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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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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Rapporteur In 't Veld: EP fails European citizens by endorsing EU-US agreement on passenger data
27/03/2012
European Parliament rapporteur Sophie in 't Veld (D66, Netherlands) considered today's endorsement of the EU-US Agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR) by the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) a blow to civil...
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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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Confiscation of criminal assets: good step towards an EU strategy against organised crime and mafias
12/03/2012
"Depriving criminal organisations of their resources, both material as well as financial, is a first important tool towards the development of an EU-wide strategy to eradicate this globalised and sophisticated phenomenon", said...
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Ensuring Schengen by strengthening police cooperation
08/03/2012
The Union's area of free movement has come under pressure from growing public scepticism and an increased sense of insecurity. This has raised the question whether the EU has done enough to develop a common European security area...
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