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{{Short description|Centrist European political party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode        = {{EUPP data|color}}
| name             = {{EUPP data|official name}}
| abbreviation     = {{EUPP data|acronym}}
| logo             = EDP logo.png
| logo_size        = 300px
| president        = [[François Bayrou]] ([[France|FR]])
| secretary_general = [[Sandro Gozi]] ([[Italy|IT]])
| foundation       = {{start date and age|df=y|2004|12|9}}
| split            = [[European People's Party]]
| headquarters     = Rue Montoyer 25,<br />1000 [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
| think_tank       = [[Institute of European Democrats]]
| youth_wing       = [[Young Democrats for Europe]]
| membership_year  = {{EUPP data|individual members date}}
| membership       = {{EUPP data|individual members}}
| ideology         = [[Centrism]]{{refn|<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref name="McCormick2015"/><ref name="Pehrson2009"/><ref name="Niedermayer2013"/>}}<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="BrackCosta2014">{{cite book|first1=Nathalie|last1=Brack|first2=Olivier|last2=Costa|title=How the EU Really Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cOSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|year=2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-1465-6|page=120}}</ref>
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]]{{refn|<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|title=European Union|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2019|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref name="McCormick2015"/><ref name="Pehrson2009"/><ref name="Niedermayer2013"/>}}
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| colours          = {{color box|{{EUPP data|color}}}} Orange
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| seats1_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats1           = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats2_title     = {{nobr|[[European Commission]]}}
| seats2           = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EC}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Council]]
| seats3           = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EUCO}}
| seats4_title     = [[National parliaments of the European Union|European<br/>Lower Houses]]
| seats4           = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}
| seats5_title     = [[National parliaments of the European Union|European<br/>Upper Houses]]
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| website          = {{EUPP data|website}}
| country          = the European Union
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The '''European Democratic Party''' ('''EDP'''; [[French language|French]]: ''Parti démocrate européen'', '''PDE'''), also known as the '''European Democrats''', is a [[Centrism|centrist]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref name="McCormick2015">{{cite book|first=John|last=McCormick|title=European Union Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xw2tCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA247|year=2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-45340-2|page=247}}</ref><ref name="Pehrson2009">{{cite book|first=Lars|last=Pehrson|title=How Unified Is the European Union?: European Integration Between Visions and Popular Legitimacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8tL9yHvTFwC&pg=PA160|date=12 June 2009|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-540-95855-0|page=160}}</ref><ref name="Niedermayer2013">{{cite book|first=Oskar|last=Niedermayer|title=Handbuch Parteienforschung|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UP4h6r5apHkC&pg=PA831|date=1 May 2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-531-18932-1|page=831}}</ref> [[European political party]] in favour of [[European integration]]. 
Within the [[European Parliament]], its MEPs form the [[Renew Europe]] group, together with those of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] party and the French [[Renaissance (French political party)|Renaissance]] party. The President is [[François Bayrou]].

The youth wing of the EDP is the [[Young Democrats for Europe]] (YDE).

As of 2025, EDP members participate in the national government of three [[Member state of the European Union|EU member states]]: EDP President [[François Bayrou]] leading the [[Bayrou government|government]] in France, [[Les Engagés]] in Belgium, which participates in the [[De Wever Government|government]] of [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] [[Bart De Wever]] and, EDP individual member [[Marian Harkin]], who participates in the [[Government of the 34th Dáil|government]] of [[Taoiseach|Prime Minister]] [[Micheál Martin]]. Two European regions are also led by an EDP politician, with Spain's [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] being led by [[Imanol Pradales]] of the [[Basque Nationalist Party]] and with Spain's [[Canary Islands]] being led by [[Fernando Clavijo Batlle]] of the [[Canarian Coalition]]; EDP member [[Free Voters of Bavaria|Free Voters]] participates as a junior coalition partner in the state government of [[Bavaria]] in Germany, as does [[Italia Viva]] in [[Emilia-Romagna]], [[Tuscany]], [[Campania]] and [[Basilicata]] and [[Les Engagés (political party)|Les Engagés]] in [[Wallonia]] and the [[French Community of Belgium|Wallonia-Brussels Federation]].

The European Democratic Party is also a member of the [[European Movement International]] and was a member of the [[Alliance of Democrats (political international)|World Alliance of Democrats]] until its dissolution in 2012.

== History ==
The European Democratic Party was initiated on 16 April 2004 and formally founded on 9 December 2004 in [[Brussels]].

In 2005, the European Democratic Party, together with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|United States Democratic Party]] and the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]], co-founded the [[Alliance of Democrats (political international)|Alliance of Democrats]] international.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-22 |title=Presentation - EDP – European Democratic Party |url=http://www.pde-edp.eu/en/alliance-of-democrats/presentation |access-date=2024-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222134852/http://www.pde-edp.eu/en/alliance-of-democrats/presentation |archive-date=22 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-16 |title=Towards a new Alliance of Democrats |url=http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70 |url-status= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120216013217/http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70|access-date=2024-06-22 |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref>

[[François Bayrou]] of the [[Union for French Democracy]] and later the [[Democratic Movement (France)|Democratic Movement]] (MoDem) and [[Francesco Rutelli]], former leader of the [[Democracy is Freedom]] and [[Alliance for Italy]] parties, served as the two co-presidents until 2019. Now, François Bayrou serves as the only president.

The EDP was founded in reaction to the rising influence of [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]] parties within European institutions.  It drew [[Pro-Europeanism|pro-European]] centrist parties from the [[European People's Party (European Parliament group)|European People's Party]] (EPP) group to form a new centrist multinational bloc. Its co-founder [[François Bayrou]] described it as a party for people being ''neither conservative nor socialist." ''

Since the beginning of the [[Sixth European Parliament|6th European Parliament]] of 2004–2009, the EDP has formed a joint European parliamentary group with the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]] called the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (ALDE) group. This parliamentary group was renamed in 2019 as [[Renew Europe]].

The European Democratic Party is ideologically [[centrist]] and [[Federalisation of the European Union|federalist]].<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yHD-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22volt+europa%22+liberal+social&pg=PA237 | title = European Society | author = Alberto Martinelli & Alessandro Cavalli | publisher = Brill | volume = 133 | year = 2020 | page = 237 | isbn = 9789004351776 | quote = ''The European Democratic Party'' (EDP) is a centrist, social-liberal, and federalist party that stands for a more democratic, integrated EU closer to its citizens. Between 2004 and now (end of 2019) the EDP has formed a joint European parliamentary group with ALDE.}}</ref> Some major members and affiliated parties like [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ-PNV]], [[Free Voters]], [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]], [[Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement|MCC]], [[Canarian Coalition]] and the disbanded [[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy]] follow a [[christian democracy|Christian democratic]] or [[liberal conservatism|liberal conservative]] line.

At its 20th anniversary congress in [[Brussels]] in December 2024, the party adopted a new orange brand identity and logo, taking on the short name ‘Democrats’.

==Membership==
Members are national and regional political parties as well as members of the European Parliament, national and regional parliaments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our members |url=https://democrats.eu/en/the-european-democratic-party/#members |website=democrats.eu |date=24 June 2022 |publisher=EDP |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

===Current members===
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|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Country or Region
! colspan=2 | Party
! Leader
! [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]]{{efn|The number of MEPs listed below may not match the total number of MEPs of the European party, as it does not include MEPs who join as individual members.}}
! National lower houses
! National upper houses
! Position in national legislature
|-
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Citizens' Forum Austria}}|
|[[Citizens' Forum Austria]]<br />{{lang|de|Bürgerforum Österreich}} (FRITZ)
|[[:de:Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider|Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Les Engagés}}|
|[[Les Engagés]]<br />{{lang|fr|Les Engagés}} (LE)
|[[Yvan Verougstraete]]
|{{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|14|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|5|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Citizens' Movement for Change}}|
|[[Marie-Christine Marghem]]<br />([[Mouvement Réformateur|MR]] and [[Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement|MCC]]; Individual member)
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|1|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|style=background:{{party colour|People's Party - Reformists}}|
|[[People's Party – Reformists]]<br />{{lang|hr|Narodna stranka – Reformisti}} (NS-R)
|[[Radimir Čačić]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Democratic Party (Cyprus)}}|
|Pavlos Mylonas<br />([[Democratic Party (Cyprus)|DIKO]]; individual member)
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|1|56|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=MYLONAS Pavlos |url=https://www.parliament.cy/tr/general-information/composition/members-of-the-house/biographical-notes/mylonas-pavlos |website=parliament.cy |publisher=[[House of Representatives (Cyprus)]] |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|style=background:{{party colour|SEN 21}}|
|[[SEN 21]]<br />''SEN 21''
|[[Václav Láska (politician)|Václav Láska]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|France}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Democratic Movement (France)}}|
|[[Democratic Movement (France)|Democratic Movement]]<br />{{lang|fr|Mouvement démocrate}} (MoDem)
|[[François Bayrou]]
|{{Composition bar|3|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|48|577|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|348|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Italia Viva}}|
|rowspan=2 | [[Sandro Gozi]]<br />(MoDem / [[Italia Viva|IV]]; individual member) 
|rowspan=2 | <nowiki>-</nowiki>
|rowspan=2 | {{Composition bar|1|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|rowspan=2 | <nowiki>-</nowiki>
|rowspan=2 | <nowiki>-</nowiki>
|rowspan=2 style=background:#e8e8e8;text-align:center | {{em dash}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Democratic Movement (France)}}|
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Free Voters}}|
|[[Free Voters]]<br />{{lang|de|Freie Wähler}} (FW)
|[[Hubert Aiwanger]]
|{{Composition bar|3|96|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|735|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|2|69|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|style=background:#660fa2|
|[[Movement for Democracy (Greece)|Movement for Democracy]]<br />Κίνημα Δημοκρατίας
|[[Stefanos Kasselakis]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
||{{Composition bar|5|300|hex={{party color|Movement for Democracy (Greece)}}}}{{efn|Τhe party has no parliamentary group, however 5 independent members of the Greek parliament are members of the party}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|style=background:#002e5d|
|[[Everybody's Hungary People's Party]]<br />{{lang|hu|Mindenki Magyarországa Néppárt}} (MMN)
|[[Péter Márki-Zay]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Italy}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Italia Viva}}|
|[[Italia Viva]]<br />{{lang|it|Italia Viva}} (IV)
|[[Matteo Renzi]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|7|400|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|8|200|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|style=background:#20588f|
|[[New Times – United Populars]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Merlo |first=Giorgio |date=2023-10-17 |title=Tempi Nuovi ha scelto il PDE per motivi di coerenza |url=https://ildomaniditalia.eu/tempi-nuovi-ha-scelto-il-pde-per-motivi-di-coerenza/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Il Domani d'Italia |language=it-IT}}</ref><br />{{lang|it|Tempi Nuovi – Popolari Uniti}}
|[[Giuseppe Fioroni]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Ireland}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Independent Ireland}}|
|[[Independent Ireland]] (II)
|[[Michael Collins (politician, born 1968)|Michael Collins]]
|{{Composition bar|1|14|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|174|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Independent}}|
|[[Marian Harkin]] (Independent; Individual member)
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|1|174|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|style=background:#1BA99E|
|[[Momentum (political party)|Momentum]] (M)
|[[Arnold Cassola]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|style=background:{{party colour|50PLUS}}|
|[[50PLUS]] (50+)
|[[Martin van Rooijen]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|0|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|75|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Alliance of Democrats (Poland)}}|
|[[Alliance of Democrats (Poland)|Alliance of Democrats]]<br />{{lang|pl|Stronnictwo Demokratyczne}}
|[[Paweł Piskorski]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Together for the People}}|
|[[Together for the People]]<br />{{lang|pt|Juntos pelo Povo}} (JPP)
|[[Élvio Sousa]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|1|230|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Future Republic}}|
|[[Future Republic]]<br />{{lang|it|Repubblica Futura}} (RF)
|Mario Venturini
|''Not in EU''
|{{Composition bar|6|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|style=background:{{party colour|Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia}}|
|[[Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia]] <br />{{lang|sl|Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije}} (DeSUS)
|Ljubo Jasnič
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{No|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Spain}}<br />
|style=background:{{party colour|Basque Nationalist Party}}|
|[[Basque Nationalist Party]]<br />{{lang|eu|Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea}} (EAJ)<br />{{lang|es|Partido Nacionalista Vasco}} (PNV)
|[[Andoni Ortuzar]]
|{{Composition bar|1|61|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|6|350|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|10|265|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{partial|Confidence and supply}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Canarian Coalition}}|
|[[Canarian Coalition]]<br />{{lang|es|Coalición Canaria}} (CC)
|[[Fernando Clavijo Batlle]]
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{Composition bar|1|350|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|265|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}
|{{partial|Confidence and supply}}
|-
|style=background:{{party colour|Commitment to Galicia}}|
|[[Commitment to Galicia]]<br />{{lang|es|Compromiso por Galicia}} (CxG)
|Juan Carlos Piñeiro
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

===Former members===

* {{Flagu|Croatia}} : [[National Forum (Croatia)|National Forum]] (''Nacionalni forum''), joined EDP in 2014, disbanded in 2015
* {{Flagu|Cyprus}}: 
**[[European Party (Cyprus)|European Party]]
**[[Citizens' Alliance (Cyprus)|Citizens' Alliance]]
* {{Flagu|Czech Republic}}: 
**[[Party for the Open Society]]
**[[Cesta změny|Way to Change]], founding member of EDP, disbanded in 2009
* {{Flagu|France}}:
**[[Union for French Democracy]], founding member of EDP, disbanded in 2007, succeeded by MoDem
**[[Union of Democrats and Independents]] joined the ALDE party on 2 December 2016
* {{Flagu|Hungary}}:
**[[New Start (Hungary)|New Start]] dissolved in 24 February 2025
* {{Flagu|Italy}}: 
**[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy]], founding member of EDP, merged into the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] in 2007, MEPs [[Mario Pirillo]], [[Silvia Costa (politician)|Silvia Costa]] and [[Vittorio Prodi]] stayed as individual members until 2014, now member of [[Party of European Socialists|PES]]
**[[Alliance for Italy]], party disbanded by the end of 2016
**[[European Democratic Party Italy]] (''Partito Democratico Europeo Italia'') disbanded in 2021.
**[[Action (Italian political party)|Action]], left in September 2023
**[[L'Italia c'è]], left in 2025
* {{Flagu|Lithuania}}: [[Labour Party (Lithuania)|Labour Party]], left in 2012 to join the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE]] party
* {{flagu|Portugal}}
** [[Democratic Republican Party (Portugal)|Democratic Republican Party]], joined EDP in 2015, succeeded by National Democratic Alternative in 2021
** [[National Democratic Alternative (Portugal)|National Democratic Alternative]], left EDP in 2022, due to ideological divergencies regarding the [[LGBT community]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://adn.com.pt/adn-devincula-pde-edp/ | title=ADN desvincula-se do PDE/EDP devido a posições polémicas – Partido ADN | date=June 2022 }}</ref>
* {{Flagu|Romania}}
** [[PRO Romania]] (''PRO România''), left in 2022 to join [[Party of European Socialists]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=robin |date=2022-10-15 |title=PES Congress welcomes new PES leadership team and four new member parties |url=https://pes.eu/pes/pes-congress-welcomes-new-pes-leadership-team-and-four-new-member-parties/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Party of European Socialists |language=en-GB}}</ref>
** [[Association of Italians of Romania]], left in 2022
* {{Flagu|Slovakia}}: 
**[[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia]], joined EDP in 2009, disbanded in 2014, succeeded by Democratic Slovakia Party
**[[National Coalition / Independent Candidates|Democratic Slovakia Party]] ('Strana Demokratického Slovenska') and [[European Democratic Party (Slovakia)|European Democratic Party]] (''{{lang|sk|Europska Demokraticka Strana}}'') in 2019
**[[Alena Bašistová]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Individual membership request from MP Alena #Bašistová (SK) has just been accepted by the #EDPCouncil in #Coimbra. Welcome! #EDPCoimbrapic.twitter.com/RiOAZGrfQ7|url=https://twitter.com/PDE_EDP/status/880709308073291776|last=Democrats|first=European|date=30 June 2017|website=@PDE_EDP|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}} (Independent), not reelected in 2020

=== Individual members ===

The EDP also includes a number of individual members, although, as most other European parties, it has not sought to develop mass individual membership.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hertner |first1=Isabelle |date=9 September 2018 |title=United in diversity? Europarties and their individual members’ rights |url= |journal=Journal of European Integration |volume=41 |issue=4 |publisher=Routledge |pages=487-505 |doi=10.1080/07036337.2018.1513500}}</ref>

Below is the evolution of individual membership of the EDP since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/en/political-parties-and-foundations/audit-reports-and-donations |title=Audit reports and donations |website=[[European Parliament]]}}</ref>
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== Funding ==

As a registered European political party, the EDP is entitled to [[Funding of European political parties#European public funding|European public funding]], which it has received continuously since 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/files/political-parties-and-foundations/european-political-parties/en-funding-amounts-parties-2025.pdf |website=European Parliament |title=Funding from the European Parliament to European political parties per party and per year |access-date=9 July 2025 }}</ref>

Below is the evolution of European public funding received by the EDP.
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In line with the Regulation on European political parties and European political foundations, the EDP also raises [[Funding of European political parties#Private funding|private funds]] to co-finance its activities. As of 2025, European parties must raise at least 10% of their reimbursable expenditure from private sources, while the rest can be covered using European public funding.{{efn|For the purpose of European party funding, "contributions" refer to financial or in-kind support provided by party members, while "donations" refer to the same but provided by non-members.}}

Below is the evolution of contributions and donations received by the EDP.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/en/political-parties-and-foundations/audit-reports-and-donations |title=Audit reports and donations |website=European Parliament |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="epfo">{{cite web |url=https://epfo.eu/understanding-party-funding |title=EPFO - Understanding party funding |website=European Party Funding Observatory |publisher=European Democracy Consulting Stiftung |access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref>
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==Elected representatives of member parties==
===European institutions===
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! Organisation !! Institution !! Number of seats 
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|rowspan=5 | {{EU}} || [[European Parliament]] || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EP|percent=yes|reference=yes}}
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| [[European Commission]] || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EC|percent=yes|reference=yes}}
|-
| [[European Council]]<br /><small>(Heads of Government)</small> || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EUCO|percent=yes|reference=yes}}
|-
| [[Council of the European Union]]<br /><small>(Participation in Government)</small> ||
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==See also==
* [[European political party]]
* [[Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations]]
* [[European political foundation]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|European Democratic Party}}
* {{official website}}

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