European Christian Political Movement

New members added to ECPYN board

Tuesday 20 July 2010 10:07 During last week's International Summer School, ECPYN held its general assembly. Jonathan van Tongeren stepped down as Secretary General after having fulfilled two consecutive terms of two years. Two new board members were elected, Denys Dhiver and Auke Minnema. full story

Nordic Conference in Estonia

Thursday 08 July 2010 17:44 The European Christian Political Movement invites you to participate in our upcoming Nordic conference in Tallinn (Estonia), September 9-11, 2010. The theme of this conference will be "the Perspective of Christian Democracy in the Nordic Countries". full story

Big changes after Belgian elections

Thursday 17 June 2010 09:28 On sunday June 13, elections were held in Belgium after the fall of the government of prime minister Leterme on April 26. In Flandres the Christan-democrat party CD&V lost 12,3% and has now 17,3% of the votes. In Wallonie the Socialists are the big winners with 35,7% of the votes. full story

ChristenUnie stable factor in extremely volatile political landscape

Thursday 10 June 2010 14:20 The ChristenUnie, one of the ECPM memberparties, lost one of its 6 seats in the last parliamentary elections. Although it is a slightly disappointing result, the ChristenUnie did clearly better ... full story

Georgian Christian Democrats Pleased with Results of Local Elections

Monday 07 June 2010 14:55 The leader of the Christian-Democratic Movement Giorgi Targamadze considers local elections held last Sunday successful for his party. The Christian Democrats, according to preliminary results of local self-government elections, achieved the electoral threshold in Tbilisi and throughout the country taking the second or third places after the ruling party leading in the elections. full story

The growing relevance of Christian-democracy in Europe

Monday 31 May 2010 16:10 From May 27 till May 29 the ECPM (European Christian Political Movement) celebrated it’s 6th annual congress and it’s first year as an European Party. These members, ranging from Ireland in the west till Armenia in the east, met each other these three days in Brussels to discuss ‘the relevance of Christian Politics in the 21st century’. full story

Launch of the subcommittee on Human Dignity in the Romanian Parliament

Tuesday 27 April 2010 10:31 On May 4th, the Romanian Parliament will become the 5th legislative to create a legal framework for Human Dignity. The Subcommittee on Human Dignity is a parliamentary structure with correspondents in the European Parliament, the US Congress, the United Kingdom Parliament and the Seismas of the Republic of Lithuania, and will promote the recognition of the infinite value of every single person by recognizing each human life as being made in the Image and Likeness of God, from conception until natural death. full story