European Democrat Union

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The European Democrat Union is one of the two European wings of the International Democrat Union (the other being the European People's Party). It contains both Christian-democratic, Liberal-conservative, and Conservative political parties. It is only a nominal sub-entity of the IDU, since it ceased its activities in 2002.

Virtually all EDU members are also members of the European People's Party (EPP) with the notable exception being the British Conservative Party (although it continues to be allied with the EPP in the European Parliament as part of the 'European Democrats' sub-group of the EPP-ED Group).

In the late 1990s, the last Chairman of the EDU, Finnish conservative politician Sauli Niinistö, negotiated the merger of the EDU into the EPP.^[1] In October 2002, the EDU ceased its activities after being formally absorbed by the EPP at a special event in Estoril, Portugal.^[2] In recognition of his efforts, Niinistö was elected Honorary President of the EPP in the same year. Moreover, in April 2008 the EPP was recognized as a Regional Union by the IDU.

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• EPP website

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