Monthly Archives: March 2015

Liberal victory in the Netherlands

The liberal parties VVD and D66 have together won over 28% of the vote in Dutch provincial elections. The VVD remained the biggest party and D66 came third, while doubling their score.

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Verhofstadt: “Prolong sanctions against Russia and investigate Russian financial aid to European political parties”

Verhofstadt: “Prolong sanctions against Russia and investigate Russian financial aid to European political parties”
In advance of today’s Council meeting, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt calls upon the leaders to show more ambition than reflected in the draft Council conclusions:
“These meetings should be used for more than just having a good dinner between Heads of State. If we want to make Europe count and show citizens that European cooperation works, government leaders should dare to take bolder decisions.”

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“Tsipras and Varoufakis: Let’s start to work!”

Commenting on the request by Tsipras to Tusk to arrange a meeting with Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Mario Draghi and Jean-Claude Juncker to find a “political” solution to the Greek debt crisis, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt said:…

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Tax transparency package welcome, but much more to do.

The European Commission will tomorrow launch a new draft law obliging 28 European Union Member States to exchange information on tax deals with multinational corporations. If approved, the law would come into force on Jan. 1, 2016.

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The ALDE Group calls on #EUaction now for #venezUEla (Spanish version below)

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament started a campaign calling for #EUaction now on #venezUEla, to show our support for a much needed, unified and strong response from the EU in the face of increasing human rights abuses.

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Tsipras must stop fuelling hatred between Greeks and Germans

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has claimed that Berlin is using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation and has threatened to seize German property in Greece. Tsipras has also told parliament that there is no “morale a la carte,” implying tha…

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Boris Nemtsov’s death, yet another unsolved politically motivated murder

The European Parliament debated today the state of democracy in Russia after the murder of Boris Nemtsov, co-leader of our liberal sister-party, RPR-PARNAS.

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The European future of the Western Balkans remains a priority of EU enlargement

The European Parliament voted today the 2014 progress reports on Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo pointing on unsolved issues in the fields of corruption, anti-discrimination, the rule of law, the polar…

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Child sexual abuse online should be tackled at European level

Child sexual abuse online should be tackled at European level
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe welcomes the positive vote on the EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE and EFDD joint resolution on child sexual abuse online that took place in the plenary in Strasbourg today.

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European leaders must reverse decision on roaming charges

During today’s debate in the European Parliament about the upcoming European Council meeting (19/20 March), ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt has called upon the leaders of government to reverse the decision taken by their Ambassadors las…

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