Forza Europa

Forza Europa
European Parliament group
Name	Forza Europa
English abbr.	FE^[1]^[2]^[3]
French abbr.	n/a
Formal name	Forza Europa
Ideology	Conservatism^[1]
From	19 July 1994^[4]
To	6 July 1995^[4]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	Union for Europe
Chaired by	Giancarlo Ligabue,^[5]
MEP(s)	27 (July 21, 1994)

Forza Europa was a centre-right political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1995.

History

MEPs from the heterogeneous centre-right party Forza Italia, along with MEPs of the Christian Democratic Centre and the former Liberals of the Union of the Centre, were elected in the 1994 European election and formed their own Group, self-referentially called "Forza Europa", on 19 July 1994.^[4]

The group was joined on 15 December 1994 by one MEP of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party^[6] and one MEP of the Federalists and Liberal Democrats.^[7]

The Group lasted until it merged with the European Democratic Alliance to form the "Group Union for Europe"^[8]^[9] on 6 July 1995.^[4]^[10]

Sources

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hix, Simon; Noury, Abdul; Gérard, Roland (July 11, 2005), Democracy in the European Parliament, p. 38
↑ 2.0 2.1 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
↑ 3.0 3.1 Composition of the European Parliament 1996-11-11, 1996-01-01, 1995-12-31 and 1994-07-19
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 UFE on Europe Politique
↑ 5.0 5.1 European Parliament profile of Giancarlo Ligabue
↑ Your MEPs : Archives : Enrico FERRI
↑ Your MEPs : Archives : Marilena MARIN
↑ 8.0 8.1 Group names 1999
↑ 9.0 9.1 European Parliament profile of Jean-Claude Pasty
↑ Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (19 May 2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (221)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (191)
European Conservatives and Reformists (72)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (67)
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (52)
The Greens–European Free Alliance (49)
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (47)
Non-Inscrits (52)

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) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014)

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