Non-Inscrits
Non-Inscrits (French: [nɔn‿ɛ̃skʁi]; abbreviated NI; also non-attached members, abbreviated NA[a]) are Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups.
Not to be confused with Non-Attached Members (France).These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a European political party; however, for a political grouping to be formed in the European Parliament there need to be 25 MEPs from seven different countries. Being part of a group grants access to state funds and committee seats, but the group members must be ideologically tied. Groups of convenience, such as the Technical Group of Independents, previously existed, but are no longer allowed, and the minimum requirements for group formation have been raised, forcing parties and MEPs without ideological similarity to already existing groupings to sit as non-inscrits. Whilst some MEPs who sit as non-inscrits may have similar views and express intention to form new groupings between themselves in the future, non-inscrits as a whole have no specific ties to each other, other than their mutual lack of a political grouping.