European Democratic Union

History

The French Gaullists split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965 and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union", (not to be confused with the association of Conservative and Christian Democrat parties founded in 1978 called the "European Democrat Union" or "EDU", nor the Conservative Group called the "European Democratic Group" founded in 1979). The Group was renamed on 16 January 1973 to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats" when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish Fianna Fáil.

Sources

• Archive of European Integration
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
• Europe Politique
• European Parliament MEP Archives
• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator

References

References

1. [http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf European Parliament press release 1984] {{webarchive. link. (September 11, 2008)
2. [http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4504/ Political Groups of the European Parliament] {{webarchive. link. (May 17, 2011)
3. [http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htm UFE on Europe Politique]
4. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?language=EN&id=974 European Parliament profile of Christian De La Malène]
5. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?id=786&language=en European Parliament profile of Jean-Noël de Lipkowski]
6. [http://www.cvce.eu/obj/the_development_of_political_groups_of_the_european_parliament-en-35c2d1b5-1661-4c33-a65a-db49ade0c5ac.html Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament]