Europe Transparent () was a political party in the Netherlands. The party's founder, Paul van Buitenen, announced its establishment on 8 April 2004. In the 2004 election to the European Parliament the party gained two seats, after a campaign that cost no more than €4,000. Van Buitenen and the number two on the list, Els de Groen, who has written about corruption scandals in Eastern Europe, joined the European Greens–European Free Alliance party group as independent members. It did not participate anymore since the 2004 election European elections The party claimed to be non-ideological: they aimed to fight for more open European government, against fraud, corruption and favouring of friends. Because the pursuit of this goal was their primary occupation, they participated only to a limited extent in the normal system of debates, reports, meetings, etc. Their ultimate goal was to be able to disband themselves when they had made the European Union transparent. European Election results References External links Official website Green political parties in the Netherlands Anti-corruption parties Political parties established in 2004 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Main 2004 establishments in the Netherlands 2008 disestablishments in the Netherlands Defunct political parties in the Netherlands