# European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance

The European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA) is a conservative group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It was founded as the Group of Independent Representatives in 1970 by British and Scandinavian members of PACE. It has 76 members from countries including the United Kingdom, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Italy. It was known as the European Democrat Group until its renaming in 2014, and the European Conservatives Group until 2019.
While it was only the third group to be founded in PACE (after the Socialist Group and the Christian Democrat Group), it was the first to have an official secretariat, which was established in 1977. On 6 July 1978, a proposal to rename the group was submitted, leading to the new name in September 1980.
For many years the Russian political party United Russia was a member of the European Democrat Group.

## Membership
### 2022

As of October 2022, the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance has the following members:
| Country | Party name | Members | Other affiliations | Other affiliations | Other affiliations |
| Country | Party name | Members | European party | EU Parliament | International |
| Armenia | Republican Party of Armenia | 1 | None | EPP | None |
| Austria | Freedom Party of Austria | 2 | ID Party | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Azerbaijan | New Azerbaijan Party | 4 | None | N/A | CDI |
| Azerbaijan | Republican Alternative Party | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Azerbaijan | Democratic Reforms Party | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Azerbaijan | Independents | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Belgium | Vlaams Belang | 2 | ID Party | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Croatia | Bridge of Independent Lists | 1 | None | None | None |
| Croatia | Homeland Movement | 1 | None | None | None |
| Czech Republic | Civic Democratic Party | 3 | ECR Party | ECR | IDU |
| Denmark | Danish People's Party | 1 | None | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Estonia | Conservative People's Party of Estonia | 1 | ID Party | None | None |
| Finland | Finns Party | 2 | None | ECR | None |
| France | National Rally | 4 | ID Party | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Germany | Alternative for Germany | 4 | None | Europe of Sovereign Nations | None |
| Greece | Greek Solution | 1 | None | ECR | None |
| Hungary | Fidesz | 8 | None | Patriots for Europe | CDI |
| Italy | Brothers of Italy | 2 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Italy | Lega per Salvini Premier | 7 | ID Party | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Italy | Independent | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lithuania | Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance | 1 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Moldova | Șor Party | 1 | ECR | N/A | None |
| Netherlands | JA21 | 1 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Norway | Progress Party | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Poland | Law and Justice | 12 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Romania | Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 2 | None | ECR | None |
| Serbia | People's Party | 1 | None | None | None |
| Serbia | People's Movement of Serbia | 1 | None | None | None |
| Slovakia | Freedom and Solidarity | 1 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Spain | Vox | 1 | ECR Party | Patriots for Europe | None |
| Sweden | Sweden Democrats | 2 | ECR Party | ECR | None |
| Ukraine | Servant of the People | 5 | ALDE Party | N/A | None |
| Ukraine | For the Future | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Ukraine | European Solidarity | 1 | EPP | N/A | IDU |
| United Kingdom | Conservative Party | 20 | None | N/A | IDU |
| United Kingdom | Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| United Kingdom | Crossbench | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |

### 2014

As of 23 October 2014, the European Conservatives had the following members:
| Country | Party name | Members | Other affiliations | Other affiliations | Other affiliations |
| Country | Party name | Members | European party | EU Parliament | International |
| Armenia | Prosperous Armenia | 2 | AECR | N/A | None |
| Armenia | Republican Party of Armenia (part) | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Azerbaijan | New Azerbaijan Party | 4 | None | N/A | None |
| Czech Republic | Civic Democratic Party | 2 | AECR | ECR | IDU |
| Denmark | Danish People's Party | 1 | None | ECR | None |
| Greece | Independent Greeks | 1 | None | ECR | None |
| Iceland | Independence Party | 2 | AECR | N/A | IDU |
| Norway | Progress Party | 2 | None | N/A | None |
| Poland | Law and Justice | 7 | AECR | ECR | None |
| Poland | United Poland | 1 | MELD | No MEPs | None |
| Turkey | Justice and Development Party (part) | 13 | AECR | N/A | None |
| Turkey | Nationalist Movement Party | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| Ukraine | Party of Regions (part) | 4 | None | N/A | None |
| Ukraine | Sovereign European Ukraine | 1 | None | N/A | None |
| United Kingdom | Conservative Party | 17 | AECR | ECR | IDU |
| United Kingdom | Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | None | NI | None |
| ^A One of the three members of the Republican Party of Armenia sit with the EC Group. The other two members sit with the European People's Party. ^B Eleven of the thirteen members of the Justice and Development Party sit with the EC Group. One sits with the European People's Party and one sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. ^C One of the two members of the Nationalist Movement Party sits with the EC Group. ^D Four of the seven members of Party of Regions sit with the EC Group. Two sit with the Socialist Group and one sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. ||||||
Unaffiliated members: Ganira Pashayeva, Yuliya L'Ovochkina