Europe's leaders must explain need for drastic action to end economic crisis
29/08/2011
The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) met in extraordinary session today to take stock of the deteriorating situation in the Eurozone in the presence of ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet,...
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Verhofstadt: Sarkozy-Merkel summit disappointing
17/08/2011
Following the meeting between Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy today
in Paris, Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats in the European Parliament commented:
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Financial policy and Eurobonds on the agenda
15/08/2011
In the current debate on Eurobonds, Guy Verhofstadt, president of the Liberal and Democrat group in the European Parliament, welcomes the recent statement of the German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble regarding a financial...
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Crise financière: Le Parlement européen convoquera sa commission économique et monétaire avant fin août
12/08/2011
La commission pour les affaires économiques et monétaires du Parlement Européen (ECON) sous la présidence de Sharon Bowles (ADLE) se réunira avant la fin du mois à Bruxelles pour une session extraordinaire afin de faire le point...
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EP sets out proposals to avoid further economic crises
06/07/2011
"The EU is at a critical juncture: it must decide either to increase its rate of integration or regress to an economic zone", said CRIS chairman Wolf KLINZ (FDP, Germany), after the European Parliament adopted today by a large...
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Multiannual Financial Framework:ALDE welcomes the convening of an Inter-Parliamentary Conference
05/07/2011
Guy VERHOFSTADT confirmed today during a Strasbourg plenary debate the Liberals and Democrats' support for the European Commission proposals on the Post-2013 Multiannual Financial Framework. The ALDE President particularly...
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MEP Theodoros Skylakakis welcomes the approval of the mid-term reform package
29/06/2011
In the framework of the vote on the mid-term reform package by the Greek Parliament, MEP Theodoros Skylakakis, Member of the Democratic Alliance party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe stated the following:
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Economic Governance package must contain strong sanctions to be credible
23/06/2011
Today the European Parliament voted on the text of the crucial package of legislative measures on economic governance, as amended, without voting on the final resolution that would have closed the first reading procedure. In this...
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ALDE: "No new border controls inside the EU"
23/06/2011
ALDE will strongly condemn any attempt to create any additional mechanism and possibilities of making it easier for Member States to re-introduce border checks. This is one of the messages of the ALDE group to today's European...
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Verhofstadt welcomes Barroso's commitment to support Parliament's demands on economic governance
22/06/2011
Negotiations on the crucial package of legislative measures on economic governance hang in the balance over differences between the European Parliament and certain Member States on the degree of latitude to grant to the European...
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