The Free Democratic Party (FDP), Germany's liberal political party, has launched its latest internet ad highligthing the party's central motto for the upcoming federal election: "Strengthening the middle." . The FDP has seen its poll numbers go up in the last months due to the public's dissatisfaction with the two major parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, which have been governing Germany in an odd 'grand coalition' since 2005. According to the latest polls, The FDP -wh...

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RealLibs.com endorses the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act currently being debated in the Senate. Please, contact your Senators and ask them to support this important step in the fight against hate, intolerance and discrimination.

For more information on how to contact your Senators, visit this link from the Human Right Campaign:  http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2009/07/passing-the-hate-crimes-bill-in-90-seconds/ 

Tell each of your Senators to vote YES on the...

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 UK  The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, affirmed on Friday that the Labour government is no longer able to govern and that it's "finished." Clegg echoed David Cameron's call for a general election. Regarding the Lib Dems' take over of the Bristol City Council, Clegg said now the Lib Dems have majorities in almost every big city in the country and that this is "a sign of things to come."


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Tomorrow, the future of Europe is at stake. As liberals, we support the efforts to make Europe an open area, where goods, services, capitals and people can move freely and safely. We believe that Europe and the United States are the guardians of liberty in the world. To keep it that way, it is essential to advance liberalism in the European Parliament. For this reason, we endorse the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and its respective member political parties. 

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Our endorsement for the UK Local and European elections

On Thursday, June 4^th, Britons will go to the polls to choose their representatives for the European Parliament as well as local councilors. In deciding our endorsement, we asked ourselves two main questions: Which party has shown a pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach to governing? And finally, which party has consistently stood up for the principles and values of liberalism? Our answer to both questions was very easy: only the Li...

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Watch the first TV broadcasts from the UK Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives for the upcoming June elections:
  First 2 Lib Dem broadcasts:

www.libdems.org.uk

First Conservative broadcast:

www.conservatives.com
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UK Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg launched today the campaign for the upcoming European elections under the slogan "Stronger together, poorer apart," signaling the party's strong commitment to a strong and united European Union. Clegg affirmed that Labour is finished and that a vote for the Conservatives is a vote for a less safe Britain and Europe. 

Visit the Lib Dem campaign website for the Euro elections @  http://europe.libdems.org.uk/ 

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Germany will vote on September. According to polls, a coalition of Christian Democrats and Free Democrats (Liberals) could get enough votes to form government. Check out the latest polls: http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,13290,00.html
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Read Alejandro Honeker's opinion column at the Daily Mississippian: It’s time for common-sense gun laws
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