Independents for a Europe of Nations

Independents for a Europe of Nations
European Parliament group

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Name Independents for a Europe of Nations
English abbr. I-EN[1]
French abbr. I-EDN[2]
Formal name Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations[1][3]
Ideology Euroscepticism
From 20 December 1996[2]
To 20 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 July 20, 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 European Parliament Elections 1999 on the BBC
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 IND/DEM on Europe Politique
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Group names 1999
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 European Parliament archive entry for James Goldsmith (incl. Membership)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 European Parliament archive entry for Jens-Peter Bonde (incl. Membership)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 European Parliament archive entry for Johannes Blokland (incl. Membership)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 European Parliament archive entry for Georges Berthu (incl. Membership)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 European Parliament News Report: 04-05-99
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Political Groups Annual Accounts 2001-2006
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Political Groups of the European Parliament
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 European Parliament News Report: 14-12-98
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 European Parliament archive entry for Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (incl. Membership)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 European Parliament archive entry for Ole Krarup (incl. Membership)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 European Parliament archive entry for Lis Jensen (incl. Membership)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 European Parliament archive entry for Stéphane Buffetaut (incl. Membership)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 European Parliament archive entry for Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (incl. Membership)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 European Parliament archive entry for Charles De Gaulle (incl. Membership)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 European Parliament archive entry for Edouard C.M.P. Des Places (incl. Membership)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 European Parliament archive entry for Françoise Seillier (incl. Membership)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 European Parliament archive entry for Dominique F.C. Souchet (incl. Membership)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 European Parliament archive entry for Frédéric Striby (incl. Membership)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 European Parliament archive entry for Rijk Van Dam (incl. Membership)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 European Parliament archive entry for James Nicholson (incl. Membership)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 European Parliament archive entry for Raymond Chesa (incl. Membership)