Europe of Democracies and Diversities

Europe of Democracies and Diversities
European parliamentary group
EDD logo
Name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
English abbr.	EDD
French abbr.	EDD
Formal name	Europe of Democracies and Diversities Group
Ideology	Euroscepticism
From	20 July 1999
To	20 July 2004
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	http://www.europarl.eu.int/edd/

Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) was a 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

June Movement (Denmark), 3 seats
People's Movement against the EU (Denmark), 1 seat
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (France), 6 seats
ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party (Netherlands), 3 seats
UK Independence Party (United Kingdom), 3 seats
Combats Souverainistes (France), 1 MEP defected from Rally for France/UEN group in March 2001
League of Polish Families (Poland), after Poland joined the EU in May 2004

References

1 2 David Phinnemore; Lee McGowan (26 June 2013). A Dictionary of the European Union. Routledge. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-135-08127-0. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
↑ Alexander H. Trechsel (13 September 2013). Towards a Federal Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-317-99818-1.

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Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (216)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (190)
European Conservatives and Reformists (75)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (69)
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (52)
The Greens–European Free Alliance (50)
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (45)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (38)
Non-Inscrits (15)

Previous groups

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–89) European Right (1989–94) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)

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)

Social Democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993-2009)

Communists/Far-Left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–93) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–95)

Greens/Regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–89) Rainbow Group (1989–94) 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)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–84) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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