Tag Archives: Justice and Home Affairs

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

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

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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Verhofstadt: “Europe has to show full solidarity in the merciless fight against terrorism that President Hollande has announced”

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

What we witnessed in Paris last night was a barbaric attack on humanity itself and the universal values of liberty and fraternity France stands for. My thoughts in this terrible moment go out to the victims and their families.

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National governments fail to protect citizens against mass surveillance

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Two and a half years after the NSA scandal, the ALDE group urges Member States to end the unlimited and unwarranted surveillance EU citizens are being exposed to. The lack of response from Member States and the European Commission to the …

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Is Haider back?

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Commenting on the news that Austria will build a fence on its border with Slovenia, the first wall to be built within the Schengen area ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt said:

“Austria is destroying the Schengen area from within. Instead…

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“Greece’s border is Germany’s border”: Guy Verhofstadt

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

– European Border and Coast Guard starting in Greece and Bulgaria top priority –

During today’s debate on the refugee crisis, ALDE-leader Guy Verhofstadt has pledged support to immediately start with a European Coast and Border Guard in …

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Verhofstadt: “Refugee crisis is a disaster and justifies triggering emergency response article 222 of the Treaty”

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Verhofstadt: “Refugee crisis is a disaster and justifies triggering emergency response article 222 of the Treaty”
– ALDE urges President Juncker and the MS to make the triggering of Europe`s emergency solidarity clause: article 222 the top priority of Sunday’s Summit –

“We need a humanitarian effort to at least provide tents, food and water to those trapped in the cold weather on Europe’s borders. People sleeping in the cold and in the mud, children without warm cloths and the total lack of coordination are unacceptable.”, Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the European Liberals and Democrats.

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Agreement with Turkey welcome, but outsourcing not a long-term solution

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Guy Verhofstadt, European Liberal and Democrat leader welcomes the stronger cooperation with Turkey, but regrets the lack of progress to put in place a real European asylum- and migration policy.

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European Council: conclusions for never-neverland

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament has today re-iterated its call for a comprehensive strategy to tackle Europe’s migration and refugee crisis. Sophie In’ t Veld, ALDE first vice-president, expressed today dismay that the draft con…

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Hungarian laws to hunt down refugees are a reminder of Europe’s dark past – ALDE Group to maintain demand for 7.1 procedure –

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Hungarian laws to hunt down refugees are a reminder of Europe's dark past - ALDE Group to maintain demand for 7.1 procedure –
Given the dramatically worsening situation of fundamental rights in Hungary, most recently illustrated by the laws which grant the police the right to search for immigrants in people’s homes without authorized permission and allow the army to use force against refugees, the ALDE Group has decided to maintain its demand in the civil liberties committee that the European Parliament starts the article 7.1 procedure, despite opposition from the S&D group.

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ECJ confirms: Personal data not safe under Safe Harbour

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament welcomes the ECJ ruling in the case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner which declares the personal data-sharing arrangements between the EU and US (Safe Harbor) invalid. L…

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