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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. EPP-ED logo, fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Logo of the European Peoples Party The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ... EPP-ED logo The European Peoples Party - European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ... The European Democratic Party (EDP) is a centrist European political party, founded shortly after the European Elections in 2004. ...

In broad terms, EPP-ED is an alliance of Christian democrat and conservative parties. Christian Democracy is a political ideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ...

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. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Group members

The EPP-ED is currently made up of the following parties:

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See also

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

This is a list of political parties around the world. ... This is a list giving breakdowns of the European Parliamentary session from 2004 to 2009. ...

External links

• EPP-ED grouping in the European Parliament (http://epp-ed.europarl.eu.int/home/en/default.asp)