Four steps to exit the crisis
"We are facing the prospects of a lost decade of growth and employmentand an absence of decisive leadership on how to tackle it. Politicalelites are sharply divided between the need for increasing spending tocreate growth and the pursuit of further budgetary consolidation.
Neither of these two solutions alone can work - more austerity willdrive the EU into a prolonged recession whilst uncontrolled spendingwill increase public debt to unsustainable levels."
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Liberals and Democrats reject ACTA
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament cannot support ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement).
We unambiguously support the protection of intellectual property rights but also champion fundamental rights and freedoms.
There are serious concerns that ACTA does not strike the right balance.
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Several months after the sub-prime crisis has started to unfold in the USA, it has become clear that the effects are spreading across other asset markets. Despite the various measures by the US government, a recession in the USA seems imminent, possibly causing a global credit crunch and an economic downturn in major parts of the world.
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The Treaty of Lisbon was signed on 13 December 2007. It is intended to enter into force on 1 January 2009. The new Treaty will much enhance the Union’s capacity to act by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the institutions and decision-making mechanisms.
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This paper was drawn up by the Liberal and Democrat group in the European Parliament following a number of discussions on recent high pro le cross-border merger cases in the EU. It serves as a guide to Liberal Democrat thinking in this area at European level and a statement of principles to guarantee free, fair and open competition in Europe’s Single Market.
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The celebration of 50 years of the signing of the Rome Treaty is all the more important as it takes place in a Europe that many believed not to be possible: a united Europe, a peaceful Europe in which the old adversaries work together for the achievement of a common project, a project based on democracy, freedom, respect of human rights and, above all, solidarity.
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