describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2003. The list below gives the political...

the European Union. The European Council is part of the executive of the European Union (EU), beside the European Commission. It is composed of the heads...

for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF). European political parties – mostly consisting of national member parties, and...

meetings of the European Council (informally referred to as EU summits); the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU)...

adopted the original European flag, designed for the Council of Europe in 1955, as well as the European anthem. No country has ever joined the EU without...

The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council...

direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candidates for President of the Commission. The candidates, sometimes...

decision-making body of the European Greens and consists of delegates of member parties. During Councils, delegates from European Greens parties set a common political...

The Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party...

Commission. The two major parties are the centre-right European People's Party and the centre-left Party of European Socialists. They form the two largest groups...

The president of the European Council is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council on the world stage. This institution...

Communist Party of German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest communist parties. The KPÖ was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascist...

The procedures for voting in the Council of the European Union are described in the treaties of the European Union. The Council of the European Union...

political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES)...

members from other national political parties or independent politicians. In contrast to the European political parties, it is strictly forbidden for political...

lists political parties in the Netherlands. The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance...

during Vladimir Putin's first presidency (2000–2008), the number of parties quickly decreased. From 2008 to 2012 there were only seven parties in Russia...

the former members of the old Alternative and VGÖ factions within the party, reflected in the differing approaches of the national and state parties....

to the Global Greens and the European Green Party. Party membership increased dramatically following the Scottish independence referendum, during which...

Parliament. The two largest parties are the European People's Party (centre-right, mostly Christian Democrat) and the Party of European Socialists (centre-left...

belong to PES parties and in the European Commission, 8 out of 27 Commissioners come from PES parties. The Socialist Group was one of the first three groups...

institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government. State governments must agree unanimously in the Council for the union to adopt some...

communist party in Cyprus. AKEL is one of the two major parties in Cyprus, and it supports a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem...

The flag of Europe or European flag consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union. It...

policies and form coalitions with other left-wing parties. Green parties exist in nearly 90 countries around the world, many of which are members of Global Greens...

in the European Union. From April 2023, the party has been a junior coalition partner in the third Kallas government. During the perestroika era, the...

by the Election Commission of India. Registered parties are upgraded as recognised national parties or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant...

into force in 1994, the EEA parties were 17 states and two European Communities: the European Community, which was later absorbed into the EU's wider...

According to Thomas Klau of the European Council on Foreign Relations "as antisemitism was a unifying factor for far-right parties in the 1910s, 20s and 30s,...

to represent Europe, and later in 1985 it was also adopted by the European Union. Its purpose is to honour shared European values. The EU describes it...