Monthly Archives: September 2013

Europe urgently needs to convene a humanitarian Conference on Syrian refugee crisis

In addition to pushing for a political solution to end the civil war in Syria and taking a strong and targeted response to deter possible future use of chemical weapons, the EU should take convene a major Conference focused especially on …

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A United International Community is the only serious deterrent to Assad

The European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted a strong cross party resolution calling for the International community to act in the face of the continuing tragedy in Syria and especially given the recent use of chemical weapons most likel…

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A United International Community is the only serious deterrent to Assad

The European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted a strong cross party resolution calling for the International community to act in the face of the continuing tragedy in Syria and especially given the recent use of chemical weapons most likel…

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ALDE Group nominate Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for Sakharov Prize 2013

The ALDE Group has nominated Malala Yousafzai for the Sakharov Prize 2013. Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani school girl who was shot in the head and neck in an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen while returning home on a scho…

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Worried about the overregulation of e-cigarettes and want to do something about it?

Following an agreement among the leaders of the European Parliament’s political groups last week, the final EP vote on the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has now been pushed back to the 8th of October 2013. Although the vote was not delayed because o…

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Worried about the overregulation of e-cigarettes and want to do something about it?

Following an agreement among the leaders of the European Parliament’s political groups last week, the final EP vote on the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has now been pushed back to the 8th of October 2013. Although the vote was not delayed because o…

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Guy Verhofstadt on Syria: Carrots need sticks

On the situation in Syria, ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt said today the efforts to put chemical weapons under international control is commendable but what is needed is an end to bloodshed and the criminal regime of Al Assad. Assad is …

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Parliament moves to reduce impact of biofuels on global warming

Parliament moves to reduce impact of biofuels on global warming
Members of the European Parliament today adopted ALDE MEP Corinne Lepage´s report revising EU rules on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) due to carbon emissions resulting from indirect land use change (ILUC) from biofuels production. The aim of this important and technically complex legislation is to minimise the impact of biofuel production on the climate. However negotiations with Council will not begin until later, after a second reading, as Parliament rejected a proposal to start talks immediately by a single vote.

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Verhofstadt: Europe needs concrete steps to avoid a Japanese-style winter of slow growth

In his plenary intervention today in Strasbourg on the State of the Union, Guy Verhofstadt warned against complacency in Europe at the emerging signs of growth in parts of the Eurozone and urged rapid agreement on two flagship proposals …

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Europe must save endangered languages from being forgotten

Ahead of today’s plenary vote in the European Parliament on endangered European languages, the group of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) underlines the importance of supporting, protecting and promoting languages that are at risk of disappea…

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