EU affairs 

The European People's Party (EPP) is the biggest of the seven political groups in the current European Parliament.

The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the second biggest group in the current European Parliament.

Renew Europe (RE), a new political group, is the third largest one in the current European Parliament.

The Greens/European Free Alliance is the fourth largest political group in the European Parliament.

Identity and Democracy (ID) is a new group, which is the fifth largest one in the current European Parliament.

The centre-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) is the sixth largest group in the current European Parliament.

The left-wing European United Left/Nordic Green Left is the smallest group in the European Parliament.

Red, blue, pink, turquoise... Not the different shades of the rainbow, but how different activities are indicated on Parliament's calendar.

As the new European Parliament meets for the first time 2 July, MEPs have formed seven political groups. Read on to find out more.

The three films competing for Parliament's 2019 LUX Film Prize are: Cold Case Hammarskjöld; God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya; and The Realm.

MEPs elected Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission, discussed the work of the Council presidencies in 2019 and reviewed human rights issues.

Committees are the powerhouses of Parliament’s legislative work. Find out who will be heading them up for the next two-and-a-half years.