The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party is a European political party composed of 76 national-level parties from across Europe,mainly active in the European Union. The ALDE Party is affiliated with Liberal International and a recognised European political party,incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law.
Sir Graham Robert Watson is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1994 to 2014. Watson was the chairman of the Parliament's committee on citizens rights,justice and home affairs (1999–2002). He then served for seven and a half years as leader of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament,first as leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group (2002–2004) and then as leader of the new Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group (2004–2009). From 2011 until 2015,he was the president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. From 2015 to 2020,he was a UK Member on the European Economic and Social Committee. He is currently an adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Arlene McCarthy OBE was a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2014.
Marian Harkin is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2002 to 2007. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2019.
Sophia Helena "Sophie" in 't Veld is a Dutch politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2004,and reelected in 2009,2014 and 2019. She was D66's top candidate for the three elections and was its leader in the European Parliament since her first election.
Frédérique Ries is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
South East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Cecilia Karin Maria Wikström,née Sundström,originally Nodbjörk is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Sweden,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. It was made up of MEPs from two European political parties,the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and the European Democratic Party,which collectively form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Gesine Meißner is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Free Democratic Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the 2009 to 2024,representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012,he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
Catherine Zena Bearder is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament between 2 July 2014 and 12 November 2019. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 4 June 2009 to 31 January 2020.
Victoria Grace Ford is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she briefly served as Minister of State for Development from 6 September to 25 October 2022.
Sylvie Guillaume is a French politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2024. She is a member of the Socialist Party,part of the Party of European Socialists.
Cornelia "Cora" van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She served as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2021,and briefly as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in 2021.
The 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election,held on Thursday 22 May 2014,coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland. In total,73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England,Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR,while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).
Marlene Mizzi is a Maltese politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She currently serves as the Maltese ambassador to Sweden and Norway. She was a member of the Labour Party and sat within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. She served as an MEP between 2013 and 2019.
Angelika Rosa Mlinar is an Austrian and Slovenian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019. She is a member of NEOS –The New Austria,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She belongs to the minority of Carinthian Slovenes. She is a distinguished fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations.
Ulrike Müller is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of Free Voters,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2014–2019) and the Renew Group. Since Oct 2023 she is also a Member of the Bavarian Parliament. Means she has two MP Positions.
Renew Europe (Renew) is a liberal,pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which existed during the sixth,seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019,and under a variety of other names in earlier Parliaments. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe.
