Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l'Europe / Allianz der Liberalen und Demokraten für Europa
Click, if you do not support the ALDE. Say why. / Cliquez, si vous ne les supportent pas. Dire pourquoi. / Klicken Sie, in dem Fall Sie diese Partei nicht unterstützen. Sagen Sie warum.
ENG: The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) is the current liberal/centrist political group of the European Parliament. It is made up of MEPs from two Europarties, the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party, which collectively form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
ALDE is one of the three oldest Groups, dating its unofficial origin back to September 1952 and the first meeting of the Parliament's predecessor, the Common Assembly. Founded as an explicitly Liberal Group, it has expanded its remit to cover the different centrist traditions of each new Member State as they acceded to the Union, progressively changing its name in the process.
It is the third-largest Group in the Parliament and does not participate in the Grand Coalition (the coalition designed to provide a majority) for the Sixth Parliament (2004-2009). It did however partner with the EPP-ED to form the Grand Coalition for the Fifth Parliament, during which time it achieved its sole President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox.
Ideology: Liberalism, Social liberalism, Conservative liberlism
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