The European people's party: origins and development

Abstract

Foreword Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission PART ONE: THE EVOLUTION OF A EUROPEAN PARTY SYSTEM The Emergence of European Parties The 1994 European Elections, Transforming the Party Landscape PART TWO: COOPERATION BETWEEN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THE BIRTH OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY The International Secretariat of Democratic Parties Inspired by Christianity, 1925-1939 The 'Nouvelles Equipes Internationales', 1948-1965 The European Union of Christian Democrats, 1965-1976 The Christian Democratic Group in the European Parliament, 1952-1979 Founding the European People's Party, 1976-1978 PART THREE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY Congresses and European Elections, 1979-1990 The Conference of Government and Party Leaders, 1983-1995 Attempts to Merge the EUCD with the EPP, and the Revision of the Statutes, 1985-1990 Shaping the Programme, 1989-1993 Bringing in the Conservatives, 1989-1995 PART FOUR: STRUCTURES, PROBLEMS, AND PERSPECTIVES What is the Meaning of 'Christian Democratic' in the European Context? Working Methods of the Party Bodies The Associations The EUCD and the New Parties in Central and Eastern Europe The Protagonists Relationships between Member Parties and the EPP Group A Personal Postscript Annexes Index