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Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I also want to say how happy I am with this resolution on international adoption. I have had the chance to follow a few such cases at close quarters. I know that adoption at present involves a lot of bureaucracy, and it is good that the bureaucracy can be eased in this way. As a result, the processes ... | null |
Morten Messerschmidt | MEP | ID | en | da | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, Serbia is probably the European country that, over the last thousand years of history, has been besieged the most, first by the Turks, then by the Germans and then the Russians. Now we have the chance to turn what, both from a long-term historical perspective and in terms of recent history, have been ... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and Serbia creates a basis for close and lasting relations based on reciprocity and common interests, and contributes to political, economic and institutional stabilisation both in Serbia and throughout the Balkans. It also r... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, thanks to your staff and all the interpreters for your patience during this unusually long session. Faced with a choice between democracy and supra-nationalism, the European Union almost always opts for supra-nationalism and nowhere is this clearer than in its policy in the Western Balkans. We are main... | null |
Nirj Deva | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, this is very good news indeed. When we recall how far Serbia has travelled in terms of the rule of law and international law, and given what Serbia was some 20 years ago compared with what it is today, I think we need to commend and praise the Serbian administration for the steps they have taken to mak... | null |
Adam Bielan | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to say one more thing on the subject of Serbia. The agreement we voted on today between the European Union and Serbia is a milestone on the way to the association of this country with European structures. Twelve Member States have already ratified the treaty, the aim of which is to open t... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of this report because I believe the Commission communication on a European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is a fundamental step towards linking up the various existing health policies in Europe in order to tackle this type of disease. I s... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted for this report and am pleased that it was accepted almost unanimously. I must say that I attended the entire debate in Parliament but I did not get a chance to speak. Therefore, I am using this minute to make a few points. The most important point is that there is an urgent need for research ... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, Alzheimer’s disease is an affliction for which humankind has not yet found a remedy. Data from medical services show an alarming rise in the number of diagnosed cases, and the trend towards an ageing Europe will have drastic consequences in the near future. The problem of dementia affects not only tho... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, what I like about this report is that it is dealing in a multifaceted fashion with a startling challenge and that is the whole area of Alzheimer’s. You are talking about prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The reality is that the big dreads in terms of diseases are cancer and Alzheimer’s. We hav... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, those of us who have either visited Haiti or saw the terrible devastation that was wrought there some time ago and looked at what happened will agree that it was absolutely right that the NGOs and aid community got together and tackled the problem on the ground in terms of shelter, food, blankets and a... | null |
Nirj Deva | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, one year after the earthquake in Haiti, 5% of the rubble has been removed, a million people are homeless, 230 000 are dead, 300 000 are injured, and 15% of possible resettlement in habitable areas has taken place. Why? Why has only 5% of the rubble been taken away? When you have an earthquake, huge chu... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to say a few words about the situation in Haiti. It is very important to realise, now an update on the situation is being carried out, that levels of coordination have been unsatisfactory. We need better coordination, as shown by the fact that things have progressed slowly. It is quite tr... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Lithuania is a sovereign Member State. The country’s parliament has been debating new proposals concerning expressions of sexuality in the media and in public. Lithuania’s democracy is hard at work. The country’s president has blocked similar proposals twice already. The political debate on the new propo... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, the right to pass national laws belongs to the lawmaking body of the relevant state. This right of a sovereign state cannot be interfered with from outside. Lithuania, too, has its sovereign right. In the context of the European Union, it is also necessary to state that the definition of marriage and ... | null |
Vytautas Landsbergis | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, here are my remarks on the resolution condemning Lithuania, because nothing happened. The text adopted lacks the most important point of view. What I wished to propose, unsuccessfully, as an oral amendment to the recital part, would be: ‘whereas the intervention of the European Parliament in the procee... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, for decades now, the Member States of the European Union have been making broad and benign progress towards the principles of equality of treatment before the law, of privacy and of personal freedom, so I hope that there will not be a retrograde step in any of the Member States on this issue of equalit... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this document, which aims to strengthen patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. It must be said that today, there is too much uncertainty surrounding the issues of access to care, reimbursements and responsibility for clinical follow-up in relation to cross-border healthcare. This directive i... | null |
Antonello Antinoro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This recommendation to the Council was vital for giving patients the greatest possible legal certainty so that they can exercise their rights in practice, as pointed out by the European Court of Justice. This approach, however, does not interfere with the Member States’ exclusive competences over the management of the... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because it is true that there is a particular uncertainty at present about issues regarding access to care, medicine and reimbursements in the area of cross-border healthcare. While it is crucial not to increase the pressure on national health systems or add to the inequality in those ... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this important document. European Union citizens expect their Member States to provide safe, high quality, and efficient healthcare services. The Member States themselves have competence for their own healthcare systems, and therefore accessibility and quality varies somewhat. Patients are not alw... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare is a vital step towards patient mobility within the European Union. It is aimed at clarifying and assisting access to cross-border and good quality healthcare, along with the patient’s right to reimbursement by the Member State of affiliat... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report and would like to thank the rapporteur for the job she has done and for the suggestions. I support the idea that patients should make choices based on their needs and not according to their finances, on a fully informed basis and not under duress. Patient mobility instead of national waiting li... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | More and more Europeans are seeking healthcare in a Member State other than their own, but they often do so without having the first idea of what their rights are in this area. People have to jump through hoops to be reimbursed for treatment received abroad, and it is very difficult for them to find the information th... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because this proposal for a directive aims to give all patients the right and opportunity to obtain essential healthcare services in other Member States as quickly as possible. Furthermore, it clearly lays out the cases in which these services can be used, because at present, the rules regardin... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Grossetête report because it eliminates the uncertainty that has persisted for many years over the issue of the payment of costs and the related issue of access to cross-border healthcare. While it has, so far, been the better informed or more motivated patients that have made use of the advantages of ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This directive establishes rules for facilitating access to cross-border healthcare that is safe and of high quality, and which promotes healthcare cooperation between the Member States, while fully respecting national jurisdictions. It includes the fundamental common values of universality, of access to good quality ... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Member States are responsible for providing safe, high quality and effective healthcare as needed by their citizens. This directive must not, therefore, jeopardise the freedom of the Member State to decide upon the most suitable form of healthcare. We live in an area of freedom, security and justice, where Europea... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of the directive aiming to introduce new rules governing cross-border healthcare. The European Union is taking an important step with the new legislation. This will not only facilitate the provision of healthcare, particularly in border regions, and increase treatment opportunities for EU citize... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The draft legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare is an important document, and adopting this resolution would mark a significant step forward from... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I regard as useful the introduction, in the directive concerning payment for healthcare services provided abroad, of the requirement to draw up a list of specific criteria and conditions for a national authority to justify its refusal to give treatment to a patient abroad. These conditions must take into account the p... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this proposal on cross-border healthcare. Healthcare should never be treated as a commercial market service. This initiative aims to ensure that there are no unnecessary obstacles for patients seeking healthcare in a Member State other than their home country. It seeks to implement what the European Court of ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is a strong signal that we are sending out to our fellow citizens by proposing a system in which patients’ needs will have priority. The European Parliament has maintained a united and firm position with regard to this genuine recognition of patients’ needs in Europe, which represents a first step towards strengthe... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The cross-border healthcare issue has been under negotiation for a long time, and it caused an outcry when, in a previous draft, the risk emerged of creating two-speed healthcare specifically promoting medical tourism for better-off patients and harming those Member States which could not have planned their healthcare... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There is a general lack of awareness and an a priori attitude of rejection prevailing in the area of access to cross-border healthcare. Within the framework of EU freedoms, every citizen should be able to make use of healthcare services in another Member State as a matter of principle, if the therapy or treatment ther... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This proposal clarifies and facilitates access to cross-border healthcare and the exercise of the right to reimbursement by the Member State of affiliation, enabling all patients in the EU to benefit from healthcare in other Member States. In fact, these rights were already recognised by the Court of Justice of the Eu... | null |
Carlo Fidanza | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the new legislation governing patients’ rights to medical treatment in another EU Member State. The work of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), in close conjunction with the other political groups, was once again fundamental. Approval of our French colleague Mrs Grossetête’s repor... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against the directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, even though there have been some amendments to the initial text. This final text is the result of a compromise with the majority of the Council, allowing 30 months for its transposition by the Member States. Our vote agai... | null |
Lorenzo Fontana | MEP | ID | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is crucial to improve the situation regarding the right of citizens to receive healthcare when they are in another Member State. I hope that the fears of excessive interference by European legislation in that of the Member States will not be confirmed. However, I believe it is a good thing for patients to be able t... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support a patient’s right to seek necessary medical treatment in a European country that is not the patient’s home country. Every Irish citizen and, indeed, every European citizen, has the right to travel to another European Union country to receive medical treatment. I would not be in favour of ‘medical tourism’, b... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | During previous parliamentary committee debates, it has often been repeated that this directive is not intended to encourage ‘healthcare tourism’, but just to establish clear rules on cross-border healthcare. It is important for medical treatment received in a Member State other than a patient’s Member State of affili... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare is an absolutely vital new legal instrument which can bring significant improvements to the situation of patients in the European Union. Patients today wishing to avail themselves of medical services in a country other than their own come ... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the end, I voted for the directive on cross-border healthcare. The compromise between Parliament and the Council is acceptable, in particular, because it recognises the right of States to take measures to safeguard the financial equilibrium of their social security systems, not least through a prior authorisation s... | null |
Louis Grech | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the Grossetête report on the adoption of a directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. Today’s vote has brought us one step closer to codifying patients’ rights into European law. It is imperative that once this directive comes into force, patients are not left to shoulder the... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As someone who hails from the only region in France to share a border with three other EU Member States and who represents a constituency that is particularly affected by cross-border issues, I am very sensitive to these problems. Indeed, borders are still too often obstacles in areas of everyday cross-border life. Eu... | null |
Mathieu Grosch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the directive on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. The provision of healthcare services in the shortest possible time and with a clear patient focus, which can also be used by other Member States, is an essential requirement in order to bring Europe closer together. Cross-border healthcare is a da... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this text, which avoids, in the end, turning healthcare into just another commodity. Furthermore, I should like to thank the Spanish Presidency for this and for having supported the re-establishment of the prior authorisation system for cross-border and specialised care. Yes, the European Union pr... | null |
Małgorzata Handzlik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare is a key step towards abolishing the barriers which patients have encountered in the EU Member States to date. Its primary goal is to make it easier for Europeans to access healthcare in other EU Member States and, in particular, to access... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the removal of healthcare from the scope of the Services Directive some years ago, and I voted against the Cross-border Healthcare Directive at first reading. At the time, it was apparent that there was a tendency within the Commission to treat healthcare as a tradeable commodity. That is not how I regard h... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this document, because it aims to strengthen patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. It is regrettable that today, there is too much uncertainty surrounding access to care, reimbursements and responsibility for clinical follow-up in relation to cross-border healthcare. This directive is inten... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of adopting the Grossetête report for several key reasons. The directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare has many positive features. It abolishes barriers to treatment, ensures equal access for all to healthcare throughout the EU, marks an end to discrimination again... | null |
Sandra Kalniete | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on the right of European Union citizens to receive medical treatment in any of the 27 Member States is a significant step towards better healthcare in the European Union. It is particularly timely given the widespread labour mobility within the EU. When the directive comes into force, patients will be of... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported Mrs Grossetête’s recommendation because this proposal for a directive will benefit European citizens. The new regulations on medical treatment stipulate, in fact, that European citizens may be reimbursed for medical treatment received in another Member State, providing the treatment and costs would normall... | null |
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I regard the directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare as a success, and therefore I voted in favour of adopting its provisions. Health is the most valuable asset we possess. I would like Europeans to have access to the highest possible standard of medical care. The directive is a sou... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report on the basis that it has now been clarified that British patients can receive abroad only the state-paid healthcare that they would be entitled to receive under the NHS. I welcome the fact that amendments seeking to extend entitlements by giving access to ‘all methods of treatment that are suffi... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The submitted document goes back to a debate that took place in the European Parliament in the previous parliamentary term. The actual Commission proposal contained some shortcomings and risks which might have a negative impact on consumer care, and thus on citizens. I welcome the compromise contained in Amendment 107... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | How can we guarantee the fundamental right of all European citizens to move freely within our common area without offering them the opportunity to be treated easily in a Member State other than the one in which they are resident? The adoption of this draft directive will finally allow patient mobility, an element intr... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The issues of access to healthcare, of reimbursements, and of responsibility for clinical follow-up in relation to cross-border healthcare, are currently unclear for the great majority of Europeans. The aim of this directive is for all patients – not just the best informed ones – to benefit from a certain number of he... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | If the waiting lists for operations in a patient’s own country are full, the guarantee that the cost of treatment abroad will be paid for by his health insurance company will come as a huge relief. These regulations will allow mobility within the European Union for those with chronic illnesses. However, the regulation... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report presented by Mrs Grossetête because providing access to cross-border healthcare is a definite achievement benefiting European citizens. Many of our citizens do not have access to care in the Member State they live in for the conditions they suffer from. This is why we must provide them with the ... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 19 January 2011, the European Parliament adopted a directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, which is aimed at simplifying the rules governing treatment abroad. I am pleased to note that the European Parliament, as colegislator, played a key role in formulating clear provisions th... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the recommendation with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare because I believe it is fundamental to guarantee adequate healthcare meeting high quality and patient safety standards throu... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Each Member State is responsible for providing its citizens with healthcare. This directive establishes rules for facilitating access to cross-border healthcare that is safe and of high quality, and promotes healthcare cooperation between the Member States, while fully respecting national jurisdictions. Highly special... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive will enable all patients to benefit from rights already recognised by the European Court of Justice, while leaving social security systems fully within the competence of the Member States, since it deals with patients and their mobility inside the European Union and not the free movement of service provi... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report in support of Europe’s citizens as it stipulates clearer rules regarding patients’ rights to seek treatment abroad and the opportunity to make a choice which is based on their needs, not their means, and which must be informed and not made under duress. The directive stipulates the following pr... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the wake of cases tried in the Court of Justice of the European Union, this directive aims to clarify and reinforce users’ right of access to safe and high quality cross-border healthcare, by promoting patient mobility within the EU, and by reinforcing the Member States’ cooperation and solidarity in this area. It ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The legislation adopted today is an important step forward for patients’ rights in the EU. The Greens believe the final compromise adopted today strikes the right balance between guaranteeing patients’ rights to cross-border healthcare and safeguarding the provision of quality health services at national level. Patient... | null |
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on cross-border healthcare that is due to be put to the vote today is a revolution, and I welcome that. The European Union’s healthcare remit is a very sensitive issue, and it is only right that each Member State should establish its own system of social protection and health insurance according to its o... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted today to support improved legal clarity and patient mobility in cases where people need to travel abroad to receive healthcare. Ideally, no patient should have to leave their home country to get medical treatment, but in those cases where it is necessary, they should be able to do so knowing what they are entit... | null |
Peter Skinner | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am in favour of this report as it deals with some of the current problems which have gone unaddressed by governments. This is not a directive telling Member States how they should run their health systems as some suggest. It is a report which the UK feels able to support largely because many of the problems relating ... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Cross-border Healthcare Directive – which I support – confers on patients unambiguous rights to seek medical treatment abroad and receive reimbursement according to the rates applicable in their own countries. This provides greater legal certainty to patients in frontier areas, people who are visiting another coun... | null |
Michèle Striffler | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Patients, too, have the right to benefit from freedom of movement. That is why I voted in favour of the report on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. In Alsace, and in all border regions, the question of cross-border healthcare is crucial, when, for example, healthcare provided abroad is cl... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Certain measures are required in order to achieve the goal of building an internal market based on free movement between the Member States. The free movement of people and services draws particular attention to the healthcare that the nationals of a Member State can receive in another Member State. The Court of Justic... | null |
Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare is an extremely important document for EU citizens, and so I have followed work on the issue very attentively. I am pleased to note that the directive gives patients the right to choose the place where healthcare will be provided, thereby ... | null |
Thomas Ulmer | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was pleased to be able to vote in favour of the report, which, following the agreement with the Council during the second reading, will bring significant improvements in the free movement of patients within the European Union. Outpatient treatment now presents no problems for the citizens of the EU and inpatient tre... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is very important for our citizens to have the opportunity to obtain necessary and high quality healthcare services whether they are at home or abroad. I am pleased that this report also talks about patient mobility in the EU. Lithuanians living and working abroad must be guaranteed the opportunity to obtain treatm... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Health service structures vary greatly across the EU, and I support this directive that outlines a coherent approach to funding cross-border healthcare. Although cross-border healthcare affects only a small percentage of EU citizens, clarifying the existing rights of these patients in this single piece of legislation w... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted European legislation on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. I can only support access to healthcare for all EU citizens irrespective of the State in which they reside. However, that is not the main objective of this text, which aims, first and foremost, to streng... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agreed with this resolution on FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements with the Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. It needs to be stressed that these voluntary agreements on trade in timber cannot undermine the EU’s overall objective of combating climate change and must guarantee sustainable use of fores... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) because of what they represent in terms of combating the trade in illegally logged timber in the EU. I would stress their importance in combating deforestation and the degradation of forests, as well as the resulting carbon emissions and loss of biodiversity at glo... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to the United Nations, 20-40% of world timber production is the result of illegal logging. What is more, each year, deforestation increases by 13 million hectares and causes an estimated 20% of global CO2 emissions. The Voluntary Partnership Agreements that Parliament has just adopted will help combat the tr... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the motion for a resolution on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), since negotiating these VPAs will allows us to define good practice for future negotiations with countries supplying wood, with a view to the eradication of illegal logging, and to t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Illegal logging is nothing short of the pillaging of the natural resources of countries that supply wood, normally developing countries, and it constitutes a clear attack on biodiversity and the quality of people’s lives and their future prospects. If agreements such as those reached with the Republic of Congo and the... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union has been struggling to combat illegal logging, while seeking to conserve forest resources and promote their sustainable use globally. I therefore welcome the signing of the Voluntary Partnership Agreements with Cameroon and the Republic of Congo with the aim of improving forest governance and reform... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution rightly states that the large-scale industrial exploitation of tropical forests is unsustainable, as it leads to the degradation and destruction of ecosystems that are of great importance, both from a functional point of view and in terms of the natural assets that they protect. We also believe that it... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Once again, I wish to use the forum of the European Parliament to remind everyone of the significance of forests for the climate, water management, agriculture and the culture of the country or region in question, particularly in rural areas. The market value of goods made from timber is also considerable. We must the... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this resolution which accompanies the consent procedures for the Voluntary Partnership Agreements on forest law and the trade in timber with Cameroon and the Congo. The resolution rightly emphasises that sufficient funding, monitoring and NGO and civil society involvement will be vital if the VPAs are to achi... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the fight against the pillaging of biodiversity, the issue of forest destruction is absolutely crucial. It is primarily the result of the production-driven rationale of modern-day globalisation and is therefore still perfectly legal. The implementation of bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreements to combat the ill... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Logging in African countries is often carried out illegally, which impacts very heavily on the protection of producer countries’ natural resources, as well as being an attack on biodiversity, and on the quality of people’s lives and their future prospects. The signing of this type of agreement with the Republic of Con... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We cannot expect the partnership agreements on the worldwide sustainable use of forest resources to produce any miracles. It will only be possible to combat illegal logging effectively if the local systems can be made more resistant to corruption, if the back doors which are currently being used to get around existing... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the motion for a resolution on the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union. I voted in favour because I believe that the negotiation of these VPAs enables us to obtain guidelines on best practices that coul... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution on Voluntary Partnership Agreements with Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. I would stress the need, when negotiating future agreements of this type, to provide for measures that secure the objectives of the eradication of illegal logging, the conservation and sustain... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | After a thorough scrutiny together with several NGOs, we have decided to support the signature of the two VPAs. Greens’ recommendations were unanimously adopted in committee. However, we demanded in our explanatory statement that the Commission explains some details more in depth. Thus, to raise some additional concern... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Voluntary partnership agreements on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) represent the European model, currently at the draft stage, for combating the illegal international trade in timber. The approved partnerships with the Republic of Cameroon and ... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Under the framework of FLEGT, tropical timber exporting countries have begun drawing up Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the EU, in order to guarantee the traceability and legality of timber. Independent verification procedures are also provided for by these agreements. This enables them to set the standar... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with the goal of providing a legislative framework for identifying and ensuring the traceability of timber products, establishing independent governmental verification procedures which certify that all timber products exported by the Republic of Cameroon to European markets have been obtained, harvested, trans... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this recommendation. Cameroon, 40% of whose territory is covered in forest, is the largest African exporter of hardwoods to Europe. It sells 80% of sawn timber to the EU. However, the industry is beset by serious problems of governance, leading to environmental degradation, inequalities, impoveris... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the commitments made between the EU and the Republic of Cameroon with the aim of improving forest governance and reforming existing legislation where necessary, so as to ensure that activities in the forestry sector are transparent, respect indigenous peoples’ rights, and do not contribute to adverse environ... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement as it will provide a legal framework for the lawful management of the exploitation of timber in Cameroon and of its export to the EU. The aim of this is to eliminate the cor... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the recommendation on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Cameroon as it sets out political and legislative reforms which will allow Cameroon’s timber sector to promote good governance and transparency, with a view to combating fraud and the trade in illegal timb... | null |
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