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Brussels, January 27, 2012 - The press statement is available in Romanian language.
Brussels, January 27, 2012The text is available in Romanian language.
Strasbourg, December 14, 2011 - "Maintaining the restrictions on the EU labour markets has no justification! Mobility of workers inside the EU should no longer be considered a threat to the internal labour markets" - Romanian MEP Renate Weber,...
Brussels, November 30, 2011 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber has co-signed, together with other 63 MEPs an open letter to US President, Barack Obama and US authorities, expressing their concern in regard to alleged human rights violation against Bradley Manning,...
Brussels, October 3, 2011 - The letter initiated by Romanian MEPs Daciana Sarbu and Renate Weber, signed by 16 MEPs and sent to Commissioner Pocotnik - attached.
Bucharest, September 16, 2011 - The press release is available in Romanian language.
Strasbourg, September 14, 2011 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber has sent this morning a letter to the president of the French Superior Audiovisual Council, Michel Boyon, regarding the show "Les Guignols de l'Info" from September 6, 2011 on Canal+,...
Bucharest, July 23, 2011 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber has sent today a letter to the European Commission regarding the restrictions announced by the Spain government on the labor market, reffering to citizens only coming from Romania.Renate Weber believes...
Bucharest, July 21, 2011 - The letter is available in Romanian language (attached).
Strasbourg, July 7, 2011 (ALDE Press Release) - "Parliament has backed today what ALDE has been repeating for months. We do not want and will not accept any new mechanism that may weaken the Schengen acquis guaranteeing the principle of...
Strasbourg, July 6, 2011 - The European Parliament has debated tonight, in the plenary session, the topic of Changes to Schengen, in the presence of Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, but in the absence of a Council...
Strasbourg, June 9th, 2011 - The Romanian version of the open letter is available.
Strasbourg, May 11, 2011 (ALDE Press Release) - In the most recent attempt by a Member State to re-introduce internal border checks, today's decision of the Danish government has been met with a very strong reaction from ALDE."We note with...
Brussels, May 4, 2011 (ALDE Press Release) - Responding to the Commission's communication on forging a more sustainable migration policy, Liberal and Democrats cautioned against any knee-jerk reaction which failed to address the underlying causes...
Strasbourg, March 10 2011 - The written declaration on establishing European statutes for mutual societies, associations and foundations, initiated in November 2010 by Romanian MEP Renate Weber together with four eurodeputies, has been signed my a majority...
Strasbourg, March 10, 2011 (ALDE Press Release) - Today the EP adopted a resolution on the controversial Media law in Hungary, which calls upon the Fidez government - that last Monday passed already some amendments in line with an agreement with the European...
Brussels, February 24, 2011 - ALDE Group's Press Release ( to be found here):As the situation on the ground in Libya deteriorates with the Gaddafi regime entrenching its hardline position and threatening to kill all opponents, the European Union...
Bucharest, January 6, 2011 - Romanian liberal MEP Renate Weber, ALDE Spokesperson on Civil liberties and fundamental rights, will chair the open hearing on "Freedom of Press in Hungary". The hearing will take place on January 11, 2011, at the...
Brussels, December 3, 2010 - Seven Members of the European Parliament – from different countries and different political groups – will perform the documentary play "Seven" on 8 and 9 December, in Brussels. The dress rehearsal on...
Brussels, November 15, 2010 - The following letter was sent this afternoon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the attention of Mme Viviane REDING, Vice-President of the EC, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: "Dear Commissioner,...
October 29, 2010, Botosani - To be updated soon.
October 5, 2010, Brussels - To be updated soon.
Brussels, September 14, 2010 - Press Statement: "I welcome Commissioner Viviane Reding' statements from this afternoon, regarding the mass deportation of Roma from France. This is the correct reaction the European Commission...
Brussels, September 9, 2010 - Declaration of the European Parliament on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable contentThe text is available in full here .
Brussels, September 2, 2010 - Subject: participation of EU institutions in the meeting called by the French authorities on the 6th of September in ParisTo the attention of:- the President of the European Commission, José Manuel BARROSO-...
Brussels, August 29, 2010 - The press release is available in Romanian language.
Strasbourg, July 6, 2010 - The Romanian version of the letter is available.
June 24, 2010 - Romanian version of the press statement available.
Brussels, May 17 2010 - Following an invitation of the European Commission, Romanian MEP Renate Weber (ALDE) will lead the EU Mission to observe the May-September electoral cycle in Burundi, Africa. “I am grateful that Mrs Renate Weber, who has...
Brussels, May 5, 2010 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, April 27, 2010 -Romanian MEP Renate Weber (PNL) was elected by her fellow members of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) as the new political coordinator of the Group in the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament. In...
15 MEPs have signed the letters initiated by Renate Weber to show support for an EU strategy on Roma
Strasbourg, March 15, 2010 - Today - as she has promised on Tuesday's plenary debate in the European Parliament on the forthcoming "Second European Roma Summit" - Romanian liberal MEP Renate Weber (PNL, ALDE) has issued a letter to...
Bucharest, March 8th, 2010 - Only the text in Romanian is available. If you need information on this topic, please contact the press office.
Brussels, February 25, 2010 - To Mr. Guillaume Pépy, President of Société nationale chemins de fer France (SNCF) Dear Mr. President Pépy, A group of citizens of Romanian nationality, currently living in...
Brussels, February 4, 2010 - The press release is available in Romanian language
Brussels, September 8, 2009 - The Romanian version of the press statement is available.
Bucharest, June 11th, 2009 - Renate Weber, winner of a second MEP seat for PNL, following the June 7th 2009 election, had today received the official confirmation for her election as Romanian MEP in the European Parliament. PNL will have 5 MEPs for...
Piatra-Neamt, May 25, 2009 - To be updated soon.
Quito, April 26, 2009 - To be updated.
Strasbourg, April 24 2009 - The Romanian version of the press release is available here.
Strasbourg, April 22 2009 - The European Parliament today approved, as part of the package entitled “Measures against the financial crisis”, the report of MEP Renate Weber, concerning the Directive for simplifying the reporting procedures...
Brussels, April 15 2009 - The Romanian version of the press release is available here.
Brussels, April 15 2009 (ALDE Press Release) - The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) will press for a debate on the situation in Moldova with statements from the European Commission and the Council of Ministers during the plenary session...
Brussels, April 14 2009 - The statement, in Romanian language, is available here .
Madrid, April 6, 2009 - The Romanian version of the press release is attached.
Bucharest, March 15, 2009 - The Romanian version of the letter is attached.
Brussels, March 5, 2009 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, March 4, 2009 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, March 3, 2009 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber, leader of the PNL Delegation to the European Parliament, today has sent a letter to the European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, and to the EC vice-president, Jacques Barrot. Starting...
Bucharest, February 22, 2009 - Renate Weber, Leader of the PNL Delegation to the European Parliament, has met on Friday, February 20th, with the leaders of the local PNL branch, PNL representatives in the local public administration, business-men and...
Brussels, February 19, 2009 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, February 10, 2009 - Romanian Liberal MEPs Renate Weber and Cristian Busoi are asking for the resignation of Vasile Puscas, Head of Department for European Affairs. The MEPs are accusing Puscas of not fulfilling his duty to submit Romania's...
Brussels, February 10, 2009 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber welcomes the European Court of Justice decision to condemn France for not fully fulfilig its obligation to transpose, in its national legislation and in practice, the Directive 2006/100 on freedom...
Bucharest, February 8, 2009 - Head of the Romanian Liberal Delegation in the European Parliament, Renate Weber, will send - on Monday, February 9, 2009 - a letter to EC Vice-President, Jacques Barrot, warning that " Xenophobia against...
Bucharest, February 6, 2009 - "A new Constitution is necessary, but if we keep on thinking in the terms of a "dedicated" Constitution, then we do nothing but perpetuate this extremely worthless thinking type", believes Renate Weber,...
LIBE Committee As full member of the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), I am presently working as: Full raporteur on the Framework Decision regarding "Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction...
La Paz, January 27, 2008 - Chief of the EU Election Observation Mission in Bolivia, Renate Weber - MEP, has today made public, in a press conference, the preliminary statement of the EU-EOM.The EU representative has congratulated the Bolivian people for...
La Paz, January 12, 2009 - Renate Weber, Romanian MEP, is in Bolivia until the end of January, as Chief of the EU Electoral Observation Mission (EU-EOM).Following a series of meetings with Bolivian central authorities in the capital-city of La Paz, Renate...
Brussels, December 18, 2008 - Renate Weber, Romanian Member of the European Parliament (PNL, ALDE) will lead the EU Election Mission to Bolivia. It is the first time when the European Commission is appointing a Romanian representative as Chief of an EU...
Strasbourg, December 17, 2008 - "Nobody should consider themselves completely free, until there still are people locked up because of their beliefs", Renate Weber, Head of the Romanian Liberal Delegation to the EP, today stated, during a seminar...
Brusells, December 2, 2008 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber is the host of an interactive exhibition on the rights of sperated children in Europe. The official opening took place on December 2nd, 2008 at the Goethe Institute in Brussels...
ALDE Group Press Release, December 1, 2008 - The partial results of the Romanian parliamentary elections confirm the solid national support for the Liberal policies of Calin Popescu Tariceanu. The European Liberals and Democrats believe that the PNL's...
Strasbourg, November 20, 2008 - To be updated soon.
Bucharest, November 17, 2008 - To be updated soon.
Brusells, November 13, 2008 - To be updated soon.
Brusells, October 10, 2008 (ALDE Press Release) - A combination of racism, sexism and vested interests are preventing the European Union and US government acting effectively against the Congolese militia’s tactics of mass rape of women and...
Brussels, October 9, 2008 - Today in Eastern Congo, in the blurry aftermath of a protracted conflict, cases of sexual violence are extremely numerous and they clearly reflect the complete absence of the rule of law. According to Amnesty International,...
Quito, October 1st, 2008 - Renate Weber, Romanian liberal MEP (ALDE), has led an European Parliament mission in Ecuador, with the purpose of monitoring the constitutional referendum in this country.As Chair of the EP Delegation in Ecuador, Renate...
To be updated soon.
Rome, September 19, 2008 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, September 17th, 2008 - To be updated soon.
Brussels, September 4, 2008 - The European Parliament voted today on a joint motion for a resolution regarding "Maternal Mortality", document co-signed by the Romanian MEP Renate Weber, on behalf of ALDE Group.The MEPs are expressing their strong...
European Parliament, News Service, September 2nd, 2008 - The news in full, in Romanian language, here .
ALDE Press Release, September 2nd. 2008 - Today the European Parliament endorsed the plan of the Council to strengthen Eurojust. MEPs emphasise though that a right balance between data transmission and data protection has to be struck. The Council foresees...
Brussels, July 24, 2008 - Berlusconi’ “Sicurezza” Package, favourably voted on by the Italian Senate, on July 23d 2008, violates international norms on discrimination issues, as well as the EU legislation on freedom of movement.Among...
Toulouse, July 17, 2008 - Renate Weber, Romanian MEP, takes part in a two-days conference (July 17-18) on "Eurojust, joint investigation teams: sharing means and information" (attached, the conference's agenda).Please find below the speech...
Bruxelles, July 15, 2008 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber this morning took part in the launch of the report called Security a la Italiana: Fingerprinting, Extreme Violence and Harassment of Roma in Italy.More info, in English, in the attached files.
Bucharest, June 30th, 2008 – The recent statements of Italy’s Minister of Interior, Roberto Maroni, regarding a plan to fingerprint the Rroma ethnic population from the Italian Peninsula, represents a new violation of the fundamental human...
Brussels, June 27th, 2008 - Every year thousands of European tourists travel to countries in Southeast Asia, South America, Africa to have sex with minors. The chance that offenders get caught is almost zero. This has to stop. Therefore the European...
Brussels, June 24th, 2008 (ALDE Press Release) - Today the Civil Liberties Committee of the EP endorsed the plan of the Council to strengthen Eurojust. MEPs emphasise though that a right balance between data transmission and data protection...
The English version will be posted soon.
Bucharest, June 6th, 2008 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber (NLP, ALDE) will visit Rome, on June 13-15, 2008, at the invitation of several Romanian associations in Italy.During the morning of Saturday, June 14th, Renate Weber will take part in the debate called...
Bucharest, May 12th, 2008 - "I do not have, even for a single moment, the feeling that I am part of a club of pretty political oratory; on the contrary, I am in a place where, for real, the expertise and what you do means also responsibility, because...
Brussels, May 8th, 2008 - At the initiative of Romanian MEP Renate Weber (NLP, ALDE), a letter was sent today to the European Commission's President, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, requesting a public stand on the discriminatory statments made in the...
Bruxelles, May 6th, 2008 - Presedint of Eurojust College, Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, has stated his support for the amendments Romanian MEP Renate Weber has forwarded in her report on the initiative to strenghten the competences of the European agency,...
Bruxelles, May 4th, 2008 - In a prolonged pre- and post-electoral vacation, the vice-president of the European Commission, Franco Frattini, Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, has made – in the past weeks, in the Italian press – several...
Bucharest, May 2nd, 2008 - Renate Weber and her MEP colleagues from the National Liberal Party will next week raise, in the European Parliament, the issue of consequences that Rome authorities' statements - including those made by Franco Frattini,...
Brussels, April 13, 2008 - Renate Weber, member of the LIBE Committee in the European Parliament, will be in Hague, on Monday, April 14th, 2008, to meet with representatives of Eurojust - the European agency coordinating actions to combat terrorism and...
Pristina, March 25th, 2008 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber is in Kosovo, for a two days visit organized by the ALDE Group. The delegation - led by ALDE's president, Graham Watson (UK) - is composed by two more ALDE MEPs: Jelko Kacin (Slovenia) and Johannes...
Brussels, March 17th, 2008 - Starting from a press article about a Romanian child in Italy, being beaten up by his schoolmates because of his nationality, Renate Weber, Romanian MEP (NLP, ALDE) has today sent a letter to the Public Instruction Minister...
Brussels, February, 21st, 2008 - The Declaration of Independence adopted by the Pristina Parliament on February 17th, 2008, has consacrated a reality: the appearance on the world map of a new state, Kosovo. Nothing from the international law opposes the...
Strasbourg, January 15th, 2008 - Romanian MEP Renate Weber criticises the way press manipulates (willingly or ignorantly) when it refers to the Romanian working as "immigrant", although they are - since over a year now - citizens of the European...
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