Guy Verhofstadt meets with leading anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny in Moscow
24/05/2013
Following the meeting with Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader, blogger and President of the Foundation for Fighting Corruption, ALDE Group President Guy Verhofstadt made the following statement:
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EU action plan urgently needed to ease catastrophic Syrian refugee crisis
23/05/2013
For the last two years, the international community has stood by as Syrians are increasingly being crushed between the brutal actions of the Assad regime and extremist groups. There are now seven million Syrians that rely on...
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ALDE continue to strongly support EU membership for Iceland
23/05/2013
Reacting to statements made by a spokesperson for the new coalition government in Iceland announcing that no further negotiation will be held with the European Union and Iceland on future EU membership without a prior referendum,...
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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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Window of opportunity opens up for Ukraine
15/05/2013
On the day the European Commission has given the green light to the Council for the signature of the Association Agreement with Ukraine, ALDE hosted a "Ukraine day" to discuss the current situation in the country.
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EU must take bold step towards Magnitsky visa ban list
02/05/2013
The Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a resolution stating that the Irish Presidency will highlight their concern and that of the international community about the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky...
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La visite du Premier Ministre de RCA, M. Nicolas Tiangaye, au Parlement Européen devant la Commission DEVE
29/04/2013
A l’initiative de M. Louis Michel, député européen, co-président de l’Assemblée parlementaire paritaire ACP-UE, et envoyé spécial de l’OIF pour le suivi de la situation en RCA, M. Nicolas Tiangaye, Premier Ministre de la...
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EU must take a firm stand against Russian blackmail
26/04/2013
Reacting to news that the Russian Ambassador to Ireland has written to Irish Members of Parliament threatening to block a treaty on Irish adoptions of Russian children unless Irish parliamentarians drop a Russian-critical human...
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EU seals historic deal in Western Balkans
23/04/2013
In a Foreign Affairs committee debate today on the outcome of the high level dialogue over the weekend which sealed a historic deal between Serbia and Kosovo, Jelko Kacin (LDS, Slovenia), EP rapporteur on EU-Serbia relations...
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