Verhofstadt doubts treaty agreement alone is sufficient to solve immediate debt crisis
09/12/2011
"EU leaders have taken some positive steps towards reinforcing discipline such as including fiscal discipline into 'a' treaty and insisting that a 'balanced budget' rule be incorporated into the constitutions of member states."
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Verhofstadt reaction to Sarkozy: "Intergovernmentalism is not the answer to the crisis"
02/12/2011
Following two major speeches from both President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel, the chances of a coherent European response to the crisis next week still look slim.
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Economic governance: Council and Commission must stick to the '6 pack' deal
16/11/2011
Today the President of the European Parliament officially signed the six legislative acts on economic governance ('6 pack') adopted by the Parliament on September 28th and agreed by the Council.
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EU leaders now have to focus on creating long-term eurozone stability and coherence
27/10/2011
Reacting to the 11th hour deal amongst EU leaders to take serious measures to halt the deterioration of the eurozone crisis, Guy Verhofstadt said:
"I am obviously relieved that after nearly two years of delay and hesitation EU...
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Verhofstadt: Slovak vote proves need for majority decision making in eurozone
12/10/2011
Guy Verhofstadt (Liberal & Democrat group leader in the European Parliament) expressed his deep regret at the Slovak Parliament's rejection last night of the upgraded European Financial Stability Facility which is seen as a key...
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Liberals and Democrats maintain pressure for action plan on economic governance
04/10/2011
Following last week's State of the Union debate in Strasbourg, the ALDE group will follow up on commitments made by President Barroso to strengthen economic governance in the Union and propose concrete measures to deepen economic...
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6-pack on economic governance is victory for financial stability and basis for growth
28/09/2011
The European Parliament today gave its final approval to the agreement reached two weeks ago with the Council on the six legislative acts on economic governance ('6 pack'), which improves on the existing framework for...
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Verhofstadt calls on Barroso to present global plan to end the euro crisis
14/09/2011
In a passionate debate in Strasbourg today on the measures needed to end the financial crisis in Europe, Guy Verhofstadt (Liberal group leader) underlined three key mistakes that have contributed to the present situation and four...
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Breakthrough in sight on vital economic governance package
07/09/2011
The latest draft proposals from the Council presidency, presented last night to Parliament, appear to offer a breakthrough on the economic governance package, the so called '6-pack of legislative measures to strengthen...
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Europe's financial crisis requires a federal solution
06/09/2011
At the start of the new parliamentary year after a summer of crisis, Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament are calling on the European Commission to seize the initiative from the Member States to resolve the...
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