Independents for a Europe of Nations

Independents for a Europe of Nations
European Parliament group
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Name	Independents for a Europe of Nations
English abbr.	I-EN
French abbr.	I-EDN
Formal name	Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations
Ideology	Euroscepticism
From	20 December 1996
To	20 July 1999
Preceded by	Europe of Nations
Succeeded by	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
Chaired by	James Goldsmith (20 December 1996 to 12 May 1997) Jens-Peter Bonde (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999) Johannes Blokland (18 September 1997 to 19 July 1999) Georges Berthu (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999)
MEP(s)	15 (5 May 1999)

Independents for a Europe of Nations was a Eurosceptic political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1996 and 1999.

History

"Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations" was founded on 20 December 1996, succeeding the Europe of Nations group. Following the 1999 European elections, the Group was reorganised into the "Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities" on 20 July 1999.

MEPs

MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 14 December 1998 were as follows:

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
Denmark	4	June Movement	2	Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Jens-Peter Bonde
Denmark	4	People's Movement against the EU	2	Ole Krarup, Lis Jensen
France	8	Majorité pour l'autre Europe	8	Georges Berthu, Stéphane Buffetaut, Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, Charles De Gaulle, Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, Françoise Seillier, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Frédéric Striby
Netherlands	2	SGP - GPV - RPF	2	Rijk Van Dam, Johannes Blokland
United Kingdom	1	Ulster Unionist Party	1	James Nicholson

MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 4 May 1999 were as follows:

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
Denmark	4	June Movement	2	Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Jens-Peter Bonde
Denmark	4	People's Movement against the EU	2	Ole Krarup, Lis Jensen
France	8	Majorité pour l'autre Europe	8	Georges Berthu, Stéphane Buffetaut, Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, Raymond Chesa, Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, Françoise Seillier, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Frédéric Striby
Netherlands	2	SGP - GPV - RPF	2	Rijk Van Dam, Johannes Blokland
United Kingdom	1	Ulster Unionist Party	1	James Nicholson

Sources

References

^ "BBC News - Europe - European parties and groups". news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Groupe Indépendance-Démocratie ID". www.europe-politique.eu.
^ "INFO". www.europarl.europa.eu.
^ European Parliament archive entry for James Goldsmith (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Jens-Peter Bonde (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Johannes Blokland (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Georges Berthu (incl. Membership)
^ "News report : 04-05-99". www.europarl.europa.eu.
^ "Annual accounts (financial reports) and internal financial rules of Political Groups". www.europarl.europa.eu.
^ Political Groups of the European Parliament Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "News report : 14-12-98". www.europarl.europa.eu.
^ European Parliament archive entry for Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Ole Krarup (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Lis Jensen (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Stéphane Buffetaut (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Charles De Gaulle (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Edouard C.M.P. Des Places (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Françoise Seillier (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Dominique F.C. Souchet (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Frédéric Striby (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Rijk Van Dam (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for James Nicholson (incl. Membership)
^ European Parliament archive entry for Raymond Chesa (incl. Membership)

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (188)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (136)
Patriots for Europe (86)
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (80)
Renew Europe (75)
Greens–European Free Alliance (53)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (46)
Europe of Sovereign Nations (25)
Non-Inscrits (30)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019) Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)
National conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) Union for Europe (1995–1999) Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)
Christian democrats / conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) European People's Party (1979–1999) European Conservatives (1973–1979) European Democrats (1979–1992) Forza Europa (1994–1995) European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)
Liberals / centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)
Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1987) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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