ALDE Party Congress Brussels 2025
ALDE Party Congress Brussels 2025
The 2025 ALDE Party Congress takes place on 24-25 October in Brussels, Belgium, under the slogan "Making Europe a global superpower".
Click on the menu below to find out more and to register for Congress.
Time | Session & Speakers | Room |
9:00 | Opening of registrations | |
9.00 - 10.00 | International Officers Meeting | |
10.00 - 10:30 | Welcome Coffee | |
10.00 - 11.00 | Delegation Meetings | 5 rooms available |
11.00 - 12.30 | ALDE Party Council Meeting | Plenary room |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break (self-arranged)
| 5 rooms available |
14:00 - 15:00 | Opening Ceremony Welcome address:
Europe Rising: The strategy for global leadership
| Plenary room |
15:00 - 15:30 | Networking Coffee | |
15:30 - 16:30 | The Great Debate #1 Speakers:
Moderated by Helmut Brandstätter MEP (Neos, Austria) | Plenary room |
16.30 - 17:00 | Networking Coffee | |
17.00 - 18:00 | Breakout Sessions | 5 rooms |
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 |
18.00 - 19:00 | The Oxford Debate Speakers:
| Plenary room |
19.00 - 22:00 | Congress Reception |
Time | Session & Speakers | Room |
| 9:00 | Opening of registrations | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Bureau Candidates Debate | Plenary room |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Breakout Sessions | 5 rooms |
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 |
11:30 - 12:30 | The Great Debate #2 Superpower Europe – Which economic future for a trading continent? Speakers:
Moderated by Alexander De Croo, Mayor and former Prime Minister (Open VLD, Belgium) | Plenary room |
12:30 - 13:30 | Networking buffet lunch | |
13:30 - 16:30 | Congress Session
| Plenary room |
16:30 - 17:00 |
| Plenary room |
Please CLICK HERE to access our registration page for the Congress 2025.
All attendees who are not included in the following groups below, will be required to pay a registration fee:
- Appointed voting delegates of full member parties and one non-voting Council delegate per affiliate member party
- Elected Politicians, political staffers, and invited guests to the ALDE Party congress.
- Registered members of the press.
Early Bird Ticket: 70.00€ (valid until 17 October 2025).
On-site Ticket: 90.00€
For any queries related to registration, please contact the events team at events@aldeparty.eu
Congress venue
The ALDE Party Congress will take place at SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre in Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Arrivals from Brussels Airport (Zaventem):
Take a direct train to Bruxelles-Central (aprox. 20 minutes). From there, it’s a 5-minute walk uphill to The Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, located at Mont des Arts / Kunstberg.
Arrivals from Brussels Midi Station:
Take a local train (aprox. 5 minutes) to Bruxelles-Central, then walk to the venue. Trains run every few minutes and tickets cost around €2.50.
Location and nearby attractions:
The Square sits in the heart of Brussels, surrounded by iconic landmarks. Within walking distance, you will find the Royal Palace, Magritte Museum, Musical Instruments Museum, Bozar, and the Grand-Place.
Accommodation
As usual, we strongly recommend our Delegates to book their accommodation as soon as possible, ideally before the end of the summer, to secure the best rates and availability.
Pillows City Hotel Brussels Centre
- Rate: 189€, breakfast included
- Release date: 23 September
- Booking via e-mail to: reservations.brussels@pillowshotels.com
- Important to mention ALDE Group while booking this accommodation to obtain special rate
- Rate: 173€ (Classic) – 193€ (Superior) breakfast included
- Release date: 2 October
- 9Hotel Sablon – Booking link
- Rate: 200€, breakfast included
- Release date: 25 September
- Warwick - Booking link
- Rate: 195€, breakfast included
- Release date: 26 September
- Book hotel by completing the form below, and submitting it to: thomas.coutret@accor.com
Download form to book hotel room
Travel Reimbursement
In accordance with ALDE Party statutes, partial travel costs will be reimbursed to ALDE Party Council delegates only. A link to the platform to submit your reimbursement request will be sent out to Council delegates after the event takes place. Please check the travel reimbursement rules here.
Further information will be uploaded soon. If you have any inquiry about any aspect of ALDE Party Congress 2025, you can contact us at events@aldeparty.eu
For details on voting and elections, you can contact aburgess@aldeparty.eu. For questions on resolutions, you can contact dmoralesgarcia@aldeparty.eu
For any question on the programme and organisation, logistics and practical information, you can contact mcpastena@aldeparty.eu and sfornoza@aldeparty.eu
For communication info please refer to awangen@aldeparty.eu
Bureau elections
At the upcoming Congress, the following positions are up for election:
- 3 Vice-Presidents
- Treasurer
Delegates will be able to cast their ballot for the Bureau elections during the windows advertised on the programme. If you have a proxy vote, you will receive two voting codes to cast your ballots in the elections. Once you have submitted your vote, you will not be able to change it. Please note that Elections will be conducted via the ALDE app:
As stipulated in the ALDE Party Statutes, candidates for Bureau “must be a member of, and be nominated by, their full member party of the Association that has paid its annual membership fee. The candidate’s Party leader, Secretary General or President, must send a signed letter of nomination addressed to the Secretary General.”
“The Bureau shall consist of 11 members, elected by the Congress, amongst whom a President, nine Vice Presidents and a Treasurer. Members of the Bureau cannot serve more than three consecutive mandates of two years each in the same position and no more than eight years in total. No more than 1/3 of the total number of Bureau members can be non-EU. Member parties shall be mindful of the aim for a gender balanced Bureau. The President and the Treasurer shall come from an EU Member State”.
Resolutions and Urgency Resolutions
Guidelines and online platform
The resolution guidelines with information about submitters, eligibility, format and co-signatories are available in the Member's Portal. Please review them before drafting or submitting resolutions.
The online platform (https://alde.openslides.com/ ) will be activated shortly and International Officers will be able to upload draft resolutions upon registration on this platform or can use their access codes from previous years.
Resolutions
According to ALDE Party statutes, draft resolutions must be submitted no later than two months prior to the Congress. The deadline is Friday 05 September at 23:59 CET, and all submissions must be made via the online platform (https://alde.openslides.com/ )
Member parties will receive a consolidated dossier of all submitted draft resolutions by Friday 12 September.
Amendments to draft resolutions must then be submitted by Friday 26 September at 23:59 CET, also via the online platform (https://alde.openslides.com/ )
By Friday 03 October, member parties will receive a dossier of all submitted amendments.
After this, delegations, via their international officer, will be invited to a ranking vote to determine the order upon which the submitted resolutions will be considered and voted in Congress. The ranking vote will take place online between three and one week before the Congress.
Urgency Resolutions
Draft Urgency resolutions must address issues or developments that have arisen since the deadline for regular resolutions (05 September). They cannot exceed 300 words and must be submitted via the online platform (https://alde.openslides.com/ ) by Thursday 23 October at 12:00 CET.
Questions?
For questions about submitting resolutions or amendments, or for help with online platform access, please contact: Daniela Morales Garcia, ALDE Party Senior Policy Adviser, on dmoralesgarcia@aldeparty.eu
Delegations
Delegation lists will close at 12:00 CET on Friday 17 October.
After this point, changes can only be made in the statutory exceptional cases of flight cancellation, sickness, or unforeseen political developments. In such cases, please contact the ALDE Party Secretariat immediately events@aldeparty.eu
Failure of the International Officer to assign all voting rights by this deadline will result in that delegation being unable to exercise unallocated votes.
To review the number of votes each delegation is entitled to, please download the delegation list here.
Timetable and Congress Deadlines
Please find a full overview of Congress deadlines available to download here.
Further information will be uploaded soon. If you have any inquiry about any aspect of ALDE Party Council 2025, you can contact us at events@aldeparty.eu
For details on voting and urgency resolution deadlines, you can contact aburgess@aldeparty.eu and dmoralesgarcia@aldeparty.eu
For any question on the programme and organisation, logistics and practical information, you can contact mcpastena@aldeparty.eu and sfornoza@aldeparty.eu
For communication info please refer to awangen@aldeparty.eu