WELCOME TO
THE ALDE "BOOST SMEs" CAMPAIGN
HOMEPAGE
Towards a comprehensive European policy for small and medium sized enterprises
There are approximately 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU making up 99% of all businesses and providing two-thirds of all
private sector jobs. They represent the main driving force for economic growth, innovation, employment and social integration.
The EU has already done much to improve the situation for SMEs but a lot still remains to be done to reduce bureaucracy, simplify access to financial
instruments and improve SME access to European and international markets.
The ALDE group is determined to boost successful entrepreneurship in Europe and to further improve the framework conditions for SMEs in three priority areas
- Smart regulation and simplification of rules
- Easier financing
- Improved market access
Boost SMEs in the Digital Economy [SEMINAR]"
EP report on fundamental rights in Hungary falls short
"I am very disappointed that the Civil Liberties committee of the European Parliament today, either due to a blind political allegiance or lack of will, decided to shy away from taking a firm stand on the insidious and persistent...
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Verhofstadt calls for fundamental change to EU aid for Egypt
ALDE Leader, Guy Verhofstadt has called for a fundamental change in the way the EU's financial aid to Egypt is managed following a damning report by the Court of Auditors on the way the EEAS has managed the approximately 1...
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ALDE denounces penny-pinching attitude of Council to Croatian accession
Although Croatia officially becomes the 28th Member State of the EU on 1st July, the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg, has not been able to adopt today the amending budget of 374 million euros necessary for the...
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EU should show leadership in ensuring press freedom in the world
Marietje Schaake, MEP (D66, Netherlands) has called for a strategy for press and media freedom to be implemented by the EU in her report on media freedom in the world which was adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg...
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Council and Commission accused of delaying essential financial reforms
Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticising the Commission for delays in presenting long awaited legislative proposals in the field of financial services and accusing the Council of wasting time and, in many...
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Verhofstadt criticizes Europe on Turkey
During an exchange of views with the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton today in Strasbourg, ALDE Leader, Guy Verhofstadt said he was disappointed that the Union has again chosen to be ambivalent in the face of a clear...
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Greece: shutting down all state broadcasters is not a reform
Yesterday, following a decision of the Greek government, all public TV and radio closed down all broadcasts and around 2500 workers were dismissed as a response to the tough bailout conditions requiring huge cuts in public...
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Transparent: mining and logging sectors
Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will now be obliged to disclose full information about every single project whose payments to the governmental authorities exceed the threshold of 100.000 Euros, following the...
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New Fund for the EU’s poorest citizens
For the last two years the number of people facing extreme poverty has increased due to the financial crisis. In the EU, one in ten citizens is finding it hard to get enough to eat. 18 million people now have to rely on food aid....
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Fighting youth unemployment
To effectively tackle the urgent problem of youth unemployment, structural solutions to improve the overall economic governance of the EU are needed. The group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) today...
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