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Open Letter to Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council 04/02/10

Mister President, Dear Herman, Further to your initiative, the heads of state and government will hold an informal summit on 11 February on what could be called the "state of the union". I think that this is a good and timely initiative. In the meantime the Lisbon Treaty has been in force for over two months.... Read more

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

The Civil Liberties Committee withholds consent Financial Messaging data agreement (SWIFT) 04/02/10

Patient information: understanding the drugs we take 04/02/10

ALDE pushes again for European coordination for tragedies such as the earthquake in Haiti 18/01/10

Parliament sets conditions for granting consent to SWIFT agreement 17/12/09

European Parliament to question Bulgarian proposal for referendum on Turkish-speaking news programme 17/12/09

Budget 2010: extra budget demands require review of multi annual financial framework 17/12/09

 
Guy Verhofstadt MEP

EU summit needs to breathe new life into EU - open letter to van Rompuy 04/02/10

Guy Verhofstadt, Liberal and Democrat group leader in the European Parliament today called on EU leaders to recommit to more unity of action and thinking at their summit next week in Brussels.... Read more

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Financial messaging data agreement (SWIFT) likely to be rejected by Parliament 02/02/10

The Liberal and Democrat group in the European Parliament today concluded that the conditions for approving the interim so-called 'Swift' agreement have not been met.... Video availableRead more

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China should resolve the "Google" case by offering greater freedom to its citizens 28/01/10

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group, on a visit to Beijing this week to discuss China's growing influence on the global economy and launch the Chinese translation of his book*, has also been meeting with Chinese human-rights activists whose Google mailboxes came under concerted attack from hackers earlier this month.... Read more