European Democratic Alliance

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 (RPR) and the Irish Fianna Fáil.^[9] The grouping had a generally centre-right outlook and strongly defended the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.^[10]

History

Following the 1984 elections, the Group of European Progressive Democrats^[4] renamed itself on 24 July 1984^[3] to the Group of the European Democratic Alliance.^[2][4] The European Democratic Alliance merged with the Forza Europa group (dominated by MEPs from Forza Italia) to became the "Group Union for Europe" on 6 July 1995.^[5][11][12]

Nomenclature

The name of the group in English is Group of the European Democratic Alliance^[2][4][5] in long form, European Democratic Alliance^[1] in short form, and the abbreviation is EDA.^[1][2] The equivalents in French are Groupe du Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens, Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens, and RDE.^[3] Those French equivalents are sometimes rendered in English as Union of European Democrats and UED.^[13]

MEPs on 23 July 1984

MEPs on 25 July 1989

MEPs on 1 August 1994

Sources

• Europe Politique^[6][7][8][3]
• European Parliament^[11]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^{[4][5][14][15][16][17][18][19][13]}
• Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley^[1]
• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[2]

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