On 14 May young Dutch film makers presented short films on the importance of Europe in our everyday life in a film festival entitled "Europe up close". The event was held in the new state of the art public library in the harbour of Amsterdam. Read more ...

Europe’s Liberal Democrats today welcome the adoption by the European Parliament of a report on cross-border health care that makes it easier for European citizens to receive treatment in another member state. Read more ...

On 20th April the Catalan party member of ELDR, Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya (CDC), presented to its members their political programme for the EU elections at an event in Barcelona. Read more ...

Swing and techno and rock and soul. A plethora of musical styles were the backdrop for an unforgettable night for European liberals! The ELDR campaign launch that was held in Brussels on Wednesday 15th April was an unrivalled success and given that, according to our favorite liberal philosophy "actions speak louder than words", we have some record-breaking numbers. Read more ...

After fruitful bilateral negotiations the European Liberal and Democrat party welcomes today Fianna Fàil as a new ELDR member party. Fianna Fail Secretary General Sean Dorgan was warmly welcomed in Brussels today to finalize the application procedure of his party with the ELDR Council, the highest decision-making body of the ELDR Party in matters of membership. Read more ...

Dear Mr. Nyrup Rasmussen, dear European Socialists, Thank you for your letter. You are surprised about our commitment to the Single Market. You should not be. Liberals believe that Europeans benefit from the Single Market. It gives European consumers more choice and better products. It gives European companies opportunities to grow and create jobs. Read more ...

Today is our Big Day! The ELDR party is pleased to host an evening of celebration with all European liberals. Read more ...

The European Liberals express their concern about the latest unrest in Moldova following demonstrations contesting the parliamentary election results of 5 April. Read more ...

Supported by the ELDR Party and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, the European Liberal Forum asbl (ELF), the European political foundation of the liberal family, successfully organized the 2nd Spring Academy: Europe in Practice from 03-04 April 2009 in Brussels. Read more ...

After successful negotiations amongst NATO members and world leaders at the G20 summit, European liberals have recorded another significant achievement in the form of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark and Leader of ELDR member party, Venstre, being officially appointed as the next Secretary General of NATO. Read more ...

In the latest event in the series of "Liberal breakfasts" hosted at the ELDR headquarters, Daniel Daianu, MEP and former Minister of Finance of Romania, discussed the causes of the global financial crisis. Read more ...