Monthly Archives: November 2015

EU needs to play an active role within UN to achieve its foreign policy goals

EU needs to play an active role within UN to achieve its foreign policy goals
The European Parliament voted to adopt a report today focusing on the role of the EU within the United Nation and on how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals.

The rapporteur, ALDE MEP, Paavo Väyrynen (Centre Party, Finland), calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to consider the possibility of strengthening their role in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by developing it into a Sustainable Development Council.

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Verhofstadt welcomes Avramopoulos call for a European Intelligence Agency

Verhofstadt welcomes Avramopoulos call for a European Intelligence Agency
Guy Vehofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament, welcomes the call of the Commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, for the creation of a European Intelligence Agency. It should not be an idea to be implemented in the long term but as soon as possible. ALDE urges the Home Affairs and Interior ministers, meeting today in Brussels, to take immediate measures to strengthen Europe´s anti-terrorism capacity and to support the setting up of a fully fledged European intelligence agency to fight against borderless terrorism. This European agency should be subject to a democratic oversight. Mandatory Exchange of information between Member States and their national state security agencies is a key priority.

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Verhofstadt: Only united Europe can solve multiple crises

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament has today addressed the annual congress of the ALDE party, which is meeting in Budapest:

“Europe is divided and paralysed, …

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Violent protests and tear gas won’t solve Kosovo’s problems

The opposition in Kosovo continue their violent protests against the agreements reached between Kosovo and Serbia concerning the Serb majority municipalities in the northern part of Kosovo. Tear gas attacks by opposition MPs and other vi…

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Syrian conflict needs a long term solution and National Syrian Coalition must be part of it

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament hosted today a conference focused on countering extremism and improving governance in the MENA Region. Following the meeting with the Vice President of the National Syrian Coalition, Hisham Ibrahi…

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Refugee crisis: ALDE delegation meets key actors in the field of asylum and migration in Hungary

Refugee crisis: ALDE delegation meets key actors in the field of asylum and migration in Hungary
Tomorrow, a delegation from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament led by its first vice-president Sophie In’t Veld is travelling to Hungary on a field mission to monitor the human rights situation of the refugees and migrants who have entered Hungary during the last months. ALDE members will visit the Martonvásár detention centre, where they will meet refugees who have been detained after entering Hungary crossing the newly-built border fence.

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Brexit: Cameron must come to European Parliament to outline his demands before December – Conservative Government’s requests require treaty change and approval of the European Parliament –

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have today held their first discussion on the demands of the British Government, as recently laid out in a letter to President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The All…

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State of the Energy Union report shows huge challenges ahead

The European Commission has today released it’s “State of the Energy Union” report, which sets out progress made since the adoption of the EU’s Energy Union Framework Strategy nine months ago. Liberal and Democrat MEPs welcome today’s an…

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A good day for consumers and innovative food producers

Thanks to an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council that was reached late last night, it will become safer and easier to put novel foods on the market. A streamlined European-level authorisation procedure will give food…

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ALDE Group leader, Guy Verhofstadt, receives Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Award for Outstanding Campaigning EU Politician and vows to continue monitoring other worrying cases such as Oleg Navalny

This award celebrates international politicians, journalists and civil society activists who have worked in the spirit of Sergei Magnitsky and at the awards ceremony in London last night, Guy Verhofstadt vowed to continue to monitor the c…

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