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Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-01-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on Mrs Joly’s report on the second revision of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. This report contains a large number of specific proposals on the renegotiation of this agreement – more commonly known as the Cotonou Agreement – which I support. For example, the need to take account of the situation of the w... | null |
Iva Zanicchi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-01-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of the second revision of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (the ‘Cotonou Agreement’). This agreement, which regulates the political, trade and development cooperation relations between the European Union and the 77 ACP countries, and which relates to the period 200... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on EU-Tunisia relations. | null |
Neelie Kroes | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank Parliament for inviting me to take part in the discussion on Tunisia. EU-Tunisia relations are governed by an association agreement signed in 1995. By the way, Tunisia was the first Mediterranean county to sign such an agreement and it has since then made significant advances. In int... | null |
Ioannis Kasoulides | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Tunisia contributes towards the stability of this region in its role as a partner in the Union for the Mediterranean, as the first country to sign the association agreement, and as the first country equipped with an action plan for the implementation of the Neighbourhood Policy. Tunisia is comparatively ... | null |
Pier Antonio Panzeri | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we had to give an opinion on the existing relations between the European Union and Tunisia, it could only be a positive one, including as regards the stabilisation of the region. It is true that important progress has been made in economic terms, and there are also ... | null |
Louis Michel | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by both thanking and congratulating the Commissioner for the position taken by the Commission on this matter. I am in complete agreement with this position, since it seems far more reasonable than the stance taken by those who called for today’s ... | null |
Hélène Flautre | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am disturbed by the speeches that I have just heard, from the Commissioner right through to my fellow Members. I feel that we really have our work cut out to gain an accurate and objective understanding of the present situation in Tunisia. Frankly, when I listen to you, I feel as though I am listening ... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Tunisia is a friend and ally of the European Union, a prosperous, progressive, modern and meritocratic secular society unique in the Arab world. Tunisia also rightly takes an uncompromising approach to Islamist jihadi extremism. A multiparty political system is fast taking shape in Tunisia and it is a cou... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I personally am very pleased that we are having this debate on the human rights situation in Tunisia. The Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left was instrumental in the organisation of the debate. All along, I have defended human rights, but human rights ar... | null |
Gerard Batten | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Tunisia’s situation is overall a positive one it seems. They have the most stable society in North Africa. They have what is technically a democracy, though possibly only a semi-democracy by Western standards, but we should not criticise them for that, since they have made much progress. There is an offic... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, trade relations between the EU and Tunisia are close and multifaceted. Tunisia, which receives EUR 80 million per year in financial aid, is a shining example of successful development policy. As an emerging economy, the country has assumed a leading position in the Maghreb, it was the first Mediterranean... | null |
Salvatore Iacolino | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Tunisia, like the entire Maghreb region, is an important strategic area. It has an enormous growth potential and is an attractive area with powerful interests, not only economic but, above all, European. Programmes with the European Union which promote cross-border cooperation have ... | null |
Carmen Romero López | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Respecting Tunisia means also respecting its democratic opposition, which is seeking to organise itself but is being repressed, and respecting its civil society, which is also the opposition of the future. I therefore wish to greet the members of parliament that are here now attending this sitting, but I also wish to ... | null |
Tomasz Piotr Poręba | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there is no doubt that Tunisia is a partner with which the European Union should maintain relations on behalf of the Mediterranean Sea Region and at bilateral level. However, while remembering economic matters, we, as the European Union, should insist on transparency of democratic procedures and the rule... | null |
Dominique Baudis | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, to avoid any caricatures – we have heard one or two this morning – I would like to mention some objective facts regarding Tunisia, a partner country of the European Union. The social situation has evolved very favourably, with a spectacular increase in the average per capita income,... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for my part, I would like to add my voice to those who have already spoken to denounce the particularly worrying situation in which the journalist and writer Taoufik Ben Brik finds himself in Tunisia. In the wake of several arrests of journalists and trade unionists, who have suffered violence and mistre... | null |
Michael Gahler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have a good foundation for our cooperation with Tunisia. The association agreement and the free trade agreement have been mentioned. Mrs Kroes said that we are talking about integrating the Tunisian economy into the single market. That is really as far as we can go with a country outside the EU, and t... | null |
Cristian Dan Preda | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as has already been highlighted, Tunisia is an important partner of the EU; mention was also made of the extremely important role played by the social field in Tunisia. I would like to add to that some political aspects that are significant, because, as has already been said, Tunisia is a society that pr... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, you have stated your hope that Tunisia will make progress in the areas of democratic reform and freedom of expression. You are right to do so, since this is quite simply in line with the association agreement and with the commitments that Tunisia has made to the European Union. That is why ... | null |
Malika Benarab-Attou | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on 14 January, I met with members of the Tunisian delegation. We had a frank exchange and debated our respective views. As a Franco-Algerian, I am committed to the Maghreb and I campaign for a united, pluralist and democratic Maghreb. The issue of human rights is crucially important to me, and it is one ... | null |
Alf Svensson | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The countries of north Africa are often lumped together, and as far as I can see, this does Tunisia a great disservice. There has been mention of equality. In comparison with many other Arab countries, Tunisia is exceptional in having legislation to protect children and also women. As has already been pointed out, Tun... | null |
Rosario Crocetta | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as someone who has visited Tunisia two to three times per year since 1982 and who, as a Catholic, on 6 January attended mass, as I regularly do, I find it truly difficult to think of Tunisia as a country which suppresses religious freedom. There are problems, but for Heaven’s sake l... | null |
Neelie Kroes | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am grateful to the honourable Members for being so open and straightforward and for making their remarks in such a way that, although certain groups have differing approaches, the emphasis is on how we can find a solution. Having said that, I want to start by making one remark in answer to the statement... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Edward Scicluna | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU-Tunisia relations (debate) Video of the speechesPV | This debate seems to me to be untimely at a moment when the dialogue between Tunisia and the EU is resuming at both Commission and Parliament level. Dialogue with the Commission has included the programming of several subcommittees’ meetings within the framework of the Tunisia-EU Association Agreement (including the Hu... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of the resolution on the European Strategy for the Danube Region, because I think the European Union needs such regional strategies. I am convinced that implementation of such strategies can have a very positive influence on regional development and, as a consequence, can influence the ... | null |
Bernd Posselt | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the Danube Strategy as something that is profoundly European. It connects a founder Member of the EU, namely Germany, with the two most recent Members, Bulgaria and Romania. It also connects the next candidate country, Croatia, with a country that is striving for candidate status, namely Serbia... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we see once again how the European Union elevates appearance over substance, how it elevates motive over outcome. We have just voted through a series of resolutions condemning human rights abuses in China. What, though, is the European Union doing in the real world? We are isolating Taiwan; we have agreed... | null |
Mirosław Piotrowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want to express my satisfaction at the adoption by the European Parliament of the resolution on attacks on Christian minorities. Members of the European Parliament must not remain silent in the face of attacks on Christian minorities around the world, because this matter concerns the foundations and ro... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Piotrowski, I allowed you to speak even though you did not have the right to do so, because explanations of vote are admissible only on the Strategy for the Danube Region and not on emergency resolutions. However, you have spoken now; therefore, for future reference, I will state that there shall be no explanations ... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to speak about the discrimination experienced by Christians in Africa and Asia, but I am going to speak, of course, about our strategy on an extremely important matter. Let us remember that the Danube is the second longest river in Europe, after the Volga. The Danube flows through 10 E... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of the resolution on the Danube Strategy. Why? – because it shows that the European Union is open to specific regions, to regions which have a feature in common like, for example, a long river flowing through them. I would also like to express my satisfaction that the amendments which w... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the European Council’s conclusions of 18-19 June 2009 in which it asks the European Commission to draw up a European strategy for the Danube Region by 2011. I am voting in favour of the motion for a resolution presented here. The Danube Region is facing several challenges, and a strategy for this region will... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I think that the importance of reinforcing a European Union strategy for the Danube Region will facilitate the EU’s external action in its immediate neighbourhood, highlighting its potential role in helping bring stability to the regions of south-eastern and eastern Europe through implementing specific projects suppor... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the European Parliament joint resolution on the Danube, proposing that a European strategy be drawn up for this region as a matter of the utmost urgency. This strategy will give a considerable boost to inter-regional cooperation and will have the following objectives: the development and modernisa... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I firmly believe that the full development of the European Union can only come about if there are adequate development policies for all EU regions which respect their differences, needs and specific features. I consider that territorial cohesion means creating different strategies for the different regions, fostering ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution backs a strategy for the Danube Region with a coherent, territory-based approach for this important river, and enables the sustained and integrated development of a region that stretches over 14 European countries. The proposed strategy will allow a coordinated and integrated policy which can achieve s... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We agree with the creation of a strategy for the Danube Region, based on an earlier consultation and cooperation between the countries and regions that are located along its course. Such a strategy will promote economic and social cohesion in those regions and promote territorial cohesion without jeopardising any of t... | null |
Jacek Olgierd Kurski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The strategy for the Danube Region which we have prepared, and which we have voted on today, makes it possible to promote regional and cross-border cooperation. The Danube river basin unites as many as 10 European countries at present – Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova a... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of drawing up a development strategy for the Danube, which will allow us to ask the Commission to draft this document as soon as possible, taking into account specific consultations with experts in the field and in the relevant regions, while identifying the financial resources available and includin... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the strategic importance of the Danube Region due to its location, closer relations between all countries in this region are crucial, particularly for those that do not yet belong to the EU. This will aid integration in case of future EU enlargement. Thus, the implementation of all the recommendations approved i... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The strategy for the Danube Region represents a reasonable model for coordinating EU measures for this contiguous region. In addition to issues that relate to the river itself, such as improving the water quality and the ecological situation, the programme that the Commission is to draw up could also result in economi... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the resolution on a European Strategy for the Danube Region. Territorial cohesion is listed in the Treaty of Lisbon as one of the European Union’s priorities. Operation of the Strategy for the Danube Region concerns many areas of support, such as social policy, culture and education, environmental protectio... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Support should be given to every EU initiative which aims to coordinate and strengthen regional initiatives and which contributes to increased economic cooperation, improved transport infrastructure and better environmental protection. The Strategy for the Danube Region confirms the growth in significance of the macro... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-01-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | That is not possible, Mr Zasada. I have already explained that explanations of vote on emergency resolutions are not possible. Explanations of vote may refer only to the European Strategy for the Danube Region. I am sorry, but this was not my decision. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the tragic death of Mrs Juarez Boal, deputy head of the European Union Delegation to Haiti. Mrs Juarez Boal formerly worked in the European Parliament, until 2002. She died in the tragic earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January. The total number of victims of the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to give a warm welcome to our sitting to the President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso, and the Commissioners-designate. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to our guests. We have before us one of the most important decisions in this parliamentary term. For it is to us that the citizens of Europe have commit... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission shall promote the general interest of the Union and take appropriate initiatives to that end. It shall ensure the application of the treaties, and of measures adopted by the institutions pursuant to them. It shall oversee the application of Union law under the control... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | That was the presentation of the College of Commissioners and a statement about the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission. The presentation was given by Mr Barroso. We are discussing both of these matters. The vote on the Framework Agreement will take place punctua... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr López Garrido, President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, today we are going to give our verdict on the appointment of the new European Commission, an essential act which confirms the prerogatives of this Parliament and which will determine the way in which the Union functions for several year... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, during the course of the hearings, my impression of the Commission was one of Abbot José Manuel with his 26 novices from the order of Trappist monks. That is an order that has taken a vow of silence. It seemed as though the Abbot had said to his novices ‘better to say no... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of my group, I am delighted to be here today and to finally have the Barroso II Commission before us. I believe that this is a good thing, because we are bringing to an end what was a bad period for the European Union. The absence, for six months, of a Commission equipped with real powers is so... | null |
Daniel Cohn-Bendit | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I must admit that this is unbelievable. We have before us the coalition of hypocrites. It is just before St Valentine’s Day, and Mr Barroso is being told: ‘I love you, but I do not love you. I do not believe you, but I am going to vote for you anyway’. So, this is really … Yes, Mr S... | null |
Jan Zahradil | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, President Barroso, my group, the ECR Group, supported you together with the Liberals and the People’s Party, and without this, you would not be sitting here. We supported you when others did not and we supported you because of your longstanding reputation as a reformer. We would be delighted if y... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, in September 2009, I had to tell you that your political guidelines were continuing a failed Commission policy. Your neoliberal guidelines do not reveal a strategy for more social justice, nor do they provide better protection for Europe against crises. They provide no basis for the work to s... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, what we have before us here is the new government of Europe, a government that, with the Lisbon Treaty, now has enormous powers, not just a Foreign Minister and embassies, not just the ability to sign treaties, but the ability now to use emergency powers to literally take countries over, and yet what we h... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Commission is the European Union’s defining decision-making body. Requirements as regards Commissioners should be the following: the right person, based on his or her career path and preparedness, in the right position. The manner in which Commissioners are nominated and elected, however, ensures that thi... | null |
József Szájer | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, in a significant number of European languages, the notion that something operates – it is able to operate – and that something is working, is expressed in very similar terms. We are now at a time in the European Union when we can say ‘back to work, Europe’; let us go back, let us work, let us... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, your Commission certainly has both strong and weak points. I would like to focus on the strong points. We have a foreign policy team that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else, with regard to both foreign policy and development policy. Mr Szájer, you cannot deny that we have a bette... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Now the floor will be taken for the first time in this debate by a woman. It is a pity that this is happening so late. | null |
Diana Wallis | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I hope it is worth waiting for. I want to concentrate on the resolution on the Framework Agreement, having been part of Parliament’s negotiating team. President Barroso, we had, I think you will admit, some very interesting debates on the meaning of words, especially in my language, but one of the phrases... | null |
Jill Evans | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the motion for a resolution from the Greens/EFA Group calls for a new political approach at national and European level and for new ideas and firm action. We cannot overcome the economic, social and climate crisis we face using the same policies and mindset that created them; we cannot build a more democr... | null |
Adam Bielan | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Barroso, five months ago, I voted in favour of entrusting you with the mission of creating the European Commission, because I thought you were the best of the candidates under consideration. I do not regret that vote, but today, when we are discussing the College of Commissioners which has been presented to us, I c... | null |
Søren Bo Søndergaard | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | da | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to start by wishing Mr Barroso luck, because the President of the Commission has genuinely succeeded in putting together a Commission that reflects his political project involving the EU. In my group, however, we completely disagree with this political project. Let me give an example. Worker... | null |
Timo Soini | MEP | ID | en | fi | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in Finland we are commemorating the Winter War. Seventy years ago, the communist Soviet Union attacked tiny Finland. We defended our independence and our right of selfdetermination. This also continued during the Second World War, which was a terrible ordeal for Europe as a whole. It left us with a stro... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have come to the end of the procedure that precedes the appointment of the commissioners, with hearings that are completely run-of-the-mill. The Commissioners-designate came to tell us that they were deeply attached to the European Union, that they would do their best to learn about issues with which ... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, perhaps I can correct Mr Gollnisch. Is Mr Gollnisch aware that Baroness Ashton was a pacifist not only in her youth but that she was Vice-Chairman of CND at least until 1983, which is something she did not disclose? | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am not answering a question about Baroness Ashton’s past. I know that, in my country too, ‘pacifist’ was the name that was actually given to warmongers who were in favour of a communist victory. | null |
Jaime Mayor Oreja | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), I would like to express my wholehearted, firm and unreserved support to Mr Barroso. This is based not only on what he has said today, but also on speeches he has made in Parliament that have encouraged us to support him more str... | null |
Kader Arif | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, trade policy is going to be a major factor in the Union’s external policy. Unfortunately, this trade policy is today the symbol of the disappearance of Community interest, since it is nothing other than the addition of national interests. At a time when we want Europe to defend its ... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I finally have the feeling that things are starting to happen. It took more than eight and, indeed, almost nine years for us to get the new treaty and the same number of months for us to get the new Commission. That is not a Europe that takes action, yet action is what we need. People are looking for wor... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our group strongly supports Mr Barroso and his reformist agenda for a Europe that focuses on addressing the real concerns of our fellow citizens and on acting where it can add value to the efforts of our Member States. We therefore believe that he deserved to receive a list of Commission candidates with t... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to ask Dr Barroso about the meaning of responsibility in the light of the events which placed the euro under attack from speculators. This afternoon, we shall discuss in more depth the reasons behind this event, but for now, I should like to focus on the statements by Joaquín Almunia because... | null |
Klaus-Heiner Lehne | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to make a brief comment with regard to the interinstitutional agreement and the resolution that we have before us. First of all, I welcome the fact that the Commission now seems to be prepared, in a more realistic way, to accept the indirect right of initiative of the Europ... | null |
Evelyne Gebhardt | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, we were very happy to have got the Treaty of Lisbon in place on 1 December and, along with that, a stronger social policy and a strengthening of the position of consumers in the area of internal policy within the European Union. However, we now find that you – contrary to what is contained in... | null |
Adina-Iona Vălean | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think you are more than aware that Europe is standing at a turning point, and you have the opportunity to take it one way or the other: either the gloomy way, with deeper economic crises, a bad competitiveness environment for European companies, more regulation and bureaucratic burden, or the courageous... | null |
Lajos Bokros | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Greece is on the verge of fiscal collapse. Spain and Portugal are also struggling with increasing difficulties. If the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the European Council do not act, then the threat is now the disintegration of the eurozone. What we can see in this situation is the sub... | null |
Werner Langen | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we now have a second Barroso Commission. The way the system has changed has already been mentioned. It is the fourth Commission since I came here. The first two Commissions, led by Mr Santer and Mr Prodi, were both collegial bodies. The first Barroso Commission was notable for its i... | null |
Alejandro Cercas | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President of the Commission, as you are aware, the Members that belong to the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament want a real change in Europe’s social agenda and a renewed social agenda. Many of us cherish the hope that there are some small ‘green shoots’ in you... | null |
Mirosław Piotrowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners-designate are proposed by the governments of EU Member States. After they have been approved by the European Parliament, they are free from obligations to their own country. In principle, they are supposed to work for equal development throughout Europe. For this, competence and trust are n... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, if we were to stick to the version of the facts proposed by Mr Cohn-Bendit, the key to whose interpretation is hypocrisy, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) would have decided to vote in favour because it has thirteen Commissi... | null |
Gianluca Susta | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | President of the Commission, the progressives among us are giving you a vote of confidence today so as not to leave you open to the blackmail of those who have little faith in this community of Europe and so as not to subordinate you to the governments of the Twenty-Seven. Believing in a community of Europe means brea... | null |
Alain Lamassoure | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, the success of the Treaty of Lisbon now depends on you and your team. Surprisingly, the first permanent President of the European Council decided to disappear after his election. He has succeeded in this. No one outside his country knew anything about him two and a half months ago, and no one... | null |
Dagmar Roth-Behrendt | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, our circumstances are different and we have a different institutional structure. Now that the Treaty of Lisbon is in place, the three institutions – Parliament, the Council and the European Commission – will have to work together in a different way to how they have done up to now. I believe t... | null |
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want to refer to the Framework Agreement and a special partnership between the Commission and Parliament, which you addressed and we obviously welcome. Parliament is fighting for its competence not for the sake of this House’s pride and glory. We want to fill the gap of democratic legitimacy after all t... | null |
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, I was particularly interested in the hearings regarding the Commissioners-designate for agriculture and fisheries, areas which I follow with special attention in the European Parliament. Their background, in both cases, seems to me to be appropriate. However, more than per... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to use this opportunity, principally, to highlight to the Commission and to the President of the Commission the way in which they have worked with this Parliament throughout these months of investiture. There is no other body in the world with executive and legislative initiative powers tha... | null |
Othmar Karas | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in a democracy, an approval is never a carte blanche, it is always a credit of trust that first needs to be justified. Let us therefore open up a new chapter together, let us not merely carry on as before, as you, President of the Commission, have said. The treaty, the crisis and gl... | null |
Gunnar Hökmark | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the main challenge for this Commission will not be to fight the crisis we have seen. We are gradually coming out of it and, although it will still be an important task to fulfil the policies that we have decided, the main challenge must be to prepare the ground for the future economy of Europe, to ensure ... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Community is more than 50 years old now. Some people speak about it undergoing a mid-life crisis – feeling a bit tired, morally worn out, hesitant about further enlargement. Against this background, Mr Barroso, you have an historic opportunity for statesmanship, real reforms and long-term vis... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I believe that the main task of the new Commission is to implement the Treaty of Lisbon. It is your job to demonstrate to the citizens of Europe that the new treaty meets their expectations and to instil confidence in them about it. In the next few years, among the many other important matters it will deal with, the C... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The new Member States are rightly worried that national egoism and renationalisation is gaining strength within the European Union. The European Union cannot exist without solidarity, cohesion or catching up by the less developed new Member States. The 2020 programme will need to be shaped by the Commission led by Mr ... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Albert Einstein said that life is like riding a bicycle: to keep your balance, you must keep moving. That is exactly what we expect from the new Commission. At the same time, there are worries. The issue of climate change, for example, is split between a number of portfolios; that is most worrying. The is... | null |
Ulrike Lunacek | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen of the new College, ladies and gentlemen here in plenary and in the gallery, in these times of economic, financial and climate crisis, the citizens of Europe expect leadership from you. They expect bold and clear projects. Mr Barroso, you said a couple of times today that we cannot g... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I must raise what I believe is a very important issue in relation to the United Kingdom. Currently in the UK, we enjoy an opt-out from the 48-hour working week. However, after listening to Mr Andor at the hearings – I have nothing against Mr Andor personally – I am very concerned about the direction in wh... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Treaty of Lisbon is intended to strengthen the European Union and with that, naturally, primarily the European Commission and also our Parliament. It is disgraceful, however, that, despite this, politically weak representatives are placed at the top of the EU institutions. Political observers agree t... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my request to the new Commission is that it do more for small and medium-sized enterprises. Two thirds of our workers work for these enterprises and they generate 50% of gross domestic product. We must, above all, see to it that the creditworthiness of the small and medium-sized enterprises is increased,... | null |
Milan Zver | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I am with those who believe that today is a great day for European democracy, not only because we will be bringing to completion new European institutions and structures, but also because we will be adopting this interinstitutional agreement which, together with the Treaty of Lisbon, actually increases the influence t... | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the members of the Spanish delegation of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are going to vote in favour of the mandate of the Commission that has been christened Barroso II. We have good reasons for doing so. One of them is that we are convinced t... | null |
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