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Barry Madlener | MEP | NI | 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, we should not focus just on arresting and trying the war criminal Mladić. Serbia has enormous problems with organised crime. A number of speakers have already mentioned this and we must not underestimate those problems. Certainly, progress has been made, but not enough to achieve an acceptable standar... | null |
Adrian Severin | MEP | S&D | 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, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the European integration of Serbia are important for both Serbia and the European Union. I should like to make two remarks. In order to negotiate the agreement properly and to properly manage the integration process, the European Union should start by ide... | null |
Sarah Ludford | MEP | ALDE | 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, I join those who have praised and welcomed the report by my colleague, Jelko Kacin, and I thoroughly agree with his remarks that Serbia’s future lies in the European Union and that Serbia will become an important player in guaranteeing security and stability in the Western Balkans region. I have suppor... | null |
Franziska Katharina Brantner | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 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, we, too, advocate the accession of the Western Balkans to the European Union and, of course, also that of Serbia. Each country is discrete, of course, but the region is interconnected and the action of each country in the region has a crucial impact on the success of the process itself. In this contex... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 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 is a European country. Serbia is part of European history. Serbia is a part of European culture. Serbia is not just a part of Europe’s geography. Serbia, therefore, must be part of the political map of Europe, so let us not search for pretexts to prolong Serbia’s path to the European Union. I h... | null |
Bastiaan Belder | MEP | ID | 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, at the moment, the economic crisis in Serbia and in the Western Balkans is coming to a head. This precarious situation carries with it the danger of a renewed upsurge in populist and nationalist sentiments. Commissioner Füle, is it not time that we established a development fund for the Western Balkan... | null |
Dimitar Stoyanov | MEP | NI | en | bg | 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, tens of thousands of Bulgarians live in the east of Serbia, in the areas around Bosilegrad and Caribrod. They are an ethnic minority which remained in Serbia after the end of the First World War. It would not be too far from the truth to say that they are among the poorest people in Europe. Not only h... | null |
Elmar Brok | MEP | PPE | en | de | 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, Mrs Győri, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Kacin for what he has put forward. His report makes a clear case for a ‘yes’ vote. I think that, for all the issues where we continue to criticise Serbia, for all the imperatives for internal reform processes, all the necessity of... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | en | de | 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 was in Croatia a few days ago and never has so much been spoken about Serbia there as in recent days, and specifically in a very positive sense because of exactly what Mr Brok said – the brave moves that Mr Tadić has made together with President Josipović – and I am also aware that Deputy Prime Mini... | null |
Anna Ibrisagic | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 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, we cannot fail to notice that Serbia has made a huge amount of progress recently. Let me give you a few examples: the successful conclusion of the visa liberalisation process, the regional cooperation in the areas of both traffic and energy, a political will to contribute to the reconciliation process... | null |
María Muñiz De Urquiza | MEP | S&D | en | es | 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 have one minute to stress how important it is that we complete the makeup of the European Union with Serbia’s membership, which I hope can be confirmed this year on the basis of the significant progress the country has made. That progress has been acknowledged by the Council in its decision to move ... | null |
Eduard Kukan | MEP | PPE | 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, I am glad to see that Serbia has shown strong determination and made substantial progress in the integration process. Concluding the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and implementing it are the next important steps on this road. The Serbian Government should be commended for the actions wh... | null |
Emine Bozkurt | MEP | S&D | 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, this is an important moment for stability in the Balkans. Serbia has clearly demonstrated that it has made a choice to work towards a European future, but it will have to work hard to achieve that. There are a number of stumbling blocks on the road to possible EU membership. On top of that, the last t... | null |
Kinga Gál | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 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, Mrs Győri, Commissioner, first, congratulations are due to both the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteur for reaching suitable compromises in this text and for producing a good report. Last year, Serbia took major steps towards integration in many respects, which the report takes account of as well, a... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | 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, the decision made by the Council to initiate the procedure for ratifying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement will encourage Serbia to continue its reforms in order to comply with the Copenhagen criteria. The entry into force of this agreement will open up trade between the EU and Serbia and wi... | null |
Andrey Kovatchev | MEP | PPE | en | bg | 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, Mrs Győri, Commissioner, I would first like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Kacin, on the fine work he has done on this report. The future of Serbia and the Western Balkans is in the European Union. I am convinced that the historical errors and injustices that befell the Balkans in the last century can on... | null |
Georgios Koumoutsakos | MEP | PPE | 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 wish to start by thanking the rapporteur for his excellent work and for the text which he presented on Serbia. The signature of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement is a crucially important development for both Serbia and the European Union. Now, the next stage, the next important s... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 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, given the Council’s conclusions on the progress made by Serbia in the area of reforms, we should congratulate this country, but unfortunately, some matters give us concern. As Serbia takes steps towards the European Union, a huge effort must be made in certain areas, in particular, the improvement of ... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 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, Mrs Győri, Commissioner Füle, we are not just ending a process, but I hope that we will also be able to start accession negotiations this year given that Serbia has achieved a great deal in recent times. I would like to mention the fact that Chief Prosecutor Brammertz himself regards cooperation with ... | null |
Ivo Vajgl | MEP | ALDE | en | sl | 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 report of my colleague, Mr Kacin, is realistic and encouraging in equal measure. Serbia’s full integration into the European Union is in the interest of European stability and security. Its integration will also mean eliminating, or making an important step towards eliminating, the grey zone in So... | null |
Ulrike Lunacek | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 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, would like to voice my backing to the accession of Serbia to the European Union and to the idea that the Serbian people have a future in a common Europe, just as the Western Balkans as a whole has. Personally, I will also give the green light to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, alt... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 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 would like to begin by expressing my support for the conclusion of an association agreement with Serbia. Serbia was, and continues to be, an influential Balkan country. The citizens of this country, however, have, for many long years, been paying for the mistakes of their political leaders, who got ... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | hu | 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 Hungarian, the Hungarian Presidency is a great pleasure for me and I wish the Council every success, yet this speech about Serbia’s EU accession gave me a slight feeling of sadness and a sense that something is lacking. This was due to the absence of any mention of the extraordinarily crude viola... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 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, contrary to the view of those advocates of the EU who wear rose-tinted glasses, accession to the Union alone is not enough to resolve all conflicts just like that. Especially when it comes to the applicant state of Turkey, it can be seen that the EU operates a double standard. Serbia, after all, is re... | null |
Victor Boştinaru | MEP | S&D | 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, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia represents another important step in the process of integration towards the EU undertaken by Serbia. We are talking about a country whose progress in recent years has already been impressive, and I think that further political and economic integra... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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, cooperation with our European neighbours is an essential element of EU policy. Serbia, in a similar way to all countries on the Balkan Peninsula, is a very specific case. Due to the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s and the wars that were waged there, these countries are wrestling with economic and ... | null |
Zoran Thaler | MEP | S&D | en | sl | 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, today has again proved that a democratic and European Serbia has many allies in the European Union. It is a fact that only a democratic and pro-European Serbia has the chance to make up for a 20-year delay in the development of democracy, economy and the quality of life of its citizens. Serbia’s democ... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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, Commissioner Füle said that everything was in Serbia’s hands as to whether they make the right choices. This is undoubtedly the case, but at the same time, we have to be aware, and we know this as new Member States, that this process should be strengthened. Serbia made the right choice by signing the ... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | 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 | Madam President, I wish to thank the honourable Members for this rich debate, which has shown the House’s constructive support of the process of the European Union integration of Serbia. The support provided by Parliament to the ratification process of the SAA is an important signal for Serbia, and will contribute to i... | null |
Enikő Győri | EU Council President | N/A | en | hu | 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, Mr Đelić, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this excellent debate. Excellent observations have been made on an excellent report, and the fact that the majority of the issues raised here have been included in the report demonstrated the excellence of the report to me, so I bel... | null |
Jelko Kacin | N/A | N/A | en | sl | 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, today’s rich debate is the best illustration of the lively interest in, and support for, Serbia here in the European Parliament and in other European institutions. Amongst all the challenges it inherited from the wars of the 1990s, Serbia is now, primarily, in the process of laying down the foundation... | 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 joint debate is closed. A motion for a resolution to close this debate has been tabled by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The vote to that effect will take place tomorrow at 12:30. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Jiří Maštálka | 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 | I welcome and support all steps leading towards the rapid integration of Serbia into the EU, since a majority of Serbs want this integration. At the same time, however, I would like to say that most of the shortcomings for which the Serbs are censured in the draft resolution of the European Parliament can be seen to s... | null |
Csanád Szegedi | MEP | NI | en | hu | 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 | Hungary ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Serbia on 16 November 2010. Hungary, at the time preparing for its term of office in the EU Presidency, did not learn from its historic mistake, when it could have made Romania’s accession conditional upon regional autonomy for the indigen... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We will now proceed to the explanations of vote. | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the building industry constitutes a very important branch of the economy of every country. Such an essential part of the market cannot be overlooked when striving for economic growth and an improvement in living standards. Everyone is aware of the importance of a correctly built or modernised structure f... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with regard to the Stihler report, it is clear what an important role the construction sector plays in Europe. We simply had to tackle the problems faced by 12 million citizens directly employed in this sector. The Stihler report is a valuable tool for bringing down the national adm... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to thank Mrs Stihler for this excellent report. It is very important to focus attention on the harmonisation of the marketing of construction products, because in the future, we will need better and higher quality construction. We need to remember that, although this is a highly com... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, last week, the French Prime Minister came to London and said that we needed to join in the project of assisting the euro. Let us leave aside for a moment the question of whether we should again be dragged into somebody else’s problem; let us focus instead on the main logical flaw here. He says ‘European i... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is the world’s largest donor of humanitarian aid, when you consider that its contribution represents more than 40% of all international humanitarian assistance. The Union’s humanitarian policy is the practical expression of its commitment to supporting people in t... | null |
Antonello Antinoro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the report adopted today – for which I thank and congratulate the rapporteur Mrs Striffler – is a text that will make for more effective and consistent humanitarian aid. The European Parliament is today inviting the Union to cooperate more closely in order to reach a ... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the dramatic increase in the number and severity of natural disasters, together with the rising incidence of complex crises, mean that we are faced with worsening violations of international humanitarian law and a shrinking ‘humanitarian space’. The recent tragedies in Haiti and Pak... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I had great pleasure in voting for this particular report, because the report confirms that food security is a basic human right. The agricultural sector must meet a growing population’s need for safe and sufficient food despite the obstacles of limited natural resources, high energy prices and climate ch... | null |
Jens Rohde | MEP | ALDE | en | da | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Parliament has today chosen to formally recognise agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security. This is something that we in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe have recognised for many years. Likewise, we also recognise the fact that agriculture is a strat... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, food security is a basic human right, and it is achieved only when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient food. The new EU common agricultural policy must reflect these new requirements: it therefore needs to respond clearly and unequivocal... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, our role as Members of the European Parliament is to act to improve the lives of EU citizens. Ensuring them access to safe food of the highest quality should be a top priority. Food shortages and high prices are usually accompanied by social unrest and we cannot allow this situation to occur on our conti... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, food security and a guaranteed supply of food for populations continue to be the main challenges for agriculture, not only in Europe but also worldwide. I am very satisfied with the contents of this report, in particular, because food security is recognised as a fundamental human ri... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to say that I was very pleased by the report on recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security as this puts the significance of the rural economy back at the centre of things. The first conclusion, for me, is that we also continue to need a strong European c... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this report highlights the need for food security for the citizens whom we represent. It also emphasises the important public goods which farmers produce, often with little or no recognition. However, I feel that there is going to be a problem. I have recently heard major speeches which indicate that the ... | null |
Giommaria Uggias | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in recent weeks, the various parliamentary committees that are dealing with the issue of the common agricultural policy have been looking into the matter of the post-2013 reform. Clearly, food security is one of the fundamental elements of agriculture. This consideration must theref... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, nowadays, the world’s food production is facing different challenges to an increasing extent. One such challenge is climate change, which unfortunately may cause unpredictable food shortages, and thus endanger the satisfaction of the growing demand of the world’s population, estimated to reach more than ... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, first, I want to say that it is excellent that the European Parliament recognises agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security. It is very important for us to ensure that the food that we produce in the European Union is, above all, safe and free from impurities. I am rather worried ... | null |
Salvatore Tatarella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, having voted firmly in favour of this important report, I would like to emphasise, in particular, paragraph 35 of the well-structured opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety which, in considering that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has a... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since, according to the Consultative Working Party of Parliament’s legal services, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance, I agree with their adoption at first reading. | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agreed with this report and the European Commission’s proposal, because I believe that it is very important to simplify and clarify Community law so as to make it clearer and more accessible to all citizens. This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended several times, often quite ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There are very many companies in Europe; they come in very many different forms and are subject to very many rules. However, since 1978, European legislation has been in place to regulate mergers of public limited liability companies from the same Member State. It is important to regulate these mergers because they ma... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as, in the proposal for codifying the Third Council Directive 78/855/EEC of 9 October 1978 concerning mergers of public limited liability companies, the Commission has taken into consideration the editorial or formal amendments proposed by the Consultative Working Party of the legal services, w... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by Mr Maštálka because the proposal in question has been carefully weighed up by the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, which jointly deemed it to be a codification, which is to say, it is merely a streamlined ver... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Just yesterday, a study was presented in Italy which showed that, at the moment, the businesses that have best withstood the crisis have been those that have managed to bolster their assets. In particular, the study, carried out by a respected Italian university on behalf of the country’s most active business associat... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In this sitting, following an amended proposal by Parliament and the Council, Parliament has analysed a draft legislative resolution on mergers of public limited liability companies (codified version), having adopted the proposal tabled by the Commission. Given that the proposal is simply aimed at the ‘straightforward... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance and therefore, in the inte... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Carrying out codification in order to maintain clarity after a certain number of amendments certainly makes things easier. In general, however, we need to consider whether such a multitude of rules and regulations is necessary at all. In some areas, it is excessive and consumers are scarcely credited with common sense... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report, given that it is confined exclusively to codifying existing texts on mergers of public limited liability companies. On 21 September 2010, the Consultative Working Party, made up of the respective legal services of Parliament, the Council and the Commission, having examined the proposa... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | During my assessment of the draft legislative resolution on mergers of public limited liability companies, I considered the following legislative acts: the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council; the common position established at first reading on 17 June 2008; Articles 294 and 50 of the Treaty... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the amended proposal on the directive concerning mergers of public limited liability companies is restricted to a codification of existing texts without entailing any change in their substance.... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Having sought legal advice, the services stated that, having regard to the interinstitutional agreement of 20 December 1994 on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts and, in particular, to point 4 thereof, the Consultative Working Party consisting of the respective legal services o... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with the signing of the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania to the European Union o... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report like my fellow Members did. Apart from the formal aspect, it is important from the perspective of united Europe’s global role in different regions, not only its economic, but also its political role. They have ensured that the Mediterranean region has been and still is a region of strategic inte... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of this resolution. I support the conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Re... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The text of the legislative resolution on which we have voted underwent the simplified procedure provided for under Rule 46 of the Rules of Procedure. I believe that this is justified given the non-contradictory nature of its subject matter. The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and Jordan ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishes an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, and the protocol is to update the agreement, taking account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania to the E... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report, which is a simple piece of housekeeping updating the existing agreement to take into account the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. The proposal has no impact on the EU budget and is uncontroversial. | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This protocol merely brings the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the EU and Jordan into line with what has, in reality, been applied since 1 January 2007. It is sheer deception. The hurry to implement the Euro-Mediterranean free trade area by 2015 justifies all the failures to comply wi... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution on the draft Council decision on conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accessi... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession o... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Euro-Mediterranean agreements are gaining ever increasing significance in Europe’s association activities. In this case, therefore, I intend to give my backing to the draft European Parliament legislative resolution on conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the conclusion of this protocol, which is fully justified in view of the need to include the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania as contracting parties in the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Ha... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Having regard to the draft Council decision (06903/2010), having regard to the draft protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accessio... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is a recommendation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services. I voted in favour of the resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Wes... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The transfer of Member States’ competences to the European Union is the justification for replacing bilateral air services agreements with new ones to which the Union is party. The resolution voted on is about specific issues of this nature and aims to harmonise the international law instruments currently in force, as... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report tabled by Mr Koch proposes the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services. The spirit of the European Union in the treaties is to standardise procedures throughout the EU. Therefore, as the Court of Justice o... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the context of the situation currently being faced by civil aviation, we believe that this draft agreement raises serious doubts about its scope and potential consequences. Until now, in this area which is strategic in terms of safeguarding national interests for a number of reasons, the Member States made sovereig... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because the Community has exclusive competence with respect to various aspects of external aviation which were traditionally governed by bilateral air services agreements between Member States and third countries, and consequently, Community agreements must replace certain provisions i... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | African countries situated in particularly difficult geographic and climatic regions require special treatment. However, the people living there do not need only food and water; they also need education, and they want to work with dignity and move around. The agreement between the European Community and the West Afric... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the recommendation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services. The agreement, which was negotiated by the Commission, aims to replace certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements concluded betw... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to give consent to this agreement. The agreement is one of the horizontal air service agreements whose aim is to bring existing bilateral air service agreements in line with EU law. This is as a result of the 2003 ECJ decision that gave the Community exclusive competence in regard to various aspects of external... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Not content with underhandedly expediting the division of African regional integration as elsewhere in the world, the European Union is now even imposing its neoliberal diktat in the African sky. The incentives set up by the Commission do nothing to hide this. This agreement ‘does not aim to increase the total volume ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The existence of 47 bilateral agreements between EU Member States and the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union is clearly insufficient to cover the various aspects of air services. This agreement is therefore to be welcomed, as it will replace certain provisions in existing bilateral agreement... | null |
Louis Michel | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This agreement aims to replace certain provisions in the existing 47 bilateral air services agreements concluded between EU Member States and Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). It is, in fact, appropriate to harmonise the different provisions of the existing agreements by means of a... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In order to create a uniform basis for flights to countries outside the EU and, subsequently, to be able to guarantee legal certainty, all bilateral agreements must be reviewed. With the Council’s authorisation, the Commission negotiated an agreement with the West African Economic and Monetary Union that replaces the ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This agreement simply replaces the 47 bilateral agreements with the various Member States and, as a result, the EU gains more foreign policy powers. Therefore, I have voted against this report. | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report refers to a draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services. Given that the EU currently has exclusive competence in this area, the Council has authorised the Commission to open nego... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union has exclusive competence with respect to external aviation which was traditionally governed by bilateral air services agreements between Member States and third countries. In June 2003, the Commission opened negotiations with third countries in order to replace certain provisions in existing bilater... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the conclusion of this agreement which, under the exclusive competence granted to the EU regarding various aspects of external aviation, is aimed at replacing certain provisions in the 47 existing bilateral agreements on air services between the EU Member States and the Member States of the West A... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As the Court of Justice of the European Communities has ruled, the Community has exclusive competence with respect to various aspects of external aviation which were traditionally governed by bilateral air services agreements between Member States and third countries. Consequently, the Council authorised the Commission... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The exclusive competence in certain aspects of external aviation, established by the 2003 open skies judgment, enables the European Commission to negotiate agreements with third countries in order to adapt the European aviation market to EU rules and, at the same time, make it competitive and transparent. I welcome th... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree that there is a need to take measures relating to the construction sector, as this sector is quite important to the European economy: with 10% of gross domestic product, it represents almost 65 000 small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 250 employees. This proposal aims, firstly, to ensure a high l... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agreed with this document, because due to the scale of the marketing of construction products in the EU and obstacles to trade in the construction sector, it is important to take immediate action. Bearing in mind that the construction sector is one of Europe’s biggest industries, accounting for 10% of GDP and employ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-18T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although working conditions in the construction sector have improved in recent decades, the European Union must give itself the means to carry on setting the trend for high quality in this area. It is on this basis that I voted for this regulation laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction pro... | null |
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