One of the most recognisable members of the European Parliament Jens Peter Bonde from Denmark has announced to end his parliamentary career that lasted 29 years and open his position for Hanne Dahl (also June Movement) while he will focus on leading the EUDemocrats which at present are one of the ten European political parties preparing themselves for the autumn elections in the EP.

Perhaps the best description of the development of Bonde’s political relationships with the EU is found on the EUD website:

From withdrawal to reform

Initially an outright opponent of his country’s membership in the Union, the Danish MEP eventually took to trying to reform a Union which initially was perceived as a “Club of the Rich”. Seeing the enlargement of the EU to many more countries and the closeness that Europe can bring, Mr Bonde turned his focus onto the big problems of the system. Lacking in transparency, hugely bureaucratic and too imposing on member states, the European Union has become for him something that needs to be changed, not necessarily avoided.

We wish him and his team good harvest in June 2009 elections.