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Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The situation in Haiti has become extremely grave at a time when all the international community’s efforts have not helped to improve the situation in this state, devastated by civil war and natural disasters, and now hit by a cholera epidemic. Last year’s devastating earthquake brought Haiti to the attention of the g... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the international community’s massive response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and its genuine political will to support the reconstruction of the country. I particularly welcome the collective commitment made by the Commission and the Member States to donate a total of EUR 1.2 billion, including EUR... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One year on, the effects of the disaster in Haiti are distressing and the situation from the human, economic and social point of view is chaotic. I regret to have to say that reconstruction is practically non-existent, the amount of rubble cleared negligible, the levels of poverty extreme, and the violence devastating... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is important to Haiti’s inhabitants that the European Union shows solidarity with them after the disaster which has hit them, causing significant human and material losses. I therefore welcome Europe’s decision to commit to providing financial assistance for the reconstruction process in this country, amounting to ... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The terrible disaster that struck Haiti a year ago shocked us all and led to a global current of good will, making logistical, human, financial and humanitarian resources available immediately and on a large scale. With a year gone by, it was appropriate to reassess the situation on the ground, not least because Haiti... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A little over a year ago, the world was stunned by the consequences of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 200 000 people and leaving behind a trail of absolutely horrific destruction in its wake. At the time, the international community mobilised itself to come to the aid of the victims, while the... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A year on from the earthquake, the situation in Haiti remains chaotic, the country is still in a state of emergency and reconstruction work has barely started. I welcome humanitarian organisations’ work on the ground at providing care for the injured, supplying drinking water and distributing food. However, I would st... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The reality on the ground shows what the resolution seems to want to hide, which is that the principal preoccupation of the United States, shared by the EU, was to secure and perpetuate its political interference in order to ensure its economic and geostrategic domination of Haiti, ignoring the human drama that Haitia... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The earthquake and the cholera epidemic that followed it were an outright disaster for the people of Haiti. I urge the international community, including the European Union, to fulfil all the commitments made at the International Donors’ Conference in New York last year and that the money be given, without delay, to t... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The situation in Haiti continues to be a cause for great concern. The efforts made by the many aid workers, whose courageous commitment is to be applauded, are met with the inability of the regime in power to lessen the risk of civil war that is threatening the island. We must demand the full application of the Europe... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained in the vote on the compromise resolution between the political groups in the European Parliament on Haiti. I did so because this resolution (although it is well founded) does not offer any lasting solution to ensure that Haiti genuinely emerges from the crisis, nor does it ask enough questions about the ac... | 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 resolution on the situation in Haiti, because the European Parliament reiterates its solidarity with the people of Haiti suffering as a result of the earthquake and the cholera epidemic. I agree with the very important call for the international community, as well as the EU, to make a firm an... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 12 January 2010, the earthquake which struck Haiti caused approximately 222 750 deaths and made almost 2 million people homeless. Ten months after this tragedy, a cholera epidemic broke out on the island and has claimed 3 333 lives to date. As these tragic figures clearly show, the situation is not a simple one. In... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution which commends the efforts and achievements of humanitarian organisations (the Red Cross, NGOs and the United Nations) as well as the Member States, and stresses the need to communicate the non-visible effects of humanitarian work and the fact that the situation was brought under control tha... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is just over a year since the tragedy in Haiti, in which more than 200 000 people lost their lives and more than 3 million Haitians were affected. Even now, human rights associations say that there are still 1 million displaced persons living in inhuman conditions in makeshift refugee camps. A year ago, the interna... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the situation in the country has not improved at all. In fact, the outbreak of cholera has made things significantly worse, despite all the humanitarian and economic aid being poured into the country. The capital, Port-au-Prince, still lies buried under tonnes of rubbl... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 12 January, we marked the first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti which had such tragic consequences. It claimed the lives of 222 750 people and forced around 1.7 million to leave their homes. In connection with these tragic events, on 19 January, the European Parliament adopted a resolution describing the sit... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A year on from the terrible earthquake in Haiti, one of the most devastating natural disasters in the history of humankind, the signs of the disaster are still deeply etched. Unbelievably, a few months after the terrible earthquake, the arrival of a hurricane brought a cholera epidemic, which made the already complica... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the joint resolution on the situation in Haiti a year after the earthquake: humanitarian aid and reconstruction. The resolution emphasises issues such as protection of human rights and dignity. It reminds us that, at present in Haiti, apart from the conditions of poverty and the feeling of insecur... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A year on from the earthquake, the situation in Haiti remains chaotic, the country is still in a state of emergency and the majority of the population is living in extremely precarious conditions. Therefore, the international community, including the EU, must make a long-term commitment to honour all the pledges made ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Haiti is again a matter of urgency. We reiterate with this resolution our solidarity with the people of Haiti suffering as a result of the earthquake and the cholera epidemic, and stress that reconstruction efforts must involve the consultation of, and include, the Haitian people and Haitian civil society. We also urge... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Of all the disasters that struck our planet in 2010, the Haiti earthquake has left the most difficult wound to heal. Today, a year on from the second most devastating tremor in the history of humankind, the signs of the disaster are still painfully evident. More than a million people, half of them children, still live... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this European Parliament resolution, because I hope that the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania will have the political will to reject the proposed law, which would violate human rights and freedoms. I hope that any discrimination will be stopped, including discrimination on the basis of sexu... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Taking into account the international and European human rights obligations to which the EU is subject, in particular, respect for the rights of all minorities and the fight against all forms of discrimination, it is not acceptable that one of its Member States should establish laws that clearly question the values an... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this resolution, which calls on the Lithuanian Parliament to reject draft legislation that seeks to punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’ with fines. This EP resolution follows a series of worrying events such as the adoption of the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effec... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Over the last few months, the Lithuanian Parliament has passed a series of laws forbidding or punishing any reference to homosexuality or bisexuality in public. A bill currently being debated in the Parliament aims to amend the Code of Administrative Offences to punish ‘the public promotion of homosexual relations’ wi... | 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 this resolution, since it upholds the fact that the institutions of the EU and the Member States have the obligation to ensure that human rights are respected, protected and promoted in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 12 November 2010, the Lithuanian Parliament decided to initiate the process of appraising the change to the Lithuanian Administrative Code, according to which the public promotion of homosexual relations must be punishable with a fine. The Lithuanian authorities are in the process of considering these changes. This... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union and its institutions have a duty and responsibility to uphold respect for human rights, including those of all minorities. It must therefore reject and combat any form of discrimination, specifically as regards sexual orientation. In this context, I support Parliament’s resolution as an initiative r... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Lithuania is attempting to control the preaching of certain minority sexual orientations, no doubt wishing, and quite rightly so, to promote instead the family, consisting of a father, a mother and their children, which forms the fundamental unit of any society. Some people see this as an unacceptable attack on human ... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that the European Parliament has taken a stand in calling on Lithuania to reject a bill to introduce fines for ‘the public promotion of homosexual relations’. Let us remind ourselves that there is no place for homophobia in Europe and that Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights clearly proh... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One of the earliest tasks of the re-established Scottish Parliament was to remove from the statute book a law prohibiting the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in Scotland’s schools. The law had been enacted by the right-wing unionist government of Margaret Thatcher – a government which had no legitimacy among the people of... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament’s motto ‘United in diversity’ is the principle that must guide all our work within and outside the European Union. It was in line with this principle that I voted in favour of this resolution, because I believe that, while the European Parliament may not wish to interfere in a country’s interna... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There can be no tolerance of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation (or indeed on any other grounds) in the European Union. I therefore welcome this resolution, which takes a tough line against signs of intolerance in Lithuania and makes it clear that the EU institutions will not sit back and allow Lithuan... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I want to emphasise in the first instance that the fight against all forms of discrimination, in particular, those based on sexual orientation, is one of the European Union’s fundamental principles. We now have a sizeable body of European legislation on the subject, which means that this principle can be put into prac... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Equality between citizens is a principle that Europe compromises on too often. We would like to see it respond every time this principle is flouted. This resolution rejects the institutionalisation of a law which would override the principle of equality between Lithuanians on the grounds of their sexual orientation an... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is one of the functions of the institutions and Member States of the EU to ensure that human rights are respected, protected and promoted within the European Union, pursuant to the European Convention on Human Rights, to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and to Article 6 of the Treaty on Europ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) guarantees that people with differing sexual orientations will not suffer discrimination. When Lithuania signed the Treaty of Lisbon, it also became a signatory to the ECHR. The European Parliament believes that the adoption of ... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The institutions and Member States of the EU are obligated to ensure that human rights are respected, protected and promoted within the European Union, pursuant to the European Convention on Human Rights, to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and to Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, witho... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Once again, we had to call on the Seimas to reject the draft amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, include sexual orientation in the list of protected grounds in the Law on Education, enable minors to freely access information on sexual orientation, and clarify the meaning of the ban in the Law on Advertis... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In 2010, the Lithuanian Parliament passed an amendment to the administrative code implementing the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information, adopted in 2009. This amendment would prevent the mass media from promoting sexual relations or other forms of homosexual behaviour n... | null |
Michèle Striffler | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-01-19T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution on violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania. Interparliamentary dialogue (between the European Parliament and the national parliaments) has become a vital feature of the European Union since the Treaty of Lisbon came into ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The first item is the report by Mr Eppink, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary affairs, on the Report on Competition Policy 2009 (2010/2137(INI)) (A7-0374/2010). | null |
Derk Jan Eppink | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, these days, competition is often regarded as a concept that makes life difficult. Some people prefer cosy arrangements and the hot tub of backstage agreements as protection against the harsh world of global competition. But, Commissioner, competition is not the spoiler but the lifesaver of the European ec... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of Vice-President Almunia, who is unable to be here this morning, I would firstly like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Eppink, for his work on the report on Competition Policy 2009. I would also like to thank the rapporteurs in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on the Int... | null |
Silvana Koch-Mehrin | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, competition policy is one of the most important, central policy areas of the EU. Good competition policy enables markets to function properly. Good competition policy also allows consumers to benefit from a wide variety of products at reasonable and affordable prices. Good competition policy also contrib... | null |
Cristian Silviu Buşoi | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to start by congratulating the Commission on its flexibility in applying the competition rules during the current financial and economic crisis. It is very important that the crisis is not used as a pretext to eliminate competition, and the Commission has already shown a very firm attitude ag... | null |
Michael Cramer | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteur for his excellent cooperation. Transport is also a decisive issue when it comes to competition. After all, transport is responsible for 30% of CO2 emissions, which is why I am pleased to see that it has been accepted that transport should be included in th... | null |
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, we are all lazy. If we can get away with not doing something, most people will indeed not do it. Business is no exception in this respect. The majority of entrepreneurs (I am convinced of this) dream of the possibility of being monopoly providers who can dictate terms, instead of having tho... | null |
Antolín Sánchez Presedo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the 2009 report on competition policy is probably one of the most extensive and comprehensive reports drafted by Parliament to date – the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has succeeded in incorporating the opinion of three other parliamentary committees – and it was produced after a period of f... | null |
Sophia in 't Veld | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur. We have worked in tandem (me being last year’s rapporteur), and that brings me to my first point. It strikes me about these annual debates on competition policy that there is a very friendly and polite exchange of views, and then the Commission ju... | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank Commissioner Almunia, who is not here today but who, even though it is not the European Parliament’s domain, spends a considerable amount of time with us in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and is therefore investing time in an ongoing dialogue with Parli... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Lamberts, Mr Hans-Peter Martin has used his blue card to signal that he wishes to ask you a question. Are you willing to listen to him? Many thanks. Mr Martin, you have 30 seconds to question Mr Lamberts on the matter. | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Lamberts referred to the special supports that banks have received from the European Central Bank. Perhaps he could explain in a little more detail what he means and how this worked? He also made reference to the fact that this support is to be abolished. How would he propose that we take control here... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | That is a big question to answer in just thirty seconds; however, I have every confidence in Mr Lambert’s powers of summation. | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, answering that kind of question in 30 seconds is clearly an almost impossible task. What is the issue here? The European Central Bank (ECB) agrees to provide liquidity to banks that request it, in an unlimited way, accepting all kinds of assets as collateral for that liquidity. However, we do not have a ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Lamberts, for such a clear response on such a complicated issue. | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to congratulate my colleague, Derk Jan Eppink, on his comprehensive and well negotiated report, covering so many topics. Fundamentally, competition policy should be at the heart of the European single market and solid principles of competition should be built into all EU legislation.... | null |
Thomas Händel | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, according to this report, the Commission is following a successful policy on competition. However, we should not forget that unregulated competition can also lead to an increase in unemployment, so that the gap between the rich and poor grows ever wider. In the European Union, free ... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is not often that I have any good words to say about Gordon Brown, but he did act swiftly, decisively and effectively to deal with the banking crisis in the UK, even though I must point out that it was largely made worse by his disastrous tenure as Minister of Finance/Chancellor of the Exchequer for te... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | This is not so much a speech under the ‘blue card’ procedure as a personal statement. Mr Lamberts, I implore you to keep it brief, let us see if you can enlighten your colleague with your point of view in just thirty seconds, shall we? | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Lord Dartmouth paints the Greens as advocates of high taxes for the sake of high taxes. I just want to ask you, Lord Dartmouth, one very simple question. If services like education, health and security have value, I guess that you have to find ways to finance them. Am I correct? | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | No, we are not going to enter into a discussion on this. Mr Dartmouth, you may respond to Mr Lamberts later in the corridor. However, what the regulations do not allow is for one question to be answered with another. You have 15 seconds. | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | (opening words inaudible as microphone switched off) ... the person who asked the question has the right to respond. You have invented new rules – your own rules – as a chairman. You are completely incorrect, sir. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Yes, I do invent rules. We are inventing rules all the time and we are contributing to the progress of the democratic functioning of the Chamber. Thank you for recognising that. | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to begin by commending you for permitting such dialogue. It is a little unfortunate that the Earl of Dartmouth did not understand that you had also allowed him this opportunity to reply. I believe it is a very positive thing when someone like Mr Lamberts comes forward with such concrete prop... | null |
Gunnar Hökmark | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our eyes are currently on the summit between China and the US, because those two economies are seen as being the world’s two biggest economies. We are discussing when China will become the biggest economy, but that is based on a false assumption, because we forget that the European Union is the biggest ec... | null |
Edit Herczog | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, competition policy is a cornerstone of European legislation. We agree that innovation, creativity and being better necessarily mean market advantage, but we do not accept that, just because someone is bigger and stronger with better connections to information and, in particular, special connections to gov... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Eppink’s report is quite remarkable, but I am a little afraid – and this has nothing to do with the rapporteur – that we are making the same points over and over again. It is rather like flogging a dead horse. Without doubt, I would join Mrs in ’t Veld and Mr Lamberts in saying that we n... | null |
Reinhard Bütikofer | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, recommendation number 4 requires the Commission to issue reports on how it handles all future recommendations and to explain any disparities that might arise. I believe that this is a very sensible proposal and wish to make it more specific. Last year, Parliament decided during the relevant debate that w... | null |
Vicky Ford | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank my colleague, Derk Jan Eppink, for his excellent report, but particularly to make a comment about the energy market, which the Commission is going to look at this year. As other Members have pointed out, energy supply and pricing can vary greatly between different Member States. In t... | null |
Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as you could see in our presentation yesterday, the strengthening of the internal market and the promotion of job creation are among the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency. Since an EU competition policy based on equal competitive conditions applied in all sectors is the prerequ... | null |
Peter Skinner | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first let me congratulate Mr Eppink on the detailed work he has done on this report. Hopefully, he will continue to play a progressive role in this area. I welcome this report on the state of play of competition policy for 2009. However, there are still elements of competition in the EU that need to be st... | null |
Sławomir Witold Nitras | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is a pleasure to listen to this debate. I would like to thank Mr Eppink for his report. Knowing his approach, I look at the report with admiration and am pleased that it was he who drafted it. It is also a pleasure to listen to the speeches of fellow Members, but there is something which I feel I must... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would argue that developing an effective competition policy and implementing it correctly from a methodological point of view is an extremely delicate and complex task, particularly during a crisis. It is delicate, because applying it too rigidly could genuinely affect the impact ... | null |
Sari Essayah | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to commend the report for including a very positive mention about SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area. Time and again this Parliament has demanded a rapid SEPA migration, and the reasons are simple. The Commission’s impact assessment quotes a study that SEPA would save EUR 300 billion in the ... | null |
Danuta Jazłowiecka | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the authors of the resolution under discussion rightly observe that the economic crisis was an exceptional challenge for EU competition policy. National and political interests were repeatedly victorious, not only over the rules of the free market, but also over common sense. The major economic crisis, t... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, competition policy plays a key role in guaranteeing the European economy’s competitiveness, with the control of State aid being an integral part of this. At the same time, during the current crisis, the European Commission has seen the need to approve State aid grants, especially for the banking sector, ... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the submitted report confirms the fact that we still have a long way to go in the EU as far as proper competition is concerned. A good example of this is agricultural output, where both the EU and the individual states allow various subsidies and supports, thereby greatly distorting the competitive envir... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the situation created by the economic and financial crisis has left its mark on the tone of the Commission’s report. Notwithstanding, it is a good report, as reflected by Parliament’s resolution. However, there are points where work could be improved in the near future, primarily in the field of preventi... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to stress how important it is to draft clear competition rules which are helpful and useful to SMEs. They are especially important to the whole European economy, not to mention the huge innovation potential they offer. In this respect, I think that it would be advisable to include a chapter ... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let me concentrate on paragraph 90 of this report, which states that competition in agricultural production is a precondition for lower prices for consumers in EU countries. A bit of it is true, but I am afraid it misses the point completely. We are having a debate among ourselves, and in particular group... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you Mrs McGuinness. It may be relevant in future debates of this nature to listen to the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development also. | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the internal market should be free, effective, dynamic and innovative. Appropriate competition policy is the right tool for achieving this objective. If competition is operating properly in the market for goods and services, we can guarantee better quality, lower prices and greater choice for the consume... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Commission notes Parliament’s call for more transparency, dialogue and information on competition policy. We will continue to inform you about important policy decisions relating to competition and will endeavour to address your requests in our response to your resolution, either in the next Report on... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We will finish with the speech by the rapporteur, Mr Eppink, whom, of course, we congratulate, as the majority of his colleagues have praised his work as author of this report. | null |
Derk Jan Eppink | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioner, who is standing in for his colleague, for being here. I welcome the initiative of the Commission with regard to collective redress, which is a long-overdue initiative. It is also mentioned in the report, and I think it is in the interests of the consumers – provided... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | Report on competition policy 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Eppink. I am sure you will have noticed the reaction of your colleagues, and that in all likelihood, your proposal will have the necessary backing. The debate is closed. The vote will take place today, Thursday. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Mr Gahler, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on a sustainable EU policy for the High North (2009/2214(INI)) (A7-0377/2010). | null |
Michael Gahler | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, representatives of our Arctic neighbours who are following this debate, in my capacity as rapporteur, I am particularly pleased to be able to present to you today the result of over a year’s work, carried out in cooperation with the shadow rapporteurs, other colleagues... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, early last year, Vice-President/High Representative Ashton took the initiative of proposing a debate on the Arctic region. The plenary debate has helped us to receive your views and to illustrate the importance we attach to Arctic cooperation as part of the external relations of the European Union. We eng... | null |
Inese Vaidere | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should firstly like to thank Mr Gahler for his carefully prepared report. I am genuinely pleased that the European Union’s policy towards the High North is one of those areas to which the European Union has turned in relatively good time. Significantly rich resources – around a qu... | null |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | MEP | S&D | en | fi | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, to begin with, my sincere thanks go to the rapporteur, Mr Gahler, for his constructive cooperation. Certainly the best acknowledgement of this came from Commissioner Füle, when he said that this report would become the third pillar of EU Arctic policy. It is not any wonder that Arctic policy is becoming ... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to express my sincere thanks to the rapporteur, Mr Gahler, as well as all the shadow rapporteurs. We think that we have worked excellently together and it is important that the owninitiative report is adopted and that a proposal is made based on it. The report argues strongly in favour of heavy f... | null |
Indrek Tarand | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to express my gratitude and give my sincerest congratulations and compliments to the rapporteur and fellow shadow rapporteurs for their good cooperation and understanding. I would also like to thank my fellow Green Members for their cooperation and contribution. We can finally say th... | null |
Konrad Szymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Arctic is definitely changing. The most obvious results of these changes are the possibility of establishing new transportation and trade routes, and the possibility, which is already clearly in view, of exploiting natural resources and extracting oil and gas. World reactions to these changes are cha... | null |
Sabine Lösing | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, many thanks to Mr Gahler for his report. It is clear, also from this report, that there is enormous interest in the natural resources of the Arctic region. As a result of climate change, oil and gas and other resources can be extracted increasingly easily. The issue of making better use of shipping route... | null |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | MEP | S&D | en | fi | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to ask how the representative of the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left thinks it possible that we could achieve some sort of moratorium when none of the actors or countries in the region wants one. How would the indigenous peoples view it if the European Union ... | null |
Sabine Lösing | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am not in favour of that and, of course, it is not possible to impose this from above. The question remains, however: Who was consulted? Which states are involved? Which indigenous peoples are affected? Was there any consultation with the people who may benefit from the situation, or with those who may... | null |
Bastiaan Belder | MEP | ID | en | nl | 2011-01-20T00:00:00 | 2011 | A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to express my deep appreciation for the sterling work done by rapporteur Gahler. The Arctic is of strategic importance, especially now that the warming of the Arctic region seems to have opened up opportunities for transport and resource extraction there. It is also an area whe... | null |
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