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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 James Goldsmith (20 December 1996 to 12 May 1997) [4]

Jens-Peter Bonde (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999) [5]
Johannes Blokland (18 September 1997 to 19 July 1999) [6]

Georges Berthu (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999) [7]
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.

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
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]
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]
Netherlands 2 [11] SGP - GPV - RPF [11] 2 [11] Rijk Van Dam, [11] [22] Johannes Blokland [6] [11]
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
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]
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]
Netherlands 2 [8] SGP - GPV - RPF [8] 2 [8] Rijk Van Dam, [8] [22] Johannes Blokland [6] [8]
United Kingdom 1 [8] Ulster Unionist Party [8] 1 [8] James Nicholson [8] [23]

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b c d "BBC News - Europe - European parties and groups". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Groupe Indépendance-Démocratie ID". www.europe-politique.eu.
  3. ^ a b c "INFO". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  4. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for James Goldsmith (incl. Membership)
  5. ^ a b c d European Parliament archive entry for Jens-Peter Bonde (incl. Membership)
  6. ^ a b c d European Parliament archive entry for Johannes Blokland (incl. Membership)
  7. ^ a b c d European Parliament archive entry for Georges Berthu (incl. Membership)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "News report : 04-05-99". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  9. ^ a b "Annual accounts (financial reports) and internal financial rules of Political Groups". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  10. ^ a b Political Groups of the European Parliament Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "News report : 14-12-98". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  12. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (incl. Membership)
  13. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Ole Krarup (incl. Membership)
  14. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Lis Jensen (incl. Membership)
  15. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Stéphane Buffetaut (incl. Membership)
  16. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (incl. Membership)
  17. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Charles De Gaulle (incl. Membership)
  18. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Edouard C.M.P. Des Places (incl. Membership)
  19. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Françoise Seillier (incl. Membership)
  20. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Dominique F.C. Souchet (incl. Membership)
  21. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Frédéric Striby (incl. Membership)
  22. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for Rijk Van Dam (incl. Membership)
  23. ^ a b c European Parliament archive entry for James Nicholson (incl. Membership)
  24. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Raymond Chesa (incl. Membership)