European Democrat Group

European Democrat Group

The European Democrat Group (EDG) is a conservative group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It was originally founded as the Group of Independent Representatives in 1970 by British and Scandinavian members of PACE, having about 35-40 members from the UK, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Sweden and Switzerland.

While it was only the third group to be founded in PACE (after the Socialist Group and the Christian Democrat Group), it was the first to have an official secretariat, which was established in 1977. On 6 July 1978, a proposal to rename the group was submitted, leading to the official new name in September 1980.

References

* [http://www.edgpace.org/history_edg_rev.pdf History of the EDG]
* [http://www.edgpace.org/ Official website]
* [http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/Annuaire_02W_Groups.asp?GroupID=3 Page on the PACE website]


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