Liberal Democrats gain seats for a record eighth consecutive year ALDE Party member Liberal Democrats recorded their eighth consecutive year of local election gains in the UK, winning a net increase of 155 councillors in this month’s local elections, a total of 844 ... 13 May 2026 News
Critical Medicines Act targets Europe's medicines shortages Liberals welcomed the final agreement on the Critical MedicinesAct,a long-awaited EU regulation aimed at tackling medicine shortages and strengthening Europe’s health security. The legislation is desi... 13 May 2026 News
AI Omnibus deal puts an end to nudifying apps Last week, the European Parliament and the European Council agreed reached a deal on the “AI Omnibus,” allowing EU rules on Artificial Intelligence to be amended. This omnibus will raise the bar for u... 13 May 2026 News
Romania's pro-EU government collapses in no-confidence vote Romania has been pushed into political turmoil after a no-confidence vote led by social democrats(PSD) and the far-right (AUR) toppled its pro-European government. The motion passed with 281 votes, fa... 6 May 2026 News
EPC Summit confronts Europe's geopolitical moment The eighth European Political Community Summit took place in Yerevan, Armenia this week, as 48 leaders from across the continent joined together to cooperate more closely as the very bedrock of the li... 6 May 2026 News
EU takes action over Meta’s breach of child safety rules Meta’s Instagram and Facebook have been preliminarily found in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) as minors under its age limit of 13 years old were found to be usingtheplatforms. For liber... 6 May 2026 News
Belgian liberals take 1 May underground Over 2,000 liberals gathered atBlegny-Mine in Belgium to mark 1 May as part of ALDE Party member MouvementRéformateur's annual gathering . Held at the historic mining site, the gathering brought toget... 6 May 2026 News
Press Freedom Day: Liberals stand for free journalism With growing authoritarian tendencies and the rise of fake news and disinformation, press freedom is under greater threat than ever. No journalist should risk their life for doing their job, yet a sta... 6 May 2026 News
Renew Europe: Lebanon is bleeding. Europe must respond. This week, Renew Europe reaffirmed its full solidarity with the Lebanese people and backed the position of the country’s President, who has set out a clear framework for negotiationsto end the current... 6 May 2026 News
Labour mobility deal: Liberals celebrate a new era of worker's rights in the EU This week brought a huge leap forward for the freedom of movement of workers in a well-functioning single market, asa new EU deal bringslong-awaited clarity to social security coordination across the ... 6 May 2026 News
UNFILTERED Season 2: Can liberal parties be reinvented? We kick off a brand-new season of the ALDE Party podcast UNFILTERED: The Liberal Take with a tough but essential question:can a political party really start over from scratch? In this episode, “ Start... 29 Apr 2026 News
Portugal’s Revolution anniversary turns into political warning Every year on 25 April, Portugal commemoratesitsday of liberation: the April Revolution in which almost five decades of dictatorship were overthrown and democracy was born in 1974. This year, ALDE Par... 29 Apr 2026 News