European Radical Alliance
European Parliament group
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Name	European Radical Alliance
English abbr.	ERA[1]
French abbr.	ARE[2]
Formal name	Group of the European Radical Alliance[3][4]
Ideology	Regionalism[5]
Associated organisations	European Free Alliance
From	19 July 1994[6]
To	20 July 1999[2]
Preceded by	Rainbow Group
Succeeded by	Greens–European Free Alliance
Chaired by	Catherine Lalumière[7]
MEP(s)	19 (19 July 1994), 21 (5 May 1999), 13 (13 June 1999)

TheGroup of the European Radical Alliance (ERA) was a heterogeneouspolitical group with seats in theEuropean Parliament between 1994 and 1999. It was formed byregionalist parties from the formerRainbow Group,^[8] although its largest and dominant member party was the FrenchEnergie Radicale.^[9][10]

In 1989^[6][2] theRainbow Group split. The Greens went off to form theGreen Group, whilst the Regionalists stayed in the rump ofRainbow Group. The 1994 elections saw a considerable reduction in Regionalist representation in the Parliament, with only theCanary Isles autonomists,Lega Nord, theScottish National Party (SNP) andPeople's Union (VU) keeping their MEPs.^[11] But Lega Nord had been suspended from theEuropean Free Alliance following its decision to join the coalition Italian government alongside the right-wingNational Alliance.^[11] Given this reduction in numbers, the weakened EFA were no longer able to maintain their own group.

The FrenchEnergie Radicale were consideredcentrist enough to be possible members of theELDR Group^[12] (their successors, theRadical Party of the Left, became observers in theELDR Party in 2006^[13]) but instead they allied themselves with the members of thePannella-Reformers List and the rump EFA to form the Group of the European Radical Alliance.^[2]

The ERA stayed in existence until 1999, when a loss of support forced theEuropean Free Alliance members of the ERA to rejoin with the Green Group to create theGreens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group.^[2]

Member state	Party	MEPs	Notes
France	Energie Radicale[11][14]	13[11][14]
United Kingdom	Scottish National Party[11][14]	2[11][14]
Italy	Pannella-Reformers List[11][14]	2[11][14]
Belgium	People's Union/Flemish Free Democrats[11][14]	1[11][14]
Spain	Canarian Coalition[15]	1	Isidoro Sánchez García[15]

• "Regionalist Parties in Western Europe",ISBN 0-415-16437-0, de Winter & Türsan 1998^[11]
• Democracy in the European Parliament^[1]
• Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament^[6]
• Group names 1999^[3]
• Europe Politique^[2]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^[4][7][15]
• European Union Basics FAQ, by Roland Siebelink & Bart Schelfhout^[14]
• OneEurope magazineArchived 10 October 2007 at theWayback Machine^[12]
• ELDR^[13]

• Former European Parliament party groups
• Regionalism (politics)
• 1994 establishments in the European Union
• 1999 disestablishments in the European Union
• Organizations established in 1994
• Political organizations disestablished in 1999
• Radical parties

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