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{{short description|Former Eurosceptic European political party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Primary sources|date=February 2008}}
{{Infobox European Political Party
|name = Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe
| party_name_de = Allianz der unabhängigen Demokraten in Europa
| party_name_fr = Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe
| party_name_it = Alleanza dei democratici indipendenti in Europa
| party_name_es = Alianza de demócratas independientes en Europa
| party_articletitle = Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe
|logo = 
| president = [[Patrick Louis]] MEP
| foundation = {{start date|2005|10|28|df=y}}
| dissolution = {{end date|2008|12|30|df=y}}, defunded 2 February 2009 
| ideology = [[Euroscepticism]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207031003/http://parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|archivedate=7 December 2013|title=European Union|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2013|access-date=27 April 2019|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br>[[Right-wing populism]]<br>[[National conservatism]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/>
| international = ''None''
| europarl = [[Independence and Democracy]] 
| colours = [[Blue]]
| headquarters = 34, rue Pasteur, 69007 Lyon 
| website = 
}}

The '''Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe''' (AIDE) ('''Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe''' (ADIE) in French) was a [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]],<ref name="Nordsieck"/> [[nationalism|nationalist]]<ref name="BrackCosta2014">{{cite book|author1=Nathalie Brack|author2=Olivier Costa|title=How the EU Really Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cOSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|year=2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-1465-6|page=120}}</ref> [[European political party]].

==Creation==
AIDE was created on 28 October 2005 in the [[Rhône]] [[prefecture]].<ref name="LJO">[http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ctx=eJyLz2FIK2KIL8tjSCwuzk9miC9kSEnNzU8uSixJLVZIzi8qyAcx9UuKUlOtlELyC5QY4jMyS9xKc3IYjEwZALJwFRQ_&cref=%2B12939583192736397792/_c=%2B15616336284340445319&ACTION=refine&WHAT=democrates Entry] in "Les Journaux Officiels : le plus court chemin entre la loi et vous"</ref> Its stated purpose was "to gather political movements, and elected members of the national and regional assemblies of the Member States of the European Union, that adhere to the policy defined in its charter."<ref name="LJO"/>

==Position==
AIDE described itself as the [[centre-right]] faction of the [[eurosceptic]] IND/DEM group, with the [[EUDemocrats]], the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]] and the [[European Christian Political Movement]] comprising the other factions of that group.

==Website==
As of January 2007, the group operated a limited French-language website.
The group's website implied the existence of [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]], [[France|French]], [[Greece|Greek]], [[Ireland|Irish]], [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Poland|Polish]] delegations and identified [[Movement for France]] (MpF) [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Patrick Louis]] as the president of AIDE. By February 2009, the ADIE website had devolved from providing original content to simply redisplaying feeds from the www.observatoiredeleurope.com website associated with the [[Independence/Democracy]] [[political groups of the European Parliament|group]]

==Membership==
In light of the defection of [[Lega Nord]] ([[Italy]]) to [[Union for Europe of the Nations|UEN]], it was believed that the members of AIDE {{as of|2007|1|lc=on}} were as follows:

;{{CZE}}
: [[Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)|Independent Democrats]] ({{langx|cs|Nezávislí demokraté}})
;{{FRA}}
: [[Movement for France]] ({{langx|fr|Mouvement pour la France}})
;{{GRE}}
: [[Popular Orthodox Rally]] ({{langx|el|Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός}})
;{{POL}}
: [[Urszula Krupa]] MEP and [[Witold Tomczak]] MEP (an apparent faction of the [[League of Polish Families]])
;{{GBR}}
: [[Jim Allister]] MEP (a [[Non-Inscrits|Non Attached]] MEP from the [[Traditional Unionist Voice]], formerly representing the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] and then an [[independent (politician)|independent]]).

==Dissolution==
AIDE was dissolved with effect from 31 December 2008<ref name="MCScriterespartis">[http://mcsinfo.u-strasbg.fr/europartis/medias/criterespartis.pdf "Critères de reconnaissance d’un parti politique européen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721023333/http://mcsinfo.u-strasbg.fr/europartis/medias/criterespartis.pdf |date=2011-07-21 }}, MCSInfo, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg</ref> and was defunded in the February 2009 meeting of the [[Bureau (European Parliament)|Bureau]] of the [[European Parliament]].<ref name="EV63815">[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2009/02/libertas-secures-eu-funding/63815.aspx "Libertas bid for funding comes a cropper"], European Voice, 03.02.2009</ref><ref name="EV63837">[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/parliament-says-yes-then-no-to-funding-for-libertas/63837.aspx "Parliament says 'Yes' then 'No' to funding for Libertas"], European Voice, 05.02.2009</ref>

==See also==
* [[European political party]]
* [[Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations]]
* [[European political foundation]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{European political parties}}
{{European political alliances}}
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[[Category:2005 establishments in the European Union]]