Alliance of European Republican Movements

Alliance of European Republican Movements
AbbreviationAERM
Formation19 June 2010
PurposeAdvocacy of republicanism
HeadquartersStockholm
Region served
Europe
Campaign Director
Bram van Montfoort
Chair
Graham Smith
Websitewww.aerm.org

The Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM) is a grouping of republican movements from across Europe. It was established in Stockholm in June 2010,[1] after the wedding of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.[2][3] The aim of the AERM is to provide a network for cross-party republican movements in all the countries of Europe that have a monarch as their head of state, in order to share information, resources and ideas and provide mutual assistance.[2] Each member organisation will retain their autonomous national campaigns however, in recognition of their particular political and constitutional circumstances.

There are currently twelve extant monarchies in Europe. AERM has member organisations in six of these: Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It formerly had a presence in Belgium but the Belgian republican movement is no longer represented in AERM.[1]

The AERM protested against the wedding of British Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011 in London, and planned to meet each year thereafter.[4][5]

The AERM protested during the Coronation of King Charles. A video report on its Twitter channel about the arrest of protest organisers gathered millions of views and the interest of international media.[6][7]

Map of Alliance of European Republican Movements member organizations
  1. ^ a b "About AERM". AERM website. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Royal wedding: anti-monarchists flock to London to hold rival street parties". The Daily Telegraph. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ "'Koekendozenromantiek, bah!' Alleen republikein Philipp Bekaert (42) moet er niet van weten". Het Nieuwsblad. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ^ Lena Corner (24 April 2011). "'Wills and Kate? Not my cup of tea': How republicans are plotting a right anti-royal knees-up". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  5. ^ Eben Harrell (29 April 2011). "Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate". Time. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  6. ^ Goodwin, Niamh Kennedy, Christian Edwards, Lindsay Isaac, Allegra (2023-05-06). "'Something out of a police state': Anti-monarchy protesters arrested ahead of King Charles' coronation". CNN. Retrieved 2023-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "@AERMorg". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-08.