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Current composition
The composition of the European Parliament and its predecessors is given below.

1952: Common Assembly
During this time there were only three groups: the Socialists (variously abbreviated as "S" or "SOC"), Liberals (L) and Christian Democrats (CD).

1958: Parliamentary Assembly and Appointed Parliament
On 21 January 1965, the French Gaullists created a new political group called the European Democratic Union (UDE).

1973: First Enlargement
On 1 January 1973, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom acceded to the Community. Delegates from those member states were appointed to the Parliament on accession. British and Danish Conservative MEPs formed a group called the European Conservative Group (C) on 16 January 1973. The Irish Fianna Fáil joined EDU, which was renamed on 16 January 1973 to the Group of European Progressive Democrats (EPD). MEPs from the Communist parties of France and Italy founded the Communist and Allies Group (COM) on 16 October 1973.

In 1976, the Liberals renamed themselves to the Liberal and Democratic Group (LD).

On 14 March 1978, the Christian Democrats renamed themselves to the Christian Democratic Group (Group of the European People's Party) (CD).

1979: Elections and the First Parliament
The general election of all 410 MEPs to the first elected term of the European Parliament took place between 7 and 10 June 1979.

The constitutive session of the First Parliament took place commencing Tuesday 17 July 1979.

On that day, the Conservatives renamed themselves to the European Democratic Group (ED), CD renamed itself to the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)  (EPP) after the nascent eponymous Europarty, and a new group was formed called the Group for the Technical Coordination and the Defence of Independent Groups and Members (CDI). The new group was a coalition of unaligned parties ranging from centre-right to far left.

1981: Second Enlargement
On 1 January 1981 Greece acceded to the Community. 24 delegates from Greece were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 434. Elections to elect those 24 MEPs were held on 18 October 1981.

1984: Elections and the Second Parliament
The general election of all 434 MEPs to the second elected term of the European Parliament took place between 14 and 17 June 1984.

The constitutive session of the Second Parliament took place between Monday 23 and Thursday 26 July 1984.

On 24 July 1984, the first Far-Right Nationalist group in the Parliament was formed by MEPs from the Italian MSI, Greek EPEN and French Front National. It was called the Group of the European Right (ER). The same day, EPD renamed itself to the Group of the European Democratic Alliance (EDA) and CDI was replaced by the first Rainbow Group (RBW I), a coalition of Greens, Regionalists and other unaffiliated parties of the left.

On December 13 1985, LD renamed itself to the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (LDR).

Put these on the respective election pages 1984 Election results (not including groups): includes 1979 results with 1979 groups


 * 1984 Election results; third revised version at January 1995 (Britain and Ireland only)

1986: Third Enlargement
Spain and Portugal acceded to the Community on 1 January 1986. 84 delegates (24 from Portugal, 60 from Spain) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 518. Elections to elect those 84 MEPs were held on 19 July 1987 in Portugal and 10 June 1987 in Spain.

1989: Elections and the Third Parliament
The general election of all 518 MEPs to the third elected term of the European Parliament took place between 15 and 18 June 1989.

The constitutive session of the Third Parliament took place commencing Tuesday 25 July 1989.

On that day, the Far-Right Nationalists renamed themselves to the Technical Group of the European Right (DR), the Communists split into two groups, the Group for the European United Left (EUL) and Left Unity (LU), and the Rainbow Group split, with the Greens creating the Green Group (G) and the Regionalists staying in the rump second Rainbow Group (RBW II).


 * 1989 (last session of old parliament according to Bardi: adds to 519!)


 * 1989-07-13 (Results in each constituency, but cannot deduce group numbers)

On April 1992, ED collapsed and its 34 MEPs joined EPP.

On January 1993, EUL collapsed: 20 MEPs from the Italian PDS joined SOC, the rest joined the Non-Inscrits.

On 21 April 1993, SOC renamed itself to the Group of the Party of European Socialists, (PES) after the eponymous Europarty.


 * 1989 results by country by group!

1994: Elections and the Fourth Parliament
The general election of all 567 MEPs to the fourth elected term of the European Parliament took place between 9 and 12 June 1994.

Corbett commentary on the 1994 elections

The constitutive session of the Fourth Parliament took place between Monday 18 and Wednesday 21 July 1994 in Strasbourg.

On 18 July 1994, DR collapsed. On 19 July 1994, LDR renamed itself to the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party  (ELDR) after the eponymous Europarty, MEPs from the Italian Forza Italia formed their own group called Forza Europa (FE), LU renamed itself to the Confederal Group of the European United Left (EUL II), RBW II collapsed and its Regionalist members were subsumed into the new progressive-liberal group called the Group of the European Radical Alliance  (ERA), and the first Eurosceptic group was formed, the Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group) (EN).

1995: Fourth Enlargement
Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995. 59 delegates (21 from Austria, 16 from Finland, 22 from Sweden) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 626.

On 6 January 1995 MEPs from the Nordic Green Left merged with EUL II and the resultant group was called the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (EUL/NGL).

On 6 July 1995 the EDA and FE merged, creating the group called the Group Union for Europe (UFE).

1995-07-10

On 17 September 1995 elections were held to elect the 22 MEPs from Sweden, but the elected Sweden delegation did not replace the appointed delegation until 9 October 1995. In the meantime, two MEPs (Enrico Ferri and Pier Ferdinando Casini ) moved from UFE to EPP on 20 September 1995.

On 13 October 1996 were held to elect the 21 MEPs from Austria.

On 20 October 1996 were held to elect the 16 MEPs from Finland.

On 10 November 1996 EN collapsed.

On 20 December 1996 EN was reorganised into the group called Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations (I-EN).

1999: Elections and the Fifth Parliament
The general election of all 626 MEPs to the fifth elected term of the European Parliament took place between 10 and 13 June 1999.

The constitutive session of the Fifth Parliament took place between Tuesday 20 and Friday 23 July 1999 in Strasbourg.

On 20 July 1999, UFE was supplanted by the group called Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN), EPP was renamed to Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED), ERA collapsed and its EFA membership joined with the Greens in the new group called Group of the Greens–European Free Alliance  (G/EFA), I-EN renamed itself to the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities   (EDD), and the last of the technical groups (groups formed to gain group privilege but without a common affinity) was formed, called Technical Group of Independent Members – mixed group  (TGI).

TGI was originally formed with 29 members, but nine members left on 21 July 1999 and two members left on 22 July 1999 with effect from 21 July 1999, leaving a membership of 18 by 23 July 1999.

2004: Fifth Enlargement
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia acceded to the Union on 1 May 2004. The 162 people from those member states that became parliamentary observers on 1 May 2003 became (or were replaced by) appointed MEPs on 1 May 2004, bringing the total number of MEPs temporarily up to 788, before the reduction to 732 MEPs in the following month's elections.


 * 2004-06-13 BBC election siteBBC election resultsMore BBC crap

2004: Elections and the Sixth Parliament
The general election of all 732 MEPs to the sixth elected term of the European Parliament took place between 10 and 13 June 2004.

The constitutive session of the Sixth Parliament took place between Tuesday 20 and Thursday 22 July 2004 in Strasbourg.

On 20 July 2004, PES was renamed to Socialist Group in the European Parliament but retained the acronym PES, ELDR renamed itself to the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe  (ALDE), and EDD was succeeded by Independence/Democracy Group  (IND/DEM).

2007: Sixth Enlargement
On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania acceded to the Union. 18 delegates from Bulgaria and 35 delegates from Romania were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 785. In January 2007, the far-right group Identity, Tradition, Sovereignity (ITS) was formed.

On 20 May 2007 elections were held to elect the 18 MEPs from Bulgaria.

On 14 November 2007, ITS collapsed. On 25 November 2007, elections were held to elect the 35 MEPs from Romania.

undated outgoing
 * 2009-05-26
 * 2009-06-05
 * 2009-06-08
 * 2009-06-20
 * 2009-06-25
 * 2009-07-02
 * 2009-07-03
 * 2009-07-08
 * 2009-07-14
 * 2011-05-31

Timeline of the European Parliament

 * Sources: ,


 * A = Communists and the Far Left
 * B = Socialists and Social Democrats
 * C = Liberals and Liberal Democrats
 * D = Conservatives and Christian Democrats
 * E = National Conservatives
 * F = Fascists and the Far Right
 * X = Greens and Regionalists
 * Y = Eurosceptics
 * O = Independents