In April 2024, nationalist parties from nine countries met at the invitation of the Bulgarian
Revival Party. In the so-called Sofia Declaration, they called for the preservation of national borders and the sovereignty of the individual European states. Participants were the Greek
AKKEL,
Renastere (Moldova),
Forum for Democracy (FvD, Netherlands),
Republic Movement (Slovakia),
Zavetnici (Serbia),
Our Homeland Movement (MHM, Hungary),
Alternative for Sweden and (Switzerland). From the participants of this meeting, Revival, Republic Movement and MHM entered the European Parliament for the first time in the
2024 European elections. Shortly before the election, the German
Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEPs were expelled from the
Identity and Democracy group due to extreme views and allegedly Russian influence. The AfD and Revival had previously been in contact. Together with representatives of other parties, their MEPs founded the
Europe of Sovereign Nations Group. The ESN Party was founded by the parties involved in the ESN Group, as well as the Dutch FvD which missed entering the European Parliament, on 14 August 2024. On 6 September, the ESN Party applied for registration with the
Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. The establishment of an affiliated
European political foundation is planned, On 30 September, the ESN Party was registered by the
Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations as a European political party. ESN is affiliated to the Sovereignty Foundation
European political foundation. == Members ==