Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe

Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe
Founded 30 September, 2014
Ideology Direct democracy
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Political position Right-wing
European Parliament group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Political foundation Initiative for Direct Democracy
Website
www.addeurope.org
Politics of the European Union
Political parties
Elections

The Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe, abbreviated to ADDE, is a European political party founded in 2014. It is composed of parties belonging to the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European Parliament (EP).[1] The dominant national party in the ADDE is the UK Independence Party (UKIP), providing 21 of the party's 27 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected in 2014. A further three UKIP MEPs have chosen not to participate in the ADDE.[2][3] In 2015 the ADDE was recognised by the European Parliament and its grant maximum from the EP was set at € 1,241,725,[4] with an additional € 730,053 for its affiliated political foundation, the Initiative for Direct Democracy.[5]

Member parties

Country Party European MPs National MPs
 Belgium People's Party
0 / 22
1 / 150
 Czech Republic Petr Mach (Party of Free Citizens) (observing member)
1 / 21
0 / 200
 France France Arise
0 / 72
2 / 577
 France Joëlle Bergeron (independent)
1 / 72
0 / 577
 Lithuania Order and Justice
1 / 12
11 / 141
 Netherlands For the Netherlands
0 / 26
2 / 150
 Poland Robert Iwaszkiewicz (Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Freedom and Hope)
1 / 51
0 / 460
 Sweden Sweden Democrats
2 / 22
48 / 349
 United Kingdom UK Independence Party
21 / 73
1 / 650

Notes

  1. "UKIP secures control of £1.5m EU cash, Newsnight learns - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  2. "Ukip to get £1.5m EU taxpayers’ cash by forming new political party | Politics". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  3. "UKIP's Euro-Party decision | Politics at Surrey". Politicsatsurrey.ideasoneurope.eu. 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  4. ""Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2015"" (PDF). Europarl.europa.eu. March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ""Grants from the European Parliament to political foundations at European level 2008-2015"" (PDF). Europarl.europa.eu. March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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