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Union for Europe

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Former conservative political group of the European Parliament

Union for Europe
European Parliament group

Name	Union for Europe
English abbr.	UFE
French abbr.	UPE
Formal name	Group Union for Europe^[1]
Ideology	Conservatism^[2]^[3]
Political position	Centre-right
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)

TheUnion for Europe (UFE) was aconservative political group that operated in theEuropean Parliament from 1995 to 1999. At its height in May 1999, it had 34MEPs and it only existed during theEuropean Parliament's 4th term.^[4]

UFE was formed as a merger of two political groups, theEuropean Democratic Alliance andForza Europa.^[5]^[6] Its members were theForza Italia (FI) ofSilvio Berlusconi, FrenchRally for the Republic (RPR), IrishFianna Fáil, PortugueseCDS – People's Party, and GreekPolitical Spring. After the1999 European Parliament election, UFE expanded into theUnion for Europe of the Nations group.^[7] However, parties such as FI and RPR opted to join theEuropean People's Party.^[5]

Members

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Country			Ideology	MEPs
Italy	Forza Italia	FI	Liberal conservatism Populism	25 / 87
France	Rally for the Republic	RPR	Gaullism Liberal conservatism	14 / 87
Ireland	Fianna Fáil	FF	Irish republicanism Conservatism	7 / 15
Portugal	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	Christian democracy Right-wing populism	3 / 25
Greece	Political Spring	PA	National conservatism Populism	2 / 25

References

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^"INFO".
^"In brief". Politico. 13 November 1996. Retrieved28 October 2022.
^FitzGibbon, John; Leruth, Benjamin; Startin, Nick (2016).Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon: The Emergence of a New Sphere of Opposition. Taylor & Francis. p. 48.ISBN 9781317422518.
^"European Union Basics (FAQ), Part3/8".
^^a ^bBernard 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.
^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 (188)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (136)
Patriots for Europe (85)
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (79)
Renew Europe (75)
Greens–European Free Alliance (53)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (46)
Europe of Sovereign Nations (27)
Non-Inscrits (30)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019) Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)
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) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) 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) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1987) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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