Europe of Democracies and Diversities

Europe of Democracies and Diversities
European Parliament group
Name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
English abbr.	EDD
French abbr.	EDD
Formal name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities Group
Ideology	Euroscepticism
European parties	Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe
From	20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)
To	20 July 2004 (2004-07-20)
Preceded by	Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations
Succeeded by	Independence/Democracy
Chaired by	Jens-Peter Bonde
MEP(s)	16 (20 July 1999)
Website	europarl.eu.int/edd

Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) was a Eurosceptic ^{[1] [2]} political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2004. Following the 2004 European elections, the group reformed as Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM). ^[1]

Members

Country	Name			Ideology	Membership	MEPs
France		Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition	CPNT	Agrarianism Euroscepticism	1999–2004	6 / 626
Denmark		June Movement	JB	Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
Netherlands		Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	CU–SGP	Christian democracy Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
United Kingdom		UK Independence Party	UKIP	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
Denmark		People's Movement against the EU	FmEU	Euroscepticism	1999–2004	1 / 626
France		Combats Souverainistes	CS	Conservatism Euroscepticism	2001–2004	1 / 626
Poland		League of Polish Families	LPR	National conservatism Euroscepticism	May–July 2004	1 / 626

References

1. David Phinnemore; Lee McGowan (2013). A Dictionary of the European Union. Routledge. p. 276. ISBN   978-1-135-08127-0 . Retrieved 7 August 2013.
2. Lori Thorlakson (2013). "Federalism and the European party system". In Alexander H. Trechsel (ed.). Towards a Federal Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN   978-1-317-99818-1.

External links

• European Parliament Annual Accounts of Political Groups
• Europe Politique
• European Parliament profile of Jens-Peter Bonde
• Entry on Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung