ELDR NEWSletter Press Release
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The Irish Fianna Fàil becomes member of ELDR
 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.
The Irish newcomer will see the ELDR party establish itself as a key player for the forthcoming European elections and finds in ELDR a partner in view of the Lisbon Treaty referendum in Ireland, scheduled probably for the end of October 2009. For ELDR, Fianna Fail’s membership will bring to the liberal family a new and interesting perspective from a strong party currently in government, an additional strong voice in the European Council and a crucial contribution to European liberal politics.
The number of parties belonging to the European liberal family has risen to 58 with the inclusion of two new observermembers: Spanish Centro Democratico Liberal (CDL) and Slovakian Free Forum.
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ELDR Family
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR Party) brings together 55 political parties with common liberal, democratic and reform ideals. In 2007 the European Liberal Democrat political family achieved many successes in the various elections around the EU member states, bringing the total number of liberal democrat voters to 30 million Europe-wide.
Five EU prime ministers, one third of the members of the European Commission, 75 MEPs in the ALDE Group of the European Parliament and ministers in more than 20 governments in Europe belong to the liberal family.
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Next events
• 15-18th April LYMEC and European Liberal Students Network seminar
in Brussels
• 16th April ELDR Council meeting, Brussels
• 24-25th April ELF Spring Academy III “Europe in practice”
• 5-10th May LYMEC seminar, EC and Congress in Tivoli and Rome,
Italy
• 4-7th June EP elections, Brussels
• 18th June ELDR Leaders meeting (EU Summit), Brussels
• 29th October ELDR Prime Ministers lunch
• 19-20th November ELDR Congress, Barcelona
• 10th December ELDR Leaders meeting (EU Summit), Brussels |
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(7th floor)
BE - 1000 Bruxelles - Belgium
T +32 2 237 01 40
F +32 2 231 19 07
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