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The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) is a conservative and eurosceptic European political party, defending broader conservative and economically liberal principles. It has eighteen member parties, as well as four independent members, spread across eighteen countries. Its member parties have forty-nine MEPs—the fourth-most of any Europarty—and one head of government. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the Council of Europe. The party was founded on 1 October 2009, after the creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group in the European Parliament. It was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. The AECR had eight members at its formation—predominantly in central and eastern Europe. It has accepted twelve more member parties since then, representing the eurosceptic centre-right. The AECR is led by a board of directors from the British Conservative Party, Polish Law and Justice, and Czech Civic Democratic Party, who are elected by the Council, which represents all parties. The AECR's president is Jan Zahradil MEP, and its secretary-general is Daniel Hannan MEP. The party is affiliated with the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, the pan-European think tank New Direction, and the youth organisation the European Young Conservatives. It is also formally associated with the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the Committee of the Regions, the European Conservatives Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the Congress of the Council of Europe. ==History== The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists was founded on 1 October 2009, after the ECR political group was founded in the wake of the 2009 European Parliament election, and was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. The AECR was formally constituted under the chairmanship of Belgian MEP Derk Jan Eppink, but this position was later transferred to Czech MEP Jan Zahradil. The AECR's president is MEP, Jan Zahradil and its Secretary-General is MEP Daniel Hannan. The Vice-Presidents are MP Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Icelandic Minister of Industry, MEP Anna Fotyga from Poland, and MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown from the United Kingdom. The AECR has one Prime Minister, David Cameron from the United Kingdom. An Executive Team is in charge of general management and day-to-day operations. At the AECR's first congress in Warsaw on 8 June 2010, it was joined by Luxembourg's Alternative Democratic Reform Party. The congress was attended by UK Conservative Party Chairman Sayeeda Warsi and former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. On 25 March 2011, the Civic Conservative Party from Slovakia joined the AECR. The Icelandic Independence Party joined the AECR in November 2011, the party's first member from outside the European Union. They were followed by Georgia's Christian-Democratic Movement in August 2012. Italy's Conservatives and Social Reformers joined the AECR in October 2012: giving the AECR its first representation in one of the four largest continental European countries. The Conservative Party of Canada became the AECR's first associate member (later renamed 'regional partners') in November 2012. In November 2013, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, the Faroe Islands' People's Party, and Romania's New Republic joined. In July 2014, Prosperous Armenia, Armenia's second largest political party, joined.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prosperous Armenia joins AECR )〕 The Conservative Party of Georgia and New Majority joined on 1 November 2014. At the same time, the AECR formally affiliated to the European Conservatives Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Liberal Party of Australia, Istiqlal Party of Morocco, National Party of New Zealand, and Republican Party of the United States joined as further regional partners in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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