The European Democratic Alliance was a heterogeneous
political group in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1995. It consisted mainly of deputies from the French
Gaullist Rally for the Republic
The Rally for the Republic (french: Rassemblement pour la République ; RPR ), was a Gaullist and conservative political party in France. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 a ...
(RPR) and the Irish
Fianna Fáil. The grouping had a generally
centre-right outlook, and strongly defended the European Union's
Common Agricultural Policy.
History
Following the
1984 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1984.
Africa
* 1984 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1984 Botswana general election
* 1984 Burundian presidential election
* 1984 Cameroonian presidential election
* 1984 Comorian presidential electi ...
, the Group of
European Progressive Democrats
The Group of European Progressive Democrats was a heterogeneous political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1984. It was mostly composed of French Gaullists and Irish Fianna Fáil.
History
The Gaullists had split from ...
renamed itself on 24 July 1984
to the
Group of the European Democratic Alliance.
The European Democratic Alliance merged with the
Forza Europa group (dominated by MEPs from
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
) to become the "Group
Union for Europe" on 6 July 1995.
Nomenclature
The name of the group in English is ''Group of the European Democratic Alliance''
in long form, ''European Democratic Alliance''
in short form, and the abbreviation is ''EDA''.
The equivalents in French are ''Groupe du Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens'', ''Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens'', and ''RDE''.
Those French equivalents are sometimes rendered in English as ''Union of European Democrats'' and ''UED''.
Composition
1984–1989
1989–1994
1994–1995
Sources
Europe Politiqueref name="t1s8">
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European Parliament MEP Archivesref name="t1s33">
on th
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Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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CVCE (Previously European NAvigator)
References
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Former European Parliament party groups
Conservatism in Europe