Greece needs major structural reforms not more taxes
07/02/2012
At a press conference in Athens today ahead of an expected announcement by Greek party leaders backing a new austerity plan in return for EU support for the latest bailout, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, heading a delegation...
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EP pledges to tackle problem of double taxation in the Single Market
02/02/2012
Today the European Parliament adopted Olle Schmidt's (Folkpartiet, Sweden) report on tax that responds to the tax initiatives taken by the Commission in 2011 and on the areas where much more must be done to increase growth and...
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Verhofstadt on EU summit: "Eurozone needs action not words"
30/01/2012
On the margins of today's summit of European leaders in Brussels aiming to agree a new fiscal stability pact to solve the financial crisis, Guy Verhofstadt (Liberal and Democrat group leader) stated:
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New version of fiscal stability agreement progress without being the solution
20/01/2012
The fourth draft text of the international agreement on fiscal stability, coordination and governance contains a number of welcome improvements from the previous version. Nevertheless, at the forthcoming meeting of the...
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Rating downgrade shows that redemption fund is the only solution to avoid dramatic rise in interest rates
14/01/2012
Reacting this evening to the announcement from Standard & Poor’s that it was downgrading the credit ratings of several European countries, including two AAA countries (France and Austria), Guy Verhofstadt, Liberal and Democrat...
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EU pledges to crackdown on double taxation
21/12/2011
Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee last night approved a report by Olle Schmidt (Folkpartiet, Sweden) on the EU's Annual Tax report. The report focuses on the tax initiatives taken by the Commission during 2011...
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Verhofstadt: Parliament must show way out of crisis as Council seems incapable
13/12/2011
Evaluating the outcome of last week's EU summit in a parliamentary debate in Strasbourg today with the Presidents of the European Council and Commission, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, concluded that it had only answered...
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Verhofstadt doubts treaty agreement alone is sufficient to solve immediate debt crisis
09/12/2011
"EU leaders have taken some positive steps towards reinforcing discipline such as including fiscal discipline into 'a' treaty and insisting that a 'balanced budget' rule be incorporated into the constitutions of member states."
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Verhofstadt: Merkel and Sarkozy offer nothing new to solve eurocrisis
05/12/2011
At a joint press conference today in Paris ahead of Friday's EU summit, President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel attempted to present a united front for dealing with Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
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Verhofstadt reaction to Sarkozy: "Intergovernmentalism is not the answer to the crisis"
02/12/2011
Following two major speeches from both President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel, the chances of a coherent European response to the crisis next week still look slim.
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