Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

This article is about the transnational political alliance. For the European Parliament Group, see Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group. For European political party, see Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Founded 20 July 2004
Ideology Liberalism
Centrism
International affiliation Liberal International[1]
European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament
67 / 751
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
103 / 642
Website
http://www.alde.eu/
Politics of European Union
Political parties
Elections

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE; French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe, ADLE) is a transnational alliance between two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (formerly known as the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. There are assorted independents in these groups.

The pro-European platform of ALDE espouses neoliberal economics, and support for European integration and the European single market.[2]

European Parliament

Committee of the Regions

Foundation

Following the creation of the ALDE group in the European Parliament, which occurred half-way during the third mandate of the Committee of the Regions (CoR),[3] the members of the ELDR Group in the CoR rapidly entered into talks with the CoR members belonging to the EDP Party with a view to replicating a similar arrangement within the CoR. Under the presidency of Kent Johansson, Executive Member of the Swedish Region of Västra Götaland, the ELDR Group of the Committee of the Regions unanimously agreed in February 2005 to change its name to the ALDE Group and to accept the EDP members to the group. In doing so, the group adopted a new Mission Statement (see below). The current President of the Group is Mrs Flo Clucas, Executive Member of Liverpool City Council for Economic Development and European Affairs, UK. There are three vice-presidents: First Vice-President; Mr Guido Milana, President of the Lazio Regional Council, Italy, Second Vice-President; Mrs Lenie Dwarshuis, Executive member of the South Holland Province, Netherlands and, Third Vice-President; Mr Gian Mario Spacca, President of the Marche Region, Italy.

Mission Statement

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Committee of the Regions[4] is committed to ensuring that the European Union develops legislation in as decentralised a manner as possible, communicating with and listening to Europe’s citizens in a systematic way.

The main goals of the party are:

Institution

Citizen

Region

Union

The Non Member States

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

References

  1. List of full members, Liberal International
  2. David Phinnemore; Lee McGowan (26 June 2013). A Dictionary of the European Union. Routledge. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-1-135-08127-0. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. CoR.europa.eu
  4. CoR.europa.edu

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