Welcome to the European office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. Our activities aim at fostering dialogue on European politics, democracy and human rights.
“Δημοκρατία” Democracy – it is not without reason that ancient Athens is regarded as the cradle of popular rule. As the first great city with claims to power over the Mediterranean and one of the first great European metropolises, Athens was also the gathering place of the world’s first parliament and the Athenian People’s Assembly, which took place several times a month. Continue reading
Family get-togethers are usually an occasion for heartfelt reunions, swapping news, forging plans, and often welcoming new members. The gathering in Madrid, where more than a thousand European liberals met for the annual ALDE Congress, was no exception. Following stations in Warsaw and Amsterdam, this time the event was hosted by the Spanish Ciudadanos (Cs). The strategic groundwork was laid for the upcoming European election campaign. The fifty-page platform left no doubt that the ALDE family — a coalition with a membership of more than 60 parties — would be tackling an impressive workload over the course of its two-and-a-half-day Congress.
After the first month of the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency, ALDE Party and FNF’s European Dialogue Programme hosted their traditional liberal breakfast on the ongoing presidency in presence of the speakers Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Iskra Mihaylova, MEPs of the Bulgarian ALDE member “Movement for Rights and Freedoms”.
Erst vor zwei Wochen wurde die EU Opfer eines großen Cyberangriffs – zumindest theoretisch. Denn beim Treffen der Verteidigungsminister in der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallin probten die Minister den Ernstfall und nahmen an einer Übung zur Abwehr eines großangelegten Cyber-Angriffs auf die EU teil, die erste Übung dieser Art. Kein Wunder, dass Estland, das digitale Wunderkind der EU, seine digitale Kompetenz auch zum Leitmotiv der rotierenden EU-Ratspräsidentschaft gemacht hat.
At our Liberal Pub Talk event on the occasion of the Pride Festival we want to talk about how the situation of LGBTI+ rights looks like in the different Member States. You’ll have the possibility to ask everything you always wanted to know about LGBTI+ issues in the EU.
After the elections in the Netherlands, France is electing a new President May 7, one month before the British are called to the polls again.
In a joint series with the European Liberal Forum, FNF Europe has gathered liberal voices on the topic of European Security and Defence. This time President of the ALDE Party and MEP Hans van Baalen has given us an exclusive outlook on challenges and developments to watch out for in 2017.
