The Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE), the pan-European party of which the Tories are a founder member, has long been notorious for embracing some of the continent’s more extreme nationalists.
The choice of its newest ally, however, raises some rather different questions. In June, ACRE welcomed Moldova’s Shor Party to its ranks.
Not only that but – as reported in the UK’s satirical magazine Private Eye – ACRE chief executive Richard Milsom turned up on a campaign platform with party leader Ilan Shor in the Moldovan capital Chisinau in August.
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