Alliance for Europe of the Nations

The Alliance for Europe of the Nations was a pan-European political party that gathered conservative and national-conservative political parties from across the continent.

Alliance for Europe of the Nations
PresidentMichał Kamiński[1]
Founded25 June 2002[2]
Dissolved2009[3]
Headquarters27 boulevard du Prince Henri, 1724 Luxembourg
IdeologyConservatism
National conservatism[3]
Euroscepticism
International affiliationNone
European Parliament groupUnion for Europe of the Nations
ColoursBlue, yellow

History

The AEN was founded in 2002, designed to complement the existing Union for Europe of the Nations group in the European Parliament. Moves towards establishing standardised funding block grants for European political parties were at this point well afoot, and the parties affiliated with UEN required a corresponding organisation to take advantage of them.

Almost immediately upon its founding, the AEN began to decline in terms of membership and influence. At its first meeting, participants included the Czech Civic Democratic Party, Portuguese CDS-PP, Israeli Likud, Irish Fianna Fáil, Italian National Alliance and the Greek Popular Orthodox Rally,[2] all of which later left the organisation.

The AEN had a broadly national-conservative political line, but many members were uncomfortable with this. There was a strong movement for the centrist Fianna Fáil to leave AEN and join the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, which it did on 17 April 2009. Also, National Alliance, which despite its post-fascist background was a moderate national-conservative party strongly promoting European integration, grew uncomfortable with AEN and left it for the European People's Party by merging with Forza Italia to form The People of Freedom party on 27 March 2009.

MEPs elected from its member-parties were expected to sit in the affiliated Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN) group in the European Parliament, but UEN collapsed in 2009 following the 2009 European Parliament elections, and MEPs from AEN member parties were scattered across the European Conservatives and Reformists and Europe of Freedom and Democracy groups, and their respective European-level parties, the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists and Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy.

After those realignments, there were too few AEN member parties left to retain its EU-funded status as a political party at European level. The AEN's 2009 grant was rescinded.[4]

Funding

The grants from the European Parliament to AEN from 2004-2010 were as follows:[4][5]

Financial year Initial grant (EUR) Final grant (EUR)
2004/5 161 250[5] 83 964[5]
2005/6 450 000[5] 114 330[5]
2006/7 450 000[5] 144 809[5]
2007/8 300 000[5] 159 138[5]
2008/9 300 000[5] 206 375[4]
2009/10 577 150[4] n/a[4]

Member parties
Current state(s)PartyJoinedLeftNew group / future
 AlbaniaRepublican Party of Albania2002[6]2009
 BulgariaNational Ideal for Unity?2006/7[7][8]
 Czech RepublicCivic Democratic Party2002[6]bef 2006[7]Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
 CyprusFighting Democratic Movement?2009Merged into DIKO
 DenmarkDanish People's Party2002[6]2006/7[7][8]Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
 EstoniaPeople's Union of Estonia2002[6]2009
 FranceRally for France2002[6]2009
 GreeceESESY (Hellenic League)2008/9[9][10]2009
 GreecePopular Orthodox Rally2002[6]2005Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
 HungaryHungarian Provincial and Civic Party2004[11]2009
 IsraelLikud2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 IsraelYisrael Beiteinu2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 IsraelInternational Right Forum2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 IrelandFianna Fáil2002[6]2009Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
 ItalyNational Alliance2002[6]2009Party merged into The People of Freedom
 ItalySicilian Alliance2008/9[9][10]2009
 KazakhstanMedia Forum2007[7][8]2009
 LatviaFor Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK2002[6]2009Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
 LithuaniaOrder and Justice?2009Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
 LithuaniaLithuanian Peasant Popular Union?2009
 LuxembourgAlternative Democratic Reform Party2002[6]2010Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
 MaltaMalta Conservative Party2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 PolandNational Conservative League2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 PolandLaw and Justice?2009Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
 PortugalDemocratic and Social Centre – People's Party2002[6]bef 2006[7]European People's Party
 SlovakiaSlovak National Party2002[6]2009
 RomaniaNational Liberal Party?2006/7[7][8]Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
 RussiaDemocratic Party of Russia2002[6]bef 2006[7]
 SlovakiaMovement for Democracy2004[11]2008/9[9][10]Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
 UkraineCongress of Ukrainian Nationalists?2009

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "List of Political Parties participating at the A.E.N. meeting on June, 25th - 26th 2002" 25 June 2002
  3. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2013). "European Union". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2010", 14 April 2010, from http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
  5. "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2008"
  6. "Alliance for Europe of the Nations". EUobserver. 25 June 2002.
  7. "Parties". AEN. 2006. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006.
  8. "Parties". AEN. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  9. "Parties". AEN. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008.
  10. "Parties". AEN. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009.
  11. "Meeting of the Alliance for Europe of the Nations". AEN. 3 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007.
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