ALDE Party leaders meeting, Brussels - Main contents

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date	December 19, 2013
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Cercle de Lorraine, Brussels, Belgium
attending	N. (Neelie) Kroes i, M. (Mark) Rutte i, O.I. (Olli) Rehn i, A. (Alexander) Pechtold i, A. (Andrus) Ansip i, L. (Lars) Lokke Rasmussen i, G.M.M.L. (Guy) Verhofstadt i, K.L.G.E. (Karel) De Gucht i, X. (Xavier) Bettel i, M. (Margrethe) Vestager i, Ch.Y.J.Gh. (Charles) Michel i, J.P. (Juha) Sipilä i et al.
organisation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) i

Upon the invitation of ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson MEP, the leaders of the European Liberal and Democrats parties of the EU have been invited to attend a meeting at the Cercle de Lorraine in Brussels, ahead of the European Council meeting.

Participants will include:

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  Sir Graham Watson, President of the ALDE Party
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  Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia
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  Xavier Bettel, the newly-appointed Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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  Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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  Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission
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  Olli Rehn, Vice President of the European Commission
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  Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner
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  Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament
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  Margrethe Vestager, Deputy Prime Minister and Party Leader of Radikale Venstre, Denmark
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  Gwendolyn Rutten, Party Leader Open Vld, Belgium
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  Juha Sipilä, Party Leader, Suomen Keskusta, Finland
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  Annie Lööf, Party Leader, Centerpartiet, Sweden
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  Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Party Leader, Venstre, Denmark
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  Alexander Pechtold, Party Leader D66, Netherlands
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  Theodoros Skylakakis, Party Leader, Drassi, Greece
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  Angelika Mlinar, Party Leader Liberales Forum, Austria
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  Marcus Rantala, State Secretary, Svenska Folkpartiet, Finland
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  Norica Nicolai, Party Vice President, PNL, Romania
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  Marko Pavlišič, MP and Member of Party Council, Civic List, Slovenia
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  Nina Larsson, MP and Secretary General, Folkpartiet Liberalerna, Sweden
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  Charles Michel, Party Leader Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium
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  Simon Hughes, Deputy Party Leader, Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
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  Marc Guerrero i Tarragó, Board Member, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, Catalonia, Spain
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  Antonyia Parvanova, MEP and Party Leader, National Movement for Stability and Progress, Bulgaria
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  Christian Lindner, Party Leader, FDP, Germany
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  Viktor Uspaskich, MP, Darbo Partija, Lithuania
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  Jan Oravec, Leading candidate European elections, Freedom and Solidarity Party, Slovakia
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  Niccolò Rinaldi, MEP, Italia dei Valori, Italy

Discussions will focus on the upcoming European Election campaign, including nominations for the post of EU Commission President, which close on the 20^th of December.

Venue:

Cercle de Lorraine

6 Place Poelaert

1000 Bruxelles

Schedule:

Arrivals: 11.30-12.00

Press Advisory:

Due to time constraints, there will be no press conference after the leaders’ lunch at 14:00. Requests for individual interviews should be sent to ALDE Party Press Officer Catherine Hardy on +32 479 671142 or at chardy@aldeparty.eu by 17.00 on Wednesday 18 December.