Jens-Peter Bonde
{{Short description|Danish politician (1948–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|3|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aabenraa, Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|4|1948|3|27|df=y}}
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| nationality = Danish
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| occupation = Politician
| party = June Movement
| years_active = 1979–2008
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Jens-Peter Rossen Bonde (27 March 1948 – 4 April 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the June Movement. He resigned as an MEP in May 2008.{{cite web|url=http://jp.dk/arkiv/?id=1301724&eceExpr=%22jens-peter%20bonde%22%22%20/%3E&eceArchive=o|title=Nyheder 24 timer i døgnet - seneste nyt - jp - jyllands-posten.dk}}{{cite web | last1=Bayer | first1=Lili | title=Remembering the Euroskeptic Brussels actually liked | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-peter-bonde-obituary-euroskeptic-brussels-liked/ | date=April 10, 2021 | work=Politico | access-date=April 14, 2021}} Bonde was elected to the European Parliament in the first election in 1979 with the People's Movement against the EU. 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, EUDemocrats. He was its president from 2005 to 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonde.com/index.php/bonde_uk/article/C372/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304001907/http://www.bonde.com/index.php/bonde_uk/article/C372/ |archive-date=4 March 2009 }}
Bonde wrote over 60 books on the EU, including editions of EU treaties with additional commentary.{{cite web|url=http://en.euabc.com/word/97|title=Bonde, Jens-Peter (1948 - ) - EUabc}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://euobserver.com/mediakit.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303225228/http://euobserver.com/mediakit.pdf |url-status=dead }} Jens-Peter has four sons and two grandchildren.
Retirement
On 25 March 2008, Bonde announced his retirement from the European Parliament.{{cite web|title=Bonde to leave the European Parliament |url=http://www.bonde.com/index.php/bonde_UK/article/bonde_to_leave_the_european_parliament/ |access-date=25 March 2008 |date=25 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517071856/http://www.bonde.com/index.php/bonde_UK/article/bonde_to_leave_the_european_parliament/ |archive-date=17 May 2008 }} Bonde intended to spend more time encouraging the growth of parties similar to the June Movement in the rest of Europe and building the EUDemocrats. He was also working for referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon. Bonde resigned his seat on 9 May 2008 and was replaced by Hanne Dahl, who was second on the June Movement's list of candidates in the 2004 election.{{cite web |title = EUROPA-PARLAMENTSVALGET DEN 13. JUNI 2004 |url=http://www.im.dk/imEverest/Publications/imdk%20x2D%20dansk/EPx2Dvalg_2004/20070817141036/CurrentVersion/valgpub1ev.pdf |access-date = 25 March 2008 |date= 8 August 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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 Aarhus University
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 People's Movement against the EU
- 1991: Co-founder of Denmark 92
- 1992: Co-founder, and spokesperson (1992–2008) of the June Movement
- 1979–2008: Member of the European Parliament
- 1992–1994: Chairman of the Delegation for relations with Iceland
- 1994–1995 Member of the Tindemans group
- Co-Chairman (1994–1997) and Chairman (1997–1999) of the Europe of Nations Group
- 1999–2004: Chairman of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
- Chairman of the Independence/Democracy Group
- Co-founder of the Intergroup SOS Democracy
- Co-founder of the Intergroup Eurosun
- 1992: Co-founder of TEAM
- 2004: Co-founder of Friends of Clean Accounts, The Referendum Group
- 2005: Co-founder of EUDemocrats – Alliance for a Europe of Democracies, a former European political party
- 2007: Co-founder of Foundation for EU Democracy, a former European political foundationFoundation for EU Democracy http://www.ffeud.eu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701235345/http://www.ffeud.eu/ |date=1 July 2010 }}
- 2009: Advisor to Declan Ganley for the European election 2009{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/politik/article611806.ece|title=Irsk nej-konge lancerer europæisk parti|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413043339/http://politiken.dk/politik/article611806.ece|archive-date=13 April 2009}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website}} {{in lang|da}}
- [http://en.euabc.com/ en.euabc.com]
- {{MEP}}
- {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|1275_22-11-2005.pdf|da}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080302145232/http://indemgroup.eu/ Independence/Democracy group in the European parliament]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060905213952/http://eudemocrats.org/ EUDemocrats – Alliance for a Europe of Democracies]
- [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2gdawb/iama_former_member_of_the_european_parliament_for/ Reddit AMA with Jens-Peter Bonde dated 14/09/2014]
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Category:Euroscepticism in Denmark
Category:Aarhus University alumni
Category:People's Movement against the EU MEPs
Category:MEPs for Denmark 1979–1984
Category:MEPs for Denmark 1984–1989
Category:MEPs for Denmark 1989–1994
Category:MEPs for Denmark 1994–1999