The new Advisory Committee report in the European Union shows that only three European political families are represented at all levels of the European Union. The report notes that the Party of European Socialists (PES) has prime ministers, the President of the European Council, European Commissioners, and leaders of national parties.
Status of the Greens
While PES is recognized as a strong political force in the European Union, the Greens have fewer ministers and do not hold any members in the European Commission or any heads of government. As a result, their preliminary consultations carry less weight.
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Composition of European Parliament Representatives
European political parties and political groups in the European Parliament are closely linked, but they are not synonymous. A spokesperson for the PRO party announced that eight representatives from this party in the European Parliament are likely to remain in their current groups: four in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and four in the Greens/European Free Alliance group.
This spokesperson also stated that the PRO party will likely review this composition before the European Parliament elections in 2029. The choice of European party will affect the allocation of the European Union budget. Most of the EU budget for political parties is distributed based on their share of representatives in the European Parliament. According to the rules, PES can count all eight PRO representatives towards its share of the budget, even if four of them remain in the Greens group.
The Dutch PRO party pointed to an option where four representatives from the former GroenLinks may technically separate from PRO to be counted separately under budget rules.
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