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Alliance of European Republican Movements

Movement that advocates a republic form of government across Europe

Field	Value
abbreviation	AERM
name	Alliance of European Republican Movements
image	AERM logo.png
formation	19 June 2010
purpose	Advocacy of republicanism
headquarters	Stockholm
region_served	Europe
leader_title	Campaign Director
leader_name	Bram van Montfoort
leader_title2	Chair
leader_name2	Graham Smith
website

The Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM) is a grouping of republican movements from across Europe. It was established in Stockholm in June 2010, after the wedding of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. 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. 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.

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.

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.

Map of Alliance of European Republican Movements member organizations

Member organisations

Denmark: Republik nu (formerly DRGB or Den Republikanske Grundlovsbevægelse or The Republican Constitutional Movement), launched in 2010.
Netherlands: Republiek. (Formerly New Republican Society (NRG)).
Norway: The Norwegian republican association Norge Som Republikk was founded in December 2000.
Spain: In Spain the member organisation of AERM is Red Inter-Civico Republicana, a group that seeks to draw together the various strands of Spanish republicanism to campaign for the Spanish Third Republic.
Sweden: The Republikanska Föreningen or Swedish Republican Association campaigns for a republic in Sweden based on the Finnish model.
United Kingdom: The main republican organisation in Britain is Republic, reinvented as a campaigning pressure group in 2006.

Former members

Belgium: The Republican Circle (CRK), variously known in the three official languages of Belgium as Cercle républicain, Republikeinse Kring and Republikanischer Kreis, is no longer a member according to AERM's website.

AERM Conventions{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://www.aerm.org/events |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=www.aerm.org}}

2010: Stockholm, Sweden
2011: London, United Kingdom
2012: Copenhagen, Denmark
2013: Brussels, Belgium
2014: Oslo, Norway
2015: Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016: Madrid, Spain
2017: Västerås, Sweden
2018: London, United Kingdom
2019: Copenhagen, Denmark
2020: Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021: Utrecht and Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022: Oslo, Norway
2023: Stockholm, Sweden
2024: Manchester, United Kingdom

References

"About AERM". AERM website.
(20 April 2011). "Royal wedding: anti-monarchists flock to London to hold rival street parties". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(29 April 2011). "'Koekendozenromantiek, bah!' Alleen republikein Philipp Bekaert (42) moet er niet van weten". [[Het Nieuwsblad]].
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]].
Eben Harrell. (29 April 2011). "Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate". [[Time (magazine).
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".
"@AERMorg".
"Events".
Matthew Weaver. (20 April 2016). "Republicans to call for monarchy referendum when Queen dies". [[The Guardian]].
[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1664468726901065.1073741829.133823076632312&type=3 2017 AERM Convention - Västerås, Sweden]. Alliance of European Republican Movements - [[Facebook]] page. Published 29 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
[https://twitter.com/RepublicStaff/status/997875714748764161 AERM 2018 - London]. Post by Republic. Twitter.

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