Adjusting venues and voices: populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019

Figures & data

Table 1. Political Groups in the EP 2004–2019, share of seats in %, outgoing EP.

Name	2004–2009	2009–2014	2014–2019
European People’s Party (EPP)	36.69%	35.73%	28.84%
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D)	27.77%	25.52%	24.70%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	12.74%	10.86%	9.21%
Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)	5.48%	7.46%	6.94%
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR)	0%	7.46%	10.28%
Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)	5.10%	4.58%	6.94%
Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN)	5.61%	0%	0%
Independence/Democracy Group	2.80%	0%	0%
Europe of Freedom and (Direct) Democracy (EF(D)D)	0%	4.06%	5.61%
Europe of Nations and Freedom Group (ENF)	0%	0%	4.81%

Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/election-results-2019/en/european-results/2019-2024/ as of January 2020.

Table 2. FEMM and LIBE committee hearings 2009–2014 and 2014–2019.

	FEMM		LIBE		Thereof joint hearings FEMM / LIBE
	2009–2014	2014–2019	2009–2014	2014–2019	2009–2014	2014–2019
Total number of hearings	19	44	19	42	1	6
Number of hearings with CSOs participating	9	7	2	3	0	1
Participating equality CSO and number of appearances	AGE (1) ENoMW (1) EWL (3) EYF (1)	COFACE (2) EDF (1) ETUC (3) EWL (4)	AGE (1) EDF (1) ENAR (1) ERGO (1) ILGA (1) Social Platform (1)	EDF (1) ERGO (1) EWL (1) EYF (1) Intersex (1) Social Platform (1)		EWL (1)

Source: data collection by authors from central document register of the EP website. Explanation abbreviations: AGE = AGE Platform Europe; COFACE = COFACE Families Europe; EDF = European Disabilities Forum; ENAR = European Network Against Racism; ENoMW = European Network of Migrant Women; ERGO = European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network; ETUC = European Trade Union Confederation; EWL = European Women's Lobby; EYF = European Youth Forum; ILGA = International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.