Renew Europe


Renew Europe is a liberal, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group which existed during the sixth, seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe.

History

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 group announced that following the election, the ALDE Group intended to dissolve and form a new alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance". During and following the European elections, the group temporarily styled itself "ALDE plus Renaissance plus USR PLUS".
The new group announced the adoption of its name on 12 June 2019 after it formed an alliance with La République En Marche!.
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.

MEPs

9th European Parliament

Former Members

The British MEPs of the Liberals Democrats and the Alliance Party left de facto the group on 31 January 2020 as the UK left the EU.

Leadership