🙏We want to thank our outgoing board members for their significant contribution in ELF’s work over the past two years. Thank you Hilde Vautmans, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marco Mariani, Catharina Rinzema Katalin Cseh Mats Lofstrom Antoaneta Asenova, Milosz Hodun for your great work!

📢ELF has a new Board of Directors! Our Autumn General Assembly in Florence elected ELF’s new Board of Directors. ELF’s new President is German MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen (FDP). MEP Lucia Yar (Progressive Institute, Slovakia) was elected as 1st Vice-president, Marco Mariani (FLE,

🙏Thank you for joining us for our Autumn GA! It was a pleasure to see our members united again. We have elected a new Board of Directors, actively engaged in working groups and discussed our future plans for 2025. 📷Check out more photos on Flickr: bit.ly/3TLawNd

The Rainbow Platform and the European Liberal Forum firmly reject the actions of Andrej Danko from the Slovenská národná strana (SNS), Deputy Speaker of the Slovakian National Council in reaction to the “Zone of Inclusion” sticker displayed on the laptop of Progresívne Slovensko's MP

🇮🇪 What influence the #CatholicChurch has on the #Irish national identity? What was growing up in Catholic Ireland like? And how has the self-image of the Irish transformed over the years? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Derek Scally, the "Irish Times Berlin"

📢 We are hiring! We are looking for a full-time Senior Project and Compliance Officer and a Finance Officer to join our secretariat in Brussels to support the management of our project portfolio and our financial operations. 📰 More details on the links below: - Senior Project

👏Congratulations to the winners of this year's #LiberalAwards! Ola Kot, member of the Polish Sejm won the #RisingStar Award for being actively involved in promoting liberal ideas, particularly among young people. Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP and co-president of the ALDE Party, was

❓How can new political parties balance between anti-establishment identity and growth, between participatory decision-making and long-term efficiency? 👉ELF Executive Director Alva Finn led the discussion on innovative approaches in politics with Dániel Berg (Momentum Mozgalom), Anna

Politics can be a tough arena for anyone—but especially for women. How can politicians and liberal leaders successfully navigate political minefields and focus on achieving their goals without getting sidetracked by the traps of power? ▶️ ELF Board Member Antoaneta Asenova opened

👏Congratulations to Aleksandra Kot for winning ELF’s Rising Star Award! Ola Kot is the youngest member of the Polish Sejm. She has been actively involved in promoting liberal ideas among young people becoming the symbol of the younger generation's involvement in politics.

Congratulations to MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk for winning ELF’s Liberal of the Year Award! Ilhan Kyuchyuk has dedicated nearly a decade to strengthening the ALDE Party and fostering #liberalism across Europe. This Award recognizes not only these efforts but also his commitment to

🇸🇰Why do Slovaks dislike the West? Or do they? 🎙️ Organized crime and corrupt rule of oligarchs – A short history of Slovak nationalism – Leszek Jazdzewski talks with Michal Vašečka, Program Director of the Bratislava Policy Institute. 🎧Listen to the episode here: