Since then, the Federation has been expanding rapidly. Later the first member organisations from Africa and Asia followed. This is why it has only 51 members. The main sources of income are the Council of Europe, the European Community, and membership fees. It is also the ideology of human rights.
Liberalism is more than just a set of political ideas.
It is almost a way of life, a continuous fight for respect of human rights, for creating equal opportunities, for social justice. Last year's activities included seminars on participation of youth in society, ethnic minorities, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as a Baltic Sea Conference, a study visit to Paraguay, and a delegation visiting the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. For 1994 delegations to the elections in South Africa and the Ukraine are planned. Haider's populism, the expression of sympathy for right-wing ideas and his intolerance against foreigners became more and more relentless. In view of the Nazi-occupation of Holland expressions of an Austrian politician are especially painful.