Technical Group of Independents (79-84) European Parliament group
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Name	Technical Group of Independents
English abbr.	n/a
French abbr.	CDI[1]
Formal name	Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members[2]
Ideology	Euroscepticism, Communism, Regionalism, Liberalism
From	1979[3]
To	1984[3]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	Rainbow Group: Federation of the Green Alternative European Links, Agalev-Ecolo, the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community, and the European Free Alliance, in the European Parliament
Chaired by	Marco Pannella,[4] Neil Blaney[2] Jens-Peter Bonde[5]
MEP(s)	11 (July 17 1979)[6]

The Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members was a mixed political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1979 and 1984.

[edit] History

The Technical Group of Independents was formed in 1979. It was officially called "Group for the Technical Coordination and the Defence of Independent Groups and Members"^[1] and it used the abbreviation "CDI"^[1]. It was a coalition of parties ranging from centre-right to far left, which were not aligned with any of the major international party federations. In 1984^[3] most of the CDI members joined the "Rainbow Group".^[7]

[edit] MEPs at 17 July 1979

[edit] Sources

• Europe Politique^[6][3]

• European Parliament MEP Archives^{[2][5][9][4][14][15][8][10][11][13][12]}

• Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[7][1]

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