Seats by political group and country - 1999-2004 Constitutive session Country Number of seats Austria Austria: 7 Austria: 7 Austria: 2 Austria: 5 21 Belgium Belgium: 6 Belgium: 5 Belgium: 5 Belgium: 7 Belgium: 2 25 Denmark Denmark: 1 Denmark: 3 Denmark: 6 Denmark: 1 Denmark: 1 Denmark: 4 16 Finland Finland: 5 Finland: 3 Finland: 5 Finland: 2 Finland: 1 16 France France: 20 France: 22 France: 9 France: 11 France: 13 France: 5 France: 6 France: 1 87 Germany Germany: 53 Germany: 33 Germany: 7 Germany: 6 99 Greece Greece: 9 Greece: 9 Greece: 7 25 Ireland Ireland: 5 Ireland: 1 Ireland: 1 Ireland: 2 Ireland: 6 15 Italy Italy: 34 Italy: 17 Italy: 7 Italy: 2 Italy: 6 Italy: 9 Italy: 11 Italy: 1 87 Luxembourg Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 1 Luxembourg: 1 6 Netherlands Netherlands: 9 Netherlands: 6 Netherlands: 8 Netherlands: 4 Netherlands: 1 Netherlands: 3 31 Portugal Portugal: 9 Portugal: 12 Portugal: 2 Portugal: 2 25 Spain Spain: 28 Spain: 24 Spain: 3 Spain: 4 Spain: 4 Spain: 1 64 Sweden Sweden: 7 Sweden: 6 Sweden: 4 Sweden: 2 Sweden: 3 22 United Kingdom United Kingdom: 37 United Kingdom: 30 United Kingdom: 10 United Kingdom: 6 United Kingdom: 3 United Kingdom: 1 87 European Union European Union: 232 European Union: 180 European Union: 50 European Union: 48 European Union: 42 European Union: 31 European Union: 18 European Union: 16 European Union: 9 626 Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country Country EPP-ED PSE ELDR Verts/ALE GUE/NGL UEN TDI EDD NI Total of seats Austria AT 7 7 2 5 21 Belgium BE 6 5 5 7 2 25 Denmark DK 1 3 6 1 1 4 16 Finland FI 5 3 5 2 1 16 France FR 20 22 9 11 13 5 6 1 87 Germany DE 53 33 7 6 99 Greece EL 9 9 7 25 Ireland IE 5 1 1 2 6 15 Italy IT 34 17 7 2 6 9 11 1 87 Luxembourg LU 2 2 1 1 6 Netherlands NL 9 6 8 4 1 3 31 Portugal PT 9 12 2 2 25 Spain ES 28 24 3 4 4 1 64 Sweden SE 7 6 4 2 3 22 United Kingdom UK 37 30 10 6 3 1 87 European Union EU 232 180 50 48 42 31 18 16 9 626 According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States. Seats by political group and country - 1999-2004 Constitutive session Distribution of the selected political group in the European Parliament by country Country Total of seats