Verhofstadt to travel to Ukraine to see Tymoshenko
22/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt and Hans van Baalen, ALDE Spokesman on Ukraine will travel to Ukraine this Friday (25 May) for a conference on EU-Ukraine relations. They have also formally requested to be allowed to visit Ms Tymoshenko in...
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Kacin comments on election of Serbian President
21/05/2012
Following the Presidential elections in Serbia this weekend, ALDE MEP Jelko Kacin who is the European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia issued the following statement.
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Arab spring: it's time to start rewarding economically the democratic leap of the Arab peoples
10/05/2012
The European Parliament meeting today at the Brussels plenary session, adopted by a large majority Niccolò Rinaldi's (IdV, Italy) report on the EU's trade strategy in the Mediterranean following the Arab Spring. These political...
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What is the future for Moderate Islamic Reformers post-Arab Spring?
26/04/2012
As the Arab uprisings struggle to transform themselves into democratic states, ALDE is asking "How can the EU help existing moderate Islamist movements post-Arab Spring?" . This seminar organised by the ALDE group and chaired ...
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Guy Verhofstadt: "Mubarak still rules in Egypt"
18/04/2012
Yesterday evening the Presidential Electoral Committee in Egypt decided that ten presidential candidates couldn't run, despite the fact they appealed against an earlier decision. Without wanting to judge about all individual...
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Guy Verhofstadt's speech on Syria
17/04/2012
Speech on Syria delivered by Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader
European Parliament, Strasbourg - 17 April 2012
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ALDE calls for humanitarian action with military protection in Syria
11/04/2012
Amid reports that the Syrian regime is failing to pull back troops in compliance with the UN brokered peace plan, Guy Verhofstadt on behalf of ALDE MEPs has issued the following statement.
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Verhofstadt : diplomacy is not a substitute for policy in Syria
10/04/2012
Amid reports that the Syrian regime is failing to pull back troops in compliance with the UN brokered peace plan, Guy Verhofstadt has said that "this is Assad's last chance for peace before an all out civil war or international...
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Liberals critical on human rights situation in Azerbaijan
04/04/2012
ALDE Vice-Chair of the Euronest Assembly , Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands) , is in Azerbaijan to promote political and economic integration between the EU and its Eastern European Partners.
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Verhofstadt on Arab spring one year on: "We must reboot EU-Mediterranean cooperation".
30/03/2012
Today a major liberal conference took place in Barcelona on "Arab spring one year on". The Conference which gathered together European and Arab leaders, such as Mahmud Jibril from Libya, Ahmad Hariri from Lebanon, Yassin Brahim...
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