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Council President: Donald Tusk (EPP) · Commission President: Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP) · Governing groups: EPP, S&D (informal)
Legislative elections: European Parliament, 5-year-term, 766 seats, party-list PR (Ireland: STV):

Group (Europarty) 2014 2009/13
European People's Party (EPP)
 		 Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 		 29,4% 221 36,1% 270
European People's Party (EPP)  
  		 Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 		 - (211) - (269)
  Stand-alone    - (10) - (1)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
  		 Social democracy
  		 25,3% 190 25,3% 189
Party of European Socialists (PES)  
   		 Social democracy
   		 - (182) - (166)
  Stand-alone     - (9) - (23)
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
 		 Conservatism
Euroscepticism
Economic liberalism		 9,2% 69 7,5% 56
Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE)  
[formerly AECR] 		 Conservatism
Euroscepticism
Economic liberalism		 - (44) - (54)
European Christian Political Movement (ECPM)  
   		 Christian right
Social conservatism 		 - (2) - (1)
  Stand-alone     - (23) - (1)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  		 Liberalism 
  		 8,9% 67 11,2% 84
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE)  
 		 Liberalism  
 		 - (49) - (74)
European Democratic Party (EDP)  
   		 Centrism  
 		 - (8) - (10)
  Stand-alone     - (10) - (0)
European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)
 		 Democratic socialism
Communism 		 6,9% 52 4,8% 36
Party of the European Left (EL)  
   		 Democratic socialism
Communism 		 - (29) - (23)
European United for Democracy (EUD)  
    		 Euroscepticism
      		 - (1) - (1)
  Stand-alone     - (23) - (12)
The Greens/European Free Alliance (GREENS/EFA)
 		 Green politics
Regionalism
Minority interests  		 6,7% 50 7,5% 55
European Green Party (EGP)  
   		 Green politics
 		 - (36) - (46)
European Free Alliance (EFA)  
   		 Regionalism
Minority interests		 - (6) - (6)
   Stand-alone     - (8) - (3)
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD)
[2009/13: EFD] 		 Euroscepticism
   		 6,4% 48 4,3% 32
Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE)
     		Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism 
National conservatism  		 - (26) - -
Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD)
   		 Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
National conservatism 		 - - - (18)
   Stand-alone     - (22) - (14)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF)
    		Right-wing populism
   		 5,3% 40 - -
Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom (MENF)  
    		 Right-wing populism
   		 - (31) - -
  Stand-alone        - (9) - (14)
Non-Inscrits  1,9% 14 3,5% 26
Observer MEPs [2011-2014] - - - 18
Total - 751 - 766
Turnout 43,1% 42,9%

 © 2015 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: European Parliament (http://www.results-elections2014.eu).

Archive: Elections (1979-2009/13).