Seats by political group and country - 1994-1999 Outgoing Parliament Country Number of seats Austria Austria: 6 Austria: 7 Austria: 1 Austria: 1 Austria: 6 21 Belgium Belgium: 6 Belgium: 7 Belgium: 6 Belgium: 2 Belgium: 1 Belgium: 3 25 Denmark Denmark: 4 Denmark: 3 Denmark: 5 Denmark: 4 16 Finland Finland: 4 Finland: 4 Finland: 5 Finland: 2 Finland: 1 16 France France: 16 France: 13 France: 1 France: 7 France: 17 France: 12 France: 8 France: 13 87 Germany Germany: 40 Germany: 47 Germany: 12 99 Greece Greece: 10 Greece: 9 Greece: 4 Greece: 2 25 Ireland Ireland: 1 Ireland: 4 Ireland: 1 Ireland: 7 Ireland: 2 15 Italy Italy: 19 Italy: 36 Italy: 4 Italy: 5 Italy: 3 Italy: 3 Italy: 2 Italy: 15 87 Luxembourg Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 1 Luxembourg: 1 6 Netherlands Netherlands: 7 Netherlands: 9 Netherlands: 10 Netherlands: 2 Netherlands: 1 Netherlands: 2 31 Portugal Portugal: 10 Portugal: 9 Portugal: 3 Portugal: 3 25 Spain Spain: 21 Spain: 29 Spain: 2 Spain: 9 Spain: 3 64 Sweden Sweden: 7 Sweden: 5 Sweden: 3 Sweden: 3 Sweden: 4 22 United Kingdom United Kingdom: 61 United Kingdom: 17 United Kingdom: 3 United Kingdom: 1 United Kingdom: 1 United Kingdom: 2 United Kingdom: 1 United Kingdom: 1 87 European Union European Union: 214 European Union: 201 European Union: 42 European Union: 34 European Union: 34 European Union: 27 European Union: 21 European Union: 15 European Union: 38 626 Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country Country PSE PPE ELDR GUE/NGL UPE V ARE I-EDN NI Total of seats Austria AT 6 7 1 1 6 21 Belgium BE 6 7 6 2 1 3 25 Denmark DK 4 3 5 4 16 Finland FI 4 4 5 2 1 16 France FR 16 13 1 7 17 12 8 13 87 Germany DE 40 47 12 99 Greece EL 10 9 4 2 25 Ireland IE 1 4 1 7 2 15 Italy IT 19 36 4 5 3 3 2 15 87 Luxembourg LU 2 2 1 1 6 Netherlands NL 7 9 10 2 1 2 31 Portugal PT 10 9 3 3 25 Spain ES 21 29 2 9 3 64 Sweden SE 7 5 3 3 4 22 United Kingdom UK 61 17 3 1 1 2 1 1 87 European Union EU 214 201 42 34 34 27 21 15 38 626 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 - 1994-1999 Outgoing Parliament Distribution of the selected political group in the European Parliament by country Country Total of seats