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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Protect posted workers but don’t overburden companies
The group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) supports the agreement adopted today that clarifies rules on the protection of posted workers. Posted workers provide specific cross-border services on a temporary basi…
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Tagged Press Release,Growth & Jobs,EMPL :: Employment and Social Affairs,Employment
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EU towards better corporate transparency
Corporate transparency in the EU will be improved by the new directive voted today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. European companies will have to report their non-financial information for the first time. This means for example…
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,JURI :: Legal Affairs,Company law
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Less red-tape for mobility of corporate employees
Today the European Parliament signed off a piece of legislation contributing to the development of a common EU legal migration policy, notably the intra-corporate transfers (ICTs) Directive. This directive makes it easier for multinationa…
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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Visa policy, Press Release,,Growth & Jobs,EMPL :: Employment and Social Affairs,Employment,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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New scheme will open up markets for best of EU agriculture
A new programme to promote high quality European agricultural products, both within the EU internal market and in non-EU countries, was approved today by MEPs in the European Parliament.
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Tagged AGRI :: Agriculture,Press Release,,,Agriculture
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A free market in animals but not a free market in disease
MEPs are due to vote tomorrow on measures to prevent the spread of animal diseases, especially those transmissible to humans, proposed in a report drafted by ALDE MEP Marit Paulsen (Sweden, Liberal People’s Party). The new rules will clar…
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Tagged Press Release,,Agriculture,AGRI :: Agriculture
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Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Guy Verhofstadt
Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Guy Verhofstadt
As afree man ctfter ten years of imprisonment, I have experienced many emotions – but none as profound as the gratitude Ifeelfor all those who supported me and myfamily all this time.
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Tagged EU in the World,Democracy promotion
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INSIDE THE ARAB REVOLUTION
This is not an Arab Spring. This is an Arab Revolution of the magnitude of the French Revolution.
Mounting tensions in Ukraine could trigger a second Crimea
Given continuing tensions in eastern Ukraine with pro-Russian demonstrators seizing public buildings and with thousands of Russian troops deployed along the border with Ukraine, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader has issued a warning to the EU’s High Representative to act now to diffuse tension or risk a second Crimea.
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,EU in the World,Democracy promotion,AFET :: Foreign Affairs
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Data Retention Directive: we should not always rely on courts to repair unsound laws
ALDE welcomes the European Court of Justice ruling of today declaring the Data Retention Directive to be invalid. The Directive, adopted in 2005, entitles Member States to retain citizens’ telecommunications data, such as phone calls and emails, and allows competent national authorities to access these data.
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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Privacy / data protection, Press Release,Civil Liberties,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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Election of Commission President
In a joint declaration, the presidents of the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul, Hannes Swoboda and Guy Verhofstadt, have made a commitment to dialogue and consultations as soon as possible after the European elections, in accordance with Declaration 11, annexed to the Treaty on European Union (related to articles 17.6 and 17.7). This states that “the European Parliament and European Council are jointly responsible for the smooth running of the process leading to the election of the
President of the European Commission (…)”.
“Representatives of the European Parliament and of the European Council will thus conduct the necessary consultations (…).”
According to the letter and the spirit of the Treaty, and taking full account of the results of the European elections, we commit ourselves to a dialogue and consultations as soon as possible after the European elections, with the aim of determining the European candidate to become the next Commission president from the political family able to form the necessary qualified majority in the European Parliament. The candidate from the largest group will be the first to attempt to form the required majority. On this basis, we will jointly submit a proposal to the European Council, to start inter-institutional consultations in conformity with Declaration 11.
The next elected Commission president will be the result of a transparent process, not the product of back-room deals.
Our political families will present themselves at the European elections each with their own candidate(s) for president of the next European Commission.
The next Commission president must be chosen from amongst them. Citizens’ expectations will thereby be respected, making the European Union more democratic and closer to them.
Contact for further information :
Neil Corlett
ALDE Group
email: neil.corlett@europarl.europa.eu
mobile: 0032 478 78 22 84
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