FDP chooses candidates for EU elections, and Silvana Koch Mehrin is the top list candidate for the German liberal party FDP for the European elections of next June 2009.
ELDR Family The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR Party) brings together 57 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.
MR and ACDE organize “Green Business” conference ELDR member parties Mouvement Réformateur (MR), Belgium, and the Citizens Alliance for Democracy in Europe (ACDE), France, will host a joint conference on the EU’s climate policy and the development of alternative forms of energy and the potential benefits for businesses and the European economy. This event will take place on Thursday 29th January from 16:00 to 19:00 at the Centre Jean Gol in Brussels within the framework of the ELDR political and information activities. For more information contact Robert Plummer rplummer@eldr.eu and to register send an email to cjg@cjg.be.
Open VLD proposes tax cuts At last week’s Open VLD New Years’ reception Bart Somers MP, the Open VLD President, responded to the Belgian federal government’s budget deficit: “My party will support efforts to tackle the deficit. Not by reverting to old recipes such as tax increases, only through tax cuts and a more efficient and smaller government we’ll achieve again a balanced budget.” Former Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt received a warm welcome at the reception. He is set to head the list of Open VLD candidates to the European Parliament.
Liberal Democrats oppose runway plans The Liberal Democrats (UK) have voiced their opposition to the Government’s decision to build a third runway at Heathrow airport believing that it contradicts the UK’s ability to meet its own climate change targets and those set by the EU in the Energy and Climate Change Package. "This utter hypocrisy proves that the Government’s green rhetoric simply cannot be believed. This decision was the big test of Gordon Brown’s commitment to the environment - and he has failed” Susan Kramer, Lib Dem MP, said.
Venstre celebrates its 125th anniversary The Norwegian ELDR full member party Venstre will celebrate on 28 January its 125th anniversary in the prestigious “Gamle Logen” in Oslo. Venstre is not only the oldest party in Norway, but also within ELDR. President Neyts: “Venstre has consistently worked for democracy and human rights, for public schools to secure equal opportunities for everyone and for a fair, free and open society. I am proud that they are part of our political family and wish them all the best for the future.”
FDP has sensational success in Hessen The German FDP is set to come back strong in the next European Parliament, as Sunday 18th January elections in the Land of Hessen show. The vote turned out as a clear success for the liberals, who gained the Land liberal record result of 16.2%. This gives a clear majority to the liberal-christian democrat (CDU) coalition for the Land government, as the social democrat (SPD) party loses a record 13% of its support.
New website for MR party Le nouveau site du Mouvement Réformateur (MR) www.mr.be est en ligne depuis ce lundi et offre la possibilité à l'internaute de personnaliser la page d'accueil, une "première pour un site politique", selon un communiqué du MR. Il s’agit du premier site politique dont la page d'accueil est personnalisable en fonction des centres d'intérêt de chacun.
A new tool to decode EP 2009 elections The European Parliament finally launched its information website, where you can find information on the reasons to vote, the candidates, the groups, the different dates of election day in Europe, and other tips on how the Parliament is organized. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/default.htm?language=EN
Next events • 19/03/2009 : Prime Ministers lunch (informal EU summit), Brussels • 20 & 21/03/2009 : ELF Winter Academy "Europe in Practice", Brussels • 3 & 4/04/2009 : ELF Spring Academy "Europe in Practice", Brussels • 20 & 21/03/2009 : ELF Winter Academy "Europe in Practice", Brussels • 15/04/2009 : Electoral Rally, Brussels • 16/04/2009 : Council meeting, Brussels, • 24 & 25/03/2009 : ELF Spring Academy II "Europe in practice" • 18/03/2009 : Leaders meeting (EU Summit), Brussels
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