Will the European People’s Party Maintain its Leadership in the Political Arena of Europe?

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the process of forming an Alliance of Liberals and Democrats of Europe on the basis of liberal and liberal-democratic parties in Europe, which began in the middle of the twentieth century. In the end, ALDE united the majority of liberal democ- ratic and liberal parties from most EU member states. Today, this party is the third political force in the European Union, after the Conservatives of the European People’s party and the Socialists and Social Democrats of the Party of European Socialists. The article analyzes how the representation of liberal parties from different EU member states in the European Parliament and the European Commission has changed, as well as their participation in the governments and parliaments of indi- vidual countries at the present time. The party’s program documents for the 2019 European elections were reviewed. The results of the ALDE parliamentary group’s work in the current composi- tion of the European Parliament are presented.

Keywords

• party
• liberalism
• liberal democracy
• european integration
• european union
• european parliament