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Carmen Romero López | N/A | N/A | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this proposal for a directive that we are bringing to plenary today to keep away aggressors who pursue their victims until they kill them, wherever they hide, is a clear message that Parliament must send to European society and to the Council. We are not going to remain defenceless against the crimes tha... | null |
Viviane Reding | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the protection of citizens, in practice mostly women, subjected to or at risk of violence is very high on the agenda of all the institutions working on this subject at the moment. It is important that it be on the agenda because we share the same objective: providing protection for victims in the best pos... | null |
Monica Luisa Macovei | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, roughly 8 000 Romanian women in Spain have benefited this year, as victims, from protection orders which are valid in Spain. They must also be extended to Romania and other Member States in which they travel. According to unofficial estimates, there are roughly 100 000 women in Europe benefiting from pro... | null |
Silvia Costa | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, through this proposal for a directive – for which I should like to express my great thanks to the rapporteurs, with whom I worked as a shadow – Parliament is supporting and expanding the Council’s proposal, which was designed to protect people across all 27 Member States who suffer ... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want the European Protection Order to be particularly effective in preventing violence against women and to serve as a helpful prelude to the proposal that the Commission is preparing in order for us to have a similar instrument for all types of crime. I regret the fact that the drafting of this text h... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think that we in Parliament need to be very responsible and act within the mandate that we have been given, which tells us that, at European level too, we must protect women who are victims of violence and put a stop to murderers. As has been said, this is about combating a type of social terrorism, wh... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have been following the trialogues closely and would like to thank my colleagues, especially from the EPP and S&D Groups, for the work they have been doing. As a lawyer in the UK, I have had experience over the years of providing legal advice and support to people who have been victims of domestic abuse... | null |
Paul Nuttall | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I support the protection of victims. However, when I first came across the European Protection Order, I thought it sounded scary, like the European Arrest Warrant, which, in my opinion, is one of the most intrusive and dictatorial pieces of legislation ever to be imposed on the British people. The proposa... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, taking the proposed amendments into account, there is no mistaking the fact that the directive in question is one of the first initiatives aimed at achieving these important goals. We should ensure not only that the victims of violence are safe from further harm in their own country, but also that they b... | null |
Emine Bozkurt | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, one hundred thousand people are currently benefiting from the European Protection Order. One of them is Rasja, who would like to move to Spain with her children. If the order pronounced against her stalker in the Netherlands does not relocate with her to Spain, she and her children, too, will become a si... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I should, of course, like to thank the two co-rapporteurs who, following difficult negotiations in the trialogue, are proposing a compromise agreement which, as shadow rapporteur for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and for my gr... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, may I say first of all that I find the Council’s absence since yesterday regrettable, since the Council has generally been present in the negotiations on all the issues we have been discussing since yesterday, namely, those concerning civil liberties, justice and ho... | null |
Antigoni Papadopoulou | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, domestic violence, genital mutilation, honour crimes, forced marriages and trafficking are just some of the types of violence against 45% of women across Europe. Women and minors need improved protection. The European Protection Order is a good step forward to doing just that, in full compliance with t... | null |
Salvatore Iacolino | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is no doubt that this directive on the European Protection Order to safeguard victims is another sign of a momentous shift in real guarantees, above all for women, but not exclusively so, as has already been said. The guidelines for this measure had already been developed, ... | null |
Heidi Hautala | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fi | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European Protection Order is an important step towards the protection of victims throughout Europe. We are now sending a powerful signal to the Council and the Commission that the European Parliament is keen to have this protection order and that it should enter into force soon. We should now try ... | null |
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the provisions included in the report under discussion today fill me with great enthusiasm. The guarantee that protection granted to victims in one Member State will also apply in any other European Union Member State to which they are forced to travel for fear of repeated violence represents an oppor... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, if the European Union is to become a genuine area of freedom, security and justice, we must eliminate the differences still persisting in this area between Member States. Victims of violence must be protected against the perpetrators not only in their own countries, but must have protective measures m... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I greatly appreciate the work carried out by the two rapporteurs. However, the problem with this draft directive is that it is based on the most usual kind of stalking, in which a person has been a victim of violence by another and therefore must be defended against a repeat of w... | null |
Cornelia Ernst | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European Protection Order is a step in the right direction. The principle must be that recognised victims of violence are afforded the same level of protection in all Member States. The best solution would be harmonisation of the laws of the Member States on this matter, but it was not possible to... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to support the idea contained in the draft European Protection Order. The protection of persons under threat at the level of individual Member States appears to be insufficient in many cases. Thanks to the openness of the European space today, young people often enter into international m... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, even though some measures have been taken in recent years to protect victims, many of the people affected often feel left in the lurch. While lawyers and judges hear a great deal in their training about the rights of defendants, they learn very little about dealing with victims. This is not the only a... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as a lawyer, I have dealt with cases of victims of violence against women and children for over ten years, whether it was domestic violence, rape or trafficking in women; and I had the opportunity to see for myself that the protection order, which is the topic of today’s debate, is one of the importan... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the safety of the women affected really ought to be a matter of concern to all of us. Regardless of where victims are, it is a question here not only of them receiving physical protection from their aggressors, but also of their human dignity being taken into account. This European Protection Order sh... | null |
Antonyia Parvanova | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like also to thank the rapporteur. Safeguarding life, physical and psychological integrity, as well as sexual integrity and freedom, are priority objectives where victim protection is concerned. With our political support for the European Protection Order Directive, we have given the issue the ... | null |
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio | N/A | N/A | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I think that in this debate, we have clearly seen that we are all in agreement in supporting the objective of this report. The various political groups have shown their support for this directive, which offers greater protection to victims. My question is, therefore: what obstacles are there to adopti... | null |
Carmen Romero López | N/A | N/A | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, we know that there are no legal measures included in the package that is being prepared for victims. This has just been criticised by the European women’s lobby in Parliament: there is talk of good practice and coordination, but we still have a long way to go I would also like to say tha... | null |
Viviane Reding | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I did not intend to speak again, but what has been said needs to be corrected. The measures which will be part of the victims package include an overarching communication, the Lisbonisation of the 2001 framework decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings, a proposal on civil protection... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 12:00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Protection Order (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In Romania, domestic violence incidents are estimated to affect 1 200 000 people every year, yet only 1% of the victims of violence are brave enough to report it to the authorities. Frequent domestic tension, brawls and beatings turn family members into traumatised victims who are forced to accept this situation as be... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Mrs Bauer and Mrs Hedh, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002... | null |
Edit Bauer | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, first of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my co-rapporteur, Ms Hedh, the Council and the Commission and all those who were involved in this demanding work. The current trafficking situation is worrying. The estimated volume is several hundreds of thousands of victims inside Europe, the seco... | null |
Anna Hedh | N/A | N/A | en | sv | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In 2010, people are being bought and sold as slaves in Europe. This is happening despite the fact that slavery was prohibited more than 250 years ago. They are being forced into prostitution, forced labour or begging. They suddenly find themselves with an owner, who they absurdly enough often believe they are indebted... | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, let me start by recalling that this is indeed an historic text we will adopt today – hopefully – in the vote in a few minutes. This is the first EU criminal law instrument after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. I think we can be satisfied with the agreement that we have today. It is a balance... | null |
Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, trafficking in human beings is a harsh reality in the EU. Sexual exploitation is the main objective of the mafias that traffic human beings, followed by forced labour, domestic service, forced marriages, exploitation of children for begging, illegal adoption and the removal of organs, wh... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to begin by applauding Mrs Bauer and Mrs Hedh for their comprehensive treatment of this extremely important issue. Human trafficking is a reprehensible phenomenon in today’s civilised society. It is the third most lucrative illicit trade in the world, after arms and drugs trafficking. Thi... | null |
Antonyia Parvanova | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, despite increasing efforts to combat trafficking in human beings, this complicated problem continues to flourish and expand across Europe. This is the reason for intensified actions and adequate measures to protect individuals from the practice of trafficking for different purposes, to prosecute traffi... | null |
Judith Sargentini | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, let me start by thanking Mrs Hedh and Mrs Bauer for their hard work as co-rapporteurs. This directive concerns prosecution, prevention and protection in the area of human trafficking. The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance would have liked to have seen somewhat more thorough work, in particula... | null |
Andrea Češková | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I consider the improved legal measures for the fight against human trafficking, together with the European Protection Order, to be extremely important, as they represent a further step towards protecting women and children in particular from violence. A large part of the text is devoted to the protect... | null |
Cornelia Ernst | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, first of all, I would like to thank the two rapporteurs. They have done a huge amount of work and, as a result, definite progress has been made. It could be said that the draft directive is extremely important for the hundreds of thousands of victims of human trafficking and it should put an end to th... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, according to estimates from international organisations and police forces, trafficking in human beings is now globally the second largest source of profit for organised crime, after drug trafficking. It is thought that around 30 million people are victims of organ trafficking, pr... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, human trafficking is, quite rightly, a pejorative term because it describes a disgusting practice. Human beings, disproportionately women, are treated as though they were commodities, even livestock, to be transported, used and often abused. However, the term is used too narrowly. Very little legal eco... | null |
Barbara Matera | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the gender dimension of this proposal for a directive facilitates the instrument to defend the most vulnerable people. The fact that there are numerous references to the trafficking of human beings in the Treaty of Lisbon confirms the immediacy and the seriousness o... | null |
Silvia Costa | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as shadow rapporteur, I should like to thank the rapporteurs and say that I think this directive is extraordinarily important because it is the first time that the European Union has taken legally binding action in the fight against the trafficking of human beings. Fifty years af... | null |
Nadja Hirsch | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, as shadow rapporteur for the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I, too, would like to express my sincere thanks to the two rapporteurs. Thank you for your cooperation. I think we have put together a good document today. We can take a decision on something today t... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the basis of many of the current developments was laid down as far back as hundreds of years ago. I am thinking here of the Industrial Revolution, the advent of representative democracy and the abolition of slavery. The current fight against human trafficking is a continuation of the struggle that Wil... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, it is important for everyone to join in the fight against trafficking in human beings, with a view to eradicating it. This kind of modern-day slavery is known to be highly lucrative for criminal organisations, which conduct it in a multitude of ways, from sexual exploitation and forced labour to the i... | null |
Niki Tzavela | MEP | ID | en | el | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, it has been proven that the most effective way of combating trafficking in human beings is to set an example by imposing strict penalties on traffickers. I strongly recommend, as we tend here in Parliament to set targets and to say ‘20%’ or ‘30%’, that we recommend a standard European le... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I must congratulate Mrs Bauer and Mrs Hedh on the excellent work they have done in this report. Trafficking in human beings is a disgrace to our society and requires a strong, concerted reaction from everyone. The organised crime behind sexual exploita... | null |
Claude Moraes | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this is no ordinary day for Parliament. We should be proud of the historic step that has been taken today, both on human trafficking and, indeed, on the European Protection Order. For the first time, criminal law and all the tools we have at our disposal after Lisbon have been brought into action on on... | null |
Axel Voss | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, with this directive, we are taking a huge step towards combating human trafficking in an efficient manner. The rapporteurs have achieved a good result in relation to minimum thresholds for sentences, jurisdiction, non-prosecution and statutory limitation – not all of this is perhaps quit... | null |
Britta Thomsen | MEP | S&D | en | da | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we know that several hundred thousand people are sold as slaves each year to Western Europe, we have a duty to take action. I am therefore very pleased that an agreement has successfully been reached between the Council and Parliament on this new directive on pre... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the punishment of legal persons for crimes connected with human trafficking helps to intensify the fight against this modern form of slavery. Of course, the punishment of a legal entity must not exclude the punishment of specific natural persons who have taken part in this activity in any way. Apart f... | null |
Olga Sehnalová | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, all of the reports discussed this morning have one thing in common – the protection of fundamental human rights in the European Union and a common European process in this area. It is almost beyond belief that in the EU in the 21st century, several hundred thousand people a year fall victim to human t... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased that, in the final version of the report, involvement in criminal organisations for offences relating to the trafficking of human beings is an aggravating factor that doubles the minimum penalties from five to ten years in prison. In addition, Article 6a makes e... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, one cannot but endorse the draft directive by the two rapporteurs, which should be extended to all Member States for a stronger and firm jurisdiction in order to prosecute and severely punish the perpetrators of the crime that is human trafficking, and also to protect, help and rehabilitate victims, w... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the plague of trafficking in human beings is a phenomenon that has taken on particularly worrying dimensions. Whereas originally, it essentially involved women and children being recruited for prostitution, now the victims are people of all ages and both sexes, who are placed into a cycle of exploitat... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this report was certainly a major step along the road to fighting trafficking in human beings in general and trafficking in women in particular. The next major step should be to explore the crystal clear relationship and connection between trafficking in women and prostitution. On the one hand, we righ... | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, thank you for this important debate. I would like to inform you that today, the Commission will appoint an Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, who will take office in the next month. That person will improve coordination and coherence between the EU institutions and agencies and the Member States, will help ... | null |
Edit Bauer | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would especially like to thank Mrs Malmström for calling the report an historic text. This statement is probably accurate, as it is the first time that we are adopting a criminal law based on the Treaty of Lisbon, but I should also hope that this is a great step forward in ensuring that not a single... | null |
Anna Hedh | N/A | N/A | en | sv | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to offer my thanks for all of the excellent contributions and the support that we have received in the Chamber for this legislation to prevent human trafficking. I now hope that, in the future, we may even improve on this legislation and tighten our common EU rules against human trafficki... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today, in a few minutes. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Sergio Berlato | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Trafficking in human beings – in the various forms that this can take, including sexual exploitation, illegal trading in human organs, forced labour or illegal adoptions – represents a serious violation of the human rights set out in the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. The extent of this problem is str... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate both rapporteurs for the work they have done, because this historic directive is a very important step in combating the scale of trafficking in human beings, by laying down clear levels of penalties and sanctions. Although numerous EU and national laws have already been adopted and multian... | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Today’s vote on human trafficking comes at a crucial juncture in the ongoing fight against this form of modern-day slavery. As Irish director Ciarán O’Connor outlined last year in his film ‘Trafficked’, which documented the ongoing impact of trafficking in Ireland, it is a crime which is becoming more advanced and more... | null |
Giovanni Collino | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Union’s action on trafficking in human beings cannot be limited to denouncing it, but recognises the need for precise, ex-post actions to ensure that those responsible for such a barbaric practice do not go unpunished. These actions include the harmonisation of penalties, as well as the coordination of th... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The phenomenon of organised crime is something that the European Union needs to tackle head on. We need to be seen as proactive rather than reactive to situations of human trafficking. It is important that we research new emerging ways of human trafficking, in order to intercept and pre-empt emerging human trafficking ... | null |
Zita Gurmai | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Trafficking in human beings is a crime against human dignity that ruins the lives of many children and women throughout the world. The current proposal is a breakthrough because it puts victims first and tackles the problem in a complex, cross-border manner. These new measures will facilitate the reconnaissance and pro... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The directive relating to human trafficking is an important step forward, because human trafficking is a reality, even in Europe. What is most important is to prevent human trafficking by addressing the problems of poverty and inequality and by making people more aware of the issue. It is vitally important to recognis... | null |
Lívia Járóka | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As a result of the harmful tendencies affecting Roma communities – such as low levels of education, deep poverty, marginalisation and discrimination – Roma women and children are extremely vulnerable to trafficking. This modern-day slavery is deeply rooted in poverty and exclusion and, therefore, the elimination of the... | null |
Debora Serracchiani | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Every year in Europe, hundreds of thousands of people are sold as if they were objects and, fortunately, today we feel an ever-increasing need to protect the victims of trafficking in human beings from the use of false documents, from prostitution and from immigration. When we speak about trafficking in human beings, ... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-12-14T00:00:00 | 2010 | Trafficking in human beings (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In today’s debate, I should like to touch on the problem of child trafficking. We should make every effort to develop and improve the legal and institutional systems and childcare systems in all Member States. The scope of activities covered by the term human trafficking should be revised and extended. This is the onl... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Zita Gurmai and Alain Lamassoure, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (COM(2010)0119 – C7-0089/2010 – 2010/0074(COD)) (A7-0350/2010). | null |
Zita Gurmai | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European citizens’ initiative is a unique opportunity. It is the first time that European citizens can get together and let us know, with one strong voice, if they think that we, the European decision-makers, are not doing our job properly or missing out important issues. We badly need this. In a t... | null |
Alain Lamassoure | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, today the European Union is opening up to participatory democracy. It is not yet direct democracy, citizens will not take the decisions themselves, but they do win the right to question directly, publicly, in huge numbers, those who take the decisions in Europe, over the head of their government and t... | null |
Gerald Häfner | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, like all policy, European policy must not exclude the citizens, go over their heads or take place behind their backs. European policy must be made by the citizens, for the citizens and through the citizens. We want to close the divide between the citizens and policy and between the citizens and the in... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would just like to say that it was a huge privilege for me to be involved in Parliament’s team in what I regard as a hugely impressive piece of work on behalf of Europe’s citizens. | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, honourable Members, rapporteurs especially, one of the most important promises of the Treaty of Lisbon was to bring Europe closer to its citizens. I do not believe that I need to list here the examples which have shown us, before and after the signature of the Treaty of Lisbon in Decembe... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you so much for your leadership during the presidency to get this through. | null |
Maroš Šefčovič | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am also very happy to be here with you this morning because we have accomplished very good things together. Just one year after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, we are holding a discussion on the forthcoming adoption of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative. As Mr Lamassoure said, w... | null |
Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to convey my sincere thanks to the rapporteurs for drafting the text on which we are going to vote, today. I hope that we will put this mechanism in the hands of the citizens, today, and that it will be further developed by the Commission. I do, of course, agree. It has been made as simpl... | null |
Kinga Göncz | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as one of the representatives of the LIBE Committee, I would like to join those congratulating the rapporteurs, and would like to thank the Commission for its work, as well as Mr Šefčovič and Mr Chastel for their work in the Council, as they contributed considerably to the creation of a sound and viab... | null |
Cecilia Wikström | N/A | N/A | en | sv | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, prior to the decision to adopt the Treaty of Lisbon, politicians spoke warmly of the opportunity that citizens’ initiatives would bring. We must now ensure that this becomes a powerful reform for democracy and not a paper tiger. I was the rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties,... | null |
Íñigo Méndez de Vigo | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) is going to vote enthusiastically in favour of this report, and I would like to congratulate the rapporteurs, the Commission and the Council on this agreement. Ladies and gentlemen, in the 1980s we coined the phrase ‘democratic deficit’. B... | null |
Enrique Guerrero Salom | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Democracy: The Unfinished Journey is the title of a book by a recognised analyst of the theoretical and practical changes that contemporary democracies are undergoing. We are indeed in the middle of an unfinished journey in which many stages have been completed, but we are in a period of risks, uncert... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I wish to thank everyone for their cooperation. This has been a splendidly straightforward process of cooperation. The citizens’ initiative is a welcome addition to active citizenship. I hope that it will be important for provoking political debate. Not all initiatives gain sufficient support, but the... | null |
Indrek Tarand | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | et | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am very happy that this dispute, which not long ago seemed to be a never-ending story, has now found a solution. Like the foxtrot with our beloved European External Action Service, this has taken too long. A slow foxtrot makes your back ache, and your partner may end up disappointed. The partner her... | null |
Emma McClarkin | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) is a much needed sign of engagement by the EU, and is a great opportunity to increase democratic participation in Europe and to strengthen the links between citizens and politicians. Although the obstacle of the obligation to provide passport numbers remains appl... | null |
Helmut Scholz | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Šefčovič, ladies and gentlemen, it has already become clear this morning during the debate on the forthcoming European Council meeting that we have a problem of legitimacy within the European Union. Its roots lie primarily in the fact that policy all too often bypasses the day-to-day interests of t... | null |
Morten Messerschmidt | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, since the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force a year ago, an unprecedented amount of power has been transferred to the EU’s institutions, and throughout the past year we have seen how the European Parliament in particular has been in a position to exploit this situation – divesting the Member States o... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the citizens’ initiative, as proposed by the treaties and laid down by this regulation, is a parody of democracy. Firstly, it leads citizens to believe that their voice can be heard by the Eurocracy, despite the fact that the latter systematically refused to listen to them when t... | null |
Mariya Nedelcheva | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, firstly I should like to pay tribute to the huge amount of work done by the rapporteurs. Ladies and gentlemen, there are some unprecedented moments in the European Parliament. Today is one of them. We wanted to provide citizens with a clear, simple and effective instrument in order to bring them close... | null |
Victor Boştinaru | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, may I start by congratulating you on your contribution as the co-rapporteur of our Committee on Petitions. As you may know, the citizens’ initiative was a major priority for our S&D Group. Firstly, I would like to congratulate all four co-rapporteurs from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the... | null |
Andrew Duff | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, contrary to the assumptions of some speakers, my belief is that the citizens’ initiative was always intended to be able to be used by citizens to request the Commission to propose an amendment to the treaties. I am very pleased that the final wording of Article 2 of the regulation faithfully repeats th... | null |
Marek Henryk Migalski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as Mrs McClarkin has said, our political group will support this scheme, because it is a good one, and it should be endorsed when the vote is taken. I am pleased that during work on the scheme it was possible to eliminate several features which were a cause for concern. Amongst other things, protectio... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would first of all like to thank both you and the rapporteurs. The work of the rapporteurs represents a significant improvement on the Commission’s proposal. However, I am disappointed that some aspects of the proposal will lead to people who should be involved being excluded. I would ask Parliament... | null |
Daniël van der Stoep | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am not sure what to make of this citizens’ initiative. Involving citizens more in decision-making sounds nice enough, although, of course, it would be better to allow the very same citizens to vote on the Treaty of Lisbon in a referendum. Calling a treaty that has been rammed down our citizens’ thro... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as shadow rapporteur for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs I have been fully committed to helping shape this new right to political initiative for the citizens of Europe with a view to really empowering the people. I support the final compromise and congratulate Mr Lamassoure. ... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am not a member of any of the committees that are directly involved, but nevertheless I have given our rapporteur, Mrs Gurmai, my full support and I would like to thank all the rapporteurs. I believe that we have taken a significant step forward in the process of democratising the European Union. I ... | null |
Tadeusz Cymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to add my voice to the expressions of support and approval for this scheme. On the other hand, the expression of certain doubts and comments does not indicate a lack of support, it just reflects a concern that the scheme will be used in the right way. I would like to point out, here, that... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-12-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Citizens’ initiative (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I stand here as a democrat and someone who believes that greater participation in the democratic process is to be encouraged. Let us be honest, there is a disconnect between policymakers and citizens. It is therefore very important that the voice of the ordinary citizen is heard. The ECI in theory is a... | null |
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