European Parliament party groups

Brussels – Slovenia’s new Prime Minister Robert Golob has joined a call by French President Emanuel Macron for the formation of a new European centrist alliance that would go beyond the existing Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party, Politico has reported.

Rome – The council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) discussed on Saturday the merger of the Slovenian coalition Modern Centre Party (SMC) with the Economically Active Party (GAS) into Concretely. It decided that this effectively ended the membership of the SMC in ALDE, and that the new party could again apply for membership.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he is seeking allies for a conservative "counter-revolution" in Europe, DPA reported.

Orban gave a speech at a forum of conservatives and nationalists in Rome. He said he had spoken with Spanish far-right opposition leader Santiago Abascal and other supporters from Italy and France.

Pro Romania leader Victor Ponta stated on Wednesday that the decision of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) to vote for the National Liberal Party (PNL) Government has nothing to do with the alliance between ALDE and the party he leads, which is only meant as an alliance to support candidate Mircea Diaconu in the presidential elections and it is very good if ALDE can further do this

Prime minister-designate Ludovic Orban said on Thursday, after talks with the delegation of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), that as a principle, the formation headed by Calin Popescu-Tariceanu did not raise any issue and that the Liberals also favor a PNL single-party government.

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Executive Political Bureau took note on Friday, according to the party statute, of the loss of the member quality in the case of Teodor Melescanu, Gratiela Leocadia Gavrilescu, Ion Cupa and Alexandru Stefan Baisanu, an ALDE release informs.

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Senator Teodor Melescanu was elected President of the Romanian Senate in a run-off on Tuesday having garnered 73 votes for in a plenary session to his opponent Alina Gheorghiu's 59. Of 136 attending senators, 134 voted and two votes were invalidated.

PSD (Social Democratic Party) president, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, announced on Monday evening, at the end of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the party, the decision of the social-democratic leadership to remain in power.

A young Turkish woman has been elected as the secretary-general of The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) - the European umbrella organization for Young Green organizations from all over the continent.

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE, minor at rule, ed.