Politically they came from each of the major political parties; the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (8), the European People's Party (8) and the Party of European Socialists (6).
政治上，執委來自歐洲主要政黨：歐洲自由民主與改革黨（8）、歐洲人民黨（8）和歐洲社會黨（6）。