ALDE successful in calling the Commission to report to Parliament on Roma databases, discrimination and free movement in France and in the EU
14/10/2010
The ALDE group's request to call for the European Commission to come to Parliament for next week's parliamentary session has been accepted today by the Conference of Presidents.
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Verhofstadt on Roma issue: ALDE will closely monitor Commission action
29/09/2010
Today the Commission announced the opening of an infringement procedure against France for not fully implementing the 2004 Directive on Free Movement. In the case of France, the government has to come forward with its...
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ALDE welcomes Commission action against France over Roma
14/09/2010
In response to our concerns on the situation of Roma in France, Europe is finally proving its worth by not ignoring xenophobic, discriminatory, and nationalist policies perpetrated by Member States.
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ALDE calls for a full Commission inquiry into Roma deportations
14/09/2010
ALDE is scandalised by news of a memo from the office of the French Interior ministry which quotes the Roma specifically in actions to close camps on the grounds of public order.
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Verhofstadt: "European Commission must uphold EU Treaties on Roma rights"
13/09/2010
Reacting to French Government rejections of Parliament's criticism this week over the mass expulsion of Roma people during the summer, Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE group leader who initiated the whole debate on the issue) insisted that...
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Women from ethnic minorities suffer double discrimination in EU today
07/09/2010
The European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted a report by Dr Antonyia Parvanova today evaluating the issues surrounding the social integration policies in the EU, particularly for women belonging to ethnic minority groups and to...
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ALDE: We need a European Policy for Roma Integration
07/09/2010
France is profiting from Europe's most vulnerable population (the Roma), by paying €300 per adult, and €100 per child for them to leave the French territory. Thus, the French government, on the pretence that the repatriation is...
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ALDE requests plenary debate on the Roma situation in the EU
24/08/2010
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe deeply regrets that several European governments have brazenly stigmatised the Roma community over these past summer months.
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ALDE calls on Commission to enact a EU Roma inclusion strategy
10/03/2010
During yesterday's debate in the European Parliament on the forthcoming "Second European Roma Summit" (Cordoba, Spain on April 8-9, 2010), ALDE Members called upon the European Commission for more action, since nothing has been...
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