Named after Altiero Spinelli, founder of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) and one of the founding father of the European integration, the Spinelli Group was created in September 2010 in the European Parliament in Brussels by MEP Guy Verhofstadt (RENEW), former MEPs Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Sylvie Goulard, and former EP Vice President Isabelle Durant.
The Group is composed of MEPs belonging to different political families and works to strengthen the role of the European Parliament, promote institutional reforms, and enhance the Union’s capacity to act on the major challenges of our time.
Gabriele Bischoff, MEP of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, is the current Chair of the Spinelli Group since June 2025.
