Pro-Euro Conservative Party | |
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Founded | 10 March 1999[1] |
Dissolved | 10 December 2001 |
Split from | Conservative Party |
Merged into | Liberal Democrats |
Ideology | One-nation conservatism Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Colours | Blue, Yellow |
The Pro-Euro Conservative Party was a minor, Pro-European British political party, announced by John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly in February 1999, formed to contest the 1999 European Parliament election.[2][3] The founders were Members of the European Parliament who had resigned from the UK Conservative Party[4] in protest at its anti-euro stance.[3] Their reported aim was to replace Eurosceptic William Hague as Conservative leader with Europhile Kenneth Clarke.[5][6] Stevens later said that they had intended to push Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine, Chris Patten and other pro-Europeans in the Conservative Party into "an SDP-style breakaway, in combination with the Liberal Democrats".[7][8] The Pro-Euro Conservative Party disbanded in 2001.[9]
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