2013 @ALDEParty Congress: the election results

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2013 @ALDEParty Congress: the election results

By Mark Valladares | Tue 3rd December 2013 - 8:16 am

On Saturday afternoon, despite some technical difficulties with the election equipment, Returning Officers Daniel Obst (FDP, Germany) and Mark Valladares (Liberal Democrats, UK) were able to announce the winners of the two contests as follows:

President

Sir Graham Watson MEP (Liberal Democrats, UK) – 377 votes (91%)

Vice-Presidents

Lousewies van der Laan (D66, Netherlands) – 389 votes (98%)
Marc Guerrero i Tarragó (Convergencia, Catalonia) – 378 votes (95%)
Olle Schmidt MEP (Folkpartiet, Sweden) – 348 votes (87%)
Karin Riis-Jørgensen (Venstre, Denmark) – 339 votes (85%)
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP (FDP, Germany) – 291 votes (73%)

Niccolo Rinaldi (Italia dei Valore, Italy), with 230 votes (58%) was the unsuccessful candidate.

Each of the above-named will serve a two-year term from 1 January 2014.

* Mark Valladares is a member of the ALDE Party Council and is Liberal Democrat Voice’s somewhat erratic Europe correspondent.

Read more by Mark Valladares or more about ALDE.
This entry was posted in Europe / International and News.

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3 Comments

CP 3rd Dec '13 - 2:53pm

Catalonia is in Spain?
Euan Davidson 4th Dec '13 - 10:05am

@CP Catalonia regards itself as a nation and so should we
Malcolm Todd 4th Dec '13 - 11:11am

Euan — sounds good, but:
“Sir Graham Watson MEP (Liberal Democrats, UK)”
“Marc Guerrero i Tarragó (Convergencia, Catalonia)”

Oddly discordant, don’t you think?

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