European Democratic Alliance

European Democratic Alliance
European Parliament group
Name	European Democratic Alliance^[1]
English abbr.	EDA^[1]^[2]
French abbr.	RDE^[3]
Formal name	Group of the European Democratic Alliance^[2]^[4]^[5]
Political position	Big tent
From	24 July 1984^[3]
To	6 July 1995^[3]
Preceded by	European Progressive Democrats
Succeeded by	Union for Europe
Chaired by	Jean-Claude Pasty^[5] Christian de La Malène^[4]
MEP(s)	29 (July 23, 1984)^[6] 20 (July 25, 1989)^[7] 26 (July 19, 1994)^[8]

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 become 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]

Composition

1984–1989

Country			Ideology	MEPs^[6]^[14]	Notes
France	Rally for the Republic	RPR	Gaullism Liberal conservatism	15 / 434
Ireland	Fianna Fáil		Irish republicanism Conservatism	8 / 434
France	National Centre of Independents and Peasants	CNI	Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism	2 / 434	Magdeleine Anglade,^[15] Philippe Malaud^[16]
	French Christian Democracy	DCF	Christian democracy	1 / 434	Alfred Coste-Floret^[17]
	Radical Party	PR	Liberalism Conservative liberalism	1 / 434	Jacqueline Thome-Patenotre^[18]
	Union for French Democracy	UDF	Liberalism Christian democracy	1 / 434
United Kingdom	Scottish National Party	SNP	Scottish nationalism Social democracy	1 / 434	Winifred M. Ewing^[19]
Portugal	Democratic Renewal Party (1986–1987)	PRD	Third Way Populism	1 / 434	José Medeiros Ferreira

1989–1994

Country			Ideology	MEPs^[7]	Notes
France	Rally for the Republic	RPR	Gaullism Liberal conservatism	12 / 518
Ireland	Fianna Fáil		Irish republicanism Conservatism	6 / 518
France	National Centre of Independents and Peasants	CNI	Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism	1 / 518	Yvon Briant^[20]
Greece	Democratic Renewal	DA	Conservatism Economic liberalism	1 / 518	Dimitrios Nianias^[21]

1994–1995

Country			Ideology	MEPs	Notes
France	Rally for the Republic	RPR	Gaullism Liberal conservatism	14 / 567
Ireland	Fianna Fáil		Irish republicanism Conservatism	7 / 567
Portugal	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	Christian democracy Conservatism	3 / 567	was expelled from EPP after rejection of Maastricht treaty^[22]
Greece	Political Spring	PA	National conservatism Populism	2 / 567

Sources

Europe Politique^[3]^[6]^[7]^[8]
European Parliament^[11]
European Parliament MEP Archives^[4]^[5]^[13]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley^[1]
CVCE (Previously European NAvigator)^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Democracy in the European Parliament" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "The development of Political Groups in the European Parliament". CVCE. 1997-10-13. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "UFE on Europe Politique". Europe-politique.eu. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "European Parliament profile of Christian de La Malène". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "European Parliament profile of Jean-Claude Pasty". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1984 European Parliament election results at July 23, 1984". Europe-politique.eu. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989". Europe-politique.eu. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "1994 European Parliament election results at July 19, 1994". Europe-politique.eu. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ Smith, Julie (1999), Europe's Elected Parliament, Sheffield Academic Press, p. 89
^ Colin Pilkington (1995). Britain in the European Union Today. Manchester University Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7190-4562-2.
^ ^a ^b "Group names 1999". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ Jansen, Thomas; Van Hecke, Steven (2011), At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party, Springer, p. 63
^ ^a ^b b961115.htm on the European Parliament website
^ Boissieu, Laurent de. "Élections européennes Portugal". Europe Politique (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Magdeleine Anglade". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Philippe Malaud". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "Alfred COSTE-FLORET". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Jacqueline Thome-Patenotre". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Winifred M. Ewing". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Yvon Briant". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "European Parliament profile of Dimitrios Nianias". Europarl.europa.eu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ Johansson, Karl Magnus (2002), "European People's Party", European Political Parties between Cooperation and Integration, Nomos, p. 65

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (178)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (139)
Renew Europe (102)
Greens–European Free Alliance (72)
European Conservatives and Reformists (68)
Identity and Democracy (59)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (37)
Non-Inscrits (50)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019)
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) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) 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) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)