Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe

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Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe
Allianz der unabhängigen Demokraten in Europa Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe Alleanza dei democratici indipendenti in Europa Alianza de demócratas independientes en Europa
President	Patrick Louis MEP
Founded	2005
Headquarters	unknown
Political Ideology	conservatism, euroscepticism
International Affiliation	none
European Parliament Group	Independence and Democracy
Colours	blue
Website	http://www.adieurope.org/
See also	Politics of the EU Political parties Elections

The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (most commonly represented in French, as Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe) is an European political party, operating largely as a faction of the Independence and Democracy group of the European Parliament, whose existence is claimed by both itself and by the EUDemocrats[1]. At this time the composition of the ADIE or the extent to which it operates as an EU-funded pan-European organization is unclear. Nevertheless, as of January 2007, the group appears to operate a limited French-language website.

ADIE describes itself as a centre-right faction of the eurosceptic IND/DEM group, with the EUDemocrats, the United Kingdom Independence Party and the European Christian Political Movement appearing to comprise the other factions of that group.

The group's website, implies the existence of British, Czech, French, Greek, Irish, Italian and Polish delegations and identifies Movement for France (MpF) MEP Patrick Louis as its president.

In light of the recent defection of Lega Nord (Italy) to UEN, it is believed that the members of the AIDE faction, as of January 2007, as follows:

 Czech Republic

• Independent Democrats (Nezávislí demokraté)

 France

• Movement for France (Mouvement pour la France)

 Greece

• Popular Orthodox Rally (Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός)

 Poland

• Ursula Krupa MEP and Witold Tomczak MEP (an apparent faction of the League of Polish Families)

 United Kingdom

• Jim Allister MEP (an independent Non Attached MEP, formerly representing the Democratic Unionist Party).

Pan-European political organisations
Recognized by the EU as "political parties at European level":
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
Other pan-European confederations of national political parties:
European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform | Platform for Transparency
Dedicated pan-European parties:
Europe – Democracy – Esperanto | Newropeans
Political groups in the European Parliament
EPP–ED (277) | PES (218) | ALDE (106) | UEN (44) | Greens–EFA (42) | EUL–NGL (41) | IND/DEM (23) | ITS (20) • 14 MEPs are not attached to any political group •
Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation, elections in the European Union, party composition of the council