Authoritarian regimes beware - The EU will not help you launder your ill-gotten gains
01/02/2012
The European Parliament will vote on a report on EU policy towards the leaders of authoritarian regimes on Thursday during its mini plenary session in Brussels. The report has been timed to coincide with a European Commission...
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Iran's nuclear activity a serious worry for the EU
01/02/2012
Amid growing tension between Iran and the EU regarding Iran's nuclear activities and the subsequent introduction of sanctions on Iran's oil exports, the European Parliament held a debate today with the EU High Representative to...
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Liberals and Democrats criticise French Armenian genocide law
24/01/2012
Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF (FDP, Germany), who shadows EU -Turkey affairs for the group said:
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Verhofstadt: "Mr Putin, Be aware Spring is coming"
24/01/2012
Reacting to news that Grigory Yavlinsky, from the Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" is unlikely to be allowed to register as a candidate for the Presidency, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats...
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Verhofstadt: EU must support early presidential elections in Egypt
21/12/2011
The behaviour of the Egyptian security forces has gone from bad to worse over recent months to the extent that they have now betrayed the democratic revolution itself.
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Yanukovich denies Ukrainian citizens the benefits of closer EU Association
19/12/2011
Hans van Baalen (VVD, Netherlands), ALDE Shadow on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement made the following statement before the EU Ukraine Summit in Kiev, which starts today.
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European Parliament calls for Russia to declare recent election results null and void
14/12/2011
ALDE have hailed as "significant " the resolution adopted in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today clearly demanding that new elections are held in Russia. ALDE have been consistently active in pushing the European...
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Verhofstadt: "I am shocked by the lack of urgency to halt a massacre in Homs - we must take the same action as we did in Benghazi"
14/12/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader today issued a stark warning to the EU following the weak statement by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton on the situation in Syria. Following her remarks that the idea of creating...
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EP calls for more pooling of defence policy costs
14/12/2011
The European Parliament adopted today a report on the impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector in EU Member States.
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Verhofstadt: "Russia cannot be considered a democracy."
05/12/2011
Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament made the following statement on the occasion of the elections to the Russian State Duma of 4 December...
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