27 MEPs from the Italian centre-right party Forza Italia, along with MEPs of the Christian Democratic Centre and the Union of the Centre, were elected in the 1994 European election and formed their own Group, self-referentially called "Forza Europa", on 19 July 1994.[11] The group was unique at the time for being dominated one national-level political party, and being composed of MEPs from a single EU member nation.[13] The group was generally sceptical of European integration.[8]
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^Colomer, Josep. How Political Parties, Rather than Member-States, Are Building the European Union. Barcelona: Pompeu Fabra University. p. 6.