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Liberals support ambitious Telecoms package

Liberals and Democrats welcome the Commission proposals for a Telecoms Single Market. They include the phasing out of mobile roaming charges, whose main aspects shall be put into practice by July 2014, and new rules to improve consumer pr…

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Fair public procurement deal for SMEs

The Liberal and Democrat Group in the European Parliament welcomes the agreement reached between national ministers and MEPs on the Public Procurement, Utilities and Concessions Directives as a fair deal for small and medium-sized entrepr…

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Boost SMEs with new EU research and innovation programme Horizon 2020

Today MEPs and national ministers reached a deal on the EU’s seven year research and innovation programme called “Horizon 2020”. The ALDE group substantially improved the original proposals by simplifying the way funds can be accessed, pu…

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Liberals and Democrats deliver boost for SMEs

The ALDE Group today celebrated in the European Parliament’s Industry Committee the successful adoption of a key report on small and medium-sized enterprises – “competitiveness and business opportunities”.

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EU customs authorities get more power to protect intellectual property

Today, the European Parliament has voted in favour of improved intellectual property protection. By adopting the report on Customs enforcement at first reading, EU customs authorities will be entitled to a greater extent to detain and pos…

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Breakthrough on energy efficiency deal

ALDE MEP Fiona Hall (UK, Liberal Democrats), who took part in the negotiations with Member States on the Energy Efficiency Directive on behalf of the Liberals and Democrats, has welcomed the deal brokered last night. Commenting on the dea…

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