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Regional Partners
Prosperous Armenia Party
http://www.bhk.am/
| Founded | 2004 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2014 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Naira Zohrabyan |
| International Secretary | Armen Arzumanyan – armen@arzumanyan.am |
| Government status | Main Opposition Party |
| Seats in national parliament | 36/131 |
Prosperous Armenia is a centre-right political party. It promotes the development of pluralism, multi-party democracy and the rule of law in its international work. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections the newly established party won 26 seats and became the second largest political party in the parliament. In the 2012 Armenian parliamentary elections it won 36 seats, solidifying its position as the main opposition party.
| Founded | 1991 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2009 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Petr Fiala |
| International Secretary | Jakub Kajzler jakub.kajzler@ods.cz |
| Government status | In Opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | Chamber of Deputies 16/200, Senate 15/81 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 2 |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
ODS was founded by Václav Klaus in 1991 as the free-market wing of the anti-authoritarian Civic Forum movement. The party won the 1992 national election and was in government until 2013. It is the largest conservative political party in the Czech Republic.
Faroese People’s Party
http://folkaflokkurin.fo/xa.asp
| Founded | 1939 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2013 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Jørgen Nicalsen, Faroese Finance Minister |
| Government status | Largest government coalition partner with the Union Party (who have 8 seats) |
| Seats in national parliament | 9/33 seats |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
Fólkaflokkurin is a liberal conservative party that advocates economic liberalism and independence from Denmark. It was founded in 1939 and is one of the four main parties on the island. Following the election in 2011, it has eight of the thirty-three seats in the National Parliament. Their youth movement ‘HUXA’ is allied to the European Young Conservatives. An independent member of parliament joined the party in September 2013, making The Faroese People’s Party the biggest party in the parliament with nine members.
| Founded | 1905 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2009 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Mike Nesbitt |
| International Secretary | Rodney Corrigan Rodney.Corrigan@uup.org |
| Seats in national parliament | House of Lords 4/724, Northern Ireland Assembly 15/108 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 1 |
UUP is the older of the two main unionist parties in Northern Ireland. It governed Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972 as the sole major unionist party. It continued to be supported by most unionist voters throughout the period of conflict in Northern Ireland known as the ‘Troubles’. In 2009 the party agreed to an electoral alliance with the Conservative Party and the two parties fielded joint candidates for elections to the House of Commons and the European Parliament under the banner of “Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force” (UCUNF).
| Founded | 1834 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2009 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| International Secretary | Philippa Broom Philippa.Broom@Conservatives.com |
| Government status | In government, senior coalition partner |
| Seats in national parliament | House of Commons 306/650, House of Lords 217/724 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 19 |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
The Conservative Party emerged in 1834 out of the Tory Party, which dates back to 1678. For over half of the 20th century Britain was led by Conservative Prime Ministers, including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. It is currently the largest party in the House of Commons, and rules in coalition with its junior partner the Liberal Democrat party.
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CDPP
| Founded | 2008 |
| Date of entry into AECR | September 2012 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Magdalina Anikashvili |
| International Secretary | Giorgi Rukhadze rukhadze@yahoo.com |
| Goverment Status | Opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | 0/150 |
Georgia Conservative Party
| Founded | 2000 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2014 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Zviad Dzidziguri |
| International Secretary | Nino Goguadze ngoguadze@hotmail.com |
| Government status | In government |
| Seats in national parliament | 6/150 |
The Conservative Party of Georgia is a centre-right political party founded in 2000. The leader and chairman of the party – Zviad Dzidziguri holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Parliament.
Since its foundation, the party has actively participated in all elections that have been conducted in Georgia. In the 2003 Parliamentary Elections, together with National Movement, the Conservatives took seats in Georgian Parliament (the bloc in total achieved 66.2%). In the 2006 local elections, with the Republican Party, the party achieved 12% and became one of the main opposition forces in the country.
Between 2007-2009, the party was a member of the large opposition bloc – the National Council. In the 2008 parliamentary elections the bloc came second, behind the ruling party.
Since 2011, the Conservative Party is a member of the large “Georgian Dream” coalition. Currently, the Conservatives are represented in the parliament with 6 members and are grouped in the parliamentary faction – “Georgian Dream – Conservatives”. Party members are represented in different positions in the executive branch of government. The party has a permanent member on the Central Election Commission.
ruza.tomasic@europarl.europa.eu
Born on 10 May 1958, Mladoševica
Member of the European Parliament
Member: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and Delegation for Relations with Canada
Ruža Tomašić was a member of the Croatian Sabor from 2003 to 2008 and then again from December 2011 to July 2013. To the general public in Croatia she is best known as an anti-drug activist. Prior to becoming actively involved in politics, she used to work as a police officer in Toronto and Vancouver, dealing mostly with juvenile delinquency and illegal drug trade. She has also appeared in over 20 episodes of The X-Files and Millennium as a stunt woman.
| Founded | 1929 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2011 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| International Secretary | Þórður Þórarinsson |
| Government status | In government |
| Seats in national parliament | Althing 19/63 |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
The party was formed through the merging of Íhaldsflokkurinn and Frjálslyndi flokkurinn. From 1929 until 2009 it was the largest party in Iceland. Until the 2009 general election was lost to Samfylkingin, every leader of the Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn had held the office of Prime Minister of Iceland. The party has been the sole major right-wing party in Iceland since its inception, and it is the most successful right-wing party in the Nordic countries. Currently, Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn has regained its status as the largest political party in Iceland, gaining the most number of votes in the April 2013 elections.
| Founded | 1994 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2009 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Valdemar Tomaševski |
| International Secretary | Raimund Zacharevic, raimund.zacharevic@europarl.europa.eu |
| Government status | In opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | Seimas 8/141 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 1 |
AWPL is a Christian Democratic party that represents the Polish minority in Lithuania. It was formed from the political wing of the Association of Poles in Lithuania. Under the leadership of Valdemar Tomaševski the party has seen its vote share steadily increase from 2% in 2000 to 3.8% in 2004 and 4.8% in 2008. In the 2009 European election AWPL won 8.42% and one seat, filled by leader Valdemar Tomaševski. At the 2012 election, AWPL broke through 5% in a parliamentary election for the first time: qualifying for proportional representation seats. In the 2014 European elections, AWPL returned Valdemar Tomaševski to the European Parliament. Moreover, Tomaševski also took part in the elections of the President of Lithuania where he won 8,35% of votes and almost doubled his results from 2009 (4,79%).
| Founded | 1987 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2011 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Dr. Vet. Med. Jean Schoos |
| International Secretary | Joelle Giannotte joelle.giannotte@adr.lu |
| Government status | Opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | Chamber of Deputies 3/60 |
ADR started off as a single issue party. Its roots lie in a demonstration held in Luxembourg City in 1987, at which tens of thousands gathered to demand parity between the civil service final salary scheme and the basic state pension. The party’s popularity peaked in 1999, when frustration with the pension gap was at its zenith; it gained seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It is now a mainstream party with a conservative, anti-establishment, economically liberal and eurosceptic platform. As a pensioners party it is the most successful in Western Europe.
National Alliance “All For Latvia!” – “For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK”
Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” – „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”
http://www.nacionalaapvieniba.lv/
| Founded | 2013 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2014 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars |
| International Secretary | Ance Gulbe |
| Government status | Government coalition partner |
| Seats in national parliament | Saeima 17/100 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | Roberts Zile |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
| Founded | 2001 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2009 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Jarosław Kaczyński, former Prime Minister of Poland |
| International Secretary | Radosław Fogiel radoslaw.fogiel@pis.org.pl |
| Government status | Opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | Sejm 136/460, Senate 29/100 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 19 |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) was founded in 2001 by Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński from Porozumienie Centrum Party and the Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność movement. PiS won the 2005 general election; Jarosław Kaczyński served as Prime Minister of Poland between July 2006 and November 2007, and Lech Kaczyński was Poland’s President between 2005 and 2010. Prawo i Sprawiedliwość is currently the second largest party in the Polish Sejm.
| Founded | 2011 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2013 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Mihail Neamțu |
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Government status |
Opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | 1/176 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 0 |
Noua Republică is a centre-right party of Judeo-Christian tradition that advocates the need for a new class of politicians and a market-based platform of reform for Romania. It also calls for a reduction in state bureaucracy and emphasises the importance of individual liberty and entrepreneurship. It was created in 2011, following the publication of the current leader Mihail Neamțu’s manifesto, and officially became a party in February 2013. Between November 2011 and June 2012, the party launched a number of public policy documents, with the party having over 40 branches in Romania and abroad. Twelve Noua Republică candidates took part in the December 2012 parliamentary elections on the list of the main centre-right alliance ARD, with Mr Valeriu Todirașcu winning a senatorial seat in Bucharest.
NOVA
http://www.nova.sk/
| Founded | 2012 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2014 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Daniel Lipšic |
| International Secretary | Martin Barto – macko12@me.com |
| Government status | In opposition |
| Seats in national parliament | 1/150 |
NOVA was set up in 2012 by Jana Žitňanská and Daniel Lipšic, following their departure from the Christian Democratic Movement. It is a centre-‐‑right liberal-‐‑conservative party, founded on Christian principles. If favours entrepreneurship and wants to reduce red tape, bureaucracy and taxes in Slovakia. At the same time it wants to introduce more direct democracy through a new constitution.
The party took part in the 2013 regional elections, gaining 9.2% and 5 mandates in the regional parliament. In the recent EP elections, the party won 6,83% of the vote share and has 1 elected MEP, Ms Jana Žitňanská who sits with the ECR Group.
Občianska Konzervatívna Strana
| Founded | 2001 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2011 |
| Membership status | full member |
| Party leader | Ondrej Dostál |
| International Secretary | Ivan Kuhn ivankuhn@oks.sk |
| Government status | Opposition |
Občianska Konzervatívna Strana (OKS) was formed in 2001 by Demokratická strana members of the National Council. The party won four seats in the NationalCouncil in 2010, competing on the Most-Híd list. In the March 2012 generalelection OKS candidates ran on the ‘Ordinary People’ list, but left theparty list before the election in protest against the populist policy ofthe leader of the ‘Ordinary People’. The party is currently represented atthe regional and local level of self-government.
http://www.akparti.org.tr/english/
| Founded | 2001 |
| Date of entry into AECR | 2013 |
| Membership status | Full Member |
| Party leader | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Government status | In government |
| Seats in national parliament | 318/550 |
| Members in the ECR group in the European Parliament | 0 |
The Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AK Parti) is a pro-Western, centre-right conservative political party that advocates a conservative social agenda and a liberal market economy. Formed in 2001 by members of existing parties, it won a landslide victory in the 2002 elections and gained over two-thirds of parliamentary seats in a 10% threshold system. In the general elections held in June 2011 it increased its share of the popular vote to 49.8% and secured 327/550 members in Parliament. This formed a third consecutive majority government and made it the largest party in Turkey. The former AK Party member and Prime Minister, Abdullah Gül, is President. The party seeks membership of the European Union. In 2013, the party resigned its observer membership in the European People’s Party and was granted full membership of the AECR.
Liberal Party
http://www.liberal.org.au/
The Liberal Party of Australia is one of the two major Australian political parties. Founded in 1945 to replace the United Australia Party (UAP) and its predecessors, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Labor Party. Federally, the Liberal Party runs in a Coalition with the National Party, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party, and Queensland Liberal branch the Liberal National Party. Except for a few short periods, the Liberal Party and its predecessors have operated in similar coalitions since the 1920s.
On 7 September 2013, Tony Abbott claimed victory in the 2013 Australian Federal Election after the Liberal Party received over 53% of the vote. On 18 September, Tony Abbott and his cabinet were sworn into office by the Governor General.
| Founded | 2003 |
| Date of entry into AECR | November 2012 |
| Membership status | Associate Member |
| Party leader | Stephen Harper, Prime Minister |
| International Secretary | Dimitri Soudas DimitriSoudas@conservative.ca |
The Conservative Party of Canada was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance (formerly the Reform Party of Canada) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. The party came to power in the 2006 federal election as a minority government, a position it maintained after the 2008 election, before winning its first majority government in 2011.
The Conservative Party was elected with a majority government (166/308 seats) on 2 May 2011, the first time any party had won a majority since the Liberals in 2000 and the first time that a conservative party had a majority since the PC’s in 1988.
They are members of numerous international organizations, including the International Democrat Union, the Asia Pacific Democrat Union and have close links with the British Conservative Party.
National Party
https://www.national.org.nz/
The New Zealand National Party (Māori: Rōpū Nāhinara) is a centre–right New Zealand political party, and one of the two major parties in NewZealandpolitics. The party was founded in 1936 on the merger of the United and Reform parties, making it the nation’s second-oldest political party.
Since November 2008, it has been the incumbent governing party, forming a minority government with support from three minor parties. On preliminary results from the 2014 general election, National narrowly missed having a majority in the House of Representatives, which would have been a first for a New Zealand political party since the MMP system was introduced in 1996, with 60 out of a total of 121 seats.
Republican Party
https://www.gop.com/
The Republican Party, commonly referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, the GOP dominated politics nationally and in most of the North for most of the period from 1860 to 1932. There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, who served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, and the most recent being George W. Bush, who served two full four-year terms 2001 to 2009.
The party’s platform is generally based upon American conservatism, in contrast to the contemporary American liberalism of the rival Democratic Party. The Republican Party’s conservatism involves supporting free market capitalism, opposing regulation and labor unions, and supporting socially conservative policies.
Following the 2014 mid-term elections for the 114th Congress, the Republicans will have their largest majority in the House since the 1928 election; the GOP will also gain control of the Senate. The party holds a majority of governorships and state legislatures.