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Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | 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, first of all may I wish Mr Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton well in their new roles, and I hope they are able to establish templates for their posts which will endure. If the European Council is to have a semi-permanent president, it should be someone who takes a low-key but practical approach to building a... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | 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, after the fine words that were spoken then by Mr Kirkhope regarding the situation that we find ourselves in, my question to him is: do you not feel that you have denied the British people a referendum, which David Cameron promised in the UK? You are here now with no mandate and the bottom line is that the... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | 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 am very sorry that UK domestic politics seem to have taken over here this morning. What I would like to make very clear is I am not ashamed of anything at all that the leader of the Conservative Party is saying or doing and, in particular, it is clear to all of us that we have always indicated that, if ... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | 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, I would like to welcome the two candidates on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group. Above all, we welcome the fact that a woman has been elected. We assume that the two candidates for the high offices will not only focus on the content of their responsibilities, but will also develop a cooperative approach to Par... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | 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, you are all very downbeat this morning. I thought this was going to be a big, proud moment! It has taken you eight and a half years of bullying, of lying, of ignoring democratic referendums. Eight and a half years it has taken you to get this treaty through, and on 1 December you will have it. Of course, ... | 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 | I would like to say a word to Mr Farage. It would be very much appreciated if we could calm the atmosphere down a little, because some words and expressions are not always easy to accept. | null |
Edit Herczog | MEP | S&D | 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, Mr Farage has said that those people who were elected last week are not people that the traffic will stop for. This is why we elected them – because we wanted to elect people who will make the traffic move for all European citizens to get a better life for themselves, and this is what they will do. Mr Van... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | 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, with respect, I think the honourable Member has completely missed the point, because twice she said ‘the people that were elected last week’. They have not been elected. That is the point that I am making, and, in the case of Baroness Ashton, she has never been elected to public office in her entire life.... | 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 | Your way of describing the selection of people who are so important for the European Union and what you say about the whole issue connected with it are, in my opinion, absolutely improper to the whole situation. (Protests) That is my opinion, colleagues. | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | 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, when you were elected as President, you said you would act as a neutral President to ensure that all sides of the debate were given their chance to have a say. If you are criticising me on the political content of what I say, then you are not doing your job as a neutral chairman. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | 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, after all this excitement, perhaps we need a more down-to-earth approach. Energy-hungry emerging economies and wasteful industrial countries were not even prepared to implement the Kyoto Protocol. I am therefore doubtful as to whether anything will change following the Copenhagen conference. The purpose ... | 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, my thanks to the group leaders for their very inspiring contributions. The vast majority, although not all, seem, like the Swedish Presidency, to be pleased that we were able to successfully make the two appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton. Both of these people contribute to coherence,... | 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, there was this concrete issue on SWIFT and I want to clarify the position on that matter because I think it is extremely important. It also has to do with the Stockholm Programme. The SWIFT Programme is, indeed, a very valuable instrument for Member States in their fight against terrorism. It has allowed ... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 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, when commenting on the appointments made for the opening of the new European Union season, the international press has very often used terms such as ‘candidates who are not up to the job’ or ‘unsatisfactory candidates’. I would like to buck the trend. Mr Verhofstadt never said a tru... | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 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 took the floor yesterday in plenary to highlight the importance of the Stockholm Programme, which is on the agenda for the European Council on 10 December. I did so in order to draw attention to its content and, in particular, to call for the broadest possible parliamentary support to move forward the ... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | 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, we have done it – the Treaty of Lisbon has entered into force. I would like to thank Cecilia Malmström, the Swedish Presidency and the entire team who have all worked very hard. This is a major achievement. In this context, I would like to talk briefly about two points which formed the subject of this de... | null |
Jill Evans | MEP | Greens/EFA | 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, the Council meeting will take place less than two weeks after the Treaty of Lisbon comes into force and we have, as the Minister said, been through a long and difficult process to reach this point. But many of us feel that we have missed a critical opportunity. There is still a missing link, a vital democ... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 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 | First of all, I should like to express my compliments to the Swedish Presidency for the efforts it has undertaken over the past few months. It deserves particular recognition for the manner in which it has solved the Rubik’s cube with the appointments of Mr Van Rompuy and Lady Ashton. I am very happy with these appoin... | null |
Takis Hatzigeorgiou | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 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, the next Council will face a major issue, the issue of enlargement. When we talk of enlargement, we understand that Turkey is a large chapter in the debate. We, both Cyprus and my party – and I wish to say this very clearly before the European Parliament – are absolutely in favour of Turkey’s accession t... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 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 | There have been two important personnel decisions made very recently in keeping with the Treaty of Lisbon. The European Union now has a permanent president and a foreign high representative. Do these personnel decisions convey an important message to us? They do, indeed. We talk a great deal in this Chamber about the ... | null |
Marietta Giannakou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 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, it is important that the Treaty of Lisbon has finally entered into force. Of course, European citizens have been watching for ten years as the European Union has failed to find ways of ensuring the institutions work effectively following enlargement with the accession of the twelve new Member States. Tod... | null |
Catherine Trautmann | MEP | S&D | 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, Commissioner, on Thursday the European Union appointed Mr Van Rompuy as its first permanent President of the Council and Mrs Ashton to be in charge of European diplomacy. Ladies and gentlemen, I wanted to return to the debate that has been taking place in our institutions since these appointments were an... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | 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, first of all, thank you to the Swedish Presidency for leaving us, at the end of the year, with the best of itself. This is good news for the Commission and good news for our Parliament. Having said that, I shall now take up a number of points. Firstly, the issue of appointments. I am not calling into que... | null |
Gerald Häfner | 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, ladies and gentlemen, what position are we in now in the run-up to this summit in Europe? Some speeches made it sound as if everything would be fine provided that we simply had enough social democratic or liberal – yes, Mr Schulz – commissioners. I believe that is a mistake. Everything will be fine when ... | null |
Roberts Zīle | MEP | ECR | en | lv | 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 | Thank you, Mr President. Last week, European society experienced two events. The society of football saw how a referee chose a team that will take part in the World Cup finals, but society as a whole failed to see or to understand how and why certain arbiters chose the champions for European office. Yet, if one asks w... | null |
Andrey Kovatchev | MEP | PPE | en | bg | 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 entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon should entail greater transparency, greater democracy and greater effectiveness for the decision-making process. However, as we are well aware, effectiveness and democracy do not always go in the same direction, especially when there is a lack of coordination between the in... | null |
Glenis Willmott | MEP | S&D | 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, first of all, I would like to say that I welcome the new appointment of Mr Van Rompuy and I am particularly proud that we have an extremely able and talented British woman in Cathy Ashton as the first High Representative. Regarding the Council meeting in December, we have seen the impact of adverse weathe... | null |
Diana Wallis | 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, we stand at the beginning of a new era, and perhaps we should pose ourselves three questions: who, how and what? The ‘who’ was more or less answered last week, and nobody could be more pleased than me. In a week where we started with only three women in the Commission, we finish with nine. I can advise so... | null |
Mirosław Piotrowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 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, the forthcoming European Council Summit is still going to be dominated by the recent elections of the President of the Council and the head of EU diplomacy. For many, not only was the election of these particular people a surprise, but also the lack of a clear indication of their responsibilities. For a ... | null |
Gunnar Hökmark | MEP | PPE | 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 think that after the Lisbon Treaty becomes reality, the meeting of the European Council last week and the nomination of Commissioners, it is time to set new perspectives and see the new challenges that are ahead of us. One of them is obvious and that is that the work after Copenhagen will be just as cha... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 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, Mrs Wallström, the Treaty of Lisbon’s ratification process is now over, and Heads of State or Government have elected Commissioner Catherine Ashton as the EU’s first Foreign Minister, although this is not her official title. The next task now will be to set up the European Union’s foreign service. There ... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | 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, what I am going to say does not concern the Swedish Presidency-in-Office of the Council, which has been an excellent presidency, and I would like to congratulate it, but my comments concern, more specifically, the entire College of the European Council. What has not been done to save the Treaty of Lisbon... | null |
Simon Busuttil | MEP | PPE | en | mt | 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 | Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily work routine that we fail to fully appreciate the historical moments passing us by. The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty is one such occasion that will go down in history and which our children and future generations will eventually study and learn about. However, on occ... | null |
Jörg Leichtfried | 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, there is one clear priority for me, for all of us and for the entire European Union in future, and that is the labour market. We must pay much, much more attention to creating new jobs and securing existing ones. This highly important area can be the key to a successful and sustaina... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | 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, this is a good beginning for Advent time – looking forward to the Lisbon Treaty coming into force. However, it is not just God’s gift. We need to make a determined effort to gain added value for our European project. First and foremost, the way is now open for common European policies. There are no longer... | null |
Zoran Thaler | MEP | S&D | en | sl | 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 | In December, the European Council will address very important issues. This will be the first Council meeting after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and my colleagues in this House have already spoken about what those issues will be. Personally, I would like to draw your attention to one very important issue that ... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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, the European Council to be held on 11 and 12 December will sum up a fruitful Swedish Presidency. I would like to congratulate the minister and the entire government, because they finalised the very difficult ratification process. Secondly, implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon is beginning. It also intr... | null |
Ivari Padar | MEP | S&D | en | et | 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, first I would like to talk about the High Representative appointed last week. Some previous speakers have criticised both the President and the High Representative, which I consider quite inappropriate. No one is ever entirely happy, but personally I see the appointment of both Representatives in a posit... | null |
Alojz Peterle. | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 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 | I am pleased that the first meeting of the Council to be held according to the rules of the Treaty of Lisbon is upon us. I wish Mr Herman Van Rompuy, the first President of the Council, every success. We have quite similar views on how we should act in unity, while having regard to our diversity. The new institutional... | null |
Göran Färm | MEP | S&D | 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, we are hearing criticism that two quite unknown politicians have been appointed to top positions within the EU. I think that this criticism is unfair. We in Parliament at least have come to know Mrs Ashton as an excellent leader. However, the criticism needs to be dealt with, for many are now concluding ... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 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 would like to say a few words on behalf of Ireland on this historic occasion for the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty coming into being, particularly on the foot of the 67% vote in favour by the Irish people, is a great boost to everybody in the European Union. I think this is reflective of the suppo... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 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, this is an important debate, since I believe that it is the last in which we will be discussing names. It is, in fact, time to turn the page, to discuss policies and to discuss the challenges facing the European Union. I would like to highlight one such challenge: the issue of tackling the crisis. It is ... | null |
János Áder | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 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, the Copenhagen conference features as the fourth item on the European Council’s agenda. There are two important controversial points preventing the European Union from reaching a united stance on this. One concerns the sale of carbon dioxide quotas after 2012. The Commission and some of the old EU Member... | null |
Othmar Karas | MEP | PPE | 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, firstly, I would like to offer you, Mrs Malmström, my sincere congratulations on moving, so to speak, from Parliament into government and from government into the European Commission. I wish you all the best. We are having the last meeting under the Treaty of Nice and we are talking... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | 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, Commissioner, we should be happy today, as we are emerging from an institutional difficulty. We have the Treaty of Lisbon, we have parity, we have faces, and yet how can I explain to you this uneasiness that I feel? Today, in this almost empty Chamber, I sense no life; we are taking part in a disappointi... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | 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, I agree with the majority of the previous speakers that the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon represents a new historic phase in European integration. However, the people, the citizens throughout Europe are not always in the mood to celebrate when they think about it. Many people are afraid that t... | null |
Rachida Dati | 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, Mrs Malmström, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union returned to growth in the third quarter of 2009, which could lead us to believe that the worst is behind us. However, a worrying situation remains, that of the explosion in unemployment, and we must therefore continue to be extremely c... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 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, first of all I wish to thank the Swedish Presidency for the great efforts it has made during these months, which have led, amongst other things, to the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon. Finally, after 10 years of institutional impasse, the European Union can resume its trajectory of... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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, the most important work of the Swedish Presidency was, more than anything, the Lisbon Treaty, which opens up new possibilities for Europe. We need to establish a road map for its introduction. Filling vacancies is only the beginning. Secondly, we need to adopt a plan for economic renewal. We need to reme... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 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 | I want to begin by congratulating the Swedish Presidency for the way in which it has made the preparations for the transition to the Treaty of Lisbon. This priority on the Swedish Presidency’s agenda has been successfully achieved. I believe that the Council in December must work on finding solutions aimed at tackling... | 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, I will answer a few short questions. There was a question about Turkey. We are, of course, pleased that Turkey continues to have European integration as an overarching objective. The negotiations with Turkey are progressing – perhaps not as quickly as we would like, but progress is being made and we hope... | null |
Margot Wallström | EU Commission Vice-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, on this same day that we are celebrating the fact that the next Commission will apparently have at least nine women – and I also see that as a victory for all of us who have actively fought for this – we hear from news reports this morning that, in France alone, 156 women were killed last year by domestic... | 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 | That concludes the debate. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 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 forthcoming European Council is intended to lay the foundations for the future of the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. It is doing so at a time when unemployment in Europe is reaching historic levels and the economy is in recession, foundering in a deep crisis. Eight years on, we must bow to reality: the state... | null |
András Gyürk | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 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, at the forthcoming European Council meeting, Member States are expected to agree on the main basic principles being represented at the Copenhagen climate conference. I think that it is important that the issue of energy efficiency does not get sidetracked by emission quotas and the ... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 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 key theme of the Stockholm Programme is ‘Building a Citizens’ Europe’. What this means to me is that, starting from now, European institutions alongside Member States must make progress towards abolishing the borders inside the EU, as citizens continue to face administrative and legal obstacles which seem to preve... | null |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 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, I wish to thank the Swedish Presidency for its work drafting the new Justice and Home Affairs work programme. Thanks to the Stockholm Programme, the European Union will be able to improve the everyday existence of all EU citizens. Security, well-being and equality are the result of ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the first duty of any assembly is to hold the executive to account. We are here as the people’s tribunes. There should be a creative tension between us and the executive – that is, the Commission. But when it comes to these budgetary questions, the European Parliament, uniquely among the elected assemblie... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left voted in favour of the mobilisation of EUR 24 million to support workers made redundant in Belgium. We voted in favour because we are on the side of those who are in need, those who devote their sweat and their brains to companies and w... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have said it many times before and I will no doubt say it again: whatever the motives of its founders, the European Union has long since ceased to be an ideological project and it has become a racket, a way of redistributing money from people outside the system to people within it. Hence, the thing we a... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was interested to read the first sentence, where it says that the fund has been created in order to provide additional assistance to workers suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns. But have we not always had major changes in world trade patterns? In my consti... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I return to this real abuse of authority that has very nearly been committed, precisely under the pretext of an amendment to the Rules of Procedure that is designed to adapt them to the conditions of the Treaty of Lisbon, this Amendment 86 by which the administration granted itself the right to appoint t... | null |
Marisa Matias | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in order to ensure that we have genuine and binding results in the fight against climate change, there are four principles that must be guaranteed, and I would like to highlight them. They have also been voted on here today. The first is that we need to reach a legally binding agreement. The second is th... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I supported this resolution. Climate change is a global political priority at the Copenhagen Summit. It should deliver not merely political commitments but binding agreements and sanctions for non-compliance. The fight against climate change is a global action, and the active involvement of both developed... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With today’s adoption of the resolution on the Copenhagen Summit on climate protection, Parliament has given a clear signal that it attaches enormous importance to this issue. This is reflected in an authentic approach under which Parliament sets out the principle of shared but differing responsibilities. In accordanc... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the report that has just been adopted in our Chamber definitely toes the ‘politically correct’ line that reigns supreme here, unchallenged by established dogmas. However, just because something is said a thousand times does not mean that it is justified. There has always been global warming. There has be... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, at his first press conference as the new President or as the appointee, Mr Van Rompuy declared that the Copenhagen Process would be a step towards the global management of our planet. I cannot be alone in being alarmed at the way in which the environmental agenda is being piggybacked by those who have a d... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the resolution on the Stockholm Programme on which our Parliament voted today is the outcome of a great cooperative effort and a brand new procedural formula, of which we do not have much experience as yet. This formula in fact sets truly ambitious goals, but if we are to have a Europe that is open yet a... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have, today, voted in favour of the EU’s strategy for freedom, security and justice, in other words, the Stockholm Programme, but when the Council’s actual legislative proposal comes back to Parliament via the Commission, I intend to be very strict and tough when it comes to the question of openness an... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | es | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would first like to thank you and your officials for your patience during these explanations of vote. Mr President, a former British Home Secretary, Willie Whitelaw, once told a successor in that office that it was the best job in the Cabinet because one did not have to deal with any foreigners. No Ho... | null |
Philip Claeys | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Like many European citizens who were not given a chance to have their say on the Treaty of Lisbon, I, too, have become quite concerned about developments in the areas of freedom, security and justice. More and more asylum and immigration powers are being siphoned away to the European Union, and these issues are increa... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I had asked to talk about Stockholm. Mr President, as has been said, this report includes two objects of concern. The first is its very distinct pro-immigration perspective. The second is not disclosed by the content of the report or by the conclusions. We came to know about it simply through the intenti... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, some months ago, we witnessed the sudden and unexpected collapse of some low-cost airlines, such as Myair and Sky Europe, with the consequent immediate cancellation of all their scheduled routes. This caused untold inconvenience for thousands of passengers who were denied the right ... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Over the past nine years, 77 airlines have filed for bankruptcy. That is not just one, two or three, and not just yesterday: I repeat, this is over the past nine years. As a result of this, thousands of passengers have been staying in foreign airports without any protection. They have not obtained any compensation, or... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is a very important issue and I voted for this resolution because I believe that we need to have a piece of legislation protecting our citizens in case of airline bankruptcies. Millions of our citizens use low-cost airlines every day. However, the high number of low-cost airline bankruptcies in the E... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the wake of recent cases involving the suspension and revocation of the licences of many airlines, a substantial number of passengers and holders of tickets that were neither honoured nor reimbursed have suffered considerable losses. I therefore believe it necessary to propose a specific regulation th... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is very important to talk about the security of airline passengers and, above all, compensation in situations in which companies go bankrupt, as Mrs Oviir just mentioned. There have been 77 bankruptcies in the past nine years, and it is alleged that the airline industry is facing more turbulence than ... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the Lisbon Agenda, the European Union aimed to strengthen economic union. It is therefore important to improve the competitive strength of the economy as well. However, it is essential in this matter that fair competition should prevail in the market. This means that clear rules should operate for every manufactu... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the debate on origin marking absolutely does not prioritise the interests of one or a few Member States, as is sometimes mistakenly believed. Instead, it embodies the fundamental economic principle of levelling the playing field. This principle, in line with the Treaty of Lisbon, aims to implement Europe... | null |
Robert Atkins | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | British Conservatives have been unable to approve discharge of the 2007 European budget, European Council section. For the 14th consecutive year, the European Court of Auditors has only been able to give a qualified statement of assurance for the accounts of the European Union. We note the auditors’ remarks that around... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of granting financial discharge to the Council for the 2007 budget whilst emphasising the fact that I disagree with the way in which the Committee on Budgetary Control has managed this situation in which the rapporteur, Mr Søndergaard, has produced two contradictory reports; the change in position be... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At the end of the last legislative term, in April, Parliament decided to postpone discharge of the Council in respect of the implementation of the budget for 2007 due, essentially, to a lack of accounting transparency concerning the use of the Community budget. In particular, Parliament felt it was important for there... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this regulation regarding the fuel efficiency labelling of tyres. Energy efficiency is vitally important as regards environmental sustainability and as regards conserving finite resources. Clear, informative labelling will help European consumers make better choices from now on. Not only will these choices... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for Mr Belet’s report on fuel efficiency labels for tyres, which endorses the common position of the Council. In view of the fact that 25% of overall CO2 emissions come from road transport and that 30% of the overall fuel consumed by vehicles is related to their tyres, the introduction of an obligation to labe... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The new regulation on the labelling of tyres is part of the Community strategy on CO2, which sets targets to be achieved through vehicle emission reductions. From November 2012, tyres will be labelled in the EU according to their fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise emissions. Tyres are responsible for 20 to 30% of the... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I approve Parliament’s decision to finally adopt a regulation that increases safety as well as the environmental and economic efficiency of road transport. The aim is to promote the use of safe, quieter tyres. According to some studies, it is possible to significantly reduce (by up to 10%) the proportion... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that, instead of a directive, we have a regulation on the labelling of tyres, which is the result of a suggestion by Parliament. From November 2012, tyres will be labelled according to their fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise emissions. European citizens will have more information to select the rig... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the compromise package on tyre labelling. This Parliament deals with many issues which appear extremely technical and, at first glance, are not high on many people’s political agenda; this is perhaps one such issue. However, closer examination reveals that almost a quarter of CO2 emissions come fro... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report in particular because it contributes to two essential points: improving the information available, which facilitates a more environmentally friendly choice of tyres, and the fact that, by making such a choice, we will be contributing to greater energy efficiency, given that tyres are r... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal for a regulation on the labelling of tyres approved today by this House is a crucial step towards marketing safe and quiet products that also allow fuel consumption to be minimised. The fact that the legal form of the proposal has been amended from a directive to a regu... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the regulation on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency. This regulation is part of the legislative package concerning energy efficiency and will help cut polluting emissions produced by the transport sector. According to this regulation, tyre suppliers must use labels and stickers to prov... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGAF) aims to support workers personally affected by redundancies resulting from major changes in world trade. More specifically, the EGAF finances job-search assistance, tailor-made retraining, entrepreneurship promotion, aid for self-employment and special temporary income... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this allocation of €14.8 million of European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGAF) support to the 2 840 workers of Dell in Limerick who have lost their jobs following the closure of their plant because, rather than Dell, it will benefit the redundant workers directly. Indeed, it appears that while Dell was clo... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As I have had occasion to say before, even before the emergence of the current financial crisis, which has increased and exacerbated some of the earlier symptoms, the serious impact of globalisation and the resulting relocation of businesses on many people’s lives was already clear to see. The unique challenge of the ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because, since the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGAF) is an instrument to respond to a specific European crisis caused by globalisation, this applies to the current situation. This fund provides individual, one-off and time-limited support directly to workers made redundant.... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the decision of the European Parliament to approve aid for the Dell workers under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. The redundancies at Dell have seriously affected the local Limerick economy and surrounding areas. We must put in place appropriate re-training measures to ensure that the people who l... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for the cases of Belgium and Ireland, as I consider that we should use all possible means to help employees who are victims of the damage caused by globalisation and the economic and financial crisis. I nevertheless wonder about the co... | null |
Jacky Hénin | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Dell group, yesterday number one, today number three in the world in the field of information technology, with an estimated stock market value of USD 18 billion, posting a USD 337 million profit for the third quarter of 2009, and predicting an even bigger profit for the fourth quarter ... Yes, I am behind Dell’s e... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today the European Parliament endorsed a €14 million fund which is to go towards the training of 1 900 Dell workers who were made redundant by the decision to move the plant from Ireland to Poland. This fund can provide for those who have lost their jobs to retrain and acquire qualifications to get back into the workfo... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-11-25T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is in thinking of the Irish and Belgian workers as victims of neo-liberal globalisation that we are voting for this report and for the granting of aid under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. However, we vigorously denounce the reasoning that the social and human tragedies experienced by European workers s... | null |
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