European Liberal Forum

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Yuri Guaiana, Secretary of LGBTI Liberals of Europe and a LGBT+ activist in Italy and internationally. They go over the main takeaways of the ELF conference LGBTI Freedom Zones in Practice.   This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and F...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Maciej Kuziemski, Data Programme Adviser at the Ditchley Foundation and an independent expert at the European Commission. They talk about the recent takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, its implications for liberal democracies, and the future of social media. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Paul Gradvohl, Professor at the Research Centre for Contemporary Central European History, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. They talk about the presidential election in France and the possible outcomes in the current geopolitical situation - with a special focus on the war in Ukraine. This podcast is...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Vera Demary, the Head of Digitisation Research at the German Economic Institute. They talk about data economy, data spaces, and economic and cibersecurity threats that arise from this kind of mass data collection. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Moviment...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Dr Péter Krekó, the Director of the Political Capital Institute, based in Budapest, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. They talk about the forthcoming election to the National Assembly in Hungary, the possible outcomes in the current geopolitical situation, and their implicati...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Szabolcs Sóber, the Head of the International Office at Momentum Movement, the liberal party in Hungary. They talk about the upcoming Parliamentary elections, the primary process from the opposition coalition, the protection of the election, and what will came next after the results are known. This...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Alicja Bachulska, a MapInfluenCE China analyst in Poland and a member of China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE). They talk about the impact of the Russian aggression in Ukraine in a more global context - with the focus on China. Recommended reading: https://www.osw.waw.pl/sites/default/fil...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Professor Joshua Cherniss, from Georgetown University. They talk about his new book, Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century, a timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents. This podcast is produced by the European Libera...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes back Paulo Frigyies, the Swedish writer and journalist, author of the book “In Ukraine, Adrift”, to talk about Ukraine and the Ukranian people in this terrible moment of their history, but how they are strong, resilient and determined to reclaim their place in a liberal and democratic Europe.

We present you the first podcast from the Liberal Europe Podcast: The CEE Focus. In the first episode, the host, Leszek Jażdżewski, Vice-President of the Board of the Poland-based Liberte! Foundation and the Editor-in-Chief of the Liberte! magazine, talks to Olha Konsevych, a Ukrainian journalist and researcher, the Editor-in-Chief of the Ukrainian newspaltform 24tv.ua, about the war in Ukraine. T...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Leszek Jazdzewski from Liberté Foundation (Fundacja Liberté!) to introduce this years podcast, and the novelty of having a new series of episodes: Liberal Europe Podcast, Central and Eastern Europe focus. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal...

Since July 2019 Werner Amon is the Austrian Ombudsman and was appointed Secretary General of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI). Werner Amon counts on more than 25 years of experience as a member of the Austrian Parliament and also gained extensive professional experience in the international field. As spokesman of the Austrian People's Party, Werner Amon was responsible for the areas of...

Jayanthi Devi Balaguru is currently the Chairperson of the CALD Women’s Caucus and the President of the International Network of Liberal Women. In July 2019, she was also elected as the member of the Liberal International Human Rights Bureau. She is a lawyer and has held many prominent positions in her political party Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM). She is an advocate for a fair and just soc...

Hakima el Haité is a member of the executive board of Mouvement Populaire Morocco. Ms El Haité was elected as the 14th president of Liberal International at the 62nd Congress in Dakar, Senegal in 2018 and she is the second female president in LI’s history and the first from the Middle East – North Africa Region. El Haité is an internationally recognised leader in the fields of environmental sustai...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Professor Gerard Pogorel. He is the Professor emeritus of Economics, Institut Polytechnique de Paris – Telecom Paris Graduate School of Engineering, and they talk about Professor Pogorel policy paper: "A European Audio-Visual area for the age of global entertainment". This podcast is produced by th...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Wilbert Jan Derksen. Wilbert Jan is a political researcher, who works for the TeldersStichting (Telders Foundation in English). They talk about the article wrote by Wilbert Jan for the ELF publication "Beyond Flat Earth: Conspiracy Theories vs European Liberals", with the title "From UFO's to consp...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Nathan Stone, an Irishman currently working at the European Parliament for the Renew Europe grouping. They talk about Ireland: it's internal politics, the effect of Brexit and the future of the integration of the country in the EU. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collabora...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 9 on Georgia's future with George Melashvili hosted by Adi Škaljić. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Internationaal/IDI Stichting with the financial support of the European Parliament. The Euro...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 8 on Women in politics with Monika Zajkova hosted by Zerina Mandzo. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Internationaal/IDI Stichting with the financial support of the European Parliament. The Euro...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 7 on Women's leadership with Yelyzaveta Bugaienko hosted by Elvedina Omerhodzic. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Internationaal/IDI Stichting with the financial support of the European Parliam...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 6 on Armenia's future with Gor Badalyan, hosted by Faris Sehovic. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Internationaal/IDI Stichting with the financial support of the European Parliament. The Europe...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 5 on Challenges, Hopes and Dreams for liberal organisations in the Western Balkans with Sanda Krekik, hosted by Maid Džaferović hosted by Teresa Reiter. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Interna...

EU mentorship program is a political mentorship in the area of EU integration process in the Western Balkans. Episode 4 on EU-Western Balkan Relations with Teresa Reiter and Jasmina Mrso, hosted by Andrew Burgess. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) in collaboration with Fondacija Boris Divković (BDF) and D66 Internationaal/IDI Stichting with the financial support of the E...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) welcomes Jorge Gonzalez, former language teacher and now a city counseler at Timisiora in Romania. We also welcome back Carmen Descamps (we had her on Episode 31), but this time as a co-host. They talk about local governance and EU citizenship. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in colla...

Andreas I. Pottakis is the Greek Ombudsman. He leads a national equality body that acts as guardian of the people’s rights, with a special emphasis on monitoring and promoting the implementation of the principle of equal treatment, the rights of the child and the rights of vulnerable groups. He speaks about the common challenges to human rights and specifics of a country like Greece. We talk about...