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1 Foundation

The meeting of the Parliamentary Group of the liberal democrat European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party which took place in Brussels on July 13, 2004 approved a recommendation to unite in a new group with MEPs of the European Democratic Party founded by François Bayrou's UDF, the Lithuanian Labour Party and the Italian Margherita. The two European political parties remain separate parties outside the European Parliament. The group, as originally constituted, comprised 88 members.

The founding Group meeting of ALDE-ADLE, which immediately followed the ELDR meeting, elected Graham Watson MEP of the British Liberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats ("Lib Dems") are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party (the two parties had already been in an allian as Group Leader. It also adopted a 10-point 'Program for Europe'.

2 Program

1. Promoting peacePeace is generally defined as a state of quiet or tranquillity, as an absence of disturbance or agitation (Latin derivation Pax Absentia Belli . Peacemakers (#) are people who have overcome entrenched violence and conflict through their leadership and vis, through a Union in the federal tradition
2. Making the EU a global player bridging the gap between its economic and political dimension
3. Opening up & democratising the European UnionFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o
4. Guaranteeing the fundamental rightsHuman rights natural rights are rights which some hold to be "inalienable" and belonging to all humans, according to natural law. Such rights are believed, by proponents, to be necessary for freedom and the maintenance of a " reasonable" quality of life. of all European citizens
5. Promoting education at all levels.
6. Strengthening economic governance after the introduction of the EuroThe euro ISO 4217 code EUR is the currency of twelve of the twenty-five nations that form the European Union (and four outside it, as well as Montenegro and Kosovo), which form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It is the result of the most significan.
7. Rooting out fraudFraud is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them usually, to obtain property or services from him unjustly. Fraud can be committed through many methods, including mail, wire, phone, and the Internet. Forms of crimina and unnecessary bureaucracyIn sociological theories, bureaucracy is an organizational structure characterized by regularized procedure, division of responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships. The term can characterize either governmental or nongovernmental organization
8. Making Europe the world leader in environmental protection.
9. Making globalisation work for everyone.
10. Ensuring a full recognition and enhancement of the role of Europe’s regions