Fifth European Parliament

The Fifth European Parliament is the fifth five-year term of the elected European Parliament. It began following the 1999 elections and ended after the 2004 elections.

1999 election results

European Parliament election, 1999 - Final results at 20 July 1999
Group		Description	Chaired by	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Hans-Gert Pöttering	233	400px
	PES	Social Democrats	Enrique Barón Crespo	180
	ELDR	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Pat Cox	50
	G–EFA	Greens and Regionalists	Heidi Hautala Paul Lannoye	48
	EUL–NGL	Communists and the Far left	Francis Wurtz	42
	UEN	National Conservatives	Charles Pasqua	31
	EDD	Eurosceptics	Jens-Peter Bonde	16
	TGI	Mixed	it Francesco Speroni	18
	NI	Independents and Far right	none	8	Total: 626	Sources: [1] [2][3]