Media freedom and pluralism: Commission must take all EP recommendations on board
21/05/2013
Member States and the Commission should take appropriate measures to ensure better monitoring and enforcement of media freedom and pluralism across the EU, given that this right has become legally binding with the entry into...
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Combatting Homophobia: time for concrete actions long overdue
16/05/2013
Tomorrow is the International Day against Homophobia and also marks the 23rd year since the World Health Organization (WHO) deleted homosexuality from the international list of classified diseases. Unfortunately though lesbian,...
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Verhofstadt strongly condemns MEP Mario Borghezio's racist remarks about Italian Minister of Integration
16/05/2013
At the request of the ALDE group, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (which comprises President Schulz and all political group Presidents) discussed the insulting remarks made by Italian MEP Mario Borghezio...
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EP report on Hungary confirms a clear risk of a serious breach of EU values
07/05/2013
The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee discussed today for the first time the report on the situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary. The need for this report arose from a series of...
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No EU PNR before Data Protection Rules are firmly in place
24/04/2013
The majority of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee rejected today the draft Directive on the use of airline Passenger Name Record data (PNR) within the EU, proposed by the Commission in February 2011. According...
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Minimum EU standards for asylum will end current lottery between Member States
24/04/2013
The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee confirmed today the agreement reached with Council on two pieces of legislation which are part of the EU Asylum package. One text updates the rules governing the functioning of...
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Hungarian Government is at least at risk of breaching EU fundamental values
17/04/2013
At the request of ALDE Group the European Parliament today debated the constitutional situation in Hungary following the adoption of a fourth amendment to the Hungarian Constitution. Since its entry into force on January 2012,...
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Wiretapping scandal in Bulgaria is a matter of European concern
16/04/2013
Commenting on the investigation by the Bulgarian Prosecutor General's Office into the allegations of illegal wiretapping of scores of political opposition leaders in Bulgaria, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group has made...
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Improved Schengen Information system finally fully operative
09/04/2013
The European Commission announced that today the new generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) became fully operational.
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International Roma Day: break social exclusion via education and better implementation of EU laws
08/04/2013
To commemorate the International Roma Day, ALDE group member Sir Graham Waston is today hosting in collaboration with the European Liberal Forum, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and with the assistance of the Open Society...
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