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Renew Europe
European Parliament group
Logo of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament
NameRenew Europe
English abbr.Renew[1]
Formal nameRenew Europe group[2]
IdeologyLiberalism[3]
Social liberalism[4]
Conservative liberalism[4]
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre[5] to centre-right[8]
European partiesAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (majority)
European Democratic Party (majority)
European People's Party (minority)
Associated organisationsAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
L’Europe Ensemble
Liberal International
From20 June 2019
Preceded byALDE Group
Chaired byValérie Hayer
MEP(s)
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Websitereneweuropegroup.eu Edit this at Wikidata

Renew Europe (or simply Renew) is a liberal, centrist to centre-right, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term.[9] The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which existed during the sixth, seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019, and under a variety of other names in earlier Parliaments. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe.

History

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In May 2019, speaking at a debate leading up to the 2019 European Parliament election, Guy Verhofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, announced that, following the election, the ALDE Group intended to dissolve and form a new alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance" electoral list.[10] During and following the European elections, the group temporarily styled itself "ALDE plus Renaissance plus USR PLUS".[11]

The new group announced the adoption of its name on 12 June 2019 after it formed an alliance with La République En Marche!. En Marche wanted to avoid the word liberal in the name, though the group continues to also be referred to as the Liberal Group outside of France.[12][13]

On 19 June 2019, it was announced that Dacian Cioloș, former Prime Minister of Romania and European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, had been chosen as the group's inaugural chairman, defeating Sophie in 't Veld by 64 votes to 42 and thus becoming the first Romanian to become the leader of a European Parliamentary group.[14] In October 2021, Cioloș resigned to return to domestic politics in Romania.[15]

Following the resignation of Dacian Cioloş, Stéphane Séjourné announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament and, as he ran unopposed, he was elected by acclamation on 19 October 2021.[16] On 11 January 2024, Séjourné was appointed minister of Europe and foreign affairs in Gabriel Attal's government and therefore resigned from his position as chair of the Renew group.

On 25 January 2024, Valérie Hayer from French Renaissance party was elected by acclamation as leader of Renew Europe parliament group, as she ran unopposed.[17][18]

In March 2024, 'New Europeans' was founded as an association under French law, bringing together Macron's Renaissance party and other French, Romanian, Slovenian, Polish and Danish parties that are inside Renew Europe, but that are not affiliated with a European party (ALDE or EDP), for a total of 22 MEPs.[19]

Renew Europe presented three lead candidates for the 2024 European Parliament election, one for each of the three factions that form the joint group: ALDE (Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann), EDP (Sandro Gozi) and L'Europe Ensemble (Valérie Hayer).[20]

MEPs

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10th European Parliament

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Main article: List of members of the European Parliament (2024–2029)
State National party European party MEPs[21]
 Austria NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum (NEOS) 		ALDE
2 / 20
 Belgium Reformist Movement
Mouvement Réformateur (MR) 		ALDE
3 / 22
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Open VLD) 		ALDE
1 / 22
The Committed Ones
Les Engagés (LE) 		EDP
1 / 22
 Bulgaria Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Dviženie za prava i svobodi (DPS)
Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi (DPS) 		ALDE
3 / 17
We Continue the Change
Prodalzhavame promyanata (PP) 		None
2 / 17
 Denmark Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party
Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (V) 		ALDE
2 / 15
Danish Social Liberal Party
Radikale Venstre (B) 		ALDE
1 / 15
Moderates
Moderaterne (M) 		None
1 / 15
 Estonia Estonian Reform Party
Eesti Reformierakond (RE) 		ALDE
1 / 7
Estonian Centre Party
Eesti Keskerakond (K) 		None
1 / 7
 Finland Centre Party
Suomen Keskusta (Kesk)
Centern i Finland (Centern) 		ALDE
2 / 15
Swedish People's Party
Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP)
Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP) 		ALDE
1 / 15
 France Renaissance
Renaissance (RE) 		None
5 / 81
Democratic Movement
Mouvement démocrate (MoDem) 		EDP
3 / 81
Horizons
Horizons 		None
2 / 81
Union of Democrats and Independents
Union des démocrates et indépendants (UDI) 		ALDE
1 / 81
Italia Viva[a]
Italia Viva 		EDP
1 / 81
Independent
Bernard Guetta 		Independent
1 / 81
 Germany Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) 		ALDE
5 / 96
Free Voters
Freie Wähler (FW) 		EDP
3 / 96
 Ireland Fianna Fáil (FF) ALDE
4 / 14
Independent Ireland (II) EDP
1 / 14
Independent
Michael McNamara 		Independent
1 / 14
 Latvia For Latvia's Development
Latvijas attīstībai (LA) 		ALDE
1 / 9
 Lithuania Liberals' Movement
Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų sąjūdis (LRLS) 		ALDE
1 / 11
Freedom Party
Laisvės partija (LP) 		ALDE
1 / 11
 Luxembourg Democratic Party
Demokratesch Partei (DP)
Parti Démocratique (PD)
Demokratische Partei (DP) 		ALDE
1 / 6
 Netherlands People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) 		ALDE
4 / 31
Democrats 66
Democraten 66 (D66) 		ALDE
3 / 31
 Poland Poland 2050
Polska 2050 (PL2050) 		None
1 / 53
 Portugal Liberal Initiative
Iniciativa Liberal (IL) 		ALDE
2 / 21
 Romania Save Romania Union
Uniunea Salvați România (USR) 		ALDE
2 / 33
People's Movement Party
Partidul Mișcarea Populară (PMP) 		EPP
1 / 33
 Slovakia Progressive Slovakia
Progresívne Slovensko (PS) 		ALDE
6 / 15
 Slovenia Freedom Movement
Gibanje Svoboda (GS) 		None
2 / 9
 Spain Basque Nationalist Party
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ)
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)
Parti national basque (PNB) 		EDP
1 / 61
 Sweden Centre Party
Centerpartiet (C) 		ALDE
2 / 21
Liberals
Liberalerna (L) 		ALDE
1 / 21
 European Union Total
77 / 720

9th European Parliament

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Main article: List of members of the European Parliament (2019–2024)
Renew Europe has MEPs in 24 member states. Yellow indicates member states sending multiple MEPs, light yellow indicates member states sending a single MEP.
State National party European party MEPs[22]
 Austria NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum (NEOS) 		ALDE
1 / 19
 Belgium Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Open VLD) 		ALDE
2 / 21
Reformist Movement
Mouvement Réformateur (MR) 		ALDE
2 / 21
 Bulgaria Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Dviženie za prava i svobodi (DPS)
Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi (DPS) 		ALDE
3 / 17
 Croatia Istrian Democratic Assembly
Istarski demokratski sabor (IDS) 		ALDE
1 / 12
 Czech Republic ANO 2011
ANO 2011 (ANO) 		ALDE
5 / 21
 Denmark Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party
Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (V) 		ALDE
3 / 14
Danish Social Liberal Party
Radikale Venstre (B) 		ALDE
1 / 14
Moderates
Moderaterne (M) 		None
1 / 14
Independent
Karen Melchior 		Independent
1 / 14
 Estonia Estonian Reform Party
Eesti Reformierakond (RE) 		ALDE
2 / 7
Estonian Centre Party
Eesti Keskerakond (K) 		ALDE
1 / 7
 Finland Centre Party
Suomen Keskusta (Kesk)
Centern i Finland (Centern) 		ALDE
2 / 14
Swedish People's Party
Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP)
Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP) 		ALDE
1 / 14
 France Renaissance
Renaissance (RE) 		None
13 / 79
Democratic Movement
Mouvement démocrate (MoDem) 		EDP
6 / 79
Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party
Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste (PR) 		ALDE
1 / 79
Horizons
Horizons 		None
1 / 79
Cap Ecology
Cap écologie (CE) 		None
1 / 79
Independent
Jérémy Decerle 		Independent
1 / 79
 Germany Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) 		ALDE
5 / 96
Free Voters
Freie Wähler (FW) 		EDP
2 / 96
 Greece Independent
Giorgos Kyrtsos 		Independent
1 / 21
 Hungary Momentum Movement
Momentum Mozgalom (Momentum) 		ALDE
2 / 21
 Ireland Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party
Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach (FF) 		ALDE
2 / 13
 Italy Action
Azione 		ALDE
2 / 76
Italia Viva
Italia Viva 		EDP
1 / 76
Independent
Marco Zullo 		Independent
1 / 76
 Latvia Development/For!
Attīstībai/Par! (AP!) 		ALDE
1 / 8
 Lithuania Liberals' Movement
Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų sąjūdis (LRLS) 		ALDE
1 / 11
 Luxembourg Democratic Party
Demokratesch Partei (DP)
Parti Démocratique (PD)
Demokratische Partei (DP) 		ALDE
1 / 6
Independent
Monica Semedo 		Independent
1 / 6
 Netherlands People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) 		ALDE
5 / 29
Democrats 66
Democraten 66 (D66) 		ALDE
1 / 29
Volt Netherlands
Volt Nederland (Volt) 		Volt Europa
1 / 29
 Poland Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050
Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni (PL2050) 		None
1 / 51
 Romania Renewing Romania's European Project
Reînnoim Proiectul European al României (REPER) 		None
5 / 33
Save Romania Union
Uniunea Salvați România (USR) 		ALDE
2 / 33
 Slovakia Progressive Slovakia
Progresívne Slovensko (PS) 		ALDE
3 / 14
Apple
Jablko 		None
1 / 14
 Slovenia Freedom Movement
Gibanje Svoboda (GS) 		None
1 / 8
Greens of Slovenia
Zeleni Slovenije (ZS) 		None
1 / 8
 Spain Citizens
Ciudadanos (Cs) 		ALDE
7 / 59
Basque Nationalist Party
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ)
Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV)
Parti national basque (PNB) 		EDP
1 / 59
Independent
Javier Nart 		Independent
1 / 59
 Sweden Centre Party
Centerpartiet (C) 		ALDE
2 / 20
Liberals
Liberalerna (L) 		ALDE
1 / 20
 European Union Total
102 / 705

Former members

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  • The UK MEPs of the Liberal Democrats and the Alliance Party de facto left the group on 31 January 2020 when the UK left the EU.
  • On 20 January 2021, the Renew Europe Group terminated the membership of Viktor Uspaskich, MEP of the Lithuanian Labour Party.
  • In March 2021, Czech MEP Radka Maxová left the Renew Europe group because of disagreement with ANO 2011.

Resignation and replacement

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New members

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Leadership

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International cooperation

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On 21 January 2022, representatives of Renew Europe held a meeting with the European Party of Armenia.[32]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sandro Gozi, a member of the Italian party, serves as an MEP for France and was elected as a candidate for the Ensemble coalition

References

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  1. ^ "Browse table". European Parliament. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Parliament's seven political groups | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "European Union". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b Slomp, Hans (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  5. ^ "20 MEPs to watch in 2020". POLITICO.eu. 13 January 2020. The European Parliament is younger, more diverse — and more divided ... Macron's baby in the Parliament: the centrist Renew Europe group.
  6. ^ Bourgery-Gonse, Théo (27 April 2023). "New EU debt rules welcome, but tensions simmer on Germany's new 'benchmarks'". Euractiv. Retrieved 10 June 2024. This split of minds between the French and the Germans might play out concretely within the centre-right Renew group in the European Parliament.
  7. ^ Collins, Sarah (30 April 2021). "Ireland set to lose €200m in fight for share of the EU's Brexit fund". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. ^ [6][7]
  9. ^ "Renew Europe. – News – ALDE". alde.eu. 13 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Frenzy in Firenze: 4 takeaways from EU lead candidate debate". Politico. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. ^ Eder, Florian (27 May 2019). "ALDE 2.0 deals blow to Weber's Commission dream". Politico.
  12. ^ Baume, Maïa de La (12 June 2019). "Macron-Liberal alliance to be named Renew Europe". Politico. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  13. ^ "[Ticker] Liberal Alde rename themselves 'Renew Europe'". EUobserver. 12 June 2019.
  14. ^ Herszenhorn, David; Baume, Maïa de La (19 June 2019). "Ex-Romanian prime minister to lead centrist Renew Europe group". POLITICO. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ^ "French supremacy fears loom over Renew Europe leadership search". POLITICO EU. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  16. ^ Maïa de La Baume (19 October 2021), [1] Politico Europe
  17. ^ "French MEP Valérie Hayer elected president of liberal group Renew Europe". euronews. 25 January 2024.
  18. ^ "French Renew MEP Valérie Hayer on course to lead European Parliament's third-largest faction". Politico Europe. 24 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Macron forms 'New Europeans' club to unite fragmented EU liberals". Politico Europe. 21 March 2024.
  20. ^ "EU elections: The Trio that will enter the ring for the Liberals". Euractiv. 20 March 2024.
  21. ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  22. ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Skiftedag i Bruxelles: Bergur Løkke tager over for Søren Gade | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  24. ^ "Bergur Løkke Rasmussen skifter Venstre ud med Moderaterne | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  25. ^ "Løkkes søn skifter til Moderaterne | Nyheder". tv2.dk (in Danish). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Slovak MEP Ďuriš Nicholsonová changes factions", rtvs.sk, 2021-09-05
  27. ^ "Press conference by Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, Renew Europe President, on the enlargement of the group", Multimedia Centre, 2021-11-10
  28. ^ "Le député européen Michal Wiezik rejoint le groupe Renew Europe," Renew Europe, 7 December 2021
  29. ^ Sophie Bordier, "Seine-et-Marne : la députée européenne Salima Yenbou s'éloigne des écologistes et se rapproche des macronistes," Le Parisien, 12 March 2022
  30. ^ "Νέα Δημοκρατία: Πώς η αλλαγή «ευρωομάδας» από τον Γιώργο Κύρτσο δημιουργεί πολιτικές εξελίξεις," ΤΟ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΙ, 5 May 2022
  31. ^ "Μέλος της πολιτικής ομάδας Renew Europe ο Γιώργος Κύρτσος," Documento, 4 May 2022
  32. ^ European Party of Armenia [@ArmEuroParty] (21 January 2022). "European Party of Armenia holds meeting with Renew Europe" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Twitter.
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