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Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The waste crisis in Campania has been unsustainable for a number of years and goes against the rules adopted by all EU Member States. It is therefore necessary to quickly implement a waste management plan under which, in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC, respect for the waste cycle hierarchy is fundamental. The Eu... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this motion for a resolution because I agree that a solution should be decided on urgently that is sustainable and respects EU rules, with the application of a waste management plan under which respect for the waste cycle hierarchy is fundamental. As a member of the Committee on Petitions, I have dealt wit... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on the resolution. I would like to add that this is not a political but a technical issue. It is strange that Members of European Parliament have to make an appeal for solving purely household issues. If the trend continues in the same way, then it is possible that the EU will call on the public to stop swe... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The waste crisis in Italy, and particularly in the province of Campania, has been going on for years. No effort is being made to reduce the amount of rubbish being generated or to ensure that the waste which is produced is disposed of properly or even recycled. Huge mountains of rubbish have built up which are dispose... | null |
Tiziano Motti | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the motion for a resolution on the waste crisis in Campania, long-standing problem that it is, because I do not believe that the responsibility for the current situation can be attributed to one government alone. It is disgraceful that no definitive solution has managed to be found to this issue. ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Yet again, unfortunately, the European Parliament has been used as a sounding board for national issues. Those professional manipulators, the Italian and European left, have launched an attack on Italy by means of a motion for a resolution full of lies and propaganda about the waste situation in Campania. The serious ... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 4 March 2010, the judgment in Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Case C-297/08 was that Italy had infringed EU legislation by failing to have created an integrated and adequate network of waste disposal facilities in Campania, so as to ensure the recovery and disposal of waste, without human health being... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because the progress made so far on waste management has been minimal. This is why I call on the Italian Government to comply with EU regulations and the deadlines set by the Commission. The latter should monitor closely this action and, if appropriate, impose sanctions in order to ensure that ... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In recent years, the Italian region of Campania has been struggling with serious problems in terms of collecting and disposing of waste, which are having a grave effect on the wellbeing of the local population, and are leading to serious risks to the environment and to public health. It is therefore essential, followi... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the citizens’ protests, there has been no development in the dreadful waste management situation in Campania – in fact, there has been hardly any progress at all in my view. Given the scale of the current crisis, I urge the Italian authorities to work towards finding a real solution to the situation, in accord... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A big majority of the EP agreed (1) to call for a sustainable solution to be urgently identified that meets EU criteria, namely the implementation of a waste management plan in which, in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC, respect for the waste cycle hierarchy constitutes a key basis. Parliament requested the Commiss... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Naples urban area has for years been living in a continuous waste crisis, which to a great extent is the result of 20 years of administration by the left. The 2003 inquiry into waste management irregularities found against the former regional government on no less than eight counts, including fraud in public procu... | null |
Vilja Savisaar-Toomast | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In today’s vote I supported the joint motion for a resolution by four groups on the waste crisis in Campania. The reasons why I did so are as follows. First, it is unacceptable that such a situation has arisen, and also that the Italian national and local authorities have failed to resolve the situation. This amount o... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2011-02-03T00:00:00 | 2011 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the waste crisis in Campania has been a headache for politicians for several decades now. It has blighted the daily lives of many Italians. It is important to get our priorities straight; there is no point in looking for people to blame. The most important thing now is to establish an integrated ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-14T00:00:00 | 2011 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to make several remarks in connection with the opening of this part-session. Our eyes are turned, today, towards the European Union’s southern neighbours. The groundbreaking events of recent days in Egypt have put new heart into societies across the region. We admire their courage, determination and aspira... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Martin Callanan, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Community’s integrated appr... | null |
Martin Callanan | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am delighted to be able to open our debate today on my report about emissions from light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Before I get to the detail of the text, please allow me to express a few thanks: first of all, to the shadow rapporteurs from all of the political groups; secondly, to the rapporteurs and... | null |
Connie Hedegaard | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Callanan, and the shadow rapporteurs, on their efforts in reaching agreement on the Commission proposal on light commercial vehicles. In the aftermath of the economic downturn, as Mr Callanan mentioned, these discussions were indeed difficult. ... | null |
Werner Langen | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the first reading should be the exception. In this case, it was possible because we came to a compromise between the proposals of the Commission, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on the most controversial topic. The fact t... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | N/A | N/A | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is true that transport is one of the sectors where emissions need to be reduced. In our rush to cut emissions, however, we should not undermine the competitiveness of European car manufacturers. This requirement is particularly pressing in view of the ongoing financial crisis, which has had serious re... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, we must stick to our time slots, since we have a full programme and the vote is at midday. | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, today, I am representing Mrs Weisgerber, our shadow rapporteur for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, who is on maternity leave. We all send her our very best wishes. She has done an excellent job on this dossier. Overall, we are all pleased with the compromise. It was not a... | null |
Matthias Groote | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by expressing my gratitude for the way in which we have been able to work together so constructively. We have reached a good compromise today from an environmental and an economic perspective. Even though we could, in my opinion, have gone further with regard t... | null |
Holger Krahmer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the discussion about whether or not it is sensible to come to an agreement during the first reading, we should not stick as closely to our principles as some Members have recommended. This should depend on the dossier. How are the discussions going? How controversial are they? In the case of the regul... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Callanan, for being extremely professional and inclusive when conducting the negotiations. However, I will not be expressing my thanks for the agreement. We in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance believe that the Commission’s original proposal was a goo... | null |
Miroslav Ouzký | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank you for moderating part of this debate in Czech. However, I would chiefly like to thank the rapporteurs and the lead rapporteur, Martin Callanan, for the work they have done. The law we are debating relates to climate change policy as we know it from the European Parliament, and thi... | null |
Sabine Wils | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, before I begin discussing light commercial vehicles, I would like to remind you that European car manufacturers have achieved the EU’s CO2 product targets for cars several years before the deadline in 2015, by taking the appropriate technical measures. It is now clear that the manuf... | null |
Paul Nuttall | MEP | ID | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my father is a small businessman. He owns an electrical company and was only given the opportunity to set up this company due to the tax breaks and opportunities given to him by the Conservative Prime Minister and true Eurosceptic, Margaret Thatcher, back in the 1980s. Like all small businessmen, he is ov... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, why does the honourable gentleman not understand that this measure is designed to improve the fuel efficiency of light commercial vehicles? That means reducing the costs of driving them, mile by mile, at a time when fuel prices are at a record high. This helps businesses, not hinders them. | null |
Paul Nuttall | MEP | ID | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, again, this place shows absolutely no knowledge of what goes on in the real world. People are struggling out there, and what this legislation does – and it has been made quite clear to us – is put up the cost of small vans which are driven by many small businessmen across the continent. It will put it up ... | null |
Nick Griffin | MEP | NI | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as I hear discussions on ways to screw more money out of the little people in the name of climate change, I am struck by two things. The first is how no one talks about global warming anymore. Even the most out-of-touch MEPs have clearly realised that exposés of fraudulent pseudoscience and record cold wi... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Griffin was wrong when he said that this has been a cold winter across the globe. It was actually just some parts of northern Europe and some central parts of the USA. Globally, 2010 was one of the two hottest years in recorded history. The fact that it is colder here now is also quite predictable, bec... | null |
Nick Griffin | MEP | NI | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I do not know if the House noticed, but yesterday was also the record snowfall in Korea for 100 years, so it is not just a few places. Just as it was two years ago in Copenhagen, when the climate change conference was there, it was the coldest at the climate change conference in Cancún that it had been fo... | null |
Françoise Grossetête | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I should like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur on securing this agreement. It was a difficult agreement to reach, as our debates have clearly shown. I think everyone will agree with what has been said. Yes, of course, climate change exists, but commercial vehicles are not vehicles ... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the transition towards a low carbon economy and the achievement of the objectives set out in the climate change package mean that we need to establish rules to regulate CO2 emissions in various sectors, including the automotive sector. I am very pleased with the negotiations, which ... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, maybe we should question whether or not we might have achieved more if this measure had been introduced to improve the fuel efficiency of commercial vehicles rather than to reduce CO2. In practice, of course, it is the same, but one is seen as a cost to business, and the other as a saving. Mr Nuttall says... | null |
Paul Nuttall | MEP | ID | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, does the right honourable gentleman really think that it is correct to vote for legislation that will, in effect, push up the cost of vehicles? He knows it will, and I know it will. In effect, what it will be doing is putting small firms in Liverpool and Manchester – in his own constituency – out of busin... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the UK Government, in the form of the Department for Transport, actually undertook an assessment of the effects of this measure. It found they were likely to be more beneficial to businesses than even the Commission had estimated. The net savings on running a vehicle, when fuel prices are at record highs,... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal initially set a long-term emissions limit of 135g CO2/km for light commercial vehicles, to be achieved by 2020. However, in the unanimous opinion of manufacturers, it was technically impossible to respect this limit. If the report had been approved as it was, the level ... | null |
Marita Ulvskog | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Callanan, the shadow rapporteurs and everyone else involved in the work on this directive. We will now finally also have a regulatory instrument for emissions from light commercial vehicles, and that is important. The directive now needs to be introduc... | null |
Corinne Lepage | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, it is with reluctance that I will vote for the final compromise. The negotiations were dreadful, and to my mind, this vote is a decision imposed as a result of the power play within Parliament and the Council. The major producing countries, supported by a majority of MEPs who are sensitive ... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the outcome we have arrived at is extremely ambitious. I should like to note that CO2 emissions from these vehicles are currently around 200 g per square kilometre. Reducing this to 147 g therefore cuts this threshold by more than 25%. Furthermore, I would emphasise that marginal re... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the text before us is, indeed, a compromise and we would have liked to have been a little more ambitious here and there, particularly when it comes to the timing and the level of the penalties. On the other hand, it is important that emission standards are established for this category of vehicles - some... | null |
Christa Klaß | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Hedegaard, ladies and gentlemen, we are not here today to hold a discussion on the climate. Instead, we simply need to do what is possible. I welcome the compromise that has been reached. By restricting emissions to 147 grams per kilometre from 2020, we are setting very clear standards. This will cre... | null |
Bogusław Sonik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, everyone involved in road transport, both manufacturers of passenger vehicles and manufacturers of light commercial vehicles, should contribute to limiting overall CO2 emissions. I therefore welcome the compromise worked out by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, which sets ... | null |
Dominique Riquet | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur on his position, and I note that Parliament finds itself in a tight corner between a Commission that is very ambitious and a Council that is, as usual, cautious, between climate sceptics and climate critics, and between industry supporters and envir... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this regulation marks a step forward in terms of gradually achieving the CO2 emission reduction targets for light commercial vehicles in Europe. This will be possible to achieve by creating incentive schemes for making vehicles more efficient and by imposing penalties on manufacturers who do not meet the... | null |
Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the manufacture of light commercial vehicles and related technological issues require much greater investment and a longer-term strategic plan and manufacturing cycle than is the case for passenger vehicles. Approval of such a long-term goal was essential in this respect in order to provide industry with... | null |
Carlo Fidanza | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the compromise reached with the Council certainly seems more balanced and realistic compared with the initial proposal of the Commission, which was so ambitious that it appeared utopian in parts, as it did not take industrial conditions and the impact on the market int... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the fine job which the rapporteur, Mr Callanan, and my colleague, Mr Groote, have done in completing this report. This regulation will force car manufacturers to develop new green technologies and, although this seemingly imposes a new burden on them, it may boost the car industry’s competitive... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the management of innovation, in other words, the research and development of new technologies and production processes, their implementation on a large scale and the choice of the appropriate time to implement them, should have the protection of the public interest, improvement of quality of life for th... | null |
Gilles Pargneaux | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I will be brief. I am going to vote for this text because I believe that this compromise is a step in the right direction. At the same time, however, I regret that it has not gone as far as the proposal made by Mrs Hedegaard. Therefore, I would now like you to tell us, following the debate ... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Hedegaard, I cannot conceal the fact that I am one of those people who would much rather have adopted a target of 135 grams today. However, I believe that this compromise reflects reality and shows that we are prepared to make a serious joint effort to limit and reduce CO2 emissions. The European Uni... | null |
Judith A. Merkies | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to congratulate everyone, but I would have liked to have seen a more ambitious result. Much more ambitious. And why? I will give you five reasons: more innovation, greater competitiveness for Europe, the environment, obviously, because this could have saved us raw materials, and it would have been... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would also like to thank the rapporteurs, and especially our shadow rapporteur, Mr Groote, for a proposal that will encourage our industry to become greener. However, I find it deeply regrettable that we have lost a golden opportunity to introduce speed limiters, which are essential tools for helping i... | null |
Connie Hedegaard | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first, a brief remark to Mr Pargneaux who asked what the plan was for the next few years. First, of course, as we have agreed, the Commission must assess the progress made and ascertain whether things are feasible. That is what we have all agreed, but, of course, we have reason to believe that it is feasi... | null |
Martin Callanan | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let me respond briefly to many of the points that have been made. Mr Schlyter said he thought it was bad for European industry and it would result in more light commercial vehicles being built in Asia. I have to say that I simply do not understand that remark. We are setting the most challenging targets i... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place at midday today (15 February 2011). Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The agreement which has been reached with Council is the result of tough negotiations in the face of intense lobbying from industry. Throughout the whole process, we have resisted heavy pressure from manufacturers to weaken the regulation and, in particular, to reduce the ambition of the long-term CO2 reduction targets... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The road transport sector is the second highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, and its emissions have not stopped increasing. All types of vehicles, including light commercial vehicles, should therefore be covered by regulations aimed at reducing these emissions. The objective of reducing greenhouse gas... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome this measure, as it is very important that a balance be maintained between protecting the environment and protecting jobs and the competitiveness of SMEs in the EU. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Antonio Cancian, on behalf of Parliament’s delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulati... | null |
Antonio Cancian | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the negotiation that I led by myself for the first year and then, during conciliation – the first conciliation procedure after the Treaty of Lisbon, I would note – with the guidance of Mrs Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and the support of the Chair of the Committee on Transport ... | null |
Enikő Győri | EU Council President | N/A | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is a pleasure for me to take part in this debate on the proposal for a regulation on the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport. This is a very important moment, as our discussions on this legislative act are coming to a close after two years. First of all, on behalf of the Council, I would li... | null |
Siim Kallas | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the legislative proposal on the rights of passengers travelling by bus and by coach that we are discussing today is the result of a very difficult process, including conciliation. Long negotiations on the night of 30 November 2010 at the Conciliation Committee led to a breakthrough and a compromise after ... | null |
Mathieu Grosch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Győri, Mr Kallas, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Cancian in particular for his hard work, because this was not a straightforward dossier, but we have reached a good conclusion. Compromises obviously always have their advantages and disadvantages. Some people will think that we have go... | null |
Brian Simpson | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to express my thanks, and the thanks of the S&D Group, to Mr Cancian, for his hard work on what was indeed a very difficult and very complicated dossier. Two questions spring to mind when you look at this particular agreement. The first is, ‘Is it ideal?’, and the second is, ‘Does it... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, a long procedure has now come to an end, which is good news. There are some positive aspects to all of this. One is that the basic rights for people with disabilities include the right to information and the right to access. Another positive feature is that the damages paid by small and medium-sized busi... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, despite the EU being a signatory to the relevant convention, the rights of people with reduced mobility are not taken into consideration in this dossier. I have mentioned this at the beginning of my comments on this report, because I think its most serious failing is the fact that we have always included... | null |
Roberts Zīle | MEP | ECR | en | lv | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, should like to add my thanks to all parties involved in reaching this compromise, but I should especially like to thank Mr Cancian, who, I believe, found absolutely the correct possibilities for compromise on behalf of Parliament. With the inclusion of the rights of passengers travelling by bus a... | null |
Jaromír Kohlíček | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the rights of passengers in all forms of transport have become an increasingly important topic of debate in the European Parliament in recent years. I must say that in many cases, I see problems which may arise from the application of passenger rights, and insuring against these problems will surely be a... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is good that following the debate and coordination of positions, the final text can be regarded as a very satisfactory and well balanced compromise. It manages to secure the rights of passengers without, at the same time, imposing a heavy burden on carriers, most of which are small and medium-sized en... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, improving the rights of passengers on regular bus and coach services is a desirable goal. However, some points in the proposal go too far. For example, passengers are entitled to up to two nights in a hotel if the departure of a regular bus service is delayed by more than 90 minutes. However, road tra... | null |
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Kallas, ladies and gentlemen, I very much welcome the result of the conciliation procedure. When the regulation is implemented, bus and coach passengers, including those with reduced mobility, will have the same high level of protection that applies on other forms of transport. In addition, the reg... | null |
Debora Serracchiani | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I, too, should like to thank Mr Cancian for his efforts in obtaining this difficult compromise. Thanks to this regulation, bus and coach passengers can enjoy rights similar to those of passengers on other modes of transport, such as trains and boats. The regulation, which applies... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to thank Mr Cancian, who has worked very hard to reach this agreement, and following complex negotiations, this document has been agreed upon. Progress has been made on passenger rights in terms of compensation and assistance in the event of an accident, cancellation or delay, and in term... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, today, the European Parliament is sending out a very positive message to passengers, taxpayers and European voters who use buses and coaches, including disabled persons. The people who vote for us and pay our wages expect us to take concrete decisions of precisely this kind. There have, of course, bee... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, bus passengers on long journeys have more or less the same rights as air, train and boat passengers in respect of delays, cancellations, lost luggage and in a large number of other areas. This is fine in principle. However, I would nevertheless like to raise a couple of points of criticism. People wit... | null |
Georges Bach | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to congratulate everyone involved, but in particular, Mr Cancian, for all his efforts during the tough and long-winded process of reaching a compromise on this difficult dossier. Some of the successes have already been mentioned, but there were also disappointments, in particular, with re... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would, of course, like to start by thanking the rapporteur for his efforts, as well as the shadow rapporteurs, Mr Simpson and everybody who has contributed to the result; the Belgian Presidency should not go unmentioned, either. However, let me start with a point of criticism, addressed to the Counc... | null |
Vilja Savisaar-Toomast | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Estonians have a proverb: ‘Practice makes perfect’. Unfortunately, this cannot be said for the directive on coach passengers’ rights, which, following a long conciliation procedure, ultimately distanced itself from the principles that had been requested by the European Parliament. It is indeed good th... | null |
Philip Bradbourn | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I strongly support the principle of passenger rights, and it is only right that customers should expect a high standard of service. However, we must have a sense of proportionality and look at what effect this will actually have. We have to compare the real benefits for users with the true costs to bus... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this initiative has been in gestation for almost three years and, for once, I found myself on the side of the Council rather than of Parliament. Of course, we need to protect the rights of passengers, and particularly those with disabilities, but the initial proposal – as Philip Bradbourn has said – if... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, in recent years, the European Parliament, together with the Council, has adopted laws relating to passenger rights in air and rail transport. It is therefore logical for us now to adopt an analogous measure for bus transport as well, despite the fact that travellers in Europe still prefer individual t... | null |
Ville Itälä | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I want to thank everyone who has been involved in formulating the compromise and, in particular, the rapporteur and Mr Simpson, Chair of the Committee. Although this is a compromise, it is also an important step forward from the perspective of the public. If we consider the question of delays and loss... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this provision is a little like the curate’s egg. It is good in patches. I particularly welcome the dispositions for those with a disability or reduced mobility, but have the same concerns already voiced by other speakers about the 250 kilometre threshold. One size does not fit all. In the European Uni... | null |
Ádám Kósa | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I welcome the report on the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport. It will be easier for EU citizens, including persons with disabilities, to use this form of service. The compromise was preceded by long consultations. During these, the European Parliament and Mr Cancian stood by people with... | null |
Olga Sehnalová | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European Parliament is about to vote on an important compromise which will greatly enhance the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport. I consider it significant that, besides passenger compensation for loss of or damage to baggage or refunds for late buses and other measures, the compromi... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, with the Liberals, I will abstain during today’s vote on the regulation concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport. This is the last link in the package on the protection of travellers, after air, rail and sea travel, but unfortunately – as has been said – it is much less ambitious... | null |
Michael Cramer | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, it is a good thing that we now have passengers’ rights across all means of transport, but these rights cannot conceal the fact that rail transport, which is environmentally friendly, has once again been put at a severe disadvantage. The railway companies pay track access charges for every kilometre tr... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, following complex negotiations in the conciliation process, a complex agreement has been reached on the wording of the regulation on passenger rights in bus and coach transport. Even though the draft regulation relates only to regular services on routes longer than 250 km, it brings new rules and bett... | null |
Siim Kallas | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I should like to thank the honourable Members for their mostly positive comments. We now face the challenge of implementation. We face this challenge with all passenger rights legislation. Fine-tuning the legislation will, of course, be a long process for us, but I still think that the compromise we ha... | null |
Enikő Győri | EU Council President | N/A | en | hu | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, Mr Cancian, ladies and gentlemen, I would only like to add two remarks, and comment on the very valuable debate that took place here. This debate illustrated very well the difficulties Mr Cancian, as well as we in the Council, the Commissioner and the experts had to overcome. I do not be... | null |
Antonio Cancian | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as I thank all the fellow Members who have spoken, I, too, should like to express my belief that it is not the best possible regulation but it is the only one that could be obtained given the position of the Council. It is a truly important issue since I think it is really crucia... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place at midday. | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The report on the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport aims to establish passenger protection rights, applicable across the entire Union, for all passengers and for various forms of transport. The Council did not agree with the European Parliament’s amendments, and it was therefore necessary to launch the s... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I support this compromise on the rights of bus passengers, guaranteeing a right to transport, a right to accessible travel information, the obligation for bus operators to organise mandatory disability awareness training for drivers, a right to compensation for damaged wheelchairs, a complaint-handling mechanism for al... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I support the legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate Mr Cancian on his work. I am pleased that we were ultimately able to reach agreement in the Conciliation Committee. Our principal achievement is, of course, the matter of passengers’ rights to compensation and assistance in the event of an accident, guarantees for passengers in the event o... | null |
Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2011-02-15T00:00:00 | 2011 | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to express my sincere thanks to the rapporteur for his hard work, which has been exceptionally effective. Up until now, there has been no guarantee of appropriate protection for passengers travelling by bus and coach, since it was the only form of transport which was not subject to any EU regulations in t... | null |
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