European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates

The European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates (ECPA) group is a conservative group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It was founded as the Group of Independent Representatives in 1970 by British and Scandinavian members of PACE. It has 76 members from countries including the United Kingdom, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Italy. It was known as the European Democrat Group until its renaming in 2014, the European Conservatives Group until 2019, and the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA) until 2025.

While it was only the third group to be founded in PACE (after the Socialist Group and the Christian Democrat Group), it was the first to have an official secretariat, which was established in 1977. On 6 July 1978, a proposal to rename the group was submitted, leading to the new name in September 1980.

The Group gathers mainly members from the European Conservatives and Reformists Party, Patriots.eu and Europe of Sovereign Nations (party).

For many years the Russian political party United Russia was a member of the European Democrat Group.

Membership

2022 As of October 2022, the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance has the following members:

Country Party name Members Other affiliations European party EU Parliament International Republican Party of Armenia 1 EPP None None Freedom Party of Austria 2 ID Party Patriots for Europe None New Azerbaijan Party 4 None N/A CDI Republican Alternative Party 1 None N/A None Democratic Reforms Party 1 None N/A None Independents 3 N/A N/A N/A Vlaams Belang 2 ID Party Patriots for Europe None Bridge of Independent Lists 1 None None None Homeland Movement 1 None None None Civic Democratic Party 3 ECR Party ECR IDU Danish People's Party 1 None Patriots for Europe None Conservative People's Party of Estonia 1 ID Party None None Finns Party 2 None ECR None National Rally 4 ID Party Patriots for Europe None Alternative for Germany 4 None Europe of Sovereign Nations None Greek Solution 1 None ECR None Fidesz 8 None Patriots for Europe CDI Brothers of Italy 2 ECR Party ECR IDU Lega per Salvini Premier 7 ID Party Patriots for Europe None Independent 1 N/A N/A N/A Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 1 ECR Party ECR None Șor Party 1 ECR N/A None JA21 1 ECR Party ECR None Progress Party 1 None N/A None Law and Justice 12 ECR Party ECR None Alliance for the Union of Romanians 2 None ECR None Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia 1 None None None Freedom and Solidarity 1 ECR Party ECR None Vox 1 ECR Party Patriots for Europe None Sweden Democrats 2 ECR Party ECR None Servant of the People 5 ALDE Party N/A None For the Future 1 None N/A None European Solidarity 1 EPP N/A IDU Conservative Party 20 None N/A IDU Democratic Unionist Party 1 None N/A None Crossbench 1 N/A N/A N/A

2014

As of 23 October 2014, the European Conservatives had the following members:

Country Party name Members Other affiliations European party EU Parliament International Prosperous Armenia 2 AECR N/A None Republican Party of Armenia (part) 1 None N/A None New Azerbaijan Party 4 None N/A None Civic Democratic Party 2 AECR ECR IDU Danish People's Party 1 None ECR None Independent Greeks 1 None ECR None Independence Party 2 AECR N/A IDU Progress Party 2 None N/A None Law and Justice 7 AECR ECR None United Poland 1 MELD No MEPs None Justice and Development Party (part) 13 AECR N/A None Nationalist Movement Party 1 None N/A None Party of Regions (part) 4 None N/A None Sovereign European Ukraine 1 None N/A None Conservative Party 17 AECR ECR IDU Democratic Unionist Party 1 None NI None One of the three members of the Republican Party of Armenia sit with the EC Group. The other two members sit with the European People's Party. Eleven of the thirteen members of the Justice and Development Party sit with the EC Group. One sits with the European People's Party and one sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. One of the two members of the Nationalist Movement Party sits with the EC Group. Four of the seven members of Party of Regions sit with the EC Group. Two sit with the Socialist Group and one sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Unaffiliated members: Ganira Pashayeva, Yuliya Lyovochkina

European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates

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