Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe
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Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe
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| President | Jan Zahradil (CZ) |
| Secretary-General | Daniel Hannan (UK) |
| Founded | 1 October 2009 |
| Preceded by | Movement for European Reform |
| Headquarters | Rue du Trône 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
| Think tank | New Direction |
| Youth wing | European Young Conservatives |
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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 |
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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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