EUROPEAN UNION
Economic and Political Union
Population: 503.8 million
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President of the European Commission

José Manuel Barroso
2004 – present
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

Presidency of the Council of the EU

Cyprus
July 2012 – December 2012

President of the European Council

Herman Van Rompuy
2009 – present
Christian Democratic and Flemish (Belgium)

Parliamentary Elections

Last: 4-7 July 2009
Next: July 2014

Current European Parliament (736 total seats)
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European People’s Party
265 seats
www.epp.eu
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
185 seats
www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
84 seats
www.alde.eu
European Conservatives and Reformists
56 seats
www.ecrgroup.eu
The Greens–European Free Alliance
55 seats
www.greens-efa.eu
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
35 seats
www.guengl.eu
Europe of Freedom and Democracy
27 seats
www.efdgroup.eu
Others
29 seats