The Alliance for Europe of the Nations was a pan-European political party

European political party

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 that gathered conservative

Conservatism

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 and national-conservative

National conservatism

National conservatism is a political term used primarily in Europe to describe a variant of conservatism which concentrates more on national interests than standard conservatism as well as upholding cultural and ethnic identity, while not being outspokenly nationalist or supporting a far-right...

 parties from across the continent.

History

The AEN was founded in 2002, designed to complement the existing Union for Europe of the Nations

Union for Europe of the Nations

Union for Europe of the Nations was a political group of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2009.-History:UEN was formed on 20 July 1999, supplanting the earlier Union for Europe. Its member parties Fianna Fáil and National Alliance were the driving forces behind the group, despite their...

 group in the European Parliament. Moves towards establishing standardized funding block grants for Europarties were at this point well afoot, and the parties affiliated with UEN required a corresponding organization to take advantage of them.

Almost immediately upon its founding, the AEN began to decline in terms of membership and influence. At its first meeting, participants included the Czech Civic Democratic Party, Portuguese CDS-PP, Israeli Likud

Likud

Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...

, Irish Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...

, Italian National Alliance

National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...

 and the Greek Popular Orthodox Rally

Popular Orthodox Rally

The Popular Orthodox Rally or The People's Orthodox Rally , often abbreviated to ΛΑ.Ο.Σ as a pun on the Greek word for people, is a Greek party. According to its political program LA.O.S...

, all of which later left the organization.

AEN had a broadly national-conservative political line, but many members were uncomfortable with this. There was a strong movement for the centrist

Centrism

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 Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...

 to leave AEN and join the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party

European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...

, which it did on 17 April 2009. Also, National Alliance

National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...

, which despite its post-fascist

Neo-Fascism

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 background was a moderate national-conservative party strongly promoting European integration, grew uncomfortable with AEN and left it for the European People's Party

European People's Party

The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

 by merging into The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....

 party on 27 March 2009.

MEPs elected from its member-parties were expected to sit in the affiliated Union for Europe of the Nations

Union for Europe of the Nations

Union for Europe of the Nations was a political group of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2009.-History:UEN was formed on 20 July 1999, supplanting the earlier Union for Europe. Its member parties Fianna Fáil and National Alliance were the driving forces behind the group, despite their...

 (UEN) group in the European Parliament

European Parliament

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, but UEN collapsed in 2009 following the 2009 European Parliament elections

European Parliament election, 2009

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, and MEPs from AEN member parties were scattered across the European Conservatives and Reformists

European Conservatives and Reformists

The European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to ECR, is a conservative anti-federalist political group in the European Parliament. The group currently comprises 57 MEPs, making it the fourth-largest group in the European Parliament....

 and Europe of Freedom and Democracy

Europe of Freedom and Democracy

Europe of Freedom and Democracy is a Eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament. Formed after the European parliamentary election in 2009, it is mostly made up of elements of the now defunct Independence/Democracy and Union for a Europe of Nations groups from the out-going...

 groups.

After those realignments, there were too few AEN member parties left to retain its EU-funded status as a political party at European level. The AEN's 2009 grant was rescinded.

Funding

The grants from the European Parliament to AEN from 2004-2010 were as follows:

Financial year	Initial grant (EUR)	Final grant (EUR)
2004/5	161 250	83 964
2005/6	450 000	114 330
2006/7	450 000	144 809
2007/8	300 000	159 138
2008/9	300 000	206 375
2009/10	577 150	n/a

Member parties

Current state(s)	Party	Joined	Left	New group / future
Albania	Republican Party of Albania Republican Party of Albania The Republican Party of Albania is a right-wing, national conservative political party in Albania.-History:The Republican Party of Albania was founded in January 1991 under the leadership of the writer Sabri Godo, who was also its first chairman. After the Democratic Party, this was the second...	2002	2009
Kingdom of Bulgaria	National Ideal for Unity	?	2006/7
|Civic Democratic Party	2002	bef 2006	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to AECR, is a centre-right anti-federalist European political party defending broader conservative and classical liberal principles. It consists of twelve parties in nine EU member states and Iceland...
Cyprus	Fighting Democratic Movement Fighting Democratic Movement The Fighting Democratic Movement is a political party in Cyprus.At the 2001 legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.2 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In 2006 it lost parliamentary representation. In 2011, ADIK decided to become part of the centre party DIKO.- External...	?	2009
Denmark	Danish People's Party Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party is a political party in Denmark which is frequently described as right-wing populist by political scientists and commentators. The party is led by Pia Kjærsgaard...	2002	2006/7
Estonia	People's Union of Estonia People's Union of Estonia The People's Union of Estonia is a political party in Estonia, currently led by Margo Miljand.In the 2003 parliamentary election, the party collected 64,463 votes, which made 13.0% share of all votes and 13 mandates out of 101. In 2007's election, this dropped to 39,211 votes , and six seats in...	2002	2009
Early Modern France	Rally for France	2002	2009
Greece	ESESY (Hellenic League)	2008/9	2009
Greece	Popular Orthodox Rally Popular Orthodox Rally The Popular Orthodox Rally or The People's Orthodox Rally , often abbreviated to ΛΑ.Ο.Σ as a pun on the Greek word for people, is a Greek party. According to its political program LA.O.S...	2002	2005	Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe was a political party at European level.-Creation:AIDE was created on 28 October 2005 in the Rhône prefecture...
Hungary	Hungarian Provincial and Civic Party	2004	2009
Israel	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...	2002	bef 2006
Israel	Yisrael Beiteinu	2002	bef 2006
Israel	International Right Forum	2002	bef 2006
Republic of Ireland	Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...	2002	2009	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...
Italy	National Alliance National Alliance (Italy) National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...	2002	2009	Party merged into The People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
Italy	Sicilian Alliance Sicilian Alliance The Sicilian Alliance is a minor autonomist and national-conservative political party in Sicily, Italy.It was founded in 2005 and was led by Nello Musumeci, a MEP who was elected on the National Alliance's list....	2008/9	2009
Kazakhstan	Media Forum	2007	2009
Latvia	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK	2002	2009	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to AECR, is a centre-right anti-federalist European political party defending broader conservative and classical liberal principles. It consists of twelve parties in nine EU member states and Iceland...
Lithuania	Order and Justice	?	2009
Lithuania	Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union	?	2009
Luxembourg	Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternative Democratic Reform Party The Alternative Democratic Reform Party , abbreviated to ADR, is a conservative political party in Luxembourg. It has four seats in the sixty-seat Chamber of Deputies, making it the fifth-largest party....	2002	2010	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to AECR, is a centre-right anti-federalist European political party defending broader conservative and classical liberal principles. It consists of twelve parties in nine EU member states and Iceland...
Malta	Malta Conservative Party	2002	bef 2006
Poland	National Conservative League	2002	bef 2006
Poland	Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....	?	2009	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to AECR, is a centre-right anti-federalist European political party defending broader conservative and classical liberal principles. It consists of twelve parties in nine EU member states and Iceland...
Portugal	Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party	2002	bef 2006	European People's Party European People's Party The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
Slovakia	Slovak National Party	2002	2009
Kingdom of Romania	National Liberal Party National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social...	?	2006/7	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...
Russia	Democratic Party of Russia Democratic Party of Russia The Democratic Party of Russia or DPR is a former Russian political party that existed between 1990 and 2008. It was founded by Nikolai Travkin. It initially featured Stanislav Govorukhin and Sergey Glazyev, was a prominent democratically-oriented party, member of the Democratic Russia coalition,...	2002	bef 2006
Slovakia	Movement for Democracy Movement for Democracy (Slovakia) The Movement for Democracy is a political party in Slovakia split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002. The first leader of the party was Ivan Gašparovič, the current president of Slovakia...	2004	2008/9
Ukraine	Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993. The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko .-History:During the 1998...	?	2009