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Political parties in Europe

Find the equivalent of a party in other countries. Two anchors only: the group its MEPs sit in, an official fact, and its left-right position as estimated by political scientists.

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The political spectrum, country by country

Each dot is a party with at least one MEP, placed by its overall position from 0 (far left) to 10 (far right), according to 609 political scientists surveyed in late 2024. The outline shows its European Parliament group.

  • Left
  • S&D
  • Greens/EFA
  • Renew
  • EPP
  • ECR
  • PfE
  • ESN
  • NI
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Country not covered by the survey
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden

Luxembourg is not covered: too few experts answered. A few small parties were not rated.

The European Parliament groups 720 MEPs

The Left

45

Socialists and Democrats

135

Greens/European Free Alliance

53

Renew Europe

78

European People's Party

185

European Conservatives and Reformists

84

Patriots for Europe

85

Europe of Sovereign Nations

27

Non-attached

28

Method and limits

  • Parties included: those that won at least one seat in the June 2024 European elections in the 27 EU countries. Results are list results: for a party in an alliance, the result of the joint list.
  • Group: the one its MEPs sit in today, from European Parliament open data (as of 2026-11-01).
  • Left-right position and EU stance: averages from the 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (609 political scientists). It is an expert estimate, not a truth: one number sums up economic and social positions that can differ a lot.
  • The same group does not mean identical parties: Germany’s CDU and France’s Les Républicains both sit in the EPP without sharing a programme.
  • Logos: Wikimedia Commons, public domain or free licence; a party without a free logo is shown by its acronym.

Sources : official 2024 European election results · European Parliament open data · Chapel Hill Expert Survey 2024 (Rovny, Polk, Bakker, Hooghe, Jolly, Marks, Steenbergen, Vachudova (2025). The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on political party positioning in Europe. Electoral Studies 97. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102981) · Wikidata.