Community politics and effective campaigning strategies to gain political power were at the heart of discussions during the latest event in the series of "Liberal Breakfasts" hosted at the ELDR headquarters in Brussels on 2 December 2008.

The event was organised in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Brussels, and the German liberal party FDP, Auslandsgruppe Europa. The guest speaker was Flo Clucas, President of the Liberal Group (ALDE) in the Committee of the Regions and Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council (UK)

With her extensive experience as a city counsellor and activist of ELDR’s British member party Liberal Democrats, Flo Clucas was a great example of how liberals are capable of translating the liberal motto “think global, act local” into politics that matter for the people. Her various examples of practical support to the citizens and liberal community policies confirmed and underlined the successes of England’s Liberal Democrats in recent elections.

The lively discussions between Clucas and the participants of this breakfast on a cold Brussels morning confirmed that the early bird who catches the worm is a liberal!

This discussion has been one of many of ELDR’s recent events to prepare itself and support its member parties in the efforts to achieve an even greater success at the European elections than 5 years ago.