European Democratic Union Explained

European Democratic Union
European Democratic Union
From:21 January 1965
To:16 January 1973
Precededby:new creation
Succeededby:Group of European Progressive Democrats
Englishabbr:n/a
Frenchabbr:UDE
Formalname:European Democratic Union Group
Ideology:Gaullism
Chairs:Louis Terrenoire (1966),
Jean-Noël de Lipkowski (1967),
Raymond Triboulet (1968)
Meps:15 (1965/66)

The European Democratic Union Group was a Gaullist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1965 and 1973.

History

The French Gaullists split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965 and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union", (not to be confused with the association of Conservative and Christian Democrat parties founded in 1978 called the "European Democrat Union" or "EDU", nor the Conservative Group called the "European Democratic Group" founded in 1979). The Group was renamed on 16 January 1973 to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats" when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish Fianna Fáil.

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Notes and References

  1. http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf European Parliament press release 1984
  2. http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4504/ Political Groups of the European Parliament
  3. http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htm UFE on Europe Politique
  4. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?language=EN&id=974 European Parliament profile of Christian De La Malène
  5. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?id=786&language=en European Parliament profile of Jean-Noël de Lipkowski
  6. http://www.cvce.eu/obj/the_development_of_political_groups_of_the_european_parliament-en-35c2d1b5-1661-4c33-a65a-db49ade0c5ac.html Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament