Former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, elected as the new ALDE group leader succeeding outgoing leader, Graham Watson
July 1, 2009 12:00 AM
ALDE has a new group leader, Guy Verhofstadt, who as a former Belgian Prime Minister has a high profile in Europe and is well respected in the European Parliament. He has chaired the first meetings of the group with courtesy, efficiency and a sense of humour, and I think he will successfully build on Graham Watson's work to establish ALDE as the third force in the European Parliament that can often hold the balance of power and cast the deciding votes. I agree with Guy's analysis that working together in the European Union is the solution to the problems facing Europe at the moment. We need to push for more and better international action on climate change and we need to work hard to resolve the current economic and financial crisis.
What would you like to do next?
-
Subscribe for updates
Follow the party's activity on...
- Twitter:
- Liberal Democrats
- Facebook:
- Liberal Democrats
- YouTube:
- Liberal Democrats