European Democratic Alliance
# European Democratic Alliance

The European Democratic Alliance was a heterogeneous political group in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1995. It consisted mainly of deputies from the French Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR) and the Irish Fianna Fáil. The grouping had a generally centre-right outlook, and strongly defended the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.

## History

Following the 1984 elections, the Group of European Progressive Democrats renamed itself on 24 July 1984 to the Group of the European Democratic Alliance. The European Democratic Alliance merged with the Forza Europa group (dominated by MEPs from Forza Italia) to become the "Group Union for Europe" on 6 July 1995.

## Nomenclature

The name of the group in English is Group of the European Democratic Alliance in long form, European Democratic Alliance in short form, and the abbreviation is EDA. The equivalents in French are Groupe du Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens, Rassemblement des Démocrates Européens, and RDE. Those French equivalents are sometimes rendered in English as Union of European Democrats and UED.

## Composition

### 1984–1989

| Country | Name | Name | Ideology | MEPs | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | Rally for the Republic | RPR | Gaullism Liberal conservatism | 15 / 434 | |
| Ireland | Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil | Irish republicanism Conservatism | 8 / 434 | |
| France | National Centre of Independents and Peasants | CNI | Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism | 2 / 434 | Magdeleine Anglade, Philippe Malaud |
| France | French Christian Democracy | DCF | Christian democracy | 1 / 434 | Alfred Coste-Floret |
| France | Radical Party | PR | Liberalism Conservative liberalism | 1 / 434 | Jacqueline Thome-Patenotre |
| France | Union for French Democracy | UDF | Liberalism Christian democracy | 1 / 434 | |
| United Kingdom | Scottish National Party | SNP | Scottish nationalism Social democracy | 1 / 434 | Winifred M. Ewing |
| Portugal | Democratic Renewal Party (1986–1987) | PRD | Third Way Populism | 1 / 434 | José Medeiros Ferreira |

### 1989–1994

| Country | Name | Name | Ideology | MEPs | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | Rally for the Republic | RPR | Gaullism Liberal conservatism | 12 / 518 | |
| Ireland | Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil | Irish republicanism Conservatism | 6 / 518 | |
| France | National Centre of Independents and Peasants | CNI | Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism | 1 / 518 | Yvon Briant |
| Greece | Democratic Renewal | DA | Conservatism Economic liberalism | 1 / 518 | Dimitrios Nianias |

### 1994–1995

| Country | Name | Name | Ideology | MEPs | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | Rally for the Republic | RPR | Gaullism Liberal conservatism | 14 / 567 | |
| Ireland | Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil | Irish republicanism Conservatism | 7 / 567 | |
| Portugal | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | Christian democracy Conservatism | 3 / 567 | was expelled from EPP after rejection of Maastricht treaty |
| Greece | Political Spring | PA | National conservatism Populism | 2 / 567 | |

## Sources

* Europe Politique
* European Parliament
* European Parliament MEP Archives
* Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
* CVCE (Previously European NAvigator)
