Non-Inscrits
Non-Inscrits (abbreviated NI; English: Non-Attached Members, abbreviated NA[1]) are Members of the European Parliament (MEP) who do not sit in one of the recognised political groups.
These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a European political party, but for a political grouping to be formed in the European Parliament there need to be 25 MEPs from seven different states. Being part of a group grants access to state funds and committee seats, but the group members must be ideologically tied. Groups of convenience, such as the Technical Group of Independents, previously existed, but are no longer allowed, and the minimum requirements for group formation have been raised, forcing less numerous elements to sit as NIs.
Political ideologies displayed by the Non-Inscrits range from conservatism, nationalism and national conservatism to social liberalism, populism, communism and neo-nazism. As of 2015 however, the Non-Inscrits mostly consist of far-right parties.[2]
In the 6th European Parliament 23 right-wing NIs briefly formed the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group at the start of 2007, but it collapsed on 14 November 2007 due to internal disagreements.
Current Term Non-Inscrits (2014–19)
The number of Non-Inscrits rose temporarily from 48 at the beginning of the term to 100 between 16 and 20 October 2014 when the EFDD group dissolved following the departure of Latvian MEP Iveta Grigule. The EFDD group was restored when Robert Iwaszkiewicz (KNP, Poland) decided to join it.
On 15 June 2015, 35 Non-Inscrits MEPs and a former EFDD member (Janice Atkinson, excluded from UKIP) formed a new group, named "Europe of Nations and Freedom" (ENF), around Marine Le Pen (FN) and Marcel de Graaff (PVV), later joined on 24 June 2015 by Aymeric Chauprade. The number of Non-Inscrits then fell to 14 on 22 July 2015, when Juan Fernando López Aguilar reintegrated S&D. Aymeric Chauprade left ENF on 9 November 2015. Marcus Pretzell was expelled from ECR before joining the ENF in May 2016, bringing the number of Non-Inscrits to 15. From May 2016 to May 2017 Renato Soru was expelled from S&D after being sentenced for tax evasion. When Steven Woolfe and Diane James left EFDD in October and November 2016 and Alessandra Mussolini left EPP during twelve days in November–December 2016 the number of Non-Inscrits grew to 19 before coming back to 18. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was expelled from the EPP in March 2017.
Current members
| Country | # | National Party | MEP | EU party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | Independent (elected with DF) | Rikke Karlsson (was member of ECR until 21 February 2018) |
None |
 |
1 | National Front (FN) Front National |
Bruno Gollnisch | EAF / MENF |
| 1 | Comités Jeanne (elected with FN) | Jean-Marie Le Pen | APF | |
| 1 | Independent (elected with FN) | Sophie Montel (was member of EFDD until 5 July 2018) |
None | |
 | ||||
| 1 | Die PARTEI | Martin Sonneborn | None | |
| 1 | National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Udo Voigt | APF | |
 |
2 | Golden Dawn (ΧΑ) Χρυσή Αυγή Chrysí Avgí |
Georgios Epitidios | None |
| Lambros Foundoulis | ||||
| 1 | Independent (elected with ΧΑ) | Eleftherios Synadinos | None | |
| 2 | Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas |
Konstantinos Papadakis | INITIATIVE | |
| Sotirios Zarianopoulos | ||||
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1 | Jobbik Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom |
Zoltán Balczó | None |
| 2 | Independent (elected with Jobbik) | Béla Kovács | ||
| Krisztina Morvai | ||||
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1 | Independent (elected with M5S) | David Borrelli (was member of EFDD until 13 February 2018) |
None |
 |
1 | Liberty Wolność |
Dobromir Sośnierz (left KNP and joined KORWiN, replacing Janusz Korwin-Mikke upon his resignation) |
None |
| 1 | Civic Platform (PO) Platforma Obywatelska |
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (expelled from EPP in March 2017) |
EPP | |
| 1 | Independent (elected with PiS) | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski (was member of ECR until 13 April 2018) |
None | |
 |
1 | Conservative Party (elected with UKIP) | Steven Woolfe (was member of EFDD until 23 October 2016) |
AECR |
| 1 | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | Diane Dodds | None | |
| 2 | Independent (elected with UKIP) | James Carver (was member of EFDD until 28 May 2018) | ||
| Diane James (was member of EFDD until 19 November 2016) |
Previous members
Historic Non-Inscrits
Non-Inscrits 2009–2014
Non-Inscrits 2004–2009
Non-Inscrits 1999–2004
| Country | # | National Party | MEP | EU party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Freedom Party | Gerhard Hager | None | |
| Wolfgang Ilgenfritz | |||||
| Hans Kronberger | |||||
| Daniela Raschhofer | |||||
| Peter Sichrovsky | |||||
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2 | Vlaams Blok | Philip Claeys | ||
| Koenraad Dillen | |||||
|
1 | Independent | Ward Beysen[12] | ||
|
3 | June Movement | Bent Andersen | ||
| Jens-Peter Bonde | |||||
| Ulla Sandbæk | |||||
|
5 | National Front | Charles de Gaulle | Euronat | |
| Bruno Gollnisch | |||||
| Carl Lang | |||||
| Jean-Claude Martinez | |||||
| Marie-France Stirbois | |||||
|
5 | Individual members of Rally for France | Elizabeth Montfort[13] | ||
| Thierry de la Perrière[14] | |||||
| Dominique Souchet[14] | |||||
| Nicole Thomas-Mauro[14] | |||||
| Alexandre Varaut[14] | |||||
|
7 | Italian Radicals | Emma Bonino | ELDR | |
| Marco Cappato | |||||
| Gianfranco Dell'Alba | |||||
| Benedetto Della Vedova | |||||
| Olivier Dupuis | |||||
| Marco Pannella | |||||
| Maurizio Turco | |||||
|
4 | Lega Nord | Mario Borghezio | None | |
| Marco Formentini[15] | |||||
| Gian Paolo Gobbo | |||||
| Francesco Speroni | |||||
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1 | Tricolour Flame | Roberto Felix Billard[16] | ||
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1 | Batasuna | Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso | ||
|
1 | Democratic Unionist Party | Ian Paisley | ||
Non-Inscrits 1989–1994
| Country | # | National Party | MEP | EU party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | Reformed Political Party | Leen van der Waal | none | |
Non-Inscrits 1984–1989
| Country | # | National Party | MEP | EU party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | Reformed Political Party | Leen van der Waal | none | |
Non-Inscrits 1979–1984
| Country | # | National Party | MEP | EU party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 | Democrats 66 | Suzanne Dekker | none | ||
| Aar de Goede | ||||||
Notes
References
- ↑ the English name is also official, but the French name is prevalent even in English texts
- ↑ "Who do you think you are kidding...?". www.newstatesman.com.
- ↑ "Minutes of the sitting of Thursday 3 July 2014". European Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ "L'Orléanaise Jeanne Pothain (FN) démissionne de son mandat de députée européenne" [Orleans' Jeanne Pothain (FN) resigns her MEP seat]. La République du Centre (in French). 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ Luis Ángel Sanz (4 April 2015). "El PSOE expulsa temporalmente a López Aguilar del Grupo Socialista en Bruselas". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- ↑ E. García de Blas & R. Rincón (7 April 2015). "El PSOE aparta a López Aguilar tras una denuncia de maltrato". El País (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Non-Inscrits". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ Personal profile of Andrew Brons in the European Parliament's database of members
- ↑ Personal profile of Trevor Colman in the European Parliament's database of members
- ↑ Personal profile of Mike Nattrass in the European Parliament's database of members
- ↑ Personal profile of Nicole Sinclaire in the European Parliament's database of members
- ↑ Left the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats in 2003.
- ↑ Member of Union for Europe of the Nations until 2001, Non-Inscrit from 2001 to 2003, and member of European People's Party (European Parliament group) from 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 Member of Union for Europe of the Nations until 2001.
- ↑ Joined the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on 5.10.1999.
- ↑ Joined the Union for Europe of the Nations in 2001.
External links
- "Non-Inscrits". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. Retrieved 2015-06-16.