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Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on human rights in the world 2009 and the European Union’s policy on the issue form an extremely important tool to reinforce the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) with regard to human rights policy. Indeed, these things have always been the hallmark that makes the European Union stand out ... | null |
Kyriakos Mavronikolas | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union needs to do whatever it can to ensure that the principles and freedoms governing human rights are applied, so that it can play a leading role in this sector. A special human rights service needs to be created and, more importantly, areas in which there are EU representatives need to be monitored by ... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not support this report since it does not deplore or criticise the EU’s double standards regarding respect for and promotion of human rights, both in its Member States and in third countries with which it has special political and trade relations. As such, it does not state that EU governments have designed and ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on human rights in the world 2009 is very detailed and addresses a wide variety of issues. Unfortunately, I somehow get the impression that there has been a desperate attempt to pack in every possible issue here without following a clear strategy. The fact is that the promotion of democracy throughout the w... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although it is more than 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, there are still many places in the world where this Declaration is nothing but a piece of paper. Sadly, there are many such places in Europe too, a continent where the protection of human rights as one of the principles of de... | null |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this year’s European Parliament report on human rights because it includes both countries that are geographically near to and far from the EU. In the report, the EP calls on China – the country with the highest number of executions – to make its national execution figures public, and thus allow fo... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report on the annual report on human rights in the World (2009) and the European Union’s policy on the matter details, exhaustively, human rights violations across the globe. The European Parliament’s unshakeable determination and longstanding efforts to defend human rights and democracy across the globe by apply... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Yesterday, the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Cuban citizen Guillermo Fariñas, who was absent. His chair was empty, because the Cuban Government would not have allowed him to return home. This is a shocking and symbolic example, serving as a brutal reminder that the human ... | null |
Crescenzio Rivellini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I should like to congratulate Mrs Andrikienė on her excellent work. Parliament’s annual report on human rights – this year in relation to 2009 – is a point of reference for all those interested in the issue. This edition is even more important, because it is the first since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As usual, the final text has good and bad news. Among the positive points: First of all, the amendment in two parts relating to Magnitsky was adopted with a large majority (+318, -163 and 95 abstentions). S&D and ALDE amendments were all adopted (LGBT, death penalty/lethal injection). Two GUE amendments were adopted (e... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mrs Andrikienė’s report because I believe that we need to stress once again that respecting human rights is the reflection of a modern society. All human beings are born free and equal, and it is clearly our duty to do everything possible to ensure that this is the case across the world. Notwithst... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the annual report on human rights in the world in 2009 and EU policy on the matter provides a near total overview of human rights problems across the world. The report also takes up new types of human rights issues, such as human rights protection and the fight against terrorism. Thanks to the amendments... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on a new strategy for Afghanistan. I believe that international aid should be channelled directly to the Afghan authorities, thereby circumventing intermediaries. Regarding the peace process, the EU’s role should allow the Karzai government to be autonomous in choosing its dialogue partners, whi... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution and supported a pragmatic approach towards Afghanistan and the new counter-insurgency policy which is geared to protecting the local population and rebuilding areas where security has been ensured. The new counter-insurgency policy must be given time to show results, there should be... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The situation in Afghanistan is still a concern. Almost 10 years after the Western coalition drove the Taliban from power, peace and prosperity are still far from being a daily reality for Afghans. The strategy used for years in the country is flawed and must be changed. The Union must assert its views on the subject ... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained during the vote on the report on the new strategy for Afghanistan. The report does indeed contain several positive points and it acknowledges the highly unfortunate aspects of the current situation and the responsibility of the international community, especially NATO, the EU and the Member States, which a... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Nine years after the start of the military intervention in Afghanistan, it is possibly the greatest challenge faced by Europe and its allies in terms of foreign intervention and global security. The truth is that in the last decade, despite the strong – and uninterrupted – international presence in Afghanistan, securi... | null |
Carlo Fidanza | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report is perhaps the best compromise that can be reached today on the new European strategy in Afghanistan. This is partly thanks to the numerous and crucial amendments tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), which made it less ideological and more pragmatic, and capable of reco... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report highlighted many of the problems facing Afghanistan. The report is critical of the role of the NATO-US occupation and of human rights abuses in Afghanistan, in particular, the increased repression of women and higher levels of poverty. The anti-war movement has warned of these problems since the start of th... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Where is our money disappearing to in Afghanistan? I am pleased with the motion for a resolution on a new strategy for Afghanistan. The report highlights very well the many problems affecting that country. There is no military solution for Afghanistan, something the report also states. If the troops have not been able... | null |
Sandra Kalniete | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully support the report where it calls for efforts to reconstruct Afghanistan and an improvement in the human rights situation. It cannot be denied that the security situation in Afghanistan today is much better than it was nine years ago. People live in a freer society, girls can get education, and medical service... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur decided to focus exclusively on four areas where, he believes, targeted action could bring about real changes: international aid, the implications of the recently launched peace process, the impact of police training, and the elimination of opium cultivation. Although I do not support every conclusion he... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on a new strategy for Afghanistan should be assessed positively overall, so I am voting in favour of it. The enormous problems that remain today in Afghanistan, each different and extraordinarily important for the future of this Middle-Eastern country, need to be dealt with using a new approach with a diffe... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report paints a disastrous picture of the consequences of a NATO-led war in Afghanistan that has had the complicity and support of the EU. It is regrettable that the report does not condemn the war itself and hesitates between maintaining NATO military forces on the ground and going ahead with their necessary wit... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One of the main reasons why I did not support this report is because not only does it suggest the immediate withdrawal of European troops, but also it ‘welcomes and supports’ the plan to strengthen EU action. Likewise, it scarcely questions the role played by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In general, the rapporteur has quite correctly recognised the situation in Afghanistan. He is aware that resources and troops are being deployed completely incorrectly in Afghanistan and that additional resources and troops will do nothing to change this. He has correctly recognised that the presence and disdainful de... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Member States of the European Union who are fighting at America’s side in the war in Afghanistan should withdraw their troops from this country as quickly as possible. The Afghan War will soon have lasted nine years and there is still no sign of any improvement in the security situation. On the contrary, the Islam... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report on a new strategy for Afghanistan was prepared following on from the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in which it was discussed how to move forward with implementing the Action Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in which the first semi-annual implementation report was tabled. I fully support a st... | null |
Crescenzio Rivellini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I should like to congratulate Mr Arlacchi. The report adopted today proposes that the new European Union strategy for Afghanistan should be based on four key factors: full support for peace negotiations between the Karzai government, the Taliban and other insurgent groups; an extensive training plan for the Afghan pol... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report adopted today is based on the extensive consultations that the rapporteur has been engaged in over the past six months on the situation in Afghanistan and its relations with the international community, in an attempt to explain why so little has been achieved in Afghanistan in spite of the huge amounts of mo... | null |
Geoffrey Van Orden | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report has some useful references to the NATO/ISAF mission; to the deep problems of illiteracy and ill-treatment of women; to endemic corruption and the need for fresh thinking. It might have stopped there. However, it could not resist constant criticism of the coalition and, tacitly, of the US. It tries to find w... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution because I believe that with this document, the European Parliament is strengthening its role in its relations with the Commission. I agree with the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs that it is of the utmost importance for Parliament to be able to fully and timely exercise... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the architecture of the European Union, the Commission’s role is akin to that of government in a typical State. The Commission has the legislative initiative, but also the power to implement regulations, directives and decisions. The Commission can therefore be considered the executive branch of the Union. It has d... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I could not vote for this report because it sacrifices some of the European Parliament’s hard won new powers in international trade for the expediency of an agreement with the Council on implementing powers in other areas. | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission’s proposal is a concerted attack on democracy. This report settles for amending it without actually condemning that fact. The Commission is the only group of civil servants in the world that remains outside the control of its government (the Council). I shall be voting against this latest authoritarian ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There have always been efforts to centralise control within the European Union. These efforts seem to have increased recently in tandem with a rise in bureaucracy, despite all the statements to the contrary. It must remain a matter for the Member States to decide what powers they wish to cede to the EU and/or the Comm... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The compromise reached means that the commercial policy, including the instruments of trade defence, can be included within the general framework of comitology. This approach is entirely coherent and in line with both the spirit and the letter of the Treaty of Lisbon. In particular, I fully support the need to strengt... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation laying down the rules and general principles on control mechanisms by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers is motivated by the new rules on implementing acts introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. This is a delicate ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In general terms, the report was well perceived by all groups and the amendments tabled by the committee reflect the agreement reached with the Council and Commission for a first-reading agreement. Our group is in favour of the agreement. | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution because there is a need for a permanent crisis mechanism in order to safeguard the financial stability of the euro The European Stability Mechanism and/or a European Monetary Fund should be based on solidarity, subject to strict conditionality rules and financed, amongst other sour... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The war against the workers, the self-employed and small-scale farmers is a strategic choice by the bourgeois governments and the EU in order to support the profitability of capital. The debt and deficit are simply a pretext. All the national governments in the Member States of the euro area and the EU are being calle... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On Thursday, 16 December 2010, the Heads of State or Government agreed to maintain the financial solidarity mechanisms established several months ago in response to the crisis. This is to ensure the stability of the euro as a whole, in case of difficulties in one or more Member States of the euro area. However, the gr... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Important decisions were taken this year aiming to establish an EU framework for economic governance and financial supervision. The EU will see the launch of the European Systemic Risk Board, responsible for the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system in order to avoid periods of widespread financial distre... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this European Parliament resolution which discusses the need for Member States to establish a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole. This instrument is aimed at effective and rigorous economic surveillance and coordination, which will focus on ... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the European Parliament Resolution on establishing a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area, given that this kind of mechanism has become a necessity in the current economic and financial crisis. I also support this resolution as it calls for the mechanism to be in... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against this resolution because we disagree with the positions being taken on the financial problems that the Member States are experiencing, without taking their causes into account, and without tabling fundamental measures for identifying a complete solution. Such solutions include the immediate abolition o... | null |
Jim Higgins, Seán Kelly, Mairead McGuinness and Gay Mitchell | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against CCCTB but did not want to defeat other important aspects of this report. Our support for the general provisions is not support for CCCTB. | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agreed with the proposals for resolutions, because we need to establish a permanent crisis mechanism that is credible, robust, lasting, grounded in the essential technical realities and inspired by the Community method, thus ensuring market stability and greater certainty. | null |
Iliana Ivanova | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the EP resolution on the permanent crisis mechanism specifically because of the fact that during the debates in the Committee on Economic Affairs, the texts relating to establishment of a minimum corporate tax rate in the EU of 25% were deleted. I firmly support the idea for Member States to keep their nati... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am greatly concerned by the establishment of a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area. This is a vitally important issue for the countries in the euro area, and for the remaining Member States of the European Union. Over 150 million EU citizens live outside the euro area. St... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this resolution and, in particular, the oral amendment by Stephen Hughes which ‘calls on the Council to provide the necessary political signal for a Commission investigation into a future system of Eurobonds, with a clear specification of the conditions under which such a system would be beneficial to all par... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report supports the establishment of the European mechanism for financial stability and the social cuts that this will entail. It requires full consistency with International Monetary Fund regulations and establishes the European Commission’s control over national budgets. I shall therefore vote against this repo... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The motion for a resolution placed before us today with the specious title ‘Establishing a Crisis Mechanism’ is, in fact, a desperate attempt by the EU imperialists to bind all EU Member States together in a common European destiny, following the principle of ‘United we stand, united we fall’. Right from the start, th... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I should like to reiterate what was said yesterday during the debate and say that I am very happy about the approval of Amendment 12, even if I would have added an even more direct reference. We need to find new and innovative instruments to finance the crisis mechanism. Through the issue of Eurobonds, the crisis mech... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Among other things, this resolution calls on the European Council to specify as soon as possible the Treaty changes required in order to establish a permanent ESM. Parliament recalls that it has welcomed the establishment of a financial stability mechanism to address the risks of default by sovereign borrowers, partly ... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution which calls for democracy to be restored in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) following the presidential elections which took place on 28 November 2010. The illegal decision by Côte d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Council, whose members appointed the outgoing President, to chan... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For many years, Côte d’Ivoire was the archetype of good decolonisation. The exemplary student of new-found independence, in the 1970s and 1980s, the country experienced considerable growth. Unfortunately, a latent political crisis has gradually undermined Côte d’Ivoire. The last presidential elections brought the oppo... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The manner in which the second round of Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire took place is regrettable. Violence, resulting in deaths and injuries, eventually led to the evacuation of international observers, a fact that raises a big question mark over the correctness of this poll, but also over the post-electoral ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The situation in Côte d’Ivoire is to be condemned at all levels. It is worrying to note that the sovereign will of the electorate is not respected and that the presidential candidate who won the elections, according to Côte d’Ivoire’s Independent Electoral Commission, has been blocked from taking up his post by the Co... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully support the call in this motion for Mr Gbagbo to step down and hand over power to Alassane Ouattara, the democratically elected President of Cote d’Ivoire. | null |
Louis Michel | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have a duty to make sure that the election results coming in from the polls are respected, for they express the will of the people of Côte d’Ivoire. The results issued by the Constitutional Council of Côte d’Ivoire go against the will of those people. We cannot accept this unconstitutional, anti-democratic hold-up.... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The political situation in the Côte d’Ivoire is extremely critical. In principle, I believe that it is not the job of the European Union to play the role of the world’s police force because foreign countries must be able to determine their own destiny without needing the blessing of the EU or USA. However, in this cas... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution is motivated by the serious political and institutional crisis taking place in Côte d’Ivoire following the second round of the presidential elections on 28 November 2010. The elections, which were monitored by the United Nations (UN) and the European Union, took place in a generally satisfactory way. H... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Huge consensus, today, on the vote on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. The EP Resolution, voted through with a big majority, states that the EP considers that the sole source of democratic legitimacy is universal suffrage, the results of which have been certified by the UN, and therefore calls on Mr Gbagbo to step down ... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I think it was a good idea for the Commission to attend Parliament today to report on the ban on the use of unenriched cages for laying hens, which will enter into force from January 2012. The implementation data are not very encouraging and, hence, very tough action is required against Member States that, out of indo... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution, as I advocate some flexibility for those who have already started this adaptation process but who have been unable to complete it because of the current crisis. From 1 January 2012, the rearing of laying hens in unenriched cages will be banned, and this will establish the minimum standards... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Just over 10 years ago, the European Union passed a directive intended to protect laying hens from the appalling rearing conditions in which too many farms were keeping them. Basing their argument on the significant deterioration of the situation in the sector, undermined by rising feed prices caused by cereals market... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | After 1 January 2012, eggs laid by hens kept in battery cages of less than 550 cm will no longer be sold. However, many factory farms are still not up to standard. There could be a shortage of eggs and rising consumer prices in cases where some Member States are not ready to comply with the ban. This would also lead t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The issue raised here is fundamental, not just from the point of view of animal hygiene and welfare, but also the need to ensure the applicability and effectiveness of Directive 1999/74/EC, preventing potential distortions of competition. It has already been demonstrated in other situations relating to animal transpor... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The banning of conventional battery cages in 2012 represents an enormous success for animal welfare. However, these uniform standards must apply throughout Europe, otherwise they are pointless. It is vital that we fight for this Europe-wide deadline in the interests of animals and of producers who have already investe... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ban on rearing laying hens in traditional cages enters into force in January 2012. The risk that many businesses will not be in compliance alarms us. We also fear possible shortages of supply and price increases on eggs, given that eggs from farms which are not in compliance with Council Directive 1999/74/EC will ... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I strongly support this resolution which demands that all the provisions of Directive 1999/74/EC on the welfare of laying hens be fully implemented by all Member States by the deadline of 1 January 2012. It declares that any extension of the deadline, or ‘phase-in period’, for any Member State is unacceptable – conside... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Eleven years on from a provision having been passed, it is hard to understand how it can be that so few steps have been taken for its implementation. This can mainly be laid at the door of the Commission, which, in the past, has often watered down its former provisions, so that they were no longer taken seriously. If ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Amendment 2 initiated by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) because a large number of producers have already started to invest with a view to modernising their rearing systems or are at the point of launching such investments. These investments cannot be implemented ove... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Council Directive 1999/74/EC stipulates that from 1 January 2012, unenriched cages can no longer be used. European farmers will have to choose whether to convert their systems to use enriched cages – which are more spacious, to improve the animal’s wellbeing – or to rear laying hens on the ground, outside, or in organ... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The welfare of animals in general and of laying hens in particular is a serious business. To prove it, not only did the European Union legislate on the subject by means of a 1999 directive prohibiting battery cages for laying hens from 1 January 2012, but the transposition of that text also caused a disagreement betwe... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the adoption of this resolution, the EP calls on the Commission to maintain the requirement for a ban on battery cages by 1 January 2012, as laid down in the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive (1999/74/EC), and strongly to oppose any attempts by Member States to secure a deferral of that deadline; it stresses that, ... | null |
Csanád Szegedi | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I definitely support the idea that a solution must be found to cases where a producer has already started to replace the cages, but will presumably not complete this process before the expiry of the twelve-year grace period. Such farmers must be given assistance in order to ensure that they can complete the upgrading ... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-12-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the resolution, although I am firmly in favour of protecting animal welfare. There can be no disputing the need for adaptation to comply with the requirements of the directive, which introduces a ban on conventional cages, but we should give all Member States the same amount of time to implement it. Th... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Statement by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | I have several things to say as we begin. There are five brief points. Thursday, 27 January, will mark the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. Every year on this day, we honour the memory of the more than 1 million people who were murdered there... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | The final draft agenda as drawn up by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting of Thursday, 13 January 2011, pursuant to Rule 137 of the Rules of Procedure, has been distributed. The following amendments have been proposed. | null |
Potito Salatto | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to take the opportunity of the order of business to formally request that Baroness Ashton comes to the Chamber of the European Parliament to report on the actions that have been taken, or that she will take, regarding what is happening to the world’s Christians. We sho... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | I am sorry, Mr Salatto. We are having an official debate about that on Wednesday at 15:00. | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to refer to Rule 173 on compliance with the Rules of Procedure, in order to point out that Rule 116 is being infringed, because this is the third consecutive plenary part-session of the European Parliament which has not included Question Time with the Council in the order of business, as pr... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | We will make a decision about this very soon. It concerns the Treaty of Lisbon and the new relations between the European Parliament and the Council. We now have a bicameral parliament in the European Union. The European Parliament and the Council legislate on equal terms. Relations in the Union have changed, but I wou... | null |
Bernd Posselt | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, what I find questionable is the fact that, with a view to possible future changes, a parliamentary right – namely question time – is being withdrawn without any basis whatsoever. As you said yourself, the decision has not yet been taken. That being the case, we should continue with question time until a ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to thank both of you for raising this matter. I want to assure everyone that I will raise this at the next meeting of the Conference of Presidents this Thursday. As you know, the order of business is drawn up at these meetings. We will decide how this matter will be handled in future. The Conference of Pre... | null |
Daniel Cohn-Bendit | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, you are aware that the events in Tunisia have got out of hand, and also we can be pleased that Mr Ben Ali has left the country. The situation in these next few weeks will therefore be very tense in Tunisia. I think that Parliament needs to draw up a short resolution to ask some very specific things of th... | null |
Francesco Enrico Speroni | MEP | ID | en | it | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I do not believe that the resolution will alter the situation in Tunisia, so therefore I am against it. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Concerning debates held pursuant to Rule 122 of the Rules of Procedure, the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left has made a request for the debate on ‘Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti’ to be removed from the agenda. Mr Tavares would like to move this request. Mr Tavares, you have the f... | null |
Rui Tavares | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, some colleagues took the initiative of putting an urgency resolution on the agenda on Brazil’s refusal to extradite Cesare Battisti to Italy. I understand their motives, but as I shall demonstrate, this is not, at present, a human rights case. It is not an urgent case and it is not even a ‘breach of the R... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my group and, I think, all of Parliament, I should like to really emphasise our sympathy with the people and government of Brazil for their real sorrow in relation to the floods of recent days. Hundreds of people lost their lives and we should like to make our sympathy ... | null |
Judith Sargentini | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2011-01-17T00:00:00 | 2011 | Order of businessVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to support the request made by Mr Tavares because this is not a matter of urgency. Mr Battisti is in prison and there is no reason to believe that he will be released any time soon. We should not, in my view, interfere in the personal matters of people who are still on trial. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item on the agenda is the continuation of the joint debate on the EC-Serbia Agreement. | null |
Maria Eleni Koppa | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I, too, should like to congratulate Mr Kacin on the balanced and detailed text which he has presented. The Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament wholeheartedly supports the accession prospects of Serbia, a country which has made tremendous progress ov... | null |
Norica Nicolai | MEP | ALDE | en | ro | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as a liberal, I must stress that the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a group which has always supported the enlargement process because we believe in a Europe comprising all its members, namely, a powerful, united Europe. As a Romanian, I cannot but welcome this European ... | null |
Marije Cornelissen | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance is a staunch supporter of Serbia’ s accession to the EU. We are, therefore, pleased with the current government’s unequivocally pro-European course. However, in my opinion, neither side is exactly going to win any awards for the way in which it has been d... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Serbia’s progress towards EU membership is gathering pace, and rightly so, as evidenced by the excellent Kacin report. When I was in Serbia last October, I was impressed with the commitment and effort of Serbia’s dynamic, western-orientated democratic government. Serbia certainly has much work still to... | null |
Miloslav Ransdorf | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the greatest figure in Serbian history, Saint Sava, said that the Serbs are a people both of the East and of the West. From this arises the problem that they do not trust the people of the West, because they regard themselves as people of the East, and they do not trust the people of the East, because... | null |
Nikolaos Salavrakos | MEP | ID | en | el | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | EC-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Serbia (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I believe that Mr Kacin’s report strikes a perfect balance, for which I congratulate him. Serbia’s progress in terms of the reforms needed is reflected in this report in a realistic manner. Just yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia gave a satisfactory presentation of developments to the Comm... | null |
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