EUDemocrats
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| President | Hanne Dahl |
| Founded | November 8, 2005 |
| Headquarters | 113-115, Rue du Trône, 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
| Political Ideology | EU-critical |
| International Affiliation | none |
| European Parliament Group | Independence and Democracy |
| Colours | Orange and Blue |
| Website | eudemocrats.org |
| See also | Politics of the EU |
- For other uses, see European Democrats (disambiguation).
EUDemocrats (EUD) is an alliance of parties, movements and political organisations operating as a transnational Party at a European level (European political party), and incorporating members from both the centre-left and the centre-right.
The party was set up under Danish law on 7 November 2005 and founded as a European Party in Brussels on 8 November 2005. The first congress was held in Brussels on 24 February 2006. EUD's platform is not concerned with right or left ideologies since it believes that such politics are best left under the democratic control of the citizens of member states and regions. Veteran Danish MEP Jens-Peter Bonde was the inspiration behind the creation of the EUD.
According to its political platform, the EUD believes in decision-making at the lowest possible levels, giving an effective voice to the citizens of the member states, regions and national minorities. It aims to unite those who are critical of the EU for its undemocratic development and its ever-centralising political features.
EUD is opposed to the centralisation of EU power, especially the empowerment for the EU to self-empower, which it describes as a sad development in the history of democracy in Europe. EUD urges for the peoples’ scrutiny and control over EU institutional powers and actions, recalling what history teaches us of past undemocratic systems of government in Europe.
The operational aim of EUD is to act as an effective political platform and a campaigns organisation that is able to influence pan-European politics towards democratic development. It is also EUD's aim to have affiliated candidates elected in European elections on its political platform.
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[edit] Membership
[edit] Political parties
- June Movement (JuniBevægelsen) (Denmark)
- 1 MEP: Jens-Peter Bonde
- Direct Democracy (Hnutie Domova) (Slovakia)
- New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti) (Latvia)
- Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) (Poland)
- 56 MPs and 3 senators
- 5 MEPs: Marek Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Wiesław Kuc, Jan Masiel, Leopold Rutowicz
- June List (Junijska lista) (Slovenia)
- New Democracy (Partido Da Nova Democracia) (Portugal)
[edit] Popular social movements
- Arise the Republic (Debout la République) (France)
- 1 MP: Nicholas Dupont-Aignan (elected as UMP deputy)
- Movement No to EU (Estonia)
- National Platform (Ireland)
- People's Movement (Ireland)
- Eurosceptic Political Organisation (Latvia)
[edit] Individual parliamentarians
One Member of the European Parliament and three Members of National Parliaments have also aligned with EUD in their capacity as individuals, although their parties have no formal links:
- Igor Gräzin MP [Reform Party] (Estonia)
- David Heathcoat-Amory MP [Conservative Party] (United Kingdom)
- Sándor Lezsák MP and András Püski MP [Fidesz-KDNP] (Hungary)
- Kathy Sinnott MEP, Independent, (Ireland)
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[edit] Notes
- ↑ Although EUD has a professed affinity for the Ind/Dem group, only Bonde and Sinnott are currently sitting in it, with Samoobrona instead in the Union for Europe of the Nations group.
- ↑ One additional Samoobrona MEP, Bogdan Golik, sits with the Party of European Socialists group in the EP and is thus not affiliated with EUD.
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European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | European Green Party | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | Party of the European Left | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | European People's Party | Party of European Socialists |
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European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform |
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EPP–ED (264) | PES (200) | ALDE (90) | UEN (44) | Greens–EFA (42) | EUL–NGL (41) | IND/DEM (23) | N/A (28) |
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Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation, |
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