title: Independents for a Europe of Nations
text: # Independents for a Europe of Nations
  
  Independents for a Europe of Nations was a Eurosceptic political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1996 and 1999.
  
  ## History
  
  "Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations" was founded on 20 December 1996, succeeding the Europe of Nations group. Following the 1999 European elections, the Group was reorganised into the "Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities" on 20 July 1999.
  
  ## MEPs
  
  MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 14 December 1998 were as follows:
  
  | Member state | MEPs | Party | MEPs | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark | 4 | June Movement | 2 | Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Jens-Peter Bonde |
  | Denmark | 4 | People's Movement against the EU | 2 | Ole Krarup, Lis Jensen |
  | France | 8 | Majorité pour l'autre Europe | 8 | Georges Berthu, Stéphane Buffetaut, Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, Charles De Gaulle, Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, Françoise Seillier, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Frédéric Striby |
  | Netherlands | 2 | SGP - GPV - RPF | 2 | Rijk Van Dam, Johannes Blokland |
  | United Kingdom | 1 | Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | James Nicholson |
  
  MEPs in Independents for a Europe of Nations on 4 May 1999 were as follows:
  
  | Member state | MEPs | Party | MEPs | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark | 4 | June Movement | 2 | Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Jens-Peter Bonde |
  | Denmark | 4 | People's Movement against the EU | 2 | Ole Krarup, Lis Jensen |
  | France | 8 | Majorité pour l'autre Europe | 8 | Georges Berthu, Stéphane Buffetaut, Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy, Raymond Chesa, Edouard C.M.P. Des Places, Françoise Seillier, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Frédéric Striby |
  | Netherlands | 2 | SGP - GPV - RPF | 2 | Rijk Van Dam, Johannes Blokland |
  | United Kingdom | 1 | Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | James Nicholson |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
  * European Parliament
  * Europe Politique
  * BBC News
  