ICJ ruling on Kosovo is a chance to bring clarity and certainty to Western Balkans 22/07/10 Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have welcomed the non-binding ruling from the International Court of Justice today in The Hague that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was not illegal under international law.... Read more |
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GMOs: Commission abdicates responsibility to Member States 14/07/10 |
Novel Foods: ALDE favours food from farms instead of food factories 07/07/10 |
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French Government should rally behind EAS deal instead of pulling it apart |
The European Council announced today that they will start accession negotiations with Iceland. 22/06/10 |
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ALDE defines its project for the Citizen's Initiative 16/07/10 The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe considers the provision for the Citizen's Initiative of the Lisbon Treaty to be a major democratic step forward and intends to make it a success. ... Read more |
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ALDE wishes to reinforce commercial ties between the EU and Turkey 14/07/10 The European Parliament's trade committee approved today an important non-legislative report by Metin Kazak (Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria) on commercial relations between the EU and Turkey by a large majority, 23 for, 2 against and 2 abstentions. ... Read more |
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Stress tests: EU must prepare a follow-up plan 14/07/10 The Liberals and Democrats, the first political group in the European Parliament last year to draw attention to the importance of undertaking stress tests on European banks, is calling on ECOFIN Council of Finance ministers tomorrow to prepare the ground carefully, both in terms of methodology and possible recapitalisation.... Read more |
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Parliament gives green light to new, improved data sharing agreement with USA 08/07/10 Today the European Parliament finally gave its green light to the recommendation on a new EU-US Financial Messaging Data Agreement in which the Liberal and Democrat group played an instrumental role in steering it through Parliament and ensuring that personal data privacy is better protected. 484 MEPs in favour, 109 against, 12 abstentions.... |
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