European Conservatives

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For the current EP political grouping, see European Conservatives and Reformists.

European Conservatives
European Parliament group
Name	European Conservatives
English abbr.	C^[1]
French abbr.	n/a
Formal name	European Conservative Group^[1]^[2]
Ideology	Conservatism
From	16 January 1973^[3]
To	17 July 1979^[3]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	European Democratic Group
Chaired by	Kent S. Kirk,^[4]^[5] "Rippon"^[5] (Geoffrey Rippon?)
MEP(s)	63 (July 7, 1979)

The European Conservative Group was a Conservative political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1979.

History

On 1 January 1973 the Community enlarged for the first time to include Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The British Conservative and Danish Conservative parties formed their own group called the European Conservative Group^[1] on 16 January 1973.^[3]

In the ensuing years, the group collected additional right-of-centre members, and on 17 July 1979^[3] it changed its name to the "European Democratic Group".^[2]^[6]

In March 2009 it was reported that the European Conservatives could be re-created as a group in the European Parliament, led by the British Conservative Party if they withdraw from the EPP-ED group and succeed in meeting the minimum requirements for a political group in the Parliament.^[7]^[8]

On 22 June 2009, the British Conservatives with their colleagues launched the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.^[9]

References

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (273)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (195)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (84)
The Greens–European Free Alliance (58)
European Conservatives and Reformists (57)
Europe of Freedom and Democracy (35)
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (33)
Non-Inscrits (30)

Previous groups

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)

National Conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) Union for Europe (1995–1999) Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)

Christian Democrats/Conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) European People's Party (1979–1999) European Conservatives (1973–1979) European Democrats (1979–1992) Forza Europa (1994–1995) European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)

Liberals/Centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004)

Social Democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Group of the Party of European Socialists (1993-2009)

Communists/Far-Left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)

Greens/Regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)

Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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