Independence/Democracy
Sign in to saveIndependence/Democracy (IND/DEM) was a Eurosceptic political group that operated in the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. At its height in 2004, it had 37 MEPs and it only existed during the European Parliament's 6th term. It was affiliated with the Eurosceptic Europeans United for Democracy party.
Key facts
- European Parliament group.name
- Independence/Democracy
- European Parliament group.title
- Independence/Democracy
- European Parliament group.image
- Independence Democracy logo.svg
- European Parliament group.imagewidth
- 130px
- European Parliament group.from
- 20 July 2004
- European Parliament group.to
- 1 July 2009(de facto)
- European Parliament group.englishabbr
- IND/DEM
- European Parliament group.frenchabbr
- IND/DEM
- European Parliament group.formalname
- Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament
- European Parliament group.precededby
- Europe of Democracies and Diversities
- European Parliament group.succeededby
- Europe of Freedom and Democracy
- European Parliament group.europarties
- EUDemocrats
- European Parliament group.ideology
- Euroscepticism
- European Parliament group.position
- Right-wing
- European Parliament group.chairs
- Nigel FarageHanne Dahl
- European Parliament group.meps
- 37 (20–23 July 2004)28 (January 2007)22 (24 June 2008)18 (11 June 2009, de facto)
- European Parliament group.website
- http://indemgroup.org/
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Structure
- Subgroups
- Organisation
- Membership
- 11 June–1 July 2009
- 24 July 2008 – 11 June 2009
- Membership by country at December 2007
- Membership at formation at 20–23 July 2004
- Activities
- In the news
- Parliamentary activity profile
- Publications
- References
- External links
Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) was a Eurosceptic political group that operated in the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. At its height in 2004, it had 37 MEPs and it only existed during the European Parliament's 6th term. It was affiliated with the Eurosceptic Europeans United for Democracy party.
Ideologically, IND/DEM was strongly opposed to the European Union and positioned on the radical right within the right-wing spectrum. It was a very heterogeneous grouping; it also included parties such as the UK Independence Party, Greek Popular Orthodox Rally, French Movement for France, League of Polish Families, and Lega Nord. After the 2009 European Parliament election, IND/DEM lost many of its MPs and was dissolved in favour of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD). In comparison, EFD was far-right group that was nationalist and more strongly opposed immigration than IND/DEM.