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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Annan plan has been killed- 477 times and counting
25/04/2012
Commenting after the meeting between the UN special envoy, Kofi Annan and the UN Security Council last night, Guy Verhofstadt asks "Has the Annan plan worked? Ask the families of the 477 souls lost since the April 12th ceasefire...
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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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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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Speech by Guy Verhofstadt at the opening of the Liberal Democrat Conference on "Arab Spring One Year On"
30/03/2012
30 March 2012
09:00-10:00
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Egypt: Guy Verhofstadt welcomes restitution of Ayman Nour's political rights
28/03/2012
Today the Supreme Council of Armed Forces decided to drop all charges against the Egyptian liberal politician Ayman Nour and to give him his political rights back. Ayman Nour was the only one who dared to be candidate against...
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Egypt’s army is reckoning with revolutionaries
07/03/2012
Today the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reported that twelve prominent revolutionary figures, including presidential candidates, activists, journalists, MPs and writers, have been referred to a military prosecution for allegedly...
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