Equality involves respect for the value and remuneration of women's work
24/05/2012
The principle of equality is enshrined in the EU Treaties, but in the European Union this very principle is being violated when women overall get 16 % less pay than men for the same work. Despite EU and national legislation on...
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ALDE welcomes Schengen 'health check' to enhance Member States' cooperation
16/05/2012
Today the European Commission presented its first ever Schengen 'health check', a biannual overview of the functioning of the area of free movement, with the aim of ensuring a coherent interpretation and implementation of the...
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Homophobia remains a stain on our free and open society
16/05/2012
On the eve of the International Day against Homophobia, the Group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) calls on EU institutions, Member States and international organizations to continue the fight against...
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MEPs oppose any weakening of Schengen acquis
25/04/2012
Today the European Parliament's Civil liberties committee (LIBE) voted to amend the common rules on the reintroduction of controls at internal borders in exceptional circumstances. A Regulation was proposed by the Commission to...
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Liberals and Democrats urge EU membership to the European Convention on Human Rights
19/04/2012
While the competence and legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights is disputed, including by some of its founding members, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on the contrary considers it necessary to affirm...
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Verhofstadt: PNR Agreement falls short of EU standards on data privacy
19/04/2012
Today the main political groups in the European Parliament gave the green light to the EU-US agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR), despite the rapporteur Sophie in 't Veld (D66, Netherlands) recommending to...
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ALDE calls for extra guarantees on the EU-US PNR agreement
17/04/2012
The ALDE Group decided that extra guarantees are required on the EU-US PNR agreement, due to be voted this Thursday in the European Parliament during its plenary session.
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ALDE calls for EU wide visa ban on Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case
11/04/2012
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament has today launched a procedure inside the European Parliament seeking to establish a common EU list of officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the subsequent judicial...
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EU must act on Venice Commission's condemnation of Hungary on fundamental rights
19/03/2012
Today the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe published its opinions on judicial independence and religious freedom in Hungary which confirm once again the ALDE group's concerns over the compatibility of the controversial...
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Racism and xenophobia have no place in today's Europe
13/03/2012
Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament roundly condemn the content of the PVV website in the Netherlands. At the debate on the subject of discriminatory websites and government responses today Guy Verhofstadt spoke on...
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