EFA delegation Diana Riba Republican Left of Catalonia EFA
European Parliament results Election yearNo. ofoverall seats won+/–1999 482004 62009 132014 52019 (pre-Brexit)"2019 Election Results" . Election-Results.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2019. 242019 (post-Brexit) 52024 16
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Members of the group