For Immediate Release
LP Chair Geoffrey Neale to address European libertarians in Spain
As part of a European tour, U.S. Libertarian Party Chair Geoffrey J. Neale will be the featured speaker at a conference hosted by the Individual Freedom Party (P-LIB), the Spanish equivalent of the U.S. Libertarian Party, on Nov. 6 in Madrid.
Neale’s tour, which will include stops in Russia and Germany, coincides with the emergence of a new pan-European party — the European Party for International Liberty (EPIL) — which aims to advance libertarian policy in Europe.
A distinguished panel of libertarian leaders will speak at the conference and will pose questions for Chair Neale, followed by an open discussion with conference participants. The panelists are:
- Juan Ramón Rallo, an Austrian school economist and media pundit who writes for several newspapers and regularly appears on radio and TV. He is the director of the Instituto Juan de Mariana, the main Austrian school think tank in Spain.
- José Carlos Rodríguez, chief editor of The Gazette International (La Gaceta) daily newspaper.
- Roald Schoenmakers, secretary of international relations for P-LIB and provisional chair of EPIL.
Spanish P-Lib affiliate chairs from Andalucía, Basque Country, Valencia, and Catalonia will travel to Madrid for the event, as will representatives from other European libertarian organizations.
Juan Pina, President of P-LIB, will introduce Neale. A private dinner with Neale is being offered to supporters and affiliates as part of the program after the conference.
Several radio, national TV, and national newspaper outlets will interview Neale on the day of the conference. He will also meet with libertarian leaders to discuss strategy on November 5.
The Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties was signed on Sept. 28 in the Netherlands by Libertarian representatives from France, Germany, Holland, and Spain to form EPIL.
P-Lib conference organizers are billing Neale’s appearance as “a great honor” and refer to him as “the head of the first expressly libertarian political party on earth, the Libertarian Party of the United States of America.”
Neale will share with conference attendees the evolution of the U.S. Libertarian Party, and will express his desire for libertarians around the world to unite in mutual support.
“We’re thrilled to see the formation of libertarian parties in Europe, and welcome them with open arms,” Neale said. “Unlike our imperialist masters in the United States, we seek partnership with our European allies and wish them every success.”
Neale is encouraged by recent and proposed independence movements in Europe, from Slovakia to Great Britain.
“Several European countries are making great strides in a libertarian direction,” he said. “We’re on the cusp of a global libertarian movement.”
The conference will be held at the VP El Madroño in the Salamanca district of Madrid.
The entire conference will be conducted in English. Both English and Spanish versions of Neale’s speech will be distributed at the event.
Reservations are available on a first come, first serve basis by calling P-Lib at 666 11 24 24, or by sending an email to [email protected].
Source: LP.org
Note: The next day, the LP staff released a brief statement from Neale clarifying that the trip will be paid for from his personal funds and not the party’s coffers:
http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/please-donate-not-for-spain-russia-tour
http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/lp-chair-geoffrey-j-neale-to-speak-at-adam-smith-forum-in-russia
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lucky bastard
Encouraging signs abroad. Kudos to Geoffrey Neale for his activity.
As covered in Liberty for America magazine, there is a libertarian party in Germany, the Partei der Vernunft, that for the first time contested the German Federal election and pulled over 25,000 votes.
I understand that I can now edit my entries so how is that done or where do I find the instructions on how to do so? I don’t see any such animal. For the record I left the s off of nations.
Some European nation are probably less socialist than the U.S.
The gentlemen I met with today are meeting with CATO (and several other groups) in DC on Monday.
They also told me that they have a friend who came to the US to work at IJ for six months and now is trying to establish a libertarian law firm in Stockholm as a result.
Yes, we should admire and encourage them for all the great work they are doing in admittedly socialist states.
Isn’t there a free market Swede that publishes work at CATO? Selling ideas of a free market and freedom from government appears to be an even tougher sell in Europe. I have lots of respect for anyone across the pond, even if it’s a small handful, that spread the message. We can make all of the flippant comments we want but it’s not like we’ve accomplished all that much over here.
There are small but growing libertarian movements throughout Europe.
Today, I had lunch in New York City with three Swedish libertarians, one of whom is the Editor in Chief of Entreprenor Magazine in Stockholm with a circulation of over 60,000.
Not a huge number in a country of 9,000,000, but they are making inroads and gaining influence, especially as radically socialist policies have led to the collapse of many other EU members.
Viva libertarianism in Europe!
“LP Chair Geoffrey Neale to address European libertarians in Spain”
All three of them?