European Union

European Parliament: 1994 - 1999 Outgoing Parliament

Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament
Political groups in the European Parliament Number of seats % of seats
PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists 214 34.19%
PPE - Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 201 32.11%
ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 42 6.71%
GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left 34 5.43%
UPE - Group Union for Europe 34 5.00%
V - The Green Group in the European Parliament 27 4.31%
ARE - Group of the European Radical Alliance 21 3.35%
I-EDN - Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations 15 2.00%
NI - Non-attached Members 38 6.07%

Since 2009, according to Parliament’s rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 25 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

08/07/2019 - 12:11
All times are GMT+2
Time difference per EU capital
  • Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Valletta, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb +0h
  • Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Nicosia, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius +1h
  • Dublin, Lisbon, London -1h

MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session

Gender balance of MEPs by year
European Union
Year Women Men
1979 16% 84%
1984 18% 82%
1989 19% 81%
1994 26% 74%
1999 30% 70%
2004 31% 69%
2009 35% 65%
2014 37% 63%
2019 41% 59%
22/10/2019 - 11:30
All times are GMT+2
Time difference per EU capital
  • Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Valletta, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb +0h
  • Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Nicosia, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius +1h
  • Dublin, Lisbon, London -1h

Turnout by year Final results

Turnout in the European Union by year, in percentage points
Year European Union
2004 45.47%
2009 42.97%
2014 42.61%
2019 50.66%