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Former centre-right political group of the European Parliament This article is about the group in the European Parliament. For the wing of the International Democrat Union, see European Democrat Union.

European Democratic Union
European Parliament group
Name	European Democratic Union
English abbr.	n/a
French abbr.	UDE
Formal name	European Democratic Union Group
Ideology	Gaullism
From	21 January 1965
To	16 January 1973
Preceded by	new creation
Succeeded by	Group of European Progressive Democrats
Chaired by	Louis Terrenoire (1966), Jean-Noël de Lipkowski (1967), Raymond Triboulet (1968)
MEP(s)	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.

Sources

References

^ Political Groups of the European Parliament Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
^ UFE on Europe Politique
^ European Parliament profile of Christian De La Malène
^ European Parliament profile of Jean-Noël de Lipkowski
^ European Parliament press release 1984 Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (188)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (136)
Patriots for Europe (86)
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (80)
Renew Europe (75)
Greens–European Free Alliance (53)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (46)
Europe of Sovereign Nations (25)
Non-Inscrits (30)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019) Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)
National conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) Union for Europe (1995–1999) Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)
Christian democrats / conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) European People's Party (1979–1999) European Conservatives (1973–1979) European Democrats (1979–1992) Forza Europa (1994–1995) European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)
Liberals / centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)
Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1987) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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