Youth job opportunities must be the focus for EU growth and employment efforts
25/05/2012
The Group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) underlines that austerity measures cannot be separated from growth and efforts to create jobs in Europe. Millions of young people who finished school and want...
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EU growth strategy must address youth unemployment
15/02/2012
The Liberal and Democrat group in the European Parliament today expressed serious concerns over the social consequences of the economic crisis. In its opinion on the EU's priorities for social and economic policy for the coming...
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Single permit: towards more coherent EU legislation on legal migration
13/12/2011
Today Parliament approved measures to realise a single permit application for third country nationals to live and work in the EU without having to provide different sets of documentation for each EU Member State.
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EU must tackle youth unemployment through vocational education and training
08/06/2011
Member States must adopt purposeful strategies to combat youth unemployment, taking into account specific national circumstances and needs - this was the core message of a report by ALDE MEP Nadja Hirsch adopted today in the...
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Time to defuse the Pensions time-bomb
16/02/2011
Today the European Parliament in Strasbourg debated the European Commission's green paper on adequate, sustainable and safe European pensions systems. While the Commission Strategy does not make any specific policy proposals, it...
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Pension Reform: serious issue to be tackled
01/02/2011
The European Parliament's Employment Committee gave their response to the European Commission's strategy on pensions today. ALDE highlights the fact that Member States economies are interdependent and that the future...
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Egypt: The European Union should show support for the democracy movement
28/01/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament condemned the violent crackdown on Egyptians venting their frustration at decades of repression and lack of political freedom:
"Egyptians have...
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EP strengthens fight against human trafficking
14/12/2010
"We welcome the outcome of the vote that confirms our determination to fight human trafficking. This modern form of slavery still takes place in Europe and we need to take tougher measures to combat this phenomenon. Now it is up...
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ALDE vote against nonsensical legislation for self employed drivers
16/06/2010
The European Parliament voted today on a controversial proposal concerning the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.
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University-Business Dialogue: The Parliament calls for an EU Industrial PhD scheme
20/05/2010
Europe's universities are lagging behind on the world stage with grave consequences for European competitiveness. To address this problem the European Parliament today adopted a report with recommendations for a closer...
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