Monthly Archives: September 2012

Common consular protection: no EU citizens should be left behind

The Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) voted today on a report to strengthen consular protection for EU citizens abroad. ALDE welcomes this proposal to overcome the grave flaws exposed at the time of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008,…

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Asylum seekers: no transfers to countries unable to cope with human rights

After years of blockage, a compromise package between the Parliament and Council was agreed on in July to replace the Dublin II regulation, establishing the principles determining the country responsible for assessing asylum claims, impro…

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Lets talk rubbish! – Euro- MP

Rebecca Taylor, Euro-MP for Yorkshire and the Humber is calling on local councils to let the public know what is happening with their waste.  Rebecca has signed the Resource Association’s ’End Destinations of recycling charter’, which calls for more information …

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MEPs back more transparency and less bureaucracy for SMEs

The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament today adopted two reports updating EU legislation on transparency and accounting. The new rules will both set new standards for the cooperation with developing countries and ease requ…

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Liberals and Democrats deliver boost for SMEs

The ALDE Group today celebrated in the European Parliament’s Industry Committee the successful adoption of a key report on small and medium-sized enterprises – “competitiveness and business opportunities”.

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Passengers’ rights should apply to ALL transport modes

The European Parliament’s Transport committee voted today on a report to contribute to the Commission’s communication of 2011 aimed at investigating how to improve current EU legislations that guarantee passenger rights across all transpo…

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Passengers’ rights should apply to ALL transport modes

The European Parliament’s Transport committee voted today on a report to contribute to the Commission’s communication of 2011 aimed at investigating how to improve current EU legislations that guarantee passenger rights across all transpo…

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ALDE Newsletter September 2012

14 September 2012 Headlines ALDE NewsALDE’s SME BOOST Campaign EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATEMENT ON BANKING UNIONProfiles of MEPs in the News ALDE News Verhofstadt appointed as one of EP negotiators to participate in preparations for full …

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Putin’s majority rids Duma of any credibility

Guy Verhofstadt: “Today’s dismisal of Gennady Gudkov, Member of the State Duma for Just Russia opposition party demonstrates clearly that in Putin’s Russia there is no space for dissent and opposition. Putin’s majority in the Duma appears…

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ALDE congratulates both Dutch liberal parties on election results

Guy VERHOFSTADT, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament, congratulates VVD-leader Mark Rutte, who again won the Dutch elections last night and D66-leader Alexander Pechtold, after an election campaign …

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