Liberal Mayors Network

Responding to a growing demand to hear the voice of liberal mayors on matters of European relevance, the President of the ALDE Group, Bas Verkerk, Mayor of Delft, convened a meeting of mayors during the 2015 ALDE Party Congress in Budapest to discuss migration, refugees and integration.

The positive response from many liberal mayors to this initiative revealed a clear demand amongst the mayors themselves for this kind of initiative. The meeting therefore also marked the launch of a new Liberal Mayors Network, which will be meeting annually during the ALDE Party Congress.

Documents

For a Sovereign, Decentralised, Federal Europe - 9 points for 9 May

Stopping Populists - Reinforcing the Pillars of Urban Democracy

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Principles that make cities and local communities Liberal

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Launch of Liberal Mayors Network

ACTIVITIES

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