Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe

Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe

Founded	30 September 2014
Ideology	Direct democracy National conservatism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing
European Parliament group	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Political foundation	Initiative for Direct Democracy
Website
www.addeurope.org
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The Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe, abbreviated to ADDE, is a European political party founded in 2014. It is composed of parties belonging to the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European Parliament (EP).^[1] The dominant national party in the ADDE is the UK Independence Party (UKIP), providing 21 of the party's 27 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected in 2014. A further three UKIP MEPs have chosen not to participate in the ADDE.^[2]^[3] In 2015 the ADDE was recognised by the European Parliament and its grant maximum from the EP was set at €1,241,725,^[4] with an additional €730,053 for its affiliated political foundation, the Initiative for Direct Democracy.^[5]

Member parties

Country	Party	European MPs	National MPs
Belgium	People's Party	0 / 22	1 / 150
Czech Republic	Party of Free Citizens	1 / 21	0 / 200
France	France Arise	0 / 72	2 / 577
France	Joëlle Bergeron (independent)	1 / 72	0 / 577
Germany	Beatrix von Storch (AfD)	1 / 99	0 / 631
Lithuania	Order and Justice	1 / 12	11 / 141
Netherlands	For the Netherlands	0 / 26	2 / 150
Poland	Robert Iwaszkiewicz (Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Freedom and Hope)	1 / 51	0 / 460
Sweden	Sweden Democrats	2 / 22	48 / 349
United Kingdom	UK Independence Party	16 / 73	1 / 650
Bulgaria	Slavi Binev (PROUD)	0 / 240	1 / 650

Only 16 of 21 UKIP MEPs are actually members of ADDE

Notes

↑ "UKIP secures control of £1.5m EU cash, Newsnight learns - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
↑ "Ukip to get £1.5m EU taxpayers' cash by forming new political party | Politics". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
↑ "UKIP's Euro-Party decision | Politics at Surrey". Politicsatsurrey.ideasoneurope.eu. 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
↑ ""Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2015"" (PDF). Europarl.europa.eu. March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ ""Grants from the European Parliament to political foundations at European level 2008-2015"" (PDF). Europarl.europa.eu. March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

Pan-European political organisations

Political parties
recognised by the EU

Current	Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe Alliance for Peace and Freedom Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party Europeans United for Democracy European Alliance for Freedom Alliance of European National Movements European Christian Political Movement European Democratic Party European Free Alliance European Green Party European People's Party Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy Party of European Socialists Party of the European Left

Defunct	Alliance for Europe of the Nations Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe Libertas

Political parties not
recognised by the EU

Current	Europe – Democracy – Esperanto European Federalist Party European Pirate Party European Party for Individual Liberty Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties

Defunct	European National Front Europe United Party Movement for European Reform Newropeans

Other confederations
of national parties

Current	European Anti-Capitalist Left Liberal South East European Network Nordic Green Left Alliance

Defunct	Euronat Platform for Transparency European Democrat Union

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