Non-attached members

Not to be confused with Non-Attached Members (France).

Non-attached members (also known by the French term Non-Inscrits, French: [nɔn‿ɛ̃skʁi], NI) are members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups.

These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a European political party; however, for a political grouping to be formed in the European Parliament there need to be 23 MEPs from seven different countries. 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 parties and MEPs without ideological similarity to already existing groupings to sit as non-inscrits. Whilst some groups of MEPs who sit as non-inscrits may share similar views and express an intention to form new groupings between themselves in the future, non-inscrits as a whole have no specific ties to each other, other than their mutual lack of a political grouping.

MEPs

10th European Parliament (2024–2029)

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament (2024–2029)

State	National party	European party		MEPs
Bulgaria	Movement for Rights and Freedoms Движение за права и свободи		None	3 / 17
Cyprus	Independent Fidias Panayiotou		Independent	1 / 6
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy		PEL (observer)	1 / 21
	United Democrats – Association of Independents Spojení demokraté - Sdružení nezávislých		ECPM (individual member)	1 / 21
Germany	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht		None	6 / 96
	The PARTY Die PARTEI		None	2 / 96
	Party of Progress Partei des Fortschritts		None	1 / 96
	Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland		ESN	1 / 96
Greece	Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας		ECA	2 / 21
	Victory Νίκη		None	1 / 21
	Course of Freedom Πλεύση Ελευθερίας		None	1 / 21
Poland	Confederation of the Polish Crown Konfederacja Korony Polskiej		None	1 / 53
Romania	S.O.S. Romania S.O.S. România		None	2 / 33
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy Smer – sociálna demokracia		PES (suspended)	5 / 15
	Voice – Social Democracy Hlas – sociálna demokracia		PES (suspended)	1 / 15
	Republic Movement Hnutie Republika		ESN	1 / 15
Spain	The Party Is Over Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF)		None	1 / 61
European Union	Total			31 / 720

9th European Parliament (2019–2024)

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament (2019–2024)

The majority of Non-attached members were right wing.

State	National party	European party		MEPs
Belgium	Independent Marc Tarabella		Independent	1 / 21
Bulgaria	Independent Elena Yoncheva		Independent	1 / 17
Croatia	Law and Justice Pravo i Pravda		None	2 / 12
Czech Republic	Independent Hynek Blaško		Independent	1 / 21
France	Independents Gilbert Collard, Maxette Grisoni-Pirbakas, Hervé Juvin, Jérôme Rivière		Independent	4 / 79
Germany	Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland		None	9 / 96
	The PARTY Die PARTEI		None	1 / 96
	Independents Martin Buschmann, Jörg Meuthen		Independent	2 / 96
Greece	Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (ΚΚΕ)		None	2 / 21
	Independents Alexis Georgoulis, Eva Kaili, Athanasios Konstantinou, Ioannis Lagos		Independent	4 / 21
Hungary	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Fidesz)		None	12 / 21
	Jobbik – Conservatives Jobbik – Konzervatívok (Jobbik)		ECPM	1 / 21
Italy	Five Star Movement Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S)		None	5 / 76
	Christian Democracy Sicily Democrazia Cristiana Sicilia (DCS)		None	1 / 76
	Independents Andrea Cozzolino, Dino Giarrusso, Maria Veronica Rossi, Massimiliano Smeriglio		Independent	4 / 76
Latvia	Latvian Russian Union Latvijas Krievu savienība (LKS) Русский союз Латвии (РСЛ)		EFA (suspended)	1 / 8
Lithuania	Labour Party Darbo Partija (DP)		None	1 / 11
Netherlands	Forum for Democracy Forum voor Democratie (FvD)		None	1 / 29
Romania	Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat (PSD)		PES	1 / 33
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy Smer – sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD)		PES (suspended)	2 / 14
	Slovak PATRIOT Slovenský PATRIOT (SP)		None	1 / 14
	Republic Movement Hnutie Republika		None	1 / 14
Spain	Together for Catalonia Junts per Catalunya (Junts)		None	3 / 59
European Union	Total			61 / 705

Prior to the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020, there were 30 British MEPs who were Non-Inscrits: 29 members of the Brexit Party and 1 member of the Democratic Unionist Party.

8th European Parliament (2014–2019)

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.

The majority of Non-attached members were right wing.

Country	#	National party	MEP	EU party
Denmark	1	Independent (elected with DF)	Rikke Karlsson (was member of ECR until 21 February 2018)	None
France	1	National Rally (RN) Rassemblement National	Bruno Gollnisch	EAF / MENF
	1	Comités Jeanne (elected with RN)	Jean-Marie Le Pen	APF
	1	Independent (elected with RN)	Sophie Montel (was member of EFDD until 5 July 2018)	None
Germany
	1	Die PARTEI	Martin Sonneborn	None
	1	National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Udo Voigt	APF
Greece	2	Golden Dawn Χρυσή Αυγή (ΧΑ) Chrysí Avgí	Georgios Epitidios	APF
			Lambros Foundoulis
	1	Patriotic Radical Union (elected with ΧΑ) Πατριωτική Ριζοσπαστική Ένωση (ΠΑΤ.ΡΙ.Ε.) Patriotikí Rizospastikí Énosi	Eleftherios Synadinos	None
	2	Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (ΚΚΕ) Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas	Konstantinos Papadakis	INITIATIVE
			Sotirios Zarianopoulos
Hungary	1	Jobbik Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom	Zoltán Balczó	None
	2	Independent (elected with Jobbik)	Béla Kovács
			Krisztina Morvai
Poland	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
United Kingdom	1	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	Diane Dodds	None
	2	Independent (elected with UKIP)	James Carver (was member of EFDD until 28 May 2018)
			Steven Woolfe (was member of EFDD until 23 October 2016)

Previous members

Country	#	National party	MEP	EU party
Austria	4	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	Barbara Kappel	EAF / MENL
			Georg Mayer
			Franz Obermayr
			Harald Vilimsky
Belgium	1	Flemish Interest (VB) Vlaams Belang	Gerolf Annemans
France	18	National Front (FN) Front National	Louis Aliot
			Marie-Christine Arnautu
			Nicolas Bay
			Dominique Bilde
			Marie-Christine Boutonnet
			Steeve Briois
			Mireille d'Ornano
			Édouard Ferrand
			Sylvie Goddyn
			Jean-François Jalkh
			Marine Le Pen
			Philippe Loiseau (Replaced Jeanne Pothain, who resigned before sitting)
			Dominique Martin
			Joëlle Mélin
			Bernard Monot
			Sophie Montel
			Florian Philippot
			Mylène Troszczynski
	2	Rassemblement bleu Marine (RBM) Front National	Gilles Lebreton
			Jean-Luc Schaffhauser
	1	Independent (elected with FN)	Aymeric Chauprade (from 9 November 2015 to 18 April 2018; was member of ENF from 24 June to 9 November 2015)	none
Germany	1	Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alternative für Deutschland	Marcus Pretzell (from 12 April 2016 to 1 May 2016)	none
Italy	1	Democratic Party	Renato Soru (was member of S&D until 9 May 2016 and from 16 May 2017)	Party of European Socialists
	5	Northern League (LN) Lega Nord	Mara Bizzotto	EAF / MENL
			Mario Borghezio
			Gianluca Buonanno
			Lorenzo Fontana (Replaced on 11 July 2014 Flavio Tosi, who resigned to remain mayor of Verona)
			Matteo Salvini
	1	Forza Italia	Alessandra Mussolini (was member of EPP Group until 29 November 2016 and after 11 December 2016)	European People's Party
	1	Independent (elected with M5S)	David Borrelli (was member of EFDD until 13 February 2018 and member of ALDE from 18 April 2019)	None
Latvia	1	Latvian Farmers' Union (ZZS) Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība	Iveta Grigule (from 16 October 2014 to 27 April 2015)	None
Netherlands	4	Party for Freedom (PVV) Partij voor de Vrijheid	Marcel de Graaff	EAF
			Vicky Maeijer
			Olaf Stuger
			Auke Zijlstra (from 1 to 7 September 2015, then joined ENF. He replaced Hans Jansen who died on 5 May 2015, himself replacing Geert Wilders, who resigned before sitting)
Poland	3	Congress of the New Right (KNP) Kongres Nowej Prawicy	Robert Iwaszkiewicz (until 20 October 2014, before joining EFDD)	None
			Michał Marusik
			Stanisław Żółtek
	1	Liberty Wolność	Janusz Korwin-Mikke (left KNP and founded own party KORWiN in March 2015)	None
Romania	1	Independent	Sorin Moisă	None
Spain	1	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Partido Socialista Obrero Español	Juan Fernando López Aguilar (suspended from S&D from 15 April to 21 July 2015 following allegations of domestic violence)	PES
United Kingdom	1	Independent (elected with UKIP)	Diane James (was member of EFDD until 19 November 2016 and from 17 December 2018)	None
	1	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Gerard Batten (was member of EFDD until 7 December 2018 and member of ENF from 15 January 2019)

7th European Parliament (2009–2014)

The majority of Non-attached members were right wing.

Country	#	National party	MEP	EU party
Austria	1	Hans-Peter Martin's List	Hans-Peter Martin	None
	2	formerly Hans-Peter Martin's List	Martin Ehrenhauser
			Angelika Werthmann
	2	Freedom Party	Andreas Mölzer
			Franz Obermayr
	1	Alliance for the Future of Austria	Ewald Stadler
Belgium	1	Flemish Interest	Philip Claeys
Bulgaria	2	Attack	Dimitar Stoyanov
			Slavcho Binev (joined EFD in 2012, while leaving Attack and founding PROUD)
France	3	Front National	Bruno Gollnisch	AENM
			Jean-Marie Le Pen	None
			Marine Le Pen
Hungary	3	Jobbik	Béla Kovács
			Krisztina Morvai
			Csanád Szegedi
Italy	1	Northern League	Mario Borghezio	MELD?
Ireland	1	formerly Labour	Nessa Childers	None
Netherlands	3	Party for Freedom	Lucas Hartong
			Auke Zijlstra
			Patricia van der Kammen
	1	Article 50 (formerly Party for Freedom)	Daniël van der Stoep
	1	(formerly Party for Freedom)	Laurence Stassen
Romania	2	Greater Romania Party	Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu
			Corneliu Vadim Tudor
	1	New Generation Party – Christian Democratic	George Becali
Spain	1	Union, Progress and Democracy	Francisco Sosa Wagner
United Kingdom	2	British National Party	Nick Griffin	AENM
		British National Party (until 17 October 2010) British Democratic Party (from 9 February 2013)	Andrew Brons	None
	1	Democratic Unionist Party	Diane Dodds
	3	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Trevor Colman (left EFD on 25 March 2011)
		UK Independence Party (before 4 November 2013) An Independence Party (2013–14) An Independence from Europe (from 25 March 2014)	Mike Nattrass (left EFD on 23 June 2010, rejoined EFD on 11 December 2012, left EFD again on 9 September 2013)
		UK Independence Party (before 16 February 2011) United Kingdom Independent (2011–12) We Demand a Referendum (from 13 September 2012)	Nikki Sinclaire (left EFD on 18 January 2010)

6th European Parliament (2004-2009)

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.

The majority of Non-attached members were right wing.

5th European Parliament (1999–2004)

The majority of Non-attached members were right wing.

4th European Parliament (1994–1999)

The British Democratic Unionist Party was the only Non-attached.

Country	#		National party	MEP	EU party
United Kingdom	1		Democratic Unionist Party	Ian Paisley	none

3rd European Parliament (1989–1994)

The Dutch Reformed Political Party was the only Non-attached.

Country	#		National party	MEP	EU party
Netherlands	1		Reformed Political Party	Leen van der Waal	none

2nd European Parliament (1984–1989)

The Dutch Reformed Political Party was the only Non-attached.

Country	#		National party	MEP	EU party
Netherlands	1		Reformed Political Party	Leen van der Waal	none

1st European Parliament (1979–1984)

The Dutch Democrats 66 was the only Non-attached.

Country	#		National party	MEP	EU party
Netherlands	2		Democrats 66	Suzanne Dekker	none
				Aar de Goede

See also

• Independent politician
• Mixed Group

External links

• "Non-Inscrits". European Parliament. Retrieved 16 June 2015.