Identity and Democracy Party
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The Identity and Democracy Party (French: Parti Identité et Démocratie;
History
In the aftermath of the
Later in 2014, they decided to create a new European-level structure, which became the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom. The Dutch
It was recognised by the European Parliament (EP) in 2015. Its maximum grant by the EP for this year[
On 16 June 2015, the
The 1st congress of the movement was held on 28 June 2015 in
On 15 September 2015, the Flemish
On 21 November 2015, MENF's think tank "Foundation for a Europe of Nations and Freedom" organised a colloquium ("L'euro, un échec inéluctable?") dealing with Euro and how it might be an inescapable failure. Jacques Sapir took part in this colloquium among others. The FENF, chaired by Gerolf Annemans, organised another colloquium on 2 April 2016 in Paris dealing with union representation and the development of professional organisations in France.[22]
The third colloquium of the movement took place on 4 March 2016 in the Flemish Parliament with VB's leader Tom Van Grieken and PVV's leader Geert Wilders. This colloquium entitled "Freedom" ("Vrijheid") dealt with liberties in Europe and how they would be threatened by immigration from "countries with cultures which are fundamentally different [from the European one]".[23]
The movement's member parties and allies met in July 2016 in Vienna, an event hosted by Austria's FPÖ. The French National Rally, Matteo Salvini's Northern League, the AfD, Belgium's Vlaams Belang, the Dutch Party for Freedom were present among other independent politicians and smaller European parties.[24]
According to Politico, the movement owed in 2016 the European Parliament €535,818. The reasons given by Politico were the forbidden use of European grants by the MENF party to finance national political parties and referendum campaigns.[25] The party strongly denied these allegations by saying that they just had to give the unused EU funds back to the European Parliament.[26]
In 2019, the party expanded by including the
In July 2023, Alternative for Germany officially joined the ID Party, having been a member of the ID EU Parliament Group since 2019.[28]
In January 2024, the Slovak National Party and the Bulgarian Revival joined the ID Party.[29]
Platform
The ID Party's platform is based around building a Europe that is united, rejecting the complete dismantling of the European Union, however is critical of the current activities of the European Union which it accuses of being ultra-liberal and too bureaucratic. The party platform wishes to build a Europe that is composed of nations that maintain their sovereignty and identity.[30][non-primary source needed]
Composition
The following national delegations are part of the ID Party:[31][14][32]
Country | Party | Leader | Political group | European Parliament | National lower houses | National upper houses | Position in national legislature | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Member parties | ||||||||
Austria | Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) |
Herbert Kickl | ID | 3 / 18
|
30 / 183
|
10 / 61
|
Opposition | |
Belgium | Flemish Interest Vlaams Belang (VB) |
Tom Van Grieken | ID | 3 / 21
|
18 / 87
|
7 / 60
|
Opposition | |
Czech Republic | Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie (SPD) |
Tomio Okamura | ID | 1 / 21
|
19 / 200
|
0 / 81
|
Opposition | |
Estonia | Conservative People's Party of Estonia Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond (EKRE) |
Martin Helme | ID | 1 / 7
|
19 / 101
|
No upper house | Opposition | |
France | National Rally Rassemblement national (RN) |
Jordan Bardella | ID | 18 / 74
|
88 / 577
|
2 / 348
|
Opposition | |
Germany | Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland (AFD) |
Tino Chrupalla & Alice Weidel | ID | 9 / 96
|
80 / 736
|
0 / 69
|
Opposition | |
Italy | League Lega |
Matteo Salvini | ID | 23 / 76
|
66 / 400
|
30 / 200
|
Government | |
Netherlands | Party for Freedom Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) |
Geert Wilders | None | 0 / 29
|
37 / 150
|
5 / 75
|
Opposition | |
Portugal | Enough! Chega (CH) |
André Ventura | None | 0 / 21
|
50 / 230
|
no upper house | Opposition | |
Slovakia | Slovak National Party Slovenská národná strana (SNS) |
Andrej Danko | None | 1 / 14
|
10 / 150
|
no upper house | Government |
Former member parties
- Bulgaria: Volya[a] (until 2022)
- Bulgaria: Revival (2024)
- Czech Republic: Civic Conservative Party[b] (until 2016)
- Greece: New Right[c] (until 2023)
- Poland: Congress of the New Right[d] (until 2019)
- Slovakia: We Are Family[e] (until 2023)
- United Kingdom: For Britain[f] (until 2022)
- ^ Volya was removed from the list of member parties on the ID Party website in 2022.
- ^ OKS was a founding member however left in 2016.
- ^ New Right was removed from the list of member parties on the ID Party website in 2023.
- ^ KNP was a founding member however left in 2019.
- ^ We Are Family was removed from the list of member parties on the ID Party website in 2023.
- ^ For Britain was dissolved in 2022.
Relations with other parties
The national conservative Civic Conservative Party was a founding member of the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom however left the group in 2016.
In February 2016, FPÖ's leader
The Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), despite not being a member of MENF, participated in its previous political group in the European Parliament, ENF.[38] Party leader, Geert Wilders has also attended ID Party events and appears in its promotional material.[31] The Blue Party led by former AfD leader, Frauke Petry and the UK Independence Party, then led by Gerard Batten, were both members of the ENF. Both the Blue Party and UKIP never became official members of MENF however were ideologically aligned.
ID Party leaders also have public political relations of some kind with
On 24 January 2020, the ID Party's think tank, the ID Foundation, held an event in London that was addressed by
ID Party have supported the
In 2022, Fidesz sent representatives, including Justice Minister Judit Varga, to address ID Party events.[53][54]
In October 2023, the ID Party hosted a gathering in Rome with representatives of Fidesz, the U.S.
On 13 October 2023,
In November 2023, ID member parties, along with Fidesz and Vox, participated in a conference hosted by the Serbian People's Party.[58] A politician from the Serbian People's Party, Jovan Palalić, was later interviewed by the ID Foundation.[59]
In December 2023, Bulgarian Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) leader George Simion, and a representative from the Polish Confederation Liberty and Independence addressed an ID rally in Florence.[60] However, Simion clarified AUR's intention to join the European Conservatives and Reformists a day prior to the rally.[61]
In March 2024, former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy addressed an ID rally in Rome.[62]
Structure
Leadership
President
- Gerolf Annemans (VB, Belgium)
Members of the Bureau
- RN, France)
- Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ, Austria)
- Marco Zanni (Lega, Italy)
- Angelo Ciocca (Lega, Italy)
- Jaak Madison (EKRE, Estonia)
Treasurer
- RN, France)
History
Presidents
- 2015–2017: Louis Aliot
- 2017–2019: Jean-François Jalkh
- 2019–present: Gerolf Annemans
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