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Encyclopedia > Movement for European Reform
Movement for European Reform
Bewegung für europäische Reform
Mouvement pour la réforme européenne
Movimento per la riforma europea
Movimiento para la reforma europea
no logo released
President none appointed
Founded July 13, 2006
Headquarters unknown
Political Ideology Conservatism, Euroscepticism, Atlanticism
International Affiliation none
European Parliament Group none established, all members presently within EPP-ED
Colours unknown
Website not active
See also Politics of the EU

Political parties
Elections July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... It has been suggested that Euronaivism be merged into this article or section. ... Atlanticism is a philosophy of cooperation among European and North American nations regarding political, economic, and defense issues. ... The European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 25 European states. ... A European political party, formally a political party at European level, sometimes informally (especially in academic circles) a Europarty, is a type of political party organization operating transnationally in Europe. ... Elections in the European Union gives information on election and election results in the European Union. ...

The Movement for European Reform is a pan-European alliance of national political parties founded on 13 July 2006, intended to group forces of the center-right in favour of free market policies and critical of further European integration. The founding members are the British Conservative Party and the Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS). A European political party, formally a political party at European level, sometimes informally (especially in academic circles) a Europarty, is a type of political party organization operating transnationally in Europe. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term center-right has two distinct meanings in politics: Center-right can be used to describe a moderately right-wing political party. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... European integration is the process of political and economic (and in some cases social and cultural) integration of European states into a tighter bloc. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The Civic Democratic Party (Czech: Občanská demokratická strana - abbreviation: ODS) is the largest conservative political party in the Czech Republic. ...


As of its launch, it is unclear as to whether the MER will function akin to (and/or qualify for EU funding like) other European-level political movements such as the European People's Party and Party of European Socialists. The body's founding statement does expressly offer membership to parties from non-EU member states, a characteristic in common with other pan-European political parties, and its commitment to fight the 2009 election together suggests an appetite for recognition under the Parties Directive. The European Peoples Party (EPP) is the largest European political party. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well...


The MER is to be the basis of a new political group in the European Parliament, which its members have now committed to intitiate after the 2009 European election. Until then, both the Conservatives and ODS will continue as members of the ED subgroup within the broader EPP-ED group. For other uses, see European Democrats (disambiguation). ... The European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ...


External links

  • Notes from the Conservative Party on the MER (PDF)
  • Speech by David Cameron on founding of MER
  • EUObserver article


 
Pan-European political organisations
Flag of the European Union
Recognized by the EU as "political parties at European level":

European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | European Green Party | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | Party of the European Left | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | European People's Party | Party of European Socialists Image File history File links European_flag. ... A European political party, formally a political party at European level, sometimes informally (especially in academic circles) a Europarty, is a type of political party organization operating transnationally in Europe. ... For the eurosceptic informal grouping, see European Democrats. ... EUDemocrats (EUD) is an alliance of parties, movements and political organisations operating as a transnational Party at a European level (European political party), and incorporating members from both the centre-left and the centre-right. ... The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a grouping of various political parties in Europe who believe in either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region. ... European Greens (or the European Green Party) is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ... The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (most commonly represented in French, as Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe) is an apparent European political party, whose existence is claimed by both itself and by the EUDemocrats[1]. Little, however, is known about the composition of the ADIE or... The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of socialist and communist political parties in the European Union. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ... The Alliance for Europe of the Nations is a pan-European political party that gathers nationalist parties from across the continent. ... The European Peoples Party (EPP) is the largest European political party. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well...

Other pan-European confederations of national political parties:

European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform | Europe United The European Anti Capitalist Left (EACL) is an informal network for European anticapitalist left wing parties with a certain representativeness. ... The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is an European political association for reflection and working on Christian-democratic politics in Europe from an explicit Christian Social view. ... The European Democrat Union is the European wing of the International Democrat Union. ... Euronat (also known as EuroNet and Euro-Nat) is/was an effort by Jean-Marie Le Pen of Front National to gather all the Euronationalist parties of Europe. ... European National Front is a coordinating structure of European far-right nationalist movements. ... The Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) is a green and socialist political party at the European level founded in Reykjavík on February 1, 2004. ... Europe United is an emerging pan-European, pro-European and federalist political party, currently registered in Denmark. ...

 
Groups in the European Parliament
Political groups in EP

EPP-ED (263) | PES (201) | ALDE (89) | Greens-EFA (42) | EUL-NGL (41) | UEN (30) | IND/DEM (29) | N/A (37)
See also ED subgroup Party groups in the European Parliament combine the MEPs from European political parties, informal European political blocs, and independents. ... The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Composition of the European Parliament as of November 14, 2004 (6th term). ... The European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well... ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ... Logo of the European Federation of Green Parties - EFA The European Greens – European Free Alliance (The Greens - European Free Alliance; Greens - EFA; French: Le Groupe Verts - Alliance libre européenne; Les Verts - ALE, German Fraktion der Grünen/Freie Europäische Allianz) is one of the parliamentary groups in the... GUE-NGL logo The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ... UEN logo The Union for Europe of the Nations is a nationalist and (mostly) euro-sceptic party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. ... IND/DEM logo The Independence and Democracy (IND/DEM) group, formed July 20, 2004 is a euro-sceptic political group with 36 MEPs in the European Parliament. ... Non-Inscrits (English: Non-Attached; the English name is also official, but the French name is prevalent even in English texts) are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the political groups. ... For other uses, see European Democrats (disambiguation). ...

Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation,
elections in the European Union, party composition of the council The majority of major political parties in Europe have aligned themselves into the pan-European political organisations listed below. ... Elections in the European Union gives information on election and election results in the European Union. ... The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of April, 2006. ...



 

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