Alliance for Europe of the Nations | |
|---|---|
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| President | Michał Kamiński[1] |
| Founded | 25 June 2002[2] |
| Dissolved | 2009[3] |
| Headquarters | 27 boulevard du Prince Henri, 1724Luxembourg |
| Ideology | National conservatism[3] Conservatism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European Parliament group | Union for Europe of the Nations |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue, yellow |
TheAlliance for Europe of the Nations was aEuropean political party that gatheredconservative andnational-conservative political parties from across the continent.
The AEN was founded in 2002, designed to complement the existingUnion for Europe of the Nationsgroup in the European Parliament. Moves towards establishing standardised funding block grants for European political parties were at this point well afoot, and the parties affiliated with UEN required a corresponding organisation 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 CzechCivic Democratic Party, PortugueseCDS-PP, IsraeliLikud, IrishFianna Fáil, ItalianNational Alliance and the GreekPopular Orthodox Rally,[2] all of which later left the organisation.
The AEN had a broadly national-conservative political line, but many members were uncomfortable with this. There was a strong movement for thecentristFianna Fáil to leave AEN and join theEuropean Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, which it did on 17 April 2009. Also,National Alliance, which despite itspost-fascist background was a moderate national-conservative party strongly promotingEuropean integration, grew uncomfortable with AEN and left it for theEuropean People's Party by merging withForza Italia to formThe People of Freedom party on 27 March 2009.
MEPs elected from its member-parties were expected to sit in the affiliatedUnion for Europe of the Nations (UEN)group in theEuropean Parliament, but UEN collapsed in 2009 following the2009 European Parliament elections, and MEPs from AEN member parties were scattered across theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists andEurope of Freedom and Democracy groups, and their respective European-level parties, theAlliance of European Conservatives and Reformists andMovement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy.
After those realignments, there were too few AEN member parties left to retain its EU-funded status as aEuropean political party. The AEN's 2009 grant was rescinded.[4]
The grants from the European Parliament to AEN from 2004 to 2010 were as follows:[4][5]
| Financial year | Initial grant (EUR) | Final grant (EUR) |
|---|---|---|
| 2004/5 | 161 250[5] | 83 964[5] |
| 2005/6 | 450 000[5] | 114 330[5] |
| 2006/7 | 450 000[5] | 144 809[5] |
| 2007/8 | 300 000[5] | 159 138[5] |
| 2008/9 | 300 000[5] | 206 375[4] |
| 2009/10 | 577 150[4] | n/a[4] |
