Monthly Archives: November 2016

Turkey progress report: European Commission addresses concerns, but fails to ask for a halt in accession talks

In its progress report on Turkey the European Commission presents a detailed overview of the serious deterioration of rule of law and democracy in Turkey. However, the Commission failed to draw the appropriate political conclusions: to p…

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Turkey progress report: European Commission addresses concerns, but fails to ask for a halt in accession talks

In its progress report on Turkey the European Commission presents a detailed overview of the serious deterioration of rule of law and democracy in Turkey. However, the Commission failed to draw the appropriate political conclusions: to p…

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Charles Goerens MEP: EU should offer associate EU citizenship to UK citizens who wish to maintain their European identity

Charles Goerens, MEP for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Group in the European Parliament, has tabled an amendment to a Parliament report on the future institutional set up of the European Union, calling for the establishment of a…

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Charles Goerens MEP: EU should offer associate EU citizenship to UK citizens who wish to maintain their European identity

Charles Goerens, MEP for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Group in the European Parliament, has tabled an amendment to a Parliament report on the future institutional set up of the European Union, calling for the establishment of a…

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ALDE: “Wake up call for European leaders. Europe needs to take charge of its own destiny.”

ALDE: “Wake up call for European leaders. Europe needs to take charge of its own destiny.”

Commenting on the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, ALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt calls on European leaders to work more closely together to take charge of Europe’s destiny.

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ALDE: “Wake up call for European leaders. Europe needs to take charge of its own destiny.”

ALDE: “Wake up call for European leaders. Europe needs to take charge of its own destiny.”

Commenting on the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, ALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt calls on European leaders to work more closely together to take charge of Europe’s destiny.

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Verhofstadt: “Accession talks with Turkey should be suspended now.”

ALDE Group-leader Guy Verhofstadt calls on the European Commission to suspend accession talks with Turkey until the nine MPs from the People Democratic Party (HDP) and the staff of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper are released and prop…

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Verhofstadt: “Accession talks with Turkey should be suspended now.”

ALDE Group-leader Guy Verhofstadt calls on the European Commission to suspend accession talks with Turkey until the nine MPs from the People Democratic Party (HDP) and the staff of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper are released and prop…

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Erdoğan deepens the gap between Turkey and EU: jailed political opponents and a possible re-introduction of death penalty

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament is very worried about the latest developments in Turkey following the detention of 2 leaders of the HDP Party together with other Members of the Turkish Parliament.

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Erdoğan deepens the gap between Turkey and EU: jailed political opponents and a possible re-introduction of death penalty

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament is very worried about the latest developments in Turkey following the detention of 2 leaders of the HDP Party together with other Members of the Turkish Parliament.

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