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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…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,EU in the World,Democracy promotion,AFET :: Foreign Affairs
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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…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Growth & Jobs,Recovery strategy,SMEs
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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.
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,Analyze crisis,The Eurozone Crisis,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs,Euro zone
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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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Tagged Press Release,JURI :: Legal Affairs
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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.
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Privacy / data protection, Press Release,Civil Liberties,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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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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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Racism, Press Release,,Civil Liberties,Combat discrimination,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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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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Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs,Euro zone
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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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