Europe of Democracies and Diversities

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Europe of Democracies and Diversities was a Eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament that brought together parties critical of deeper European integration and supportive of national sovereignty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurosceptic political group
political group in the European Parliament
abbreviation EDD
aimsAt defending national sovereignty within the EU framework
continent Europe
country European Union
dissolutionReason reorganisation of Eurosceptic forces in the European Parliament
endTime 2004
followedBy Independence/Democracy
hasMemberParty Christian Union
surface form: ChristianUnion

Danish People’s Party
Dutch Reformed Political Party
Forum for Democracy and Freedom
June Movement
Lega Nord
Venstre
surface form: Liberal Party of Denmark

Movement for France
Reformed Political League
UK Independence Party
hasMembershipType MEPs from multiple EU member states
hasNumberOfMEPs 18
hasOfficialLanguage English
French
other EU languages
hasParliamentaryGroupType cross-national parliamentary group
hasPoliticalPosition centre-right
right-wing
hasScope supranational
ideology Euroscepticism
national conservatism
soft Euroscepticism
inParliamentaryTerm European Parliament
surface form: 5th European Parliament
legislativeBody European Parliament
motive to represent Eurosceptic and sovereignty-oriented parties in the European Parliament
opposes federalisation of the European Union
transfer of national competences to the EU
parliamentaryGroupCode EDD
parliamentaryGroupStatus official political group
politicalOrientation Eurosceptic
positionOnEuropeanIntegration critical of deeper European integration
precededBy Europe of Nations and Freedom
surface form: Independents for a Europe of Nations
representedIn European Parliament (Strasbourg seat)
surface form: European Parliament plenary
startTime 1999
supports national sovereignty
subsidiarity

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European Parliament political groups hasHistoricalGroup Europe of Democracies and Diversities