Europe of democracies and differences

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Europe of democracies and differences
Official abbreviation EDD
Members
16/626
(1999)
18/788
(2004)
Group leaders DenmarkDenmark Jens-Peter Bonde
founding 1999
predecessor Group of Independents for Europe of Nations (I-EN)
resolution 2004
successor Independence / Democracy (IND / DEM)
Alignment EU skepticism

Europe of Democracies and Differences (EDU), engl. Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) , French Europe des démocraties et des différences (EDD) was a European parliamentary group between 1999 and 2004 . The EDU initially joined 16 MPs. At the end of the legislative period, it had 18 members. Your last group leader was the Dane Jens-Peter Bonde . In 2004 the EDU was replaced by the newly founded Independence / Democracy ( Ind / Dem ) faction .

Members

country Political party number Members
DenmarkDenmark Denmark JuneBevægelsen 3 Jens-Peter Bonde , Ulla Margrethe Sandbaek , Jens Okking (until June 30, 2002, move to GUE / NGL), Bent Hindrup Andersen (from March 1, 2003, successor to Okking)
Folkebevægelsen mod EU 1 Ole Krarup (until June 30, 2002, move to GUE / NGL)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom UK Independence Party 3 Nigel Farage , Jeffrey Tottford , Michael John Holmes (until July 1, 2001, thereafter non-attached), Graham Booth (from December 18, 2002)
FranceFrance France Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions 6th Jean Saint-Josse , Yves Butel , Jean-Louis Bernie , Michel Raymond , Alain Esclope , Véronique Mathieu Houillon
Rassemblement pour la France 3 Paul-Marie Coûteaux , Florence Kuntz , William Abitbol (all from March 15, 2001, change from UEN)
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond * - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie * 3 Johannes Blokland , Rijk van Dam , Bas Belder
*GPV and RPF merged in 2001 to form ChristenUnie

Board

Period
July 20, 1999 - January 29, 2001 Jens-Peter Bonde , Johannes Blokland , Jean Saint-Josse
January 30, 2001 - July 2, 2002 Jens-Peter Bonde (Chairman), Johannes Blokland , Jean Saint-Josse
July 3, 2002 - July 19, 2004 Jens-Peter Bonde (Chairman), Johannes Blokland , Yves Butel