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
● Local councillor
● Member of the Parliament of the FWB
● Member of the Parliament of Wallonia
Olivier de Wasseige, born in 1962 in Aye, Belgium, is a prominent Belgian entrepreneur and technology executive who founded DefinITion (later Defimedia), an internet development and consultancy company. He served as CEO of the company until 2013 and co-founded the Private Equity Internet Attitude fund in 2010, specializing in internet sector investments. De Wasseige was a key leader in the business community, serving as Vice-President and later CEO of the Walloon Union of Enterprises (UWE) from 2017 to 2023. In September 2023, he entered politics with Les Engagés, becoming a lead candidate for the Liège district in the Walloon elections. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in digital innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development in Wallonia.
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: