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handle is hein.crs/govzyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A Congressional ____ *a Research Service ~Informing the Iegislative debate since 1914 The 2019 European Parliament Elections June 5, 2019 Between May 23 and 26, 2019, the 28 member states of the European Union (EU) held elections for the 751 members of the next European Parliament (EP). The only directly elected EU institution, the EP represents the bloc's roughly 513 million citizens. The EP has accumulated more power over time within the EU, and through such entities as the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue, Congress is likely to engage the EP, including on certain aspects of U.S.-EU relations. Some analysts suggest that gains for parties considered euroskeptic-that is, critical of the EU or anti-EU to varying degrees-may influence the functioning of the EP, the EU, and the conduct of U.S.-EU relations. (See also CRS In Focus IF11211, The European Parliament and US. Interests.) Election Results and Possible Implications Members of the EP (MEPs) serve five-year terms and are organized into groups that caucus according to political orientation rather than nationality. A political group must consist of at least 25 MEPs from a minimum of seven EU countries. In the 2014-2019 EP, there were eight political groups-containing over 200 national parties-and several non-attached or independent MEPs. Political groups give MEPs more influence, as groups receive funding from the EP and more speaking time and have a formal role in EP decision-making. The relative size of the groups also helps determine EP leadership and committee posts. The European Parliament Political Group 2014-2019 2019 Election Seats Results European People's Party (EPP; center-right) 216 179 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D; center-left) 185 152 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR; right-wing, euroskeptic) 77 60 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE; centrist/liberals) + new pro- 69 109 EU parties (from France and Romania) Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA; greens/regionalists) 52 74 European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL; far-left/former communists) 52 38 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11128 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress -

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