Combatting Homophobia: time for concrete actions long overdue
Tomorrow is the International Day against Homophobia and also marks the 23rd year since the World Health Organization (WHO) deleted homosexuality from the international list of classified diseases. Unfortunately though lesbian,...
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Verhofstadt strongly condemns MEP Mario Borghezio's racist remarks about Italian Minister of Integration
At the request of the ALDE group, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (which comprises President Schulz and all political group Presidents) discussed the insulting remarks made by Italian MEP Mario Borghezio...
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EU must take bold step towards Magnitsky visa ban list
The Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a resolution stating that the Irish Presidency will highlight their concern and that of the international community about the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky...
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EU must take a firm stand against Russian blackmail
Reacting to news that the Russian Ambassador to Ireland has written to Irish Members of Parliament threatening to block a treaty on Irish adoptions of Russian children unless Irish parliamentarians drop a Russian-critical human...
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Mandatory rotation of audit firms is essential to ensure their independence
Ahead of tomorrow's key vote in Parliament's Legal Affairs committee on rules for improving the quality and independence in the auditing of major companies (especially banks), Liberals and Democrats underline the need to...
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Main lesson from Cyprus is our need for a definitive EU bank resolution fund
The European Parliament debated today the financial and economic situation in Cyprus following the EU rescue plan which has been badly handled and showed once again a lack of coherence and vision at EU level.
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Hungarian Government is at least at risk of breaching EU fundamental values
At the request of ALDE Group the European Parliament today debated the constitutional situation in Hungary following the adoption of a fourth amendment to the Hungarian Constitution. Since its entry into force on January 2012,...
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Wiretapping scandal in Bulgaria is a matter of European concern
Commenting on the investigation by the Bulgarian Prosecutor General's Office into the allegations of illegal wiretapping of scores of political opposition leaders in Bulgaria, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group has made...
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German anti-euro party ignores political and economic costs of exit
In response to the founding conference of the German anti-euro party "Alternative für Deutschland" this weekend in Berlin, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, underlines that "the realisation of its central goal would lead to an...
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Libya: Mahmoud Jebril calls for national dialogue to consolidate democratic transition
This week the ALDE group welcomed Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's interim Prime Minister after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and currently leader of the largest political party in the Libyan Parliament (National Forces Alliance). This...
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