ECPM
and EUD 

Overview:  ECPM / EUD

• General
  information

• History 

• Structure

• Members

• Activities

European Christian Political Movement

General information

• EU Budget:  305.012 € (2013)

• 5 MEPs

• Sit with ECR group 

"Only European political party that works 

explicitly from a Christian-social point of view"

History

2002: Conference "For a Christian Europe"

2005: Registration as association

2010: Recognition by the European Parliament

2014: Participation in first European Elections

Structure

President: 

Peter Östman (Finland)

Vice-president:  
George Rukhadze (Georgia)

Board

Treasurer:
Vladimir Plamadeala (Moldova)

Members

• Bulgarian Christian Coalition (Bulgaria)
• Christian Democratic Forum (Bulgaria)
• H-rast (Croatia)
• Estonian Christian Democrats (Estonia)
• AUF-partei (Germany)
• Party of Bible-faithful Christians (Germany)
• Christian-Democratic Union (Latvia)
• ChristianUnion (The Netherlands)
• Reformed Political Party, SGP (The Netherlands)
• Union of Bulgarians in the Banat (Romania)
• Christian Peoples Alliance (United Kingdom)

Members

• Christian Democratic Union of Armenia (Armenia)
• Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia (Georgia)
• People's Party (Moldova)
• Alliance of Romanians in Voivodina (Serbia)
• Evangelical People's Party (Switzerland)
• Christian Democratic Union of Ukraine (Ukraine)

MEPs

Bas Belder (NL)

Beatrix von Storch (DE)

Peter van Dalen (NL)

Branislav Skripek (SK)

Arne Gericke (DE) 

• Christian Political Foundation for Europe

Established in 2011, official foundation of the ECPM

• European Christian Political Youth Movement

Established in 2004, independent youth organization of the ECPM

What is the ECPM doing?

Activities

Political Program

1. Human Dignity 

2. Economy that works for the people

3. Priority of family and marriage 

4. Freedom of faith, conscience and expression

5. Human Trafficking

Human Dignity

Issue: Abortion

"The ECPM rejects all attempts to make abortion some form of ‘human right’"

Europeans United for Democracy

General information

• EU Budget: 196.644 € (2013)

• 2 MEPs

• Sit with GUE/NGL group and non-attached

"We must work together to stop the development of the United States of Europe!"

History

2005: Registration as association

2006: Recognition by the European Parliament

2009, 2014: Participation in European Elections

Structure

Vice-President: Lave Broch, Denmark

President:  Patricia McKenna, Ireland

Board

Members

• Belgium (MP from Vivant)

• Denmark (People's Movement against the EU)

• Croatia (Croatian Academic Association)

• Finland (Non-aligned Coalition)

• France (Arise the Republic)

• Ireland (National Platform, People's Movement)

• Latvia (MEP from Union of Greens and Farmers)

• Portugal (New Democracy Portugal)

• Slovakia (Direct Democracy Slovakia)

• Slovenia (June List)

• Sweden (June List)

Members

MEPs

Iveta Grigule
(Latvia)

Rinja Ronja Kari (Denmark)

What is the EUD doing?

Activities

Political Program

• Transparency (14 demands)

• Subsidiarity (8 demands)

• Democracy (5 demands)

• Diversity (2 demands)

Working against new initiatives from the European institutions aiming at controlling more policy areas.

Working against the development of a European Union Foreign Service

Working against the expansion of the euro zone.

How influential are the ECPM and EUD? Is one 'stronger' than the other?

In your opinion...

What is the difference between the EUD and other eurosceptic parties?

Sources 

http://ecpm.info/about
http://www.ecpyn.org/
http://www.ecpf.info/
http://archiv.jungewelt.de/2014/09-26/007.php
http://ecpm.info/report/financial-report-2012
https://www.christenunie.nl/k/en/news/view/602640/68645/ecpm-calls-european-commission-to-respect-the-right-to-life-the-responsibilities-of-member-states.html

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/Grant_amounts_parties_11_2014.pdf

http://www.europeansunitedfordemocracy.org/members/

http://www.politeia.net/Newsletter/politeia_newsletter_46_october_2007/quarterly_theme_euroscepticism_in_europe/eudemocrats_eurosceptics_are_eu_critics_or_eu_reformists/

http://www.europeansunitedfordemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EUD_report_2013.pdf