The EDP is a European political party that brings together political parties and Members of the European Parliament who want a Union closer to its citizens. We are a transnational political movement committed to building a European democracy based on the common values of peace, freedom, solidarity and education, while proudly affirming its culture in the world of tomorrow. We are part of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. The European Democratic Party was launched on April 16th 2004 and officially founded on December 9th 2004 in Brussels. The EDP was founded as a reaction to the growing influence of Eurosceptic parties within the European institutions and thus formed a new multinational centrist bloc. The European Democratic Party is ideologically centrist and federalist. Since 2004, the EDP has formed a joint European parliamentary group with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe party.