Mali: International donor support only effective if elections deliver stable government
16/05/2013
Leading ALDE MEP Louis Michel (MR, Belgium), who has been recently nominated as Head of the EU's observer mission for the presidential elections in Mali says that the forthcoming elections are a vital opportunity to start...
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Window of opportunity opens up for Ukraine
15/05/2013
On the day the European Commission has given the green light to the Council for the signature of the Association Agreement with Ukraine, ALDE hosted a "Ukraine day" to discuss the current situation in the country.
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EU must take bold step towards Magnitsky visa ban list
02/05/2013
The Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a resolution stating that the Irish Presidency will highlight their concern and that of the international community about the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky...
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EU must take a firm stand against Russian blackmail
26/04/2013
Reacting to news that the Russian Ambassador to Ireland has written to Irish Members of Parliament threatening to block a treaty on Irish adoptions of Russian children unless Irish parliamentarians drop a Russian-critical human...
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EU seals historic deal in Western Balkans
23/04/2013
In a Foreign Affairs committee debate today on the outcome of the high level dialogue over the weekend which sealed a historic deal between Serbia and Kosovo, Jelko Kacin (LDS, Slovenia), EP rapporteur on EU-Serbia relations...
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Serbian accession to the EU is of mutual importance
18/04/2013
Jelko Kacin (LDS, Slovenia) ALDE rapporteur on Serbia told the European Parliament this week that Serbia has achieved some significant progress in the field of EU-related reforms and he called on the Council to set the date for...
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Libya: Mahmoud Jebril calls for national dialogue to consolidate democratic transition
11/04/2013
This week the ALDE group welcomed Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's interim Prime Minister after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and currently leader of the largest political party in the Libyan Parliament (National Forces Alliance). This...
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EU wastes another opportunity on Syria
23/03/2013
EU countries have wasted another opportunity to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing machine, Guy Verhofstadt said on Saturday following inconclusive talks on the Syria arms embargo by EU foreign ministers in Dublin.
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Verhofstadt: Hungary, Syria and Cyprus represent the failure of our European policies
20/03/2013
Addressing the Parliament plenary today on the European Council, Guy Verhofstadt, President of ALDE, said: "Hungary, Syria and Cyprus represent the failure of our European policies, where everyone has a veto".
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Russia: visa-waiver agreement is unacceptable without Magnitsky law
20/03/2013
The EU member states should adopt their own ‘Magnitsky law’ to punish Russian violators of human rights if progress on relaxing visa regulations between the EU and Russia is to be made, according to ALDE Russia spokeswoman...
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