European Democratic Union

This article is about the group in the European Parliament. For the wing of the International Democrat Union, see European Democrat Union.

The European Democratic Union Group was a Gaullist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1965 and 1973.

European Democratic Union
European Parliament group
Name	European Democratic Union[1][2]
English abbr.	n/a
French abbr.	UDE[3]
Formal name	European Democratic Union Group[4][5]
Ideology	Gaullism
From	21 January 1965[3]
To	16 January 1973[3]
Preceded by	new creation
Succeeded by	Group of European Progressive Democrats
Chaired by	Louis Terrenoire (1966),[6] Jean-Noël de Lipkowski (1967),[5][6] Raymond Triboulet (1968)[6]
MEP(s)	15 (1965/66)[6]

History

The French Gaullists split from the Liberal Group on 21 January 1965^[3] and created a new Group called the "European Democratic Union",^[1][2] (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^[3] to the "Group of European Progressive Democrats"^[4] when the Gaullists were joined by the Irish Fianna Fáil.

Sources

• Archive of European Integration^[6]
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung^[1]
• Europe Politique^[3]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^[4][5]
• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[2]