European Liberal Forum

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Vesna Pusic, a social scientist, academic, political analyst, and former Minister of Foreign & European Affairs for Croatia, and Emil Kirjas, founder of Kirjas Global, Vice President of Liberal International, and former State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia. They continue the conversation...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes back the Deputy Executive Director, and the responsible for the Policy and Research Unit at the ELF Secretariat. They talk about the ELF policy paper "Staged Integration for Future EU Enlargement", and what can be done to renew the EU Enlargement Project. This podcast is produced by the European Li...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Stefan Aćimović, the Director of European Programs of Students For Liberty, and part of the organisation that manages, and presents, the event LibertyCon. They go into what is the event, how it is put in place, what are the objectives, and what future projects. This podcast is produced by the Europ...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Professor Yael (Yuli) Tamir, the President of Beit Berl College and an adjunct professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, who served as Israel’s Minister of Immigration (1999-2001) and as Minister of Education (2006-2009), as well as the deputy speaker of the Knesset and a member...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Miłosz Hodun, the President of the Projekt: Polska Foundation and member of the Board of Directors of the European Liberal Forum, and Felicita Medved, that served as a member and president of the Board of Directors and now is the president of the Novum Institute. They talk about the chapter that Mr...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Andrzej Bobiński, the Managing Director of Polityka Insight. They talk about the biggest street protest in the history of Poland, what factors shape the parliamentary campaign in Poland, and what will be the outcome of the forthcoming elections. The podcast was recorded on June 5, 2023. This podcast is pr...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Alexander Skouras, the President of the Greek think tank, Center for Liberal Studies - Markos Dragoumis (KEFiM), a ELF Member Organisation. Ricardo and Alexander talked during the Conference LibertyCon that happened in Lisbon on the 22-23 of April. They go into the importance of think tanks, the ne...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Maurizio Molinari, the Editor in Chief of the daily la Repubblica, a prominent expert on international affairs, the author of more than 20 books, the latest being “The Return of Empires”. They talk about how much the history of fascism weighs on current Italian politics, why Italy will not engage construc...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Nikos Sotirakopoulos, Visiting Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, and Academic Advisor of the Ayn Rand Centre UK. Nikos and Ricardo "join forces" during LibertyCon that happened in Lisbon on the 22-23 of April. They talk about polarization, identity politics and tribalism, following the publication...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Dr İrem Güçeri, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Governing Body Fellow of St Antony’s College, an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, and an affiliate of the CESifo Network in Public Economics. They t...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes to the podcast Mathilde Berger-Perrin, an activist in defence of liberal feminism, and Dr Julio Crespo-MacLennan, Adjunct Professor of History of International Relations in the IE School of Global and Public Affairs and the IE University, in Madrid. They talk about if liberalism needs to be rebrand...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Sylvie Kauffmann, Editorial Director and foreign affairs columnist at the French ‘Le Monde’. They talk about controversies sparked by President Emmanuel Macron with his comments on China, Taiwan, and the United States, about French position on China and transatlantic relations, and about the future of str...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes back our "returning champion", Wojciech Przybylski, the President of the Res Publica Foundation and the Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight. They talk about the latest interview of President Macron on what should be a wholesome strategic autonomy for Europe and the European Union. This podcast is p...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College. They talk about how to reinvent broken cities and restore citizens' agency, and why community matters. Find out more about the guest: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. They talk about the alternative to the Scottish National Party (now with a new leader) vision for the future of Scotland, and what is the best way for a return to the European Union. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal F...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Jacques Rupnik, Research Professor at Le Centre de recherches internationales - Center for International Research at Sciences Po in Paris, a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and an expert on the Central and Eastern Europe, a former advisor to Czech President Vaclav Havel and a Member...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes back Mathias Sundin, Co-Funder & Executive Chairman of Warp Foundation. They talk about the proposal from Warp Foundation to ask Swedish political parties, in the last election cycle, to tell their voters their idea of optimism in their manifestos and governance. This podcast is produced by the Eur...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Eli Gateva, a Departmental Lecturer in European Union Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, a specialist in EU politics, East and Southeast Europe, EU enlargement and conditionality. They talk about democratic backsliding and why does it matter for...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes the Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Carmichael. They talk about the future of UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This is particularly timing as we got to know the new political agreement in principle on the Windsor Framework between UK and EU. They also talk about the...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Wojciech Przybylski, President of the Res Publica Foundation and the Editor-in-Chief of "Visegrad Insight". They talk about four scenarios for the future of CEE and the European Union, redefining EU strategic autonomy, and why a treaty change might be counterproductive. Find out more about the guest: http...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Lucia Plavakova, and Luis Cano. Lucia is a member of the party Progressive Slovaki, a lawyer, human rights activist and public procurement professional. Luís is the founder of Rainbow Platform for the elevation of LGBTQI+ voices by creating role models who can inspire political engagement and chang...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the first pan-European think tank. They talk about whether ties between countries foster conflicts, how Europe should behave in relation to the aggressive policies of China and Russia, and whether it is possible to...

General of LYMEC. They talk about "The Year of Youth" from last year, the 23/24 cycle preparing for the European Elections and the work done by LYMEC. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are re...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Melis G. Laebens, Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. She holds PhD in political science from Yale University. Her research centers on democratic backsliding, political parties, and electoral behavior. They talk about the Turkish political context and the possible...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Natan Albahari, MP in the Serbian Parliament, and the International Secretary of the liberal party, now part of the ALDE Party "family", Movement of Free Citizens, or Pokret slobodnih građana (in Serbian). They talk about the work done by the party in promoting liberal values, ideas, and policies i...