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325:, he said that when he campaigned against the Maastricht Treaty in his native Denmark in 1992, "the 'No' side was dominated by socialists and supported by intellectual and artistic elites", but when he moved to the UK in 1996, he found the Euroscepticism there anchored on the right and far-right, while the intelligentsia was mostly pro-EU. He explained his left-wing eurosceptic views by saying that "The EU is rooted in four holy ‘pillars’: unregulated movement of capital, goods, labour and services. The most ardent cheerleaders for these freedoms are large multinational corporations, lobbyists and the middle-class establishment." 730: 1705: 1388: 1154: 311: 307: 203: 49: 678: 1725: 1695: 449: 704: 652: 839: 394: 1720: 1510: 763: 333:
Overgaard-Nielsen is married to Sharon Bierer, who is British. They have two children, and he divides his time between a home in London and one near
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In 2013, following a 2012 holiday in the country, Overgaard-Nielsen and Bierer founded a charity, Burmadent, to provide dental services in the
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Overgaard-Nielsen has been an active opponent of the EU since the late 1970s, first in the
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Henrik Eyser Overgaard-Nielsen was born in Denmark. His father was a leading campaigner
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Overgaard-Nielsen considers himself to be a socialist, in 2020 booklet
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and one of the leaders of the successful no-campaign at the
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In 2015, Overgaard-Nielsen was elected as the chair of the
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against Denmark joining the European Economic Community
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In April 2019, Overgaard-Nielsen was announced as a
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Reclaiming Democracy: The Left Case for Sovereignty
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Member of the European Parliament
North West England
Louise Bours
Frederiksberg
Brexit
People's Movement against the EU
June Movement
Alma mater
University of Copenhagen
Brexit Party
Member of the European Parliament
North West of England
United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU
against Denmark joining the European Economic Community
June Movement
Danish referendum
Maastricht Treaty
Copenhagen
Fulham
Inle Lake
General Dental Practice Committee
British Dental Association
People's Movement against the EU
June Movement
Danish referendum
Maastricht Treaty
Brexit Party
Member of the European Parliament
North West of England

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