European Christian Political Movement
The European Christian Political Movement ( European Christian Political Movement, in short: ECPM ) is a European political party, which is composed of member parties from different European countries, who see themselves as Christian.
The basis for the ECPM was placed at the conference "Towards a Christian Europe" Hungarian Lakitelek in November 2002. On 15 September 2005 the organization was officially founded under Dutch law. Its membership includes 16 mostly small parties from 13 countries, including non-EU countries such as Switzerland, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Georgia and Armenia. Since February 2010 she has been recognized as a political party at European level. The headquarters of the party is in Amersfoort in the Netherlands.
The Dutch member party ChristianUnion is represented in the European Parliament since 2004. From 2004 to 2009 Johannes Blokland, the party was there and board member of the Eurosceptic Independence and Democracy Group. Since 2009, the CU is represented by Peter van Dalen, who sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists. The accession of the State Professional Gereformeerde Partij the ECPM with a second Member is represented in the European Parliament.
The European Christian Political Youth Network is the youth organization of the ECPM. In January 2005, the Executive Board of ECPB was first elected. From January 2005 to June 2013 was Peeter Võsu (Estonia ) Chairman of the party. Since June 2013, Peter Östman (Finland ) the chairman. Östman is a member of the Finnish Parliament for the Finnish Christian Democrats ( Kristillisdemokraatit, KD). The KD is not a member of the ECPM, but maintains contacts with this.
Member parties
Member parties of the European Christian Political Movement are:
- Armenia Armenia: Christian Democratic Union of Armenia ( CDU)
- Bulgaria: Balgarska Hristijanska Koalitsija (BCC )
- Bulgaria: Christian- Democratic Forum
- Germany Germany: Party Shaker Bible Christians (PBC )
- Germany Germany: OPEN - Party for Labour, Environment and Family ( ON )
- Estonia: Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid (EKD )
- Georgia Georgia: Kristianul - Demokratiuli Modzraoba ( KDM)
- Croatia: Hrvatski races ( Hrast )
- Latvia Latvia: Kristīgi demokrātiskā Savieniba ( KDS )
- Montenegro Montenegro: Narodna Stranka (NS)
- Netherlands Netherlands: ChristianUnion (CU )
- Netherlands Netherlands: State Kundig Gereformeerde Partij ( SGP )
- Romania Romania: Union of the Banat Bulgarians
- Switzerland Switzerland: Evangelical People's Party ( EPP)
- Serbia Serbia: Alliance of Vojvodina Romanians
- Ukraine: Christian Democratic Union
- United Kingdom United Kingdom: Christian Peoples Alliance ( CPA)
The European Christian Political Youth Network is a full member of the ECPM.
Former members
- Belgium: Chrétien Démocrates fédéraux - Federale Christian - Democrats ( CDF FCD)
- Belgium: Vrije Christian democrats (VCD)
- Germany Germany: German Centre Party ( CENTRE )
- Lithuania Lithuania: Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai ( LKD ) ( resolved)
- Moldova Moldova: Partidul Popular Crestin Democrat ( PPCD )
- Romania Romania: Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Crestin Democrat ( PNTCD )
- Switzerland Switzerland: Federal Democratic Union ( EDU)
- Belarus Belarus: Christian