Jens-Peter Rossen Bonde (27 March 1948 – 4 April 2021) was a Danish politician who served as

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) with the

June Movement The June Movement ( da, JuniBevægelsen) was a Danish Eurosceptic political organisation founded 23 August 1992. It took its name from the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty that took place in Denmark in June of that year. The movement was a m ...

. He resigned as an MEP in May 2008. Bonde was elected to the European Parliament in the first election in 1979 with the

People's Movement against the EU The People's Movement against the EU ( da, Folkebevægelsen mod EU) is a political association in Denmark against the European Union. It was founded in 1972 as a cross-party campaign platform for a 'no' vote in Denmark's referendum on EEC members ...

. He was re-elected 6 times consecutively. In 1992 he co-founded the June Movement which he chaired until his retirement in May 2008. Jens-Peter Bonde emerged from the Danish Left of the 1970s, however he was on the centre-left for much of his life. In November 2005 he was the inspiration behind the setting up of a new Party at a European level,

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. He was its president from 2005 to 2009. Bonde wrote over 60 books on the EU, including editions of

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with additional commentary.

Family

Jens-Peter Bonde is the son of Nina Bonde and Nis Bonde. He was married to Lisbeth Kirk, editor-in-chief of the independent online newspaper '' EUobserver''. Jens-Peter has four sons and two grandchildren.

Retirement

On 25 March 2008, Bonde announced his retirement from the European Parliament. Bonde intended to spend more time encouraging the growth of parties similar to the

in the rest of Europe and building the

. He was also working for referendums on the

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. Bonde resigned his seat on 9 May 2008 and was replaced by

Hanne Dahl Hanne Dahl (born 30 August 1970) is a Danish priest and former politician from Aalborg. She was a member of the European Parliament, representing the June Movement The June Movement ( da, JuniBevægelsen) was a Danish Eurosceptic political or ...

, who was second on the June Movement's list of candidates in the 2004 election. In January 2009 Bonde resigned as President of the EUDemocrats and was succeeded by Sören Wibe.

Education

* 1966: Advanced school-leaving certificate * 1966–1974: Studied political science at the

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Career

* 1963–1973: Member Danish Social Liberal Party's Youth * 1974–1979: Editor, Notat * 1975–1992: Member of the Danish Communist Party * 1972: Co-founder of the

* 1991: Co-founder of

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* 1992: Co-founder, and spokesperson (1992–2008) of the

* 1979–2008:

* 1992–1994: Chairman of the Delegation for relations with

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* 1994–1995 Member of the Tindemans group * Co-Chairman (1994–1997) and Chairman (1997–1999) of the

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* 1999–2004: Chairman of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities * Chairman of the Independence/Democracy Group * Co-founder of the

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* Co-founder of the Intergroup Eurosun * 1992: Co-founder of

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* 2004: Co-founder of

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, The

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* 2005: Co-founder of

– Alliance for a Europe of Democracies, a European political party * 2007: Co-founder of

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, a

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* 2009: Advisor to

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for the European Election 2009

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