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Welcome to LDEG!
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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