Centre Group

Centre Group Swedish: Mittengruppen Finnish: Keskiryhmä Danish: Midtergruppen Norwegian: Midtengruppen Icelandic: Flokkahópur miðjumanna
Abbreviation	MG
Chairperson	Linda Modig
General Secretary	Terhi Tikkala
Founded	February 1983 (1983-02)
Ideology	Big tent Factions: Liberalism Christian democracy Green politics (Nordic) Agrarianism
Political position	Centre Factions: Centre-left to centre-right
European affiliation	ALDE, EFA, EGP, EPP
European Parliament group	Renew, Greens/EFA, EPP Group
Colours	Orange   Purple
Slogan	"We Make the Nordics Bigger!" (Swedish: "Vi gör Norden större!")
Nordic Council	24 / 87
Website
mittengruppen.org
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The Centre Group (Swedish: Mittengruppen) is a party group on the Nordic Council. It consists of various political families, including Christian Democrats, Liberals, Agrarians and Greens.

Members

The member organizations of the Centre Group are:^[1][2]

Country	National party	National MPs				MEPs		Status
		# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election
Åland	Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland)	9 / 30	2023	0 / 200 0 / 1	2023	0 / 14	2019	Junior partner
	Åland Centre (Åländsk Centern)	7 / 30		1 / 200 1 / 1		0 / 14		Junior partner
	Sustainable Initiative (Hållbart Initiativ)	1 / 30		0 / 200 0 / 1		0 / 14		Opposition
	Future of Åland (Ålands Framtid)	0 / 30		0 / 200 0 / 1		0 / 14		Opposition
Denmark	Venstre (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti)	23 / 175	2022	23 / 179	2022	3 / 14	2019	Junior partner
	Moderates (Moderaterne)	16 / 175		16 / 179		0 / 14		Junior partner
	Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	7 / 175		7 / 179		2 / 14		Opposition
	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)	14 / 175		14 / 179		0 / 14		Opposition
Faroe Islands	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)	7 / 33	2022	1 / 179 1 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Opposition
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin)	2 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
	Progress (Framsókn)	3 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Junior partner
	Self-Government (Sjálvstýri)	0 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Extra-parliamentary
Finland	Centre Party (Suomen Keskusta/Centern i Finland)	23 / 200	2023	23 / 200	2023	2 / 14	2019	Junior partner
	Green League (Vihreä liitto/Gröna förbundet/Ruoná lihttu)	13 / 200		13 / 200		2 / 14
	Swedish People's Party of Finland (Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue/ Svenska folkpartiet i Finland)	9 / 200		9 / 200		1 / 14
	Christian Democrats (Kristillisdemokraatit/Kristdemokraterna)	5 / 200		5 / 200		0 / 14		Opposition
Greenland	Democrats (Demokraatit/Demokraterne)	3 / 31	2021	0 / 179 0 / 2	2019	Not in EU		Opposition
	Solidarity (Atassut)	2 / 31		0 / 179 0 / 2				Confidence and supply
	Cooperation Party (Suleqatigiissitsisut/Samarbejdspartiet)	0 / 31		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
Iceland	Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn)	13 / 63			2021	Not in EU		Junior partner
	People's Party (Flokkur Fólksins)	6 / 63						Opposition
	Reform (Viðreisn)	5 / 63
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurinn)	3 / 63
Norway	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	28 / 169			2021	Not in EU		Junior partner
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	8 / 169						Opposition
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3 / 169
Sweden	Centre Party (Centerpartiet)	24 / 349			2022	2 / 20	2019	Opposition
	Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna)	19 / 349				2 / 20		Junior partner
	Liberals (Liberalerna)	16 / 349				1 / 20		Junior partner
	Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna)	18 / 349				2 / 20		Opposition

The liberal parties of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the centre parties of Finland and Sweden, the Swedish People's Party of Finland and the Reform Party are members of the ALDE and Renew Europe; the Christian Democrats of Denmark, Finland and Sweden are members of the EPP and the European People's Party group; the green parties are members of the European Green Party and Greens–EFA, while Future of Åland is a member of the European Free Alliance.

Elected representatives of Member Parties

European institutions

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Commission	1 / 28
	European Council (Heads of Government)	0 / 28
	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	2 / 28
	European Parliament	17 / 751

References

This page was last edited on 20 March 2024, at 03:23