The main subject of the congress was: "The Community of the Twelve: Solidarity and Cohesion".
Colette Flesch was re-elected president.
Re-elections of vice-presidents
The Executive Committee, meeting in June 1987, re-elected the three vice-presidents :
- Manuel Dias Loureiro (Secretary General of the P.S.D.)
- Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (Venstre President and Danish Minister of foreign affairs)
- David Steel (Leader of the British Liberal Party).
A new member joins the ELDR
Ireland's Progressive Democrats became the 16th member party of the Federation on the 19th of May 1988 following a decision made by the Executive Committee.
Old friends with new names
British Liberals merged with SDP and as Liberal Democrats rejoined the ELDR on the 10th November 1988.