EU and US must step up pressure on Syrian regime
08/06/2011
Acknowledging the difficulty in obtaining support for a tough UN resolution, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader calls for the EU and the US to show leadership and be united in their call for Al-Assad's regime to stop the slaughter of...
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MEPs agree a common agenda to strengthen relations between EU and Latin America
01/06/2011
ALDE MEPs held important exchange of views today in the European Parliament in Brussels in the first of what will be many meeting of the new "ALDELAT" network. ALDELAT was created to deepen and strengthen relations between the...
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ALDE Group welcomes long overdue arrest of Ratko Mladic
26/05/2011
"The arrest of Ratko Mladic and his delivery to justice well serves Serbia 's interests and is warmly welcomed by the European Union. We hope that this clears the way for more expedient and determined integration of Serbia into...
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Europe's new Neighbourhood Policy :an important step in building democracy on our doorstep
25/05/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE leader called the European Commission's Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood policy "an important step" today but says the challenge now must be to get the Member States to fully support the measures...
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ALDE condemns attacks on Muslims in Bulgaria
23/05/2011
Reacting to the recent incident at a Mosque in Sofia where supporters of Bulgaria's nationalist party Ataka assaulted Muslim worshipers, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE leader roundly condemned this racist attack.
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EAS office in Benghazi should be followed by formal recognition of Transitional Council
23/05/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, welcomed the recent initiative of the High Representatives to open a technical office in Benghazi to coordinate humanitarian support for the Libyan opposition and the establishment of the...
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Homophobia: ALDE calls for frank debate between EU and ACP country partners
16/05/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE group said: "Tomorrow we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia - the anniversary of the deletion of homosexuality from the World Health Organisation's list of sicknesses. This...
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Liberals call on Ashton to increase pressure on the Chinese authorities
12/05/2011
Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE group leader) and Edward McMillan-Scott (Lib Dem, UK) today called on Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, to address ongoing violations of human rights in China - particularly the treatment of...
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Syria crackdown is becoming the "Arab Tiananmen"
11/05/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader has referred to the current violent crackdown in several Syrian cities as "the Arab Tiananmen" today in the European Parliament during a debate with EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton and called...
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ALDE calls on Ugandan authorities not to adopt anti-homosexuality bill
10/05/2011
ALDE MEPs wrote today a letter to the Ugandan authorities to urge them not to adopt a bill that would further criminalise or even impose a death penalty on LGBT persons. The Ugandan Parliament is discussing the draft law this...
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