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Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty is a political group in the European Parliament composed of twenty MEPs from European parties variously described as far right and extreme nationalist. A common political charter for the group was signed on 9 January 2007 and conveyed to Parliamentary president Josep Borrell; the following day Bruno Gollnisch held a press conference in the European Parliament to announce the group; its official recognition is expected to be formally declared at the start of the EP plenary session on 15 January.^[1][2] Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Political Groups in the European Parliament combine the MEPs from European political parties, informal European political blocs, and independents, into powerful coalitions. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European... MEPS can refer to: United States Military Entrance Processing Command Methode d’Evaluation des Produits Securitaire “bancaires” Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into far right. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of the European Parliament oversees all the activities of the European Parliament and its constituent bodies. ... Josep Borrell Josep Borrell Fontelles (born April 24, 1947) is a Spanish politician. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Earlier reports had suggested Identity, Sovereignty, Transparency and Europe of the Fatherlands had also been considered as group names.^[3][4]

Previous attempts at creating a far-right grouping had been stymied by restrictions requiring the group to be of a minimum size and to have representation from more than 20% of all member states. With the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and the addition to the Parliament of MEPs from National Union Attack and the Greater Romania Party, respectively, this barrier was surmounted. The National Union Attack (Национален съюз Атака, Nacionalen Sayuz Ataka; also[citation needed] translated as the Attack Coalition) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. ... Great Romania Party campaign poster for the Romanian presidential election, 2004. ...

The group's founding charter has been described as "broadly anti-immigration, anti-EU constitution and anti-Turkish EU membership,"^[1] while group participants have emphasised that the group will function as a relatively ideologically loose entity. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The constitutional treaty as signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 by representatives of the EU member states The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE), commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ... The European Union (EU) was originally created by six founding states in 1958 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952), but has grown to its current size of 25 member states. ...

The largest component of the group is France's National Front, and includes several political parties associated to Euronat, an existing unofficial grouping of far-right parties. The group's chair is to be Bruno Gollnisch of the National Front. The National Front (FN, French: ) is a far-right, nationalist political party in France, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... Euronat (also known as EuroNet and Euro-Nat) is/was an effort by Jean-Marie Le Pen of Front National to gather all the Euronationalist parties of Europe. ... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Bruno Gollnisch is a French academic and politician. ...

Membership

Its members will be:^[4]

 Austria

One member: Freedom Party of Austria (Andreas Mölzer) Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... The Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, abbreviated to FPÖ) is a far-right political party in Austria. ... Andreas Mölzer Andreas Mölzer (born on 2 December 1952 in Leoben) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. ...

 Belgium

Three members: Vlaams Belang (Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, Frank Vanhecke) Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a Belgian political party. ... Philip Claeys Philip Claeys (born on 24 May 1965 in Gent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Blok, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. ... Koenraad Dillen Koenraad Dillen (born on 6 November 1964 in Mortsel) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the extreme-right Vlaams Belang, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. ... Frank Vanhecke Frank Vanhecke (born 30 May 1959 in Brugge) started his career in extreme right-wing Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. ...

 Bulgaria

One member: National Union Attack (Dimitar Stoyanov) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_(bordered). ... The National Union Attack (Национален съюз Атака, Nacionalen Sayuz Ataka; also[citation needed] translated as the Attack Coalition) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. ...

 France

Seven members: National Front (Bruno Gollnisch, Carl Lang, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Fernand Le Rachinel, Jean-Claude Martinez, Lydia Schenardi) Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The National Front (FN, French: ) is a far-right, nationalist political party in France, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... Bruno Gollnisch is a French academic and politician. ... Carl Lang (born 20 September 1957) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. ... Portrait of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the mid-1990s (in a publicity image from the Front National party). ... Marine le Pen (born August 5, 1968) is a French politician. ... Fernand Le Rachinel (born 4 June 1942 in Gourfaleur, Manche) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. ... Jean-Claude Martinez (born 30 July 1945 in Sète, Hérault) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. ... Lydia Schenardi (born 27 June 1952 in Montreuil-sous-Bois, Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. ...

 Italy

Two members: Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

• Alternativa Sociale (Alessandra Mussolini)
• Fiamma Tricolore (Luca Romagnoli)

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 Romania

Five members: Greater Romania Party (Daniela Buruiană, Eugen Mihăescu, Viorica Moisuc, Petre Popeangă, Cristian Stănescu) Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Great Romania Party campaign poster for the Romanian presidential election, 2004. ...

 United Kingdom

One member: Independent (Formerly UKIP) (Ashley Mote) Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced //) is a libertarian free market British political party. ... Ashley Mote is a Member of the European Parliament for South East England. ...

Criticism and controversy

• Bruno Gollnisch is awaiting a verdict from a Lyon court on charges of questioning the Holocaust.^[1]

• Dimitar Stoyanov circulated an email disagreeing with the nomination of Hungarian Roma woman (Livia Jaroka) as European MP Of The Year a few months previously: "You can even buy yourself a loving [Gypsy] wife aged 12 or 13..."^[1]

• Alessandra Mussolini is granddaughter of the infamous Benito Mussolini^[1]

• Other persons linked to the group have been said to support General Franco or National Socialism^[1]

Bruno Gollnisch is a French academic and politician. ... Lívia Járóka is the first Roma Member of the European Parliament, having been elected as part of the Fidesz list in Hungary in June 2004. ... Alessandra Mussolini (born December 30, 1962) is an Italian fascist politician and Member of the European Parliament. ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown from power. ... The name Franco may refer to: Francisco Franco, Dictator of Spain from 1936 to 1975 Francois Luambo Makiadi, a Congolese musician and founder of the band OK Jazz active from the 1950s to 1980s ... The term National socialism has been used in self-description by a number of unrelated political movements. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Mahony, Honor. "Far-right group formed in European Parliament", EUobserver, 2007-01-09. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
2. ^ "Rechtsaußenbündnis im Europaparlament entsteht", Der Standard, 2007-01-09. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.(German)
3. ^ Traynor, Ian. "Romania's first gift to the European Union - a caucus of neo-fascists and Holocaust deniers", The Guardian, 2007-01-08. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Rechtsaußenfraktion im EU-Parlament kommt", Der Standard, 2007-01-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.(German)

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Pan-European political organisations
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European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | European Green Party | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | Party of the European Left | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | European People's Party | Party of European Socialists Image File history File links European_flag. ... A European political party, formally a political party at European level, sometimes informally (especially in academic circles) a Europarty, is a type of political party organization operating transnationally in Europe. ... For the eurosceptic informal grouping, see European Democrats. ... EUDemocrats (EUD) is an alliance of parties, movements and political organisations operating as a transnational Party at a European level (European political party), and incorporating members from both the centre-left and the centre-right. ... The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a grouping of various political parties in Europe who believe in either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region. ... European Greens (or the European Green Party) is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ... The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (most commonly represented in French, as Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe) is an apparent European political party, whose existence is claimed by both itself and by the EUDemocrats[1]. Little, however, is known about the composition of the ADIE or... The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of socialist and communist political parties in the European Union. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, mainly active in the European Union, composed of 49 national liberal and centrist parties from across Europe. ... The Alliance for Europe of the Nations is a pan-European political party that gathers nationalist parties from across the continent. ... The European Peoples Party (EPP) is the largest European political party. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well...
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European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform | Platform for Transparency The European Anti Capitalist Left (EACL) is an informal network for European anticapitalist left wing parties with a certain representativeness. ... The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is an European political association for reflection and working on Christian-democratic politics in Europe from an explicit Christian Social view. ... The European Democrat Union is the European wing of the International Democrat Union. ... Euronat (also known as EuroNet and Euro-Nat) is/was an effort by Jean-Marie Le Pen of Front National to gather all the Euronationalist parties of Europe. ... European National Front is a coordinating structure of European far-right nationalist movements. ... The Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) is a green and socialist political party at the European level founded in Reykjavík on February 1, 2004. ... The Movement for European Reform is a pan-European alliance of national political parties founded on 13 July 2006, intended to group forces of the center-right in favour of free market policies and critical of further European integration. ... Platform for Transparency is a loose unofficial grouping within the European Parliament, established in 2005[1], for three MEPs who are not affiliated to an official European political party. ...
Dedicated pan-European parties:
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Political groups in the European Parliament
EPP–ED (277) | PES (218) | ALDE (106) | UEN (44) | Greens–EFA (42) | EUL–NGL (41) | IND/DEM (23) | ITS (20) • 14 MEPs are not attached to any political group • Political Groups in the European Parliament combine the MEPs from European political parties, informal European political blocs, and independents, into powerful coalitions. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European... Image File history File links European_Parliament_6th_term. ... The European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well... ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ... UEN logo The Union for Europe of the Nations is a nationalist and (mostly) euro-sceptic party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. ... Logo of the European Federation of Green Parties - EFA The European Greens – European Free Alliance (The Greens - European Free Alliance; Greens - EFA; French: Le Groupe Verts - Alliance libre européenne; Les Verts - ALE, German Fraktion der Grünen/Freie Europäische Allianz) is one of the parliamentary groups in the... GUE-NGL logo The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ... IND/DEM logo The Independence and Democracy (IND/DEM) group, formed July 20, 2004 is a euro-sceptic political group with 36 MEPs in the European Parliament. ... Non-Inscrits (English: Non-Attached; the English name is also official, but the French name is prevalent even in English texts) are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the political groups. ...
Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation, elections in the European Union, party composition of the council The majority of major political parties in Europe have aligned themselves into the pan-European political organisations listed below. ... Elections in the European Union gives information on election and election results in the European Union. ... The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of April, 2006. ...