Our Freedom Is Under Attack book launch

Deadline to register is on 30 November 2025 at 14 h pm CET.

The event is organised by the European Liberal Forum with the support of the NEOS Lab. The event received financial support from the European Parliament. The sole liability remains with the organiser. The European Parliament is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

Book launch

Our Freedom is Under Attack

Venue: ‘Au Bassin’ Bar, Quai aux Briques 74, 1000 Brussels

3rd December 2025, 19:00 – 21:30 (CET)

For too long, Europe has sat back and relied on the US. Now antidemocratic presidents as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are working together to crush the EU, while Europe's right-wing populists are serving as their puppets and sabotage us from within. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 marked a turning point. Gone is an 80-year period in which Western Europe could rely on the United States as a loyal partner in economic and social matters.

Instead, a new autocratic axis between Trump and Putin is forming before our eyes, threatening to crush the progressive EU and its ideals – from outside as well as from within. With the help of compliant right-wing parties in Europe, they are dividing the values of freedom and constitutionality in an attempt to destroy the European alliance. The coming years determine whether the European project for peace and reconciliation, which was launched in the aftermath of the Second World War, will survive.

Programme

18:45 Arrival of the participants

19:00 Welcome from the European Liberal Forum

Speaker: Alva Finn, Executive Director, European Liberal Forum

Speaker: Helga Pattart-Drexler, Director, NEOS Lab

19:10 Book launch and discussion

Speaker: Helmut Brandstätter, MEP, Renew Europe Group and President, NEOS Lab

Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau, MEP, Renew Europe Group

Moderator: Helga Pattart-Drexler, Director, NEOS Lab

19:45 Q/A with the audience

20:15 Networking reception

Deadline to register is on 30 November 2025 at 14 h pm CET.