I had some interest in the ECR after the European Parliament elections, as they became the third largest party, and so made this page. The group was jointly founded by the British Tories as they build their off-ramp to Brexit and left the EPP. The parliamentary group is constructed for each parliament; in the 10th Parliament, Meloni’s Brothers of Italy have joined the group, but the French National Rally and Orban’s Fidez have not. These have created their own group, Patriots for Europe and the AfD have been forced to create their own group, ‘Europe of Sovereign Nations. It interested me that the ECR rejected the three far-right parties, yet accepted Melloni’s party, perhaps they needed the numbers.
Links
Oddly they have two pages on wikipedia,
- European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Party
- European_Conservatives_and_Reformists – 2024_European_Parliament_elections
- European_Conservatives_and_Reformists 10th_European_Parliament, the list of member parties.
Presumably one is about the extra parliamentary party, the other is not.