Union for Europe

Union for Europe
European parliamentary group
UFE logo
Name	Union for Europe
English abbr.	UFE
French abbr.	UPE
Formal name	Group Union for Europe^[1]
Ideology	Conservatism
From	6 July 1995
To	20 July 1999
Preceded by	Forza Europa European Democratic Alliance
Succeeded by	Union for Europe of the Nations
Chaired by	Jean-Claude Pasty Giancarlo Ligabue (1995-96) Claudio Azzolini (1996-98)
MEP(s)	34 (5 May 1999)

The Group Union for Europe (UFE) was a conservative political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1995 and 1999. The group was formed during the 4th European Parliament term in July 1995 from a merger of the European Democratic Alliance and Forza Europa parliamentary groups,^[2]^[3] becoming the third largest group by number of MEPs.^[4] The group was succeeded in the 5th European Parliament by the Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN),^[5] while key UFE member parties Forza Italia and Rally for the Republic instead joined the European People's Party.^[2]

Members

Italy - Forza Italia, 25 MEPs (until 15 June 1998)
France - Rally for the Republic, 14 MEPs
Ireland - Fianna Fáil, 7 MEPs
Portugal - Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party, 3 MEPs
Greece - Political Spring, 2 MEPs

References

↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/results/legende.htm
1 2 Bernard Steunenberg (27 August 2003). Widening the European Union: Politics of Institutional Change and Reform. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-134-49375-3.
↑ Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (19 May 2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.
↑ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/european-union/basics/part3/
↑ Neill Nugent (2006). The Government and Politics of the European Union. Duke University Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-8223-3870-X.

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Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (216)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (190)
European Conservatives and Reformists (75)
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 (45)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (38)
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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