Verhofstadt: Tentative discussions on safe havens not good enough
31/08/2012
Reacting to calls by Turkey during the UN Security Council meeting yesterday for immediate action to set up refugee camps inside Syria to ease the humanitarian crisis, ALDE Leader Guy Verhofstadt has reiterated his call to the...
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ALDE condemns Leyla Zana's sentence
29/05/2012
ALDE condemns the recent sentence handed down by a provincial Turkish court last week to Leyla Zana, European Parliament Sakharov Prize winner and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
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Press freedom is an indispensable precondition for Turkey's EU accession
29/03/2012
To coincide with the European Parliament's plenary session debate and vote on progress in Turkey's accession negotiations, the Alliance for Liberals and Democrats invited Turkish journalist, Ahmed Sik to discuss press freedom in...
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Liberals and Democrats criticise French Armenian genocide law
24/01/2012
Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF (FDP, Germany), who shadows EU -Turkey affairs for the group said:
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EU needs to renew positive dialogue with Turkey
12/10/2011
The European Commission today issued a progress report on Turkey's readiness for the EU accession process. Commenting on this report, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, (FDP, Germany), Deputy Leader of ALDE and Shadow rapporteur on...
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Turkey has a key role to play
09/03/2011
The European Parliament today voted on Turkey's 2010 progress report. Turkey provides inspiration to many in the Arab world as a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population. Nevertheless the Turkish accession process is...
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ALDE calls for further progress on reforms in Turkey
10/02/2011
The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee today approved Turkey's 2010 progress report sending a strong message of support for further reforms ahead of Turkey's general elections this June.
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Turkey makes slow progress on reforms for EU accession negotiations
10/11/2010
Commenting on this week's progress report from the European Commission, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP, Germany), ALDE spokesperson on Turkey said that "Turkey is treading water in its negotiations with the EU. Despite...
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The strengthening of commercial ties between the EU and Turkey is in the interest of both parties
21/09/2010
Today the European Parliament approved a report by Metin KAZAK (Mouvement for rights and freedom, Bulgaria) by a very large majority, recommending in particular the widening of commercial ties with Turkey, the 17th economic power...
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Turkish referendum is a step in the right direction
13/09/2010
Reacting to Turkey's referendum result yesterday in support of constitutional reforms, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP, Germany), spokesperson for the ALDE group on EU-Turkey accession negotiations in the foreign affairs committee...
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