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Verhofstadt: Cameron should come to the European Parliament

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, has written to President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, to request that an invitation is sent to Prime Minister David Cameron, to allow the Brit…

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Guy Verhofstadt’s press statement on the exclusion of Mrs Weber and Mrs Nicolai from the PNL

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament, has this evening reacted to the exclusion of Mrs Weber and Mrs Nicolai today from the PNL.

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“Tsipras and Varoufakis: Let’s start to work!”

Commenting on the request by Tsipras to Tusk to arrange a meeting with Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Mario Draghi and Jean-Claude Juncker to find a “political” solution to the Greek debt crisis, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt said:…

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Verhofstadt: “Prepare new sanctions against Putin”

ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt has called on Council President Tusk to prepare a new set of sanctions against Putin.

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Verhofstadt: “Prepare new sanctions against Putin”

ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt has called on Council President Tusk to prepare a new set of sanctions against Putin.

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Greece needs radical change to rebuild trust

Commenting on the reform plans submitted by the Greek Minister of Finance Varoufakis, Stavros Theodorakis, Leader of To Potami, and Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament urge the Greek government to do be…

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“Greek Reform Plan should follow yesterday’s promises”, Guy Verhofstadt

Commenting on yesterday’s summit, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt:

“It’s promising that the tone has changed and Greece seems more willing to negotiate to find a solution with its creditors. But so far, I have only seen tweets by Varou…

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Greece: To Potami reform package key to solving crisis

The leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament has today called on the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to make use of a structural reform plan drafted by Stavros Theodorakis’s To Potami Party.

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Greek WWII reparations claims go against the European spirit (followed by German version)

Greek WWII reparations claims go against the European spirit (followed by German version)
Yesterday Prime Minister Tsipras declared that his country has a “moral obligation” to claim reparations from Germany for the damages brought by the Nazis during World War II: “A moral obligation to our people, to history, to all Europeans who fought and gave their blood against Nazism,” he said.

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Draft Council Conclusions show reckless lack of ambition in fight against terrorism

Commenting on the draft Council Conclusions, ahead of next week’s European Summit on counter-terrorism measures, ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt firmly criticises the lack of ambition by EU government leaders:

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