Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty

Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty
European Parliament group
Name	Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty
English abbr.	ITS
French abbr.	ITS
Formal name	Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group
Ideology	Nationalism[1][2] Ultraconservatism[3] Sovereigntism[4] Euroscepticism[2][4] Anti-immigration[2][5]
Political position	Far-right[2][4][6][7]
From	15 January 2007
To	14 November 2007
Chaired by	Bruno Gollnisch
Website	its-pe.eu (archived URL)

Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (French: Identité, tradition, souveraineté, abbr. ITS, stylised its) was a far-right^[6][7] political group that operated in the European Parliament between January and November 2007. It was composed of 23 MEPs and only existed during the European Parliament's 6th term. While a common political charter for the ITS was signed on 9 January 2007, the ITS was recognised as a political group on 15 January by parliamentary president Josep Borrell.^[8][9]

Ideologically, ITS was nationalist, ultraconservative, Eurosceptic, and strongly opposed to immigration. The largest party within ITS was the far-right extremist National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen, while its members were also parties like the Greater Romania Party (PRM), Vlaams Belang and Bulgarian Attack. Following remarks made by Alessandra Mussolini, the MEP of Social Alternative, that Romanian ITS members found insulting, the PRM withdrew from the group, thus disqualifying it as an official group. Hence, it formally ceased to exist on 14 November 2007.^[10][11][12]