The European liberals who met in Brussels on Saturday, 25 October, for the annual congress of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) reaffirmed that faced with the challenge posed by autocracies around the world, Europe must remain “a lighthouse of freedom and democracy” and be able to protect its “vital interests”.
“Europe must become a global superpower that is independent from Moscow for energy, Beijing for technology and Washington for defence. We want...