I am particularly proud of our success in developing relations with our sister parties, but our greatest achievement in the past two years has to be the contribution we have made to our party adopting the polices which will bring us back closer to the EU.
On 6 June at the ALDE Party Congress in Dublin, the Liberal Democrats, alongside 31 sister parties from across Europe, signed the Dublin Diversity Declaration, pledging their support for greater LGBT+ political representation at all levels of government.
European heads of state, transformative policies and a strong UK presence in the heart of Europe: the June 2022 ALDE Congress in Dublin was a resounding success
At the Liberal Democrat Conference, a roadmap was agreed to improve the UK's trading relationship with Europe, benefitting British families and businesses, helping counter the threat posed by Putin's Russia.
The spring 2021 conference instructed the FPC to 'carry out a programme of work, including consulting widely within the party, to determine the best possible future framework for the UK-EU relationship across all policy areas
In June the European Union, delayed a year by Covid, launched its "Conference on the Future of Europe", whose purpose is to generate ideas and set out a vision for how the EU should develop and improve in the future.
Liberal Democrats have challenged Downing Street to hold Viktor Orban to account during his visit. The Hungarian Prime Minister has been accused of antisemitism, islamophobia and making a sustained assault on democracy and the freedom of the press
