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EUROMANIFESTO COLLECTION AND CODING SUMMARY

Euromanifestos

Existing Collected Coded (approximately)

Country (N) (N) (% of col. 1) (N) (% of col. 2)

Euro-Parties 18 18 100% 18 100%

Austria 10 10 100% 10 100%

Finland 13 13 100% 13 100%

Germany 26 26 100% 26 100%

Sweden 14 14 100% 14 100%

The Netherlands 45 34 76% 34 100%

United Kingdom 39 33 85% 33 100%

Italy 84 26 32% 26 100%

Ireland 26 17 65% 17 100%

Greece 31 11 35% 11 100%

Luxembourg 19 18 94% 18 100%

France 48 28 58% 26 93%

Spain 62 34 55% 27 79%

Portugal 20 17 85% 13 76%

Belgium 59 42 71% 29 69%

Denmark 45 40 89% 26 65%

Total 559 381 68% 341 90%

EUROPE (100% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 EPP-ED Europäische Volkspartei-Europäische Demokraten P* P P P P, E+ European People’s Party-European Democrats PES Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas P, E P, E P, E P, E P, E# Party of European Socialists ELDR Liberale und Demokratische Partei Europas P P P, E E P, E European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party EFGP Grüne- Freie Europäische Allianz X X P P P, E European Federation of Green Parties

* German version. + German version also available. # French and German versions also available.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( )

AUSTRIA (100% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1996 1999 SPÖ Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs P P,E Social Democratic Party of Austria ÖVP Österreichische Volkspartei P P,E Austrian People’s Party FPÖ Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs P P,E Freedom Party GRÜNE Die Grünen P P,E LIF Liberales Forum P (P,E)

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) BELGIUM (71% collected, 69% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 Flemish Parties CVP Christelijke Volkspartij P P P P+ Flemish Christian People’s Party SP Socialistische Partij P P P P P,E Flemish VLD Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (renamed 1992, P P P P P,E former PVV- Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang) Flemish Liberals and Democrats VU Volksunie – Vlaamse Vrije Demokraten P P P P P,E* People's Union-Flemish Free Democrats ID 21 Integrale Democratie voor de 21ste Eeuw X X X X P,E* AGALEV Anders Gaan Leven ( ) (P) P P P,E Flemish VB Vlaams Blok X ( ) P P P,E Flemish Block Francophone Parties PS Parti Socialiste P P P,E Socialist Party PRL Parti Réformateur Libéral P* P, E* Liberal Reform Party FDF Front Democratique des Francophones P* (P) P P* P,E* Democratic Front MCC Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement X X X X P,E* (founded 1998) Citizen’s Mouvement for Change Ecologistes Conféderés (founded 1980) X P P P P,E Green Party FN Front National (founded 1985) X X X P,E+ National Front RW Rassemblement Wallon P* ( ) X X X Walloon Movement PSC Parti Social Chrétien P P P,E Christian Social Party CSP Christlich Soziale Partei Christian Democrats

Table to be continued on next page! BELGIUM (continued)

Electoral Alliances FDF/RW P* X X X X FDF/PRL X X X P* X PRL/FDF/MCC X X X X P, E* + VU/ID 21 X X X X P,E* PSC/CSP

* Electoral Alliances issued only one Euromanifesto. + The chapter on Europe of the national programme of the party/alliance was taken as Euromanifesto.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) DENMARK (89% collected, 65% coded)

Initials Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 V Venstre – Danmarks Liberale Parti P P P P P, E Liberal Party SD Socialdemokratiet i Danmark P P P P P, E Social- Democratic Party JB JuniBevægelsen X X X P P, E June Movement against RV Det Radikale Venstre P P P P, E Radical Left Party KF Det Konservative Folkeparti P P P Conservative People's Party FB Folkebevægelsen Mod EU P P P P P, E People's Movement against the EU SF Socialistisk Folkeparti P P P P P, E Socialist People's Party DF Dansk Folkeparti (founded 1995) X X X X P, E Danish People's Party CD Centrum Demokraterne P P P (P) Centre-Democratic Party FrP Fremskridtspartiet P P P P (P) Progress Party Siumut P X X X The Forward Party of Greenland

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) FINLAND (100% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1996 1999 KOK Kansallinen Kokoomus P P,E* National Coalition Party KESK Suoemen Keskusta E** P,E* Centre Party of Finland SDP Suomen Sosialdemokraatinen Puolue E E Social Democratic Party of Finland VIHR Vihreä Liitto E P,E Finnish VAS Vasemmistoliitto P* P,E Left Wing League RKP/SFP Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue/ Svenska Folkpartiet I Finland E P,E Swedish People’s Party in Finland KD Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit (formerly SKL- Suomen Kristillinen Liitto) X P,E The Christian League of Finland Electoral Alliances KESK/RKP/SKL X

* English version. ** KESK did not issue an Euromanifesto for the 1996 EP election. Instead, a document accepted by the party council in November 1995 and by the party congress in June 1996 was collected and coded as an equivalent document.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( )

FRANCE (58% collected, 93% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 PS Parti Socialiste P* PES P PES Socialist Party PRG Parti Radical de Gauche (formerly MRG) P* X P, E Radical Left Party MDC Mouvement des Citoyens (founded 1992) X X X P The Citizen’s Movement UDF UDF Nouvelle (since 1998, formerly UDF) P* P* E New Union for French Democracy RPR Rassemblement pour la République P P P* P* P, E* DL Démocratie Libérale (split in 1998 from UDF) X X X X P, E* French Liberal Party RPFie Rassemblement pour la France et l’Indépendance de l’Europe (1994 - Mouvement pour la France) X X X P P, E Rally for France and an independent Europe, Verts Les Verts (founded 1984) X X (P)** P, E The Greens PCF Parti Communiste Français P P P P P, E Communist Party of France LO Lutte Ouvrière ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P, E Workers Fight LCR Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire X X X X P, E Revolutionary Communist League FN Front National X P P, E National Front CPNT Chasse, Peche, Nature, Traditions (founded 1989) X X P (P ) P, E Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions ER Energie Radicale (1994) X X X P X Radical Energy CDS Centre Democrates Sociaux X X X X Centre of Social Democrats UPC Unione di Populu Corsu ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) The Corsican People’s Union

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto. ** The Greens ran two separate lists in 1994.

Table to be continued on next page! FRANCE (continued)

Electoral Alliances RPR/UDF X P* P* X RPR/DL X X X X P, E* PS/PRG P* X PS/PRG/MDC X X X X LO/LCR X X X X Verts/UPC X X X X

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto. ** The Greens ran two separate lists in 1994.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) GERMANY (100% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands P P EPP P P, E Christian Democratic Union of Germany CSU Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. P P P P P, E Christian Social Union in Bavaria SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands P P SPE SPE SPE Social Democratic Party B90/GR Bündnis 90/Grüne P P P P P, E Greens/Alliance 90 PDS Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus X X X P P, E Party for Democratic Socialism FDP Freie Demokratische Partei- Die Liberalen P P P P (P,E) Free Democratic Party - The Liberals REP Die Republikaner X X P (P) (P,E)

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) GREECE (35% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1981 1984 1989 1994 1999 ND Nea Dimokratia E New Democracy PASOK Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima P P P Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement KKE Kommounistiko Komma Ellados P P P P Communist Party of Greece DIKKI Dimokratiki Kinoniku Kinima (founded 1995) X X X X E,P Democratic Social Movement SYN Synapsismos tis Aristeres ke ti Proodu (founded as party 1992)* X X X ( ) E,P Coalition of the Left and Progress POLAN Politiki Anixi (founded 1993) X X X (E,P) The Political Spring DIANA Demokratiki Ananeossi X X X Democratic Renewal KKE.es Kommounistiko Komma Ellados –esoterikou The X X Communist Party of Greece-interior EPEN Ethniki Politiki Enosis X X National Political Union KODISO Komma Dimokratikou Sosialismou X X X Democratic Socialists KP Komma ton Prodeftikon X X X X Electoral Alliances KKE/KKE.es/EDA ‘Synaspismos’ X X X X

* Synaspismos started in 1989 as a coalition of the Left and Progress, consisting of the KKE, KKE-es, EDA and other leftist splinter groups. After the KKE left the coalition in 1991, the coalition decided to unite as an official party, and Synaspismos was formed in June 1992.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) IRELAND (65% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 FF Fianna Fáil-The Republican Party P P E FG Fine Gael (Family of the Irish) P P P E Lab Labour Party P PES PES P E GP Comahoantas Glass-Green Party (founded 1983) X () () E PD Progressive Democrats (founded 1985) X X P X WP Workers Party () () P P (P)

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( )

ITALY (32% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 FI (founded 1994) X X X P E Italy Ahead AN Alleanza Nazionale (renamed 1994, formerly MSI- DNMovimento Sociale Italiano-Destra Nazionale P E National Alliance MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolori (split from AN 1995) X X X X Segni Patto Segni (founded 1994) X X X E Pact Segni PCI Partito Comunista Italiano P X X Party of Italian Communists PDS Partito Democratico della Sinistra (founded 1991 as successor of PCI) X X X P E PRC Partito Rifondazione Comunista (founded 1991) X X X P E Communist Refoundation Party PdCI Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (since 1998) X X X X P Party of Italian Communists PR Partito Radicale (1994 ‘Lista Pannella Riformatori’/ 1999 ‘Lista Emma Bonino’) E Antiproibizionisti X X X Antiprohibitionist Rete La Rete (founded 1991) X X X X The Network Dem I Democratici X X X X E LN Lega Nord (renamed 1991, formerly LL-Lega Lombarda) X P P Northern League PPI Partito Populare Italiano (renamed 1994, formerly DP-Democrazia Cristiana) P P P P People’s Party of Italy CCD Centro Cristiano Democratico (founded 1994) X X X (P) Christian-Democratic Centre CDU Cristiani Democratici Uniti (founded 1995) X X X X Christian Democratic Union FdV Federazione delle Liste Verdi X X X Federation of the Green List

Table to be continued on next page! ITALY (continued)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 ARCOB Verdi Arcobaleno X X X X Greens Rainbow Fed. V Federazione dei Verdi (founded 1990) X X X P Federation of Greens SDI Socialisti Democratici Italiani (formerly PSI- Partito Socialista Italiano) P Socialist Party of Italy PSDI Partito Socialdemocratico Italiano X Social Democratic Party of Italy DP Democrazia Proletaria X X Proletarian Democrats FDL Federazione de Liberali Italiani (formerly PLI- Partito Liberale Italiano) (E)* PRI Partito Republicano Italiano E* UD.EUR Unione Democratici Europei (founded 1998) X X X X Democrats Union for Europe RI-DINI Rinnovamento Italiano – Dini X X X X Italian Renovation-List Dini PP Partito Pensionati X X X X Pensioners Party SVP Südtiroler Volkspartei P South Tyrol People's Party LAM Lega d'Azione Meridionale (Lista Cito) ( ) League of Southern Action UV Union Valdotaine (‘Liste Federalismo’) ( ) Valdotaine Union Electoral Alliances PDS/PRC X X X X PR/PLI/PRI ‘Polo Laico’ X X X X FLI/PRI X X X X E* CCD/FI X X X X AN/Segni X X X X Ulivo (founded 1996, 13 parties of the political X X X X E centre and the left)

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) LUXEMBOURG (94% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 CSV Chreschtlich Sozial Vollekspartei P P P P P Christian Social People's Party LSAP Letzebuergesch Sozialistesch Arbechterpartei P P P E Socialist Workers' Party of Luxembourg DP Demokratesch Partei P+ P+ P P P Democratic Party DGA Déi Gréng Alternativ X (P) + (P) (P) P The Green Alternative

+ Excerpts of the national manifestos dealing with Europe of the DP and the DGA from the years 1979 and/or 1984 were taken as substitutes.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( )

THE NETHERLANDS (76% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1979 1984 1989 19941999 CDA Christen Democratisch Appel EPP EPP Christian-Democratic Appeal PvdA Partij van de Arbeid P P P P E Labour Party VVD Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie P E People's Party for Freedom and Democracy GL GroenLinks (founded 1990) X X X P E Green Left D66 Democraten 66 P P P E P Democrats 66 RPF Reformatorische Politieke Federatie X P P P* E* Reformatorian Political Federation SGP Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij P P P P* E* Political Reformed Party GPV Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond P P P P* E* Reformed Political League SP Socialistische Partij X X (P) P E Socialist Party PPR Politieke Partij Radikalen (P) X X Radical Party PSP Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij X X Pacifist Socialist Party CPN Communistische Partij van Nederland (P) X X Communist Party of the Netherlands Electoral Alliances RPF/SGP/GPV X P P P* E* GPA ( progressiv accord): X X X X CPN/GPN/PPR/PSP** GLA/Regenboog: CPN/PPR/PSP (predecessor of X X P X X Groen Links)**

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto. ** Communistische Partij Nederland (CPN), Groene Partij Nederland (GPN), Politieke Partij Radicalen (PPR), Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij (PSP) are considered as predecessors of Groen Links.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) PORTUGAL (85% collected, 76% coded)

Initials Party Name 1987 1989 1994 1999 PSP Partido Socialista Portuguêsa P P E Socialist Party PSD Partido Social Democrata P P P P Social Democratic Party PCP Partido Comunista Português P P E Portuguese Communist Party PEV Partido Ecologista-Os Verdes (founded 1985) P P -The Greens PP Partido Popular (renamed 1995, formerly CDS - Partido do Centro Democrático Social ) P P P People's Party PRD Partido Renovador Democrático X X X Democratic Renewal Party Electoral Alliance CDU Coligacao Democratica Unitaria (PCP/PEV) P E Unitarian Democratic Coalition

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) SPAIN (55% collected, 79% coded)

Initials Party Name 1987 1989 1994 1999 PP Partido Popular (renamed 1989, formerly AP- Allianza Popular P P P P People's Party PSOE Partido Socialista Obrero Español P P P P Socialist Workers' Party of Spain IU Izquierda Unida (renamed 1989, formerly IU/IC - Izquierda Unida/Iniciativa per Catalunya) P P P P United Left CDC Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya P* P* P* E* Democratic Convergence of Catalonia UDC Unio Democratica de Catalunya P* P* P* E* Democratic Union of Catalonia CC Coalición Canaria

Canarian Coalition PA Partido Andalucista P, E Andalusian Party PNV Partido Nacionalista Vasco E E E E* Basque Nationalist Party EA Eusko Alkartasuna P P* E* Basque Solidarity ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya P P E* Republican Left of Catalonia UM Union Mallorquina E* Majorcan Union UV Union Valencia

Valencian Union PAR Partido Aragones Regionalista

Aragonese Party EH Euskal Herritarrok (renamed 1998, formerly HB - Herri Batasuna) P P Basque Country BNG Bloque Nacionalista Gallego P P Galician Nacionalist Bloc CDS Centro Democrático y Social/Coalición Foro P P ( ) Social and Democratic Center/Coalition Forum ARM Agrupación Ruiz-Mateos X (P) ( ) Ruiz-Mateos Group

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto.

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SPAIN (continued)

Electoral Alliances CiU Convèrgencia I Unió (CDC/UDC) P* P* P* E* Convergence and Union Izquierda de los Pueblos: (EE, PSG-EG, UPV, X P X X ENE, PSM, AV, UA-CHA, PSM, PSA) Coalición “Europa de los Pueblos”(1987 : EA, X X ERC, PNG ;1989 : EA (1), ERC, PNG, Por la Europa de los Pueblos (1994: EA, ERC, X X P* X ACC, ENE, TC, PNC) Coalición Nacionalista (1989:EAJ-PNV, AIC, CG, PANCAL;1994: PNV, AIC, CG, X X PANCAL) CNEP Coalición Nacionalista/Europa de los Pueblos X X X E* (1999: PNV; EA; ERC-EV; UM) Coalición Europea (CC, PA, PAR, UV) X X X

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) SWEDEN (100% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name 1996 1999 SAP Sverige Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti E P Swedish Social Democratic Party MSP Moderata Samlingspartiet P P Moderate Rally Party VP Vänsterpartiet P P Left Party FP Folkpartiet Liberalerna P P People's Party Liberals MPG Miljöpartiet de Gröna P P Environmental Party the Greens KD Kristdemokraterna P P The Christian-Democrats CP Centerpartiet E P Centre Party

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( ) UNITED KINGDOM (87% collected, 100% coded)

Initials Party Name (Great Britain) 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 CON Conservative Party P P P P E LAB Labour Party P P P P PES LDP Liberal Democratic Party (founded 1988 as ‘Social X X P P P and Liberal Democrats’, renamed 1989) LP Liberal Party P* X X X SDP Social Democratic Party X P* X X X UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party X X X (P) P Greens Green Party (founded 1985) X X ( ) ( ) E SNP Scottish National Party E PC Plaid Cymru ( ) (P) ( ) (P) P Initials Party Name (Northern Ireland) (87%) DUP Democratic Unionist Party P P P P SDLP Social Democratic and Labour Party P P P P P UUP Ulster Unionist Party P P P P Electoral Alliances LP/SDP X P* X X X

* Electoral Alliance issued only one Euromanifesto.

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Electronic File of European Election Programme: E Paper Copy of European Election Programme: P EM of the corresponding Euro-Party: EPP, PES, ELDR, EFGP No Candidature/Party Not in Existence: X Party gained no Seat: ( )