and from party to party. Ideology European liberalism is largely divided into classical (practically economical), social, and conservative–liberalism. Liberalism in Europe has a different meaning from the signification it has in contemporary politics in the US. In America, liberals might be confused with social-democrats and leftists which advocate for a larger government, some forms of protectionism and more economic interventionism; whereas European liberals usually favor limited government, free trade and adhere to economic liberalism. In the context of European politics, liberal itself generally refers to classical liberal (including both centre-left and centre-right), so classical liberal in European politics means a "centre-right" with a prominent economically liberal tendency. (Germany's FDP is representative.) There is also an evaluation that mainstream conservative liberal (ex. ordoliberalism, Christian democracy, enc.) in Europe have weaker economic liberal tendencies than social liberal. However, some classical liberal (economic liberal), are included in conservative liberal. European Union European liberalists tend to support the European Union such as Emmanuel Macron, President of France who campaigned against Marine Le Pen a National Rally candidate a far right nationalist anti EU party. Some European liberalists support Federalisation of the European Union such as prominent European Liberalist politicians such as Guy Verhofstadt (Prime Minister of Belgium 1999 to 2008), Viviane Reading (Vice-President of the European Commission), and Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister of Italy 2014 to 2016). Social issues Among European liberals, "classical liberals" and "social liberals" support cultural liberalism (ex. LGBT rights issues including same-sex marriage, legalization of some drugs, opening immigration, etc.), but most "conservative liberals", including ordoliberals, Christian democrats and some agrarians, take a socially moderate-to-conservative stance on cultural liberalism. (Finland's Keskusta is representative.) Parties Government See also Liberalism by country for discussion of individual states of Europe Classical liberalism (mainly economic liberalism) Conservative liberalism (right-liberalism) Liberal conservatism Social liberalism (left-liberalism) Liberal socialism Libertarianism Ordoliberalism Radicalism (historical) Notes Europe Centrism in Europe Pro-Europeanism