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Tag Archives: Week News,Press Release,EU in the World,AFET :: Foreign Affairs,External Relations and Human Rights
Russia: EU shows its commitment to Ukraine by extending sanctions
Following the decision taken by the Council to extend the validity of sanctions over actions against Ukraine’s territorial integrity, until March 2016, MEP Hans van Baalen (VVD, The Netherlands) ALDE Group’ spokesman on Russia and Ukraine…
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EP urges Russian Federation to release all illegally detained citizens and respect international law
The European Parliament strongly condemns the trial and the sentence of Estonian police officer Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison by a Russian court and the illegal jailing of Ukrainian film maker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Olexandr…
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No EU – Cuba negotiations unless human rights safeguarded (Spanish version below)
The European Parliament today debated the future of EU – Cuba relations with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, following the recent meetings of Ms Mogherini in Havana and a change in US policy towards the island.
ALDE Group’s Vice-Presidents, Pavel Telicka and Fernando Maura, have called on the EU to bear in mind the political prisoners jailed by the regime and all those who had their human rights breached by the Cuban authorities, before any further steps are taken in negotiations with Havana.
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The ALDE Group strengthens cooperation with Arab Leaders for Freedom and Democracy
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament today held exchange of views with Arab Leaders for Freedom and Democracy, a network which gathers leaders such as Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya, Ahmad Al-Hariri, leader of the Fu…
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – EGYPT FRIENDSHIP GROUP FOUNDED
On Wednesday June 10th, the European Parliament – Egypt Friendship Group was officially launched in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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Paraguay: Abused young girls must have access to safe and legal abortion
MEPs voted today on a resolution initiated by the ALDE Group on the legal aspects related to child pregnancy in Paraguay, calling on the authorities to ensure women and girls have access to safe and legal abortion, at a minimum, when thei…
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Nepal: EU must lead global fundraising effort – EP expresses concerns over caste, gender discrimination in relief effort –
The European Parliament has today adopted an urgency resolution on the humanitarian situation affecting Nepal and the surrounding region, following the devastating earthquake on 25 April and the 12 May. Liberals and Democrats have today c…
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EU must re-shape its relationship with Russia
The European Parliament voted today a report on the state of relations between EU and Russia, who is no longer considered a strategic partner, after failing to respect international law in the cases of Ukraine and Georgia.
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FYROM: solution needed to the current crisis
Following negotiations held between the leaders of the main Macedonian political parties, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (VMRO) and Zoran Zaev, chairman of the largest opposition party (SDSM), the ALDE Group in the European Parliament is …
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The ALDE Group denounces Morsi death sentence
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament calls on the Egypt’s Grand Mufti to reconsider the death sentence handed by an Egyptian Court to deposed president Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 persons for their role in a mass jailbreak, during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
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