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{{Short description|European Parliament political group}}
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{{About||the current EP political grouping|European Conservatives and Reformists}}
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{{Infobox European Parliament group
| name = European Conservatives
| title = European Conservatives
| from = 16 January 1973<ref name="t1s7"/> ▼
| to = 17 July 1979<ref name="t1s7"/>
| succeededby = [[European Democrats|European Democratic Group]]▼
▲|from=16 January 1973<ref name="t1s7"/>
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| formalname = European Conservative Group<ref name="t1s2"/><ref name="t1s49"/>▼
| ideology = [[Conservatism]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Calossi |first1=Enrico |last2=Cicchi |first2=Lorenzo |title=European Parliament Political Groups and European Political Parties: Development and relationship between two faces of the EU political system |publisher=European University Institute |page=7 |url=https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/65862/European%20Parliament%20Political%20Groups%20and%20European%20Political%20Parties.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>
▲|succeededby = [[European Democrats|European Democratic Group]]
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| chairs = [[Kent S. Kirk]],<ref name="EPKentSKirk">{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/802/KENT+S._KIRK/history/1 |title=European Parliament profile of Kent S. Kirk |date=26 August 1948 |publisher=Europarl.europa.eu |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="AEI003730_1">[http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf European Parliament press release 1984] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911085807/http://aei.pitt.edu/5765/01/003730_1.pdf |date=11 September 2008 }}</ref><br />
[[Geoffrey Rippon]]<ref name="AEI003730_1"/>
▲|formalname = European Conservative Group<ref name="t1s2"/><ref name="t1s49"/>
▲|meps = 63 (July 7, 1979)
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The [[European Conservative Group]] was a [[Conservatism|Conservative]] political group with seats in the [[European Parliament]] between 1973 and 1979. ▼
▲The
==History==▼
On 1 January 1973 the Community enlarged for the first time to include [[Denmark]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative]] and [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Danish Conservative]] parties formed their own group called the European Conservative Group<ref name="t1s2"/> on 16 January 1973.<ref name="t1s7"/> ▼
▲== History ==
▲On 1 January 1973 the Community enlarged for the first time to include [[Denmark]], [[Republic of
In the ensuing years, the group collected additional [[centre-right politics|centre-right]] members, and on 17 July 1979<ref name="t1s7"/> it changed its name to the "European Democratic Group".<ref name="t1s49">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1393/Sir_JAMES_SCOTT-HOPKINS_home.html |title=European Parliament profile of James Scott-Hopkins |publisher=Europarl.europa.eu |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="t1s3">{{cite web|url=https://www.cvce.eu/de/obj/the_development_of_political_groups_of_the_european_parliament-en-35c2d1b5-1661-4c33-a65a-db49ade0c5ac.html |title=Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament|date=7 September 2016 |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
In March 2009 it was reported that the European Conservatives could be re-created as a group in the European Parliament, led by the British Conservative Party if they withdraw from the [[EPP-ED]] group and succeed in meeting the minimum requirements for a [[Political groups of the European Parliament|political group in the Parliament]].<ref>http://euobserver.com/9/27762/?rk=1</ref><ref>http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/uk-tories-return-eu-socialists-power/article-180179</ref>▼
▲In March 2009 it was reported that the European Conservatives could be re-created as a group in the European Parliament, led by the British Conservative Party if they withdraw from the [[European People's Party Group| European People's Party–European Democrats]] (EPP-ED
On 22 June 2009, the British Conservative Party with their colleagues launched the [[European Conservatives and Reformists]] (ECR) group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8112581.stm |title=Conservative MEPs form new group |work=BBC News |date=22 June 2009 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
==References==▼
== Members ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! colspan="3"| Name
! Ideology
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
! style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| Conservatives
| [[One-nation conservatism]]<br />[[Liberal conservatism]]
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
! style="background:{{party color|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)}}"|
| [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]
| DKF
| [[Liberal conservatism]]<br />[[Social conservatism]]
|}
▲== References ==
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{{European Parliament groups}}
[[Category:1973 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:1979 disestablishments in Europe]]
[[Category:Centre-right parties in Europe]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in Europe]]
[[Category:Former European Parliament party groups]]
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