Independents for a Europe of Nations

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Independents for a Europe of Nations
European Parliament group
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NameIndependents for a Europe of Nations
English abbr.I-EN [1]
French abbr.I-EDN [2]
Formal nameGroup of Independents for a Europe of Nations [1] [3]
Ideology Euroscepticism
From20 December 1996 [2]
To20 July 1999 [2]
Preceded by Europe of Nations
Succeeded by Europe of Democracies and Diversities
Chaired by
MEP(s) 15 (5 May 1999) [8]

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

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History

"Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations" [1] [3] was founded on 20 December 1996, [2] 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" [9] [10] on 20 July 1999. [2]

MEPs

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

Member state MEPs Party MEPs Notes
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4 [11] June Movement [11] 2 [11] Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, [11] [12] Jens-Peter Bonde [5] [11]
People's Movement against the EU [11] 2 [11] Ole Krarup, [11] [13] Lis Jensen [11] [14]
Flag of France.svg France 8 [11] Majorité pour l'autre Europe 8 [11] Georges Berthu, [7] [11] Stéphane Buffetaut, [11] [15] Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, [11] [16] Charles De Gaulle, [11] [17] Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, [11] [18] Françoise Seillier, [11] [19] Dominique F.C. Souchet, [11] [20] Frédéric Striby [11] [21]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 [11] SGP - GPV - RPF [11] 2 [11] Rijk Van Dam, [11] [22] Johannes Blokland [6] [11]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 [11] Ulster Unionist Party [11] 1 [11] James Nicholson [11] [23]

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

Member state MEPs Party MEPs Notes
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4 [8] June Movement [8] 2 [8] Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, [8] [12] Jens-Peter Bonde [5] [8]
People's Movement against the EU [8] 2 [8] Ole Krarup, [8] [13] Lis Jensen [8] [14]
Flag of France.svg France 8 [8] Majorité pour l'autre Europe 8 [8] Georges Berthu, [7] [8] Stéphane Buffetaut, [8] [15] Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, [8] [16] Raymond Chesa, [8] [24] Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, [8] [18] Françoise Seillier, [8] [19] Dominique F.C. Souchet, [8] [20] Frédéric Striby [8] [21]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 [8] SGP - GPV - RPF [8] 2 [8] Rijk Van Dam, [8] [22] Johannes Blokland [6] [8]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1 [8] Ulster Unionist Party [8] 1 [8] James Nicholson [8] [23]

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "BBC News - Europe - European parties and groups". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Groupe Indépendance-Démocratie ID". www.europe-politique.eu. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "INFO". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  4. 1 2 European Parliament archive entry for James Goldsmith (incl. Membership)
  5. 1 2 3 4 European Parliament archive entry for Jens-Peter Bonde (incl. Membership)
  6. 1 2 3 4 European Parliament archive entry for Johannes Blokland (incl. Membership)
  7. 1 2 3 4 European Parliament archive entry for Georges Berthu (incl. Membership)
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "News report : 04-05-99". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  9. 1 2 "Annual accounts (financial reports) and internal financial rules of Political Groups". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  10. 1 2 Political Groups of the European Parliament Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "News report : 14-12-98". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  12. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (incl. Membership)
  13. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Ole Krarup (incl. Membership)
  14. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Lis Jensen (incl. Membership)
  15. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Stéphane Buffetaut (incl. Membership)
  16. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (incl. Membership)
  17. 1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Charles De Gaulle (incl. Membership)
  18. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Edouard C.M.P. Des Places (incl. Membership)
  19. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Françoise Seillier (incl. Membership)
  20. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Dominique F.C. Souchet (incl. Membership)
  21. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Frédéric Striby (incl. Membership)
  22. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for Rijk Van Dam (incl. Membership)
  23. 1 2 3 European Parliament archive entry for James Nicholson (incl. Membership)
  24. 1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Raymond Chesa (incl. Membership)