The Greeks have chosen Europe - Europe must now make a step towards Greece
18/06/2012
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader in the European Parliament said:
"The Greeks have shown that they intend to follow the path of Europe and of change. Europe in response needs to acknowledge this engagement and show good will...
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Speech by Guy Verhofstadt - Intervention in plenary
13/06/2012
Dear colleagues.
Here we are again.
The Council has just agreed on a bail-out. This time 100 billion for the Spanish banks. And the markets don't believe us. Monday and yesterday, spreads have gone up dramatically,...
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There is 'no need to fear a more federal Europe'
11/05/2012
Europe needs to rediscover its élan and purpose or we will sleepwalk into disintegration and disunity – warns MEP and ALDE group leader
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Speech by Guy Verhofstadt on the future of Europe
09/05/2012
Cher Président, Cher collègues,
Laissez-moi paraphraser le nouveau Président élu en France "le changement, c'est maintenant". Je dirai plutôt "l'Europe, c'est le changement". Et on a besoin de...
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Interview by Guy Verhofstadt - we need 'radical' pro-EU movement
26/04/2012
The man tipped to be the next president of the European Commission talks exclusively to PublicServiceEurope.com about his ambitions for a truly federal Europe and a more proactive EU foreign policy as well as the need to question...
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Guy Verhofstadt's speech on Syria
17/04/2012
Speech on Syria delivered by Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader
European Parliament, Strasbourg - 17 April 2012
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Speech by Guy Verhofstadt at the opening of the Liberal Democrat Conference on "Arab Spring One Year On"
30/03/2012
30 March 2012
09:00-10:00
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Statement by Guy Verhofstadt on the Toulouse and Montauban
28/03/2012
Another terrorist atrocity has just been committed in France, with the murder of seven people including three young children whose only crime was being Jewish. This massacre reminds us of the darkest hours of our continent's...
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Intervention by Guy Verhofstadt on the outcome of the Spring European Council
13/03/2012
European Councils come and go. The last one sunk without a trace.
It denotes a terrible complacency. Does President Van Rompuy or Mr Barroso seriously believe that because Italian interest rates have gone down that the crisis...
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Guy Verhofstadt welcomes the 'Kony 2012' initiative of 'Invisible Children' in Central Africa
12/03/2012
Last week, a 30-minute internet film, "Kony 2012," was launched to wake up the world to the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa
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