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Members of the European Parliament

A set of all the members of the European Union's parliament, which are elected per member state.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected for a five-year term through a European-wide election conducted in each member state. Member states have different contingents of MEPs based on their voting population. MEPs are organised into groups, which are formed from the representatives of national parties aligned with that group.

Data overview

Entities:
Total2,993
Searchable923
Targets703
Entity types:
People703
Organizations219
Positions1
Countries:
28 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:European Parliament (European Union)

The European Parliament is the legislative branch of the European Union. Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission it devises and adopts European legislation.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
Information:www.europarl.europa.eu
Source data:www.europarl.europa.eu · XML
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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities1.07 MB
names.txtTarget names text file16.99 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format692.02 KB
source.xmlSource data167.12 KB
statistics.jsonDataset statistics3.13 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.75 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV118.01 KB

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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Jan OVELGÖNNEPersonEuropean Union · Germany
Linus GLANZELIUSPersonSweden · European Union
Henk Jan ORMELPersonNetherlands · European Union
Niels GEUKINGPersonEuropean Union · Germany
Guy LAVOCATPersonFrance · European Union
Krzysztof BREJZAPersonEuropean Union · Poland
Michael KAUCHPersonEuropean Union · Germany
Esther SANZ SELVAPersonEuropean Union · Spain
François THIOLLETPersonFrance · European Union
Patricia CARO MAYAPersonSpain · European Union
Witold PAHLPersonPoland · European Union
Jozef MIHÁLPersonSlovakia · European Union
Martine KEMPPersonEuropean Union · Luxembourg
Wolfram PIRCHNERPersonEuropean Union · Austria
Laurence SAILLIETPersonEuropean Union · France