Ninth European Parliament
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The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.
The 9th European Parliament's constitutive session, Strasbourg (2 July 2019)
Image: Charles Michel (2018 01 31) (cropped)
Image: 2017 09 24 Ursula von der Leyen by Sandro Halank
Image: Josep Borrell 2015 (cropped)
The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist Group on 29 June 1953, which makes it the second oldest political group in the European Parliament after Renew Europe (Renew). It adopted its present-day name on 23 June 2009. Centre-left in orientation, the group mostly comprises social-democratic parties and is affiliated with the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.
Image: Enrique Barón (cropped)
Image: Gianni Pittella 2017
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