The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL is a left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995. Before January 2021, it was named the European United Left/Nordic Green Left.
The Homeland, previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany, is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.
The Ecological Democratic Party is a conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany. The ÖDP was founded in 1982.
The president of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. They also represent the Parliament within the European Union (EU) and internationally. The president's signature is required for laws initiated under co-decision and the EU budget.
The political groups of the European Parliament are the officially recognised parliamentary groups consisting of legislators of aligned ideologies in the European Parliament.
Dimitrios Papadimoulis is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as a member of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.
Kartika Tamara Liotard was a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2020. She was formerly a member of the Socialist Party, was vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Party for the Animals is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.
Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative, or Die PARTEI, is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazine Titanic. It is led by Martin Sonneborn. In the 2014 European Parliament election, the party won a seat, marking the first time that a satirical party has won a seat to the European Parliament. With the 2019 European Parliament election, the party gained a second seat, held by Nico Semsrott.
The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history. An additional 18 observers were pre-elected.
Animal Welfare Party (AWP) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom campaigning on an animal welfare, environment and health platform.
Free Voters is a centre-right political party in Germany. The party originates as an umbrella organisation of several Free Voters Associations, associations of people which participate in an election without having the status of a registered party. These associations are usually locally-organised groups of voters in the form of a registered association (eV). In most cases, Free Voters campaign only at local government level, standing for city councils and for mayoralties. Free Voters tend to achieve their most successful electoral results in rural areas of southern Germany, appealing most to conservative voters who prefer local decisions to party politics. Free Voter groups are active in all of the states of Germany.
Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
Martin Schirdewan is a German journalist and politician who has been serving as co-chairman of The Left since June 2022. He has sat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2017, and was elected co-chair of The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) parliamentary group in 2019.
The 2024 European Parliament election in Germany is scheduled to be held on 9 June 2024. This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit.
Martin Buschmann is a German politician of the Tierschutzpartei. He has been a member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. He was a member of the GUE/NGL parliamentary group from July 2019 to his resignation from the group in January 2020.
Alliance C – Christians for Germany is a Christian Conservative political party in Germany, which was established in 2015 as a result of the amalgamation of Partei Bibeltreuer Christen and the AUF - Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie. The party professes to adhere to the Apostles' Creed and the Old and New Testaments.
The Party for Animal Welfare is a minor political party in Ireland, with a focus on animal welfare.
Volt Luxembourg is a political party in Luxembourg. It is an internal section of Volt Europa and was founded in 2018. It received 2.11% of the vote in the 2019 European elections, which meant that the party did not win a mandate.
Gisela Elisabeth Bulla was a German archaeologist, author, and politician. She authored several books on the subject of domestic animals. From March 1995 to September 2000, she was also the federal chairwoman of the Human Environment Animal Protection.
