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European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates

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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.[1][2]

Membership

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2026

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As of October 2026, The European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates has the following members[3]:

Country Party name Members Other affiliations
European party EU Parliament International
Image Armenia Strong Armenia 2 None N/A None
Image Austria FPÖ 3 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Belgium Vlaams Belang 2 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Bulgaria Movement for Rights and Freedoms - MRF 2 ECR Party ECR None
Image Czechia ANO 2011 3 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Civic Democratic Party 2 ECR Party ECR IDU
Motorists for Themselves 1 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Denmark Danish People's Party 2 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Estonia Conservative People's Party 1 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Finland Finns Party 3 ECR Party ECR None
Image France Rassemblement National 6 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Germany AfD 8 Europe of Sovereign Nations Party ESN None
Image Hungary Fidesz 2 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe CDI
KDNP 1 None Patriots for Europe CDI
Image Iceland Centre Party 2 None N/A None
Image Italy FdI 10 ECR Party ECR IDU
LSP 6 [4] patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Latvia National Alliance "All For Latvia!"–"For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" 1 ECR Party ECR IDU
Image Liechtenstein Democrats for Liechtenstein 1 None N/A None
Image Luxembourg Parti de réforme alternatif et démocratique (ADR) 1 ECR Party Non-Inscrits None
Image Netherlands Party for Freedom 2 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Norway Progress Party 3 None N/A None
Image Poland Confederation 1 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Development Plus 2 None ECR None
PiS 6 ECR Party ECR None
Image Portugal Chega 4 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe None
Image Romania Alliance for the Unity of Romanians 3 ECR Party ECR None
Young People's Party 2 None None None
Image Serbia NEW DSS - POKS (NADA) 2 None N/A None
Image Slovakia Sloboda a Solidarita 1 None None None
SNS - Slovenská národná strana 2 ECR Party None None
Image Spain VOX 1 patriots.eu Patriots for Europe Madrid Forum
Image Sweden Sweden Democrats 4 ECR Party ECR None
Image Ukraine European Solidarity 1 EPP N/A IDU
For the Future 2 None N/A None
Servant of the People 4 ALDE Party N/A None
Trust 1 None N/A None
Image United Kingdom Conservative 7 None N/A IDU


2022

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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
Image Armenia Republican Party of Armenia 1 EPP N/A None
Image Austria Freedom Party of Austria 2 ID Party Patriots for Europe None
Image Azerbaijan 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
Image Belgium Vlaams Belang 2 ID Party Patriots for Europe None
Image Croatia Bridge of Independent Lists 1 None None None
Homeland Movement 1 None None None
Image Czech Republic Civic Democratic Party 3 ECR Party ECR IDU
Image Denmark Danish People's Party 1 None Patriots for Europe None
Image Estonia Conservative People's Party of Estonia 1 ID Party None None
Image Finland Finns Party 2 None ECR None
Image France National Rally 4 ID Party Patriots for Europe None
Image Germany Alternative for Germany 4 None Europe of Sovereign Nations None
Image Greece Greek Solution 1 None ECR None
Image Hungary Fidesz 8 None Patriots for Europe CDI
Image Italy Brothers of Italy 2 ECR Party ECR IDU[5]
Lega per Salvini Premier 7 ID Party Patriots for Europe None
Independent 1 N/A N/A N/A
Image Lithuania Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 1 ECR Party ECR None
Image Moldova Șor Party 1 ECR N/A None
Image Netherlands JA21 1 ECR Party ECR None
Image Norway Progress Party 1 None N/A None
Image Poland Law and Justice 12 ECR Party ECR None
Image Romania Alliance for the Union of Romanians 2 None ECR None
Image Serbia Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia 1 None None None
Image Slovakia Freedom and Solidarity 1 ECR Party ECR None
Image Spain Vox 1 ECR Party Patriots for Europe None
Image Sweden Sweden Democrats 2 ECR Party ECR None
Image Ukraine 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
Image United Kingdom Conservative Party 20 None N/A IDU
Democratic Unionist Party 1 None N/A None
Crossbench 1 N/A N/A N/A

2014

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As of 23 October 2014, the European Conservatives had the following members:[6]

Country Party name Members Other affiliations
European party EU Parliament International
Image Armenia Prosperous Armenia 2 AECR N/A None
Republican Party of Armenia (part)[A] 1 None N/A None
Image Azerbaijan New Azerbaijan Party 4 None N/A None
Image Czech Republic Civic Democratic Party 2 AECR ECR IDU
Image Denmark Danish People's Party 1 None ECR None
Image Greece Independent Greeks 1 None ECR None
Image Iceland Independence Party 2 AECR N/A IDU
Image Norway Progress Party 2 None N/A None
Image Poland Law and Justice 7 AECR ECR None
United Poland 1 MELD No MEPs None
Image Turkey Justice and Development Party (part)[B] 13 AECR N/A None
Nationalist Movement Party[C] 1 None N/A None
Image Ukraine Party of Regions (part)[D] 4 None N/A None
Sovereign European Ukraine 1 None N/A None
Image United Kingdom Conservative Party 17 AECR ECR IDU
Democratic Unionist Party 1 None NI None
^A 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.
^B 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.
^C One of the two members of the Nationalist Movement Party sits with the EC Group.
^D 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

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ "The Corleones of the Caspian". Foreign Policy. 10 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "How Kremlin got diplomats to woo Tories". The Guardian. 30 November 2012.
  3. ↑ https://pace.coe.int/en/aplist/polgroups/14/European-Conservatives-Patriots-Affiliates
  4. ↑ Two are partly members of the Sardinian Action Party
  5. ↑ W, Webops (2024-09-23). "The IDU Welcomes New Members From Italy | International Democracy Union". Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  6. ↑ "European Conservatives Group". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 23 October 2014.

References

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