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Figures & data

Table 1. EP political groupings by number of MEPs after the 2019 elections.

Parliamentary Grouping	Number of MEPs
European People’s Party (EPP)	177
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)	143
Renew Europe (RE)	101
Greens-European Free Alliance (EFA)	72
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)	66
Identity and Democracy (ECR)	62
The Left (GUE/NGL)	37
Non-aligned (NI)	47

Source: European Parliament (2023).

Table 2. Largest parties in the ECR grouping after the 2019 EP elections.

Party and member state	Number of MEPs
Law and Justice (Poland)	24
Brothers of Italy (Italy)	9
Civic Democrats (Czech)	4
Vox (Spain)	4
New Flemish Alliance (Belgium)	3
Right Answer 2021 (Netherlands)	3
Sweden Democrats (Sweden)	3

Source: European Parliament (2023).

European Parliament. 2023. “2019 European Parliament Elections Results.” https://www.europarl.europa.eu/election-results-2019/en.

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