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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Verhofstadt on Syria "Arguments for not intervening are pure nonsense"
The absence of action by the international community to the humanitarian crisis in Syria is a “real scandal”- this was the overriding message today by Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE leader during the debate in the European Parliament with the EU H…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,EU in the World,AFET :: Foreign Affairs,Middle East
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From Rome to Riga, Europe puts victims first
Today the first ever European-wide law on the protection of citizen’s fundamental rights will be approved by the European Parliament, setting minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. Liberals and Democr…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Citizens rights, Press Release,Civil Liberties,FEMM :: Women's Rights and Gender Equality,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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Single European banking supervisor essential to unblock direct bank recapitalisation
Today the European Commission adopted the long awaited proposal for the creation of a European Banking union. Already in September 2009, when the Commission presented its proposals revising the structures for macro and micro financial sup…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Coordinated governance,The Eurozone Crisis,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs
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Commission must come forward with new proposals to fill energy efficiency gap
Speaking ahead of the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) in the European Parliament today ALDE MEP Fiona Hall (UK, Liberal Democrat) called on Commissioner Oettinger to come forward with additional measures this autumn to a…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,,Reducing Emissions,ITRE :: Industry, Research and Energy,Energy
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European complicity in the CIA rendition programme: impunity is a violation of EU values
The European Parliament voted today on an updated report into alleged European collusion with CIA ‘extraordinary rendition’ (kidnap and secret illegal detention) developed as part of the Bush “war on terror”. The report, five years after …
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Justice and Home Affairs, Press Release,Civil Liberties,Anti Terrorism,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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End of Kosovo’s supervised independence in the wake of a constructive step from Serbia
“Serbia’s new government made an important step forward when it decided to end the self-imposed absence from regional and trade meetings just a week ago. From now on, Serbian diplomats and representatives will attend the meetings of regio…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,AFET :: Foreign Affairs
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EU Court must look at broader picture when deciding on EP Calendar Case
ALDE MEPs and co-chairs of the Single Seat campaign, Alexander Alvaro and Edward McMillan-Scott, have rejected the conclusion reached by the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) top legal adviser (opinion from 6 September) to support the Fre…
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Tagged Press Release,The EU and its Institutions
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Verhofstadt: ECB’s bond-buying plan won’t solve the crisis alone
Following today’s ECB Governing Council meeting, President Draghi officially unveiled the new programme to help struggling Member States from the debt crisis – a plan that pledges unlimited and sterilized bond-buying under strict conditio…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,Growth & Jobs,The Eurozone Crisis,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs,ECB
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Croatia – the next country to join the EU?
This summer I has the pleasure to spend 10 lovely days in Croatia for my summer holidays. I visited Dubrovnik, the islands of Korcula, Hvar and Kolocep, and the city of Split. Like thousands of people before me, I was blown away by the beauty of Dubrov…
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Establishment of a Common European Asylum System: what should be the next steps?
The deadline for the adoption of the legislative package for the creation of a Common European Asylum System, set for 2012 by the Stockholm Programme, is rapidly approaching. In this context ALDE held a seminar today in order to reflec…
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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Visa policy, Press Release,Civil Liberties,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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