As in the rest of Europe, the party in government suffered a considerable defeat, the opposition won. In Portugal’s case (the exact opposite of Greece’s) the party in power at the time of the financial crisis was the socialist, and so the conservatives won.

Let us take an overview of what hap...

Dear Member of the European Parliament,

The Duff Report on electoral reform is a unique chance to raise the popular legitimacy of the European Parliament. Creating an EU-wide constituency will finally increase voter turnout, enhance the European dimension of the elections, personalise the electio...

Report by Lorenzo Marchese

Event: "Lessons learned from the Arab Revolutions"
Organiser: Gallup Europe
Place: Gallup Europe, 70 Avenue Michel-Ange, Brussels.
Date and Time: 19th May 2011, 12h00 - 14h00

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Speakers: Chair of the Debate: - Robert Manchin – Managing Director, Gallup Eu...

On the 7th of May, there took place in Bucharest the National Conference of the National Liberal Youth, the Youth Organisation of the National Liberal Party (PNL). On this occasion, the young liberals have elected a new Political Bureau and showed their confidence in Florin Alexe by confirming him a...

In his recently published document titled “The EU Budget Review”, Commission President Barroso considers the creation of common EU taxes, considering for example an EU Value Added Tax (VAT) or an EU corporate income tax.

European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) President Alexander Plahr comments: “Fo...

At September 11th, the yearly Demonstration Freedom not Fear took, as the main event from an international action day, place in Berlin. The demonstration was organized by a broad alliance of more than 100 organizations from parties, worker unions, associations and many more. Topics like the data ret...

At September 11th, the annual International Action Day "Freedom not Fear 2010 – Stop Surveillance Mania!" will take place.

A broad movement of civil liberty rights defenders is calling upon everyone to participate in actions directed against the ongoing spread of excessive surveillance measure...

My name is Giovanni Gabriele Vecchio and I am writing from Italy. I am studying Economics and Finance at Bocconi University in Milan. I am part of a recently founded free market association called Italian Students for Individual Liberty and of my University's liberal association called Milton Frie...

It is summer and the activity in Brussels for once is calming down a bit. Therefore, the LYMEC office will be closed from the 2nd of August untill the 23rd of August. We however of course will continue to be reachable by email and mobile phone, so this should only affect you if you were aiming to dr...

The people of the Slovak Republic on 12th June 2010 elected a new liberal political party SaS - Sloboda a Solidarita (Freedom and Solidarity) to their national parliament, gaining 22 out of 150 mandates. Since founding the party only in 2009, it has become the third largest party in the parliament a...