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News from the Liberal Democrats International Office
The Liberal Democrats took an active part in the 199th Liberal International Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg in October. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Better Governance: Liberal...
View ArticleAssisted dying – an expression of individual freedom
This resolution proposed by PLC, Partido Liberal de Chile and supported by D66 of Netherlands and LIBG Liberal International British Group was hotly debated during the Human Rights Committee session at...
View ArticleTunisian Liberals excluded from country’s new political process
The confused situation in Tunisia has seen a provisional government formed from which the country’s liberals, the Social Liberal Party, has been excluded. Only representatives of socialist groups and...
View ArticleTributes to David Griffiths
Nick Clegg has paid tribute to David Griffiths, former Chair of the Liberal Democrat Federal Finance Committee, Treasurer of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party,...
View ArticleOpinion: Lib Dems should promote Somaliland’s case for international recognition
While Scottish Liberal Democrats are playing a full part in the debates about the country’s constitutional future, they should not forget problems facing other less fortunate small lands. The plight...
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Gibraltar: Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson calls on EU Commission President to...
Self-determination — the right of nations to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or interference — is a pretty fundamental principle of...
View ArticleOpinion: Liberal Internationalism
During Nick Clegg’s Q&A session at the Spring Conference in Liverpool there were three questions that in their different ways touched on Liberalism in the international environment. Ones on the...
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Introducing Liberal International British Group
New members have been asking about Lib Dem organisations that they can join. You are welcome to submit similar items on behalf of other organisations. Liberal International British Group (LIBG) is the...
View ArticleLiberal International’s African Reach
When Liberal International was founded in Oxford nearly 70 years ago it was very much a European affair. With the noble exception of Canada, Liberal parties and values were largely confined to northern...
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Yabloko: Keeping Russia’s Liberal flame alight
Last September an all too rare event could be seen at the exits of some Moscow metro stations: young people were dishing out leaflets in a campaign for candidates in the municipal elections of that...
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Liberal International: meanwhile, in a small country far away…
Good morning, and welcome to Liberal Democrat Voice’s coverage of the 70th Anniversary Congress of Liberal International from sunny Andorra. Liberals from around the world have gathered in the...
View ArticleLiberal International, Dictatorship and the United Kingdom in 2017
Global war followed the descent into dictatorship in parts of Europe in the 1930s. The horrors of WW2, and the dark shadow of communism that fell over east and central Europe and USSR subsequently, led...
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