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EU needs an attacking strategy against organised crime

EU needs an attacking strategy against organised crime
The European Parliament’s CRIM special committee voted today its final report, based on its first interim resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 11 June 2013.

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EP backs Liberal campaign to stop Belarus hosting 2014 ice hockey world championships

In a foreign policy recommendation to the Council and Commission yesterday on Belarus, the European Parliament adopted an ALDE group amendment calling on the “International Ice Hockey Federation to seriously reconsider its decision to all…

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Unaccompanied minors entering the EU should never be detained

The current situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU needs to be tackled with concrete and targeted measures and in the best interest of the child.

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Europe urgently needs to convene a humanitarian Conference on Syrian refugee crisis

In addition to pushing for a political solution to end the civil war in Syria and taking a strong and targeted response to deter possible future use of chemical weapons, the EU should take convene a major Conference focused especially on …

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EP political groups join forces to support persons with disabilities

Today, the leaders of the main political Groups in the European Parliament announced strong action to support the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe.

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EP supports persons with disabilities

Today, the leaders of the main political Groups in the European Parliament announced strong action to support the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe.

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Time for Turkey to send out a clear signal

Time for Turkey to send out a clear signal
“It’s time for Turkey to send out a clear signal if they are really willing to pursue their reform agenda”, claims Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP, Germany) ALDE spokesperson on Turkey, on the occasion of the adoption of the Turkey progress report of the European Parliament.

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Secure and sustainable energy future requires key targets

MEPs voted today on scenarios on how to decarbonise the energy sector in response to the Commission’s 2050 Energy Roadmap proposals of how to reach the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050…

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ALDE: CAP reform suffers significant set-back

The Liberal and Democrat Group (ALDE) in the European Parliament deeply rejects large parts of today’s adopted negotiating mandate of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as a significant step back towards the bad old days o…

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Parliament votes to rebalance MEPs in light of Croatian accession

During the Strasbourg plenary session today the European Parliament proposed to adapt its composition and distribution of parliamentary seats for 2014, particularly to take into account the arrival of Croatian MEPs.

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