European Conservatives

For the current EP political grouping, see European Conservatives and Reformists.

European Conservatives
European parliamentary group
Name	European Conservatives
English abbr.	C^[1]
French abbr.	n/a
Formal name	European Conservative Group^[1]^[2]
Ideology	Conservatism
From	16 January 1973^[3]
To	17 July 1979^[3]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	European Democratic Group
Chaired by	Kent S. Kirk,^[4]^[5] "Rippon"^[5] (Geoffrey Rippon?)
MEP(s)	63 (July 7, 1979)

The European Conservative Group was a Conservative political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1979.

History

On 1 January 1973 the Community enlarged for the first time to include Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The British Conservative and Danish Conservative parties formed their own group called the European Conservative Group^[1] on 16 January 1973.^[3]

In the ensuing years, the group collected additional right-of-centre members, and on 17 July 1979^[3] it changed its name to the "European Democratic Group".^[2]^[6]

In March 2009 it was reported that the European Conservatives could be re-created as a group in the European Parliament, led by the British Conservative Party if they withdraw from the EPP-ED group and succeed in meeting the minimum requirements for a political group in the Parliament.^[7]^[8]

On 22 June 2009, the British Conservatives with their colleagues launched the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.^[9]

References

1 2 3 Political Groups of the European Parliament
1 2 "European Parliament profile of James Scott-Hopkins". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
1 2 3 4 "ED on Europe Politique". Europe-politique.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
↑ "European Parliament profile of Kent S. Kirk". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
1 2 European Parliament press release 1984
↑ "Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament". Ena.lu?doc=4327&lang=2. 1997-10-13. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
↑ Sunday 31st Jul 2016. "EUobserver / UK Tories confirm they are to leave the EPP". Euobserver.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
↑ EurActiv.com - Will UK Tories return EU Socialists to power? | EU - European Information on EU Elections 09
↑ "Conservative MEPs form new group". BBC News. 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2016-07-31.

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (216)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (190)
European Conservatives and Reformists (74)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (69)
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (52)
The Greens–European Free Alliance (50)
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (46)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (39)
Non-Inscrits (15)

Previous groups

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–89) European Right (1989–94) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)

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)

Social Democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993-2009)

Communists/Far-Left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–93) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–95)

Greens/Regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–89) Rainbow Group (1989–94) 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)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–84) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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