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EU- Canada PNR agreement: Advice to European Court re-affirms legal concerns

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Press releases from ALDE

EU- Canada PNR agreement: Advice to European Court re-affirms legal concerns
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has today stated that the EU- Canada PNR agreement cannot be signed in its current form. Sophie In’t Veld, ALDE Group first vice-president and European Parliament’s rapporteur for the agreement, hopes that the Court will present the final opinion as soon as possible as the agreement cannot be adopted if the Court confirms that certain provisions of the agreement breach the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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EU-Turkey: Europe should not give in to Erdogan’s blackmail

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Press releases from ALDE

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament will not consider visa liberalisation for Turkey until the 72 conditions are fully met, including the necessary legal changes to the antiterrorist legislation.

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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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Hungary: Time to activate article 7

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The ALDE Group has called today for the activation of the procedure of article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union under which “On a reasoned proposal by one third of the Member States, by the European Parliament or by the European Comm…

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ALDE urges Council to back 120,000 refugee relocation plan

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The ALDE Group strongly supports the European Commission’s proposal for the relocation of 120,000 refugees. European liberals and democrats have again added its support to the strong message that the European Parliament has today sent to …

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EP calls for constant monitoring of Fundamental Rights in Member States – MEPs consider it essential to guarantee that European values are upheld in full –

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The European Parliament has today adopted an ambitious report on the situation of the fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014), despite the negative vote of the EPP Group and others. The text expresses great concern about the …

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Guy Verhofstadt: “We need a European migration and asylum system, not bilateral meetings between Member States”

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Liberals and Democrat MEPs in the European Parliament have repeated their call for an extraordinary European summit to find a comprehensive solution to Europe’s deteriorating refugee crisis.

Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE Group sai…

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French intelligence law – ALDE opposes mass surveillance and questions the European Commission

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

The Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have today expressed great concern about the scope and the content of the French bill on intelligence (project de loi sur le renseignement) that is this week being discussed in the Fre…

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PNR: information sharing is key for a safer Europe

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Press releases from ALDE

Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have today tabled a number of amendments to the Commission’s proposal for a Passenger Name Record (PNR) system, calling for mandatory, pro-active information sharing between Member States….

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ALDE calls on EU Governments to unblock EU anti-discrimination law

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Press releases from ALDE

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the ALDE group in the European Parliament has called for the horizontal antidiscrimination directive, proposed in July 2008 by the European Commission at the request of the European P…

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