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	Social Democratic Party (Portugal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal.
		The Democratic Alliance was dissolved in 1983, and in parliamentary elections that year, the Social Democrats lost to the Socialist Party.
		Economic liberalization and tax cuts ushered in several years of economic growth, and early elections held in 1987 resulted in a landslide victory for the PSD, who captured 50.2 percent of the popular vote and 148 of the 250 parliamentary seats - the first time that any political party had mustered an absolute majority.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Social_Democratic_Party_(Portugal) (843 words)

	Progressive Democrats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), which is a constituent part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
		The party was founded in 1985 by Desmond O'Malley, a former senior minister in Fianna Fáil governments under Jack Lynch and Charles J. Haughey.
		In the 1987 general election the new party won 14 seats and 11.9% of the vote, becoming the third largest party in the Dáil.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Progressive_Democrats (1514 words)

	People's Party Liberals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Folkpartiet Liberalerna is a liberal party in Sweden.
		The party platform is "social responsibility without socialism", which includes a commitment to a free-market economy combined with comprehensive Swedish social welfare programs.
		In the European Parliament, Folkpartiet is a member of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party group.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/p/pe/people_s_party_liberals.html (119 words)

	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium.
		This group is the parliamentary group of the ELDR and the European Democratic Party.
		President of the party is Werner Hoyer, member of parliament of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, who announced that he will step down at the next congress in september 2005 in Bratislava.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party (432 words)

	History of ELDR
		Liberal International advocated the enlargement of the Community at its Congress in Oxford in 1967 and, at its Congress in Munich in 1969, it was the first body to come out in favour of direct European elections.
		The Federation of Liberal parties in the EC was finally set up on the 26th and 27th of March 1976 by the delegations from nine parties and the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, after four years of preparatory work.
		Following the European elections in Spain and Portugal in the summer of 1987, two members of the Convergentia were elected as were ten members of the Portuguese Democratic Party.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /politics/politics/cbl22/int/party/eldrhis.htm (1839 words)

	Annemie Neyts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck is a Belgian politician, member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats.
		She is for the second time member of the European Parliament (since June 2004) and former president of the Liberal International, from September 1999 to 2005.
		She was elected president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in September 2005 during a party congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annemie_Neyts (136 words)

	House of Commons - European Scrutiny - Minutes of Evidence
		The specific legitimacy of the European Parliament to participate in the constitutional development of the Union must now be recognised, not as a substitute for but as a supplement to the role of national parliaments.
		An essential companion to the reform of the Council is the introduction of a hierarchy of acts that would draw a clear distinction between primary and secondary legislation on the one hand and between legislative and executive acts on the other.
		ELDR urges the European Council at Laeken to settle the matter of the composition and mandate of the new Convention as well as a timetable for its work from spring 2002 until autumn 2003.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmeuleg/152-xxxiii/2022606.htm (4115 words)

	Latvian Way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Latvian Way is member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
		Latvian Way regained some ground in European Parliament Election in June 2004 with 6.5% of vote but it is still facing an uncertain future and the difficult task of regaining voter's trust.
		This political party- and liberalism-related article is a stub.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Latvian_Way (303 words)

	Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party in the Committee of the Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For the liberals in particular at this moment it is important to strengthen their position and take a clear stand between the other political parties.
		The principle of subsidiarity and the notion of decentralized administration are perfectly liberal democrat principles.
		Unemployment is a timebomb in European society, dissolving the social fabric and undermining the confidence of the citizen in the Union.
	www.cor.eu.int /presentation/down/eldr/eldrxpub00.htm (4280 words)

	European Parliament Elections 2004/ Disability Votes Count - Political Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We see the European Union as a permanent and deepening process in which the advantages of acting together must be used for the good of the people.
		The European Parliament, PES MEPs and the social partners are keeping a watchful eye on member states to ensure that they comply with the deadline for transposing this legislation.
		The Confederal Group of the European United Left is firmly committed to European integration, although in a different form from the existing model.
	www.edf-feph.org /EP_elections_2004/politicalgroups_en.htm (2187 words)

	Graham Watson MEP
		Graham Watson MEP, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament welcomed the agreement of Member States to stick to their promises and begin membership negotiations with Turkey marking an important staging post on Turkey's long journey from 1963 Association Membership.
		Speaking yesterday in Parliament on the pressing priorities of the Union, Graham Watson MEP, leader of the European Liberal Democrats called for Parliament and Commission to work more closely together in establishing priorities and setting the agenda for the EU to avoid it being usurped by the national agendas of its 25 Member States.
		Liberal Democrat MEPs in the European Parliament News
	www.grahamwatsonmep.org (772 words)

	ipedia.com: Northern Ireland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With the passing of the Parliament Act by the Liberal Party government in 1910, which prohibited the Lords from blocking manifesto commitments, it was apparent that home rule would come probably come into force in the next five years.
		The SDLP are a nominally social democratic party which is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International.
		The party is firmly to the right on issues such as abortion, capital punishment, European integration and equal opportunities, although the party seems to be moderating its stance on gay rights.
	www.ipedia.com /northern_ireland.html (4519 words)

	The Members of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party of the 4th term
		European Liberal, Democracy and Reform Party of the 4th (1994 – 1999) /
		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the
		Aliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe of the
	wolfgangmundstein.info /rms/about/the/members/of/the/group/of/the/european/liberal/democrat/and/reform/party/of/the/4th/term.html (114 words)

	Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party in the Committee of the Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Full and sincere commitment of all parties concerned is the first step on the road to normality.
		European integration has brought the citizens an unprecedented half century of democracy, peace and prosperity.
		In this context, it is particularly important for young democracies to be firmly anchored in the European framework.
	www.cor.eu.int /presentation/down/eldr/eldrxnews41%20(09.04)%20statement%20on%20intimidation.htm (477 words)

	Elections in the European Union
		The European Parliament has 626 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in one or more constituencies in each member country.
		European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party: liberal and centrist party
		Party of European Socialists: social-democratic and socialist party
	www.electionworld.org /europeanunion.htm (180 words)

	Välisministeerium : The Results of the European Parliamentary Elections in Estonia in 2004
		The Social Democratic Party won the elections with 37% of votes and three seats in the European Parliament.
		According to the preliminary results, the six members elected to the European Parliament were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Marianne Mikko and Ivari Padar from the Social Democratic Party, Siiri Oviir from the Centre Party, Toomas Savi from the Reform Party and Tunne Kelam from the Pro Patria Union.
		Five of the new European Parliament representatives are currently members of the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) and within the next ten days they must notify the National Electoral Committee as to whether they will participate in the work of the European Parliament or decline the mandate.
	www.vm.ee /eng/kat_340/4592.html (493 words)

	CTV.ca \| European voters punish ruling parties over Iraq
		Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, the country's largest, was projected to get between 20.5 and 23.5 per cent of the vote, down from 25.2 per cent in the previous European election, according to a poll for RAI state TV.
		Schroeder's Social Democrats saw their share of the German vote fall to 21.4 per cent compared to 30.7 per cent five years ago, their worst performance since the Second World War, according to ARD television's exit polls.
		The Social Democrats had played up their opposition to the Iraq war, calling themselves a "party of peace," but Schroeder's popularity has waned over unemployment that has passed 10 per cent and his drive to trim social programs.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1087128695507_12?hub=World (843 words)

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		At the upcoming congress, party delegates will be making an appraisal of the current administration, especially criticising foreign policy, lack of progress in modernising the civil service, a poor foreign trade policy, and the rising cost of living.
		The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
		A party outsider, Vassiliou was elected president with the support of AKEL in 1988, succeeding Spyros Kyprianou, who had served two presidential terms.
	www.cyprus-mail.com /news/main.php?id=22230&cat_id=1 (346 words)

	Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party in the Committee of the Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The European Charter of Fundamental Rights states that freedom and security are fundamental rights of the citizens of the European Union.
		The Liberal democrats call first of all for effective and reliable public authorities, which provide adequate protection of the citizens.
		The Committee of the Regions is the European Union body that represents regional and local authorities.
	195.200.108.36 /presentation/down/eldr/eldrxnews32%20security%20(egm%2029.01.2003).htm (514 words)

	ELDR Party
		Annemie Neyts was elected ELDR Party President by 400 delegates representing liberal democrat parties from all over Europe during a Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 24 September.
		400 local, regional, national and European politicians, representing more than forty political parties belonging to the European liberal democrat political family, adopted 10 objectives to enable Europe to become more competitive and united during a major congress of the ELDR party on 23-24 September.
		Liberal Democrat Prime ministers, European Commissioners and party leaders discussed the EU constitutional crisis and the EU financial perspectives for 2007-2013 during their meeting on 16 June in Brussels prior to the European Council.
	www.eldr.org /index.php?newlang=english (534 words)

	Välisministeerium : Elections to the European Parliament
		Six of the 732 Members of the European Parliament are elected from Estonia.
		Basis of the electoral system: Estonian Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by secret ballot on the basis of a general, uniform and direct right to vote.
		Their candidate plans on joining the Group of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament.
	www.vm.ee /eng/kat_340/4523.html (1128 words)

	President Cox Launches European Election Predictions Based on Science, Not Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The model utilised has proved to be 92% accurate in all previous European elections, and are based on a statistical model which is comprised of three major factors: vote share in the last EU elections, vote share in the last national election and which party is in government.
		The 2004-2009 Parliament will be dominated by the centre-right, with the European People’s Party-European Democrats (EPP-ED) the largest party, with about 285 of the 732 seats in the new parliament, and the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) in the centre with about 73 seats.
		The increase in power of the European Parliament in co decision, the role it plays in the constitutional debate in Europe, as well as its sheer size as a democratically elected institution, make this election the most consequential European Parliament elections ever.
	www.bm.com /pages/news/releases/2004/press-04-13-2004 (1775 words)

	ELDR Party
		Annemie Neyts, European liberal Democrat and Reform (ELDR) party president, deplores the fact that the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey could not take place today as agreed by Heads of State and Government during the December European Council.
		During the recent ELDR party Congress in Bratislava, representatives from Europe’s liberal democrat political parties reaffirmed that the enlargement process must continue as planned and according to agreements made with the candidates Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey.
		The ELDR Party brings together 47 political parties with common liberal, democratic and reform ideals and is the forum for member parties to develop a co-ordinated policy.
	www.eldr.org /modules.php?name=News&new_topic=19 (862 words)

	Arianna Online Forums - The European Left Goes Down in Flames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Suffice it to say that Socialism is a system the Europeans like, the people support 100%, they GLADLY pay for it, because they know that at the end of the day they have MORE money left in their pockets than the average American does.
		It DOES have something to do with a great discontent with their leaders who will not address the inordinate amount of freedom allowed that results in a drastic increase in crime, and the absence of laws to cover these crimes.
		Belgium, as a case in point saw a tremendous growth in the "Vlaamse Blok" Party with the Winter at the helm.
	www.ariannaonline.com /forums/printthread.php?t=5384 (1013 words)

	Liberal Democrats : International
		Established in 1992, the objective of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy is to support the process of democratisation overseas by strengthening civil society and political parties.
		The Liberal Democrat International Office manages these projects on behalf of the Party, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East and Africa.
		ELDR, the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, in addition to co-operating with other liberal grant-giving foundations around the world.
	www.libdems.org.uk /index.cfm/page.ihome/section.home/subsec.1 (356 words)

	Press release: Our Young Liberal Candidates for Euro Elections :: LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth :: Free your ...
		Graham Watson, Leader of the European Liberal Democrats and Roger Albinyana, President of LYMEC, today met with more than 25 young liberals who are standing at the elections for the European Parliament in June.
		Editors note: LYMEC — European Liberal Youth, 'LYMEC', is a pan-European youth organisation seeking to promote liberal values throughout the EU and particularly through the European Liberal Democrat and Reform (ELDR) party and group in the European Parliament.
		With 170,000 members from 58 organisations in 34 countries, LYMEC is active across the breadth and diversity of the European continent.
	www.lymec.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=257 (594 words)

	MEPs for Denmark 1999-2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ole Andreasen (European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party)
		Lone Dybkjær (European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party)
		Anne Jensen (European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MEPs_for_Denmark_1999_-_2004 (148 words)

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