European People's Party - European Democrats

The European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. It is comprised of the European People's Party and the non-party subgroup European Democrats (not to be confused with the centrist European Democratic Party). The name of the grouping is abbreviated to EPP-ED.

Related Topics:
European Parliament - European People's Party - European Democrats - European Democratic Party

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In broad terms, EPP-ED is an alliance of Christian democrat and conservative parties.

Related Topics:
Christian democrat - Conservative

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After the European Parliament elections in 1999 it became the largest faction with 233 of the 626 seats. After the elections of 2004 it remained the largest party with 268 of the 732 seats.

Related Topics:
1999 - 2004

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