Union for Europe

Union for Europe
Official abbreviation	UfE
Group leader	Jean-Claude Pasty
founding	1995
predecessor	European Democrats (EDA) rally , Forza Europa (FE)
resolution	1999
successor	Group of the European People's Party (EPP), Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN)
Alignment	Gaullism , conservatism

Union for Europe was a political group in the European Parliament . It emerged in July 1995 from the merger of the group of the European Democrats' rallying movement with the Forza Europa group, which had only Italian members . Its members are described as Gaullist, conservative and / or populist. It was the third largest group in the European Parliament when it was founded .

In 1995 and 1996, the four members of the Centro Cristiano Democratico moved to the Group of the European People's Party (EPP). In February 1997, two Forza Italia members moved to the Liberal Democratic Group. In June 1998, the majority of Forza Italia, with 21 MPs, finally moved to the EPP Group. After the European elections in 1999 , the RPR also switched to the EPP group, while CDS-PP and Fianna Fail participated in the establishment of the new Union for Europe of the Nations group.

Members

country	Political party	Members
France	Rassemblement pour la République (RPR)	14 *
Greece	Politics Anixi (PA)	02
Ireland	Fianna Fáil (FF)	07th
Italy	Forza Italia (FI)	(24)
	Centro Cristiano Democratico (CDC)	( 04)
	Lega Nord	01
Netherlands	Independent	02 +
Portugal	Centro Democrático e Social - Partido Popular (CDS-PP)	03

^*two entries and one exit to the Europe of Nations Group

⁺ Leonie van Bladel ( Partij van de Arbeid ) from September 19, 1996, Jim Janssen van Raaij ( Christen Democratisch Appèl ) from December 31, 1996

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/european-union/basics/part3/