The Greens/European Free Alliance | |
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European parliamentary group | |
Name | The Greens/European Free Alliance |
English abbr. | Greens/EFA |
French abbr. | Verts/ALE |
Formal name | Parliamentary Group of The Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament |
Ideology |
Green politics Regionalism Minority politics |
European parties |
European Green Party European Free Alliance |
From | 1999 |
Preceded by |
The Green Group European Radical Alliance |
Chaired by | Philippe Lamberts MEP & Ska Keller MEP |
MEP(s) |
51 / 751
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Website | http://www.greens-efa.eu/ |
The Greens-European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA) is the political group in the European Parliament containing green, regionalist and nationalist political parties. The group was formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament.
The Greens/EFA group consists of two distinct European political parties – the European Green Party (EGP) and the European Free Alliance (EFA). The EFA consists of parties representing stateless nations, regionalist and minority political interests. The Alliance has generally limited its membership to progressive parties. These European parties are joined by MEPs from non-aligned national parties, which have included the Dutch Europe Transparent (2004–2009) and the Swedish Pirate Party (2009–2014).