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The ALDE Group has 88 members making it the third largest political group in the European Parliament. Within the ALDE Group, the UK Liberal Democrats have 12 members.
The ALDE Group is composed of MEPs belonging to national parties within the pan-EU European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. The ELDR Party was set up in 1976 as the European Federation of Liberal, Democrat and Reform parties to prepare for the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979. Today, the ELDR Party has 25 member parties and 13 affiliates from across Europe.
The ELDR Party fought the last European elections on the basis of the Manifesto adopted at the Brussels Congress in April 2004. To view the Manifesto visit www.eurolib.org.
ELDR is firmly resolved to further deepen, reinforce and enlarge the European Union. It seeks to strengthen Europe's economy, to modernise Europe's democracy and to invest in Europe's security. Its aim is a larger, democratic, accountable and more open European Union which is empowered to take decisions where only a Union-level action can lead to effective results, but it is committed to decentralisation of power on other issues.
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