Module:European and national party data/doc

Usage

{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|<party_type>|<data_type>|<party>|<institution>|extra parameters}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
1	The type of party under consideration; can be either: european_entity (a European political party, meaning entities duly registered with the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations, or several European political alliances); or national_party. This parameter is mandatory.
2	The type of data requested and pulled from Wikidata, from the following list: seats: the number of seats of one or more entities in one or more institutions (P1410); seat share: the share of seats of one or more entities in one or more institutions (based on P1410); seat composition bar: a composition bar showing the seats of one or more entities in one or more institutions (based on P1410); acronym: the short name of the entity (P1813); color: the official colour of the entity as a hex code (P465); country: the country in which the entity is registered (P17); foundation date: the date on which the entity was founded (P571); foundation year: the year in which the entity was founded (P571); individual members: the number of individual members of the entity (P2124); individual members date: the reference date for the number of individual members of the entity (based on P2124); individual members year: the reference year for the number of individual members of the entity (based on P2124); label: the name of the entity; official name: the official long-form name of the entity (P1448); parliamentary group: the parliamentary group the entity belongs to (P4100); chairperson: the leader or president of the entity (P488); public funding: the amount of public funding received by the entity (P12919); or website: the official website of the entity (P856), stripped from "https", "http" and "www" prefixes. This parameter is mandatory.
3	The name of the entity, from the following list: in all cases, the name can be omitted when the module is called from the Wikipedia page of the entity (alternatively, thisparty can be used to refer to the entity in question; for European entities: the acronym of the entity (see list below) or its Wikidata qID; and for national parties: the Wikidata qID of the party. This parameter is optional when called from the page of the entity in question. The following acronyms are used for European parties: European People's Party: EPP Party of European Socialists: PES European Conservatives and Reformists: ECR Patriots.eu: Patriots Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party: ALDE European Green Party: EGP Europe of Sovereign Nations: ESN European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet: ELA Party of the European Left: EL European Democratic Party: EDP European Free Alliance: EFA European Christian Political Party: ECPP In addition, the following European political alliances are covered: Animal Politics EU: APEU European Communist Action: ECA European Pirate Party: PPEU Democracy in Europe Movement 2025: DiEM25 Volt Europa: Volt In addition, four special parameters can be used instead of European parties (so not when |party_type=national_party): all: for the seats of all European parties combined; none: for the seats not occupied by members of European parties (not for lower and upper houses); and ind: for independent politicians on the European Council (only). Notes: the capitalisation of parameters does not matter; given the cost of calling Wikidata when using a specific qID (i.e., not calling Wikidata from a linked Wikipedia page), the special parameter "thisparty" should be used whenever this module is called from the page of a European party; and since the listed European political alliances are not European political parties, they do not count towards to sum of seats occupied by European political parties, nor the seats not occupied by European political parties.
4	The name of the institution, from the following list: European Parliament: EP European Commission: EC European Council: EUCO European Committee of the Regions: COR Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: PACE Lower houses in EU member states: ms-lower-house (alternatively, "lower-house" and "lower" also work) Upper houses in EU member states: ms-upper-house (alternatively, "upper-house" and "upper" also work) Notes: For lower and upper houses for national parties, the module will automatically determine the relevant body, using this table; For lower and upper houses for European parties, the module will sum the number of seats of their member parties across member states; For the European Parliament for national parties, the module will automatically use the member state's number of seats in the Parliament; and As of June 2025, the per-European party breakdown of seats of PACE political groups is rarely available. This parameter is mandatory when data_type is seat, seat share, or seat composition bar.
extra parameters	The following extra parameters can also be used, depending on the requested data_type: all data_types: reference will display the reference when |reference=yes (this parameter is ignored for the seats of lower or upper houses of European entities, as many national figures are summed); seat share: constituency will override the institution's number of seats (for instance when the party is part of a special constituency); seat composition bar: constituency will override the institution's number of seats (for instance when the party is part of a special constituency); width will specify the width of the bar and can have the following formats: "80" (default unit is pixel), "80px", "80em", or "80%" (without spaces); percent will display the percentage when |percent=yes; bar-color, background-color, and border will override default colours when provided an hexadecimal value (e.g."#123ABC", including the pound sign) or a recognised colour (e.g. "red"). all other data_types: verbose: will display an error message when no value exists on Wikidata, as well as a relevant link, when |verbose=yes (otherwise the field is empty). These parameters are optional.

Related templates

The module is directly implemented by three templates:

• Template:EUPP data, which presets |party_type=european_entity;
• Template:Political party data, which presets |party_type=national_party; and
• Template:EU institution seats, which only returns the number of seats of EU institutions (including all lower or upper houses combined).

Test cases

The module has two testcase pages:

• Module:European and national party data/testcases composition bar for the seat composition bar data type; and
• Module:European and national party data/testcases for all other data types.

Updating the module

The module draws its data from two sources:

• Wikidata for all data points returned by the module; and
• commons:Data:Mapping of national parties members of European parties to lower and upper houses.tab which maps the national member parties of European political parties and also serves to link member states (and, therefore, national parties) to their lower and upper houses.

To update data returned by the module, go to the Wikidata page of the entity in question (the link is often provided as a comment in the infobox of the Wikipedia article), and edit the relevant property, preferably by adding a new value and marking it as preferred (instead of deleting outdated information).

Here are some relevant properties for the module:

• number of seats in assembly: P1410, with the following qualifiers:
  • legislative body: P194
  • executive body (for the European Commission and European Council): P208
  • parliamentary term (for the European Parliament and European Commission): P2937
• short name/acronym: P1813
• colour/sRGB color hex triplet: P465
• country: P17
• foundation date: P571
• individual members: P2124
• official name: P1448
• parliamentary group: P4100
• chairperson: P488
• public funding: P12919
• official website: P856

Wherever possible, try and add:

• a start time (P580) qualifier (and a matching end time (P582) in the outdated entry) or a point in time (P585) qualifier, and
• a reference, including the reference URL (P854), title (P1476), retrieved (P813), and publisher qualifiers (P123).

Updating Wikidata ensures that updated and sourced information is available not just to this Wiki, but to all versions of Wikipedia, as well as to other services drawing information from Wikidata.

Translating the module

To adapt the module to a new Wiki, follow these steps:

1. Create two modules to replicate the modules below (the content must remain the same as in the English version):
   1. Module:European and national party data, and
   2. Module:European and national party data/Wd;
2. Create the following files and translate them as needed (translate only the non-English parts, as indicated):
   1. Module:European and national party data/config, and
   2. Module:European and national party data/Wd/i18n;
3. Translate the module documentations, and adapt the examples as necessary using the translated terms;
4. Create testcases, such as the ones below, and adapt the examples as necessary using the translated terms:
   1. Module:European and national party data/testcases, and
   2. Module:European and national party data/testcases composition bar;
5. Create three templates to replicate the ones below:
   1. Template:EUPP data,
   2. Template:Political party data, and
   3. Template:EU institution seats;
6. Translate the template documentations, based on the module documentations, and adapt the examples as necessary using the translated terms;
7. Add the two modules in the "Wikipedia" sections of the two relevant Wikidata pages below:
   1. Module:European and national party data
   2. Module:European and national party data/Wd
8. Create a topic on the consolidated module talk page to adapt the content of the common module (in particular its function for composition bars) to the new Wiki. After being adapted, the main module will be synchronised to update the modules in all Wiki languages; this helps ensure that the same module is used across Wikis, which is essential to keep its functions updated.

Examples

Data type seats

Code	Result	Output
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|EPP|EP}}		number of seats of the European People's Party in the European Parliament
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|PES|EC|reference=yes}}		number of seats of the Party of European Socialists in the European Commission, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|ind|EUCO}}		number of seats of independent politicians in the European Council
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|ALDE|ms-lower-house}}		number of seats of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in member states' lower houses
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|EGP|ms-upper-house|reference=yes}}		number of seats of the European Green Party in member states' upper houses, without reference (see table above)
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|Q208242|EC}}		number of seats of the European People's Party (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Commission
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|Q208242|ms-upper-house}}		number of seats of the European People's Party (called by its Wikidata qID) in member states' upper houses
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seats|Q13564543|ms-lower-house|reference=yes}}		number of seats of Austria's NEOS (called by its Wikidata qID) in the National Council, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seats|Q138198|ms-upper-house}}		number of seats of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (called by its Wikidata qID) in the Senate
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seats|Q49768|EP}}		number of seats of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Parliament
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|all|EP}}		number of seats of all European parties combined in the European Parliament
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seats|none|EP}}		number of seats not occupied by European parties in the European Parliament

Data type seat share

Code	Result	Output
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat share|EPP|EP|reference=yes}}		share of seats of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat share|ind|EUCO}}		share of seats of independent politicians in the European Council
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat share|ALDE|ms-lower-house}}		share of seats of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in member states' lower houses
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat share|Q208242|EC}}		share of seats of the European People's Party (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Commission
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seat share|Q13564543|ms-lower-house}}		share of seats of Austria's NEOS (called by its Wikidata qID) in the National Council
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seat share|Q655611|ms-lower-house|constituency=61}}		share of seats of Belgium's Écolo (called by its Wikidata qID) in the French-speaking seats of the Chamber of Representatives
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seat share|Q49768|EP|reference=yes}}		share of seats of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Parliament, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat share|all|EP}}		share of seats of all European parties combined in the European Parliament

Data type seat composition bar

Code	Result	Output
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat composition bar|EPP|EP|reference=yes}}		composition bar of seats of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat composition bar|ind|EUCO|percent=yes}}		composition bar of seats of independent politicians in the European Council, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat composition bar|ALDE|ms-lower-house}}		composition bar of seats of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in member states' lower houses
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat composition bar|Q208242|EC|percent=yes|reference=yes}}		composition bar of seats of the European People's Party (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Commission, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seat composition bar|Q655611|ms-lower-house|constituency=61}}		composition bar of seats of Belgium's Écolo (called by its Wikidata qID) in the French-speaking seats of the Chamber of Representatives
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|seat composition bar|Q49768|EP|width=80%|background-color=blue|border=green|bar-color=red}}		composition bar of seats of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (called by its Wikidata qID) in the European Parliament, with special parameters
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|seat composition bar|all|EP|width=80%|background-color=#FFFF00|border=#008080|bar-color=#A020F0}}		composition bar of seats of all European parties combined in the European Parliament, with special parameters

Other data types

Code	Result	Output
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|acronym|EPP}}		acronym of the European People's Party
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|color|PES}}		colour of the Party of European Socialists
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|country|Q1315362}}		country of Levice (called by its Wikidata qID)
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|foundation date|PES}}		foundation date of the Party of European Socialists
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|individual members|EPP|reference=yes}}		individual members of the European People's Party, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|individual members date|EPP}}		date of reference for individual members of the European People's Party
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|individual members date|Volt}}		date of reference for individual members of Volt (year only)
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|individual members year|EPP}}		year of reference for individual members of the European People's Party
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|individual members year|Volt}}		year of reference for individual members of Volt (year only)
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|label|ALDE}}		label of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|official name|EGP}}		official name of the European Green Party
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|parliamentary group|EFA}}		parliamentary group of the European Free Alliance
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|european_entity|public funding|EGP}}		public funding of the European Green Party, with reference
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|website|Q667680}}		website of the Netherlands' GroenLinks
{{#invoke:European and national party data|main|national_party|official name|Q22748|verbose=yes}}		official name of Germany Die PARTEI, showing verbose error message