Seats by political group and country - 1994-1999 Constitutive session Country Number of seats Belgium Belgium: 6 Belgium: 7 Belgium: 6 Belgium: 2 Belgium: 1 Belgium: 3 25 Denmark Denmark: 3 Denmark: 3 Denmark: 5 Denmark: 1 Denmark: 4 16 France France: 15 France: 13 France: 1 France: 7 France: 14 France: 13 France: 13 France: 11 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: 18 Italy: 12 Italy: 7 Italy: 5 Italy: 27 Italy: 4 Italy: 2 Italy: 12 87 Luxembourg Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 2 Luxembourg: 1 Luxembourg: 1 6 Netherlands Netherlands: 8 Netherlands: 10 Netherlands: 10 Netherlands: 1 Netherlands: 2 31 Portugal Portugal: 10 Portugal: 9 Portugal: 3 Portugal: 3 25 Spain Spain: 22 Spain: 30 Spain: 2 Spain: 9 Spain: 1 64 United Kingdom United Kingdom: 63 United Kingdom: 19 United Kingdom: 2 United Kingdom: 2 United Kingdom: 1 87 European Union European Union: 198 European Union: 156 European Union: 44 European Union: 28 European Union: 27 European Union: 26 European Union: 23 European Union: 19 European Union: 19 European Union: 27 567 Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country Country PSE PPE ELDR GUE FE RDE V ARE EDN NI Total of seats Belgium BE 6 7 6 2 1 3 25 Denmark DK 3 3 5 1 4 16 France FR 15 13 1 7 14 13 13 11 87 Germany DE 40 47 12 99 Greece EL 10 9 4 2 25 Ireland IE 1 4 1 7 2 15 Italy IT 18 12 7 5 27 4 2 12 87 Luxembourg LU 2 2 1 1 6 Netherlands NL 8 10 10 1 2 31 Portugal PT 10 9 3 3 25 Spain ES 22 30 2 9 1 64 United Kingdom UK 63 19 2 2 1 87 European Union EU 198 156 44 28 27 26 23 19 19 27 567 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 Constitutive session Distribution of the selected political group in the European Parliament by country Country Total of seats