Issue n°9 - 10 March 2021

- Issue n°9 - 10 March 2021

08/03/2021

Announcing The Alliance Of Her: Europe’s leading platform empowering liberal women

Launched on International Women’s Day, ALDE Party together with the European Liberal Forum and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation is proud to present The Alliance Of Her, Europe’s leading platform for liberal women to lead and succeed in politics.

09/03/2021

Slow progress in women’s access to politics in Europe, ALDE Party study finds

Following the launch of The Alliance Of Her, a new research report published by the ALDE Party in collaboration with the European Liberal Forum and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation highlights the experiences of European liberal women in politics.

10/03/2021

The Netherlands ready for parliamentary elections

From 15 to 17 March, the ballot boxes are open in the Netherlands, as the Dutch will elect their parliamentary representatives. Both ALDE Party members – VVD and D66 – are running, with Mark Rutte and Sigrid Kaag as lead candidates.

10/03/2021

ALDE President welcomes the Conference on the Future of Europe

After a long wait, ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen is pleased to see the development on the Conference on the Future of Europe, following ALDE Party’s Council Resolution on the topic. A plan to organise ALDE Party’s own Conference later this year is also in place.

10/03/2021

ALDE President reacts to the appointment of EU mediator in Georgia

ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen believes that new elections would bring clarity to the political situation in Georgia. Earlier this week, Christian Danielsson, Head of the European Commission's Representation in Sweden, was appointed as EU mediator in Georgia after the violent arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia a few weeks ago.

10/03/2021

Vestager and Breton chart path to our digital future

EU Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and Commissioner Thierry Breton have unveiled a series of objectives to accelerate Europe's digital transformation and digital sovereignty: ‘European Digital Decade: 2030 Digital Targets’. The proposal evolves around four main targets.

04/03/2021

European Commission presents binding rules for pay transparency

Last week, the European Commission unveiled its proposal for binding rules on pay transparency and equal pay transparency aimed to close the remaining gender pay gap in Europe. The initiative, overseen by Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová, expands on the European Gender Equality Strategy.

10/03/2021

Radicali convenes online to form ‘Next Generation Radicals’

Convening virtually over a week from 27 February to 7 March, the XIX Congress of Italian Radicals concluded with the re-election of its leadership and Massimiliano Iervolino as Secretary. The Congress, with its theme ‘let's build a civil, democratic and ecological heritage’, brought together more than 1,000 delegates.

09/03/2021

Renew Europe CoR: for more women in politics

On International Women’s Day, Vice-President of the Renew Europe CoR, Jasna Gabrič, and Young Elected Politician (YEP) and City Councillor from Steinsel in Luxembourg, Jana Degrott, joined an online event entitled ‘For more women in politics’ to discuss topics from online hate speech to the importance of role models.

09/03/2021

LYMEC holds its first young liberal women’s summit

On 6 March, LYMEC hosted its first-ever Young Liberal Women’s Summit that brought together several perspectives on what it means to be a young woman in politics. LYMEC President Antoaneta Asenova and Renew Europe MEPs Samira Rafaela, Emma Wiesner, Karen Melchior and Svenja Hahn shared their personal political journeys.

05/03/2021

A liberal vision for the Franco-German-Swiss cooperation

The French section of the ALDE Party Individual Members (AIM France) and the European Dialogue Program of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation are proud to present a new documentary in which they bring together European actors at the French-German-Swiss border to foster the common spirit of a more open Europe for tomorrow.

From Our Members of the European Parliament

05/03/2021

European citizens, the floor is yours!

The Conference on the Future of Europe will soon start. This unprecedented democratic exercise will give European citizens a direct say on the Europe they want. Renew Europe will take their rightful place in this debate, and is already preparing citizens' panels, whose contributions will feed into the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

10/03/2021

EU4Health: First milestone towards a European Health Union

On 9 March, the European Parliament approved an ambitious agreement on the EU4Health programme, investing in health systems, promotion and prevention. The agreement is an unprecedented achievement and will help the EU to be better prepared for future health crises.

Upcoming events:

17 March: Netherlands Parliamentary Elections
19-21 March: LibDems Spring Conference
23 March: Kadri Simson participating at Clean Energy Summit
25-26 March: European Council Virtual Summit
26-28 March: ELF Book Event: EU diplomacy fit for the future
4 April: Bulgaria Parliamentary Elections
23 April: LYMEC Spring Congress

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