EU needs stronger instruments to tackle cross-border organised crime
07/05/2013
After months of work since its establishment in March 2012, the European Parliament's Special Committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering (CRIM), chaired by ALDE MEP Sonia Alfano, adopted today its first interim...
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ALDE backs better protection for home buyers
27/04/2013
After months of negotiations, last night an agreement was reached between the European Parliament, Council and Commission on the mortgage credit Directive which aims to create a level playing field where minimum harmonisation...
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ALDE secures mandatory rotation for audit firms
25/04/2013
Thanks to crucial ALDE backing, the need to establish time limits on the contractual relationship between auditors and their clients was approved today by MEPs on the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament by a...
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Mandatory rotation of audit firms is essential to ensure their independence
24/04/2013
Ahead of tomorrow's key vote in Parliament's Legal Affairs committee on rules for improving the quality and independence in the auditing of major companies (especially banks), Liberals and Democrats underline the need to...
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Need for an EU strategy against tax fraud, evasion and tax havens
24/04/2013
The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted today a report on the 'Fight against Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion and Tax Havens' which sends clear recommendations to both the Commission and Member States to...
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Cyprus: ALDE calls for ECB, EBA and ESRB to give explanations to the EP
04/04/2013
In line with their request for an urgent meeting with the Eurogroup President, Mr Dijsselbloem, on the Cyprus crisis, the President of the ALDE Group Guy Verhofstadt and Sylvie Goulard, ALDE Coordinator in the ECON committee,...
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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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Doubts still remain on workability of banking union agreement
19/03/2013
Parliament and Council reached today an agreement on establishing a single supervisory mechanism, the first building block of the Banking union.
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Parliament signs off two-pack deal in return for decisive step towards debt redemption fund
12/03/2013
Today the European Parliament signed off the agreement reached last February with the Council and Commission on new EU legislation aiming at further enhancing the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all...
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European Redemption Fund to be fully assessed in return for agreement on Two-Pack
20/02/2013
Today, the EU institutions finally reached an agreement on the 'two-pack' to further enhance the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all euro-area Member States. Concretely, the 'two-pack' consists of one...
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