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European elections should determine make-up of next European Commission
European political parties should nominate candidates for the position of Commission President according to a resolution adopted today by the European Parliament by a margin of 316 to 90 votes.
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Verhofstadt welcomes EP tough stance on ECB appointment
Today the European Parliament endorsed a negative opinion from its Economic and Monetary affairs committee on the candidature of Yves Mersch who is standing for the ECB’s executive board to replace Sr. Gonzalez Paramo, a Spaniard whose ma…
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Guy Verhofstadt salue la fermeté du Parlement européen dans son combat pour la parité à la BCE
Le Parlement européen, réuni en session plénière à Strasbourg, a approuvé aujourd’hui l’avis défavorable de sa commission des Affaires économiques et monétaires sur la candidature du Luxembourgeois Yves Mersch au directoire de la…
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Parliament makes a stand for gender balance in ECB
The European Parliament decided today, following last Monday Economic and Monetary Affairs committee’s recommendation, to confirm a negative opinion to the only candidate nominated by the Council last July to fill the last vacant post – u…
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Verhofstadt’s reaction to Van Rompuy’s Interim report on Economic and Monetary Union ahead of tomorrow’s European summit
The interim report of Herman Van Rompuy has finally opened the discussion on a structural solution for the crisis. It has been accompanied by an avalanche of remarks and critics by member states, some even closing certain doors. The Germa…
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LIFE programme needs bigger budget to preserve biodiversity
Members of the European Parliaments Environment Committee approved today a report on the Commission´s legislative proposal for the LIFE programme for 2014-2020, which underlines the importance of funding and implementation of EU environm…
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Condemnation of assassination of US diplomats in Benghazi
On behalf of the ALDE group, Louis Michel (MR, Belgium), co-president of the EU- ACP parliamentary assembly condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the assassination of the American ambassador, Christopher Stevens and three other staff…
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Hard hitting sanctions for unsustainable fishing practices
Today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament approved a report by Pat the Cope Gallagher, (FF, Ireland) legislating for hard hitting sanctions against non EU countries engaged in unsustainable fishing practices.
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"Magnitsky Law" will show Russia that we have moved from words to action
The European Parliament today adopted a strongly worded resolution critising Russia’s human rights record but for Kristiina Ojuland, ALDE Spokesperson on Russia this is no longer enough.
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Liberal and Democrats welcome appointment of EUSR for Human Rights
The EU High Representative, Baroness Ashton, today appointed former MEP, Stavros Lambrinidis, as the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights – a newly created position with the full backing of the European Parliament.
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