 The party elected five MEPs and joined the European People's Party-European Democrats Group in the European Parliament (in the EPP section).On June 6, 2007 GERB applied formally to join as a member-party the European People's Party and joined EPP on February 7, 2008.GERB won the 2009 parliamentary elections, held a month after the European ballot, winning 39.7% of the popular vote and 117 seats (out of 240).