The European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) held the second edition of the European Congress on the Family in Dubrovnik from October 18 to 20.

The event was co-organized by the International Organization for the Family.

“We were very pleasantly surprised by this magnificent event where we saw a large number of political leaders from all over Europe agree that support for the natural family is the key to meeting the continent’s demographic challenge,” says Lola Velarde, executive director of PNfV.

With this event, the ECR made a very clear alignment for all party members on the place that the family should occupy in their public policies and legislative initiatives, and showed that a cross-cutting point of collaboration can be established around this issue by inviting leading members of Patriots of Europe and the European People’s Party. The ECR is currently led by Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy.

From our network, Stephen Bartulica, member of our advisory board, was one of the hosts, and Kinga Gal, member of the European Parliament and member of our board of directors, and Lola Velarde, our executive director, participated in an interesting panel on family-friendly public policies.