Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) was a far-right,[11][12][13][14] Eurosceptic political group that operated in the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014.

Founded as a merger of the Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) and Union for Europe of the Nations after the 2009 European Parliament election, EFD was more nationalistic and strongly opposed to immigration than its main predecessor, IND/DEM.

[30] Sinclaire had refused to join the EFD on the grounds that it was a grouping with "extreme views" and consequently had not sat with her UKIP colleagues in the European parliament.

[31] In March 2011 MEP Trevor Colman left the EFD, allegedly due to an "unresolved dispute over financial and staffing issues."

[34] In March 2011, Danish MEP Anna Rosbach left the EFD, and in turn joined the ECR group as an independent.

[38] In late 2012, Slavcho Binev MEP of People for Real, Open and United Democracy (PROUD) joined the group.

[citation needed] In late September 2013, National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NSFB) joined the group.