Conversion rates: 1 ECU = IR£(punt) 0.76, as at November 1st, 1997 Abbreviations
PES - Party of European Socialists
EPP - European People's Party
UFE - Union for Europe
EDLR - Group of the European Liberal, Democratic and Reformist Party
EUL/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Greens - Green Group in the European Parliament
ERA - European Radical Alliance
Ind - Non-attached
A: Austria; B: Belgium; D: Germany; Dk: Denmark; E: Spain; F: France; Fin: Finland; Gr: Greece; I: Italy; Ire: Ireland; L: Luxembourg; Nl: Netherlands; P: Portugal; S: Sweden; UK: United Kingdom; EC: European Community, EU: European Union
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