Table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation explained

The majority of major local or national political parties in Europe have aligned themselves with one of the European political alliances. Some of these are registered as European political parties, while others are political alliances with varying degrees of centralisation.

History

The first European political parties formed during the 1970s, in the run-up to the first elections of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (adopted in 1976, and taking place for the first time in 1979). European political parties were first mentioned in the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht, stating that "Political parties at European level are important as a factor for integration within the Union. They contribute to forming a European awareness and to expressing the political will of the citizens of the Union", thus officially recognising the existence of European political parties.^[1]

Until the early 2000s, European parties remained mostly in the shadow of political groups in the European Parliament, which provided them with funding and, often, hosted them.

In November 2003, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation 2004/2003 "on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding". Regulation 2004/2003 provided the first official definition of European political parties and created a framework for their public funding.^[2] With this official definition, Regulation 2004/2003 marked the first distinction between European parties and other political alliances operating at European level.

In 2007, Regulation 1524/2007 updated modalities for the funding of European parties and allowed them to set up affiliated European political foundations, separate entities contributing to the debate on European issues, organising conferences, and carrying out research, and linking like-minded national political foundations. The revised Regulation explicitly allows European parties to finance campaigns conducted for elections to the European Parliament.

In October 2014, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation 1141/2014, which replaced Regulation 2004/2003 and overhauled the framework for European political parties and foundations, including by giving them a European legal status.^[3] It also established the Authority for the European political parties and European political foundations (APPF),^[4] a standalone entity for the purpose of registering, controlling, and imposing sanctions on European parties and foundations.

In May 2018, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation 2018/673, which amended Regulation 1141/2014 by detailing provisions relating to the registration of political parties and foundations, and transparency regarding political programmes and party logos.^[5]

Political parties in Europe

The Nordic Green Left Alliance is a transnational federation of parties, not a European political party; however, it articulates a broadly uniform ideology and its membership is exclusive to it. As such, it is treated akin to one here.

Parties represented in national parliaments or the European Parliament are generally included in the below chart, while independents were omitted. Great ideological diversity can be found in most European political alliances, and individual country rows may not correspond with the heuristic left-right spectrum commonly used within its own political discourse.

	EL	NGLA	Stand- alone	EFA	EGP	PES	EDP	ALDE	Stand- alone	EPP	ECR	Patriots	Stand- alone
Leftist	Green Left.	Leftist	Regionalist	Green	Social Dem.	Centre	Lib. Dem.	Centre Lib. Dem.	Centre-right	Conserv.	Right. Pop. National.	Rightist
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	LSI PSD	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->PS†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->		<	--EPP-->PD†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	RD	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->VA†	<	--PES-->PS†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->PLA	DA	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	HHD K՛O	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->ARF	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->BA ANC	Ard FD EPA HP	<	--EPP-->HHK OE HE	<	--ECRP-->BHK	<	--IDP-->	AM ST
	<	--PEL-->KPÖ	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->EL	<	--Green-->GRÜNE	<	--PES-->SPÖ	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->NEOS		<	--EPP-->ÖVP	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->FPÖ	STRONACH
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	VBP	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	MP VHP	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->AXC	<	--IDP-->	YAP AVP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	KPB APB	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->		<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->BPF	<	--IDP-->	LDPB
Belgium	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	PTB-PVDA PC	<	--EFA--> N-VA	<	--Green-->Groen Ecolo	<	--PES--> Vooruit PS	<	--EDP-->LE MCC	<	--ALDE--> Open VLD MR	UF Vivant	<	--EPP-->CD&V CSP	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->VB	Chez Nous
Bosnia and Herzegovina	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SNSD DF	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->SDP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->NS	NiP NES	<	--EPP-->SDA† HDZ† PDP† HDZ 1990†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	SDS† SZBiH SBB
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	ABV	<	--EFA-->UMO	<	--Green-->ZPB Zelenite	<	--PES-->BSP BSDP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->DPS NDSV		<	--EPP-->GERB DSB SDS DP	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	Ataka NFSB VMRO BBC
	<	--PEL-->RF	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->Možemo! ORaH†	<	--PES-->SDP	<	--EDP-->Reformisti	<	--ALDE-->Centar Fokus HNS–LD† HSLS† GLAS† IDS	HSU PGS NPS RES	<	--EPP-->HDZ HDS	<	--ECRP-->HS	<	--IDP-->	DP MOST HSP PiP
	<	--PEL-->AKEL†	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->KOP	<	--PES-->EDEK	<	--EDP-->CA Citizens' Platform	<	--ALDE-->EDI	DIKO ΕΚ	<	--EPP-->DISY	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->KSČM†	<	--NGL-->	SPO	<	--EFA-->MZH	<	--Green-->SZ	<	--PES-->ČSSD	<	--EDP-->SEN21	<	--ALDE-->ANO 2011	Piráti	<	--EPP-->TOP 09 KDU–ČSL	<	--ECRP-->ODS	<	--IDP-->SPD	Úsvit SSO
	<	--PEL-->El†	<	--NGL-->	FmEU	<	--EFA-->SP	<	--Green-->SF	<	--PES-->SD	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->Venstre RV	LA	<	--EPP-->KF K	<	--ECRP-->FF (Faroë Islands)	<	--IDP-->	DF
	<	--PEL-->EÜV	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->EER	<	--PES-->SDE	<	--EDP-->EK	<	--ALDE-->RE		<	--EPP-->IRL	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->EKRE	PÕLIS EV
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->Vas		<	--EFA-->AF (Åland)	<	--Green-->Vihr	<	--PES-->SDP	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->Kesk SFP		<	--EPP-->KOK KD†	<	--ECRP-->PS	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->PCF	<	--NGL-->	PCR MIM MRC PG	<	--EFA-->MRS (Savoy) EA (Basque Country) UDB (Brittany) PO (Occitania) PNC (Corsica)	<	--Green-->EELV	<	--PES-->PS	<	--EDP-->MoDem	<	--ALDE-->MR UDI	LREM Agir LC PRG	<	--EPP-->LR	<	--ECRP-->DLF	<	--IDP-->RN	RPF
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE--> FD	ENM	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP--> SKP	<	--IDP-->	AM CDM MGS
	<	--PEL-->DIE LINKE	<	--NGL-->	Tierschutzpartei DKP	<	--EFA-->BP SSW LA Die Friesen	<	--Green-->GRÜNE	<	--PES-->SPD	<	--EDP-->FREIE WÄHLER	<	--ALDE-->FDP	PIRATEN	<	--EPP-->CDU CSU	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	AfD NPD
	<	--PEL-->SYRIZA	<	--NGL-->	KKE DIMAR	<	--EFA-->Vinožito	<	--Green-->OP	<	--PES-->PASOK	<	--EDP-->EK	<	--ALDE-->	POTAMI	<	--EPP-->ND	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	XA ANEL
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	DK MKM	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->LMP P†	<	--PES-->MSZP	<	--EDP-->UK	<	--ALDE-->Momentum MLP		<	--EPP-->TISZA	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->Fidesz	JOBBIK KDNP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->VG		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->Samf	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->BF	FSF PP	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->SSF	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SD SF PBP–S	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->GP	<	--PES-->Labour	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->FF		<	--EPP-->FG	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	II Aontú
	<	--PEL-->PRC SI†	<	--NGL-->	M5S	<	--EFA-->PPA & SSk (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) UV (Aosta Valley) STF (South Tyrol)	<	--Green-->EV	<	--PES-->PD PSI	<	--EDP-->IV	<	--ALDE-->RI +E Azione LDE	CD	<	--EPP-->FI UdC PATT (South Tyrol) SVP (South Tyrol)	<	--ECRP-->FdI	<	--IDP-->League	NM
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->LVV†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->PDK AKR		<	--EPP-->LDK† SL†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	AAK PD
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->LKS†	<	--Green-->LZP	<	--PES-->SDPS† LSDSP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	LZS LRA	<	--EPP-->V	<	--ECRP-->NA	<	--IDP-->	RP NSL
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	FL	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->		<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	FBP VU
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->LSDP	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->LP LRLS	DK LVŽS	<	--EPP-->TS-LKD	<	--ECRP--> AWPL	<	--IDP-->	TT
	<	--PEL-->Lénk	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->Gréng	<	--PES-->LSAP	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->DP	PPLU	<	--EPP-->CSV	<	--ECRP-->ADR	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->AD+PD	<	--PES-->PL	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->		<	--EPP-->PN	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->PCRM	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->PDM†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->PL	PLR	<	--EPP-->PLDM† PPCD†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	UPM	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	UND
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SNP SD	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->URA	<	--PES-->DPS SDP	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->LP CG†	PES DCG	<	--EPP-->BS†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	DNP NSD
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SP PvdD	<	--EFA-->FNP	<	--Green-->GL Groenen	<	--PES-->PvdA	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->VVD D66	OSF	<	--EPP-->CDA	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->PVV	SGP CU
	<	--PEL-->YKP† BKP†	<	--NGL-->	TDP	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->CTP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->		<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->UBP	<	--IDP-->	DP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	BDI SPM	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->SDSM†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->LPM LDP	PDSh PDP	<	--EPP-->VMRO-DPNME†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	NP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->SV		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->MdG	<	--PES-->Ap	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->Venstre	Sp	<	--EPP-->Høyre KrF†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	FrP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	Razem	<	--EFA-->RAŚ	<	--Green-->Zieloni	<	--PES-->NL UP	<	--EDP-->SD	<	--ALDE-->.N	PL2050 UED	<	--EPP-->PO PSL	<	--ECRP-->PiS	<	--IDP-->RN	Kukiz'15 NN KKP
	<	--PEL-->BE	<	--NGL-->	PCP	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->PEV LIVRE	<	--PES-->PS	<	--EDP-->PDR	IL<	--ALDE-->		MPT<	--EPP-->PSD CDS	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->PAS	<	--NGL-->	UNPR	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->PSD	<	--EDP-->RO.AS.IT PRO	<	--ALDE-->ALDE		<	--EPP-->PNL UDMR PNŢ-CD	<	--ECRP-->M10	<	--IDP-->	PMP NR PRU
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	KPRF SR:RPZ APR	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->Yabloko	YR	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	LDPR SPS VR
	<	--PEL-->SU	<	--NGL-->	PS	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->PSD†	<	--EDP--> FR	<	--ALDE-->	MS NS	<	--EPP-->PDCS†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SPS SDS PUPS	<	--EFA-->LSDV	<	--Green-->ZLF	<	--PES-->DS† SSP†		<	--ALDE-->PSG	NPS LDP Nova–D2SP	<	--EPP-->SNS† VMSZ†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	DSS POKS Dveri SPO JS
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->Smer–SD	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	SDS EDS	<	--EPP-->KDH SDKÚ-DS SMK-MKP Most–Híd	<	--ECRP-->SaS OKS NOVA	<	--IDP-->	OĽaNO SNS
	<	--PEL-->Levica	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->Vesna†	<	--PES-->SD	<	--EDP-->DeSUS	<	--ALDE-->	GS	<	--EPP-->SDS NSi SLS	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	Resni.ca SNS
	<	--PEL-->IU PCE EUiA (Catalonia) Sortu† (Basque Country)	<	--NGL-->	Podemos SMR	<	--EFA-->ERC (Catalan Countries) EA (Basque Country[6] ) BNG (Galicia) NC† (Canary Islands)	<	--Green-->EQUO Comuns† (Catalonia)	<	--PES-->PSOE	<	--EDP-->EAJ (Basque Country) CC (Canary Islands) CxG (Galicia)	<	--ALDE-->Cs	Junts	<	--EPP-->PP	<	--ECRP-->Vox	<	--IDP-->	SALF
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->V	FI	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->MP	<	--PES-->S	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->L C		<	--EPP-->M KD	<	--ECRP-->SD	<	--IDP-->
	<	--PEL-->PdA	<	--NGL-->	CSP	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->Grüne	<	--PES-->SP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->FDP	GLP	<	--EPP-->CVP EVP	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	SVP BDP EDU LT
	<	--PEL-->Left Party	<	--NGL-->		<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->CHP† HDP†	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	Good Party	<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	AKP MHP
	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	PPPU SPU KPU	<	--EFA-->	<	--Green-->	<	--PES-->	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->	PR VOB	<	--EPP-->NSNU† NRU†	<	--ECRP-->	<	--IDP-->	KUN
United Kingdom	<	--PEL-->	<	--NGL-->	SF (NI) PUP (NI)	<	--EFA-->SNP PC MK	<	--Green-->GPEW SGP GPNI (NI)	<	--PES-->Labour SDLP (NI)	<	--EDP-->	<	--ALDE-->LibDems Alliance (NI)		<	--EPP-->	<	--ECRP-->Cons UUP (NI)	<	--IDP-->	DUP (NI) TUV (NI) UKIP Reform UK

• Standalone parties with representation in the European Parliament are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit. These are:

EPP

S&D (PES)

RE

GUE/NGL

Greens-EFA

ECR

ID

Non-Inscrits

• Standalone parties with representation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (but not the European Parliament) are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit in the former. These are:

EPP	PES	ALDE
ECG	EUL	Non-Attached

• The "Standalone parties of the political centre" column includes some single-interest parties that claim to draw support from all across the spectrum.
• † indicates the party has observer or associate status within a transnational alliance.
• National parties are sorted by the alignment adopted by the party's leadership; in some cases MEPs have chosen to sit in different groups within the EP.
• The European political alliance

Volt Europa is not shown in this table as it has national sections in several European countries; it is currently part of the Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.

See also

• European political party
• European political alliances
• European integration
• Politics of Europe

External links

• Parties and Elections in Europe - Political Parties & International Party Organisations
• European Parliament - Directory of MEPs by country and political group
• Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly - National Delegations
• EPP - Parties and Partners
• PES - Member Parties
• ALDE - Member Parties
• EGP - Member Parties
• AECR - Member Parties
• EL - Member Parties
• MELD - Member Parties
• EDP
• EFA - Member Parties
• EAF
• AENM - Member Parties
• EUD - Members
• ECPM - Member Parties
• NGLA - Members

Notes and References

1. Treaty . OJ C 191 . 29 July 1992 . Title II, Article G.E.41 . Treaty on European Union . en.
2. Regulation . 2004/2003 . 4 November 2003 . The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union . Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding . en.
3. Regulation (EU, Euratom) . 1141/2014 . 22 October 2014 . Article 12 . European Parliament and Council of the European Union . Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations . en.
4. Web site: The Authority | About us | Authority for European Political Parties andEuropean Political Foundations. appf.
5. Regulation (EU, Euratom) . 2018/673 . 3 May 2018 . European Parliament and Council of the European Union . Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 May 2018 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations . en.
6. In Navarre, forming the coalition Nafarroa Bai with other nationalist parties.