Europe of Democracies and Diversities

Political groups of the European Parliament (1999–2004)

Europe of Democracies and Diversities
European Parliament group

Name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
English abbr.	EDD
French abbr.	EDD
Formal name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities Group
Ideology	Euroscepticism
European parties	Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe
From	20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)
To	20 July 2004 (2004-07-20)
Preceded by	Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations
Succeeded by	Independence/Democracy
Chaired by	Jens-Peter Bonde
MEP(s)	16 (20 July 1999)
Website	europarl.eu.int/edd

Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) was an Eurosceptic^[1]^[2] political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2004. Following the 2004 European elections, the group reformed as Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM).^[1]

Members

Country			Ideology	Membership	MEPs
France	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition	CPNT	Agrarianism Euroscepticism	1999–2004	6 / 626
Denmark	June Movement	JB	Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
Netherlands	Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	CU–SGP	Christian democracy Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
United Kingdom	UK Independence Party	UKIP	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	1999–2004	3 / 626
Denmark	People's Movement against the EU	FmEU	Euroscepticism	1999–2004	1 / 626
France	Combats Souverainistes	CS	Conservatism Euroscepticism	2001–2004	1 / 626
Poland	League of Polish Families	LPR	National conservatism Euroscepticism	May–July 2004	1 / 626

References

^ ^a ^b David Phinnemore; Lee McGowan (2013). A Dictionary of the European Union. Routledge. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-135-08127-0. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
^ Lori Thorlakson (2013). "Federalism and the European party system". In Alexander H. Trechsel (ed.). Towards a Federal Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1.

External links

European Parliament Annual Accounts of Political Groups
Europe Politique
European Parliament profile of Jens-Peter Bonde
Entry on Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (177)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (140)
Renew Europe (102)
Greens–European Free Alliance (72)
European Conservatives and Reformists (68)
Identity and Democracy (59)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (37)
Non-Inscrits (50)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019)
National conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) Union for Europe (1995–1999) Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)
Christian democrats / conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) European People's Party (1979–1999) European Conservatives (1973–1979) European Democrats (1979–1992) Forza Europa (1994–1995) European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)
Liberals / centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)
Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)