European People's Party
Country Institution Number of seats
Austria National Council Lower house 71 / 183
Austria Federal Council Upper house 22 / 62
Belgium Chamber of Representatives Lower house 27 / 150
Belgium Senate Upper house 12 / 60
Bulgaria National Assembly 95 / 240
Croatia Sabor 55 / 151
Cyprus House of Representatives 18 / 56
Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies Lower house 23 / 200
Czech Republic Senate Upper house 34 / 81
Denmark The Folketing 6 / 179
Estonia Riigikogu 12 / 101
Finland Parliament 38 / 200
France National Assembly Lower house 104 / 577
France Senate Upper house 144 / 348
Germany Bundestag 246 / 630
Greece Parliament 158 / 300
Hungary Országgyűlés 133 / 199
Ireland Dáil Lower house 35 / 166
Ireland Seanad Upper house 19 / 60
Italy Chamber of Deputies Lower house 106 / 630
Activities within European institutions -- National legislatures
The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with conservative and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties, not individuals. Founded by primarily Christian democratic parties in 1976, it has since broadened its membership to include liberal-conservative parties and parties with other centre-right political perspectives. On 20 November 2019 the party elected as its President, the former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The EPP has been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1999 and in the European Council since 2002. It is also the largest party in the current European Commission. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is from the EPP. Many of the founding fathers of the European Union were also from parties that later formed the EPP. Outside the EU the party also controls a majority in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The EPP includes major centre-right parties such as the CDU/CSU of Germany, The Republicans of France, CD&V of Belgium, PNL of Romania, Fine Gael of Ireland, Kokoomus of Finland, New Democracy of Greece, Forza Italia of Italy, the People's Party (PP) of Spain, and the Civic Platform of Poland.