With 177 political parties from 27 countries represented in the European Parliament, it is perhaps inevitable that semi-formal groupings emerge around issues that cut across the party lines of Parliament's 8 political groups.
Intergrupas rīko dažādus pasākumus, publisko nostājas, kā arī sagatavo Eiropas Parlamenta rezolūciju priekšlikumus un rakstiskas deklarācijas.