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Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe

Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe
President Jan Zahradil (CZ)
Secretary-General Daniel Hannan (UK)
Founded 1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
Preceded by Movement for European Reform
Headquarters Rue du Trône 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Think tank New Direction
Youth wing European Young Conservatives
Ideology Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
Political position Centre-right to Right-wing
International affiliation International Democrat Union
European Parliament group European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours Blue and white
Website
www.acreurope.eu

The Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) – formerly known as the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) – is a conservative and euroscepticEuropean political party, promoting conservative and economically liberal principles. It currently has twenty-four member parties and three further independent members from twenty-one countries, in addition to seven regional partners worldwide.

The political movement 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.

ACRE is governed by a Board of Directors who are elected by the Council, which represents all ACRE member parties. The ACRE's President is Jan Zahradil MEP, and its Secretary-General is Daniel Hannan MEP. The Vice-Presidents are Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson MP from Iceland, Anna Fotyga MEP from Poland, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP from the United Kingdom and Zafer Sirakaya from Turkey.

The party is affiliated with the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament, the pan-European think tank New Direction – The Foundation for European Reform, 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, in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in the Congress of the Council of Europe, and in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.


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