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The ELDR Group has 53 members making it the third largest political group in the European Parliament. Within the ELDR Group, the UK Liberal Democrats, with 11 members, are the largest national delegation.

The ELDR Party is a pan-European political force. It 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 Berlin Congress in April 1999. The view the Manifesto, click here.

ELDR is firmly resolved to further deepen, reinforce and enlarge the European Union. We wish to strengthen Europe's economy, to modernise Europe's democracy and to invest in Europe's security. Our 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 is committed to decentralisation of power on other issues.

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