Independence and Democracy

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The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was set up on 20 July 2004. It incorporates EU-critics, eurosceptics and eurorealists. The main goals of the Group are to reject the Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe and to oppose all forms of centralisation. Some members within the group, notably the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), advocate the complete withdrawal of their country from the EU. The group's leaders are Nigel Farage (UKIP) and Jens-Peter Bonde (June Movement) .

[edit] Formation

After the elections in 2004, MEPs of Junilistan, League of Polish Families, and Combats Souverainistes joined with members of the now defunct Europe of Democracies and Diversities group and, having gathered 28 MEPs, the new group was registered with the European Parliament. The Group is open to Members that subscribe to a Europe of Sovereign Nation States and acknowledge the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and parliamentary democracy.

[edit] Members

The IND/DEM Group comprises 23 Members coming from 9 different countries, as follows.

By country:

Country	National Member	Subgroup	Members
Czech Republic	Independent Democrats	AIDE	1
Denmark	June Movement	EUD	1
France	Movement for France	AIDE	3
Greece	Popular Orthodox Rally	AIDE	1
Netherlands	ChristenUnie	ECPM	1
Netherlands	Reformed Political Party	Independent	1
Poland	Urszula Krupa and Witold Tomczak (LPR)	AIDE	2
Republic of Ireland	Kathy Sinnott (Independent)	EUD	1
Sweden	June List	Independent	2
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Independence Party	Independent	10

By faction:

Faction	Members
United Kingdom Independence Party	10
AIDE	7
EUD	2
June List (Sweden)	2
ECPM	1
Reformed Political Party (Netherlands)	1

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Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament

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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 •
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