Guy Verhofstadt: Election Morsi is only one step towards democracy
25/06/2012
On behalf of the ALDE group, Guy Verhofstadt this morning congratulates Mohamed Morsi on his historic victory in the presidential elections in Egypt. Morsi is the first president in Egypt's history to be democratically elected...
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Military personnel deployed in EU missions can be protected by the EU Ombudsman
19/06/2012
Soldiers from Union Member States deployed in CSDP missions can direct any complaints concerning their individual and financial rights to the EU Ombudsman, having first addressed the structures in their own country. This was the...
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Tibet - human rights are not an optional extra
14/06/2012
The European Parliament adopted a resolution today drawing attention to the human rights situation in Tibet. While this issue has been raised before in the framework of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue further steps are...
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Mass demonstrations in Moscow are first shoots of a Russian political Spring
12/06/2012
In reaction to the protests in Russia today which saw one hundred thousand people take to the streets to demand reforms, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader says the Russian authorities should take immediate concrete steps to implement...
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Russian crackdown on civilian protesters is a slap in the face for EU
05/06/2012
Russian police earlier today arrested 18 civilian activists just outside the Russian State Duma, including Sergei Mitrokhin and a number of prominent Yabloko party members, who had assembled for a peaceful demonstration,...
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Syria: Diplomatic toolbox is almost empty
29/05/2012
Reacting to the news that Western Governments have started to expel top Syrian diplomats from their countries today in reaction to the horrific massacre in the Syrian town of Houla.
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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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La présence de représentants du mouvement touareg au PE, ce mardi 22 mai à Strasbourg
22/05/2012
A l'occasion de la présence de représentants maliens du Mouvement national de libération de l'Azawad (MNLA), ce mardi 22 mai au PE, à Strasbourg, Louis Michel, au nom du groupe ALDE, a déclaré: "la présence de représentants du...
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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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Kacin comments on election of Serbian President
21/05/2012
Following the Presidential elections in Serbia this weekend, ALDE MEP Jelko Kacin who is the European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia issued the following statement.
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