Our vision for Europe

The ECR Group is a centre-right
political group in the European
Parliament, founded in 2009
with a common cause to reform
the EU based on eurorealism,
respecting the sovereignty
of nations, and focusing on
economic recovery, growth
and competitiveness. From
its 8 founding Member States
with 54 MEPs in 2009, we now
have 81 members from 18 EU
Member States.

Euro-realism is the driving
force of the ECR Group, which
distinguishes our agenda from
the other political groups in
the European Parliament. The
European Union needs a new
direction. Some argue that the
solution is more Europe, others
that the solution is no Europe.
We offer a bold alternative vision
of a reformed EU as a community
of nations cooperating in areas
where they have some common
interests that can best be
advanced by working together.

The European Union has
overreached. It has become too
centralised, too ambitious,
and too out of touch with
ordinary citizens. We believe
in restoring common sense in
Brussels — advocating for the
equal treatment of all Member
States, pushing the EU to be
more fiscally responsible,
finding new ways to connect
people and business, creating
solutions to the migrant
crisis and the terrorist
threat, and adopting a global
approach to increase EU
competitiveness on the world
stage.

The ECR Group is at the
forefront of generating
forward-looking policy
proposals to design a reformed
European Union that is more
flexible, decentralised and
respects the wishes of its
Member States. Only an EU that
truly listens to its people
can offer real solutions to
the problems we face today. We
believe in cutting red tape,
in an EU run by national
governments not Brussels
bureaucrats, in doing less but
better, in an immigration
system that works, in spending
taxpayer money wisely, but
most of all, we believe in
fostering an EU that is safe,
secure, competitive and
prosperous for all.