Monthly Archives: April 2013

EU helps developing countries to tackle corruption

Rebecca Taylor, Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, has welcomed agreement this week on new EU rules to tackle corruption. Now large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will have to disclose full information on their payments to …

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Libya: Mahmoud Jebril calls for national dialogue to consolidate democratic transition

This week the ALDE group welcomed Mahmoud Jibril, Libya’s interim Prime Minister after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and currently leader of the largest political party in the Libyan Parliament (National Forces Alliance). This was his fi…

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ECB must target SME needs directly

During next week plenary session, the European Parliament is due to vote on the European Central Bank annual report for 2011, after a debate with its President, Mario Draghi. The ALDE group has decided to table an amendment which addresse…

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ECB must target SME needs directly

During next week plenary session, the European Parliament is due to vote on the European Central Bank annual report for 2011, after a debate with its President, Mario Draghi. The ALDE group has decided to table an amendment which addresse…

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ALDE Calls for Committee of Inquiry on Cyprus debacle

Today the ALDE Group calls for a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry should the ECON Committee Hearing on 25 April not answer the many questions hanging over the Cyprus affair.

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ALDE MEPs pave the way for more transparency in the extracting business and less accounting burden for SME’s

Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will be obliged to disclose full information about every single project whose payments to the governmental authorities exceed the threshold of 100.000 Euros. And administrative accounting burd…

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Improved Schengen Information system finally fully operative

The European Commission announced that today the new generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) became fully operational.

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International Roma Day: break social exclusion via education and better implementation of EU laws

To commemorate the International Roma Day, ALDE group member Sir Graham Waston is today hosting in collaboration with the European Liberal Forum, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and with the assistance of the Open Society Foundations, a …

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Europe cannot wait for another Cyprus before establishing a common resolution fund

Guy Verhofstadt today called on the European Commission to speed up its preparation of a legislative proposal establishing a common European bank resolution fund as soon as possible in light of the experiences in dealing with the Cyprus b…

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Privacy Under Threat – Public Meeting in Hebden Bridge, Friday 12th April

On Friday 12th April I will be joining Phil Booth of the newly launched MedConfidentiality campaign (medConfidential.org) in Hebden Bridge for a public meeting to discuss important changes affecting our personal privacy. Find out more about the meeting here: http://privacyunderthreat.eventbrite.com/

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