Over the past three days, European Liberals successfully concluded the Liberal Academy 2010. In the first of what will become an annual event, the Liberal Academy was bringing together 40 students from across to the European Parliament in Brussels on the basis of an essay competition. “This is part of our efforts to develop the ELDR Party into a true political party organization,” explained ELDR Secretary General Federica Sabbati. Read more ...

On 28 August 2010, ELDR President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck learnt with sadness about the death of the Belgian Minister of State and founding President of ELDR member party Mouvement Réformateur, Daniel Ducarme, who died at the age of 56. Read more ...

A true democratic voice and the leading party of the opposition, ELDR’s full member party, the Armenian National Movement (ANM)*, issued during its recent Congress an appeal regarding the continued existence of political prisoners in Armenia, many of which are ANM members. Read more ...

ELDR and its political foundation, the European Liberal Forum will bring together 40 students from across Europe for a seminar to discuss liberal proposals for the European Union in the 21st Century. Read more ...

Yesterday, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn of ELDR Member Party Fianna Fáil unveiled a major investment in research & development (R&D). Totaling € 6,4 billion, the package is the biggest ever allocated by the European Commission in this field and covers a range of scientific disciplines, public policy areas and commercial sectors. This project is a key element of the so called 'EU 2020 Strategy'that was launched a couple of months ago, and also forms the basis of the so called EU Flagship Project 'Innovation Union', which is set to be presented later this year.

As the Croatian government expenditures have seen additional increases rather than implementing the economic recovery package, ELDR’s member party HSLS decided to resign from the ruling coalition. Read more ...

CAPE TOWN – Princes William and Harry inaugurated at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital the country’s first pediatric endoscopic surgical training centre in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more ...

The start of the Belgian EU Presidency is marked by the formation of a new government following the Belgian national elections in June. Now the newly created EU institutions under the Lisbon Treaty could really be able to unleash their full potential. Read more ...

Last week in the European Parliament, a crowded meeting room welcomed Leoluca Orlando MP, ELDR Vice-President and MEP Niccolo’ Rinaldi, both representing ELDR Member party Italia dei Valori (IDV) in the framework of the IDV Summer School to protest against a bill which in Italy is known as the Alfano bill or “gag law”. Read more ...

An ELDR delegation composed of Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP, ELDR Party President; Kristiina Ojuland MEP; and Michael Jensen MP were in Moscow last week to attend a conference organised by ELDR member, the People's Democratic Union, about the future direction of Russia and how the country might co-operate better with the European Union. This event took place in the framework of the ELDR Party political and information activities scheme. Read more ...