European Conservatives

Infobox European Parliament group
name = European Conservatives
title = European Conservatives

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imagecaption = C logo
from=16 January 1973
to=17 July 1979
precededby = n/a
succeededby = European Democratic Group
englishabbr = C
frenchabbr = n/a
formalname = European Conservative Group
ideology = Conservatism
chairs = Kent S. Kirk,
"Rippon" (Geoffrey Rippon?)
meps = 63 (July 7, 1979)|The European Conservative Group was a Conservative political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1979.

History

On 1 January 1973 the Community enlarged for the first time to include Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The British Conservative and Danish Conservative parties formed their own group called the European Conservative Group on 16 January 1973.

In the ensuing years, the group collected additional right-of-centre members, and on 17 July 1979 it changed its name to the "European Democratic Group".

ources

* [http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4504/ Political Groups of the European Parliament] [http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4504/ Political Groups of the European Parliament] ]
* [http://www.ena.lu?doc=4327&lang=2 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament] [http://www.ena.lu?doc=4327&lang=2 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament] ]
* [http://www.europe-politique.eu Europe Politique] [http://www.europe-politique.eu/democrates-europeens.htm ED on Europe Politique] ]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive.do?language=EN European Parliament MEP Archives] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?language=EN&id=1393 European Parliament profile of James Scott-Hopkins] ] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?language=EN&id=802 European Parliament profile of Kent S. Kirk] ]
* [http://aei.pitt.edu Archive of European Integration] [http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf European Parliament press release 1984] ]

References