EU funds: It’s not about the money!
Michiel Rijsberman sounds the alarm: cutting EU funds might jeopardise many projects in regions and cities, with the citizens losing out. “We keep urging to maintain the budget for our policies, to concentrate on sustainability and innovation and for less...
Liberal Mayors take action to protect democracy
The largest Liberal Mayors Summit so far during the ALDE Party Congress in Madrid, Spain on 9 November 2018, calls on all liberal mayors around the world to help protect democracy from the rising trend of authoritarian, illiberal, anti-pluralist leaders. With a...
Principles that make cities and communities liberal
With our publication on what makes cities and communities liberal, we aim to prove that liberal principles are the right ones to develop successful urban societies, also outlining how Mayors can put them into practice.For the first time in the history of humanity,...
Protecting Democracy from authoritarian attacks
What happens between elections is just as important for democracy as elections themselves, explains political scientist Brian Klaas during our special group seminar, urging us to “make Europe the champion of democracy”. Democracy is often reduced to just...
