ALDE position paper on the Eurozone
30/05/2012
Four steps to exit the crisis
"We are facing the prospects of a lost decade of growth and employmentand an absence of decisive leadership on how to tackle it. Politicalelites are sharply divided between the need for increasing...
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Youth job opportunities must be the focus for EU growth and employment efforts
25/05/2012
The Group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) underlines that austerity measures cannot be separated from growth and efforts to create jobs in Europe. Millions of young people who finished school and want...
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Verhofstadt: EU leaders must listen to their citizens' wishes for closer fiscal union
23/05/2012
"EU leaders have for too long turned a deaf ear to our proposals on how to solve the crisis but by doing so they don't listen to their own citizens" said ALDE group President Guy Verhofstadt ahead of today's informal European...
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Verhofstadt appeals to EU leaders ahead of crucial EU summit
22/05/2012
Debating the enhanced tension and uncertainty in the Eurozone ahead of tomorrow's crucial EU summit, ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt called for EU leaders finally to grasp the bull by the horns and establish full economic and...
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SMEs need better access to structural funds and to finance in general
22/05/2012
Liberals and Democrats have pointed out their support for small and medium sized enterprises' access to structural funds in the EU. During a debate this morning in the Strasbourg plenary several ALDE speakers presented proposals...
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"Bad governance is main cause of the euro crisis"
20/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals and Democrats group in the European Parliament expressed his frustration today at the escalating severity of the Eurozone crisis and the inability of EU leaders to respond with the...
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Only a structural solution to reduce Eurozone debt will end the crisis of confidence
15/05/2012
As market speculation grows that Greece may be edging towards an exit from the Eurozone and doubts arise about the capacity of the EU's nascent firewall (€500bn European Stability Mechanism) to contain the ensuing contagion, Guy...
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Two-pack: ALDE welcomes inclusion of European Redemption Fund to solve the eurocrisis
14/05/2012
In addition to the rules on enhanced economic governance, better known as the 'six- pack', in force since last December, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee voted today on two further Regulations...
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Basel III: decreasing capital risk in favour of growth.
14/05/2012
Today the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee (ECON) voted the new draft legislation to reform bank prudential requirements on capital and liquidity, also known as Basel III, an accord that responds to...
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Verhofstadt: EU needs a structural approach to overcome the ongoing euro crisis
18/04/2012
Following a request from the ALDE group, the European Parliament debated today, with President Barroso the means to combat the ongoing economic crisis.
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