Our History
Founded as the Christian-Democratic Group on 23 June 1953 as a political fraction in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, the Group has always played a leading role in the construction of Europe.The Group changed its name to the Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) in July 1979, just after the first direct elections to the European Parliament, and to the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in July 1999. It changed its name back to the Group of the European People's Party" (Christian Democrats) in June 2009.
