European Progressive Democrats European Parliament group
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Name	European Progressive Democrats[1][2]
English abbr.	EPD[3]
French abbr.	DEP[4]
Formal name	Group of European Progressive Democrats[5]
Ideology	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Regionalism, Social democracy
From	16 January 1973[4]
To	24 July 1984[4]
Preceded by	European Democratic Union
Succeeded by	European Democratic Alliance
Chaired by	Christian de La Malène[5]
MEP(s)	22 (July 17 1979)[6]

The Group of European Progressive Democrats was a heterogeneous political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1984.

[edit] History

The French Gaullists split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965^[4] and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union".^[1][2] The Group was renamed on 16 January 1973^[4] to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats"^[5] when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish Fianna Fáil, and renamed itself again on 24 July 1984^[4] to the "Group of the European Democratic Alliance".^[2][5]

[edit] MEPs at 17 July 1979

[edit] Sources

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung^[1]

• "Political Data Handbook: OECD Countries", ISBN 019828053X, Jan-Erik Lane, David McKay, Kenneth Newton 1997^[3]
• Europe Politique^[6][4]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^{[27][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][5][21][22][23][24][25][26]}
• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[2]
• Danish Demographic Database, part of the Danish State Archives^[28]
• 1999 Election website for Jan Sturm, a candidate for the June Movement^[29]
• Website of the Danish June Movement^[30]
• Website of the Danish Progress Party^[31][32]

[edit] References