Ros Scott writes… Party President’s report to members, November ‘09
The two months since the party’s last Federal Executive have, as usual, been pretty busy. In that period I have visited local parties in Aldershot, Altrincham & Sale, Winchester, Islington, Sutton,...
View ArticleThere is a corner of a foreign field that is forever… ELDR Council
Welcome to Dresden, the capital of Saxony, famous for being the last place mentioned by a Liberal minister at the dispatch box before the Coalition. Admittedly, on that occasion, he was announcing its...
View ArticleMark Valladares writes: ELDR Council, Dresden 2011: it was the best of times,...
Last week, I described ELDR Council as being rather like our Federal Executive. I was wrong, but I’ll come back to that… Having dropped Ros off at a VIP lunch, I made my way to a room in a distant and...
View ArticleTributes to David Griffiths
Nick Clegg has paid tribute to David Griffiths, former Chair of the Liberal Democrat Federal Finance Committee, Treasurer of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party,...
View ArticleOpinion: Ever wanted to be a European Liberal Democrat, if only for...
In my capacity as one of Liberal Democrat Voice’s foreign correspondents, I’ve been covering ELDR events for a few years now. So, why might you be interested, and how do you get to go to an ELDR...
View ArticleGraham Watson runs for the Presidency of the European Liberal Democrats
Next week sees the annual Congress of ELDR, the European Liberal Democrats, which takes place in the Sicilian city of Palermo from 23-25 November. Apart from the debates on the current economic crisis...
View ArticleELDR Congress – let’s hope it isn’t a lemon…
It’s a long way from Creeting St Peter to Palermo, which partly explains why this piece comes to you from Linate Airport in Milan. But if my eight hour journey feels arduous, it is as nothing compared...
View ArticleOpinion: European Liberal Democrat Parties vote against war with Iran
At the 2011 Annual Congress of the European Liberal Democratic and Reform (ELDR) parties in Palermo last week, a major initiative from the UK Lib Dems was the successful tabling of an emergency...
View ArticleELDR Congress: that’s another fine Mezzogiorno, they’ve gotten us into…
Liberals from across Europe and, according to one vocal member of our delegation, beyond, gathered last week in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, under rather tighter security than usual, to discuss the...
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New ELDR President Sir Graham Watson: ready for the challenge
At last week’s Congress of the European Liberal Democrats, the umbrella grouping of liberal parties across the continent, Graham Watson, our list MEP in South West England (and Gibraltar), was elected...
View ArticleGraham Watson’s New Year message
Of course, we now have two British Liberal leaders, one here, and one in Europe. And, for your delectation and delight, Liberal Democrat Voice presents, courtesy of the European Liberal Democrats...
View ArticleEuropean liberal leaders gather in London
Tomorrow sees politicians from across Europe gather for a meeting of Liberal leaders, hosted by Nick Clegg under the auspices of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR). Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte,...
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ELDR announces venues for 2012 meetings
The European Liberal Democrats have announced the venues for their Council meetings and annual Congress for 2012. The first Council meeting will take place in Yerevan, Armenia and is expected to take...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament’s 2050 low-carbon roadmap backs an interconnected...
The European Parliament will today debate and vote on its report on the Commission’s Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy by 2050. The report establishes a policy framework for the EU...
View ArticleELDR: a caucus in the Caucusus…
When I was elected to the Liberal Democrat delegation to the Council of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR), adventure was not necessarily high amongst my expectations, and trips to Dresden and...
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A postcard from… Yerevan
The decision of the ELDR Bureau to hold the Spring Council meeting in Armenia sparked a good deal of debate as to how far the borders of Europe extend. No such ambivalence could be seen in the hundreds...
View ArticleJoin the Party Congress of the European Liberal Democrats!
The Congress of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) is the number one event for Liberal Democrats who want to adopt policies, network and debate in the European context. The 2012...
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ELDR Congress: I’m not about to craic up…
Welcome to the former lair of the Celtic Tiger, a city of stories, some of them true, and enough cliche to bury an elephant, Dublin, the host city for this year’s ELDR Congress, hosted by Fianna Fail....
View Article#ELDRCongress – the rest of the resolutions
One of the curiosities of an ELDR Congress is that the debate on policy that really matters takes place in working groups which, at breakneck speed, consider resolutions and amendments to them. So, in...
View Article#ELDR Congress – Flo Clucas runs for the Presidency of the European Liberal...
In late breaking news, Flo Clucas, from Merseyside, for many years a key player at the EU Committee of the Regions, has announced her candidacy for the position of President of the European Liberal...
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