Verhofstadt: EU leaders must listen to their citizens' wishes for closer fiscal union
23/05/2012
"EU leaders have for too long turned a deaf ear to our proposals on how to solve the crisis but by doing so they don't listen to their own citizens" said ALDE group President Guy Verhofstadt ahead of today's informal European...
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Verhofstadt appeals to EU leaders ahead of crucial EU summit
22/05/2012
Debating the enhanced tension and uncertainty in the Eurozone ahead of tomorrow's crucial EU summit, ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt called for EU leaders finally to grasp the bull by the horns and establish full economic and...
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"Bad governance is main cause of the euro crisis"
20/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals and Democrats group in the European Parliament expressed his frustration today at the escalating severity of the Eurozone crisis and the inability of EU leaders to respond with the...
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Two-pack: ALDE welcomes inclusion of European Redemption Fund to solve the eurocrisis
14/05/2012
In addition to the rules on enhanced economic governance, better known as the 'six- pack', in force since last December, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee voted today on two further Regulations...
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Basel III: decreasing capital risk in favour of growth.
14/05/2012
Today the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee (ECON) voted the new draft legislation to reform bank prudential requirements on capital and liquidity, also known as Basel III, an accord that responds to...
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Verhofstadt: EU needs a structural approach to overcome the ongoing euro crisis
18/04/2012
Following a request from the ALDE group, the European Parliament debated today, with President Barroso the means to combat the ongoing economic crisis.
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A new political force for a new economic deal
02/04/2012
Today in Athens, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group together with Dora Bakoyannis, leader of the Democratic Alliance, launched plan to help Greece exit the crisis.
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Verhofstadt: "Ecofin fools itself - decision to merge the EFSF and ESM is still just another stop-gap remedy to the crisis"
30/03/2012
"The decision of Ecofin of today to merge the EFSF and ESM will not provide long-term stability to bond markets if the crisis sucks in larger Eurozone economies" said ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt following the consensus...
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Verhofstadt: "Eurozone needs a real firewall, not another fire extinguisher by simply combining the EFSF and the ESM"
27/03/2012
"We need a real firewall, instead of constantly spending money on fire extinguishers" is the message that ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt sends to EU Finance Ministers ahead of their informal ECOFIN meeting in Copenhagen at the...
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European redemption fund to form part of negotiations on 2-pack
12/03/2012
After last year's adoption of a strengthened Stability and Growth Pact, also known as the 6-pack on economic governance, the Commission proposed two further Regulations to enhance the coordination and surveillance of budgetary...
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