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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.

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

The partnership between the EPP and ED began in May 1992. 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.

On 13 July 2006, David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party (UK), and Czech Prime Minister-designate Mirek Topolánek, leader of the Civic Democratic Party, announced that their parties will leave the ED and form the Movement for European Reform following the European Parliament elections in 2009.

[edit] Group members

The EPP-ED is currently made up of the following parties, with ED members in grey:

Country	Party	MEPs	Subgroup
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian Peoples Party)	6	EPP
Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium	(Flanders): Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (Christian Democratic & Flemish)	3	EPP
	(Flanders): Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (New Flemish Alliance)	1	EPP
	(Wallonia): Centre démocrate Humaniste (Humanist Center Democrats)	1	EPP
	(German): Christlich Soziale Partei (Christian Social Party)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus	Dimokratikos Sinagermos (Democratic Rally)	2	EPP
	Gia tin Evropi (For Europe)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	Evropští demokraté (European Democrats)	2	EPP
	Křesťansko-demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová (Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party)	2	EPP
	Občanská demokratická strana (Civic Democratic Party)	9	ED
	SNK sdružení nezávislých (Union of Independents)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	Det Konservative Folkeparti (The Conservative People's Party)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	Isamaaliit (Fatherland Union)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party)	4	EPP
Image:Flag of France.svg France	Union pour un Mouvement Populaire	17	EPP
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Christian Democratic Union)	40	EPP
	Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern (Christian Social Union in Bavaria)	9	EPP
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	Nea Demokratia (New Democracy)	11	EPP
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Hungarian Citizens' Party)	13	EPP
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	Fine Gael	5	EPP
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro (Union of Christian and Centre Democrats)	5	EPP
	Forza Italia (Forward Italy)	16	EPP
	Alleanza Popolare-UDEUR (Popular Alliance)	1	EPP
	Partito dei Pensionati (Pensioners' Party)	1	ED
	Südtiroler Volkspartei (South Tyrol People's Party)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia	Jaunais Laiks (New Era Party)	2	EPP
	Tautas Partija (People's Party)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	Tėvynės sąjunga -Lietuvos konservatoriai ((Homeland Union-Lithuanian Conservatives))	2	EPP
Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	Chrëstlich Sozial Vollekspartei (Christian Social People's Party)	3	EPP
Image:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party)	2	EPP
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Christen-Democratisch Appèl (Christian Democratic Appeal)	7	EPP
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	Platforma Obywatelska (Citizens Platform)	15	EPP
	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasants' Party)	1	EPP
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	Partido Social Democrata (Party of Social Democrats)	7	EPP
	Partido Popular (People's Party)	2	ED
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia	Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)	2	EPP
	Kresťansko-demokratické hnutie (Christian Democratic Movement)	3	EPP
	Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union)	3	EPP
Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	Nova Slovenija (New Slovenia, Christian People's Party)	2	EPP
	Slovenska demokratska stranka (Slovenian Democratic Party)	2	EPP
	Slovenska ljudska stranka (Slovene People's Party)	0	EPP
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Partido Popular (People's Party)	24	EPP
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Moderaterna (Moderates)	4	EPP
	Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats)	2	EPP
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	(Great Britain): Conservative Party	27	ED
	(Northern Ireland): Ulster Unionist Party	1	ED

[edit] See also

• Political parties of the world
• Members of the European Parliament 2004-2009

[edit] External links

• EPP-ED grouping in the European Parliament
• EPP-ED Home page

Pan-European political organisations	Image:European flag.svg
Recognized by the EU as "political parties at European level":
European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | European Green Party | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | Party of the European Left | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | European People's Party | Party of European Socialists
Other pan-European confederations of national political parties:
European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform
Dedicated European-level-only parties:
Europe — Democracy — Esperanto | Europe United | Newropeans
Groups in the European Parliament	Image:European Parliament 6th term.svg
EPP–ED (264) | PES (201) | ALDE (90) | Greens–EFA (42) | EUL–NGL (41) | UEN (34) | IND/DEM (28) | N/A (32)
Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation, elections in the European Union, party composition of the council

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nl:Europese Volkspartij en Europese Democraten pl:Europejska Partia Ludowa - Europejscy Demokraci fi:Euroopan parlamentin konservatiiviryhmä sv:Europeiska folkpartiet (kristdemokrater) och Europademokraterna