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European Liberals gather in Rome to pledge support to Italian Liberals

eldr, Tuesday 9 March 2010 15:20 ::

Two weeks ahead of the Italian regional elections, around 150 European Liberals will convene for the ELDR Council meeting in Rome to support Italian Liberals of Italia dei Valori and Radicali Italiani. Read more ...

Liberals to deliberate External Action Service

eldr, Tuesday 9 March 2010 15:00 ::

Yesterday, the EU's new High Representative for Foreign Affairs (HR), Catherine Ashton, discussed the proceedings for the establishment of the EU External Action Service (EEAS) with MEPs in the monthly plenary session of the European Parliament. Read more ...

D66 and VVD are big winners in Dutch local elections

eldr, Thursday 4 March 2010 18:00 ::

The Social-Liberal D66 was the big winner of the day in the local elections which took place on Wednesday 3 March 2010 in 394 out of the 431 municipalities in the Netherlands. Read more ...

EMI Briefing: EU 2020 – Raising the game!

eldr, Thursday 4 March 2010 15:39 ::

Yesterday, the European Commission published an official version on the so called ‘EU(rope) 2020 Strategy’ which is seen a blueprint for achieving sustainable economic growth in Europe over the next 10 years. Read more ...

ELDR Bulletin: EU 2020: Europe can't afford another Lisbon

eldr, Thursday 4 March 2010 15:15 ::

One of spring's hottest topics in the European Union will undoubtedly be the so called 'EU(rope) 2020 Strategy', which aims at equipping the EU with necessary tools to confront the extensive challenges that characterize the coming decade. For optimal understanding of the general state of play and relevance, ELDR through this Bulletin provides the essential pros, cons and pitfalls of the issue. Read more ...

Liberals discuss Eastern Partnership programme

eldr, Monday 1 March 2010 15:30 :: Liberals discuss Eastern Partnership programme

Over the past weekend, some 40 liberals gathered in Berlin for a workshop on the Eastern Partnership programme upon invitation from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and co-organised by the ELDR Party and the ALDE groups of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. Read more ...

The market economy – a model for Europe

eldr, Thursday 25 February 2010 11:00 ::

At the latest event in the series of "Liberal breakfasts" hosted at the ELDR headquarters, Michael Wohlgemuth from the Walter Eucken Institute for economics discussed the concepts of a free or social market economy – which model for Europe. Read more ...

Dutch coalition government falls over Afghanistan

eldr, Monday 22 February 2010 14:14 ::

Last Saturday, the PvdA (social democrats) withdrew their ministers from the coalition government led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (Christian-Democrat). Read more ...

YABLOKO urges European liberals to work out a new EU strategy for Russia

eldr, Wednesday 17 February 2010 11:55 ::

At a meeting of the European Liberal Democrats parliamentary group in Brussels on 3rd February, Sergey Mitrokhin, Leader of ELDR member party, YABLOKO, called for a strong collaboration amongst liberals in view of the introduction of a visa-free regime between Russia and the European Union. Read more ...

Markus Löning: Armenian government should release political prisoners

eldr, Wednesday 10 February 2010 16:05 ::

ELDR Vice President Markus Löning and political advisor Daniel Tanahatoe visited Armenia on 2 and 3 February 2010 to meet with representatives of the Armenian National Movement (ANM), a political party which applied for ELDR membership in 2009. While in 1991, after its independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia became a democratic country with some major liberal reforms being implemented, over the last years there has been a growing tendency towards an authoritarian regime with falsified elections, corruption and very close ties between politicians and the business world. Read more ...

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