Liberal Mayors discuss inclusive approach to counter radicalisation
Bart Somers (BE / Open VLD), vice-President of the ALDE Group in the CoR, introduced the European Institute of Peace study “Voices of Molenbeek” on Tuesday 6 september 2016. This report disputes the image of the Belgian city of Molenbeek as a...
Acting President Agnès Durdu expresses solidarity after Nice attack
Our acting Group President Agnès Durdu (LU / DP) expressed her solidarity after the attacks in Nice, France of 14 July 2016. “I would like to express my solidarity with the people of France after the recent horrible events and my support for the mayor of Nice...
Royal Decoration for Bas Verkerk
Congratulations to outgoing ALDE President Bas Verkerk for being awarded by the King of the Netherlands a high royal decoration: Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, for his services to local government, to the city of Delft, and to the European Union. The award was...
A liberal commitment to the environment
Our member Andres Jaadla continues his commitment to environmental causes as he attended the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns in Bilbao while also recently becoming a CoR ambassador of the Covenant of Mayors. The event was hosted by the...