European Democratic Alliance European Parliament group
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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]
Ideology	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Liberalism, Regionalism, Social democracy
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.

Contents 1 History 2 Nomenclature 3 MEPs at 23 July 1984 4 MEPs at 25 July 1989 5 Sources 6 References

[edit] 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 joined with MEPs from Forza Italia to became the "Group Union for Europe"^[9][5] on 6 July 1995.

[edit] 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.^[10]

[edit] MEPs at 23 July 1984

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
France	20[6]	Rassemblement pour la République[6]	15[6]
		Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans[6]	2[6]	Magdeleine Anglade,[11] Philippe Malaud[12]
		U-DCF?[6]	1[6]	Europe-Politique uses an undefined abbreviation "U-DCF"
		Parti radical valoisien[6]	1[6]	Jacqueline Thome-Patenotre[13]
		Union pour la Démocratie Française[6]	1[6]
Ireland	8[6]	Fianna Fáil[6]	8[6]
United Kingdom	1[6]	Scottish National Party[6]	1[6]	Winifred M. Ewing[14]

[edit] MEPs at 25 July 1989

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
France	13[7]	Rassemblement pour la République[7]	12[7]
		Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans[7]	1[7]	Yvon Briant[15]
Ireland	6[7]	Fianna Fáil[7]	6[7]
Greece	1[7]	Democratic Renewal[7]	1[7]	Dimitrios Nianias[16]

[edit] Sources

• Europe Politique^[6][7][8][3]
• European Parliament^[9]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^{[4][5][11][12][13][14][15][16][10]}
• Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley^[1]
• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[2]

[edit] References

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