Verhofstadt to travel to Ukraine to see Tymoshenko
22/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt and Hans van Baalen, ALDE Spokesman on Ukraine will travel to Ukraine this Friday (25 May) for a conference on EU-Ukraine relations. They have also formally requested to be allowed to visit Ms Tymoshenko in...
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Kacin comments on election of Serbian President
21/05/2012
Following the Presidential elections in Serbia this weekend, ALDE MEP Jelko Kacin who is the European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia issued the following statement.
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EP rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin welcomes a strong result of pro-EU parties at the parliamentary elections in Serbia held on 6 May
07/05/2012
"I welcome a strong showing of political parties which push for Serbia's integration into the EU. I also find very encouraging that extremist parties failed to cross the threshold for the parliament.
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What is the future for Moderate Islamic Reformers post-Arab Spring?
26/04/2012
As the Arab uprisings struggle to transform themselves into democratic states, ALDE is asking "How can the EU help existing moderate Islamist movements post-Arab Spring?" . This seminar organised by the ALDE group and chaired ...
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Annan plan has been killed- 477 times and counting
25/04/2012
Commenting after the meeting between the UN special envoy, Kofi Annan and the UN Security Council last night, Guy Verhofstadt asks "Has the Annan plan worked? Ask the families of the 477 souls lost since the April 12th ceasefire...
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Guy Verhofstadt: "Mubarak still rules in Egypt"
18/04/2012
Yesterday evening the Presidential Electoral Committee in Egypt decided that ten presidential candidates couldn't run, despite the fact they appealed against an earlier decision. Without wanting to judge about all individual...
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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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ALDE calls for EU wide visa ban on Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case
11/04/2012
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament has today launched a procedure inside the European Parliament seeking to establish a common EU list of officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the subsequent judicial...
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ALDE calls for humanitarian action with military protection in Syria
11/04/2012
Amid reports that the Syrian regime is failing to pull back troops in compliance with the UN brokered peace plan, Guy Verhofstadt on behalf of ALDE MEPs has issued the following statement.
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Verhofstadt : diplomacy is not a substitute for policy in Syria
10/04/2012
Amid reports that the Syrian regime is failing to pull back troops in compliance with the UN brokered peace plan, Guy Verhofstadt has said that "this is Assad's last chance for peace before an all out civil war or international...
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