European Christian Political Movement

European Christian Political Movement
President Branislav Škripek
Founded November 2002
Headquarters Bergstraat 33, 3811 NG Amersfoort, Netherlands
Ideology Christian democracy
Christian right[1]
Social conservatism[1]
Political position Centre-right to right-wing
European Parliament group European Conservatives and Reformists[1]
Colours Green and blue
Website
www.ecpm.info

The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is a political party at European level that unites national parties from across Europe that share Christian democratic politics. The member parties are generally more socially conservative and Eurosceptic than the European People's Party. The ECPM unites parties with a Christian social view.

The party was founded in November 2002 in Lakitelek, Hungary. It elected its first board in January 2005, and was registered in the Netherlands in September 2005. The first ECPM president was Peeter Võsu of the Party of Estonian Christian Democrats. The party has thirty members from across sixteen countries. Youth movements are united in ECPYouth. The youth organisation started in 2004 and installed its first board in summer 2005.

The ECPM has six Members of the European Parliament: Peter van Dalen of ChristianUnion (NL), Bas Belder of the Dutch Reformed Party (NL), Branislav Škripek of OL'aNO (SK), Arne Gericke of Freie Wähler (DE), Marek Jurek of Right Wing of the Republic (PL) and Kazimierz Ujazdowski (PL). All six MEPs sit with the European Conservatives and Reformists.

History

The ECPM started as a platform in November 2002 when representatives of political parties from more than 15 countries decided to examine new chances for Christian politics in Europe on the conference "For a Christian Europe" at Lakitelek, Hungary.

The ECPM started with parties and organizations regardless of their denominative background. Parties residing in and outside the EU participated in those first years and made it possible to create a movement that is solidly continuing. In 2003 the ECPM adopted eight Guiding Principles in the Lakitelek declaration "Values for Europe", which shapes ECPM's vision on Europe and in January 2005 in Tallinn, Estonia the ECPM elected its first board. On 15 September 2005 ECPM was officially registered with statutes as an association under Dutch law. In 2010 ECPM was officially recognized as a European political party by the European Parliament.[2] In 2014 ECPM took part in the European Elections for the first time as a European Party. The ECPM board was chaired by MP Peter Östman from 2013 to 2016 and since 2016, by MEP Branislav Škripek.

Foundation

Sallux is the official thinktank of ECPM.

Member parties

Full members[3]

This table contains a list of full member parties of the ECPM.

Party Abbr. Country European MPs National MPs
Christian Democratic Union CDU  Armenia - -
Croatian Growth Hrast  Croatia -
1 / 151
Estonian Christian Democrats EKD  Estonia - -
Christian Democratic Party PCD  France - -
Christian Democratic People's Party KDM  Georgia - -
Human Dignity Alliance HDA  Ireland - -
Bündnis C AUF & PBC  Germany - -
Christian Democratic Union KDS  Latvia - -
For Latvia from the Heart NSL  Latvia - -
Alleanza Bidla AB  Malta - -
Christian-Democratic People's Party PPCD  Moldova - -
Christian Union CU  Netherlands
1 / 26
5 / 150
Reformed Political Party SGP  Netherlands
1 / 26
3 / 150
Right Wing of the Republic PR  Poland
1 / 51
1 / 460
People's Monarchist Party PPM  Portugal
1 / 51
1 / 460
Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania DUSCR  Romania
1 / 51
1 / 460
Bulgarian Union of Banat UBB  Romania -
1 / 329
Evangelical People's Party EVP – PEV   Switzerland -
2 / 200
Christian Democratic Union ХДС  Ukraine - -
Christian Peoples Alliance CPA  United Kingdom - -

Associates

 Europe

 Armenia

  • Christian People's Unity of Armenia

 Belgium

  • Care for Europe
  • C'axent
  • Dignitatis Humanea Institute
  • European Evangelical Alliance

 Bulgaria

  • Crown Bulgaria
  • Rule of Law Bulgaria

 France

 Germany

  • Institute for Ethics and Values

 Hungary

  • Keresztény Demokrata Forúm

 Italy

 Ireland

 Moldova

  • European Foundation of Moldova
  • Foundation for Christian Democracy of Moldova

 Netherlands

  • Research Institute ChristianUnion
  • Stichting Crown Financial Ministries
  • Stichting vormingsactiviteiten Oost-Europa
  • The Schuman Centre for European Studies

 Romania

  • Areopagus Centru de Educaţie Creştină şi Cultură Contemporană (Areopagus Center for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture)
  • Asociaţia Pro-vita pentru Născuţi şi Nenăscuţi – Filiala Bucureşti (Pro-vita for Born and Unborn Association – Bucharest Branch)
  • Christian Center for Roma
  • Christian Democratic Association
  • Romanian Foundation for Democracy
  • Worldteach Association

 Russia

  • Graceful Russia

 Serbia

 United Kingdom

 United States

Congresses

The ECPM organizes two General Assemblies per year. An annual member congress is held as well where specific themes are discussed. The ECPM also organizes regional conferences and other events all over Europe.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004–2012", November 2012, from http://www.europarl.europa.eu/, retrieved 25 January 2013
  3. ↑ http://www.ecpm.info/about-ECPM/our-members
  4. ↑ "List of registered European Political Parties and European Political Foundations". www.appf.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
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