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José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Regarding the Ignalina question, as you know, this is a matter concerning the Treaty of Accession of Lithuania. We have to respect that Treaty of Accession, which was signed by all the Member States, including Lithuania. What we are doing now is looking at not only the economic aspects but also the safety aspects. I be... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | President of the Commission, the issue of the continuing existence of the Opel factories exercises the European public, and it was also a key issue in the German federal election campaign. Long before the election, it was already clear that a sale to the consortium led by Magna was planned, yet it was not until 16 Oct... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Taking your last question first, of course I am happy to give you all my correspondence with Chancellor Merkel. There is no problem about that. Having said this, we organised two meetings before the German elections with all the countries involved with General Motors/Opel, and yesterday we organised the third one. It w... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I am very grateful for your offer, Mr Barroso, and I will be happy to take you up on it. Your oral dialogue is also at issue though, of course. I am sure that we can come to an arrangement in this regard. In the second part of your answer, you mentioned an absolutely key issue, namely that there is not only a race to ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | It is precisely by strict implementation of State aid rules, and this case is indeed a very interesting one for all of us – apart from those parties involved – because, as your question suggests, if every Member State were to start competing with the others to see who can give more money to a company, we would have som... | null |
Kinga Gál | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, I warmly welcome your statement just now that you intend that there should be a portfolio within the Commission dealing with fundamental rights. I would add a further question to this. As you are perfectly aware that a significant number of autochthonous national minorities and language minorities live in t... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | The answer is simple: yes. My intention is precisely to place non-discrimination issues – including, of course, issues of minorities – under the responsibility of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights. | null |
Glenis Willmott | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I was also going to ask a question about gender balance in the Commission, so I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Cathy Ashton on her appointment. I am sure you will agree with me that she is a great talent. I am delighted that the first High Representative role is going to someone from Britain, and I... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I am extremely proud and happy that Catherine Ashton has been designated as the first Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative. It is an appointment that I very much supported and approved during the European Council. Of course, we all know her well as someone who has both the political skill and the se... | null |
Andrey Kovatchev | MEP | PPE | en | bg | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, I want to make one clarification for Mr Schulz. The Bulgarian prime minister has never called for the Bulgarian Socialist Party to be banned. Now for my question to Mr Barroso. After 19 November, is it clear which areas of foreign policy will remain as part of the Commission’s competences and which will ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Yes, the High Representative will, at the same time, be Vice-President of the Commission, so it is a great opportunity to put together the CFSP competences – which lie with the High Representative – and the traditional Community competences in external relations. To put it simply, we have the same person performing the... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, you may or may not wish to comment on the recently leaked budget review paper, but you will no doubt be aware that it has caused great concern in many regions across Europe. Indeed, the First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan, has recently written to you expressing his concerns. In view of this, can I ask y... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I can tell you that I have read the letter from the First Minister for Wales, but I have never read the document mentioned. There are some working documents in the Commission, drawn up by all its services, but they do not reflect the Commission’s views. It is only the College of Commissioners that takes positions that ... | null |
Sarah Ludford | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Chris Patten said the danger in the Balkans is that they pretend to reform and the EU pretends to believe them. That seems to be happening in Bosnia, which is sliding alarmingly towards dysfunction if not destruction. The international community and the EU are perceived in Bosnia as failing to insist on reforms and fai... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to say something which is very serious. We are talking about the outcome of the last Council meeting, of 19 November 2009. I know that almost anything could have been said or could have happened during the Council meeting, but this was probably not an issue at the last Council meeting, so please keep to th... | null |
Sarah Ludford | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I asked about Cathy Ashton, the High Representative, who was appointed last week. That is very much ‘follow-up to the European Council’. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | OK, fine, if President Barroso would like to answer that, but I would like to ask you, colleagues, to keep to our topic, which is very clearly defined. | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, let me tell you that I fully share the concerns expressed regarding the situation in Bosnia. In fact, it is becoming an extremely difficult matter. We are discussing this with the Bosnian authorities and with all the relevant players, within and outside of Europe. Of course my answer to you is yes, I hope... | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | You just spoke of how you have now opened the consultations for the post-Lisbon process. The post-Lisbon process will, then, be taken care of by the new Commission collectively. There is a great deal of irritation that the consultation process has been so long in coming. There is also a serious fear that it is only a ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | My responsibility is the overall coordination of the Commission and of the strategy, but I will be working with several Commissioners because, as you know, this European Union 2020 strategy is, by nature, a transversal strategy, covering very important sectors, from economic competitiveness to sustainability – i.e. the... | null |
Isabelle Durant | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, I would like to go back to the question that my colleague asked just now. The timetable that you are giving us is extremely tight. How can we define a strategy for now until 2020 in three months? We have to draw up a strategy for the whole of the European Union on social, economic and environmental matters... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I share your concern on this issue. That is why, moreover, we have decided to do this now and not to leave it until a later date. You will therefore have more time. If we wait for the new Commission to take up office, you will probably have to wait until the end of January, and so we are already doing it. The details ... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, if we look at the main executive positions at the top of the European Union, in the match between the new EU and the old EU, the result is 3:0 to the old EU. From 1 January 2012, when there will be a new President of the European Parliament, there will be no one at the top of the European Union who will re... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, the President of the Council and the High Representative are not there representing a part of Europe: they represent all of Europe. Let me say that I was very happy also with the nomination of Herman Van Rompuy. When Prime Minister Reinfeldt put forward his name, it was evident that this was the name that... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, last week, the Council acknowledged the agreement between the institutions on the budget for 2010. The consequences of the decisions made in Copenhagen should not form part of this agreement or commitment. Rather, they should be the subject of an amending budget. The question I would like to put to you i... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Portas, thank you for your question. It is true that getting Parliament to agree to approve a specific budget for some of the actions relating to energy efficiency, energy security and the fight against climate change proved extremely difficult, and I am very happy that this has been achieved. I would like to thank... | null |
Lena Kolarska-Bobińska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, the designation of Mrs Ashton and Mr Van Rompuy, and the Lisbon Treaty itself, will cause changes in the way the Commission works. Some changes are set down in the Lisbon Treaty, but other changes are imprecise and unclear, and will be shaped by certain practices and decisions. I would like to ask what cha... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with your general point that the institutions are also the way we shape them in practice. That is why I was so happy with the designation of Cathy Ashton and Herman Van Rompuy, because I know that both of them are committed to a real European spirit and to Community matters. Regarding the practicalities, Cathy ... | null |
Mitro Repo | MEP | S&D | en | fi | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, with reference to last week’s meeting, I would like to ask if you yourself are happy with the selection process by which two important top posts were filled, or do you also agree that some of the Union’s decision-making procedures could still do with a large dose of extra transparency and d... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, as you know, the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty were fully respected and I, of course, support the implementation of the Treaties. We have to respect the rule of law in the European Union. Regarding the persons that were chosen, honestly I think we have to respect them because Minister van Rompuy is Prim... | null |
Jens Rohde | MEP | ALDE | en | da | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, in this item, there has been a lot of discussion of the composition of the Commission and the portfolios that the Commissioners will be given. One thing that we in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group are very concerned about is what portfolio the new climate c... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, I think it is fair to welcome the fact that we are going to have a Commissioner for Climate Action. So far, that position has not existed. It is precisely because there is a lot to do and I want to give weight, to use your expression, to this function that I have decided and have announced to Parliament t... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, following the appointment of the new President, Herman van Rompuy, there has been a lot of speculation over whether direct EU taxes will be introduced. Can you tell me please, honestly, if this is the case, and how you intend to raise such taxes? | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, I do not see what the relation is between taxes and Herman Van Rompuy because it is not for the Council to propose taxes. That is a competence of the Commission. My answer is the following. Firstly, I always give honest answers; you do not need to ask me to give an honest answer. Secondly, I intend to loo... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission is pushing on with the accession negotiations with Turkey in an extremely uncritical way. In so doing, it is paying scant regard to the mood of the Member States and their residents. The appointment of Mr Van Rompuy as President of the European Council is the appointment of a clear opponent of Turkey’s ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission respects the position taken by the Member States, and the Member States have decided unanimously to have negotiations with Turkey. We are fulfilling the mandate we received for negotiating on behalf of the Member States with Turkey and with other candidate countries. It is important to know that this was... | null |
Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am going to talk about two concepts, namely coordination and flexibility. A problem has been found with all the matters that were discussed in the Council. In recent years, there has been an extraordinary lack of coordination between the different Directorates-General in the Commission. Climate change ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | I will do everything within my power to improve internal coordination within the Commission, but I must say that I think that coordination has been good. Proof of this is the fact that decisions by the Commission have always been taken by consensus. It is perfectly natural that when we look at different commissioners,... | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, I would like you to clearly express your point of view on two matters associated with the composition of the next Commission. Firstly, I heard you saying in this House that you were planning to subdivide the Justice and Home Affairs portfolio into two separate portfolios: one for Fundamental ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr López Aguilar, to answer your second question, yes, we do wish to closely involve Parliament, which is why this will be one of the priorities of the next Commission and something which is already expressed in the constitution, not least because Parliament will have greater powers of decision on this matter. As for ... | null |
Reimer Böge | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | The European Council has expressed its hope that an agreement on the structure of the European External Action Service might be reached, wherever possible, by the end of April. The Commission must give its approval to these proposals, and I would like to ask you, Mr Barroso, whether the Commission, before approving su... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Böge, for your question. I know how committed you are to the rules of the budget and the competence of Parliament. My answer to you is yes, of course we will come at the proper time with proposals for this Parliament to adopt the necessary adjustments so that this new entity, the European External Action ... | null |
Malika Benarab-Attou | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, I would like to inform you that, in a few days’ time, we will be observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The situation of the crushed, colonised, wounded, killed Palestinian population must not continue. We Europeans, through our values of solidarity and fraternity, have ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Firstly, I would like to echo your comments about showing solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are in fact suffering from a lack of respect for their right to self-determination. With regard to the specific question that you asked me, it is the responsibility of the Member States to decide whether or not they r... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Question Hour with the President of the CommissionVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr President of the Commission. We achieved much more than last time, one month ago. Thank you very much, too, for keeping perfectly to your time. We understand that it is not always easy to answer sometimes complicated questions in one minute. I think it is very helpful for all of us in the two institutions... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Council and Commission statements on the multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme). | null |
Beatrice Ask | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, committee chairmen, honourable Members, at the European Council on 10-11 December, a new five-year programme for the area of freedom, security and justice will be adopted. The programme is intended to supersede the current Hague Programme from 2004. The new programme has been preceded by a long preparato... | null |
Tobias Billström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, I would like to begin by thanking the European Parliament for its very constructive cooperation in respect of the European Asylum Support Office. There are still a few formalities to iron out, but the conditions will soon be in place for this office to be set up. The Council has a ver... | null |
Jacques Barrot | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, following the excellent reports by Mrs Ask and Mr Billström, I am going to focus on the main issues. Firstly, I wish to thank the Presidency for having kept the spirit of the Stockholm Programme and for having put Europeans at the heart of its action, in its communication. We hope that this text, which s... | null |
Manfred Weber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, I have been here in the European Parliament for 5 years now, and I work in the field of internal affairs and the law. Today, therefore, is a day of joy for me, when we have the opportunity to debate the programmes for the next five years, when we will b... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The introduction of the Lisbon Treaty will make an important contribution to the success of this entire initiative. The process brought in by the treaty will strengthen the Union from within and also in a global context, and is also very closely linked to strengthening cooperation in the area of the current third pill... | null |
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, officially I could now sum up the parts of our 27-page resolution that are most relevant for the other groups, but I will not. I would like to share the following story with you. On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a well-off, middle-aged white South African lady found herself sitting next to a... | null |
Jan Philipp Albrecht | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance are already very much asking ourselves how it can be that we are deciding here about a resolution on a programme that is already out of date? Only yesterday, the Swedish Presidency tabled a new and highly amended proposal for the Stockholm Programme. I... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the motion for a resolution to which we are referring in this debate is a perfect example, I have to say, of the European Parliament at its worst. Whilst I acknowledge the hard work of the rapporteurs, and no doubt their noble intentions, by trying to include everything in the 27-page text, the motion is ... | null |
Cornelia Ernst | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left will not be giving the resolution its backing. The Stockholm Programme completely fails to address the real challenges of the present day. Its main error is that a Europe of rights is being created to which EU citi... | null |
Mario Borghezio | MEP | ID | en | it | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the document on the Stockholm Programme is reductive when compared with the European Council’s conclusions and does not, for example, include significant requests made by the Italian Government on specific subjects. In fact, the document does not deal with a series of European strat... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the fight against terror, against organised crime and against illegal immigration is certainly an important concern for Europe. It must be said, however, that the Stockholm Programme, regrettably, is a consistent continuation of the path of constant degradation of and interference with guaranteed human r... | null |
Carlo Casini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which I have the honour of chairing, gave me the task of acting as rapporteur on this document, together with the rapporteurs from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs, sitting jointly.... | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to start by acknowledging the work done by the Swedish Presidency of the Council and the Commission to drive forward the multi-annual programme for the next five years in the area of freedom, security and justice. Above all, however, I would like to highlight the work of this Parliament, bec... | null |
Sophia in 't Veld | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | First of all, I welcome the warm words the Council has spoken about the cooperation with Parliament, but I should prefer to see it taking on board Parliament’s recommendations. After all, like Mr Albrecht, I note that the Council is actually turning a deaf ear, to some extent, and simply continuing to go its own way, ... | null |
Rui Tavares | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that this Parliament would welcome a concrete and concise Stockholm Programme which is capable of really promoting a Europe of citizens. Unfortunately, I think we are a little short of where we could be. The Stockholm Programme does have an unfortunate tendency towards vagueness, woolliness and... | null |
Gerard Batten | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Stockholm Programme is part of creating a common legal and judicial system across the European Union. The document talks about ‘making people’s lives easier: a Europe of law and justice’. Let me tell you what your common legal system has done for the life of one person. Andrew Symeou, a 20-year-old Lo... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Stockholm Programme doubtless contains a number of useful initiatives, and I am all in favour of pushing forward the fight against child pornography and terrorist networks on the internet. Measures against illegal immigrants and against organised crime also have my support. Unrestricted access for th... | null |
Simon Busuttil | MEP | PPE | en | mt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We consider the issue of justice, freedom and security as the European Union’s next big project. I would say that this project has to be tackled along the same lines as we tackled the large internal market project of the European Union. We need to create an area of justice, freedom and security for all European Union ... | null |
Luigi Berlinguer | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, two innovations have been introduced by the Stockholm Programme as compared with the Hague Programme: a fair balance between rights and security and legal protection in both the criminal and the civil spheres. Security is a right: it means not being attacked in one’s own workplace, ... | null |
Sarah Ludford | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Swedish Presidency is to be congratulated for the way they have pushed the overdue question of defendants’ rights to fair treatment across Europe. This is absolutely essential to accompany the European arrest warrant. We need to ensure that mutual recognition really can be based on mutual confidence i... | null |
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for some months now, we have been talking about the need to strike the right balance between maintaining security and defending citizens’ personal rights, emphasising that citizens must be at the epicentre of the Stockholm Programme. However, the European Union is adopting and applying measures which ups... | null |
Tadeusz Zwiefka | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I do not hesitate to say that in the area of justice in the European Union, the Stockholm Programme is the most ambitious initiative of the last few years. I am all the more pleased because one of the fundamental ideas of the programme is to make life easier for the residents of the European Union. Of co... | null |
Zita Gurmai | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my special thanks to the three secretariats who got this resolution ready for this plenary. The Stockholm Programme can be regarded as a pragmatic action plan for a more secure and open Europe based on common values, principles and actions. It contributes to practical cooperation between law enforcement i... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Zita. You succeeded in speaking for two minutes but I do not know whether the interpretation followed you because I was permanently getting the red light. In any case, let us congratulate the interpreters if they succeeded in following you. | null |
Pascale Gruny | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Ministers, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I will not repeat all of the key points made by my fellow Members in relation to justice and immigration, but I did wish to point out that a European judicial area can only be established by enhancing mutual confidence among Member States, since that will im... | null |
Claude Moraes | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this has been a long journey, from Tampere, where we saw just the outlines of an area of freedom, security and justice – and perhaps we talk too much – to this extraordinary position where we have Stockholm and Lisbon colliding. I say respectfully to all of those who believe that we do not need a blueprin... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to give a warm welcome to Vice-President Barrot and the Swedish Presidency for the Stockholm Programme. The Stockholm Programme is good news for those who support the idea of Europe as more than just a common market. The building of a Europe of citizens means a real area of freedom, security... | null |
Ramón Jáuregui Atondo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would also like to congratulate the Swedish Presidency and the whole House on the report that we have drawn up. I would, however, like to give three warnings that I think are important for the future. The first is that if there is no legislative initiative, if the Council and the Commission do not brin... | null |
Monica Luisa Macovei | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to refer briefly to the section on economic crime and corruption in the Stockholm Programme. The text has lost some of its teeth during the negotiations in Coreper. For instance, today’s text refers to GRECO standards on anti-corruption, with GRECO being a Council of Europe body. While cooperation ... | null |
Michael Cashman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, congratulations to all of those concerned with this report and congratulations to the Swedish Presidency. Societies are changed not by mediocrity but by courage, conviction and vision. And that has been displayed here in Parliament this afternoon. We are talking about freedom, security and justice: three ... | null |
Zbigniew Ziobro | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Stockholm Programme is a response to the important matter of ensuring the security of EU citizens. It is not always, however, a satisfactory response, for we do not need full standardisation of criminal and civil law. We only need harmonisation of these areas of law, and only in clearly defined, limi... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is now time for the ‘catch-the-eye’ period. I am going to adhere absolutely strictly to the Rules of Procedure. I would like to say that five Members are going to have the floor for one minute each, and we will cut off the microphone when the minute has ended. As more than fifteen Members have asked for the floor, w... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first I would like to welcome the Stockholm Programme as the best way forward to a citizen-centred Europe, and to thank both Minister Ask and Minister Billström for their vision. Finally, we can go home and tell everybody, without distinction, that Europe is for them; Europe is with them; Europe is us. Of... | null |
Anna Hedh | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am pleased that the issues of children’s rights, violence against women and the prevention of people trafficking have been dealt with more thoroughly in the latest version of the Stockholm Programme from the Council. I was a little concerned that the Presidency was going to abandon its priorities. Now ... | null |
Franziska Keller | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, just two points that my group thinks are very crucial about the Stockholm Programme. First, we believe that the method of balance very often used in this programme goes a bit in the wrong direction. Security, to us, is only a tool for reaching freedom; it is not its opponent. When we are not free, we are ... | null |
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, today there is no doubt about the European Union’s commitment to the fight against terrorism, and thanks to the Stockholm Programme, we will continue to make progress on this essential area of freedom, security and justice. In my view, this fight has been based on mutual trust between the Member States, ... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, from their comments today, many of the speakers believe that the Stockholm Programme is worthy of efforts to seek the broadest possible consensus and to devise an ambitious programme. This will be the aim of tomorrow’s resolution, which will be put to the vote. I regret that the reference to the right of... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We have now finished the speeches under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure. I regret that a further ten or twelve Members were not able to speak, but it is impossible given how late we are running and the Rules of Procedure we are bound by. | null |
Beatrice Ask | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for all of your points of view. In fact, I am not sorry that ten Members did not get the floor. I am very pleased to see the commitment that you are showing in respect of these important issues. Someone said that this programme is ambitious. I am pleased to hear that, because the work has been ... | null |
Tobias Billström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, naturally, I fully agree with what Mrs Ask has just said about the general conclusions regarding the programme. Thank you for all of the constructive points of view that you have presented here today. I would also like to thank the chairmen of the three committees, the Committee on Co... | null |
Jacques Barrot | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | fr | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to emphasise the quality of the work carried out by your three committees: the Committee on Legal Affairs – Mr Casini is here; the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs – Mr López Aguilar is here; and also the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Theirs is an extremely inter... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | To conclude the debate, I have received one motion for a resolution(1)tabled in accordance with Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place tomorrow at 12.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The defence and promotion of human rights have seen a decline in their importance on the EU agenda in recent years, with Member States’ security becoming the political priority. The EU’s area of freedom, security and justice is entering a decisive phase. The Treaty of Maastricht introduced aspects relating to justice ... | null |
Kinga Gál | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | During the drafting of the Stockholm Programme, our aim was to make Europe’s citizens aware of the tangible benefits of an area of freedom, security and justice. However, creating a Europe for its citizens goes far beyond simply drafting a programme. The Treaty of Lisbon opens up a new dimension for citizens to assert... | null |
Kinga Göncz | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | One of the priority areas of the Stockholm Programme will be the enforcement of basic rights. With the Charter of Fundamental Rights becoming binding and the EU signing up to the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Union’s duty is to strengthen Europe’s commitment to human rights and to contribute to mak... | null |
Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme obliges the European Commission to present a proposal for accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights. This is an important and significant step, which will allow us to develop a uniform, minimum level of protection of fundamental rights in Europe. Thanks to acces... | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-11-24T00:00:00 | 2009 | Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | An important part of the Stockholm Programme concerns the increased protection of disadvantaged groups at risk. The creation of an area of freedom, security and justice is inconceivable without a ban on all forms of discrimination. However, a ban does not go far enough. The European Union must take specific action aga... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the statements by the Council and the Commission on preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009. | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, honourable Members, it is wonderful to have this opportunity to have this debate with you ahead of the next meeting of the European Council. It will, of course, be the second ordinary meeting held during the Swedish Presidency and it will also be the last time that it is led by a rotating pre... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have, on many occasions, discussed the great opportunities offered by the Lisbon Treaty for the European Union, so let me express once again my satisfaction that when we meet each other next time, we will do so with the Lisbon Treaty already in force. And, with the treaty in force, it is time to move e... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, here we are at last. The Heads of State or Government have chosen Herman Van Rompuy as the first President of the European Council and Catherine Ashton as High Representative. Thank you to Fredrik Reinfeldt, the last Prime Minister to hold the rotating Presidency of the European Cou... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, both present and absent, in the last few days following the European Council meeting, we have talked a great deal about people and posts. Once again, I would like to direct my remarks today at you, Mr Barroso. It is important for us to discuss people and positions. As far as the pos... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I shall not go back to the nominations of last week. Let me just say that there was good news and there was bad news. The bad news was that it was not a Liberal who was in the President’s seat, but the good news was that it was a Belgian. As the President of the Commission said, Belgium is, in fact, a cou... | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, you will understand that, as the leader of a group in this House, I am, of course, pleased that we women have succeeded in making the women at the top of the European Union more visible. However, it is important for us that women are not only taken into account in terms of numbers. You can re... | null |
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