Verhofstadt to travel to Ukraine to see Tymoshenko
22/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt and Hans van Baalen, ALDE Spokesman on Ukraine will travel to Ukraine this Friday (25 May) for a conference on EU-Ukraine relations. They have also formally requested to be allowed to visit Ms Tymoshenko in...
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ALDE calls for EU wide visa ban on Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case
11/04/2012
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament has today launched a procedure inside the European Parliament seeking to establish a common EU list of officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the subsequent judicial...
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Liberals critical on human rights situation in Azerbaijan
04/04/2012
ALDE Vice-Chair of the Euronest Assembly , Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands) , is in Azerbaijan to promote political and economic integration between the EU and its Eastern European Partners.
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EU should push Russia for reforms after fraudulent elections
14/03/2012
"Elections in Russia are a charade and should not fool any genuine democrat that Putin was on a level playing-field with other candidates," said Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament....
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No business as usual with Putin's Russia
05/03/2012
Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group is visiting Moscow today (5 March 2012) to gauge reactions to the outcome of Russian Presidential elections with Russian civil society groups and to meet with fellow liberals of PARNAS...
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Russia must listen to its people and allow free and fair elections
16/02/2012
Ahead of forthcoming presidential elections in Russia on 4th March in which Prime Minister Putin is expected to emerge as victor following a deal to swap roles with current President Medvedev, the European Parliament adopted a...
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ALDE calls for the EP to formally freeze contacts with the Russian Duma
08/02/2012
Kristiina Ojuland (Reform Party, Estonia) ALDE Spokesperson on Russia today called for the European Parliament to formally freeze its contacts with the Russian State Duma until free and fair parliamentary elections have been held...
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Verhofstadt: "Mr Putin, Be aware Spring is coming"
24/01/2012
Reacting to news that Grigory Yavlinsky, from the Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" is unlikely to be allowed to register as a candidate for the Presidency, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats...
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Yanukovich denies Ukrainian citizens the benefits of closer EU Association
19/12/2011
Hans van Baalen (VVD, Netherlands), ALDE Shadow on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement made the following statement before the EU Ukraine Summit in Kiev, which starts today.
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European Parliament calls for Russia to declare recent election results null and void
14/12/2011
ALDE have hailed as "significant " the resolution adopted in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today clearly demanding that new elections are held in Russia. ALDE have been consistently active in pushing the European...
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