- Table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation
The majority of major political parties in Europe have aligned themselves into one of the pan-European political organisations listed below. Nine of these organisations have been legally recognized by the
European Union as political parties at the European level:Fact|date=April 2008* Standalone parties with representation in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (but not the European Parliament) are coloured by the parliamentary group in which they sit in the former. These are::* 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.References
External links
* [http://www.parties-and-elections.de/parties.html Parties and Elections in Europe - Political Parties & International Party Organisations]
* [http://www.europarl.eu.int/members/expert.do;jsessionid=65154636DF173A3315F2FA1EF9FBEF98.node1?language=EN European Parliament - Directory of MEPs by country and political group]
* [http://assembly.coe.int/Composition/APDelegationsList_E.asp Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly - National Delegations]
* [http://www.epp-eu.org/membersorted.php?landID=all EPP - Member Parties]
* [http://www.pes.org/content/view/43/0/lang,en/ PES - Member Parties]
* [http://www.eldr.org/diogenes/search_frm_party.php ELDR - Member Parties]
* [http://www.europeangreens.org/peopleandparties/members.html EGP - Member Parties]
* [http://www.european-left.org/about/memberparties PEL - Member Parties]
* [http://www.e-f-a.org/parties.php?name=* EFA - Member Parties]
* [http://www.aensite.org/?q=node/14 AEN - Member Parties]
* [http://www.pde-edp.net/main/_pde/index.jsp EDP]
* [http://www.eudemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=29 EUD - Members]
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