Interview with Gérard Deprez (Brussels, 20 May 2010) — Excerpt: Internal tensions within the European People’s Party (EPP) during the Austrian affair in 2000 and the establishment of the Schuman Group

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In this interview excerpt, Gérard Deprez, Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999 (European People’s Party (EPP)), from 1999 to 2004 (Citizens’ Movement for Change (MCC)), from 2004 to 2009 and since 2014 (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)), discusses the internal tensions within the EPP during the Austrian affair in 2000, when EPP member Wolfgang Schüssel formed a government with the far-right party (FPÖ) led by Jörg Haider. Deprez also mentions the Schuman Group set up within the EPP in 2000 by François Bayrou, Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002.

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Source: Interview de Gérard Deprez / GÉRARD DEPREZ, Étienne Deschamps, prise de vue : Nicolas Donnerup.- Bruxelles: CVCE [Prod.], 20.05.2010. CVCE, Sanem. - VIDEO (00:07:51, Couleur, Son original).

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