Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

{{Short description|Liberal European political party}} {{About|the European political party|related organisations with similar names|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (disambiguation)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox political party | colorcode = {{EUPP data|color}} | name = {{EUPP data|official name}} | abbreviation = {{EUPP data|acronym}} | logo = ALDE Party logo.svg | logo_size = 300px | president = Svenja Hahn (DE)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Svenja Hahn elected ALDE Party president |url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/svenja_hahn_elected_alde_party_president |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) |language=en |archive-date=30 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130144311/https://www.aldeparty.eu/svenja_hahn_elected_alde_party_president |url-status=dead }}</ref> | secretary_general = Didrik de Schaetzen (BE) | foundation = {{Start date and age|1976|03|26|df=y}} | headquarters = Rue d'Idalie 11 - box 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium | think_tank = European Liberal Forum | youth_wing = European Liberal Youth | membership_year = {{EUPP data|individual members date}} | membership = {{EUPP data|individual members}} | ideology = Liberalism<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) |url=https://www.cleanenergywire.org/experts/alliance-liberals-and-democrats-europe-party-alde |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Clean Energy Wire |language=en}}</ref> Pro-Europeanism | position = Centre{{refn|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wolfs |first=Wouter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frVoEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Alliance+of+Liberals+and+Democrats+for+Europe+Party%22%22centrist%22 |title=European Political Parties and Party Finance Reform: Funding Democracy? |date=2022-04-06 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-95175-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Woods |first=Judith |date=2019-05-10 |title=Guy Verhofstadt sprinkles his centrist stardust on the perfect Lib Dem launch |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/10/guy-met-vince-judith-woods-tags-along-perfect-lib-dem-launch/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hublet |first1=François |last2=Lanoë |first2=Mattéo |last3=Schleyer |first3=Johanna |date=June 2023 |title=Spelling out the European center-right's dilemma: Renewal of the Grand coalition or National-Conservative Alliance? |url=https://geopolitique.eu/en/2023/06/19/spelling-out-the-european-center-rights-dilemma-renewal-of-the-grand-coalition-or-national-conservative-alliance/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Groupe d'études géopolitiques |language=en-US}}</ref>}} to centre-right{{refn|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kazanoğlu |first=Nazlı |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZYiEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Alde%22%22Centre-right%22&pg=PT58 |title=The Politics of Europeanisation: Work and Family Life Reconciliation Policy |date=2021-05-03 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-37249-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Francesco |first=Corti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTRZEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Alde%22%22Centre-right%22&pg=PA62 |title=The Politicisation of Social Europe: Conflict Dynamics and Welfare Integration |date=2022-01-14 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=978-1-80088-526-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mamede |first1=Anna Paula Ribeiro Araujo |last2=Anastasia |first2=Fátima |date=2016-08-31 |title=Instituições democráticas, crise econômica e resultados políticos no Parlamento Europeu: as políticas migratória e ambiental (2009-2014) |url=https://www.cartainternacional.abri.org.br/Carta/article/view/488 |journal=Carta Internacional |language=pt |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=126–151 |doi=10.21530/ci.v11n2.2016.488 |issn=2526-9038|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=With 5 months to go before elections, Europe's political |url=https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/13283/2 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=agenceurope.eu}}</ref>}} | international = Liberal International | europarl = {{plainlist|class=nowrap| * Renew (2019–present) * ALDE Group (2004–2019) * ELDR Group (1976–2004) }} | colours = {{Color box|#284BA0|border=darkgray}} Blue {{Color box|#EC008C|border=darkgray}} Magenta {{Color box|{{EUPP data|color}}|border=darkgray}} Yellow (customary)  | seats1_title = European Parliament | seats1 = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EP}} | seats2_title = {{nobr|European Commission}} | seats2 = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EC}} | seats3_title = European Council | seats3 = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EUCO}} | seats4_title = European Lower Houses | seats4 = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats5_title = European Upper Houses | seats5 = {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}} | website = {{EUPP data|website}} | country = the European Union }}

The '''Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party''' ('''ALDE Party''') is a liberal European political party composed of national parties from across Europe, mainly active in the European Union. The ALDE Party is affiliated with Liberal International and a recognised European political party, incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Co-operating_Organsisations.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113022549/http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Co-operating_Organsisations.html |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It was founded on 26 March 1976 in Stuttgart as a confederation of national political parties under the name "Federation of Liberal and Democrat Parties in Europe" and renamed "European Liberals and Democrats" (ELD) in 1977 and "European Liberal Democrats and Reformists" (ELDR) in 1986. On 30 April 2004, the ELDR was reformed as an official European party, the "European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party" (ELDR Party).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldr.eu/en/press-releases/european-liberal-democrats-change-party-name-alde-party-0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213054307/http://www.eldr.eu/en/press-releases/european-liberal-democrats-change-party-name-alde-party-0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2013 |title=European Liberal Democrats change party name to ALDE Party | ALDE Party |publisher=Eldr.eu |access-date=23 September 2013 }}</ref>

On 10 November 2012, under the leadership of Sir Graham Watson MEP, the party chose its current name ALDE Party, taken from its then-European Parliament group, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), which had been formed on 20 July 2004 in conjunction with the European Democratic Party (EDP). Prior to the 2004 European election, the European party had been represented through its own group, the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group (ELDR) Group. In June 2019, the ALDE group was succeeded by Renew Europe.

{{as of|2024|}}, ALDE Party is represented in European Union institutions, with 51 MEPs and five members of the European Commission. Of the 27 EU member states, there are two with ALDE-affiliated Prime Ministers: Kristen Michal (Estonian Reform Party) in Estonia and Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) in Belgium. ALDE Party members are also in governments in ten other EU member states: Cyprus, France, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Germany and the Netherlands. Charles Michel, former Belgian prime minister, was the president of the European Council until December 2024.

ALDE's think tank is the European Liberal Forum, led by Jan-Christoph Oetjen MEP, and gathers 46 member organisations. The youth wing of ALDE is the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), which is predominantly based upon youth and student liberal organisations but contains also a small number of individual members. LYMEC is led by Ines Holzegger.

In 2011, ALDE Party became the first pan-European party to create the status of [https://www.foederalist.eu/2016/03/julie-cantalou-cocktail-party-political-party-future-pan-european-parties.html individual membership]. Since then, between 1000 and close to 3000 members (the numbers fluctuate annually) maintained direct membership in the ALDE Party from several EU countries. Over 40 coordinators mobilised liberal ideas, initiatives and expertise across the continent under the leadership of the steering committee, which was first chaired by Julie Cantalou. The ALDE Party took a step further in the direction of becoming a truly pan-European party when granting voting rights to individual members' delegates at the Party Congress. Individual membership was eventually discontinued in 2023.

In 2025, the Alliance was declared an undesirable organization in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Генпрокуратура признала «нежелательной» европейскую политическую партию ALDE|url=https://ovd.info/express-news/2025/03/03/genprokuratura-priznala-nezhelatelnoy-evropeyskuyu-politicheskuyu-partiyu|access-date=2025-04-06|work=OVD-Info|date=2025-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406142313/https://ovd.info/express-news/2025/03/03/genprokuratura-priznala-nezhelatelnoy-evropeyskuyu-politicheskuyu-partiyu|archive-date=2025-04-06|language=ru}}</ref>

== Structure == {{Liberalism sidebar|Organisations}}

=== Bureau === The day-to-day management of the ALDE Party is handled by the Bureau, the members of which are:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/about/structure/bureau |title=ALDE-party Bureau |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-date=26 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526170408/https://www.aldeparty.eu/about/structure/bureau |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable !Office !Name !State member !Party member |- |President |Svenja Hahn MEP |{{flag|Germany}} |FDP |- | rowspan="10" |Vice-presidents |- |Yoko Alender |{{flag|Estonia}} |Reform |-

|Malik Azmani MEP |{{flag|Netherlands}} |VVD |- |Dan Barna MEP |{{flag|Romania}} |USR |- |Sal Brinton |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Lib Dem |- |Rik Daems |{{flag|Belgium}} |Open VLD |- |Eva Kjer Hansen |{{flag|Denmark}} |Venstre |-

|Yevheniia Kravchuk MP |{{flag|Ukraine}} |Servant of the People |-

|- |Jouni Ovaska MP |{{flag|Finland}} |Keskusta |-

|- |Lucia Plaváková MP |{{flag|Slovakia}} |Progressive Slovakia |-

|- |Treasurer |David Burke |{{flag|Ireland}} |FF |}

{|class=wikitable |+''Ex officio'' members !Office !Name !State member !Party member |- |ALDE Party Secretary-General |Didrik de Schaetzen |''{{flag|Belgium}}'' |MR- Open VLD - DP |- |President of Liberal International |Karl-Heinz Paqué |''{{flag|Germany}}'' |FDP |- |ALDE Group Chair in the PACE |Iulian Bulai |''{{flag|Romania}}'' |USR |- |President of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament |Valérie Hayer MEP |{{flag|France}} |Renaissance |- |Leader of the Renew Europe Group in the European Committee of the Regions |François Decoster |''{{flag|France}}'' ||Renaissance |- |President of the European Liberal Forum |Jan-Christoph Oetjen |''{{flag|Germany}}'' |FDP |- |President of the European Liberal Youth |Ines Holzegger |''{{flag|Austria}}'' |NEOS |}

== Presidents == * 1978–1981: {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Gaston Thorn * 1981–1985: {{flagicon|Belgium}} Willy De Clercq * 1985–1990: {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Colette Flesch * 1990–1995: {{flagicon|Belgium}} Willy De Clercq * 1995–2000: {{flagicon|Denmark}} Uffe Ellemann-Jensen * 2000–2005: {{flagicon|Germany}} Werner Hoyer * 2005–2011: {{flagicon|Belgium}} Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck * 2011–2015: {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Graham Watson * 2015–2021: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Hans van Baalen * 2021–2024: {{flagicon|Ireland}} Timmy Dooley {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ilhan Kyuchyuk co-presidents * 2024–present: {{flagicon|Germany}} Svenja Hahn

== History of pan-European liberalism == {{main|History of pan-European liberalism}} thumb|150px|right|ELDR Party logo (2009–2012)

Pan-European liberalism has a long history dating back to the foundation of Liberal International in April 1947. On 26 March 1976, the Federation of Liberal and Democrat Parties in Europe was established in Stuttgart. The founding parties of the federation were the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Radical Party of France, Venstre of Denmark, Italian Liberal Party, Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democratic Party of Luxembourg.<ref name="Almeida2012">{{cite book |author=Dimitri Almeida |title=The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oD7bKbo0FYEC&pg=PA102 |year=2012 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-34039-0 |pages=102–103}}</ref> Observer members joining later in 1976 were the Danish Social Liberal Party, French Radical Party of the Left and Independent Republicans, British Liberal Party, and Italian Republican Party.<ref name="Almeida2012" /> In 1977, the federation was renamed European Liberals and Democrats, in 1986, European Liberal Democrats and Reformists.

It evolved into the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR Party) in 2004, when it was founded as an official European party under that name and incorporated under Belgian law at an extraordinary Congress in Brussels, held on 30 April 2004 the day before the enlargement of the European Union. At the same time the matching group in the European Parliament, the European Liberal Democrats and Reformists Group allied with the members of the newly elected European Democratic Party, forming the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) with a matching ALDE Group in the European Parliament.

On 10 November 2012, the ELDR Party adopted the name of the alliance between the two parties, to match the parliamentary group and the alliance.

On 12 June 2019, the ALDE group was succeeded by a new enlarged group, Renew Europe, which primarily consists of ALDE and EDP member parties and France's La République En Marche! (LREM).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-liberal-alliance-to-be-named-renew-europe/ |title=Macron-Liberal alliance to be named Renew Europe |work=Politico |date=12 June 2019}}</ref>

== Funding ==

As a registered European political party, ALDE is entitled to European public funding, which it has received continuously since 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/files/political-parties-and-foundations/european-political-parties/en-funding-amounts-parties-2025.pdf |website=European Parliament |title=Funding from the European Parliament to European political parties per party and per year |access-date=9 July 2025 }}</ref>

Below is the evolution of European public funding received by ALDE. {{#chart:Evolution_of_public_funding_of_European_political_parties.Line.chart |arg:where=party |arg:eq=ALDE |arg:cols=year,maximum_allocated,amount_received }}

In line with the Regulation on European political parties and European political foundations, ALDE also raises private funds to co-finance its activities. As of 2025, European parties must raise at least 10% of their reimbursable expenditure from private sources, while the rest can be covered using European public funding.{{efn|For the purpose of European party funding, "contributions" refer to financial or in-kind support provided by party members, while "donations" refer to the same but provided by non-members.}}

Below is the evolution of contributions and donations received by the ALDE.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/en/political-parties-and-foundations/audit-reports-and-donations |title=Audit reports and donations |website=European Parliament |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="epfo">{{cite web |url=https://epfo.eu/understanding-party-funding |title=EPFO - Understanding party funding |website=European Party Funding Observatory |publisher=European Democracy Consulting Stiftung |access-date=2024-02-16 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> {{#chart:Contributions raised by European political parties.Line.chart |arg:cols=year,ALDE }} {{#chart:Donations raised by European political parties.Line.chart |arg:cols=year,ALDE }}

== European Commissioners == Members from ALDE Party political family contribute five out of the 27 members of the European Commission:

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !State !Commissioner !Portfolio !Political party ! class="unsortable" style="width:100px;"|Portrait |- |{{flagicon|Estonia }} Estonia |Kaja Kallas |High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Vice President |ER |frameless|147x147px |- |{{flagicon|Ireland }} Ireland |Michael McGrath |Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Commissioner |FF |frameless|165x165px |- |{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia |Marta Kos |Enlargement, Commissioner |Ind.{{efn|Independent on the national level but affiliated with ALDE at the EU level}} |frameless|165x165px |- |{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium |Hadja Lahbib |Equality,Preparedness and Crisis Management Commissioner |MR |frameless|165x165px |}

== Elected representatives of member parties == === European institutions === {| class="wikitable"  |- ! Organisation !! Institution !! Number of seats |- |rowspan=5 | {{EU}} || European Parliament || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EP|percent=yes|reference=yes}} |- | European Commission || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EC|percent=yes|reference=yes}} |- | European Council (Heads of Government) || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|EUCO|percent=yes|reference=yes}} |- | Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) || |- | Committee of the Regions || {{EUPP data|seat composition bar|COR|percent=yes|reference=yes}} |- | {{flag|Council of Europe}} (as part of {{wikidata|property|Q132153994|P1813}}) || Parliamentary Assembly || {{Composition bar|{{wikidata|property|Q132153994|P1410|P194=Q939743}}|{{wikidata|property|Q939743|P1342}}|hex={{EUPP data|color}}|per=1}}{{wikidata|references|Q132153994|P1410|P194=Q939743}}  |}

=== European Council === {| class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="border-collapse:collapse; border:#555" |- !Member State !Title !Representative !Political party !Member of the Council since ! class="unsortable" style="width:100px;"|Portrait |- |{{flagicon|Estonia}} Estonia |Prime Minister |Kristen Michal |Estonian Reform Party |{{dts|format=dmy|2024|07|23}} |frameless|100px |- |{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland |Taoiseach |Micheál Martin |Fianna Fáil |{{dts|format=dmy|2025|01|23}} |frameless|100px |- |{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia |Prime Minister |Robert Golob |Freedom Movement |{{dts|format=dmy|2022|06|1}} |frameless|100px |}

===In third countries=== Through its associate and observer parties ALDE has two heads of state or government in non-EU countries:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:white; width:100%;" |- !align=left|State !align=left|Title !align=left|Representative !align=left|Political party !align=left|In power since ! class="unsortable" style="width:100px;"|Portrait |- |rowspan=2 |{{Flag|Switzerland}} |President |Karin Keller-Sutter |rowspan=2 |FDP.The Liberals |{{dts|format=dmy|2025|1|1}} |100px |- |Federal Councillor |Ignazio Cassis |{{dts|format=dmy|2017|11|1}} |100px |}

=== National parliaments of European Union member states ===

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Number of seats !! colspan="2" | Member parties !Status |- | rowspan="2" |{{AUT}}||National Council {{small|Lower house}}||{{Composition bar|18|183|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |NEOS |{{yes|Government}} |- |Federal Council {{small|Upper house}} |{{Composition bar|1|61|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} | colspan="2" |NEOS |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="4" |{{BEL}}|| rowspan="2" |Chamber of Representatives {{small|Lower house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|27|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||MR |{{Composition bar|19|27|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |Open Vld |{{Composition bar|8|27|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- | rowspan="2"|Senate {{small|Upper house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|12|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||MR |{{Composition bar|9|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |Open Vld |{{Composition bar|3|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- ||{{BUL}}||National Assembly |{{Composition bar|17|240|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} | colspan="2" |PP |{{no2|Opposition}} |- | rowspan="6" |{{HRV}}|| rowspan="6" |Sabor|| rowspan="6" |{{Composition bar|8|151|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||HNS |{{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes2|Confidence and supply}} |- |HSLS |{{Composition bar|2|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes2|Confidence and supply}} |- |Glas |{{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |IDS-DDI |{{Composition bar|2|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |Centre |{{Composition bar|2|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |Focus |{{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ||{{CYP}}||House of Representatives |{{Composition bar|9|56|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} | colspan="2" |Democratic Alignment |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="3" |{{DNK}} | rowspan="3" |Folketing | rowspan="3" |{{Composition bar|42|179|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |RV |{{Composition bar|10|42|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |V |{{Composition bar|18|42|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |M |{{Composition bar|14|42|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- | {{EST}} || Riigikogu|| {{Composition bar|39|101|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||colspan="2" |Reform ||{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{FIN}}|| rowspan="2" |Parliament|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|41|200|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||Kesk |{{Composition bar|22|32|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |SFP |{{Composition bar|10|32|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="4" |{{FRA}}|| rowspan="2" |National Assembly {{small|Lower house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|8|577|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||UDI |{{Composition bar|7|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |PR |{{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="2"|Senate {{small|Upper house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|41|348|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||UDI |{{Composition bar|36|41|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |PR |{{Composition bar|5|41|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |{{GER}}||Bundestag||{{Composition bar|0|630|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |FDP |{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- |{{HUN}}||Országgyűlés||{{Composition bar|10|199|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |Momentum |{{no2|Opposition}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{IRL}}||Dáil {{small|Lower house}}||{{Composition bar|48|174|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |FF |{{yes|Government}} |- ||Seanad {{small|Upper house}}||{{Composition bar|19|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |FF |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="3" |{{ITA}}|| rowspan="2" |Chamber of Deputies {{small|Lower house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|12|400|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||A |{{Composition bar|10|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |RI, +E |{{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- ||Senate of the Republic {{small|Upper house}}||{{Composition bar|2|205|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |A |{{no2|Opposition}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{LTU}}|| rowspan="2" |Seimas|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|12|141|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||LRLS |{{Composition bar|12|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |LP |{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- |{{LVA}}||Saeima||{{Composition bar|0|100|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |A/Par! |{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- |{{LUX}}||Chamber of Deputies||{{Composition bar|14|60|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |DP |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="4" |{{NLD}}|| rowspan="2" |House of Representatives {{small|Lower house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|48|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||D66 |{{Composition bar|26|48|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |VVD |{{Composition bar|22|48|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="2"|Senate {{small|Upper house}}|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|16|75|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||D66 |{{Composition bar|7|16|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |VVD |{{Composition bar|9|16|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |- |{{flag|Portugal}}||Assembly of the Republic||{{Composition bar|9|230|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |IL |{{no2|Opposition}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{ROU}}||Chamber of Deputies {{small|Lower house}}||{{Composition bar|40|330|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |USR |{{yes|Government}} |- |Senate {{small|Upper house}}||{{Composition bar|19|136|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |USR |{{yes|Government}} |- |{{SVK}}||National Council||{{Composition bar|33|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |PS |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |{{SLO}}||National Assembly||{{Composition bar|39|90|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |Freedom Movement |{{yes|Government}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{ESP}}||Congress of Deputies {{small|Lower house}}||{{Composition bar|0|350|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |Cs | rowspan="2" {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ||Senate {{small|Upper house}}||{{Composition bar|0|266|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}|| colspan="2" |Cs |- | rowspan="2" |{{SWE}}|| rowspan="2" |Riksdag|| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|40|349|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||C |{{Composition bar|24|40|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{no2|Opposition}} |- |L |{{Composition bar|16|40|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |{{yes|Government}} |}

=== National parliaments outside the European Union === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Country !! Institution !! Number of seats !! Member parties |- | {{AND}} || General Council || {{Composition bar|14|28|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || DA, LA |- | {{ARM}} || National Assembly || {{Composition bar|0|107|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||ANC, Bright Armenia |- | {{AZE}} || National Assembly || {{Composition bar|0|125|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Musavat |- | {{BIH}} || House of Representatives || {{Composition bar|2|42|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Our Party |- | {{GEO}} || Parliament || {{Composition bar|0|150|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Lelo, SA, Republicans, Girchi MF, FD |- | {{ISL}} || Althing || {{Composition bar|11|63|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Viðreisn |- | {{MDA}} || Parliament || {{Composition bar|0|101|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || PL |- | {{MNE}} || Assembly || {{Composition bar|0|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || LPCG |- | {{NOR}} || Storting || {{Composition bar|8|169|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Venstre |- | {{SRB}} || National Assembly || {{Composition bar|3|250|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || PSG |- | rowspan=2|{{CHE}} || National Council {{small|Lower house}} || {{Composition bar|38|200|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || FDP, GLP |- || Council of States {{small|Upper house}} || {{Composition bar|11|46|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || FDP |- | {{UKR}} || Verkhovna Rada || {{Composition bar|251|450|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} || Servant of the People, Voice |- | rowspan="3" |{{GBR}}||House of Commons {{small|Lower house}}||{{Composition bar|73|650|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||Liberal Democrats, Alliance |- ||House of Lords {{small|Upper house}}||{{Composition bar|77|775|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||Liberal Democrats |- ||Gibraltar Parliament {{small|unicameral}}||{{Composition bar|2|17|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}}||Libs

== Membership == thumb|300px|European states with parties associated with ALDE as full member or affiliate As of January 2026 ALDE party had 55 full member and ten affiliated parties from EU and non-EU countries. Only delegates from full members of the ALDE Party and its youth wing LYMEC, together with the delegates of the ALDE Party Supporters and ALDE Party Bureau members, are permitted to vote at the ALDE Congress and Council. Affiliated member parties have non-voting delegates.<ref>{{cite web |title=ALDE Party Member Parties Congress and Council delegations 2026 |url=https://portal.aldeparty.eu/web/content/46361?unique=577a048c1f4f92822a99f847421c9a5e99c41245 |publisher=ALDE Party |access-date=2026-03-09 | date=2026-01-09}}</ref>

===Full members=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Country or Region ! Party ! MEPs{{efn|The number of MEPs listed below may not match the total number of MEPs of the European party, as it does not include MEPs who join as individual members.}} |- |rowspan="2"| {{AND}}||Action for Andorra {{lang|ca|Acció per Andorra}}||rowspan="2"| ''Not in EU'' |- |Liberals of Andorra {{lang|ca|Liberals d'Andorra}} |- |{{AUT}}||NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum {{lang|de|NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum}}||{{Composition bar|2|20|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 | {{BEL}}||Reformist Movement {{lang|fr|Mouvement Réformateur}}||{{Composition bar|3|8|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Different {{lang|nl|Anders}}||{{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{BIH}}||Our Party {{lang|bs|Naša stranka}}||''Not in EU'' |- |{{BGR}}||We Continue the Change {{lang|bg|Продължаваме промяната}} {{lang|bg|Produlzhavame promyanata}}||{{Composition bar|2|17|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=3 | {{HRV}}||Centre {{lang|hr|Centar}}||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Focus {{lang|hr|Fokus}}||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Istrian Democratic Assembly {{lang|hr|Istarski demokratski sabor}} {{lang|it|Dieta democratica istriana}}||{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{CYP}}||Democratic Alignment {{lang|el|Δημοκρατική Παράταξη}} {{lang|el|Dimokratiki Parataxi}}||{{Composition bar|0|6|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=3 |{{DNK}}||Social Liberal Party {{lang|da|Radikale Venstre}}||{{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Venstre {{lang|da|Venstre}}||{{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Moderates {{lang|da|Moderaterne}}||{{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{EST}}||Estonian Reform Party {{lang|et|Eesti Reformierakond}}||{{Composition bar|1|7|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 |{{FIN}}||Centre Party {{lang|fi|Suomen Keskusta}}||{{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Swedish People's Party of Finland {{lang|sv|Svenska folkpartiet i Finland}} {{lang|fi|Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue}}||{{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 |{{FRA}}||Radical Party {{lang|fr|Parti radical}}||{{Composition bar|0|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Union of Democrats and Independents {{lang|fr|Union des démocrates et indépendants}}||{{Composition bar|1|81|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=3 | {{GEO}}||Lelo for Georgia {{lang|ka|ლელო საქართველოსთვის}} {{lang|ka|lelo sakartvelostvis}}||rowspan="3"|''Not in EU'' |- |Strategy Aghmashenebeli {{lang|ka|სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი}} {{lang|ka|st'rat'egia aghmashenebeli}} |- |Girchi — More Freedom {{lang|ka|გირჩი — მეტი თავისუფლება}} {{lang|ka|girchi — met'i tavisupleba}} |- |{{DEU}}||Free Democratic Party {{lang|de|Freie Demokratische Partei}}||{{Composition bar|5|96|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- | {{HUN}}||Momentum Movement {{lang|hu|Momentum Mozgalom}}||{{Composition bar|0|21|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{ISL}}||Viðreisn||''Not in EU'' |- |{{IRL}}||Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party {{lang|ga|Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach}}||{{Composition bar|4|14|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=4 |{{ITA}}||Action {{lang|it|Azione}}||{{Composition bar|1|76|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |European Liberal Democrats {{lang|it|Liberali Democratici Europei}}||{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Italian Radicals {{lang|it|Radicali Italiani}}||{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |More Europe {{lang|it|Più Europa}}||{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{KOS}}||Democratic Party of Kosovo {{lang|sq|Partia Demokratike e Kosovës}}||''Not in EU'' |- |rowspan=2 |{{LAT}}||For Latvia's Development {{lang|lv|Latvijas attīstībai}}||{{Composition bar|1|9|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Movement For! {{lang|lv|Kustība Par!}}||{{Composition bar|0|9|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 |{{LTU}}||Freedom Party {{lang|lt|Laisvės partija}}||{{Composition bar|1|11|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Liberals' Movement {{lang|lt|Liberalų sąjūdis}}||{{Composition bar|1|11|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{LUX}}||Democratic Party {{lang|lb|Demokratesch Partei}} {{lang|fr|Parti Démocratique}} {{lang|de|Demokratische Partei}}||{{Composition bar|1|6|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{MNE}}||Liberal Party of Montenegro {{lang|cnr|Либерална партија Црне Горе}} {{lang|cnr|Liberalna partija Crne Gore}}||''Not in EU'' |- |{{NMK}}||Liberal Democratic Party {{lang|mk|Либерално-демократска партија}} {{lang|mk|Liberalno-demokratska partija}}||''Not in EU'' |- |rowspan=2 |{{NLD}}||Democrats 66 {{lang|nl|Democraten 66}}||{{Composition bar|3|31|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |People's Party for Freedom and Democracy {{lang|nl|Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie}}||{{Composition bar|4|31|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{NOR}}||Liberal Party {{lang|no|Venstre}}||''Not in EU'' |- |{{POR}}||Liberal Initiative {{lang|pt|Iniciativa Liberal}}||{{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{ROM}}||Save Romania Union {{lang|ro|Uniunea Salvați România}}||{{Composition bar|2|33|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{SRB}}||Movement of Free Citizens {{lang|sr|Покрет слободних грађана}} {{lang|sr|Pokret slobodnih građana}}||''Not in EU'' |- |{{SVK}}||Progressive Slovakia {{lang|sk|Progresívne Slovensko}}||{{Composition bar|6|15|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{SLO}}||Freedom Movement {{lang|sl|Gibanje Svoboda}}||{{Composition bar|2|9|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |{{ESP}}||Citizens {{lang|es|Ciudadanos}}||{{Composition bar|0|61|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 |{{SWE}}||Centre Party {{lang|sv|Centerpartiet}}||{{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |Liberals {{lang|sv|Liberalerna}}||{{Composition bar|1|21|hex={{EUPP data|color}}}} |- |rowspan=2 |{{CHE}}||FDP.The Liberals {{lang|de|FDP. Die Liberalen}} {{lang|fr|PLR. Les Libéraux-Radicaux}} {{lang|it|PLR. I Liberali Radicali}} {{lang|rm|PLD. Ils Liberals}}||rowspan="2" |''Not in EU'' |- |Green Liberal Party of Switzerland {{lang|de|Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz}} {{lang|fr|Parti vert'libéral}} {{lang|it|Partito verde liberale}} {{lang|rm|Partida verda-liberala}} |- |rowspan=3 | {{UKR}}||Servant of the People {{lang|uk|Слуга народу}} {{lang|uk|Sluha narodu}}||rowspan="3" |''Not in EU'' |- |Voice {{lang|uk|Голос}} {{lang|uk|Holos}} |- |European Party of Ukraine {{lang|uk|Європейська партія України}} {{lang|uk|Yevropeis'ka partiya Ukrayiny}} |- |{{UK}}||Liberal Democrats||''Not in EU'' |}

=== Affiliated members === {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * {{flagicon|HRV}} Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats * {{flagicon|HRV}} Civic Liberal Alliance * {{flagicon|HRV}} Croatian Social Liberal Party * {{flagicon|GEO}} Republican Party of Georgia * {{flagicon|GEO}} Droa * {{flagicon|ITA}} Team K * {{flagicon|UKR}} Civil Position * {{flagicon|UKR}} Power of the People * {{flagicon|UK}} Alliance Party of Northern Ireland * {{flagicon|GIB}} Liberal Party of Gibraltar }}

=== Former members === {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * {{flagicon|ARM}} Armenian National Congress (2016-2025) * {{flagicon|ARM}} Bright Armenia (2019-2025) * {{flagicon|AZE}} Musavat (2007-2025) * {{flagicon|BLR}} Party of Freedom and Progress (2013-2024) * {{flagicon|BUL}} National Movement for Stability and Progress * {{flagicon|BUL}} Movement for Rights and Freedoms (2001–2024) * {{flagicon|CZE}} ANO 2011 (2014–2024) * {{flagicon|CRO}} Liberal Party * {{flagicon|CRO}} Party of Liberal Democrats * {{flagicon|CYP}} United Democrats (1996-2025) * {{flagicon|EST}} Estonian Centre Party (2004–2024) * {{flagicon|GEO}} Free Democrats (2012-2025) * {{flagicon|GRE}} Drassi (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|HUN}} Alliance of Free Democrats (2004–2009) * {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungarian Liberal Party (2013-2025) * {{flagicon|ISL}} Bright Future * {{flagicon|IRE}} Progressive Democrats * {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian Liberal Party (1976–1994) * {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian Republican Party (1976–2010) * {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy of Values * {{flagicon|KOS}} New Kosovo Alliance (2009-2025) * {{flagicon|LTU}} Labour Party (2004–2021) * {{flagicon|LTU}} Liberal and Centre Union * {{flagicon|MDA}} Coalition for Unity and Welfare (2023-2025) * {{flagicon|MDA}} Liberal Party (2010-2025) * {{flagicon|MLT}} Democratic Party (2017–2020) * {{flagicon|MNE}} Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (1994–2005) * {{flagicon|POR}} Social Democratic Party (until 1996) * {{flagicon|POR}} Earth Party * {{flagicon|ROM}} National Liberal Party (2007–2014) * {{flagicon|ROM}} Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (2015–2019) * {{flagicon|RUS}} Yabloko (2004–2025) * {{flagicon|RUS}} People's Freedom Party * {{flagicon|SLO}} Party of Alenka Bratušek (2014–2022) * {{flagicon|SLO}} List of Marjan Šarec (2018–2022) * {{flagicon|SLO}} Modern Centre Party (2014–2021) * {{flagicon|SLO}} Zares * {{flagicon|SLO}} Liberal Democracy of Slovenia * {{flagicon|ESP}} Catalan European Democratic Party (until 2018) }}

=== Individual members ===

ALDE also includes a number of individual members. For many years, ALDE had the largest number of individual members of all European parties; however, this membership was discontinued with only one individual member remaining as of 2024. As most other European parties, it has not sought to develop mass individual membership.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hertner |first1=Isabelle |date=9 September 2018 |title=United in diversity? Europarties and their individual members' rights |url= https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/66c15812-8a3b-4285-8dc0-14136dd3b623|journal=Journal of European Integration |volume=41 |issue=4 |publisher=Routledge |pages=487–505 |doi=10.1080/07036337.2018.1513500}}</ref>

Below is the evolution of individual membership of ALDE since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/contracts-and-grants/en/political-parties-and-foundations/audit-reports-and-donations |title=Audit reports and donations |website=European Parliament}}</ref> {{#chart:Individual members of European political parties.Line.chart |arg:cols=year,ALDE }}

== Election results == '''European Parliament''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2| Year ! Lead Candidate ! % Seats ! Seats ! Status ! Ref |- ! colspan=2| 2024 | Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann | 7.2 (#4) | {{Composition bar|52|720|hex={{party color|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}}}} | {{yes|Coalition}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.appf.europa.eu/cmsdata/287721/ALDE_MEPs%20as%20of%2017%20July%202024.xls|title=Provisional list of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) as of 17 July 2024|website=Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations|access-date=2024-08-03}}{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europeelects.eu/ep2024|title=Projected composition: Members of the European Parliament|website=Europe Elects|access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref> |}

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