European Democratic Party - Definition and Overview

The European Democratic Party (EDP) is a centrist European political party, founded shortly after the European Elections in 2004. Members are:

• François Bayrou's UDF (France)
• Margherita (Italy)
• Labour Party (Lithuania)
• Path of Change (Cesta zmeny) (Czech Republic)

Cooperation with ELDR

The meeting of the Parliamentary Group of the liberal democrat European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party which took place in Brussels on July 13, 2004 approved a recommendation to unite the ELDR Group and the EDP Group into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group. Although their MEPs currently sit together, these two European political parties remain separate parties.