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Respect for Fundamental Rights, a non-negotiable condition in EU-Cuba negotiations

Pavel Telicka and Fernando Maura, Vice-presidents of the ALDE group, highlight that the respect for fundamental rights should play a key role in the conversations between the EU and Cuba.

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Obituary Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, one of the leading figures of RPR-PARNAS, member of the ALDE Party.

Today, Russia buries a man of extraordinary courage. Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov paid the struggle for a free and democratic Russia with his life. In his quest for freedom and respect for the Russian people and their legitimate rights, he p…

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Obituary Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, one of the leading figures of RPR-PARNAS, member of the ALDE Party.

Today, Russia buries a man of extraordinary courage. Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov paid the struggle for a free and democratic Russia with his life. In his quest for freedom and respect for the Russian people and their legitimate rights, he p…

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EU must take immediate action in the case of Nadiya Savchenko

EU must take immediate action in the case of Nadiya Savchenko
Following the decision of Moscow’s city court to keep Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, in custody until 13th of May 2015, MEP Hans van Baalen (VVD, The Netherlands), ALDE Group’ spokesman on Russia and Ukraine, said:

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The humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria needs an immediate response

MEPs strongly condemned today the human rights abuses and violations committed by the Assad regime and by the terrorists of Islamic state in Iraq and Syria.

ALDE MEP, Marietje Schaake (D66, The Netherlands), said EU must come up with a r…

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Cuban government needs to close down political prisons and respect human rights (Spanish version below)

Cuban government needs to close down political prisons and respect human rights (Spanish version below)
ALDE Vice Presidents Fernando Maura Barandiarán (Unión, Progreso y Democracia, ES) and Pavel Telička (ANO 2011, CZ) hosted today a conference on the Roadmap to a democratic Cuba – Role of the Civic Society, in light of negotiations for a future bilateral Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.

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Venezuela must return to Democracy and the Free Market (Spanish version included below)

Venezuela must return to Democracy and the Free Market (Spanish version included below)
Venezuelan opposition leaders from Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) today met with leading Liberal Members of the European Parliament to discuss the situation in Venezuela. The meeting comes just two days after the renewed nationwide protests against the Maduro regime’s economic policies and the day after former Presidents Pinera of Chile and Pastrana of Colombia were denied a visit to imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

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Venezuela must return to Democracy and the Free Market (Spanish version included below)

Venezuela must return to Democracy and the Free Market (Spanish version included below)
Venezuelan opposition leaders from Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) today met with leading Liberal Members of the European Parliament to discuss the situation in Venezuela. The meeting comes just two days after the renewed nationwide protests against the Maduro regime’s economic policies and the day after former Presidents Pinera of Chile and Pastrana of Colombia were denied a visit to imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

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Russia must stop feeding violence in Eastern Ukraine

ALDE Group in the European Parliament strongly condemns the attack on the trolleybus hit by an artillery shell in Donetsk district and expresses condolences to the families of the victims.

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Let sanctions do their work

The European Parliament adopted today a resolution on the situation in Ukraine, condemning the Russian unwillingness to implement the Minsk agreement and to guarantee a ceasefire in the Eastern part of the country. Separatist and irregula…

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