Monthly Archives: June 2013

Verhofstadt criticizes weak attitude of Europe against state violence in Turkey

During an exchange of views with the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton today in Strasbourg, ALDE Leader, Guy Verhofstadt said he was disappointed that the Union has again chosen to be ambivalent in the face of a clear violation of …

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Greece: shutting down all state broadcasters is not a reform

Yesterday, following a decision of the Greek government, all public TV and radio closed down all broadcasts and around 2500 workers were dismissed as a response to the tough bailout conditions requiring huge cuts in public expenditure.

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Transparent: mining and logging sectors

Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will now be obliged to disclose full information about every single project whose payments to the governmental authorities exceed the threshold of 100.000 Euros, following the adoption by the …

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More transparent reporting needed in the mining and logging sectors

Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will now be obliged to disclose full information about every single project whose payments to the governmental authorities exceed the threshold of 100.000 Euros, following the adoption by the …

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New Fund for the EU’s poorest citizens

For the last two years the number of people facing extreme poverty has increased due to the financial crisis. In the EU, one in ten citizens is finding it hard to get enough to eat. 18 million people now have to rely on food aid. More tha…

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New Fund for the EU’s poorest citizens replaces food aid programme

For the last two years the number of people facing extreme poverty has increased due to the financial crisis. In the EU, one in ten citizens is finding it hard to get enough to eat. 18 million people now have to rely on food aid. More tha…

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Fighting youth unemployment

To effectively tackle the urgent problem of youth unemployment, structural solutions to improve the overall economic governance of the EU are needed. The group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) today again stress…

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To fight youth unemployment the EU needs better economic governance

To effectively tackle the urgent problem of youth unemployment, structural solutions to improve the overall economic governance of the EU are needed. The group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) today again stress…

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Composition of Parliament: pragmatism must prevail in favour of institutional solution

Liberals and Democrats today rallied around a pragmatic solution which will allow the next Parliament to integrate the new Croatian MEPs without upsetting the overall balance of the Parliament’s composition. The European Parliament meetin…

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Improved Schengen preserves citizens’ freedom

The European Parliament confirmed today its agreement with the Council – after almost a year of negotiations – on a new Schengen governance system. This will strengthen the Schengen supervision by finally putting an end to the current st…

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