Bucharest Summit – building a liberal Europe bottom up
19/03/2019

National, regional and local liberals gathered at the 8th European Summit of Regions and Cities in Bucharest, Romania to discuss... Read more

A Covenant of Cities to Prevent Radicalisation
26/02/2019

Building on the expertise of successful cities such as our President Bart Somers' city of Mechelen, the European Commission and European... Read more

Europe Correspondents: new way to communicate about EU
22/02/2019

How can we bring Europe closer to the citizens? A delegation of ten CIVEX-members visited Saint-Omer, France to find how... Read more

Our Vice-President Gabrič awarded 2018 Mayor of Distinction title
12/02/2019

Our third Vice-President Jasna Gabrič was awarded the title of "Mayor of distinction" in the 2018 World Mayor Prize, alongside... Read more

Gabric sets the example for women running for office
23/01/2019

Our Vice-President Jasna Gabrič shared her own inspirational story about being a woman and empowering women in politics at the... Read more

Vanraes on Turkey: Let independent judges decide
14/12/2018

While the lifting of the state of emergency is a step in the right direction, Jean-Luc Vanraes calls on Turkey... Read more

The untold stories of climate change action
11/12/2018

The ALDE-CoR delegation at the COP24 in Katowice, Poland raised awareness of the work that cities and regions do in... Read more

BREXIT and subnational government – what infrastructure to build? What rights to guarantee?
04/12/2018

Our members will address Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier at the next European Committee of the Regions Plenary, and discuss... Read more

EU funds: It’s not about the money!
04/12/2018

Michiel Rijsberman sounds the alarm: cutting EU funds might jeopardise many projects in regions and cities, with the citizens losing... Read more

Liberal Mayors take action to protect democracy
10/11/2018

The largest Liberal Mayors Summit so far during the ALDE Party Congress in Madrid, Spain on 9 November 2018, calls... Read more

Principles that make cities and communities liberal
30/10/2018

With our publication on what makes cities and communities liberal, we aim to prove that liberal principles are the right... Read more

Protecting Democracy from authoritarian attacks
25/09/2018

What happens between elections is just as important for democracy as elections themselves, explains political scientist Brian Klaas during our... Read more