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The Liberal Democrat European Group (LDEG) is the association for UK Liberal Democrats interested in European politics.

Membership of LDEG is open to all members of the Liberal Democrat Party and of allied European political parties.


Young European Movement Congress - Sunday 28th June

Thu 25th Jun 2009

Young Liberal Democrats interested in Europe are invited to The Young European Movement Congress which takes place on Sunday 28th June at Convent Garden Dragon Hall Trust. The agenda includes breakaway workshop groups and the election of a new national executive.

Ireland for Europe

Mon 22nd Jun 2009

At the international European Movement Federal Assembly in Prague last Saturday President Pat Cox announced that he would be taking a sabbatical from that post to lead a pro-European civil society campaign in Ireland from a launch in Dublin.

New Literature from Federal Trust

Mon 22nd Jun 2009

The Federal Trust would like to draw your attention to the latest publications which have been added to their website:

New papers from the ECFR

Mon 22nd Jun 2009

There are new papers on the ECFR website including "The Limits of Enlargement-lite: European and Russian Power in the Troubled Neighbourhood" by ECFR Policy Fellows Nicu Popescu and Andrew Wilson.

New papers from the Senior Experts Group

Mon 22nd Jun 2009

The Senior Experts group have added new reports to the European Movement website. See http://www.euromove.org.uk/index.php?id=6495 for details of new papers including those on the Eastern Partnership, Kosova and Palestine, as well as details of the experts themselves and a list of older papers.

Congratulations to our returning and new MEPs

Sun 7th Jun 2009

Fiona Hall is re-elected as MEP for the North East; Andrew Duff (LDEG president) is re-elected for the East of England; Diana Wallis is re-elected for Yorkshire and Humberside; Sarah Ludford is re-elected for London; Bill Newton Dunn is re-elected for the East Midlands; Graham Watson is re-elected for the South West; Sharon Bowles is re-elected for the South East; Catherine Bearder (LDEG vice chair) is newly elected for the South East (Well done!); Liz Lynne is re-elected for the West Midlands; Chris Davies is re-elected for the North West. George Lyon is newly elected for Scotland.

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Vince Cable at Hay

Mon 1st Jun 2009

Vince Cable was the undoubted star at the Hay on Wye festival, where he was speaking to John Harris of the Guardian about his book on the financial meltdown, "The Storm". Vince entertained a sell-out crowd of 1200 book lovers with his distinctive mixture of wit and erudition. The event was sponsored by the Liberal Democrat European Group (LDEG)thanks to the initiative of Powys Councillor Bill Powell, who also happens to represent Wales on the LDEG executive as well as being a candidate in the European Election for the West Midlands. In a lively question and answer session Vince poured cold water on the suggestion that he might accept an invitation from Gordon Brown to become Chancellor and was urged by another member of the audience to "seize power". "Vince drew the biggest crowd of the festival" said LDEG Chair Phil Bennion who had strayed a few hundred yards outside of his West Midlands Euro-constituency to attend the event. "LDEG are proud to have sponsored Vince's appearance".

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Is the European Parliament powerful or not?

Mon 1st Jun 2009

Richard Laming of Federal Union asks the above question saying that "A combination of the expenses scandal in Westminster and the European parliamentary elections is producing a strange outcome in the newspapers. On the one hand, we are told that the European elections don't matter much, that the turnout on 4 June will be low and deservedly so. On the other hand, we are told that MPs have been abusing expenses because they don't have anything else to do, now that all their power has gone to the European Union."

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