Background
BONDE, Jens-Peter was born on March 27, 1948 in Àbenrà (née Lisbeth Kirk), 1986.
Member of the European Parliament politician
BONDE, Jens-Peter was born on March 27, 1948 in Àbenrà (née Lisbeth Kirk), 1986.
1966: Advanced school-leaving certificate
1966-1974: Studied political science at the Aarhus University.
He resigned as an Member of the European Parliament in May 2008. Bonde was elected to the European Parliament in the first election in 1979 with the People"s Movement against the European Union. He was re-elected 6 times consecutively. In 1992 he co-founded the June Movement which he chaired until his retirement May 2008.
He frequently appears in the media to comment on European Union affairs
Jens-Peter Bonde emerged from the Danish Left of the 1970s, however he has been on the centre-left for most of the past three decades. 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. Bonde has written about 60 books on the European Union, including editions of European Union treaties with additional commentary.
Jens-Peter Bonde is the son of Nina Bonde and Nis Bonde.
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 June Movement in the rest of Europe and building the EUDemocrats. He is 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.
In January 2009 Bonde resigned as President of the EUDemocrats and was succeeded by Sören Wibe. 1966: Advanced school-leaving certificate 1963-1983: Member Danish Social Liberal Party"s Youth 1974-1979: Editor, Notat 1992-1994: Chairman of the Delegation for relations with Iceland Company-Chairman (1994–1997) and Chairman (1997–1999) of the EDN Group 1999-2004: Chairman of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities Chairman of the Independence/Democracy Group 2009: Advisor to Declan Ganley for the European Election 2009.
2005: Company-founder of EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies, a European political party.
1975-1992: Member of the Danish Communist Party
1979-2008: Member of the European Parliament
1994-1995 Member of the Tindemans group.