The European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA) is a
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
group in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The Assembly is made up ...
. 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 UK, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Italy. It was known as the
European Democrat Group The European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA) 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 o ...
until its renaming in 2014, and the European Conservatives Group until 2019.
It is affiliated to the
European Conservatives and Reformists Party
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and
Identity and Democracy Party
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.
While it was only the third group to be founded in PACE (after the
Socialist Group
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The g ...
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.
For many years Vladimir Putin's
United Russia
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party were members of the European Democrat Group.
Membership
2022
As of October 2022, the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance has the following members:
2014
As of 23 October 2014, the European Conservatives had the following members:
Unaffiliated members:
Ganira Pashayeva
Ganira Alasgar gizi Pashayeva ( az, Qənirə Әləsgər qızı Paşayeva, born 24 March 1975, Düz Qırıqlı, Tovuz Rayon, Azerbaijan) is a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
Early life and education
Pashayeva was born in the vill ...
,
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See also
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European Democrats
The European Democrats were a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe. It was a political group in the European Parliament from 1979 until 1992, when it became a subgroup of the European People's Party–European Democr ...
Footnotes
References
Page on the PACE website
{{Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
Political groups in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Political organizations based in Europe
Conservatism in Europe
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