Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy

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Eurosceptic political group political group in the European Parliament right-wing populist political group

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy was a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political group in the European Parliament that opposed further European integration and promoted national sovereignty.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy canonical	8
Europe of Freedom and Democracy	5
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament	2
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (context: European Parliament, earlier alignment of Farage)	1
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2932033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Context triple: [European Parliament political groups, hasHistoricalGroup, Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]

A. European People’s Party
The European People’s Party is a major center-right, pro-European political party at the EU level that unites Christian democratic and conservative parties from across Europe.
B. Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a major Dutch center-right political party rooted in Christian democratic principles and traditionally influential in forming coalition governments in the Netherlands.
C. European Conservatives and Reformists Party
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party is a centre-right, Eurosceptic political party at the European level that brings together conservative and reformist parties from across Europe.
D. Party of European Socialists
The Party of European Socialists is a major European political party that unites social-democratic, socialist, and labor parties from across the European Union and associated countries.
E. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party)
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a pan-European political party that unites liberal and centrist parties across Europe to promote individual freedoms, open markets, and European integration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Target entity description: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy was a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political group in the European Parliament that opposed further European integration and promoted national sovereignty.

A. European People’s Party
The European People’s Party is a major center-right, pro-European political party at the EU level that unites Christian democratic and conservative parties from across Europe.
B. Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a major Dutch center-right political party rooted in Christian democratic principles and traditionally influential in forming coalition governments in the Netherlands.
C. European Conservatives and Reformists Party
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party is a centre-right, Eurosceptic political party at the European level that brings together conservative and reformist parties from across Europe.
D. Party of European Socialists
The Party of European Socialists is a major European political party that unites social-democratic, socialist, and labor parties from across the European Union and associated countries.
E. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party)
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a pan-European political party that unites liberal and centrist parties across Europe to promote individual freedoms, open markets, and European integration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eurosceptic political group ⓘ political group in the European Parliament ⓘ right-wing populist political group ⓘ
abbreviation	EFDD ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
goal	promotion of direct democracy in EU member states ⓘ repatriation of powers from the EU to member states ⓘ
hasMember	Alternative for Germany (early period) ⓘ linked to: Alternative for Germany Congress of the New Right (Poland) (early period) ⓘ Czech Party of Free Citizens ⓘ Five Star Movement ⓘ Order and Justice (Lithuania) ⓘ Sweden Democrats (early period) ⓘ linked to: Sweden Democrats UK Independence Party ⓘ
hasPart	Alternative for Germany delegation (early period) ⓘ linked to: Alternative for Germany Czech Free Citizens Party delegation ⓘ Five Star Movement delegation ⓘ Lithuanian Order and Justice delegation ⓘ Party of Free Citizens (Czech Republic) ⓘ Polish Congress of the New Right delegation (early period) ⓘ Sweden Democrats delegation (early period) ⓘ linked to: Sweden Democrats UK Independence Party delegation ⓘ
ideology	Euroscepticism ⓘ national conservatism ⓘ right-wing populism ⓘ
legislativeBody	European Parliament ⓘ
nativeLabel	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy ⓘ
opposes	European federalism ⓘ further European integration ⓘ transfer of national sovereignty to EU institutions ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupOf	European Parliament ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupType	transnational European Parliament group ⓘ
policy	criticism of EU bureaucracy ⓘ opposition to federalisation of the European Union ⓘ restriction of EU competences ⓘ stronger powers for nation states within the EU ⓘ support for direct democracy mechanisms ⓘ support for referendums on EU membership ⓘ
politicalPositionOnEuropeanUnion	hard Eurosceptic ⓘ
politicalSpectrum	right-wing to far-right ⓘ
position	right-wing ⓘ
predecessor	Europe of Freedom and Democracy ⓘ linked to: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
scope	European Union level politics ⓘ
successor	Identity and Democracy ⓘ
supports	national sovereignty ⓘ use of national referendums on EU treaties ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Parliament political groups → hasHistoricalGroup → Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy ⓘ

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy → predecessor → Europe of Freedom and Democracy ⓘ