Transparency is for Lib Dems, too
The casual reader of this post – Duff-Verhofstadt drive to federal Europe sees its first Liberal casualty – over at The Yorkshire Guidon blog might not understand its full implication: Former Belgian...
View ArticleLib Dem Graham Watson drops bid to become EU president
The Press Association reports: A British MEP has withdrawn from the race to become the next president of the European Parliament “to save the European Union”. Liberal Democrat Graham Watson said he is...
View ArticleFrom our Correspondent in Barcelona – the ELDR Congress reviewed
Last week, LDV published a preview by Lib Dem blogger Mark Valladares of this year’s ELDR (European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) Congress in Barcelona. Here he reports back on its outcomes … And...
View ArticleLib Dem leader of Sheffield Council wins top European honour
Paul Scriven, the Leader of Sheffield City Council, has won a Europe-wide award for the work he and his Liberal Democrat colleagues have done to put power into the hands of Sheffield people. The...
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Edward McMillan-Scott MEP “I’ve been helping Syrian rebels”
Edward McMillan-Scott, is one of our Liberal Democrat MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber and a Vice President of the European Parliament with special responsibility for Human Rights and Democracy. I...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament overwhelmingly rejects ACTA
The culmination of weeks of campaigning and lobbying against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) came this morning, as the European Parliament voted 478 to 39 to reject it, despite the fact...
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Opinion: How my life changed forever – 100 days in!
At the start of this year I was a Lib Dem from Yorkshire working and studying in London who according to some journalists was an “unknown” – although I was quite well known in certain Lib Dem circles,...
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Three cheers for the unsung heroes of Brussels
A new survey by European news portal Euractiv has ranked Sharon Bowles MEP as the most influential Brit in EU policy-making, eight places ahead of David Cameron and thirty-three above Nigel Farage. The...
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ELDR Congress – a quick catch up…
Last week that unusual event, a keynote speech by a senior Westminster-based Liberal Democrat at an ELDR* event, as Nick Clegg made one of the speeches that opened this year’s Congress. Europe needs...
View ArticleGuy Verhofstadt probably wasn’t on Nigel Farage’s Christmas card list anyway…
It would be fair to say that Nigel Farage and the leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament, former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, are unlikely to be close friends. It’s rather less...
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Are you free for a weekend in Istria in mid-May?…
Now, you have to admit, that isn’t an offer you’re likely to get every day. If I was to add that most of your airfare will be paid (although not your accommodation), you might become a little more...
View ArticleA Christmas message from the President of the Alliance of Liberals and...
It is that time of year when Christmas messages start appearing, and here at Liberal Democrat Voice, we are no exception. And so, for your delight, here is a message from Sir Graham Watson, Liberal...
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Europe – what to look out for in 2013…
Whilst most of the attention will be on whether or not the Euro can survive, or whether another country will need to be bailed out, there will be much else besides going on. So, for your delectation...
View ArticleLibLink: Guy Verhofstadt thinks that David Cameron would be wrong to leave...
In a piece for the Huffington Post entitled “The UK Is Sleepwalking to the EU Exit. It Is Time to Wake Up”, Guy Verhofstadt, Leader of the Alliance of Liberal and Democrats in Europe (ALDE) Group in...
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ALDE Council preview: separating the Central European goat from the Eastern...
It must be said that, when I was elected to be one of the Party’s delegates to the Council of what was then ELDR and is now ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe), I had a vague idea that...
View ArticleALDE Party Council: “The sun lounger can wait, Brad, there are only twelve...
From Yerevan and Lisbon, from Mariehamn and Palermo they came, not necessarily to put the world to rights immediately, but to at least organise the processes by which it might happen. Ah yes, process –...
View ArticleALDE Party Congress venue for 2013 announced… welcome to London!
The Liberal Democrats are proud to announce the hosting of the ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe) Congress in London at the end of November this year. The ALDE Party Congress is the...
View ArticleSarah Ludford writes …Creating EU Data Protection rules that safeguard both...
As those who read this LibDem Voice article by Peter Bradwell of Open Rights group will know, I am currently the ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) group ‘shadow rapporteur’ on the...
View ArticleLibLink…Sophie in’t Veld and Guy Verhofstadt: Europe must get tough with the...
ALDE MEPs Sophie in’t Veld and Guy Verhofstadt pull no punches in an article in the Guardian about the US spying revelations, saying that Europe has only itself to blame for treating the US with awe to...
View ArticleThe LeaDeRs Awards 2013 have been launched!
The ALDE Group in the EU’s Committee of the Regions has launched the third edition of the awards for key liberal democrat players at the level of subnational governments (regional and local). Open to...
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