EMM News Explorer: Guy Verhofstadt

[-concluded]: For months Assad has been given the chance to bring about change. Instead he has escalated repression and massacred his own people. Enough is enough. Russia and China cannot be allowed to prevent action to save lives. If nothing is done, more courageous people who want an end to tyranny will die and the UN's legitimacy will be undermined,

euractiv 06-FEB-12

[ said]: If we want to solve the euro crisis we need to tackle the problem of solidarity, how we can mutualise the debt and how we can lower interest rates,

euronews 30-JAN-12

[-said]: To say that there is no problem in Hungary is astonishing,

euobserver 19-JAN-12

[said:]: I have here a document, a document of in total 30 breaches of the treaty. So to say that there’s no problem today in Hungary, and that there is no big problem, I am astonished by that.

euronews 19-JAN-12

[declared:]: Hungary is an example of what may happen wherever there is a concentration of crisis tendency with authoritarian means and a policy of nationalistic isolation.

euronews 19-JAN-12

[-said]: It is appalling to say that all is well now in Hungary. Our assembly has a responsibility vis-à-vis the treaty. We must act ... and see whether or not there is a clear risk of a violation of our values,

euractiv 19-JAN-12

[ said]: By deciding to begin infringement procedures only on three specific issues that may breach European law, the Commission has missed the broader picture,

CBSnews 18-JAN-12

[-said]: The case of Hungary is not just about technical breaches of EU legislation, but a wider concern of gradual but persistent erosion of EU values,

CBSnews 18-JAN-12

[ said]: This intergovernmental agreement is a very dangerous exercise. We must limit its scope to the minimum: to the golden rule [on balanced budgets],

euobserver 18-JAN-12

[-concluded]: This should not be perceived as an attack on Hungary or the Hungarian people but a warning to the Hungarian government, and other governments who may pursue similar changes undermining civil liberties

euractiv 18-JAN-12

[-said]: The Hungarian crisis is as important as the euro crisis,

eubusiness 10-JAN-12

[ said]: The time has now come to initiate legal and political sanctions by the EU institutions,

europeanvoice 04-JAN-12

[ said]: One thing was evident to me from the beginning,

economictimes 30-DEC-11

[ said]: The European Parliament is placed throughout the agreement as we insisted on all decisions being made through the community mechanism, thereby ensuring the democratic control and the role of the parliament,

irishtimes 30-DEC-11

[ said]: It is for political, symbolic reasons that they want to do this agreement,

euobserver 20-DEC-11

[ said]: To use a British expression, when you are invited to the table, you are either a guest or you're on the menu,

independent 14-DEC-11

[ said]: To use a British expression, when you are invited to the table, you are either a guest or you’re on the menu,

iol 14-DEC-11

[warned:]: When you are invited to a table, it is either as a guest or you are part of the menu. That can happen.

mailonsunday 13-DEC-11

[said:]: in politics there is one golden rule -- you don't quit the negotiating table unless you're sure you won't end up alone.

dailystar 13-DEC-11

[said:]: It was not wise of Cameron. He's putting himself outside of the club and this club is his main trade partner.

independent 11-DEC-11

[warned that this was:]: not a way forward

euractiv 09-DEC-11

[-said]: People are fed up with political leaders, but they still believe in Europe. What we need is an ‘agora’ where citizens have their say,

euractiv 09-DEC-11

[-said]: This is just their lowest common denominator and nothing like the comprehensive package for economic and fiscal union that is required to convince the markets that Europe is serious about tackling its long-term debt issues,

euractiv 06-DEC-11

[-said]: The EU must respond by putting greater pressure on Syria - we asked for an oil embargo back in August but it has taken 4 months to come into force,

kuna 22-NOV-11

[ warned]: Making the nation’s fate dependent on a single vote of protest led to the Republic’s collapse,

irishsun 03-NOV-11

[-warns that]: Instead, the last 18 months of hesitation and half-measures have only added fuel to the fire.

theparliament 03-NOV-11

[ warned]: Making the nation's fate dependent on a single vote of protest led to the Republic's collapse,

irishsun 03-NOV-11

[-said]: The chaotic organisation of the vote last Sunday raises concerns about the upcoming second round,

sofiaecho 27-OCT-11

[ said]: can maybe help on a short-term basis but is certainly not the firepower that is needed to stabilize on a medium-term the markets,

AP 25-OCT-11

[-said]: I find the position of Turkey very courageous [toward public revolutions in the Arab world and North Africa] and very important for the rest of the world. And I don’t think that Turkey is isolated. Actually, the opposite is true -- because Turkey is becoming the political leader, I should say, of a whole range of countries from reformed Morocco, democratic Tunisia, Libya without Gaddafi and Egypt that still has to find its way in the next month, in the next year and a number of other countries. I see Turk

todayszaman 23-OCT-11

[ said]: We're still having discussions about it, mainly between France and Germany. The most important is not how the exact mechanism is defined,

euractiv 23-OCT-11

[ said]: to increase citizens' interest in what they pay for

europarl 21-OCT-11

[ said]: We cannot go back in time and prevent the current crisis,

IHT 28-SEP-11

[-stated]: We stand in the eye of a financial storm. Banks have lost trust in each other, stock markets are at a 4-year low, growth prospects are anemic and the spreads on government bonds in the eurozone are increasing by the day. Only courage, solidarity and leadership will provide a route out of the current crisis,

euractiv 28-SEP-11

[-said]: My group has always insisted that without more automaticity of sanctions in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact we would have not delivered a credible package to guarantee a sustainable economy in the long term.

euractiv 15-SEP-11

[-recalled]: We got a phone call from the embassy and were told there was a plane that hit one of the twin towers. It was not clear what the source of this was, but then we saw on TV as a second plane hit the other tower. That was no longer an accident,

euobserver 09-SEP-11

[ said]: I appeal now for a bold and brave approach, particularly from the European Commission, which has the right of initiative,

euractiv 08-SEP-11

[-added]: Rather than prepare the next plan for Spain or Italy, they must tackle the root cause of the problem. Their obfuscation and policy of too little too late has provided no lasting solution and only caused great pain to the tax payer and to European competitiveness.

theparliament 10-AUG-11

[ added]: We are the first political group in the European Parliament to take this exceptional step by sending one of our staff to Cairo. The task will be to identify and support liberal and democratic forces and to establish contacts between them and the ALDE Group,

kuna 12-JUL-11

[ said]: I've always said that you should be in our political group,

javno 07-JUL-11

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