Socialist Group

For the political group in the European Parliament, see Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

The Socialist Group (French: Groupe Socialiste, SOC) is a primarily social-democratic political grouping in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The group comprises 180 members from 45 states of the Council of Europe.^[1] The Group is chaired by Andreas Gross of Switzerland.

Membership

As of 25 September 2011, the Socialist Group has the following members:^[2]

Country	Party name	Other affiliations
Country	Party name	Europarty	EU Parliament	International
Albania	Socialist Party of Albania	PES	N/A	SI
Andorra	Social Democratic Party	PES	N/A	SI
Armenia	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	None	N/A	SI
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	PES	S&D	SI
Austria	The Greens	EGP	Greens/EFA	GG
Azerbaijan	Civic Unity Party	None	N/A	None
Belgium	Socialist Party	PES	S&D	SI
Belgium	Socialist Party Different	PES	S&D	SI
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	None	N/A	None
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Social Democratic Party	PES	N/A	SI
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES	S&D	SI
Croatia	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	PES	S&D	SI
Cyprus	Democratic Party	None	S&D	None
Cyprus	Movement for Social Democracy	PES	S&D	SI
Czech Republic	Czech Social Democratic Party	PES	S&D	SI
Denmark	Social Democrats	PES	S&D	SI
Estonia	Social Democratic Party	PES	S&D	SI
Finland	Social Democratic Party of Finland	PES	S&D	SI
France	Socialist Party	PES	S&D	SI
Germany	Alliance 90/The Greens (part)^[A]	EGP	Greens/EFA	GG
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	PES	S&D	SI
Greece	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	PES	S&D	SI
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party	PES	S&D	SI
Hungary	Politics Can Be Different	EGP	No MEPs	GG
Iceland	Social Democratic Alliance	PES	N/A	SI
Ireland	Labour Party	PES	S&D	SI
Italy	Democratic Party	PES	S&D	PA
Latvia	Harmony Centre	None	S&D	None
Lithuania	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	PES	S&D	SI
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	PES	S&D	SI
Luxembourg	The Greens	EGP	Greens/EFA	GG
Macedonia	Democratic Union for Integration	None	N/A	None
Macedonia	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia	PES	N/A	SI
Malta	Labour Party	PES	S&D	SI
Moldova	Democratic Party of Moldova	PES	N/A	SI
Montenegro	Democratic Party of Socialists	PES	N/A	SI
Montenegro	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	PES	N/A	SI
Montenegro	Socialist People's Party of Montenegro	None	N/A	None
Norway	Labour Party	PES	N/A	SI
Netherlands	GreenLeft	EGP	Greens/EFA	GG
Netherlands	Labour Party	PES	S&D	SI
Poland	Democratic Left Alliance	PES	S&D	SI
Poland	Palikot's Movement	None	N/A	None'
Portugal	Socialist Party	PES	S&D	SI
Romania	Social Democratic Party	PES	S&D	SI
Russia	A Just Russia	None	N/A	SI
Russia	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (part)^[B]	None	N/A	None
San Marino	Party of Socialists and Democrats	PES	N/A	SI
Serbia	Democratic Party	PES	N/A	SI
Serbia	League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina	None	N/A	None
Serbia	Socialist Party of Serbia	None	N/A	None
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy	PES	S&D	SI
Slovenia	Social Democrats	PES	S&D	SI
Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PES	S&D	SI
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party	PES	S&D	SI
Switzerland	Green Party of Switzerland	EGP	N/A	GG
Switzerland	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland	PES	N/A	SI
Turkey	Republican People's Party	PES	N/A	SI
Ukraine	Party of Regions (part)^[C]	None	N/A	None
United Kingdom	Labour Party	PES	S&D	PA
^A Two of the four Alliance 90/The Greens members sit with SOC. The other two sit with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. ^B One of the four members of LDPR sit with SOC. The other three sit with the European Democrat Group. ^C Four of the eight members of Party of Regions sit with SOC. Two sit with the European Democrat Group and two sit with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

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