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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Paving the way for trucks of the future
“We found a solution to promote safer cabs and more environmentally friendly trucks thanks to improved aerodynamics”, said ALDE MEP Gesine Meissner (FDP, Germany) after the European Parliament and Council reached an informal agreement tonight on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions directive aiming at reducing the impact of heavy goods vehicles on environment and at improving road safety, especially for vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,,Transport,Regions and Transport,TRAN :: Transport and Tourism,Transport safety
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Potential to fill investment gap of 700 billion euros if other MS follow example of Germany, Italy, Spain and France
Reacting to the promising news that Europe’s four biggest economies may contribute €15bn to the reserve of the European Investment Plan – on top of the expected €21bn of EU capital (€16bn from the EU budget and €5bn from the EIB) – ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt urges all MS to follow their example to reserve money for the fund’s guarantee scheme.
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,The EU and its Institutions,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs,BUDG :: Budgets
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Make human rights a priority
Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament celebrate today’s United Nations Human Rights Day.
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,Civil Liberties,Human Rights,DROI :: Human Rights
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EP should fast-track legislative tax evasion proposals after LuxLeaks II revelations
Reacting to new information that has become available on LuxLeaks, ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt will ask his colleagues to fast-track EP’s inquiry and legislative reports, currently being drafted by EP’s economic committee.
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,Economic and Monetary Affairs,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs
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Europe must now come clean on its role in CIA torture programmes
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)’s this evening released a summary of their report into the CIA’s brutal use of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment against detainees who had been forcibly disappeared in the period following 11 September 2001 (9/11).
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Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Terrorism, Week News,Press Release,Civil Liberties,Anti Terrorism,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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EU budget deal – main goal must be to reduce EU debt level: “The EU cannot be used as a credit card by the Member States”
The liberals and democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) are satisfied with the trialogue deal on the EU budget. ALDE group leader Guy Verhofstadt thanks the chairman of the Budget Committee Jean Arthuis (UDI, FR) and rapporteur Gérard Deprez (MR, BE) for their work on the compromise reached between the three EU institutions
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Tagged Week News,The EU and its Institutions,Press Release,Budget Reform,BUDG :: Budgets
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2015 budget deal: ALDE welcomes the fact that the Council agreed with its arguments
The Council and the European Parliament have finally reached an agreement on the 2015 budget and amending budgets for 2014. According to this agreement, the amount of payment appropriations for the current financial year was increased by …
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,,Budget Reform,BUDG :: Budgets
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Accord sur le budget 2015: l’ADLE se félicite que le Conseil se soit rangé à ses arguments
Conseil et Parlement sont enfin parvenus ce soir à un accord sur le budget 2015 et les budgets rectificatifs 2014 au terme duquel les crédits de paiement pour l’exercice en cours ont été augmentés de 4,8milliards d’euros et les crédits d’engagement pour l’an prochain substantiellement augmentés pour abonder les trois priorités de l’ADLE: programmes Horizon 2020 et Cosme (37 millions), ainsi que l’aide humanitaire (10 millions).
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EU deal reached on GMO crops
New legislation to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms on their own territory, even if it is allowed at EU level, were agreed between EP and Council delegations on…
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Tagged Public Health and Food Safety, Week News,Health and Environment,ENVI :: Environment
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ALDE secures two special enquiry and legislative reports on LuxLeaks
Upon request of the ALDE group, the European Parliament will inquire into tax evasion and tax fraud in Europe. It will produce two special reports: an own initiative report and a legislative report. The enquiry report will examine the f…
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,The EU and its Institutions,Leader Press releases and news,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs
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