European Radical Alliance

Infobox European Parliament group
name = European Radical Alliance
title = European Radical Alliance



imagecaption = ERA logo
from = 19 July 1994
to = 20 July 1999
precededby = Rainbow Group in the European Parliament
succeededby = Greens/EFA
englishabbr = ERA
frenchabbr = ARE
formalname = Group of the European Radical Alliance
associated= European Free Alliance
ideology = Radicalism,
Social liberalism,
Liberalism,
Regionalism
chairs = Catherine Lalumière
meps = 19 (July 19, 1994),
21 (May 5, 1999),
13 (June 13, 1999) |
Group of the European Radical Alliance was a centre-left political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999.

History

In 1989 the Rainbow Group split. The Greens went off to form the "Green Group", whilst the Regionalists stayed in the rump of Rainbow. The 1994 elections saw a considerable reduction in Regionalist representation in the Parliament, with only the Canary Isles Autonomist, Lega Nord, SNP and VU keeping their MEPs. But Lega Nord had been suspended from the European Free Alliance following its decision to join the coalition Italian government alongside the far-right National Alliance. Given this reduction in numbers, the weakened EFA were no longer able to maintain their own group.

The centre-left French Energie Radicale were considered centrist enough to be possible members of the ELDR group (their successors, the Radical Party of the Left, became observers in the ELDR in 2006) but instead they allied themselves with the members of the Italian Radicals and the rump EFA to form the Group of the European Radical Alliance.

The ERA stayed in existence until 1999, when a loss of support forced the European Free Alliance members of the ERA to rejoin with the Green Group to create the Greens/EFA group.

Member Parties at July 19, 1994

ources

*"Regionalist Parties in Western Europe", ISBN 0415164370, de Winter & Türsan 1998 cite book | last = de Winter | first = Lieven | coauthors = Türsan, Huri | title = Regionalist Parties in Western Europe | publisher = Routledge | date = 1998 | pages = pp. 190-201 | isbn = 0415164370]
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* [http://www.europe-politique.eu Europe Politique] [http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/groupe-arc-en-ciel.htm G/EFA on Europe Politique] ]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive.do?language=EN European Parliament MEP Archives] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?id=2130&language=en European Parliament profile of Catherine Lalumière] ] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term3/view.do?language=EN&id=1470 European Parliament profile of Jaak Vandemeulebroucke] ] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1868 European Parliament profile of Isidoro Sánchez García] ]
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/european-union/ European Union Basics FAQ, by Roland Siebelink & Bart Schelfhout] [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/european-union/basics/part3/ European Union Basics FAQ, Part 3] ]
* [http://www.karl.aegee.org/oem-pub.nsf?OpenDatabase OneEurope magazine] [http://www.projects.aegee.org/oem/magazines/oem11.pdf OneEurope magazine, issue 11] ]
* [http://www.eldr.org/index.php?newlang=english ELDR] [http://www.eldr.org/state_of_the_party.pdf ELDR State of the Party: Activity Report of the ELDR Party, April 1999 - October 2006] ]

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