In oktober 2009 werd New Direction: Foundation for European Reform opgericht in Brussel als een pan-Europees netwerk van klassiek-liberale en conservatieve denktanks. Libera! is vanaf haar oprichting lid van dit netwerk.

New Direction focust zich op de volgende tien speerpunten:

• Free enterprise, free and fair trade and competition, minimal regulation, lower taxation, and small government as the ultimate catalysts for individual freedom and personal and national prosperity.
• Freedom of the individual, more personal responsibility and greater democratic accountability.
• Sustainable, clean energy supply with an emphasis on energy security.
• The importance of the family as the bedrock of society.
• The sovereign integrity of the nation state, opposition to EU federalism and a renewed respect for true subsidiarity.
• The overriding value of the transatlantic security relationship in a revitalised NATO, and support for young democracies across Europe.
• Effectively controlled immigration and an end to abuse of asylum procedures.
• Efficient and modern public services and sensitivity to the needs of both rural and urban communities.
• An end to waste and excessive bureaucracy and a commitment to greater transparency and probity in the EU institutions and use of EU funds.
• Respect and equitable treatment for all EU countries, new and old, large and small.

New Direction is volledig onafhankelijk in haar werking maar is officieel verbonden met de pan-Europese politieke partij Alliantie van Europese Conservatieven en Hervormers.

Meer informatie over New Direction vindt u hier.
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