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The majoity of major political parties in Europe have aligned themselves into the pan-European political organisations listed below.

• Seven of these organisations have been legally recognized by the European Union as polical parties at the European level:
  • European People's Party
  • Party of European Socialists
  • European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
  • European Green Party
  • Party of the European Left
  • European Free Alliance
  • European Democratic Party
• The Nordic Green Left Alliance is a transnational federation of parties, not a pan-European political party per se, but it articulates a broadly uniform ideology and its membership is exclusive to it. As such, it is treated akin to one here.
• The European Democrats are an informal body who only express themselves as a subgroup in the European Parliament. They likewise enjoy an relative ideological uniformity and membership exclusive from the other organization. They are also treated like the other pan-European political organizations in the below chart.

The following chart summarizes the placement of parties from the 29 EU and EFTA states in these organizations. (The remainder of European states, generally speaking, lack a consolidated party system and are thus excluded at present.) Only parties represented in national parliaments or the European Parliament are included, while independents have been omitted. Please note that great ideological diversity can be found in most pan-European organizations, and individual country rows may not correspond with the heuristic left-right spectrum commonly used within its own political discourse.

Country		Nordic Green Left Alliance						European Democratic Party
	PEL (Leftist)	NGLA (Green Leftist)	Standalone parties of the left	EFA (Leftist Autonomist)	EGP (Green)	PES (Social Dem.)	ELDR (Liberal Dem. & Ref.)	EDP (Centrist)	Standalone parties of the centre	EPP (Christian Dem.)	ED (Conservative)	Standalone parties of the right
Austria					Austrian Green Pty	Soc. Dem. Pty				Austrian Ppl's Pty		Frdm Pty All. Fut. Austria
Belgium   • Flanders				Spirit	Green!	Soc. Pty - Diff.	Lib. Dem.			Chr. Dem. & Flemish		N. Flemish All. Flemish Interest
Belgium   • Wallonia					Ecolo	Soc. Pty	Ref. Mvmt	Ctzns' Mvmt for Change	Chr. Soc. Pty	Humanist Dem. Ctr.
Cyprus	Prog. Pty Wrk Ppl†				Ecol. & Env. Mvmt	Mvmt for Soc. Dem.	Utd. Dem.	N. Horizons	Dem. Pty	Dem. Rally		Fighting Dem. Mvmt
Czech Republic	Comm. Pty of B & M†				Green Pty	Soc. Dem. Pty	Civ. Dem. All.	Path of Change	Frdm. Un - Dem. Un.	Chr. Dem. Un. - Ppl's Pty	Civ. Dem. Pty
Denmark		Soc. Ppl's Pty	Ppl's Mvmt ag. EU			Soc. Dem.	Venstre Rad. Lib. Pty		June Mvmt	Con. Ppl's Pty		Danish Ppl's Pty
Estonia						Soc. Dem. Pty	Ctr Pty Estonian Ref. Pty		Ppl's Un.	Pro Patria Un. Un. for Rep.
Finland		Left All.			Green Lg	Soc. Dem.	Ctr Pty Swedish Ppl's Pty			Nat'l Cltn Pty Chr. Dem.		True Finns
France	Comm. Pty				Greens	Soc. Pty		Un. French Dem.		Un. Pop. Mvmt.		Nat'l Front Mvmt for France
Germany	Left Pty		Lab. & Soc. Just. Pty		All. 90/Greens	Soc. Dem. Pty	Free Dem. Pty			Chr. Dem. Un. Chr. Soc. Un.
Greece	Cltn of the Left		Comm. Pty			Panhellenic Soc. Mvmt.				New Dem.		Pop. Orthodox Rally
Hungary						Hungarian Soc. Pty	All. Free Dem.			Hungarian Civ. Un. Hungarian Dem. Forum
Iceland		Left Green Mvmt				Social Democratic Alliance			Progressive Pty Lib. Pty			Ind. Pty
Ireland			Sinn Féin Soc. Pty		Green Pty	Lab. Pty	Prog. Dem.		Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael
Italy	Comm. Ref. Pty Pty of Italian Comm.†			Valdotanian Un.	Fed. of Greens	Left-Wing Dem. Italian Dem. Soc.	Italian Rad. Italy of Values Euro. Rep. Mvmt Italian Rep. Pty	Margherita	Soc. Pty-N. PSI	Forza Italia Dem. Ctr. Un. Pop. All.-UDEUR S. Tyrolese Ppl's Pty	Pensioner's Pty	Nat'l All. Nrthrn League Fiamma Tricolore Soc. Altern.
Latvia			Nat'l Harmony Pty Hum. Rts in Utd Latvia Soc. Pty		Green Pty	Soc. Dem. Wrkr's Pty	Latvian Way		Farmers' Un.	New Era Ppl's Pty		Fthrlnd & Frdm Latvia First Pty
Liechtenstein			Free List									Prog. Ctzn's Pty Patriotic Un.
Lithuania						Soc. Dem. Pty	Lib. & Ctr. Un. N. Un. - Soc. Lib.	Lab. Pty		Homeland Un.		Peas. & N. Dem. Un. Lib. Dem. Pty
Luxembourg	The Left				The Greens	Soc. Wrkrs' Pty	Dem. Pty			Chr. Soc. Ppl's Pty		Actn Ctte for Just.
Malta						Lab. Pty				Nat'lst Pty
Netherlands			Soc. Pty		Green Left	Lab. Pty	Ppl's Pty Frdm & Dem. Dem. 66		Europe Transparent	Chr. Dem. Appeal		List Pim Fortuyn Chr. Un. Pol. Ref. Pty
Norway		Soc. Left Pty				Norwegian Lab. Pty	Venstre		Ctr Pty	Cons. Pty Chr. Ppl's Pty†		Progress Pty
Poland			Self-Def. of Rep.			Dem. Left All. Soc. Dem. Pty Lab. Un.	Dem. Pty			Citzns Plat. Polish Peas. Pty		Lg of Polish Fams Law & Just.
Portugal	Leftwing Bloc		Comm. Pty		The Greens	Soc. Pty				Soc. Dem. Pty	Ppl's Pty
Slovakia	Comm. Pty†					Direction	All. N. Citizen		Mvmt for Dem. Slovakia	Slovak Dem. & Chr. Un. Chr. Dem. Mvmt Pty of Hungarian Cltn
Slovenia						Soc. Dem.	Lib. Dem.			N. Slov. Chr. Ppl's Pty Slovenian Dem. Pty Slovenian Ppl's Pty		Dem. Pty of Pensioners
Spain   • (excl. Catalonia)	Utd Left			Basque Solidarity Galician Nat'lst Bloc Aragonese Council	Confed. of Greens	Spanish Soc. Wrkr's Pty		Basque Nat'lst Pty	Canarian Coalition	Ppl's Pty
Spain   • Catalonia	Utd & Alt. Left			Rep. Left of Catalonia	Init. for Cat./Greens	Spanish Soc. Wrkr's Pty	Dem. Convergence			Ppl's Pty Dem. Un.
Sweden		Left Pty			Green Pty	Soc. Dem. Pty	Lib. Ppl's Pty Ctr Pty		June List	Moderate Uty Pty Chr. Dem.
Switzerland	Swiss Lab. Pty		Solidarities Alt. List Chr. Soc. Pty		Green Pty	Soc. Dem. Pty†	Free Dem. Pty		Lib Pty	Chr. Dem. Ppl's Pty Evangelical Ppl's Pty		Swiss Ppl's Pty Fed. Dem. Un. Swiss Dem. Ticino League
United Kingdom   • Great Britain			Respect	Scottish Nat'lst Pty Plaid Cymru	Green Pty	Lab. Pty	Lib. Dem.				Cons. Pty	UK Ind. Pty
United Kingdom   • Northern Ireland			Sinn Féin			Soc. Dem. & Lab. Pty					Ulster Unst Pty	Dem. Unst Pty

Notes:

• Standalone parties with representation in the European Parliament are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit. These are:

EPP-ED	PES	ALDE	Greens-EFA
EUL-NGL	IND/DEM	UEN	Non-Inscrits

• The "Standalone parties of the political centre" column includes some single-interest parties that claim to draw support from all across the spectrum.
• † indicates the party has observer status within transnational organization
• National parties are sorted by the alignment adopted by the party's leadership; in some cases MEPs have chosen to sit in different groups within the EP.