“This referendum is not about ‘politics as usual’. It goes beyond any issues of party, organisation or locality. It is about our country’s future.” This was the comment of Brian Cowen at yesterday’s final Lisbon press conference in Dublin. Read more ...

European Liberals congratulate their German member party FDP for a fantastic election result. The 14.6 percent captured by the German Liberals at the national elections is the best result in the party's history. Read more ...

Maud Olofsson, Minister for Enterprise and Energy and Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren launched today the Climate Campaign 2 degrees with a large number of organizations, including the Swedish United Nations Association, Save the Children, Federation of Swedish Farmers and Globe Forum. Read more ...

The Liberal Democrats (UK) gathered in Bournemouth for their party conference this week to lay out their plans for fighting the next general election (which must take place by next June at the latest). Read more ...

Panels on Energy, Mafia and Security, Italy in Europe, Freedom of Press and internal discussions with the heads of party and info points; over 1500 people attending and more than 30 special guest participating in the public debates. The Congress of Italia dei Valori (IdV) in Vasto, Italy, has been a success. Read more ...

Positive steps have been taken towards reaching an agreement that will end the border dispute issue between Croatia and Slovenia which will allow Croatia to continue its path towards EU membership. Read more ...

Although not fully enthusiastic about Barroso’s political programme for the presidency of the European Commission, described by Annemie Neyts, President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) as being “a bit wooly”, Neyts admitted that Barroso’s presentation of his priorities for the next 5 years at yesterdays ALDE Group meeting “was excellent, very straight to the point”. Read more ...

On Saturday 5th September, Folkpartiet Liberalerna is hosting a conference that will focus on women, power and politics in the EU entitled "Women Will Win". This event will take place in the framework of the ELDR Political and Information Activities Scheme. Read more ...