Background knowledge about the European Parliament

Dear participants,

 > In order to find out more about the European Parliament, we invite you to take a look at the following documents:

A briefing note from the European Parliament about the institution’s history. If you are eager to learn more about the history of the European Parliament, do browse the resources available on the website of the EP itself.

A presentation by the European Parliament on the organization and structure of the institution.

A fact sheet detailing the powers and competencies of the institution.

> The political groups at the European parliament will be instrumental in the work on the resolution. In order to understand better how they work and are organized we invite you to take a look at the following materials:

A presentation of the political groups in presence at the European Parliament following Brexit.

An analysis from Votewatch of the current internal political dynamics at the European Parliament.

Further historical data to see the evolution of the political groups over time.

Those interested in a more technical, in-depth analysis of the political groups’ political positioning up to 2019 can refer to the study published ahead of the 2019 elections by the Institut Jacques Delors.

Finally, you will find below a video on the political groups at the European Parliament, created by the EP and available also on Youtube. Members of the current political groups are shown explaining briefly the main priorities of their political groups for Europe. Please note that the data in the video is outdated (on data and number of seats per political group in the EP, refer to the post-Brexit presentation indicated above).

Good reading!

The EWEI staff