European Radical Alliance
Encyclopedia
The Group of the European Radical Alliance was a heterogeneous political group with seats in the European Parliament
between 1994 and 1999.
and VU
keeping their MEPs. But Lega Nord had been suspended from the European Free Alliance
following its decision to join the coalition Italian government alongside the nationalist National Alliance. Given this reduction in numbers, the weakened EFA were no longer able to maintain their own group.
The French Energie Radicale were considered centrist enough to be possible members of the ELDR
group (their successors, the Radical Party of the Left, became observers in the ELDR in 2006) but instead they allied themselves with the members of the Pannella-Reformers List and the rump EFA to form the Group of the European Radical Alliance.
The ERA stayed in existence until 1999, when a loss of support forced the European Free Alliance
members of the ERA to rejoin with the Green Group to create the Greens/EFA
group.
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
between 1994 and 1999.
History
In 1989 the Rainbow Group split. The Greens went off to form the "Green Group", whilst the Regionalists stayed in the rump of Rainbow. The 1994 elections saw a considerable reduction in Regionalist representation in the Parliament, with only the Canary Isles autonomists, Lega Nord, SNPScottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
and VU
People's Union (Belgium)
People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists....
keeping their MEPs. But Lega Nord had been suspended from the European Free Alliance
European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...
following its decision to join the coalition Italian government alongside the nationalist National Alliance. Given this reduction in numbers, the weakened EFA were no longer able to maintain their own group.
The French Energie Radicale were considered centrist enough to be possible members of the ELDR
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...
group (their successors, the Radical Party of the Left, became observers in the ELDR in 2006) but instead they allied themselves with the members of the Pannella-Reformers List and the rump EFA to form the Group of the European Radical Alliance.
The ERA stayed in existence until 1999, when a loss of support forced the European Free Alliance
European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...
members of the ERA to rejoin with the Green Group to create the Greens/EFA
European Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens European Free Alliance is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament....
group.
Member parties at July 19, 1994
| Member state | Party | MEP Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,... s |
Notes |
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| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Energie Radicale Left Radical Party The Radical Party of the Left is a minor social-liberal, and in opposition to its common understanding of its name, a moderate centre-left political party in France advocating radicalism, secularism to its french extend known as laïcité, progressivism, pro-Europeanism, individual freedom and... |
13 | |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
2 | |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Italian Radicals | 2 | |
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Volksunie/Vlaamse Vrije Democraten People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists.... |
1 | |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Canarian Coalition Canarian Coalition The Canarian Coalition , abbreviated to CC, is a Canarian nationalist and liberal political party in the Canary Islands of Spain. The party aim is for greater autonomy for the islands, but short of independence. The party has governed the Canary Islands since 1993... |
1 | Isidoro Sánchez García |
Sources
- "Regionalist Parties in Western Europe", ISBN 0415164370, de Winter & Türsan 1998
- Democracy in the European Parliament
- Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
- Group names 1999
- Europe Politique
- European Parliament MEP Archives
- European Union Basics FAQ, by Roland Siebelink & Bart Schelfhout
- OneEurope magazine
- ELDR