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{{Short description|Former Eurosceptic political group of the European Parliament}}
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{{Infobox European Parliament group
| name         = Independence/Democracy
| title        = Independence/Democracy
| image        = Independence Democracy logo.svg
| imagewidth   = 130px
| from         = 20 July 2004<ref name="CWU01">{{cite web|url=http://www.cwu.org/uploads/documents/Post%20Europa%2007%20FINAL%20.pdf |title=Postal Services: Liberalisation & Privatisation in the European Union |date=January 2007 |publisher=The Communication Workers Union |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606154907/http://www.cwu.org/uploads/documents/Post%20Europa%2007%20FINAL%20.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref>
| to           = 1 July 2009<br />(de facto)<ref name="EUO28403"/><ref name="BBCN8129312"/> 
|englishabbr  = IND/DEM<ref name="CWU01"/><ref name="IDPrague"/><ref name="IDDelphi"/><ref name="DFA2007">{{cite web|url=http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/uploads/documents/EU%20Division/reports/38336%20dfa%20eu%20ar%20inside.pdf |title=Fourth Annual Report on Developments in the European Union in 2006, DFA, 2007 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716153808/http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/uploads/documents/EU%20Division/reports/38336%20dfa%20eu%20ar%20inside.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
| frenchabbr   = IND/DEM
| formalname   = Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament<ref name="IDPrague"/><ref name="IDDelphi"/>
| precededby   = [[Europe of Democracies and Diversities]]
| succeededby  = [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]]
| europarties  = [[EUDemocrats]]
| ideology     = [[Euroscepticism]]
| position      = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]{{refn|<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Manners |first1=Ian |title=Denmark and the European Union |journal=EU Som et Politisk System - Uviklinger og Udfordringer |date=2011 |volume=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brexit and Right-Wing Euroscepticism in the European Parliament |url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/nexteuk/publications/blog/items/brexit-and-right-wing-euroscepticism-in-the-european-parliament.html |website=www.qmul.ac.uk |language=en |date=25 April 2022}}</ref>}}
| chairs       = [[Nigel Farage]]<br />[[Hanne Dahl]]
| meps         = 37<ref name="EP20040720">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+TW-20040720-S+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN |title=The Week, 20 July 2004 |publisher=Europarl.europa.eu |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/> (20–23 July 2004)<br />28<ref name="CWU01"/> (January 2007)<br />22<ref name="EPINDDEM">[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry/search.do? European Parliament directory listing for Independence/Democracy Group] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020002923/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry/search.do? |date=20 October 2006 }}</ref> (24 June 2008)<br />18<ref name="EU2009EU27"/> (11 June 2009, de facto)
|website =http://indemgroup.org/
}}

'''Independence/Democracy''' ('''IND/DEM''') was a [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mesežnikov |first1=Grigorij |last2=Gyárfášová |first2=Oľga |last3=Smilov |first3=Daniel |title=Populist Politics and Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe |date=2008 |publisher=Institute for Public Affairs |location=Bratislava |isbn=978-80-89345-06-9 |page=90}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruzza |first1=Carlo |title=Populism and euroscepticism: Towards uncivil society? |journal=Policy and Society |date=2009 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=87–98 |doi=10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.02.007 |quote=As a second type of dividing nationalism, (3) euroscepticism is different and particularly prominent in that its main theme allows for more international collaboration than is the case with radical nation-state nationalism. Thus its associations can more easily span national boundaries and constitute international alliances based on international fora. These include European Parliament parties such as the Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament, and a civil society organization such as the transnational Research Centre Free Europe}}</ref><ref name="PhinnemoreMcGowan2013">{{cite book|author1=David Phinnemore|author2=Lee McGowan|title=A Dictionary of the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9EB7e8pgywC&pg=PA276|access-date=7 August 2013|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-08127-0|page=276}}</ref><ref name="Thorlakson2013">{{cite book|author=Lori Thorlakson|chapter=Federalism and the European party system|editor=Alexander H. Trechsel|title=Towards a Federal Europe|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTndAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT72|year=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-99818-1|page=72}}</ref> [[Political groups of the European Parliament|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 [[Sixth European Parliament|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 (Europe)|radical right]] within the [[right-wing]] spectrum.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pankowski |first=Rafal |title=The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=9781135150976 |pages=129}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dočekalová |first=Pavla |date=2006 |title=Radical Right-Wing Parties in Central Europe: Mutual Contacts and Cooperation |journal=Politics in Central Europe |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mudde |first=Cas |title=Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-511-34143-4 |location=Cambridge |pages=179}}</ref> It was a very heterogeneous grouping;<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gora |first1=Magdalena |title=Contestation of EU Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy |last2=Styczynska |first2=Natasza |last3=Zubek |first3=Marcin |publisher=Djof Forlag |year=2020 |isbn=9788771983234 |pages=187}}</ref> 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<ref name=":1">Roy H. Ginsberg, ''Demystifying the European Union: The Enduring Logic of Regional Integration'', p. 170, [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2010, {{ISBN|0742566927}}</ref><ref name=":2">Rob Ford, Matthew J. Goodwin, ''Voting for Extremists'', passim, [[Taylor & Francis]], {{ISBN|041569051X}}</ref> group that was nationalist and more strongly opposed immigration than IND/DEM.<ref name="PhinnemoreMcGowan20132">{{cite book |author1=David Phinnemore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9EB7e8pgywC&pg=PA189 |title=A Dictionary of the European Union |author2=Lee McGowan |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-135-08127-0 |page=189}}</ref>

==History==
The [[2004 European Parliament election]]s were reported as a good result for Eurosceptic parties.<ref name="BBCN01">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3806503.stm Eurosceptics storm the citadel], [[BBC News Online]] report dated Monday, 14 June 2004, 18:01 GMT</ref><ref name="IHT20040615">{{cite web|last=Bennhold |first=Katrin |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/06/15/union_ed3__2.php |title=Political divide is said to deepen further: Populist parties make big gains in EU vote, IHT, June 15, 2004 |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=15 June 2004 |access-date=17 June 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> 37 MEPs (33<ref name="Europarl20040720EN">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/calendar/calendar?APP=PDF&TYPE=PV1&FILE=20040720EN.pdf&LANGUE=EN|title=20040720EN European Parliament website|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> on 20 July, with four<ref name="Europarl20040721EN"/> more the next day) from the [[UK Independence Party]] (UKIP), [[June Movement]] (Denmark), [[Movement for France]] (France), [[Lega Nord|Northern League]] (Italy), [[ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party]] (Netherlands), [[Popular Orthodox Rally]] (Greece), [[June List]] (Sweden), [[Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)|Independent Democrats]] (Czech Republic), the [[League of Polish Families]] (Poland) and an Independent MEP from the Republic of Ireland, joined in the first week of the new Parliament to form the Eurosceptic group called "Independence/Democracy" (IND/DEM), succeeding the group called "[[Europe of Democracies and Diversities]]" (EDD) that had existed during the European Parliament's [[Fifth European Parliament|1999–2004 term]].

In the first week, IND/DEM assigned a UKIP MEP to the [[Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality]]. The MEP, [[Godfrey Bloom]], promptly made comments including "No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age" and "I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home. I am going to promote men's rights." The remarks engendered outrage from a range of fellow politicians.<ref name="BBC3912205">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/3912205.stm UKIP MEP in row over working women], [[BBC News Online]] report dated Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 11:22 GMT</ref>

One UKIP MEP never made it to IND/DEM. MEP [[Ashley Mote]] was expelled from UKIP<ref name="Times459309">{{cite web |last1=Browne |first1=Anthony |title=UKIP plans alliance to scupper constitution |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/ukip-plans-alliance-to-scupper-constitution-07vkkmtj7gr |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228055716/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukip-plans-alliance-to-scupper-constitution-07vkkmtj7gr |archive-date=28 February 2024 |date=20 July 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref> prior to IND/DEM's formation<ref name="BBC3899969">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3899969.stm UKIP suspends fraud trial Euro MP], [[BBC News Online]] report dated Friday, 16 July 2004, 11:47 GMT</ref> when it became known that he faced charges for housing benefit fraud.<ref name="Times459309"/> Mote went on to join the far-right [[Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty]] group before being convicted in 2007.<ref name="Times2279582">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2279582.ece British MEP convicted for benefit fraud, Times, 17 August 2007]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref>

The Northern League MEPs eventually all left the group after their expulsion from IND/DEM following an incident involving a T-shirt and the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]].<ref name="EUO21153">{{cite web|author=Lucia Kubosova |url=http://euobserver.com/?aid=21153 |title=Eurosceptics kick out Italian Lega Nord party, EUO, 16 March 2006 |work=EUobserver |date=16 March 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref> MEPs from the League of Polish Families also left the group, although not all and not all at once.<ref name="EUO21153"/><ref name="EUO23095">{{cite web|author=Helena Spongenberg |url=http://euobserver.com/9/23095/?rk=1 |title=Parliament nations group gets a power boost, EUO, 13 December 2006 |work=EUobserver |date=13 December 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="PM20051219">{{cite web|url=http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/polish-meps-splinter/ |title=Polish MEPs splinter, PM, 19 December 2005 |publisher=Theparliament.com |date=19 December 2005 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615101739/http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/polish-meps-splinter/ |archive-date=15 June 2009 }}</ref>

After having been suspended from UKIP following his arrest on fraud allegations,<ref name="BBC7467318">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7467318.stm MEP arrested on fraud allegation], [[BBC News Online]] report dated Saturday, 21 June 2008, 13:21 GMT</ref> MEP [[Tom Wise (politician)|Tom Wise]] left IND/DEM in June 2008.

By 24 June 2008, IND/DEM had 22 MEPs.<ref name="EPINDDEM"/>

After the [[2009 European Parliament election]]s, 18<ref name="EU2009EU27">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/index_en_txt.html |publisher=Elections2009-results.eu |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150125/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/index_en_txt.html |archive-date=11 June 2009 |title=Results of the 2009 European elections }}</ref> IND/DEM MEPs from four Member States were elected for the 2009–2014 term (the Seventh European Parliament). The great majority of these seats (thirteen) were from the [[UK Independence Party]], with others being two from the [[ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party]] of the Netherlands, two from the [[Popular Orthodox Rally]] of Greece, and one from [[Libertas France]]. But that didn't meet the threshold laid down in the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure.<ref name="Rule3020090701">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+RULES-EP+20090714+RULE-030+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN&navigationBar=YES|title=Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament – July 2009 – Rule 30 – Formation of political groups|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Rule2920090406">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+RULES-EP+20090309+RULE-029+DOC+XML+V0//EN&navigationBar=YES|title=Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament – March 2009 – Rule 29 – Formation of political groups|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> So when the Seventh European Parliament started on 14 July 2009, IND/DEM would not qualify as a group.

On 30 June 2009, it was reported the remnants of IND/DEM were to unite with the remnants of another collapsing group, [[Union for a Europe of Nations]] (UEN), to create a new group whose official name was not yet determined.<ref name="EUO28394">{{cite web|url=http://euobserver.com/843/28394|title=Ukip, Lega Nord form hard-right bloc in EU Parliament|date=30 June 2009 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

On 1 July 2009 a press conference was held launching the new group.<ref name="EUO28403"/><ref name="BBCN8129312"/><ref name="ID556">[http://indemgroup.eu/32/news/556/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=913b16272c "EU-Critical Group in European Parliament launches"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707130358/http://indemgroup.eu/32/news/556/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=913b16272c |date=7 July 2009 }}, 1 July 2009, from [http://indemgroup.eu http://indemgroup.eu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302145232/http://indemgroup.eu/ |date=2 March 2008 }}</ref> That press conference named the new group ''[[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]]''.<ref name="EUO28403">{{cite web|url=http://euobserver.com/9/28403|title=New eurosceptic group to campaign against EU treaty in Irish referendum|date=July 2009 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="BBCN8129312">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8129312.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Europe – UKIP forms new Eurosceptic group|access-date=8 May 2015|date=July 2009}}</ref> IND/DEM had ceased to exist.

==Structure==

===Subgroups===
IND/DEM was a coalition of MEPs from two distinct wings of Euroscepticism: a reformist subgroup (sometimes referred to as ''Eurorealists'') made up of those MEPs who believed that the EU was essentially desirable if reformed and who supported greater transparency and control over the EU bureaucracy, and a secessionist subgroup consisting of those MEPs (notably UKIP<ref name="PERSSON2007">{{cite web |last1=Persson |first1=Martin Olof |title=Turkey as a member of the European Union? |url=http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1552/2007/079/LTU-DUPP-07079-SE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505180705/http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1552/2007/079/LTU-DUPP-07079-SE.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) who believed that the EU was inherently wrong even if reformed and who advocated withdrawal from the EU.<ref name="CWU01"/><ref name="CRSRS21998">{{cite web|url=http://italy.usembassy.gov/pdf/other/RS21998.pdf |title=Congressional Research Service Report RS21998, on the European Parliament, by Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Updated January 23, 2008 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527111942/http://italy.usembassy.gov/pdf/other/RS21998.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2010 }}</ref>

===Organisation===
IND/DEM had a joint political leadership. The group's co-chairs were [[Nigel Farage]]<ref name="ID8">[http://indemgroup.eu/8/ Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament: Our Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704154645/http://indemgroup.eu/8/ |date=4 July 2008 }}</ref> (UKIP) and [[Hanne Dahl]],<ref name="ID8"/> the latter succeeding [[Kathy Sinnott]],<ref name="ID8"/> who in turn succeeded long-time MEP [[Jens-Peter Bonde]] (June Movement) on his retirement in May 2008. Farage represented the secessionist subgroup, and Sinnott the reformist subgroup. The leadership was loose, enabling the two subgroups to unite around the broad principles of democracy and transparency<ref name="PERSSON2007"/> which were embodied in its statute and to which IND/DEM MEPs were expected to adhere.<ref name="ID16">[http://indemgroup.eu/16/ Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament: Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702151139/http://indemgroup.eu/16/ |date=2 July 2008 }}</ref> The day-to-day running of the group was performed by its secretariat, and its secretaries-general were Claudine Vangrunderbeeck and Herman Verheirstraeten.<ref name="ID7">[http://indemgroup.eu/7/ Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament: Staff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705053829/http://indemgroup.eu/7/ |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>

==Membership==

===11 June–1 July 2009===
[[File:IND-DEM percentage map 11 June 2009.PNG|thumb|IND/DEM percentage of elected MEPs by member state 11 June 2009 (see [[:Image:IND-DEM percentage map 11 June 2009.PNG|description]] for sources)<br />
{|
|{{legend|#FFE0E0|no MEPs}}
{{legend|#FFA0C0|1% to 5%}}
{{legend|#FF80C0|5% to 10%}}
{{legend|#FF40A0|10% to 20%}}
{{legend|#C00080|20% to 30%}}
{{legend|#A00040|30% to 40%}}
{{legend|#800000|40% to 50%}}
{{legend|#400000|50% plus}}
|}
]]
After the [[2009 European Parliament election]]s, 18<ref name="EU2009EU27"/> IND/DEM MEPs (too few for a viable group) were elected as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! colspan="3"| Name
! Ideology
! [[European Parliament|MEPs]]
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
! style="background:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}"|
| [[UK Independence Party]]<ref name="EU2009UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/united_kingdom_en_txt.html |publisher=Elections2009-results.eu |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150311/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/united_kingdom_en_txt.html |archive-date=11 June 2009 |title=European election results 2009 for the United Kingdom }}</ref>
| UKIP
| [[Right-wing populism]]<br />[[British nationalism]]
| {{Composition bar|13|72|{{party color|UK Independence Party}}}}
|-
| {{flag|France}}
! style="background:{{party color|Libertas.eu}}"|
| [[Libertas France]]<ref name="EU2009FR">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/france_en_txt.html |publisher=Elections2009-results.eu |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612040333/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/france_en_txt.html |archive-date=12 June 2009 |title=European election results 2009 for France }}</ref>
| Libertas
| [[Populism]]<br />[[Euroscepticism]]
| {{Composition bar|1|72|{{party color|Libertas.eu}}}}
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}"|
| [[ChristenUnie-SGP|Christian Union–SGP]]<ref name="EU2009ND">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/netherlands_en_txt.html |publisher=Elections2009-results.eu |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108035401/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/netherlands_en_txt.html |archive-date=8 January 2016 |title=Elections2009-Results.eu }}</ref>
| CU–SGP
| [[Christian democracy]]<br />[[Euroscepticism]]
| {{Composition bar|2|25|{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}}}
|-
| {{flag|Greece}}
! style="background:{{party color|Popular Orthodox Rally}}"|
| [[Popular Orthodox Rally]]<ref name="EU2009GR">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/greece_en_txt.html |publisher=Elections2009-results.eu |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611222013/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/greece_en_txt.html |archive-date=11 June 2009 |title=European election results 2009 for Greece }}</ref>
| LAOS
| [[Religious conservatism]]<br />[[Right-wing populism]]
| {{Composition bar|2|22|{{party color|Popular Orthodox Rally}}}}
|}

===24 July 2008–11 June 2009===
IND/DEM member parties as of 24 July 2008 were as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! colspan="3"| Name
! Ideology
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
! style="background:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}"|
| [[UK Independence Party]]
| UKIP
| [[Right-wing populism]]<br />[[British nationalism]]
|-
| {{flag|France}}
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for France}}"|
| [[Movement for France]]
| MPF
| [[Conservatism]]<br />[[French nationalism]]
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}"|
| [[ChristenUnie-SGP|Christian Union–SGP]]
| CU–SGP
| [[Christian democracy]]<br />[[Euroscepticism]]
|-
| {{flag|Greece}}
! style="background:{{party color|Popular Orthodox Rally}}"|
| [[Popular Orthodox Rally]]
| LAOS
| [[Religious conservatism]]<br />[[Right-wing populism]]
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
! style="background:{{party color|June Movement}}"|
| [[June Movement]]
| JB
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Social liberalism]]
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
! style="background:{{party color|June List}}"|
| [[June List]]
| jl
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Populism]]
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
! style="background:{{party color|Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)}}"|
| [[Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)|Independent Democrats]]
| NEZDEM
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Populism]]
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}
! style="background:{{party color|League of Polish Families}}"|
| [[League of Polish Families]]
| LPR
| [[National conservatism]]<br />[[Political Catholicism]]
|}

===Membership by country at December 2007===
[[File:IND-DEM percentage map December 2007.PNG|thumb|IND/DEM percentage of MEPs by member state December 2007 (see [[:Image:IND-DEM percentage map December 2007.PNG|description]] for sources)<br />
{|
|{{legend|#FFE0E0|no MEPs}}
{{legend|#FFA0C0|1% to 5%}}
{{legend|#FF80C0|5% to 10%}}
{{legend|#FF40A0|10% to 20%}}
{{legend|#C00080|20% to 30%}}
{{legend|#A00040|30% to 40%}}
{{legend|#800000|40% to 50%}}
{{legend|#400000|50% plus}}
|}
]]
A December 2007 European Parliament document considered the groups. Page 9 of that document had a table. That table gave the number of MEPs for each group and member state at December 2007. That table's data for IND/DEM is depicted as percentages in the diagram on the right.<ref>{{cite web |title=The faces of the European Parliament 2007–09 |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/welcome_brochures/faces/ep_faces_2007_09_en.pdf |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>

Such support for IND/DEM as was expressed came from Northern European states, with especial reference to the member states of the North-West. Its strongholds were Sweden and Denmark, who sent "June list" MEPs from [[June List]] and [[June Movement]] to the Parliament, and the United Kingdom, with 13% of its MEPs at December 2007 coming from UKIP and sitting with IND/DEM. As of December 2007 no member state had more than 13% of its MEPs sitting with IND/DEM and eighteen member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) had none.
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=== Membership at formation at 20–23 July 2004 ===
[[File:IND-DEM percentage map 20-23 July 2004.PNG|thumb|IND/DEM percentage of elected MEPs by member state 20–23 July 2004 (see [[:Image:IND-DEM percentage map 20–23 July 2004.PNG|description]] for sources)<br />
{|
|{{legend|#FFE0E0|no MEPs}}
{{legend|#FFA0C0|1% to 5%}}
{{legend|#FF80C0|5% to 10%}}
{{legend|#FF40A0|10% to 20%}}
{{legend|#C00080|20% to 30%}}
{{legend|#A00040|30% to 40%}}
{{legend|#800000|40% to 50%}}
{{legend|#400000|50% plus}}
|}
]]
The IND/DEM MEPs at 20–23 July 2004 were as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! colspan="3"| Name
! Ideology
! [[European Parliament|MEPs]]
! Notes
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
! style="background:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}"|
| [[UK Independence Party]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.europe-politique.eu/elections-europeennes-2004.htm |title=Results of the 2004 European Parliament elections from Europe Politique |publisher=Europe-politique.eu |date=17 February 2007 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
| UKIP
| [[Right-wing populism]]<br />[[British nationalism]]
| {{Composition bar|11|78|{{party color|UK Independence Party}}}}
| [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28492|Robert Kilroy-Silk}}</ref> [[Nigel Farage]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|4525|Nigel Farage}}</ref> [[Gerard Batten]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28497|Gerard Batten}}</ref> [[Godfrey Bloom]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28513|Godfrey Bloom}}</ref> [[Graham Booth]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|23286|Graham Booth}}</ref> [[Derek Roland Clark]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28493|Derek Roland Clark}}</ref> [[Roger Knapman]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28505|Roger Knapman}}</ref> [[Michael Henry Nattrass]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28506|Michael Henry Nattrass}}</ref> [[Jeffrey Titford]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|4515|Jeffrey Titford}}</ref> [[John Whittaker (UKIP politician)|John Whittaker]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28509|John Whittaker}}</ref> [[Tom Wise (politician)|Tom Wise]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28496|Tom Wise}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|France}}
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for France}}"|
| [[Movement for France]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| MPF
| [[Conservatism]]<br />[[French nationalism]]
| {{Composition bar|3|78|{{party color|Movement for France}}}}
| [[Paul-Marie Coûteaux]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|4383|Paul Marie Coûteaux}}</ref> [[Patrick Louis]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28217|Patrick Louis}}</ref> [[Philippe de Villiers]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|2212|Philippe De Villiers}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}"|
| [[ChristenUnie-SGP|Christian Union–SGP]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| CU–SGP
| [[Christian democracy]]<br />[[Euroscepticism]]
| {{Composition bar|2|27|{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}}}
| [[Johannes Blokland]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|1969|Johannes Blokland}}</ref> [[Bastiaan Belder]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|4507|Bastiaan Belder}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Greece}}
! style="background:{{party color|Popular Orthodox Rally}}"|
| [[Popular Orthodox Rally]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| LAOS
| [[Religious conservatism]]<br />[[Right-wing populism]]
| {{Composition bar|1|24|{{party color|Popular Orthodox Rally}}}}
| Georgios Georgiou<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|39320|Georgios Georgiou}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
! style="background:{{party color|June Movement}}"|
| [[June Movement]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| JB
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Social liberalism]]
| {{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|June Movement}}}}
| [[Jens-Peter Bonde]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|1275|Jens-Peter Bonde}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
! style="background:{{party color|June List}}"|
| [[June List]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| jl
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Populism]]
| {{Composition bar|3|19|{{party color|June List}}}}
| [[Hélène Goudin]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28146|Hélène Goudin}}</ref> [[Nils Lundgren]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28142|Nils Lundgren}}</ref> [[Lars Wohlin|Lars Magnus Wohlin]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28144|Lars Magnus Wohlin}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
! style="background:{{party color|Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)}}"|
| [[Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)|Independent Democrats]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| NEZDEM
| [[Euroscepticism]]<br />[[Populism]]
| {{Composition bar|1|24|{{party color|Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)}}}}
| [[Vladimír Železný]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28357|Vladimír Železný}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}
! style="background:{{party color|League of Polish Families}}"|
| [[League of Polish Families]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| LPR
| [[National conservatism]]<br />[[Political Catholicism]]
| {{Composition bar|10|54|{{party color|League of Polish Families}}}}
| [[Wojciech Wierzejski]],<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/inOut/viewOutgoing.do?language=EN&id=28344 Incoming / Outgoing]. Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved on 7 September 2013.</ref> [[Urszula Krupa]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28334|Urszula Krupa}}</ref> [[Witold Tomczak]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|24089|Witold Tomczak}}</ref> [[Filip Adwent]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28302|Filip Adwent}}</ref> [[Sylwester Chruszcz]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28325|Sylwester Chruszcz}}</ref> [[Maciej Giertych]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|24088|Maciej Giertych}}</ref> [[Dariusz Maciej Grabowski]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28332|Dariusz Maciej Grabowski}}</ref> [[Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28341|Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski}}</ref> [[Bogdan Pęk]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28337|Bogdan Pęk}}</ref> [[Bogusław Rogalski]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28343|Bogusław Rogalski}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Italy}}
! style="background:{{party color|Lega Nord}}"|
| [[Lega Nord]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/>
| LN
| [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Right-wing populism]]
| {{Composition bar|4|78|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}}
| [[Mario Borghezio]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|21817|Mario Borghezio}}</ref> (joined 21 July)<ref name="Europarl20040721EN">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/calendar/calendar?APP=PDF&TYPE=PV1&FILE=20040721EN.pdf&LANGUE=EN|title=20040721EN|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> [[Umberto Bossi]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|2036|Umberto Bossi}}</ref> (joined 21 July<ref name="Europarl20040721EN"/>) [[Matteo Salvini]],<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28404|Matteo Salvini}}</ref> (joined 21 July<ref name="Europarl20040721EN"/>) [[Francesco Enrico Speroni]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|997|Francesco Enrico Speroni}}</ref> (joined 21 July<ref name="Europarl20040721EN"/>)
|-
| {{flag|Ireland}}
! style="background:{{party color|Independent}}"|
| colspan="2"| [[Kathy Sinnott]]<ref name="EuropePolitique2004Results"/> ([[Independent politician|Ind.]])
| –
| {{Composition bar|1|13|{{party color|Independent}}}}
| [[Kathy Sinnott]]<ref>{{EP MEP info/archive|28119|Kathy Sinnott}}</ref>
|}

==Activities==

===In the news===
Activities performed by IND/DEM in the period between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2008 that resulted in an entry on Google News include: 
* seeking to allow Parliament to be filmed;
* criticising [[President of the European Commission|EC President]] [[José Manuel Barroso|Barroso]] for taking a cruise on a yacht owned by [[Spiro Latsis]] prior to the Commission giving a Latsis shipyard a grant of €10&nbsp;million;<ref name="IHT20041012">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/|title=Breaking News, World News & Multimedia}}</ref><ref name="DV199382">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Fbuitenland%2Farticle199382.ece&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=MEPs see no bread in motion against Barroso, dV, 9 June 2005 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* trying to get a European Parliament auditor's report on alleged abuses of staff allowances published;<ref name="AFX4698634">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/02/26/afx4698634.html |title=Report on EU parliament funding abuse to remain secret, dV, February 26, 2008 |work=Forbes.com |date=26 February 2008 |access-date=17 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="AD20080311">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ad.nl%2Fbuitenland%2F2128020%2FVan_Buitenen_voert_druk_op_EP_op.html&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=van Buitenen puts pressure on EP, AD, March 11, 2008 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* opposing the appointment of [[Rocco Buttiglione]] as Justice Commissioner;<ref name="CNN20041027">[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/27/eu.barroso/ Barroso defends delay in EU vote, CNN, 27 October 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030204846/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/27/eu.barroso/ |date=30 October 2006 }}</ref>
* arguing against the Constitution Treaty,<ref name="Times515432">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article515432.ece EU's poll data 'propaganda': Millions are to be spent on promoting the constitution among member states, Times, 17 February 2005]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref><ref name="Times445493">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article445493.ece Leaders plan for a robust constitution as remedy to voter apathy, Times, 15 June 2004]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref><ref name="Times504641">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article504641.ece They don't like the EU constitution? Quick, send in the force, Times, 21 January 2005]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref><ref name="PD195396">{{cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200507/11/eng20050711_195396.html |title=EU charter's fate still uncertain after Luxembourg's Yes vote, PD, July 11, 2005 |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=11 July 2005 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* arguing against the Lisbon Treaty,<ref name="PM20080116">[http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/meps-kosovo-and-lisbon-treaty-should-top-eu-agenda/ MEPs: Kosovo and Lisbon treaty should top EU agenda, PM, 16 January 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609183518/http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/meps-kosovo-and-lisbon-treaty-should-top-eu-agenda/ |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref><ref name="EA164921">{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-treaty-deal-meets-praise-criticism/article-164921 |title=EU Treaty deal meets praise and criticism, EA, 27 June 2007 |publisher=Euractiv.com |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="OJ20051220">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oe-journal.at%2FAktuelles%2F%212005%2F1205%2FW3%2F52012schuelerPk.htm&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=Students discuss with top-level representatives of the EU Parliament, OJ, 20 December 2005 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="CI8861">{{cite web|url=http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8861 |title=Brussels Will Lose Moral Authority on Democracy, CI, December 21, 2007 |publisher=Cato.org |date=21 December 2007 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* arguing against a deeper Europe;<ref name="Times443424">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article443424.ece Many tongues, now some teeth, Times, 10 June 2004]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref>
* expelling Lega Nord and the League of Polish Families;<ref name="IN06N05525">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wienerzeitung.at%2FDesktopDefault.aspx%3FTabID%3D3857%26Alias%3Dwzo%26cob%3D223993&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=Lega Nord expelled from the Eurosceptic group Independence and Democracy. Borghezio announces appeals, IN, 16 March 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="WZ223993">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wienerzeitung.at%2FDesktopDefault.aspx%3FTabID%3D3857%26Alias%3Dwzo%26cob%3D223993&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=Northern League as a free radical, WZ, 18 March 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="VN3D47809">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.varesenews.it%2Fitalia%2Farticolo.php%3Fid%3D47809&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=Lega Nord permanently expelled from the Eurosceptic group, VN, 18 March 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* arguing against the two-person Presidency,<ref name="PM20070115">[http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/bonde-calls-for-election-not-coronation-in-eu-parliament-vote/ Bonde calls for ‘election not coronation’ in EU parliament vote, PM, 15 January 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609184632/http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/bonde-calls-for-election-not-coronation-in-eu-parliament-vote/ |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref><ref name="PM20070112">[http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/wurtz-urges-sea-change-in-eu-parliament-elections/ Wurtz urges sea change in EU parliament elections, PM, 12 January 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609183619/http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/wurtz-urges-sea-change-in-eu-parliament-elections/ |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref>
* arguing against the two-seat Parliament,<ref name="PM20060615">[http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/strasbourgnbsp-spinelessness-angers-eu-deputies/ Strasbourg  'spinelessness' angers EU deputies, PM, 15 June 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609182730/http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/strasbourgnbsp-spinelessness-angers-eu-deputies/ |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref><ref name="TR350163">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trouw.nl%2Flaatstenieuws%2Flaatstenieuws%2Farticle350163.ece%2FVoorzitter_EP_praat_niet_meer_over_Straatsburg&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 |title=EP President no longer talking about Strasbourg, TR, 15 June 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* arguing against attempts to fund plans to improve EP turnout;<ref name="PM20071127">[http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/meps-outlinenbspplans-to-boost-eunbspparliament-election-turnout/ MEPs outline plans to boost EU parliament election turnout, PM, 27 November 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609182658/http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/meps-outlinenbspplans-to-boost-eunbspparliament-election-turnout/ |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref>
* arguing for greater control of the commission by Parliament,<ref name="EA156620">[http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/parliament-strengthens-control-commission/article-156620 Parliament strengthens its control over the Commission, EA, 11 September 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829225620/http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/parliament-strengthens-control-commission/article-156620 |date=29 August 2008 }}</ref>
* arguing for decentralisation,<ref name="EGOV8610">{{cite web|url=http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/8610 |title=MEPs debate Commission 2007 work programme, EGOV, 16 November 2006 |publisher=Egovmonitor.com |date=16 November 2006 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609204933/http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/8610 |archive-date=9 June 2009 }}</ref>
* arguing for mandatory lobbying disclosure,<ref name="ZDNET2050619">{{cite web|last=Marson |first=Ingrid |url=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39209714,00.htm |title=More MEPs demand transparency after patent debacle, ZDNET, 19 July 2005 |publisher=News.zdnet.co.uk |date=19 July 2005 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
* supporting whistleblower [[Hans-Peter Martin]].<ref name="TT20040613">{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/13/2003174880 |title=EU perks-buster wins little popularity, TT, June 13, 2004 |publisher=Taipeitimes.com |date=13 June 2004 |access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>

===Parliamentary activity profile===
[[File:Motions for resolutions put to the vote in plenary in the European Parliament August 1 2004 to August 1 2008.PNG|thumb|Group parliamentary activity profile, 1 August 2004 to 1 August 2008 (see [[:Image:Motions for resolutions put to the vote in plenary in the European Parliament 1 August 2004 to 1 August 2008.PNG|description]] for sources)<br />{{legend|#FF9900|IND/DEM: 43 motions}}
]]
The debates and votes in the European Parliament are tracked by its website<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/motion/search.do?language=EN Plenary sitting – Home]. Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved on 7 September 2013.</ref> and categorised by the Groups that participate in them and the rule of procedure that they fall into. The results give a profile for each Group by category and the total indicates the Group's level of participation in Parliamentary debates. The activity profile for each Group for the period 1 August 2004 to 1 August 2008 in the [[Sixth European Parliament]] is given on the diagram on the right. IND/DEM is denoted in orange.

The website shows IND/DEM as participating in 43 motions, making it one of the most inactive Groups during the period.

===Publications===
IND/DEM publications included the Prague Declaration of October 2005, which restated their disapproval of the Constitution Treaty and belief that the values it embodied should not be resurrected,<ref name="IDPrague">{{cite web |url=http://indemgroup.eu/uploads/media/Prague_declaration_EN.pdf |title=The Prague Declaration on the future of Europe |date=18 October 2005 |publisher=Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904011213/http://indemgroup.eu/uploads/media/Prague_declaration_EN.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Delphi Declaration of July 2007, which made similar points concerning the Treaty of Lisbon.<ref name="IDDelphi">{{cite web |url=http://indemgroup.eu/uploads/media/declaration_of_Delphi.pdf |title=The Declaration of Delphi |publisher=Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament |date=July 2007 |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904011231/http://indemgroup.eu/uploads/media/declaration_of_Delphi.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> IND/DEM also published a newsletter called EU Watch, which gave a eurosceptic view on the EU activities of the day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indemgroup.eu/48/ |title=EUWatch |publisher=Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament |date=26 June 2008 |access-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626174454/http://indemgroup.eu/48/ |archive-date=26 June 2008 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indemgroup.org/ Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110221152/http://indemgroup.org/ |date=10 November 2007 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060905213952/http://eudemocrats.org/ EUDemocrats official website]

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