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European Christian Political Party

The European Christian Political Party (ECPP), formerly known as the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) from 2002 to April 2025, is a European political party exclusively working on promoting Christian values.[3][4] The party unites national parties and individuals from across Europe who share policies influenced by Christianity, largely following the ideals of Christian democracy and the Christian right. The member parties are generally socially conservative and Eurosceptic.

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European Christian Political Party (ECPP)
AbbreviationECPP
PresidentValeriu Ghilețchi (MD, RO)
Secretary-GeneralMaarten van de Fliert (NL)
FoundedNovember 2002; 22 years ago (2002-11)
HeadquartersBergstraat 33, 3811 NG Amersfoort, Netherlands
Think tankSallux
Youth wingECPYouth
Membership (26 January 2025)10
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Group[2] (SGP, PNCR)
European People's Party Group (Family Party)
Non-attached (Individual member Ondřej Dostál)
Colours  Green
  Blue
European Parliament
4 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
0 / 27
European
Lower Houses
24 / 6,215
European
Upper Houses
6 / 1,457
Website
ecpp.eu
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The party was founded in November 2002 in Lakitelek, Hungary. It elected its first board in January 2005, and was registered in the Netherlands in September 2005. The first ECPP president was Peeter Võsu of the Party of Estonian Christian Democrats. The movement brings together over fifty Christian-Democratic political parties, NGOs, think-tanks and individual politicians from over twenty countries within EU and beyond. Youth movements are united in ECPYouth. The youth organisation started in 2004 and elected its first board in the summer of 2005.

During the 2014–2019 term, ECPP had six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs): Peter van Dalen of Christian Union (NL), Bas Belder of the Dutch Reformed Party (SGP) (NL), Branislav Škripek of Kresťanská únia [sk] (SK), Arne Gericke of Bündnis C (DE), Marek Jurek of Right Wing of the Republic (PL) and Kazimierz Ujazdowski (PL). All six MEPs sat with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.

After the 2019 European Parliament election, the party got three seats in the EP: Peter van Dalen of the Christian Union, Bert-Jan Ruissen of the SGP, and Helmut Geuking of the Family Party of Germany. Peter Van Dalen and Helmut Geuking sit with the European People's Party Group while Bert-Jan Ruissen sits with the ECR. A fourth MEP, Cristian Terheș, member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party in Romania, joined the party in May 2020.[5]

History

The ECPP started as a platform in November 2002 when representatives of political parties from more than 15 countries decided to examine new chances for Christian politics in Europe at the conference "For a Christian Europe" at Lakitelek, Hungary.

The ECPP started with Christian parties and organizations, regardless of their denomination. Parties from within and from outside the EU participated in those first years and made it possible to create a movement that is steadily growing from one year to the next. In 2003, the ECPP adopted eight guiding principles in the Lakitelek declaration "Values for Europe", which shaped the ECPP's vision of Europe. In January 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia, the ECPP elected its first board. On 15 September 2005, the ECPP was officially registered with statutes as an association under Dutch law. In 2010 ECPP was officially recognized as a European political party by the European Parliament.[6] In 2014, ECPP took part in the European elections for the first time as a European Party. The ECPP board was chaired by MP Peter Östman from 2013 to 2016, from 2016 to 2021 by MEP Branislav Škripek and by Valeriu Ghileţchi (former Moldovan MP) since 2021.

Membership

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Countries with full and associate ECPP members:
  States with full (and possibly associate) member parties
  States with associate member parties

This table contains a list of full member parties of the ECPP.[7]

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Party Abbr. Country MEPs[a] National MPs
VIA, the Way of the People VIA  France
Alliance C – Christians for Germany AUF & PBC  Germany
Family Party of Germany FAMILIE
1 / 96
Jobbik – Conservatives Jobbik  Hungary
8 / 199
Human Dignity Alliance HDA  Ireland
0 / 160
(Dáil Éireann)
1 / 60
(Senate)
Sovereign Power SV  Latvia
Latvia First LPV
1 / 9
8 / 100
Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party LKDP  Lithuania
Christian Union KS
Christian Union CU  Netherlands
3 / 150
(House)
3 / 75
(Senate)
Reformed Political Party SGP
1 / 31
3 / 150
(House)
2 / 75
(Senate)
Right Wing of the Republic PR  Poland
People's Monarchist Party PPM  Portugal
Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania UDSCR  Romania
1 / 329
Romanian National Conservative Party PNCR
1 / 33
Christian Union  Slovakia
2 / 150
Contigo Mas Mas  Spain
Values Valores
Evangelical People's Party EVP – PEV   Switzerland Not in EU
2 / 200
Christian Values Party Sweden KRVP  Sweden
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Associate members

 Europe

 Armenia

 Belgium

 Bulgaria

  • Crown Bulgaria
  • Rule of Law Bulgaria

 France

  • Amical Service

 Germany

  • Institute for Ethics and Values

 Italy

  • Associazione "Cercasi un fine"
  • Unione per la Democrazia e la Libertà

 Ireland

 Republic of Moldova

  • Academia pentru Integritate în Conducere (Academy for Integrity in Leadership (AIC))

 Netherlands

  • Research Institute ChristianUnion
  • Stichting Crown Financial Ministries
  • Stichting vormingsactiviteiten Oost-Europa
  • The Schuman Centre for European Studies

 Romania

  • Areopagus. Centru de Educaţie Creştină şi Cultură Contemporană (Areopagus. Center for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture)
  • Asociaţia PRO VITA – Filiala Bucureşti (Pro-vita Association – Bucharest Branch)
  • Centrul creștin pentru țigani (Christian Center for Roma)
  • Asociația democratică creștină (Christian Democratic Association)
  • Fundația românească pentru democrație (Romanian Foundation for Democracy)
  • Asociația "Worldteach" (Worldteach Association)

 Serbia

 United Kingdom

Organisation

Congresses

The ECPP organizes two General Assemblies per year. An annual member congress is held as well where specific themes are discussed. The ECPP also organizes regional conferences and other events all over Europe.

Presidents

Representation in European institutions

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OrganisationInstitutionNumber of seats
 European UnionEuropean Parliament
4 / 720(0.6%)
[9]
European Commission
0 / 27(0%)
[10]
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27(0%)
[11]
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
Committee of the Regions
0 / 329(0%)
[12]
 Council of EuropeParliamentary Assembly
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Notes

  1. The number of MEPs listed below may not match the total number of MEPs of the European party, as it does not include MEPs who join as individual members.

References

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