- Party of European Socialists (PES) - 198 (including 62 Labour and 1 Social Democratic & Labour Party)
- European People's Party (EPP) - 158 (including 18 Conservative and 1 Ulster Unionist Party)
- European Liberal Democrat & Reform Party (ELDR) - 42 (including 2 Liberal Democrat)
- European United Left (EUL) - 28
- Non-attached (NA) - 28 (including 1 Democratic Unionist Party)
- Forza Europa (FE) - 26
- European Democratic Alliance (EDA) - 26
- Greens (Grn) - 23
- European Radical Alliance (ERA) - 19 (including 2 Scottish National Party)
- Europe of Nations (EN) - 19
Note that no single group could achieve the 284 MEPs needed for an overall majority - and the only pairing that could would be a Party of European Socialists/European People's Party one.
The earliest Member of the European Parliament was Astrid Lulling (EPP) from Luxembourg's Christian Social People's Party (the party which Jean-Claude Juncker, the current President of the European Commission, is from) who was appointed in October 1965 - however, she had left the Parliament in July 1974, and had not returned until being elected in June 1989.
Next was Doeke Eisma (ELDR) from the Netherlands' Democrats 66, who was appointed in March 1973, and left the Parliament in October 1974, not returning until filling a vacancy in June 1981.
Third was John Corrie (EPP) from the Conservatives, who had a couple of appointed terms (March to December 1975 and March 1977 to July 1979), and wouldn't return until elected MEP for Worcestershire & South Warwickshire in 1994 (the constituency I was living in at the time).
Joint fourth were Winnie Ewing (ERA) from the Scottish National Party, who was the longest continually-serving MEP, having been appointed in July 1975 and elected as MEP for Highlands & Islands at every election since then; and Niels Kofoed (ELDR) from Denmark's Left party, who had stepped down in September 1978 and returned at the 1989 election.
We can now look at the day-by-day changes:
19 July 1994: 4th European Parliament commences [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 42, EUL 28, NA 28, FE 26, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19]
26 September 1994: Resignation of Luis Sá (EUL, Portugal) [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 42, NA 28, EUL 27, FE 26, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
28 September 1994: Appointment of Honório Novo (EUL, Portugal) [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 42, EUL 28, NA 28, FE 26, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19]
16 October 1994: Resignation of Lydie Wurth-Polfer (ELDR, Luxembourg) [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 41, EUL 28, NA 28, FE 26, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
25 October 1994: Appointment of Charles Goerens (ELDR, Luxembourg) [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 42, EUL 28, NA 28, FE 26, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19]
15 December 1994: Enrico Ferri (NA, Italy) and Marilena Marin (ELDR, Italy) join Forza Europa [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 41, EUL 28, FE 28, NA 27, EDA 26, Grn 23, ERA 19, EN 19]
21 December 1994: Lilli Gyldenkilde (Grn, Denmark) joins European United Left [PES 198, EPP 158, ELDR 41, EUL 29, FE 28, NA 27, EDA 26, Grn 22, ERA 19, EN 19]
1 January 1995: Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union and interim MEPs appointed by their national Parliaments (Austria - PES 8, EPP 6, NA 5, ELDR 1, Grn 1; Finland - ELDR 6, PES 4, EPP 4, Grn 1, NA 1; Sweden - PES 11, EPP 6, EDLR 3, Grn 1, NA 1) take their seats [PES 221, EPP 174, ELDR 51, NA 34, EUL 29, FE 28, EDA 26, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19]
5 January 1995: Bengt Hurtig (NA, Sweden) and Marjatta Stenus-Kaukonen (NA, Finland) join European United Left, which is renamed European United Left-Nordic Green Left [PES 221, EPP 174, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 26, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19]
23 January 1995: Resignation of Christos Papoutsis (PES, Greece) [PES 220, EPP 174, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 26, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
24 January 1995: Appointment of Yiannos Kranidiotis (PES, Greece) [PES 221, EPP 174, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 26, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19]
18 May 1995: Resignations of Yves Galland (ELDR, France) and Jean-Pierre Raffarin (EPP, France) [PES 221, EPP 173, ELDR 50, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 26, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19. vacant 2]
19 May 1995: Appointments of Jean-Antoine Giansily (EDA1, France) and Jean-Thomas Nordmann (ELDR, France) [PES 221, EPP 173, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 27, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19]
30 June 1995: Resignation of Walter Posch (PES, Austria) [PES 220, EPP 173, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 27, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
3 July 1995: Death of Alexander Langer (Grn, Italy) [PES 220, EPP 173, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, FE 28, EDA 27, Grn 24, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 2]
5 July 1995: Forza Europa and European Democratic Alliance merge to form Union for Europe [PES 220, EPP 173, UFE 55, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 24, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 2]
11 July 1995: Appointments of Albrecht Konecny (PES, Austria) and Gianni Tamino (Grn, Italy) [PES 221, EPP 173, UFE 55, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19]
15 September 1995: Resignation of Maritto Segni (EPP, Italy) [PES 221, EPP 172, UFE 55, ELDR 51, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
18 September 1995: Appointment of Vincenzo Viola (EPP, Italy); death of Jean Gol (ELDR, Belgium) [PES 221, EPP 173, UFE 55, ELDR 50, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
20 September 1995: Pier Casini (UFE, Italy) and Enrico Ferri (UFE, Italy) join European People's Party [PES 221, EPP 175, UFE 53, ELDR 50, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
30 September 1995: Resignation of Celia Villalobos Talero (EPP, Spain) [PES 221, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 50, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 2]
2 October 1995: Appointment of Jorge Hernández Mollar (EPP, Spain) [PES 221, EPP 175, UFE 53, ELDR 50, NA 32, EUL-NGL 31, Grn 25, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
8 October 1995: Swedish interim MEPs (PES 11, EPP 6, EDLR 3, Grn 1, EUL-NGL 1) leave the Parliament [PES 210, EPP 169, UFE 53, ELDR 47, NA 32, EUL-NGL 30, Grn 24, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 23]
9 October 1995: Elected Swedish MEPs (PES 7, EPP 5, Grn 4, ELDR 3, EUL-NGL 3) take their seats [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 50, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 28, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
11 October 1995: Jup Weber (Grn, Luxembourg) joins European Radical Alliance [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 50, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
15 October 1995: Resignation of João Soares (PES, Portugal) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 50, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 2]
17 October 1995: Appointment of Carlos Candal (PES, Portugal) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 50, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
19 October 1995: Resignation of Manuel Monteiro (UFE, Portugal) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 52, ELDR 50, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 2]
25 October 1995: Appointment of Philippe Monfils (ELDR, Belgium) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 52, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
28 October 1995: Resignation of António Vitorino (PES, Portugal) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 52, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 2]
30 October 1995: Appointment of Quinídio Correia (PES, Portugal) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 52, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
31 October 1995: Appointment of Rui Vieira (UFE, Portugal) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
6 December 1995: Resignation of Mercedes de la Merced Monge (EPP, Spain) [PES 217, EPP 173, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
12 December 1995: Appointment of Felipe Camisón Asensio (EPP, Spain) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
14 January 1996: Resignations of Lilli Gyldenkilde (EUL-NGL, Denmark) and Mathias Reichhold (NA, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 31, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 2]
15 January 1996: Appointment of John Iversen (EUL-NGL, Denmark) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 31, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
17 January 1996: Appointment of Klaus Lukas (NA, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
24 January 1996: Resignation of Gerfrid Gaigg (EPP, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 173, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
25 January 1996: Appointment of Paul Rübig (EPP, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
1 February 1996: Resignation of Heinke Salisch (PES, Germany) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
6 February 1996: Appointment of Dietrich Elchlepp (PES, Germany) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
26 March 1996: Resignation of María Aramburu del Río (EUL-NGL, Spain) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19, vacant 1]
28 March 1996: Appointment of Abdelkader Mohamed Ali (EUL-NGL, Spain); resignation of Marco Pannella (ERA, Italy) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 19, EN 19, vacant 1]
31 March 1996: Appointment of Olivier Dupuis (ERA, Italy) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 53, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 19]
15 April 1996: Philippe-Armand Martin (EN, France) joins Union for Europe [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18]
21 April 1996: Death of Robert Hersant (EPP, France) [PES 217, EPP 173, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 1]
22 April 1996: Appointment of André Fourçans (EPP, France) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18]
25 April 1996: Resignations of Susanne Riess-Passer (NA, Austria) and Karl Schweitzer (NA, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 30, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 2]
26 April 1996: Appointments of Wolfgang Jung (NA, Austria) and Franz Linser (NA, Austria) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18]
6 May 1996: Resignation of Abel Matutes Juan (EPP, Spain) [PES 217, EPP 173, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 1]
10 May 1996: Appointment of José Pomés Ruiz (EPP, Spain) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18]
10 July 1996: Antonio González Triviño (Spain) leaves Party of European Socialists [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18]
17 July 1996: Antoinette Fouque (ERA, France) joins Party of European Socialists [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 19, EN 18]
19 July 1996: Resignation of Frédérique Bredin (PES, France) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 19, EN 18, vacant 1]
20 July 1996: Appointment of Marie-Arlette Carlotti (PES, France) [PES 217, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 19, EN 18]
2 September 1996: Death of Kenneth Stewart (PES, United Kingdom) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 19, EN 18, vacant 1]
17 September 1996: Resignation of Isidoro Sanchez Garcia (ERA, Spain) [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 27, ERA 18, EN 18, vacant 2]
18 September 1996: Appointment of Alfonso Novo Belenguer (ERA, Spain); Antonio González Triviño (NA, Spain) joins European Radical Alliance [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 54, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 1]
19 September 1996: Leonie van Bladel (PES, Netherlands) joins Union for Europe [PES 215, EPP 174, UFE 55, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 33, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 1]
1 October 1996: John Iversen (EUL-NGL, Denmark) joins Party of European Socialists [PES 216, EPP 174, UFE 55, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 1]
2 October 1996: Resignation of Friedrich König (EPP, Austria) [PES 216, EPP 173, UFE 55, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 2]
29 October 1996: Resignation of Michael Spindelegger (EPP, Austria) [PES 216, EPP 172, UFE 55, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 18, vacant 3]
1 November 1996: Anne Poisson (EN, France) joins Union for Europe [PES 216, EPP 172, UFE 56, ELDR 51, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 17, vacant 3]
6 November 1996: António Capucho (ELDR, Portugal), Carlos Costa Neves (ELDR, Portugal), Arlindo Cunha (ELDR, Portugal), Eurico de Melo (ELDR, Portugal), Nélio Mendonça (ELDR, Portugal), Carlos Pimenta (ELDR, Portugal), Manuel Porto (ELDR, Portugal) and Helena Vaz da Silva (ELDR, Portugal) join European People's Party [PES 216, EPP 180, UFE 56, ELDR 43, EUL-NGL 32, NA 32, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 17, vacant 3]
10 November 1996: Austrian (PES 8, EPP 4, NA 5, ELDR 1, Grn 1) and Finnish (ELDR 6, PES 4, EPP 4, EUL-NGL 1, Grn 1) interim MEPs leave the Parliament; resignation of Enrico Montesano (PES, Italy) [PES 203, EPP 172, UFE 56, ELDR 36, EUL-NGL 31, NA 27, Grn 25, ERA 20, EN 17, vacant 39]
11 November 1996: Elected Austrian (EPP 7, PES 6, NA 6, ELDR 1, Grn 1) and Finnish (ELDR 5, PES 4, EPP 4, EUL-NGL 2, Grn 1) MEPs take their seats; Georges Berthu (France), Johannes Blokland (Netherlands), Jens-Peter Bonde (Denmark), Charles de Gaulle (France), Philippe de Villiers (France), Edouard des Places (France), Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (France), James Golsmith (France), Thierry Jean-Pierre (France), Lis Jensen (Denmark), Ole Krarup (Denmark), Ulla Sandbæk (Denmark), Françoise Seillier (France), Dominique Souchet (France), Frédéric Striby (France) and Leen van der Waal (Netherlands) leave Europe of Nations; appointment of Pasqualina Napoletano (PES, Italy) [PES 214, EPP 183, UFE 56, NA 49, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 1, vacant 1]
12 December 1996: Election of Richard Corbett (PES, United Kingdom) [PES 215, EPP 183, UFE 56, NA 49, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 1]
13 December 1996: Alessandro Fontana (UFE, Italy) joins European People's Party [PES 215, EPP 184, UFE 55, NA 49, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, EN 1]
31 December 1996: Noël Mamère (ERA, France) joins Greens [PES 215, EPP 184, UFE 55, NA 49, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, EN 1]
1 January 1997: James Janssen van Raay (EPP, Netherlands) joines Union for Europe and Bernard Kouchner (PES, France) joins European Radical Alliance [PES 214, EPP 183, UFE 56, NA 49, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, EN 1]
13 January 1997: Georges Berthu (NA, France), Johannes Blokland (NA, Netherlands), Jens-Peter Bonde (NA, Denmark), Charles de Gaulle (NA, France), Philippe de Villiers (NA, France), Edouard des Places (NA, France), Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (NA, France), James Golsmith (NA, France), Thierry Jean-Pierre (NA, France), Lis Jensen (NA, Denmark), Ole Krarup (NA, Denmark), Jim Nicholson (EPP, United Kingdom), Ulla Sandbæk (NA, Denmark), Françoise Seillier (NA, France), Dominique Souchet (NA, France), Frédéric Striby (NA, France) and Leen van der Waal (NA, Netherlands) form Independents for a Europe of Nations [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 56, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
17 January 1997: Resignation of Rui Vieira (UFE, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 1]
18 January 1997: Appointment of Maria Cardona (UFE, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 56, ELDR 42, EUL-NGL 33, NA 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
1 February 1997: Luigi Caligaris (Italy) leaves Union for Europe [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, NA 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
3 February 1997: Resignation of Yiannos Kranidiotis (PES, Greece) [PES 213, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, NA 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 1]
4 February 1997: Resignation of Bernard Tapie (ERA, France) [PES 213, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, NA 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 2]
5 February 1997: Appointment of Michel Scarbonchi (ERA, France) [PES 213, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, NA 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 1]
6 February 1997: Appointment of Anna Karamanou (PES, Greece) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 55, ELDR 42, NA 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
19 February 1997: Luigi Caligaris (NA, Italy) and Stefano de Luca (UFE, Italy) join European Liberal Democrat & Reform Party; Umberto Bossi (Italy), Gipo Farassino (Italy), Marco Formentini (Italy) and Luigi Moretti (Italy) leave European Liberal Democrat & Reform Party [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
30 April 1997: Resignation of René-Emile Piquet (EUL-NGL, France) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 32, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 1]
1 May 1997: Appointment of Jean Querbes (EUL-NGL, France) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 17, EN 1]
5 June 1997: Resignations of Elisabeth Guigou (PES, France), Bernard Kouchner (ERA, France), Pierre Moscovici (PES, France) and Catherine Trautmann (PES, France) [PES 211, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 17, EN 1, vacant 4]
6 June 1997: Appointments of Jean Cottigney (PES, France), Olivier Duhamel (PES, France), Georges Garot (PES, France) and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (PES, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 17, EN 1]
15 June 1997: Resignation of Philippe de Villiers (IEN, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
17 June 1997: Appointment of Eric Pinel (NA, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1]
15 July 1997: Resignation of Nicole Pery (PES, France) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
17 July 1997: Appointment of Marie-José Denys (PES, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1]
19 July 1997: Death of James Goldsmith (IEN, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 15, EN 1, vacant 1]
20 July 1997: Appointment of Stéphane Buffetaut (IEN, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1]
31 July 1997: Resignation of Jack Lang (PES, France) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
2 August 1997: Appointment of Henri Weber (PES, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1]
11 August 1997: Resignation of Noël Mamère (Grn, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
13 August 1997: Appointment of Henri de Lassus Saint Genies (ERA, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
31 August 1997: Resignation of Christian Jacob (UFE, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 53, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
1 September 1997: Resignation of Leen van der Waal (IEN, Netherlands) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 53, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 15, EN 1, vacant 2]
2 September 1997: Appointments of Pierre Lataillade (UFE, France) and Rijk van Dam (IEN, Netherlands) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
17 September 1997: Resignation of Henri Weber (PES, France) [PES 214, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
18 September 1997: Appointment of Marie-Thérèse Mutin (PES, France) [PES 215, EPP 182, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
2 October 1997: Resignation of Dominique Baudis (EPP, France) [PES 215, EPP 181, UFE 54, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
3 October 1997: Appointment of Roger Karoutchi (UFE2, France) [PES 215, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
6 October 1997: Resignation of Siegbert Alber (EPP, Germany) [PES 215, EPP 180, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
10 October 1997: Appointment of Rainer Wieland (EPP, Germany) [PES 215, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
1 January 1998: Hugh Kerr (PES, United Kingdom) joins Greens [PES 214, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
12 January 1998: Ken Coates (PES, United Kingdom) joins European United Left-Nordic Green Left [PES 213, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
31 March 1998: Resignation of Norman West (PES, United Kingdom) [PES 212, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
21 April 1998: Death of Spalato Bellerè (NA, Italy) [PES 212, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
24 April 1998: Resignation of Bernard Stasi (EPP, France) [PES 212, EPP 180, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
25 April 1998: Appointment of Bernard Lehideux (EPP, France) [PES 212, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
30 April 1998: Resignation of Raymonde Dury (PES, Belgium) [PES 211, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
1 May 1998: Appointment of Claude Delcroix (PES, Belgium) [PES 212, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 37, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
6 May 1998: Appointment of Luciano Schifone (NA, Italy) [PES 212, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
7 May 1998: Election of Linda McAvan (PES, United Kingdom) [PES 213, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
22 May 1998: Death of Francisco Lucas Pires (EPP, Portugal) [PES 213, EPP 180, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
25 May 1998: Luciano Pettinari (EUL-NGL, Italy) joins Party of European Socialists [PES 214, EPP 180, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
8 June 1998: Appointment of José Mendes Bota (EPP, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 181, UFE 55, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
15 June 1998: Guido Podestá (UFE, Italy), Giacomo Santini (UFE, Italy), Umberto Scapagnini (UFE, Italy) and Guido Viceconte (UFE, Italy) join European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 185, UFE 51, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
16 June 1998: Antonio Tajani (UFE, Italy) joins European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 186, UFE 50, ELDR 40, NA 38, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
6 July 1998: Aldo Arroni (UFE, Italy), Claudio Azzolini (UFE, Italy), Monica Baldi (UFE, Italy), Gian Boniperti (UFE, Italy), Ombretta Colli Comelli (UFE, Italy), Alessandro Danesin (UFE, Italy), Pietro di Prima (UFE, Italy), Luigi Florio (UFE, Italy), Riccardo Garosci (UFE, Italy), Giacomo Leopardi (UFE, Italy), Giancarlo Ligabue (UFE, Italy), Franco Malerba (UFE, Italy), Eolo Parodi (UFE, Italy) and Luisa Todini (UFE, Italy) join European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 28, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
13 July 1998: Carlo Ripa di Meana (Grn, Italy) joins European United Left-Nordic Green Left [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1]
2 August 1998: Resignation of Gijs de Vries (ELDR, Netherlands) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 39, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
25 August 1998: Death of Allan Macartney (ERA, United Kingdom) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 39, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
31 August 1998: Resignation of Nel van Dijk (Grn, Netherlands) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 39, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 26, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
1 September 1998: Appointments of Robert Goedbloed (ELDR, Netherlands) and Joost Lagendijk (Grn, Netherlands) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
14 September 1998: Resignation of António Capucho (EPP, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 199, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
15 September 1998: Appointment of Carlos Coelho (EPP, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
2 October 1998: Resignation of José Apolinário (PES, Portugal) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
3 October 1998: Appointment of Elisa Damião (PES, Portugal) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
4 October 1998: Resignations of Birgitta Ahlqvist (PES, Sweden) and Tommy Waidelich (PES, Sweden) [PES 212, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
6 October 1998: Appointments of Veronica Palm (PES, Sweden) and Yvonne Sandberg-Fries (PES, Sweden) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
7 October 1998: Resignation of Alfonso Novo Belenguer (ERA, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 18, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
8 October 1998: Appointment of Manuel Escola Hernando (ERA, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
11 October 1998: Resignation of Achille Occhetto (PES, Italy) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
14 October 1998: Resignation of Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ERA, Belgium) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 18, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
16 October 1998: Appointment of Nelly Maes (ERA, Belgium) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
19 October 1998: James Moorhouse (EPP, United Kingdom) joins European Liberal Democrat & Reform Party [PES 213, EPP 199, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
26 October 1998: Resignation of Giampaolo d'Andrea (EPP, Italy) [PES 213, EPP 198, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 3]
11 November 1998: Appointments of Gaetano Carrozzo (PES, Italy) and Giuseppe Mottola (EPP, Italy) [PES 214, EPP 199, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 1]
18 November 1998: Resignation of Claudia Roth (Grn, Germany) [PES 214, EPP 199, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 26, ERA 19, IEN 16, EN 1, vacant 2]
19 November 1998: Thierry Jean-Pierre (IEN, France) joins European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 26, ERA 19, IEN 15, EN 1, vacant 2]
23 November 1998: Appointment of Ozan Ceyhun (Grn, Germany) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 19, IEN 15, EN 1, vacant 1]
26 November 1998: Election of Ian Hudghton (ERA, United Kingdom) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 15, EN 1]
2 December 1998: Marie-France de Rose (EN, France) joins European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 36, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 15]
16 December 1998: Roberto Mezzaroma (UFE, Italy) joins European People's Party [PES 214, EPP 202, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 35, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 15]
29 December 1998: Raymond Chesa (UFE, France) joins Independents for a Europe of Nations [PES 214, EPP 202, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16]
5 January 1999: Resignation of Josu Imaz San Miguel (EPP, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 20, IEN 16, vacant 1]
21 January 1999: Appointment of José Posada González (ERA3, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16]
31 January 1999: Resignation of Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza (PES, Spain) [PES 213, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16, vacant 1]
4 February 1999: Appointment of Carlos Bru Purón (PES, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16]
28 March 1999: Resignation of Outi Ojala (EUL-NGL, Finland) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16, vacant 1]
29 March 1999: Resignation of Kirsi Piha (EPP, Finland) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16, vacant 2]
30 March 1999: Resignations of Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (ELDR, Finland) and Fernando Morán López (PES, Spain) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16, vacant 4]
9 April 1999: Appointment of Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia (PES, Spain) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 40, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 33, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16, vacant 3]
13 April 1999: Appointments of Inna Ilivitzky (EUL-NGL, Finland), Ritva Laurila (EPP, Finland) and Samuli Pohjamo (ELDR, Finland) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 38, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 16]
19 April 1999: Charles de Gaulle (France) leaves Independents for a Europe of Nations [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15]
22 April 1999: Resignation of Marlies Mosiek-Urbahn (EPP, Germany) [PES 214, EPP 200, ELDR 41, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 1]
23 April 1999: Appointment of Michael Gahler (EPP, Germany) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 41, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15]
10 June 1999: Election for 5th European Parliament held in Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
11 June 1999: Election for 5th European Parliament held in Ireland.
13 June 1999: Election for 5th European Parliament held in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
14 June 1999: Resignation of Laurens Brinkhorst (ELDR, Netherlands) [PES 214, EPP 201, ELDR 40, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 1]
20 June 1999: Resignation of Jesús Cabezón Alonso (PES, Spain) [PES 213, EPP 201, ELDR 40, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 2]
28 June 1999: Resignation of Anne-Marie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (ELDR, Belgium) [PES 213, EPP 201, ELDR 39, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 3]
30 June 1999: Resignation of Georges de Brémond d'Ars (EPP, France) [PES 213, EPP 200, ELDR 39, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 4]
1 July 1999: Resignation of Nélio Mendonça (EPP, Portugal) [PES 213, EPP 199, ELDR 39, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 5]
12 July 1999: Resignation of Laura de Esteban Martin (EPP, Spain) [PES 213, EPP 198, ELDR 39, NA 39, UFE 34, EUL-NGL 34, Grn 27, ERA 21, IEN 15, vacant 6]
19 July 1999: Term of 4th European Parliament expires.
Notes:
1 Giansily was replacing Raffarin - at a national level, Giansily was from the National Centre of Independents & Peasants, a small party which was allied with Raffarin's Union for French Democracy.
2 Baudis was from Union for French Democracy (which was part of the EPP group), while Karoutchi was from Rally for the Republic (which was part of the UFE group). These parties had fought the 1994 election on a combined list.
3 Imaz San Miguel was from the Basque Nationalist Party, which contested the European election as part of the National Coalition - Posada González was from another regionalist party in the National Coalition, viz. the Galician Coalition.
We can look at the initial breakdown of seats country-by-country:
| Country | Group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PES | EPP | ELDR | EUL | NA | FE | EDA | Grn | ERA | EN | |
| Belgium | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| France | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Germany | 40 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Portugal | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 22 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 63 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
The rules on group forming in the Parliament were a lot more relaxed - the current rules require 25 MEPs from at least one-quarter of member nations (i.e. 7).
If such rules had been in place after the 1994 election, then Forza Europa would fail to meet the criteria (its MEPs were from only one country) and the Greens, European Radical Alliance and Europe of Nations would not have enough MEPs. In those circumstances, it is reasonable to assume that the merger of Forza Europa and the European Democratic Alliance would have occurred when the Parliament first met, and the merger of the Greens and the European Radical Alliance to form a single group (which happened in July 1999) would have happened 5 years earlier.
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