Independence/Democracy
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Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) was a Eurosceptic[11][12] political group active during the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. The group was the successor to the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group.
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Independence/Democracy | |
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European Parliament group | |
Name | Independence/Democracy |
English abbr. | IND/DEM[1][2][3][4] |
French abbr. | IND/DEM |
Formal name | Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament[2][3] |
Ideology | Euroscepticism |
Political position | Right-wing |
European parties | EUDemocrats |
From | 20 July 2004[1] |
To | 1 July 2009 (de facto).[5][6] |
Preceded by | Europe of Democracies and Diversities |
Succeeded by | Europe of Freedom and Democracy |
Chaired by | Nigel Farage Hanne Dahl |
MEP(s) | 37[7][8] (20–23 July 2004) 28[1] (January 2007) 22[9] (24 June 2008) 18[10] (11 June 2009, de facto) |
Website | http://indemgroup.org/ |
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The group collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs and was succeeded by Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) for the 2009–2014 term of the European Parliament.