Template:European Parliament standings (6th)

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Group		Parties	Leader(s)	Est.	MEPs
	European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED)	European People's Party (EPP) European Democrats (ED)	Joseph Daul	1999	288
	Party of European Socialists (PES)	Party of European Socialists (PES)	Martin Schulz	1953	217
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) European Democratic Party (EDP) + 2 unaffiliated national parties + 2 independent politicians	Graham Watson	2004	104
	Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN)	Alliance for Europe of the Nations (AEN) + 6 unaffiliated national parties	Cristiana Muscardini	1994	40
	The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA)	European Green Party (EGP) European Free Alliance (EFA) + 2 unaffiliated national parties	Monica Frassoni Daniel Cohn-Bendit	1999	43
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE–NGL)	Party of the European Left (PEL) Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) + 5 unaffiliated national parties	Francis Wurtz	1994	41
	Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM)	Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (AIDE) EUDemocrats (EUD) + 2 unaffiliated national parties	Nigel Farage Kathy Sinnott	2004	22
	Non-Inscrits (NI)	Euronat + 11 unaffiliated national parties + 3 independent politicians	N/A		30
Source for MEPs: European Parliament			Total		785

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