Open letter to Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili

Open letter to Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili

22/02/2021

In Georgia ‘the next steps require engagement and an end to the political deadlock, not further punitive legal action’, Liberal International President of Honour and ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen writes to newly appointed Prime Minister Gharibashvili.

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Liberals welcome Associate European Union status for Canada

17/09/2026

The co-convenors of last year's successful Trans-Atlantic Legislators' Liberty Dialogue (TLLD), Sir Graham Watson (UK) and former Senator Art Eggleton (Canada), welcome this week's formal moves by the European Union and Canada towards a new Association.

Canada European Union

Liberal International calls for the immediate release of Osman Kavala following landmark ECHR judgment

15/09/2026

Liberal International welcomes the Grand Chamber judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2) and calls upon the Turkish authorities to comply with the Court’s final judgment without delay.

Osman Kavala

Liberal International mourns Emma Bonino

11/09/2026

Liberal International mourns the passing of Emma Bonino, one of Italy’s great champions of freedom, human rights and European liberalism.

LI mourns Emma Bonino