Monthly Archives: March 2013

Efforts to tackle unpaid invoices to region’s small businesses welcomed by Lib Dem MEPs

Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire are backing new measures that will help businesses in the area who do work for public bodies. The impact of unpaid invoices to the region’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) can be crippling, in …

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Cyprus Bail-out deal a disaster for EU rules and single market

Sharon Bowles, Chair of the European Parliaments Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee said she is appalled by the Cyprus bailout which includes bailing-in some guaranteed deposits i.e. swapping them for shares.

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Cyprus bailout terms should be debated by full Parliament on Wednesday

Guy Verhofstadt, President ALDE Group in the European Parliament, today reacted strongly against the proposed terms for the Cypriot adjustment programme, following the terms agreed early on Saturday morning between the Cypriot Government …

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Libya’s National Forces Alliance – a model for democratic transition for the entire region

Guy Verhofstadt is in Tripoli, Libya this weekend with two members of the ALDE group bureau on the invitation of Mahmud Gebril to commemorate the first anniversary of the National Forces Alliance party.

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Verhofstadt: EU should follow French and UK lead and rethink arms embargo on Syria

Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader welcomed comments by France’s Foreign Minister – Laurent Fabius today indicating that France could be prepared to review support for the EU arms embargo in order to help the conflict to a swift end.

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letter to the paper – ban on cosmetic items tested on animals

The following letter has been sent on behalf of both Rebecca Taylor MEP and Edward McMillan-Scott MEP to newspapers in the region.   Dear Sir, As of 11th March 2013 the sale of cosmetic products tested on animals has been …

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Secure and sustainable energy future requires key targets

MEPs voted today on scenarios on how to decarbonise the energy sector in response to the Commission’s 2050 Energy Roadmap proposals of how to reach the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050…

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Watchdog needed in fight against match-fixing

Match-fixing is not new, but is becoming an increasing problem because of criminal organizations using sport fraud both to launder their gains and to fund other illegal activities in drugs and human trafficking. They run relatively little…

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Active migration policies for a changing world

In her report adopted today on “the integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination” Nadja Hirsch (FDP, Germany) calls for active migration policies to resolve the dual …

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Nobody poses a greater threat to North Korean than Kim Jong-un himself

Following North Korea’s recent nuclear test and evidence of their expanding nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, the European Parliament in Strasbourg held a debate with EU High Representative to discuss this issue. Jelko Kacin (LDS…

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