It consisted mainly of deputies from the French Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR) and the Irish Fianna Fáil.
[9] The grouping had a generally centre-right outlook, and strongly defended the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.
[2][4] The European Democratic Alliance merged with the Forza Europa group (dominated by MEPs from Forza Italia) to become the "Group Union for Europe" on 6 July 1995.
[5][11][12] The name of the group in English is Group of the European Democratic Alliance[2][4][5] in long form, European Democratic Alliance[1] in short form, and the abbreviation is EDA.
[3] Those French equivalents are sometimes rendered in English as Union of European Democrats and UED.