Find out how Members of the European Parliament vote. HowTheyVote.eu makes roll-call votes of the European Parliament’s plenary transparent and accessible. The site gives easy access in one place to results of roll-call votes broken down by MEP, by political group and by country, as well as legislative documents and press releases related to the votes. See also Parltrack.

Access Info Europe promotes and protects the right of access to information in Europe in order to increase participation and accountability. Access Info Europe runs several projects that facilitate access to information for public interest advocates and journalists including AskTheEU.org, a tool allowing to file and consult access to documents requests, the RTI Rating, which measures the strength of access to information laws globally, and the Legal Leaks Toolkit to support journalists.

Know the political groups of the European Parliament, their role and the rules governing them. See also Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations.

Identify the European political parties and political foundations recognised and funded by the EU and understand the rules governing them. These parties and foundations are linked to the political groups in the European Parliament but are distinct legal entities. MEPs from the same political group may be affiliated to different European political parties. See also EP Political Groups.

Map stakeholders and interest groups, the human and financial resources they allocate to influencing the EU institutions, who they are meeting and their responses to Commission public consultations. Review the outside activities and sources of income of Members of the European Parliament. Access national transparency websites shedding light on interest groups in several Member States. See also Transparency Register and LobbyFacts.eu.

Map stakeholders and interest groups, the human and financial resources they allocate to influencing the EU institutions, who they are meeting and their responses to Commission public consultations. See also Transparency Register and EU Integrity Watch.

Get an overview of the relative strength of national delegations within each political group in the European Parliament. Identify MEPs from your country in each group.

Use this tool to simulate votes in the European Parliament's plenary and check if a majority is achievable.

Projection of the results of the June 2029 European Parliament elections based on the results of polls in all EU Member States. Updated periodically.

Access briefings tracking the commitments made by Commissioners of the von der Leyen I Commission (2019-2024) to the European Parliament in their written answers to Parliament's questions, in their confirmation hearings and, in some cases, in subsequent appearances before Parliament's committees.

Detailed calendar of the European Parliament hearings of the Commissioners-designate of the von der Leyen II Commission taking place in November 2024.

Calendar of EP plenaries, committee meeting weeks, group meeting weeks and constituency weeks in 2025

Understand the rules governing the conduct of MEPs and former MEPs, in particular on conflicts of interests and financial interests, to ensure the integrity, transparency and accountability of their political activities. Access the register of gifts to MEPs.

Understand the division of competences and balance of power between the EU and its Member States set out in the treaties for the different policy areas in which the EU is active.

Access to summaries and easy-to-understand explanations of the main legislation adopted by the EU and of some international agreements in 32 thematic areas, such as agriculture, environment and climate change, development, external action and single market.

Find the results of regular cross-national opinion polls carried out on behalf of the EU institutions and agencies to monitor public opinion and attitudes in Europe on EU-related issues.

Independent online media outlet supporting independent European journalism run by a European press cooperative, with journalists, editors, translators and media partners from over 30 countries. Read news and investigative articles about climate, inequalities, democracy, migration and more in nine languages.

Access live streams, recordings, photos and infographics of the European Parliament.

Access news, press briefings and live streams of the European Parliament.

Rules and measures adopted by the European Parliament to promote integrity, transparency and accountability of MEPs' political activities: access to documents, lobby groups, appropriate behaviour, expenditure of MEPs.