European Democratic Union

Infobox European Parliament group
name = European Democratic Union
title = European Democratic Union

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imagecaption = UDE logo
from=21 January 1965
to=16 January 1973
precededby = "new creation"
succeededby = Group of European Progressive Democrats
englishabbr = n/a
frenchabbr = UDE
formalname = European Democratic Union Group
ideology = Gaullism,
Conservatism
chairs = Louis Terrenoire (1966),
Jean-Noël de Lipkowski (1967),
Raymond Triboulet (1968)
meps = 15 (1965/66)
|The European Democratic Union Group was a Gaullist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1965 and 1973.

History

The French Gaullists split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965 and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union", ("not" to be confused with the association of Conservative and Christian Democrat parties founded in 1978 called the "European Democrat Union" or "EDU", nor the Conservative Group called the "European Democratic Group" founded in 1979). The Group was renamed on 16 January 1973 to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats" when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish Fianna Fáil.

ources

* [http://aei.pitt.edu Archive of European Integration] [http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf European Parliament press release 1984] ]
* [http://www.kas.de/ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung] [http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4504/ Political Groups of the European Parliament] ]
* [http://www.europe-politique.eu/ Europe Politique] [http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htm UFE 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=786&language=en European Parliament profile of Jean-Noël de Lipkowski] ] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?language=EN&id=974 European Parliament profile of Christian De La Malène] ]
* [http://www.cvce.lu Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE)] via [http://www.ena.lu European NAvigator] [http://www.ena.lu?doc=4327&lang=2 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament] ]

References