Liberal Insider - Issue 27 (2024)
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Liberals deliver record result in UK general election
On 4 July, the United Kingdom held a general election to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The Liberal Democrats won 72 seats, a new record high number of seats, increasing their representation by 64 MPs and becoming the third largest party in the House of Commons. Meanwhile, the Alliance Party elected Sorcha Eastwood as its first MP in the Lagan Valley consistuency.
Momentum elect Tompos as new leader
On 7 July, Momentum Mozgalom elected Márton Tompos as its new President, succeeding Anna Donáth. Tompos, who co-founded Momentum in 2017 and already served as its Vice-President, is a Member of the National Assembly since 2022 and also the party’s deputy parliamentary leader.?An assembly of party members also agreed to elect a seven-strong leadership cohort.
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Portuguese liberals adopt new programme at Congress
On 5-7 July, ALDE Party member Iniciativa Liberal hosted its 8th party Congress in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. Under the motto “always growing”, Portuguese liberals gathered for the first time since the success in the European elections, when the party elected its first two Members of the European Parliament in Jo?o Cotrim de Figueiredo MEP and Ana Vasconcelos Martins MEP.
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