Union for Europe

European Parliament political group

Union for Europe
European Parliament group

Name	Union for Europe
English abbr.	UFE
French abbr.	UPE
Formal name	Group Union for Europe^[1]
Ideology	Conservatism^[2]
From	6 July 1995
To	20 July 1999
Preceded by	Forza Europa European Democratic Alliance
Succeeded by	Union for Europe of the Nations
Chaired by	Jean-Claude Pasty Giancarlo Ligabue (1995–96) Claudio Azzolini (1996–98)
MEP(s)	34 (5 May 1999)

The Union for Europe (UFE) was a conservative political group in the European Parliament that existed from 1995 to 1999. The group was formed during the 4th European Parliament term in July 1995 from a merger of the European Democratic Alliance and Forza Europa parliamentary groups,^[3]^[4] becoming the third largest group by number of MEPs.^[5] The group was succeeded in the 5th European Parliament by the Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN),^[6] while key UFE member parties Forza Italia and Rally for the Republic instead joined the European People's Party.^[3]

Members

Country			Ideology	MEPs
Italy	Forza Italia	FI	Liberal conservatism	25 / 87
France	Rally for the Republic	RPR	Gaullism	14 / 87
Ireland	Fianna Fáil	FF	Conservatism	7 / 15
Portugal	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	Christian democracy	3 / 25
Greece	Political Spring	PA	National conservatism	2 / 25

References

^ "INFO".
^ "In brief". Politico. 1996-11-13. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
^ ^a ^b Bernard Steunenberg (27 August 2003). Widening the European Union: Politics of Institutional Change and Reform. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-134-49375-3.
^ 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.
^ "European Union Basics (FAQ), Part3/8".
^ Neill Nugent (2006). The Government and Politics of the European Union. Duke University Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-8223-3870-X.

External links

Democracy in the European Parliament
Group names 1999
UFE on Europe Politique
European Parliament profile of Jean-Claude Pasty

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (177)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (140)
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)