Free Democrats Group
The Free Democrats Group (FDG, German: Group of Free Democrats ) is a parliamentary group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The parliamentary group was formed in the summer of 2017 and was formally registered on September 4, 2017.
With 22 members (as of March 20, 2018) it is the smallest of the six political groups in the PACE. It includes eight members of the Turkish ruling party AKP , six Italian and four members from Azerbaijan . There are also representatives from Serbia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Macedonia and San Marino . The chair is Adele Gambaro , an Italian senator who was elected for the five-star movement and is now non-party .
The FDG is considered a pro- Russian and pro-Azerbaijani parliamentary group. The FDG was founded as a result of the exclusion of the Russian delegation from PACE as a result of the Russian annexation of Crimea .
 Turkey
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ACP | 8th |
 Italy
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- | 4th |
| Forza Italia | 1 | |
| Lega Nord | 1 | |
 Serbia |
Nova Srbija | 1 |
 Azerbaijan
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- | 2 |
| ADMP | 1 | |
| Great Creation Party | 1 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
SNDS | 1 |
 San Marino
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Repubblica Futura | 1 |
 Macedonia
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Lëvizja Besa | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ PACE: Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg on June 30, 2017. (PDF) July 3, 2017, accessed on December 13, 2017 (English).
- ^ PACE: News. Retrieved December 14, 2017 .
- ^ PACE Member File. Retrieved December 14, 2017 .
- ^ PACE has turned into platform for anti-democrats and Russophobes - Russian MP . In: TASS . ( tass.com [accessed December 14, 2017]).
- ^ Creation of new pro-Russian group in PACE called into question - media . ( unian.info [accessed December 14, 2017]).
- ^ A new group established in PACE led by AK Party parliamentarians . In: DailySabah . ( dailysabah.com [accessed December 14, 2017]).