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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Stricter and simpler rules on food for vulnerable consumers
The European Parliament today adopted a report on the European Commission’s Regulation on “Food intended for infants and young children and food intended for special medical purposes”, drafted by ALDE MEP Fréderique Ries (MR, Belgium), which defines concrete steps towards improving safety and quality of infant formulae, baby food products and products for vulnerable people in the European Union.
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,ENVI :: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety,Food labelling,Public Health
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Prism Scandal: ALDE obtains a debate with Commission
Following the eruption of the Prism scandal in the US that, as also suggested by the latest declarations of President Obama, may affect all EU citizens’ data protection, today the ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt obtained the agreement of P…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Privacy / data protection, Press Release,Civil Liberties,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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Essay Competition!
Please find below an advert for an essay writing competition I recently sent around local universities. The competition is open to undergraduates from Universities in the Yorkshire and Humber Region. Write an essay and get work experience at the European Parliament! …
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Verhofstadt & Cohn-Bendit awarded European Leader of the Year Award
At an awards ceremony in Brussels tonight at an annual event on the State of the European Union, ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt and his Green group counterpart, Daniel Cohn-Bendit were awarded this year’s European leadership award. Th…
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Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news
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EP supports persons with disabilities
Today, the leaders of the main political Groups in the European Parliament announced strong action to support the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe.
EP political groups join forces to support persons with disabilities
Today, the leaders of the main political Groups in the European Parliament announced strong action to support the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe.
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Tagged Press Release,
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Unaccompanied minors: Member States must follow EU Court jurisprudence
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that “The Member State responsible for examining an asylum application made in more than one Member State by an unaccompanied minor is the State in which the minor is present after ha…
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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Immigration policy, Press Release,Civil Liberties,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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Labour migration: not a matter of security but an instrument for growth
Today ALDE Members Cecilia Wikström (Folkpartiet, Sweden), Jan Mulder (VVD, the Netherlands) and Nadja Hirsch (FDP, Germany) held a seminar on labour migration, “Facing the paradox: ensuring skills and talents for European economic growth”. Faced with long and complicated procedures to hire employees in the EU, companies decide not to establish themselves in Europe and re-direct their development strategy towards other economies (US, Australia, Brazil, India, China, etc.) leaving Europe ironically struggling to find the right skilled labour.
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Tagged Press Release,Growth & Jobs,Civil Liberties
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Europe must not remain silent as Putin turns Russia’s back on democracy
Speaking at a seminar on Russian political prisoners organised by the ALDE Group in the European Parliament coinciding with the 50th birthday of former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ALDE spokesperson on Human Rights, Leonidas Donskis (Li…
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Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,EU in the World,Democracy promotion,AFET :: Foreign Affairs,Russia and ex-Soviet Union
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MFF: ALDE warns the Council against any denial of democracy
Liberals and Democrats are concerned about the progress of discussions within the trialogue between Parliament, Council and the Commission on the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The Irish Presidency obviously lacks the necessary lee…
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Tagged Press Release,,Leader Press releases and news,Budget Reform,BUDG :: Budgets,Financial Perspectives
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