Liberal Awards
The Liberal Awards by the European Liberal Forum celebrates the champions of liberal values and ideas and promotes their recognition and impact on the European level.
The Liberal Awards by the European Liberal Forum celebrates the champions of liberal values and ideas and promotes their recognition and impact on the European level.
The European Liberal Forum is presenting the fifth edition of the Liberal Awards, which celebrates the champions of liberal values and ideas and ensures their recognition and impact at the European level.
Every year, ELF member organisations, political parties and foundations are invited to nominate candidates in different categories. Open to current and former elected officials, think tankers, journalists and activists who are residents in one of the Council of Europe Member States. In 2025, liberal organisations can nominate their candidates in two categories, and each organisation can make no more than one nomination in each category:
The Deadline for nominations is September 14th, 2025.
The project aims to put the spotlight on and celebrate the achievements of liberal figures, stakeholders, changemakers and activists during the 2025 ALDE Congress, taking place in Brussels on 24-25 October.
| Rising Star | Liberal of the Year |
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| Aleksandra Kot Member of the Polish Sejm | Ilhan Kyuchyuk Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the ALDE Party |
| Rising Star | Liberal of the Year | Lifetime Achievement |
|---|---|---|
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| Luis Cano Founder of the Rainbow Platform | Kaja Kallas Prime Minister of Estonia | MEP Guy Verhofstadt Former Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Rising Star | Political Disruptor | Values Champion |
|---|---|---|
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| Pavle Grbović Serbian MP, President of the Movement of Free Citizens | Marta Lempart Co-founder, All-Poland Women’s Strike | Hans van Baalen Late president of the ALDE party |
| Outstanding Changemaker | Outstanding Changemaker |
|---|---|
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| Kira Rudik President of the Golos (Voice) Party in Ukraine, ALDE party VP | Olha Stefanishyna Deputy Prime Minister for European & Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine |
| Rising Star | Political Disruptor | Best Speech |
|---|---|---|
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| Alena Trauschel MP of Baden-Wuerttemberg state parliament | Johan Norberg Historian, author, documentary filmmaker | Katalin Cseh Member of the European Parliament |