European People's Party (European Parliament Group)
The Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament. It is made up of MEPs elected from the lists of member parties of the European People's Party (EPP).
The EPP Group is one of the three oldest groups, dating its origin back to September 1952 and the first meeting of the Parliament's predecessor, the Common Assembly. Founded as an explicitly Christian democratic group, it declined at first but reversed its fortunes in the 1980s and 1990s when, as a result of the gradual enlargement of the European People's Party, it adopted members from secular conservative political parties.
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