Europe of Nations

European Nations Group
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Name	European Nations Group
English abbr.	EN^[1]
French abbr.	EDN^[2]
Formal name	Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group)^[3]
Ideology	Euroscepticism
From	19 July 1994^[4]^[3]
To	10 November 1996^[4]^[3]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	Independents for a Europe of Nations
Chaired by	James Goldsmith (19 July 1994 to 10 November 1996)^[3]
MEP(s)	19 (July 19, 1994)^[5]

The Europe of Nations Group was a Eurosceptic political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1996.

History

The Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group)^[3] was formed on 19 July 1994.^[4]^[3] It was the first Eurosceptic Group in the Parliament. It lasted until 10 November 1996.^[4]^[3] The group was succeeded by the Independents for a Europe of Nations from 20 December 1996.

MEPs

MEPs in Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group) on 1 August 1994 were as follows:

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
Denmark	4^[6]	June Movement^[6]	2^[6]	Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk,^[7] Jens-Peter Bonde?^[5]
Denmark	4^[6]	People's Movement against the EU^[6]	2^[6]	Ole Krarup,^[8] Lis Jensen^[9]
France	13^[6]	Majorité pour l'autre Europe	13^[6]	Charles De Gaulle,^[10] Georges Berthu,^[11] James Goldsmith,^[3] Françoise Seillier,^[12] Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy,^[13] Frédéric Striby,^[14] Philippe de Villiers,^[15] Anne Christine Poisson,^[16] Marie-France De Rose,^[17] Edouard C.M.P. Des Places,^[18] Dominique F.C. Souchet,^[19] Philippe-Armand Martin,^[20] Thierry Jean-Pierre^[21]
Netherlands	2^[6]	SGP-GPV^[6]	2^[6]	Leen Van Der Waal,^[22] Johannes Blokland^[23]

Sources

References

1 2 Democracy in the European Parliament
1 2 "The European Parliament And Enlargement: From 1973 To 2000" by Karlheinz Neunreither
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 European Parliament archive entry for James Goldsmith (incl. Membership)
1 2 3 4 5 IND/DEM on Europe Politique
1 2 3 European Parliament:1994-1995 Session:Sittings Of 19 To 22 July 1994:Palais de L'Europe - Strasbourg:Part I:Proceedings Of The Sitting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Composition of the European Parliament August 1 1994
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Ole Krarup (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Lis Jensen (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Charles De Gaulle (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Georges Berthu (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Françoise Seillier (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Frédéric Striby (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Philippe de Villiers (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Anne Christine Poisson (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Marie-France De Rose (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Edouard C.M.P. Des Places (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Dominique F.C. Souchet (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Philippe-Armand Martin (incl. Membership)
1 2 Élections européennes 1994
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Leen Van Der Waal (incl. Membership)
1 2 European Parliament archive entry for Johannes Blokland (incl. Membership)

External links

Official site: Archive copy at the Wayback Machine

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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