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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Neighbourhood Policy: The European Parliament wants to keep democratic and budgetary control on Macro-Financial Assistance
24/05/2012
In adopting by large majority the report by Metin Kazak (Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria) during the Brussels plenary session, the European Parliament warned the European Commission and the Council of its intention not...
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Equality involves respect for the value and remuneration of women's work
24/05/2012
The principle of equality is enshrined in the EU Treaties, but in the European Union this very principle is being violated when women overall get 16 % less pay than men for the same work. Despite EU and national legislation on...
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The European Parliament wants a rebalancing of EU-China trade relations
23/05/2012
During the Strasbourg plenary session today the European Parliament adopted by a large majority Marielle DE SARNEZ's (Modem, France) report on trade relations between the EU and China. Unbalanced relations, as the trade deficit...
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Parliament's right of inquiry: it is time that the Council enters into negotiation
23/05/2012
During the Strasbourg plenary session today the European Parliament reaffirmed its commitment to acquiring a true right of inquiry but given the difficulties that such progress causes among member states, invites the Council and...
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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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Resource efficiency: maximise benefits for the economy and environment
23/05/2012
The report on the European Commission´s "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe", drafted by Dutch Liberal Democrat MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, NL), defines concrete steps towards improving resource efficiency, tackling one...
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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 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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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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