Parliament signs off two-pack deal in return for decisive step towards debt redemption fund
12/03/2013
Today the European Parliament signed off the agreement reached last February with the Council and Commission on new EU legislation aiming at further enhancing the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all...
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European Redemption Fund to be fully assessed in return for agreement on Two-Pack
20/02/2013
Today, the EU institutions finally reached an agreement on the 'two-pack' to further enhance the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all euro-area Member States. Concretely, the 'two-pack' consists of one...
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Further examination of a form of common bond issuance is justified
16/01/2013
Today the European Parliament voted on the report by ALDE MEP Sylvie Goulard (Modem, France) on the "feasibility of the introduction of stability bonds" which responds to the Green Paper launched by the Commission in November...
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Guy Verhofstadt: "We strongly support the Commission's blueprint but believe the Redemption Fund is possible with the current Treaty"
29/11/2012
Commenting today on the Commission's blueprint for full economic and monetary union, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader stated:
"We strongly welcome the paper produced by the Commission and agree with the overall assessment made...
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Backtracking on EU summit plan for Eurozone is irresponsible
10/07/2012
Commenting this morning as Eurozone finance minsters prepare to meet to start putting flesh on the bones of the European Council conclusions of 29th June, Guy Verhofstadt (Liberal and Democrat group leader in the European...
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Verhofstadt welcomes draft plan for EU fiscal union
26/06/2012
Commenting today on proposals drawn up by Messrs van Rompuy, Barroso, Draghi and Juncker to submit to EU leaders at the end of the week, Guy Verhofstadt, Liberal and Democrat group leader, said:
"Not before time, concrete...
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The European Parliament deepens debate on Eurobonds
01/06/2012
Responding to the Commission Green paper on the "feasibility of the introduction of stability bonds", whose publication was obtained by the EP as part of the '6 pack' negotiations, the EP Rapporteur Sylvie Goulard (Modem, France)...
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Verhofstadt: "Ecofin fools itself - decision to merge the EFSF and ESM is still just another stop-gap remedy to the crisis"
30/03/2012
"The decision of Ecofin of today to merge the EFSF and ESM will not provide long-term stability to bond markets if the crisis sucks in larger Eurozone economies" said ALDE Group Leader Guy Verhofstadt following the consensus...
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New version of fiscal stability agreement progress without being the solution
20/01/2012
The fourth draft text of the international agreement on fiscal stability, coordination and governance contains a number of welcome improvements from the previous version. Nevertheless, at the forthcoming meeting of the...
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Verhofstadt: Parliament must show way out of crisis as Council seems incapable
13/12/2011
Evaluating the outcome of last week's EU summit in a parliamentary debate in Strasbourg today with the Presidents of the European Council and Commission, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, concluded that it had only answered...
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