ecr party

What ecr party does

ECR Party (European Conservatives and Reformists Party), founded in 2009 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is a registered European political party under EU Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445. It operates as a federation coordinating 20+ national conservative member parties across EU member states, with active representation in the European Parliament, Council of Europe, Committee of the Regions, and NATO Parliamentary Assembly. The party is guided by the Reykjavik Declaration principles (individual liberty, national sovereignty, parliamentary democracy, free trade) and provides a unified conservative voice in European institutions.

Its core offerings are political movement services rather than commercial products. These include The Conservative (an affiliated online news publication at theconservative.online), a dedicated event registration and management platform (booking.ecrparty.eu) supporting the European Awareness Days series and Summer Academy, a video library of speeches and conference recordings, and a newsletter/mailing list service. The technology stack consists of a WordPress-based website and a separate booking platform with Stripe and PayPal payment integrations. No proprietary AI, API, or developer-facing technology is disclosed.

Revenue is generated through a combination of partial European Parliament funding (as a registered EU political party) and a tiered donation program accepting contributions from individuals, EU entities, elected members, and EU parties at amounts from €25 to €18,000, plus custom donations via credit card, PayPal, and bank transfer. The party employs approximately 10 staff in Brussels and operates a multi-channel digital presence across Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn. The GTM motion is community-led: growth is driven by enrolling new national member parties, organizing pan-European events, and conducting international delegations to allied conservative movements including the US Republican Party and Israeli Likud.

Name

ecr party

Legal name

European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party)

Website

https://ecrparty.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ECR Party is a Brussels-based European political party federation, registered under EU Regulation 2025/2445, that coordinates 20+ conservative member parties across EU member states with representation in the European Parliament, Council of Europe, and other institutions.

Ownership category

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Product category

Political Party Federation

NAICS

Political Organizations (81394), Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finance, Economics & Public Administration Congresses (THAHAJAL)

Keywords

• European political party
• Conservative political movement
• Political party federation
• Political advocacy services
• Conservative policy coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The party accepts donations from individuals, EU entities (legal persons), elected members, EU parties, and other organizations through its website. Donation amounts range from €25 to €18,000 with options for custom amounts.
2. European Parliament Funding: The ECR Party is recognized and partially funded by the European Parliament as a registered European political party under Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ECR Party is a European political party federation that coordinates member national conservative parties and advocates for center-right policy positions across EU institutions. Its core offering consists of political coordination services to member parties, pan-European representation in the European Parliament, Council of Europe, Committee of the Regions and NATO Parliamentary Assembly, organization of political events and conferences, and policy publications such as The Conservative.

Product overview

ECR Party (European Conservatives and Reformists Party) is a European political party offering political movement activities, events, and communications rather than commercial products. Its primary offerings include The Conservative online news publication, a dedicated event management and registration platform (booking.ecrparty.eu), the European Awareness Days event series, a video library of party content, and a newsletter/mailing list service. The party also maintains presence across major social media platforms for communication with members and supporters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Italian governing party and founding member of ECR Party. Led by Giorgia Meloni, who served as ECR Party President until January 2025. Represents Italy in ECR leadership.
• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Polish governing party and founding member. Led by Mateusz Morawiecki, former ECR Party President. Active in European Parliament through ECR Group.
• Občanská demokratická strana (ODS - Civic Democratic Party)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCzech governing party led by Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of Czech Republic. ECR member representing Czech Republic.
• Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish conservative party, ECR member representing Sweden in European Parliament.
• Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor (AUR - Alliance for the Union of Romanians)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRomanian conservative party led by George Simion (Executive Vice President of ECR Party). Joined ECR in 2025.
• Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS - Freedom and Solidarity)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSlovak liberal conservative party, ECR member representing Slovakia.
• Nacionālā apvienība (National Alliance)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatvian national conservative party, ECR member representing Latvia.
• Identité et Libertés (Identity and Freedoms)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench conservative party led by Marion Maréchal, Executive Vice President of ECR Party. Joined ECR in 2025.
• Republican Party (United States)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal partner party, maintaining transatlantic conservative ties. ECR Party sends delegations to CPAC and maintains cooperation.
• תנועת הליכוד (Likud Movement, Israel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsraeli governing party, represented by Gila Gamliel as Deputy Vice President. ECR global partner.
• New DirectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECR Party affiliate, conservative think tank and policy organization.
• European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European ParliamentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECR's parliamentary group in the European Parliament, representing conservative MEPs.
• European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the Committee of the RegionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerECR's group in the Committee of the Regions, representing regional and local authorities.
• Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnish populist conservative party, joined ECR in 2025/2026.
• Danmarksdemokraterne (The Danish Democrats)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanish conservative party, joined ECR in 2025/2026.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European People's Party (EPP): The largest center-right European political party federation registered with APPF. Most direct structural and functional peer to ECR Party — competes for the same conservative/center-right voter base, MEP seats, and EU institutional representation.
• Party of European Socialists (PES): The social-democratic European political party federation, also registered under APPF regulations. Operates the parallel left-of-center political family in European institutions, providing a sister-federation comparison for governance, funding, and member-party structure.
• Identity and Democracy Party (ID): European political party federation for nationalist/sovereigntist movements. Closest ideological competitor to ECR Party in the conservative-to-right space, directly contesting similar voter segments and MEP coalition positions.
• ALDE Party: Liberal European political party federation, APPF-registered. Sister federation on the center-right/pro-EU side of the political spectrum, providing a comparable model for cross-national liberal-conservative alignment.
• European Green Party (EGP): Federation of Green political parties across Europe, registered with APPF. Operates the same pan-European party-federation structure as ECR Party and competes for the same EP funding pool and institutional representation.
• European Free Alliance (EFA): European political party federation representing regionalist, minority, and pro-independence parties. Operates under the same APPF regulatory framework and pursues similar pan-European coalition strategies as ECR Party.
• European Christian Political Movement (ECPM): European political party federation for Christian-democratic parties across Europe. Shares ECR Party's values-oriented conservative positioning and APPF registration, representing an adjacent niche within the European political family system.
• European Democratic Party (EDP): Centrist/centre-right European political party federation. Operates as a smaller APPF-registered federation competing in overlapping institutional spaces with ECR Party for centrist-conservative representation.

Emerging players

• Volt Europa: Pan-European progressive federalist party with APPF recognition. While ideologically distinct, Volt operates in the same European political party federation space with a comparable cross-border membership and digital-first engagement model.

Others

• New Direction – Foundation for European Reform: ECR Party's affiliated think tank and policy organization. Functions as the federation's ideas-generation and policy-research arm, comparable to affiliated foundations of other European party federations (e.g., FEPS for PES, Wilfried Martens Centre for EPP).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ecrparty
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIM-bsaLmeZRXGcZ8ADI6Kg
• Facebookfacebook.com/ECRParty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecr-party
• Instagraminstagram.com/ecrparty

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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