Open Vld, at its congress last week end, adopted the ELDR election programme and Guy Verhofstadts book on the way out of the crisis.

Annemie Neyts, President of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), answers the European Socialists on their European questions.

As the UN Security Council plans to wind down the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) for the former Yugoslavia by the end of 2010 and that some fugitives remain at large, the European Parliament asked Mrs. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK to draft a report on the future of the mandate of ICTY.

The European elections are just around the corner and Europe’s liberal democrats are ready to present their priorities for the next term of the European Parliament. In the presence of liberal Prime Ministers, commissioners, party leaders and election candidates, the rally will inspire and energise hundreds of liberal democrats from across Europe.

MEPs have co-signed a crucial resolution regarding the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza which is due to be approved tomorrow in Strasbourg. The resolution calls on both sides to respect UN Security Council resolution 1860 that demands an immediate end to the hostilities, the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from Gaza, the sustained re opening of the crossing points, the lifting of the blockade and the prevention of smuggling of illicit trafficking in arms and ammunition.