Independence and Democracy

Independence/Democracy
European parliamentary group
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Name	Independence/Democracy
English abbr.	IND/DEM
French abbr.	IND/DEM
Formal name	Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament
Ideology	Euroscepticism
European parties	EUDemocrats
From	20 July 2004
To	1 July 2009 (de facto).
Preceded by	Europe of Democracies and Diversities
Succeeded by	Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Chaired by	Nigel Farage Hanne Dahl
MEP(s)	37 (20–23 July 2004) 28 (January 2007) 22 (24 June 2008) 18 (11 June 2009, de facto)
Website	http://indemgroup.org/

Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) was a Eurosceptic political group active during the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. The group was the successor to the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group.

The group collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs and was succeeded by Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) for the 2009–2014 term of the European Parliament.

The 2004 European Parliament elections were reported as a good result for Eurosceptic parties. 37 MEPs (33 on 20 July, with four more the next day) from the UK Independence Party (UKIP), June Movement (Denmark), Movement for France (France), Northern League (Italy), ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party (Netherlands), Popular Orthodox Rally (Greece), June List (Sweden), Independent Democrats (Czech Republic), the League of Polish Families (Poland) and an Independent MEP from the Republic of Ireland, joined together 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 1999–2004 term.