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Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, once again I find myself having to remind colleagues that the European Constitution or Lisbon Treaty is not technically in force. Every clause, every article of the Brok report is based on that Treaty already having justiciability, which of course it does not. I have to say there is something a little bit... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I supported this resolution because I attach great importance to the upcoming EU-US Summit. At the recent G20 meeting, many promises were given which will be difficult to achieve if countries act on their own. In this regard, the EU and the US should take the leading role in the implementation of G20 comm... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank everyone for their patience and I include all the interpreters, who do a wonderful job. We all agree on the importance of the EU-US relationship and I think we all welcome the summits and discussions at the TEC level and the various other transatlantic dialogues. But it really is imp... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The contribution of the European budget for 2010 to encourage economic growth, competitiveness, cohesion and job protection is a vital response to the recent economic crisis. As a specific stimulus for the European economy, I would highlight the European Economic Recovery Plan, which encourages, among other things, pr... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The group of amendments to the EU’s budget for 2010 which make up ‘Block 3’ contains interventions and support measures that I oppose as a matter of principle. This includes various storage measures, for example, for alcohol, and extensive EU support for the wine sector. It also includes EU support for milk and fruit ... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP members voted in favour of these amendments fundamentally because we oppose ANY increase in the budget and because the limitation in the use of these budget lines, as proposed by the ECR, may result in a reduction in payments out of the budget. However, we wish to emphasise also that EU-money, which is amply funde... | null |
Patrick Le Hyaric | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Amendment 812 of Block 3 so as not to penalise the aid for dairy farmers, however ridiculous it may be (EUR 280 million). However, it is unacceptable that the adoption of this amendment should lead to the rejection of Amendment 70, which grants aid of EUR 600 million instead of EUR 280 million, as... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe the measures announced by Commissioner Fischer Boel at the end of the meeting of the Council of Agriculture Ministers in Luxembourg, and in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in Strasbourg (on 19 October), are inadequate. The package, which is still to be approved by the Ecofin Council on 19 ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Negotiation of the budget is among the most important Community processes in which Parliament, the Commission and the Council share decision-making power. Today, on completion of the first reading, Parliament is reasserting its role as budgetary authority by successfully increasing both commitment appropriations and p... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Against the current backdrop of economic, financial and social crisis, it was essential for the budget of the European Union for 2010 to place a special emphasis on this situation and for it to become an effective tool to overcome the crisis. I therefore voted in favour of the draft EU budget for 2010, as I believe th... | null |
Sophie Briard Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whilst cohesion policy plays an essential role in efforts to combat the economic crisis and climate change, the Council had proposed substantially reducing the payment appropriations allocated to it in 2010. Aware as we are of the importance of European funds and of the expectation that exists on the ground, it was es... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the Surján report as a possible compromise with regard to the EU budget. I regret that the Council has reduced yet further the Commission’s preliminary draft budget, which, in my opinion, already fell short of what is needed. We cannot have more Europe with a meagre budget that is clearly inadequate. I parti... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not vote in favour of creating a EUR 300 million fund and for immediate support targeted at milk producers as I believe that the producers of dairy products are facing a collapse in prices, which is causing insecurity. In fact, the position adopted by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democ... | null |
Lena Ek, Marit Paulsen, Olle Schmidt and Cecilia Wikström | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The group of amendments to the EU’s budget for 2010 which make up ‘Block 3’ contains interventions and support measures that we oppose as a matter of principle (in the same way as we are critical of – and vote against – EU support for tobacco growing). This includes various storage measures, for example, for alcohol, ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe the increases proposed by Parliament for the different headings and the amount of EUR 1.5 billion to finance the European Economic Recovery Plan are vital for the EU to recover from the economic crisis we are in, as well as to strengthen the European Union’s role on the world stage. As I have said before, I ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As regards Parliament’s position, I would like to highlight: a) the amendments to reallocate the funds tabled by the Commission and later withdrawn by the Council; b) the European Economic Recovery Plan as a priority for the European Parliament, which must provide ‘fresh’ money for its funding; c) the proposals to ste... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the midst of an economic and social crisis, with drastic effects for jobs and people’s living conditions, the draft Community budget for 2010, which we are discussing today, falls very short of what is required and, once again, shows what ‘European solidarity’ really means. Instead of responding to the social crisi... | null |
Gunnar Hökmark | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Regarding the EU budget for 2010, we support the basic principles behind it and wish to emphasise that it needs to give people good value for money. The framework set up under the financial perspective should be respected, and we therefore welcome the fact that the budget will be kept well within this framework. We wa... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to begin by expressing my regret that the Council has reduced yet further the Commission’s preliminary draft budget and that, despite the assumption that the priority of the 2010 budget is citizens and tackling the economic crisis, there is not adequate funding under heading 1a – Competitiveness for Growt... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of setting up a new fund for dairy products which will provide support to producers in their efforts to overcome the crisis in this sector, although this support should have been envisaged much earlier. I regret that we could not vote to obtain EUR 600 million as was envisaged by the own-initiative r... | null |
Georgios Toussas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The proposed anti-grassroots EU budget for 2010 reflects every aspect of its reactionary objectives, proving yet again that the EU is a transnational imperialist union in the service of capital. The capitalist crisis is being used to make deep, reactionary, capitalist restructurings at the expense of the working classe... | null |
Robert Atkins | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | British Conservatives continue to believe in better value and greater accountability within the European Parliament budget. However, once again the Parliament has sought to greatly increase the budget beyond that set by the Council of Ministers. Therefore, Conservatives have voted to decrease many areas of EU spending.... | null |
Martin Callanan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ECR Group believe in better value and greater accountability within the European Parliament budget. However, once again, the Parliament has sought to greatly increase the budget beyond that set by the Council of Ministers. Therefore, the ECR have voted to decrease many areas of EU spending. We continue to support a... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In this debate on the general budget of the European Union, I am in favour of the specific conditions of the crisis that we are currently experiencing being taken into account when we discuss the allocation of funds to the various sectors of the European economy. I would like to draw attention to the pressing need to ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that the policy of zero-based budgeting at the beginning of each legislative term, which I tabled on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), has been adopted. As a result, Parliament's budget will reflect real needs and will increase transparency, budgetary discipli... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the first reading of the 2010 budget, that is EUR 127.5 billion in payments, whilst hoping that the second reading will enable us to achieve more ambitious results, in particular, regarding the resources afforded for a recovery plan that is in proportion to the challenges to be confronted in terms... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that the total amount of Parliament’s budget is below the self-imposed limit of 20% of expenditure under heading 5 (administrative expenditure) of the multiannual financial framework. In a year of crisis, it is important for Parliament to project an image of discipline and cost control. The approved... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to welcome the fact that the total level of Parliament’s budget is below the self-imposed limit of 20% of expenditure under heading 5 (administrative expenditure) of the multiannual financial framework. It is important, however, to note that the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and the consequent... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since 1998, Parliament has consistently rejected all initiatives submitted to it when consulted about detailed issues relating to Europol, so long as Europol has remained intergovernmental in scope, subject to neither democratic nor legal control. Now that this decision to turn Europol into an EU agency, funded by the... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this proposal for a decision aimed at adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff. This report thus aims to adjust their remunerations to the increase in the cost of living in the Netherlands, as well as to the changes in salaries in the public service in the Member States. This... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of including milk in Article 186 in order to enable the Commission to respond rapidly to crisis situations, since it introduces an instrument that is important to use. However, use of this instrument must not distance Parliament from this process, all the more so as codecision draws closer, which is ... | null |
Richard Ashworth | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of these changes to the Single CMO because I believe that the EUR 280 million package is realistic and will be positively received by the dairy industry. I am therefore persuaded that it will be necessary to grant temporary powers to the Management Committee under Article 186 in order to deliver this ... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With regard to the inclusion of milk under Article 186 and the quota buy-back scheme, I am delighted that the implementation of this decision has not been deferred to a later date... something which, at a certain point, we might have feared on the part of some because the milk year (which runs from 1 April to 31 March... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the proposal for a ‘Single CMO’ regulation since, in view of the serious crisis that the milk sector is experiencing in Europe, urgent measures are required to restore market balances and to guarantee an adequate income for farmers, as stated in the objectives of the CAP, which were reaffirmed in ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | These proposals are an acknowledgment of the failure of the Commission’s policy for the dairy farming sector. There are several reasons why we voted against: 1) the amount proposed by the Commission to stabilise the milk market is clearly insufficient and will only be made available in 2010, therefore not making it po... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of new anti-crisis measures on the price of milk in order to support the producers who are currently struggling in a particularly difficult environment for their profession. These measures were slow in coming, even though milk producers have been talking about their problems since last spring. The EU... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Dairy farmers are under serious pressure right now. In Ireland, where the dairy industry is strategically important, almost every dairy farmer in 2009 will be making a loss. This is not a sustainable situation for one of Europe's key industries. I voted on today’s amendment to show solidarity with the farming community... | null |
Kartika Tamara Liotard | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained in the final vote on the Single CMO Regulation (Rule 142) because the proposed measures from the Commission do not go far enough in my opinion. The crisis in the dairy sector is a problem that needs urgent action, and that is also why I voted in favour of the urgent procedure under Rule 142 for the Single C... | null |
Astrid Lulling | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The crisis in the dairy industry has brought numerous farmers to the brink of bankruptcy. After months of waiting for better milk prices, the European Commission has finally taken emergency measures to save dairy producers. Aid for private stocks of cheese is to be increased to EUR 15 million, which will mainly benefi... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the resolution on the dairy sector, as I think that the Commission’s proposal of allocating EUR 280 million to the sector comes too late to be implemented this year and, in any case, this measure will not be sufficient. For this reason, I have given my support to the proposal to allocate EUR 600 millio... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported the creation of a ‘milk fund’ to help the sector in crisis, and specifically to come to the aid of those farmers facing the most urgent problems. In particular, I voted for the amendment requesting EUR 20 million more than the amount announced by the European Commission, bringing it up to EUR 300 million. ... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Reports have been adopted in Parliament's plenary sitting in Strasbourg containing three specific measures (EUR 280 million in direct aid for producers, a temporary rule for calculating buy-back of quotas and inclusion of milk in the CMO under Article 186 (emergency measures)). I believe that these measures are import... | null |
Georgios Toussas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission’s and the governments’ measures for the crisis in the livestock farming sector go hand in glove with the more general anti-grassroots CAP and, more importantly, the decision taken by the EU on the full liberalisation of the dairy market. The most serious thing is that the proposed headings are being use... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that the European Union’s internal borders were abolished without, at the same time, and even beforehand, external border controls being strengthened and the initially envisaged security instruments, however minimal, being fully operational, presents a real problem. Subject... | null |
Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully support the resolution on the situation as regards SIS II and VIS. The development of SIS II has overrun, and numerous technical hitches have already delayed the entry of new countries into the Schengen system. This calls for constant monitoring by the European Parliament of progress in the establishment of SI... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Adoption of this resolution cannot fail to prompt a couple of comments on its aims and content. Firstly, the European Union, instead of claiming to be a champion of democracy, which it is not, and making ‘practical recommendations’ to other countries, should, first of all, concern itself with the state of democracy wi... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this resolution exposes, as usual, the so-called good intentions of this House regarding human rights: the European Union’s role is seemingly to enlighten mankind as a whole as to its notions of democracy, to finance the democratic developments in all countries, and so on. How, then... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Brok report on the institutional aspects of setting up the European External Action Service (EEAS), which will be extremely important if the Union's external relations are to be rendered more consistent and effective. It is important to ensure that setting up the EEAS, as a result of the innov... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Setting up the European External Action Service is the natural corollary of the process whereby the European Union is acquiring more and more external competences. It could become an important instrument for coordination and for the EU to assert its position externally if it can resist the pressures from the directora... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the European Parliament’s opinion on the structure of the future EU diplomatic service. I hope that the European External Action Service (EEAS) will embody an essentially Community-based approach and will enable the EU to exert its diplomatic influence effectively and democratically. The EEAS must come unde... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not take part in this vote because I reject the idea of strengthening our economic relations with the United States yet again. The EU-US partnership is not the most important for Europe and is not what the Doha Round needs: the EU must diversify its choice of partners if it wants to keep as much of its independe... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | EU-US relations undoubtedly represent the EU’s most important strategic partnership. We have a shared responsibility to promote common values, such as respect for human rights, democracy, stability and peace, but also to find better solutions to various global dangers and challenges, as is the case with the economic a... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution on the upcoming EU-US Summit and the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) Meeting as it highlights the need to strengthen transatlantic relations at a time when major international challenges call for a coordinated global response. I would highlight the TEC’s role... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Owing to the strategic importance of the United States for the EU, and vice versa, a transatlantic partnership should be strengthened at the next summit so as to consolidate the ability to take action to deal with the challenges currently facing us, from the current serious socio-economic crisis, to issues such as dis... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the resolution on the upcoming Transatlantic United States-European Union Summit because, in spite of the great hopes raised by his arrival at the White House and his historic election in a country where ethnic minorities still face discrimination, President Obama has, until now, only made symbolic ges... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-22T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution because I attach great importance to the European Union-United States Summit to be held in early November 2009. During the recent G20 meeting, many promises were made that will be hard to keep if countries act on their own authority. In this regard, the EU and the United States sho... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-11T00:00:00 | 2009 | Formal sitting - 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern EuropeVideo of the speechesPV | Before we begin, I should like to say that I have exchanged views with President Havel, and I can assure you that we could not have imagined something like this 25 years ago! (Applause) | null |
Václav Havel | N/A | N/A | en | cs | 2009-11-11T00:00:00 | 2009 | Formal sitting - 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern EuropeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for the invitation and for the opportunity to address you during the days marking the twentieth anniversary of the dramatic breaching of the sealed borders, the cutting of the barbed wire and the tearing down of the walls between European nations and, in th... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-11T00:00:00 | 2009 | Formal sitting - 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern EuropeVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, if the Sakharov Prize had existed thirty years ago, you would have been the leading candidate for us, Václav. Fortunately, you no longer need this prize today, since we no longer have an old and a new Europe. There is only one Europe. Today it is our duty, as politicians, to respect the values of ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Chrysoula Paliadeli, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, on the annual report on the European Ombudman’s activities in 2008 (2009/2088(INI)). | null |
Chrysoula Paliadeli | N/A | N/A | en | el | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, on 21 April 2009, the European Ombudsman submitted his annual report on his activities in 2008 to the outgoing President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering. On 14 September of the same year, Mr Nikiforos Diamandouros presented the contents of that same re... | null |
Nikiforos Diamandouros | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for this opportunity to address Parliament on my annual report for 2008. I wish to thank the Committee on Petitions, and especially the chair, Mrs Mazzoni and the rapporteur, Mrs Paliadeli, for their helpful and constructive report. I enjoy an excellent working relationship with the committee. I... | null |
Margot Wallström | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Paliadeli, for a very good report, and the Committee on Petitions for its enduring and important work. Of course, my thanks also go to the Ombudsman, Mr Diamandouros, for his thorough and complete annual report. As the Ombudsman pointed out when he pr... | null |
Pascale Gruny | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Diamandouros, ladies and gentlemen, I should like first of all, on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), to congratulate the rapporteur most sincerely on the work she has done and on the spirit of cooperation she has shown throughout the process of dra... | null |
Victor Boştinaru | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | First of all, I would like to congratulate our rapporteur, Mrs Paliadeli, for her excellent report. Secondly, in my role as coordinator for the Committee on Petitions and as a member of the Committee of several years standing, I would like to welcome and mention the excellent cooperation and collaboration we have cont... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Diamandouros, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to thank the Ombudsman and his entire Office for the valuable work they have done to promote good governance and transparency. I would also like to thank the rapporteur for her excellent work. The post of European Ombudsman has proven to be a necessary one ri... | null |
Margrete Auken | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | da | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my thanks to Mrs Paliadeli for a splendid report. The Ombudsman has received a large amount of praise for his constructive and easy-to-follow overview of the issues, and I would like to add my voice to those praising him. There is not much time, so I will restrict myself to just three points. The first t... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Diamandouros, you are a very skilful politician, Mr Diamandouros, and you know how to win the support of many political groupings in our Parliament. We might say that a number of politicians in our Parliament could learn from you. I hope that your main success will not be the creation of a new, easy t... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the role of the Ombudsman, and thus the examination of his report, constitutes an important element for the European institutions. Indeed, it is one of the indicators of the perception that our fellow citizens have of our institutions. A few months on from the European elections, wh... | null |
Nikolaos Salavrakos | MEP | ID | en | el | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, may I say from the outset that we support the Ombudsman’s report and Mrs Paliadeli’s report, which are comprehensive, and for that we congratulate them. History has taught us that, at certain times, especially in times of economic crisis, citizens express manifest disappointment in the political systems ... | null |
Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, young students have asked me to report on current events and goings on in Austria and also in parts of Germany here in the plenary session of the European Parliament. Ombudsman, my apologies, as I am going to comply with that request at this point. A social movement known as Die Uni brennt, or University... | null |
Erminia Mazzoni | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as Chairman of the Committee on Petitions and on behalf of all of the committee’s members, I wish to thank the Ombudsman for the work he has done and for the precise report he has produced. I would like to thank Mrs Paliadeli for the excellent contribution she has made to the work o... | null |
Kinga Göncz | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As a member of the Committee on Petitions, I too would like to say a few words. In one respect, I give my full support to the acceptance of the European Ombudsman’s report. As a member of the Committee, I also see that he has performed his job in a very balanced way. What I consider extremely important is that he has ... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want to congratulate the rapporteur on a very comprehensive report, and the Ombudsman and his staff. The service is improving year on year. A job well done. However, when you read through a report and you agree with its contents, and then in the explanatory statement, you see a substantial paragraph whi... | null |
Oriol Junqueras Vies | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | es | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a member of the Committee on Petitions, I would like to add a couple of observations on the amendment tabled by our group in relation to the Paliadeli report on the annual report on the European Ombudsman’s activities. In our view, far from increasing and buttressing the role of the Ombudsman, the def... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Ombudsman, ladies and gentlemen, I value highly the activities of the European public defender of rights, but I have to say that I see three major problems in the activities of this office. The first problem is information. The wider public in the EU, in fact, does not know that such a thing as the Europ... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I support and shall vote in favour of Mrs Paliadeli’s report and wish to congratulate Mr Diamandouros on the work which he has carried out. I should like to emphasise the fact that many European citizens are often faced with what we euphemistically refer to as acts of maladministration which ultimately r... | null |
Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like my first words to be words of congratulation, as is only right, to Mrs Paliadeli, on the report she has presented, first of all before the Committee on Petitions and now here in plenary. I would also like to endorse the very sensible comments made by Mrs Gruny and Mrs Mazzoni, my colleagues ... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to begin by complimenting Mrs Paliadeli on her excellent report. All of us in this Chamber are playing a role in what we might call ‘citizens’ trust building’. However, it is extremely important that we build our European institutions on the visions and ideas of those selfsame citizens and on... | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I, too, would like to thank the European Ombudsman for his work. If I did this now in Greek, people in this House would believe that the Greek lobby had started to cooperate with the Ombudsman, rapporteur and the speakers. However, it is precisely in the interests of trust and transparency that it would be a good idea... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Diamandouros, as in previous years, the Ombudsman has presented a very objective report of his activities, from which can be established how important his mission is for the citizens of the European Union. A new feature of the report for 2008 is the work of the Ombudsman with respect to the European I... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Ombudsman has done an outstanding job. This sentiment has also been echoed by the Committee on Petitions, and I support his re-election. One of the reasons for this is that he has demonstrated openness in such a delicate matter as national minorities. On this point, I would like to draw attention to the f... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have four comments to make on this report. The first is that the Ombudsman is an indispensable part of a democratic European Union and, most importantly, one that is close to the citizens. My second point is that, after initial teething troubles, the collaboration between the Comm... | null |
Metin Kazak | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I should like to congratulate the European Ombudsman on the record number of inquiries closed in 2008. I am sure that his new Statute will enable him to work even more effectively and to respond quickly to the citizens’ complaints, by strengthening the mutual confidence between the Ombudsma... | null |
Heidi Hautala | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fi | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the Ombudsman, Mr Diamandouros, in particular, for having resolutely supported Parliament’s efforts to advocate and increase transparency in decision making and, as we know, ladies and gentlemen, this work needs to be continued. It presents certain challenges. Commissioner Wallström... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a member of the Committee on Petitions, it is important to me to be able to represent the interests of the citizens even better than at present. I would like a wider public to become aware of the possibility of airing its problems in Parliament. This is particularly the case given the entry into force... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my thanks to Mrs Paliadeli for her report. The role of European Ombudsman is indeed a critical role, especially in these times when, with the Treaty of Lisbon, we are trying to create a more citizen-friendly Europe. As such, the role of the European Ombudsman is crucial and decisive. I consider that Mr D... | null |
Nikiforos Diamandouros | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let me begin by thanking very warmly all the Members of Parliament who have made very constructive and very positive remarks about the work of the Ombudsman. I deeply appreciate this. I also thank those that have made constructive critical remarks about the work of the Ombudsman. That is exactly what I am... | null |
Chrysoula Paliadeli | N/A | N/A | en | el | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my thanks to the members of this sitting for their constructive comments and kind words about my report. The Committee on Petitions and I personally had the very special honour of drafting the report on the annual report on one of the most important institutions of the European Union, the European Ombuds... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The report submitted by the European Ombudsman for 2008 is extremely balanced and comprehensive. I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Nikiforos Diamandouros and his team for the work they have done. We note, first of all, an increase in the number of complaints registered by the Ombudsman during 2008 – 3 40... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The EU is a jungle – not only in terms of its subsidies, but also in relation to its competences, its decision-making processes and even its Internet presence. In a word, for the average citizen, the EU remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. This very area is one that the Treaty of Lisbon could have tackled. It cou... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Ombudsman’s report does not reflect the experiences that I have had as a human rights lawyer in Hungary. It does not mention that in autumn 2006, the police, orchestrated by the government, injured, imprisoned and subjected to sham criminal proceedings several hundred peaceful pedestrians and demonstrator... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights states that ‘every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions and bodies of the Union’. Being familiar with the European Ombudsman’s performance report for 2008, today we must unfortunately... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | The European Ombudsman’s activities (2008) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Paliadeli, for a very comprehensive and clear report, and the Ombudsman and his staff for their tireless efforts at eliminating improper administration and raising standards of administration in the European Union. The Europea... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (Α7-0045/2009) by Mr Lamassoure, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2009/2168(ΙΝΙ)]. | null |
Alain Lamassoure | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I should like to take this opportunity to thank President Barroso and Commissioner Šemeta for their decision to postpone the publication of the Commission’s proposals on the future budgetary policy and on the updating of the financial perspective until the next six-month term. Admittedly, t... | null |
Algirdas Šemeta | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank Mr Lamassoure for his report. The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty will modify the rules in the budget sector, with the European Parliament and the Council as codeciders on an equal footing on all expenditures. It will imply a new legal framework which will require careful consi... | null |
Salvador Garriga Polledo | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Lisbon is going to bring in many changes, but few will be as dramatic as those to be made to the budget procedure. Any general rapporteur on budgets knows how the current strategy of two-round negotiation operates: clearly, covering this ground in one round is going to require additional efforts in terms... | null |
Göran Färm | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2009-11-12T00:00:00 | 2009 | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Treaty of Lisbon will bring big changes, not least in the area of the budget. As many people have pointed out, the most important change is that the distinction between compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure areas will disappear. The European Parliament will therefore have the power of codecision ... | null |
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