European Parliament rejects Czech 'opt-out' on charter of fundamental rights
22/05/2013
On the proposal of Andrew DUFF (Lib Dem, UK), ALDE coordinator in the Constitutional Affairs Committee, the European Parliament called on the European Council to reject a request to amend the Treaty of Lisbon which would weaken...
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No Single Supervisory Mechanism until an agreement is reached with the ECB
22/05/2013
The European Parliament voted today on the deal reached with Council last March on a Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), the first building block of the Banking union. The Parliament though decided to hold the final vote adopting...
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Europe needs a future proof Audio Visual Media Services Directive
22/05/2013
ALDE, the group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament, today voted against the Borys report on the implementation of media regulation in the EU. We denounce the lack of an innovative, future-oriented approach to...
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Member States must endorse an EU strategy against tax fraud, evasion and tax havens
21/05/2013
Ahead of tomorrow's EU Summit, due to focus on tax fraud and tax evasion, the European Parliament adopted today its own recommendations that all Member States should endorse a common European strategy against tax fraud, evasion...
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Media freedom and pluralism: Commission must take all EP recommendations on board
21/05/2013
Member States and the Commission should take appropriate measures to ensure better monitoring and enforcement of media freedom and pluralism across the EU, given that this right has become legally binding with the entry into...
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EU leaders must address growing euroscepticism caused by crisis
21/05/2013
"EU leaders tomorrow need to produce actions not more words and address the issues that are giving rise to increased euroscepticism across the EU," said Guy Verhofstadt in a debate today in Strasbourg ahead of tomorrow's EU...
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Recovery and Resolution Directive (RRD): Protection of small depositors guaranteed
21/05/2013
Last night the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee adopted its report on an EU framework for bank recovery and resolution, which aims to provide Member States' relevant authorities with common and...
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Freed Chinese dissident launches Transatlantic Human Rights Link
16/05/2013
The blind Chinese activist who escaped house arrest and whose freedom in the USA was organised by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has marked the anniversary by launching a transatlantic project for parliamentarians...
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Mali: International donor support only effective if elections deliver stable government
16/05/2013
Leading ALDE MEP Louis Michel (MR, Belgium), who has been recently nominated as Head of the EU's observer mission for the presidential elections in Mali says that the forthcoming elections are a vital opportunity to start...
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Combatting Homophobia: time for concrete actions long overdue
16/05/2013
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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