Editing Independence/Democracy (section)

===Subgroups===
IND/DEM was a coalition of MEPs from two distinct wings of Euroscepticism: a reformist subgroup (sometimes referred to as ''Eurorealists'') made up of those MEPs who believed that the EU was essentially desirable if reformed and who supported greater transparency and control over the EU bureaucracy, and a secessionist subgroup consisting of those MEPs (notably UKIP<ref name="PERSSON2007">{{cite web |last1=Persson |first1=Martin Olof |title=Turkey as a member of the European Union? |url=http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1552/2007/079/LTU-DUPP-07079-SE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505180705/http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1552/2007/079/LTU-DUPP-07079-SE.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) who believed that the EU was inherently wrong even if reformed and who advocated withdrawal from the EU.<ref name="CWU01"/><ref name="CRSRS21998">{{cite web|url=http://italy.usembassy.gov/pdf/other/RS21998.pdf |title=Congressional Research Service Report RS21998, on the European Parliament, by Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Updated January 23, 2008 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527111942/http://italy.usembassy.gov/pdf/other/RS21998.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2010 }}</ref>