Merkel and Schäuble are condemning the Eurozone to death by a thousand cuts
15/04/2013
After more than four years of sustained financial crisis and ad hoc policy measures, the Cypriot experience has demonstrated just how fragile and unstable the current foundations of the Euro are.
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Libya: Mahmoud Jebril calls for national dialogue to consolidate democratic transition
11/04/2013
This week the ALDE group welcomed Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's interim Prime Minister after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and currently leader of the largest political party in the Libyan Parliament (National Forces Alliance). This...
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ECB must target SME needs directly
10/04/2013
During next week plenary session, the European Parliament is due to vote on the European Central Bank annual report for 2011, after a debate with its President, Mario Draghi. The ALDE group has decided to table an amendment which...
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ALDE MEPs pave the way for more transparency in the extracting business and less accounting burden for SME's
09/04/2013
Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will be obliged to disclose full information about every single project whose payments to the governmental authorities exceed the threshold of 100.000 Euros. And administrative...
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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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Europe cannot wait for another Cyprus before establishing a common resolution fund
08/04/2013
Guy Verhofstadt today called on the European Commission to speed up its preparation of a legislative proposal establishing a common European bank resolution fund as soon as possible in light of the experiences in dealing with the...
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Unaccompanied Minors: finding the best reception practices
04/04/2013
Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE, Modem, France) has been leading a delegation from the European Parliament to the Netherlands this week to collect data and explore best practices for the reception of unaccompanied children in view of...
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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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Urgent ECON hearing with Dijsselbloem called for by ALDE Group
29/03/2013
The President of the ALDE Group Guy Verhofstadt and Sylvie Goulard, ALDE Coordinator on the ECON committee has called for a urgent meeting of the ECON committee in order to hear Mr Dijsselbloem.
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