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Guy Verhofstadt: EU must redouble efforts to restore stability in Libya

Thousands of people have been taking to the streets of Tripoli in recent days to protest against the many armed militias in the city that are creating instability and insecurity and undermining the restoration of government and the rule o…

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Verhofstadt & Cohn-Bendit awarded European Leader of the Year Award

At an awards ceremony in Brussels tonight at an annual event on the State of the European Union, ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt and his Green group counterpart, Daniel Cohn-Bendit were awarded this year’s European leadership award. Th…

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Verhofstadt: EU should follow French and UK lead and rethink arms embargo on Syria

Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader welcomed comments by France’s Foreign Minister – Laurent Fabius today indicating that France could be prepared to review support for the EU arms embargo in order to help the conflict to a swift end.

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Verhofstadt on Syria: EU must back France and the UK on sending anti-aircraft weapons to the FSA

While the Assad regime is fighting with more and more heavy bombs and cluster bombs, the Free Syrian Army has to defend itself with self-made grenades.

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Verhofstadt on Syria: EU must back France and the UK on sending anti-aircraft weapons to the FSA

While the Assad regime is fighting with more and more heavy bombs and cluster bombs, the Free Syrian Army has to defend itself with self-made grenades.

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"Nobel Peace prize is merited but we cannot rest on our laurels"

The European Union has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts over the last 60 years in bringing stability and reconciliation to the continent.

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“Nobel Peace prize is merited but we cannot rest on our laurels”

The European Union has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts over the last 60 years in bringing stability and reconciliation to the continent.

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PNV wins victory in Basque elections

The Basque National Party (PNV) was the winner in yesterday’s elections in the Basque Country, winning 34.6% of the vote and 27 of the 75 seats in the Basque parliament.

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Liberals and Democrats in Lithuania score a convincing victory

Following announcement of the preliminary results of the Parliamentary elections in Lithuania, Guy Verhofstadt made the following statement:

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Guy Verhofstadt now on twitter @VerhofstadtGuy

Guy Verhofstadt today has opened a Twitter account as an additional and valuable means of communicating about the EU directly to citizens, stakeholders and representatives of the media.

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