European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
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| President | Hans van Baalen MEP |
| Group leader | Guy Verhofstadt MEP |
| Founded | March 1976 |
| Headquarters | Rue d'Idalie 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
| Think tank | European Liberal Forum |
| Youth wing | European Liberal Youth |
| Ideology |
Liberalism (European) Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colors |
Dark blue, light blue and magenta |
| European Parliament |
58 / 751
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| European Council |
7 / 28
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| European Lower Houses |
641 / 5,297
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The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 60 national-level liberal parties from across Europe. Until 10 November 2012, the party was known as European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR). The ALDE Party is affiliated with the Liberal International.
Having developed from a loose confederation of national political parties in the 1970s, the ALDE Party is a recognised European political party incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law.
As of 2015[update], ALDE is represented in European Union institutions, with 70 MEPs and 5 members of the European Commission. Of the 28 EU member states, there are seven with ALDE-affiliated Prime Ministers: Xavier Bettel (DP) in Luxembourg, Charles Michel (MR) in Belgium, Taavi Rõivas (RE) in Estonia, Miro Cerar (SMC) in Slovenia, Juha Sipilä (KESK) in Finland, Mark Rutte (VVD) in the Netherlands and Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Venstre) in Denmark. Liberals are also in government in three other EU member states: Croatia, Czech Republic and Lithuania.
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