ALDE statement on hearing on freedom of Bulgarian media
18/06/2012
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament is a longstanding promoter of human rights and civil liberties inside the European Union and beyond it's borders. In this context the 6 June...
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European Parliament group leaders agree to suspend cooperation with Council Presidency on JHA
15/06/2012
Following this week's heated debate with the Danish presidency on the decision of Justice and Home Affairs ministers to unilaterally change the legal base of the new Schengen Evaluation Mechanism in order to exclude Parliament...
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Schengen: EP must take Council to Court and halt all negotiations in JHA
12/06/2012
Today the European Parliament held an emergency debate on Schengen following the decision taken by Justice and Home Affairs Ministers on 8 June to remove from the European Parliament its co-legislative rights on the new Schengen...
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Schengen: Council declares war on the European Parliament
07/06/2012
Today EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers agreed to exclude the Parliament from a role in the shaping of the new Schengen evaluation mechanism, by changing the legal basis from article 77 of the Treaty - meaning that the EP...
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ALDE welcomes Schengen 'health check' to enhance Member States' cooperation
16/05/2012
Today the European Commission presented its first ever Schengen 'health check', a biannual overview of the functioning of the area of free movement, with the aim of ensuring a coherent interpretation and implementation of the...
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Homophobia remains a stain on our free and open society
16/05/2012
On the eve of the International Day against Homophobia, the Group of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) calls on EU institutions, Member States and international organizations to continue the fight against...
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MEPs oppose any weakening of Schengen acquis
25/04/2012
Today the European Parliament's Civil liberties committee (LIBE) voted to amend the common rules on the reintroduction of controls at internal borders in exceptional circumstances. A Regulation was proposed by the Commission to...
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Verhofstadt: PNR Agreement falls short of EU standards on data privacy
19/04/2012
Today the main political groups in the European Parliament gave the green light to the EU-US agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR), despite the rapporteur Sophie in 't Veld (D66, Netherlands) recommending to...
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ALDE calls for extra guarantees on the EU-US PNR agreement
17/04/2012
The ALDE Group decided that extra guarantees are required on the EU-US PNR agreement, due to be voted this Thursday in the European Parliament during its plenary session.
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Rapporteur In 't Veld: EP fails European citizens by endorsing EU-US agreement on passenger data
27/03/2012
European Parliament rapporteur Sophie in 't Veld (D66, Netherlands) considered today's endorsement of the EU-US Agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR) by the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) a blow to civil...
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