Europe Transparent

Europe Transparent (Dutch: Europa Transparant) was a political party in the Netherlands. The party's founder, Paul van Buitenen, announced its establishment on 8 April 2004. In the 2004 European Parliament election the party gained two seats, after a campaign that cost no more than €4,000.^{[citation needed]} Van Buitenen and the number two on the list, Els de Groen, who had written about corruption scandals in Eastern Europe, joined the Greens–European Free Alliance party group as independent members. It has not contested an election since 2004.

Europe Transparent Europa Transparant
Leader	Paul van Buitenen
Leader in the European Parliament	Paul van Buitenen
Founded	8 April 2004 (2004-04-08)
Dissolved	2008 (2008)
Ideology	Anti-corruption
Political position	Big tent
European Parliament group	EGP/EFA
Website
europatransparant.nl
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The party claimed^{[citation needed]} to be non-ideological; they aimed to fight for^{[citation needed]} more open European government, against fraud, corruption and favouring of friends. Because the pursuit of this goal was their primary occupation, they participated only to a limited extent in the normal system of debates, reports, meetings, etc.

Their ultimate goal was to be able to disband themselves when they had made the European Union transparent.^{[citation needed]}

European Election results

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–09

See also: List of Europe Transparent Members of the European Parliament

Election	List	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Notes
2004	List	349,156	7.33	2 / 27	new	[1]