Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe

{{short description|Former right-wing European political party}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{More citations needed|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox European political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe}}

|name = Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe

|party_logo = Logo of ADDE.png

| leader1_title = President

| leader1_name = Roger Helmer

| foundation = 30 September 2014

| dissolution = 24 May 2017{{cite web|url=https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=en&ondernemingsnummer=0563463496|website=Crossroads Bank for Enterprises|title=Registered entity data: Alliance For Direct Democracy In Europe|access-date=16 November 2020}}

| headquarters =

| ideology = {{ublist|class = nowrap

| National conservatism{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|title=European Union|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2019|access-date=2019-05-30|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608032858/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|archivedate=2017-06-08}}

| Right-wing populism

| Euroscepticism

}}

| position = Right-wing{{cn|date=July 2024}} to far-right{{cn|date=July 2024}}

| europarl = Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy

| think_tank = Initiative for Direct Democracy

| website =

| seats1_title = Seats in the European Parliament

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|23|751|#800080}}

}}

The Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe, abbreviated to ADDE, was a European political party founded in 2014. It was composed of parties belonging to the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European Parliament (EP).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30486154 |title=UKIP secures control of £1.5m EU cash, Newsnight learns - BBC News |work=BBC News |date= 15 December 2014|accessdate=2015-05-15}} The dominant national party in the ADDE was the UK Independence Party (UKIP), providing 21 of the party's 27 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected in 2014. A further three UKIP MEPs chose not to participate in the ADDE.{{cite news|author= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/16/ukip-eu-taxpayers-cash-new-political-party |title=Ukip to get £1.5m EU taxpayers' cash by forming new political party | Politics |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Theguardian.com |date= 16 December 2014|accessdate=2015-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://politicsatsurrey.ideasoneurope.eu/2014/12/16/ukips-euro-party-decision/ |title=UKIP's Euro-Party decision | Politics at Surrey |publisher=Politicsatsurrey.ideasoneurope.eu |date=2014-12-16 |accessdate=2015-05-15}} In 2015, the ADDE was recognised by the European Parliament and its grant maximum from the EP was set at €1,241,725,{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/Grant_amounts_parties%2003-2015_new%20logo.pdf|title= "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2015"|date=March 2015|publisher=Europarl.europa.eu|accessdate=27 April 2015}} with an additional €730,053 for its affiliated political foundation, the Initiative for Direct Democracy.{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/Grant_amounts_foundations%2003-2015_new%20logo.pdf|title="Grants from the European Parliament to political foundations at European level 2008-2015"|date=March 2015|publisher=Europarl.europa.eu|accessdate=27 April 2015}} ADDE was closed down in 2016 after an auditors' inquiry found misspending of EU funds.{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=Defunct Eurosceptic party linked to Ukip asked to repay €1.1m|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/30/defunct-eurosceptic-party-linked-to-ukip-asked-to-repay-11m|date=30 May 2018}} The party was legally dissolved on 24 May 2017.