Monthly Archives: November 2014

ALDE’s three proposals for Juncker’s Plan

The ALDE Group welcomes the Investment proposal by the Commission. ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt: “We must indeed talk about billions. This is absolutely necessary. The investment gap is growing every year by 180 billion euro. Investmen…

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END WILDLIFE CRIME NOW! – ALDE

A shocking report released today by the IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has shown how thousands of endangered species are bought and sold online in 16 countries – including 6 EU Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Nethe…

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TTIP transparency measures welcomed by ALDE

The ALDE group in the European Parliament has welcomed today’s decision by the European Commission to make TTIP documents more public. Following today’s decisions, a greater number of EU negotiating texts will be made public.

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MEPs call on EU Court to assess the compatibility of mass transfer of passenger data with fundamental rights

MEPs today approved a proposal by the Liberal and Democrat Group (ALDE) to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the legality of mass data transfers to third countries before voting on the new EU-Canada agreement on the exchange of p…

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ALDE denounces hypocritical attempt by far right to topple Commission Juncker

During tonight’s debate about the motion of censure against the Commission Juncker, Guy Verhofstadt has made it clear that the ALDE Group will not support Le Pen and Farage in their attempt to topple the European Commission. ALDE will the…

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ALDE-reaction to the S&D proposal on the investment plan


A day after the presentation of the ALDE Recovery and Investment Act, the S&D group presented their contribution today.

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EU should not underestimate its power when dealing with Russia

EU should not underestimate its power when dealing with Russia

ALDE MEP, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Liberal’s Movement of Lithuania), calls for unity of EU Member States, which should double their efforts in supporting Eastern Partners. In his opinion, this is the right way to deal with Putin’s Russia:

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ALDE launches a recovery & investment plan of 700 billion euros

Today, the President of the ALDE Group Guy Verhofstadt, launched ALDE’s “European Investment and Recovery Act”.

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EU must not accept the breach of Minsk Protocol by Russia

The Foreign Affairs Council’s decision of yesterday to proceed with further sanctions against Russian backed separatists who were behind the unauthorised elections in Luhansk and Donetsk on 2 November, is a necessary step.

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Budget 2015: Stay calm and continue negotiating

European Parliament and Council last night failed to conciliate their diverging positions on the 2015 EU budget. The parliamentary delegation, led by Jean Arthuis (UDI / Modem, France), reiterated its priority to pay off the unpaid bills …

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