The EDP in Belgrade for a European Serbia: legality, free media, fair elections
During the two days of 18–19 September in Belgrade, the European Democratic Party delivered a clear message
● President (Lehendakari) of the Basque Government
Imanol Pradales Gil is a Basque politician from the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) who became Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government in June 2024. Before his current role, he served in various leadership positions in the Foral Council of Bizkaia, including as Foral Deputy of Infrastructure and Territorial Development. During the 2024 Basque regional election, he led the PNV to victory with 35.2% of the vote, forming a coalition government with the Socialist Party. Pradales is known for his focus on talent management and economic development, and he previously worked as the managing director of Bizkaia Talent. He was notably the victim of a pepper spray attack during the 2024 election campaign, which did not deter his political momentum.
During the two days of 18–19 September in Belgrade, the European Democratic Party delivered a clear message
European Movement in Serbia, in collaboration with the European Democratic Party, is organising a public debate entitled “Serbia’s European Hour – Lost Time or New Opportunity?”
EDP MEPs in Paris with Gozi, Bayrou and Barrot: priorities for Strasbourg, governance reform, the cost of living, ecological transition and Europe’s global role
The Secretary General of the EDP and MEP for Renew Europe responds to the Serbian President’s letter: “It is not the citizens who are compromising Serbia’s European path, but its government, with violence, lies, and attacks on freedom.”
As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen international cooperation between democratic forces, the EDP recently hosted a transatlantic dinner discussion in Paris, bringing together key figures from European and American centrist politics.
Thirty years ago, in Srebrenica, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered by the Bosnian Serb army. In 2007, the International Court of Justice ruled that the atrocities constituted genocide. The wider Bosnian War saw over 100,000 killed, thousands of women raped, and more than two million people forced from their homes between 1992 and 1995. On this solemn occasion remembering one of the darkest chapters in Europe’s recent history, the ALDE Party, LIBSEEN members in the region, ALDE in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, European Democratic Party, Liberal International, LYMEC, Renew Europe in the Committee of the Regions, Renew Europe in the European Parliament, and the Young Democrats for Europe are united in honouring their memory and issue the following statement: