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Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, perhaps you would allow me, as a member of the Iran Delegation, to just make one brief comment. A while ago, the European Parliament in Brussels held a debate with the Iranian ambassador in Brussels. When asked why the number of death sentences in Iran had quadrupled since the Iranian President took offi... | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Council is genuinely grateful for the huge commitment shown by the European Parliament on this issue. I will answer some of your questions. Mr Kasoulides: the action plan takes the regional perspective as its starting point. It is absolutely central. Enormous emphasis is placed on good governance, co... | null |
Catherine Ashton | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I will just pick up, if I may, a few key points which were raised by honourable Members. Agreeing with the Presidency on the issues of narcotics, what we have sought to do is develop a comprehensive response which really brings together the rural development aspects of it with social issues and, of course... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The new EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan is designed to implement the EU’s strategic ambition to play an even more active imperialist role in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the area as a whole. In Pakistan, it is promoting a free trade agreement which will allow greater penetration of the euro-unifying monopo... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The problems affecting Afghanistan and Pakistan are not confined only to these countries. They actually affect us all. The mission launched in Afghanistan must be brought to a conclusion. With this in mind, Romania is openly considering the possibility of increasing its involvement in this country, including reinforce... | null |
Ricardo Cortés Lastra | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Sufficient international presence must be ensured to help establish basic conditions of peace and security in order to enable the capacity of the country’s government to be strengthened, the rule of law to be reinforced, corruption to be combated and human rights respected. When I speak of government, I am also referr... | null |
Jaromír Kohlíček | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | If there is a striking example anywhere in the world of the inability of the EU to adopt an independent position on a problem created by the United States, then it is the current unhappy situation in Afghanistan: a shattered infrastructure, several generations with minimal chances of obtaining an education, mediaeval ... | null |
Krzysztof Lisek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-12-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | New EU action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is imperative we take action to improve the situation in Afghanistan. In particular, important measures are: training of police officers, military personnel, people employed in the justice system and teachers, as well as combating the production of and trade in drugs. This will enable stabilisation of the social sy... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the oral question to the Commission by Malcolm Harbour, Andreas Schwab, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Heide Rühle, Adam Bielan and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the transposition of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recogni... | null |
Malcolm Harbour | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, with your permission, I would propose that we delay a moment or two because this is an oral question to the Commission and we were hoping that Mr McCreevy would be here, but I see that Mr Samecki is going to speak. I have not met Mr Samecki before, so I am interested that he is here to provide an answer t... | null |
Paweł Samecki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the Members of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection for raising these important questions. Before responding to the individual questions, let me start with an overview. The objective of the Professional Qualifications Directive is to facilitate the free moveme... | null |
Kurt Lechner | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in 2005, we adopted this directive after several years of work and debate in Parliament and it came into force. In 2007, it was implemented. Now we have reached 2009 and it is hard to accept that the directive has not been implemented everywhere, particularly since it was not comple... | null |
Evelyne Gebhardt | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would first like to say that it is totally outrageous that there are no members of the Commission here, because this is a question directed at the European Commission. This shows contempt for Parliament. It is simply outrageous and we find it totally unacceptable. (Heckling) Yes? Yes, he did not get up... | null |
Cristian Silviu Buşoi | MEP | ALDE | en | ro | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The free movement of persons is one of the fundamental rights of the European Union’s citizens. This also includes the free movement of professionals, which is a vital condition for ensuring that the internal market operates as efficiently as possible. As has been mentioned in all the speeches made so far, in spite of... | null |
Heide Rühle | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I think we all agree on the objective here. Of course, we all want the citizens of Europe to be able to move about freely and to exercise their professions. The question is why this directive has still not been properly implemented after four or now nearly five years. I believe it would mak... | null |
Adam Bielan | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the crisis which has affected the European Union in recent months has shown irrefutably how important the internal market is for the functioning of the entire Union. We will not finish building it without introducing a certain freedom for people to migrate, which is guaranteed, among others, by the Direc... | null |
Andreas Schwab | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, firstly I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Commission for presenting its opinion to us. However, I would also like to point out that, following the interinstitutional agreement between the Commission and Parliament, and I have seen this happen with the Services Directive, whic... | null |
Bernadette Vergnaud | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have already discussed the fears linked to the transposition of the Services Directive. In this sense, the example of the Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications is symbolic. Some States have failed to respect the transposition deadline and are having problems... | null |
Antonyia Parvanova | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, when discussing the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and the good functioning of the internal market, we have to look at the current situation in the health sector, for which the directive and its implementation may need to be further discussed. In addition to the full implementation of t... | null |
Małgorzata Handzlik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if we want our citizens to be mobile – and this is what the European economy needs – they have to be sure that when they gain their qualifications, for example, in Poland, they will not have problems with recognition of these qualifications in any Member State. I understand the scale of the problem perfe... | null |
António Fernando Correia De Campos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as we are all aware, 15 directives were consolidated into a single legislative act for the mutual recognition of professional qualifications. That has given rise to a number of practical problems with transposition in the various Member States. The difficulties are well known, and the Commission should l... | null |
Louis Grech | MEP | S&D | en | mt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The biggest issue affecting the proper enforcement of this directive is the Member States’ lack of trust in each others’ systems. The Member States’ disinterest in collaborating with each other is also reflected in the incoherent manner in which they perceive the internal market information system. Every Member State ... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, before I go onto my question, there has been a lot of talk this morning about Solvit. At the last IMCO Committee meeting, we were told of the under funding of Solvit centres. You may want to take note of this before your hearing, Mr Barnier, but there is one intern running the organisation in one large Me... | null |
Philippe Juvin | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, much has been said about the mutual recognition of professional qualifications. The question is: why is this directive, which is so important and so universally longed-for, difficult to apply? Well, quite simply because it is difficult and complex to apply in everyday, operational terms. I see three main... | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Belgium is one of five Member States to have not yet fully transposed the Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications. However, according to the information that I have, the only thing it has left to do to comply with European law is to solve the proble... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, my thanks to Mr Samecki for his good work. I think we all agree with the principle we are discussing here this morning, but it should apply not only across the European Union but worldwide as well. This is something we discussed recently at the Canadian delegation, which is a step in the right di... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let us get straight to the point here. The failure of Member States to get their act together in terms of the recognition of qualifications is costing us jobs. The failure of Member States to actually take this seriously enough is a serious issue. Our level of cross-border trade for what is supposed to be... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to pick out one aspect in this debate. There seems to be a great shortage of specialised professions, which has resulted in a trade in these qualifications and led to genuine qualifications being disregarded. This can entail great risks, both in the security sector, for example, and in larg... | null |
Milan Zver | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, this is really a very important issue that we are dealing with here, that of mutual recognition of professional qualifications within the European Union. This is a major problem because qualifications are granted by the education systems of EU Member States, of which there are at least 27. Some o... | null |
Paweł Samecki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, my apologies for not standing up during my first intervention. It is because of a lack of experience and the early morning hour. In general, I would like to refer to a couple of selected questions. First of all, we should underline that the Commission has been supporting Member States ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Christa Klaß | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Mutual recognition of professional qualifications (debate) Video of the speechesPV | One stated goal of this directive is to implement fully the current legal provisions concerning the freedom of movement of professionals within the EU. The free movement of professionals has already been adopted in Directive 2005/36/EC. However, problems are occurring repeatedly, particularly in regions near national ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the oral question to the Commission by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development, on the cohesion policy after 2013 (O-0121/2009/rev. 1 - B7-0229/2009) | null |
Danuta Maria Hübner | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, three years ago, a major reform of European cohesion policy was introduced taking into account the unprecedented enlargement of the Union and new emerging challenges. It was not by chance that, back in 2005 and 2006, the top priorities for European cohesion policy were: the Lisbon strategy, innovation and... | null |
Paweł Samecki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the questions put forward are very pertinent. They underline the importance you attach to cohesion policy as well as your dedication to keep the policy at the heart of European integration. As regards your question on multi-level governance, multi-level governance has been recognised as a fundamental mech... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, today’s debate primarily concerns the substantive assessment of the cohesion policy and the way ahead for this policy. Of course, the European Parliament wants a financial mid-term review. The cohesion policy and the use of the funds now and in this subsequent period up to 2020 forms a key ... | null |
Constanze Angela Krehl | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would have liked to see a more exciting introduction to this topic, because I believe that the European cohesion policy must change after 2013. We are faced with quite different challenges than was the case 10 or 15 years ago. The focus for my group is on the fact th... | null |
Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenovа | MEP | ALDE | en | bg | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the debate on the reform of the Structural Funds is of fundamental importance in terms of the opportunity for the European Union to have financial instruments which are suitable for the economic situation, along with the relevant natural and human resources. We are faced with a tough task in fore... | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, not much has been said about the significance of the European cohesion policy in Europe. It lies at the centre of the European Union, as it is the policy which holds the EU together at its heart. It is a symbol of solidarity and of overcoming national egoism. It is an instrument for all the... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the current cohesion policy is a living organism. As Europe changes, the position of individual states and groups changes in respect of this policy. Unfortunately, more questions than answers have emerged in discussions over the future of cohesion policy after 2014. Wi... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Union’s cohesion policy has not only failed to reduce regional and social inequalities, but it has also helped to exacerbate them. The values given in statistics are often fictitious, as the European Union itself admits, which is why it created the transitional support regime for a series of... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, regarding post-2013 cohesion policy, a leaked draft budgetary document entitled ‘A Reform Agenda for a Global Europe’ reveal that EU funding from 2013 onwards could change entirely to a nationally coordinated rather than regionally allocated distribution. The draft abandons regional and local level contro... | null |
Markus Pieper | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let us just imagine for a moment the European regions without the European regional policy. Many towns and rural regions would lack decisive incentives for structural change. The border regions with their problems of cross-border workers and cross-border infrastructure would simply ... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I agree with the members who have spoken so far and I, too, should like to point out that we cannot accept a post-2013 cohesion policy which, firstly, will distinguish between the regions of the Europe with proposals such as abolishing Objective 2 (competitiveness); secondly, will include the renationali... | null |
Michael Theurer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, funding for the regions and structural funding form part of our practical economic policy and make Europe widely visible. In local authority areas, towns and municipalities in the regions, different players are working closely together. For this reason, we must retain this integrate... | null |
François Alfonsi | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as far as the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance is concerned, cohesion policy is at the heart of one of the most fundamental policies of the European Union: solidarity. Europe becomes stronger whenever European solidarity is shown. This is a fundamental issue for us. The European Commission must... | null |
Cornelia Ernst | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is a central debate about the character of the European Union. The choice is between the market and social policy. The Commission’s current ideas about the future of the cohesion policy are unacceptable. The structural funds must be strengthened and not weakened. Europe must do more and not less to ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, you will probably have heard in the meantime that there is serious consternation and disquiet among the members of the Committee on Regional Development, because a so-called secret document from the Commission has been circulating since October. This document contains the draft of a budget reform for the... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, our group clearly supports a strong and well-financed cohesion policy that can promote the convergence of Europe’s regions. Indeed, we believe that, to be effective, this policy must be reformed and enhanced. We, Parliament and the European Commission, must design this policy togeth... | null |
Ricardo Cortés Lastra | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by sending a greeting to all the social organisations present in Copenhagen, hoping for a positive outcome for the future of the planet and for the future of global cohesion. We must defend cohesion policy as a Community policy that is a bulwark ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have been extremely concerned to witness all the developments surrounding the reform of the budget, particularly in relation to the structural and cohesion policy. In a crisis marked by huge social inequalities and regional asymmetries, the structural and cohesion policy is a basic factor for effectiv... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we urgently need a debate on the Community budget and how to improve its sustainability and transparency in future. The post-2013 financial framework must be built on the basis of solidarity and territorial cohesion. These are crucial values for regions like Madeira, w... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the cohesion policy is, today, contributing to the development of road and rail infrastructure, principally in the new Member States. Thanks to the policy, many new jobs have been created, and more will doubtless be created in the next few years. Investments related to environment protection are also ext... | null |
Tamás Deutsch | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to speak briefly about three matters: equality of rights and status, secrecy and, last but not least, the importance of rural development. Twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and 20 years after our fellow Member, László Tőkés, broke through the wall of si... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The cohesion policy is the European Union’s main instrument for ensuring that all European citizens have an equal chance of success wherever they live. It contributes decisively to creating a European sense of belonging and is one of the most successful and effective European development policies. Commissioner, I cann... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, like my colleagues, I, too, have been concerned by some of the trends outlined in the internal document which, in the grand old scheme of things, was leaked recently. The area that is causing me most concern is the suggestion to deprioritise the competitiveness objectives. These competitiveness objectives... | null |
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Podkarpacie – the region I represent – is a region of wonderful, ambitious, hard-working people, a place where many energetic businesses operate. New initiatives are appearing, such as Aviation Valley, but at the same time, Podkarpacie is one of the most poorly developed areas in the European Union. Our ... | null |
Sabine Verheyen | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the regional structural funding is an important tool for European integration and the Objective 2 funding in particular has, in the past, been seen as an engine for local structural and economic development by the people in many regions. It is an important means of managing structural change in the regio... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Wales is probably the most positively European area in the UK, and the reason for that is that every community, almost every individual and many organisations benefit from European funding, formerly Objective 1 and now convergence funding. Therefore, if the proposals suggested by the Commission are brough... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | So, Mr Gollnisch, you have finally arrived. I am going to give you the floor, but you have just one minute. | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have, in any case, listened very carefully to all of my fellow Members’ speeches. I think that two main points have come out of these speeches. The first is the secrecy surrounding the Commission’s mysterious ‘non-document’, and that is why we are eagerly awaiting the Commission’s explanations. The sec... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I share the concerns of many of my fellow Members. I strongly believe that GDP returning to barely positive growth rates such as those forecast for 2010 will not mark the end of the economic crisis we are experiencing. We will only be able to consider it actually over when employmen... | null |
Evelyn Regner | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, all or at least the majority of the speakers are talking about the European social model, but this is not reflected sufficiently in the EU budget or in the cohesion policy. Therefore, I would like to see an independent European Social Fund (ESF) which is separate from the European structural policy. More... | null |
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I consider that our parliamentary committee took a very important decision for today’s debate, which is proving to be extremely interesting, with so many issues and very important dimensions being raised which relate not only to an effective post-2013 cohesion policy, but also to the character of the Eur... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that the job of Parliament and of the European Union is to establish the basic conditions to allow people from all the Member States to have the best possible quality of life in the regions in which they live. However, these conditions vary widely throughout Europe. This is why we need a strong... | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I find this debate on the future of the cohesion policy after 2013 particularly useful. Nowadays, especially during this crisis, the differences between the levels of development in Europe’s various regions are considerable and are continuing to grow. Local regions in Europe need to continue with the cohesion policy i... | null |
Antigoni Papadopoulou | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I agree that regional policy is the lever for better cohesion and solidarity in the Community. The present international economic crisis has bared its teeth. It has caused numerous inequalities and pressures, especially among vulnerable groups. It has increased unemployment, inequalities and social uphea... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the rise of multi-level governance has resulted in an increasing need for coordinating mechanisms and platforms, and local authorities often find themselves having to address social disparities caused by developments of policies over which they have no control and little influence. Moreover, it is very di... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, cohesion policy is a pillar of development policy. It is, indeed, this policy which contributes most to strengthening the identity of regions and local society. In my opinion, we go to two extremes here. Some would like to put a bit too much into the policy, while others want to restrict it too much. Sur... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to add to what my fellow Member said by saying that when we talk about intelligent cities, it is important for us to invest more in energy efficiency in residential buildings. 90% of the buildings which will exist in 2020 already exist now. This is why I am asking for the future cohesion policy to increas... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my fellow Members have covered the basic issues of today’s debate. I should just like to highlight two issues. Firstly, it is unacceptable for the preconditions to be met and for the facility to exist for taking advantage of our cohesion policies and programmes and for this to ultimately be unfeasible fo... | null |
Paweł Samecki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, there is no doubt that the cohesion policy will be closely involved in the realisation of the EU 2020 Strategy. The EU 2020 Strategy will respond to numerous global challenges, and the cohesion policy will be among the key and fundamental instruments at the disposal of the European Union and... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Lívia Járóka | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the debate on the future of the cohesion policy is of paramount importance. Given that we are dealing with a horizontal policy which redistributes more than a third of the EU’s budget, the results from achieving the cohesion objectives have a crucial bearing on the continent’s future. Since its i... | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Europe of the regions is a principle on which the EU has long agreed. The cohesion policy after 2013 must continue to make this vision a reality. One good approach is to make territorial cohesion the main objective. In this context, interregional cooperation plays an important role. In recent decades, the interreg... | null |
Tomasz Piotr Poręba | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I fear the provisions put forward by the Commission – especially those concerning the ending of Objective 2 and abandonment of the regional aspect of cohesion policy in favour of a sectoral approach – may mean a return to the concept of a two-speed Europe and an increase in the distance, in terms of economy and civili... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I have one announcement to make. It concerns a lady who has supported us in the European Parliament for many years – Mrs Birgitte Stensballe. She is, unfortunately, leaving us, and will retire on 1 January 2010. (The House accorded Mrs Stensballe a standing ovation) | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to raise two points of order and I would like to be able to raise them one after another. Firstly, I have a request for the entire House. It refers to an urgent matter which we will be discussing this afternoon. This is the case of Aminatou Haidar. We have an urgent mat... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Schulz, I am not certain we can discuss this point again. I am afraid it is already too late, because we made a decision on this matter earlier. It is difficult, now, to discuss this point again. | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I support Mr Schulz’s proposal. I believe that the negotiations are extremely difficult. We are talking about a case that concerns a human being, a woman, and efforts are under way to find a political solution. I therefore believe that, when efforts are under way to find a political solution, it is impor... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | I would just like to make a brief point. The diplomatic efforts are very important, but Aminatou Haidar is on her 33rd day of hunger strike in hospital. The worst thing we could do would be to tell a woman who is fighting for basic human rights that this Parliament was going to forget her here and now. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, in accordance with Rule 140 of the Rules of Procedure, we can vote on the proposal to remove this from the order of business. In relation to this, I would like someone to speak in favour of the motion. | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | In my capacity as leader of the Spanish Socialist delegation to the European Parliament, I should like to express my appreciation of the words spoken by the President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament supported by the President of the Group of the European ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Now I will ask for someone to speak against the motion. | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am taking the floor to voice my group’s opposition to this proposal, and I shall now explain our reasons. I do not think it is appropriate to present such a proposal this morning. Furthermore, it would amount to a failure to respect all the parliamentary groups that have tabled the text of a resolution... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is not right to say that the House has expressed a view on the case of Mrs Haidar. That has not happened. The House was going to express its view today. It was going to do so today, after a hunger strike that has lasted 33 days, yet an attempt is being made to prevent us from debating the matter. I th... | null |
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I asked for the floor to make a point of order. This House is irrevocably committed to the cause of human rights and duty bound to honour that obligation. Mr Schulz made a proposal to the House this morning. If he is privy to data or important information relevant to Mrs Haidar’s case, he should make tha... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, for many years, I was responsible for human rights debates in this House on behalf of my group. I am dealing with this case with great care. I would like to mention that I had a very long discussion about this case with the Moroccan foreign minister last Sunday. I have the impression that there is the po... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask you for a moment’s attention. We cannot continue discussion on this matter indefinitely. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to begin by expressing my surprise, given that, as Mrs Bilbao Barandica pointed out, we devoted almost three hours to debating this matter yesterday. If Mr Schulz has been in possession of relevant information concerning this matter since Sunday, we should have been informed accordingly yes... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, clearly the House is divided. This is a very delicate issue. There is a lot of confusion. Can I please request that we delay this vote until 15.00 so that we can consult both the parties and the groups, and also discover what is actually happening on the ground in Morocco? | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, we have heard all the comments. You have heard everything and you have a full picture. In accordance with Rule 140 of the Rules of Procedure, I am putting this motion to a vote. We have a specific motion, that we do not discuss this matter today. (Parliament agreed to the request) | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I very much regret having to ask once again for the patience of the House. On the voting list today, we have the vote on the principle of subsidiarity. Under the terms of Rule 177(4) of the Rules of Procedure, I request that we postpone a vote on this point until the next plenary session and investigate ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Schulz, please put on your headphones. I have a specific proposal – we will reach this point in the second part of the vote. First we will vote on the budget, and then we have several additional points. You can all think about Mr Schulz’s proposal and we will come back to it in a moment, when w... | null |
Bernd Posselt | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, now that the urgent matter has been removed from the agenda, I would like to ask you to divide the speaking time for the Western Sahara item between the other two urgent matters, as we had some tough discussions yesterday about the speaking time for urgent matters. This is my practical proposal for this ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | We will take your suggestion into account. | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the decision taken on the implementation of the flexibility instrument shows the success of international cooperation and, once again, gives an assurance that the institutions of Europe consider it urgent to fund the second stage of the recovery plan for the European economy. Another positive thing in th... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I also supported this report, the adoption of the report, because the result from the Conciliation Committee – apparently the Conciliation Committee does not proceed very straightforwardly and quickly – was positive: to implement the recovery plan for the European economy, to implement the stated aim of this plan. Ano... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-12-17T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, Nick Griffin of the British National Party has suggested that my voting is influenced by commercial interests. I want to make it clear that I am proud to be an advocate of low-carbon technologies to fight climate change. I have never requested or been paid a penny for my work; I do it because I believe... | null |
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