Independents for a Europe of Nations

Independents for a Europe of Nations was a Eurosceptic political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1996 and 1999.

Independents for a Europe of Nations
European Parliament group
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Name	Independents for a Europe of Nations
English abbr.	I-EN[1]
French abbr.	I-EDN[2]
Formal name	Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations[1][3]
Ideology	Euroscepticism
From	20 December 1996[2]
To	20 July 1999[2]
Preceded by	Europe of Nations
Succeeded by	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
Chaired by	James Goldsmith (20 December 1996 to 12 May 1997)[4] Jens-Peter Bonde (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999)[5] Johannes Blokland (18 September 1997 to 19 July 1999)[6] Georges Berthu (13 May 1997 to 19 July 1999)[7]
MEP(s)	15 (5 May 1999)[8]

History

"Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations"^[1][3] was founded on 20 December 1996,^[2] succeeding the Europe of Nations group. Following the 1999 European elections, the Group was reorganised into the "Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities"^[9][10] on 20 July 1999.^[2]

MEPs

MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 14 December 1998 were as follows:

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
Denmark	4[11]	June Movement[11]	2[11]	Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk,[11][12] Jens-Peter Bonde[5][11]
		People's Movement against the EU[11]	2[11]	Ole Krarup,[11][13] Lis Jensen[11][14]
France	8[11]	Majorité pour l'autre Europe	8[11]	Georges Berthu,[7][11] Stéphane Buffetaut,[11][15] Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy,[11][16] Charles De Gaulle,[11][17] Edouard C.M.P. Des Places,[11][18] Françoise Seillier,[11][19] Dominique F.C. Souchet,[11][20] Frédéric Striby[11][21]
Netherlands	2[11]	SGP - GPV - RPF[11]	2[11]	Rijk Van Dam,[11][22] Johannes Blokland[6][11]
United Kingdom	1[11]	Ulster Unionist Party[11]	1[11]	James Nicholson[11][23]

MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 4 May 1999 were as follows:

Member state	MEPs	Party	MEPs	Notes
Denmark	4[8]	June Movement[8]	2[8]	Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk,[8][12] Jens-Peter Bonde[5][8]
		People's Movement against the EU[8]	2[8]	Ole Krarup,[8][13] Lis Jensen[8][14]
France	8[8]	Majorité pour l'autre Europe	8[8]	Georges Berthu,[7][8] Stéphane Buffetaut,[8][15] Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy,[8][16] Raymond Chesa,[8][24] Edouard C.M.P. Des Places,[8][18] Françoise Seillier,[8][19] Dominique F.C. Souchet,[8][20] Frédéric Striby[8][21]
Netherlands	2[8]	SGP - GPV - RPF[8]	2[8]	Rijk Van Dam,[8][22] Johannes Blokland[6][8]
United Kingdom	1[8]	Ulster Unionist Party[8]	1[8]	James Nicholson[8][23]

Sources

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung^[10]
• European Parliament^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}
• Europe Politique^[2]
• BBC News^[1]