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Cristian Dan Preda | 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, too, would like to say that today is an important day as we will be voting for a Commission not only for 27 Member States, but also for a single Europe. It has been stated in this Chamber that the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon is a matter of urgency. It is an urgent matter overshadowed by a major difficult... | null |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | MEP | S&D | 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, it has definitely taken too long to form the Commission. Future historians will surely wonder how it was possible to spend six months putting together the Commission, while in Europe, we were going through the deepest recession in Europe’s economic history. I believe that this process has, on the whole, ... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | 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 Barroso, Mr President, I am disappointed not only about the people in the Commission, but also about your allocation of portfolios. You have split up some of them in such a way that it will, in future, be very difficult to conduct specific negotiations in the committees. Moreover, you have taken away from some comm... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | 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, the European Union is in a completely new situation. The Treaty of Lisbon has introduced important changes. What can we say after two months of its function? Well, in fact, if we think about it more deeply, it is only a good and important beginning. Only now has the time come to give those provisions and... | null |
Csaba Sógor | 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 | The question, once asked by Kissinger, is often repeated – who will pick up the phone? The point being that we need strong personalities and strong faces. No! We need strong institutions. We need a Council, a Parliament, a Union in which anyone can pick up the phone at the Council, because he or she is able to give a ... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | 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, structural funds have been so important for regions like Wales in the past and currently. They have helped many individuals, communities and businesses. They have been particularly important during recent difficult economic times. Therefore, it is vital that all these groups can benefit from structural fu... | null |
Gay Mitchell | 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 raise an issue here that I have been raising in my own country in the hope that, by raising it from the top down and the bottom up, we might somehow get some action on it. We are constantly talking about the banking crisis and what we can do for small and medium-sized enterprises. The problem is... | null |
Jörg Leichtfried | 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, I would like to mention two things that, for me, are absolutely crucial. A great deal has been said today about overcoming the crisis. In this regard, we must be aware of one thing: this crisis will not be overcome if bonuses are paid out again once the banks are stable again. This crisis wil... | null |
Seán Kelly | 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, like the election of a Pope, I hope we will be able to say this evening ‘Habemus Papam; habemus Commission’, but one area that concerns me and a lot of people is that in the Lisbon Treaty, we were to appoint a President of the Council to give clarity. I am not sure whether the clarity is there, and maybe ... | 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, I will try to start by answering some concrete questions and will then address the more general ones. Firstly, on the euro area, some Members of this Parliament raised issues relating to the euro area and some current problems we are facing in euro area Member States. First of all, let me recall that 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 | Thank you, Mr Barroso, for giving detailed answers to the questions and remarks which were put to you from the Chamber, and also for your very comprehensive treatment of our mutual relations – the European Commission and the European Parliament. We are aware of the responsibility which rests on the European Parliament.... | null |
Carlo Casini | 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 | I should like to say how pleased I am, as Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, about the agreement that has been reached on the principal lines of a new Framework Agreement between the Commission and Parliament. I must, however, make it clear that we need to think more deeply about the nature of the relat... | null |
Edite Estrela | 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 | Now that the institutional problem has been resolved, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the election of the new Commission, a new stage in the history of the Union is beginning. A new era which aims to be ambitious in its capacity for initiative and in its foresight with respect to the great challenge... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | 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 | In presenting the new European Commission, President Barroso has presented a programme which is the continuation of the neoliberal, federalist and militaristic policy of the old Commission. The College of Commissioners which he has presented will continue along the same lines, as we saw confirmed during the hearings t... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | 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, the European Commission, which is headed by Mr Barroso, has, today, achieved greater support than in 2004. However, in the debate which preceded the vote, many reservations were expressed, concerning both the Commission’s composition and the unclear division of competences in the framework of the new Col... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | 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 | The new College of Commissioners is the first complete European Union team made up of 27 Member States. Romania and Bulgaria, which joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, only now have the opportunity to propose a commissioner for an entire five-year term. I congratulate Romania for choosing Mr Cioloş. I think t... | null |
Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski | MEP | PPE | 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 | I congratulate Mr Barroso and the entire College of Commissioners but, at the same time, I hope we are now going to have a more independent and dynamic Commission. A Commission which will guard, above all, the common interest, and which will undertake bold reforms of EU policies, which we have to embark upon after the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Before the vote, we will hear speeches from the chairs of the political groups on the election of the new Commission. | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr López Garrido, President of the Commission, thank you for giving me the opportunity to say why I firmly believe, on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), that Mr Barroso and his College of Commissioners, assisted by members of staff from the Commission, will be equa... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament has not made its decision lightly. We voted on the President of the Commission five months ago in this House and although we did not give him our support then, he received the majority vote.... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my group will offer its support to the European Commission. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats is a responsible group and we firmly believe that the next five years will be so critical for the European Union and European citizens that we will need a Commission that will have broad pro-European support... | null |
Daniel Cohn-Bendit | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, you know very well that the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance will not vote for this Commission, and, at the same time, we are offering you our ideas, our imagination and our European determination. Mr Barroso, do not play the game of saying that those who fail to vote for the Commission are aga... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, some Member States believe the nomination of a Commissioner is a useful opportunity to sort out a domestic problem or settle a political debt. The European Commission should bring together the most talented and effective political leaders from across Europe, people with experience and competence to help i... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, my group also participated actively in the hearings of the candidates. Some of them made a thoroughly positive impression on us. We are less enthusiastic about the new arrangement of many of the portfolios. That also includes the rather mysterious – although perhaps soon... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in generations to come, children will be told a story. They will be told that once upon a time, Europe was divided; there was a big wall down the middle of it and the people in the East were very poor and they had no democracy, and they lived under an evil system called Communism that killed millions of i... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, after the fairytale that you have just heard, I would like to return to reality. My son is seventeen years old and is studying English very intensively, because he knows that English is the working language, and he hopes that it will help him to get an appropriate job. He is an enthusiastic European, but... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my sentiments exactly. I shall be very brief. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Schulz has referred to me – not by name but precisely enough – as having been found guilty of revisionism by the French courts. I would like to tell Mr Schulz that he is mistaken, and I have at his disposal, and at the d... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting time (continued) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you. It was only supposed to be a personal statement. | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Framework Agreement that we have just adopted considerably improves the role of the European Parliament – a role that has grown thanks to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. President Barroso, we have given you our confidence, and we expect you for your part to have re... | null |
Bernd Posselt | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have voted in favour of the Commission and I am also in favour of the Framework Agreement, which represents an historic step forward. Despite this, I have voted against the resolution, because we received it yesterday as a finished text and were not able to debate it seriously and because the devil is ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, no one in this Chamber can really believe that, of the 500 million Europeans, these 27 candidates are the best qualified to become European commissioners. The Commission exercises exorbitant powers. As well as being the European executive, it initiates legislation. Who, though, are we going to appoint to... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Certainly, I, too, would like to welcome and congratulate the new Commission, the new Members, but I would like to draw attention to some facts that were not debated in either the political groups or the parliamentary sessions, the plenary sessions; the appointment of the Members themselves. In my political group, I s... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Baroness Ashton and her federalist friends treat us as anti-Europeans. If, however, she and her friends from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament had won the fight, our continent would have remained divided and hundreds of millions of Europeans would still be subjected to Marxist tyranny. No true Europea... | null |
Iva Zanicchi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to have cast my vote in favour of this new College of Commissioners. I am pleased because I have seen men and women who are highly expert, and have clear and defined programmes. With your permission, I should first of all like to wish success in his job to Mr Tajan... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in view of the enormous challenges facing Europe, it is important and a very welcome fact that we have an effective Commission. In addition, cooperation between Parliament and the Commission, on an equal footing and based on trust, is vital if we want to succeed. The agreement adopted today will form an ... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of the Barroso Commission because I am sure that it will be able to meet the challenges that the economic and financial crisis compels us to face with courage and determination. I hope, moreover, that some of the topics that are particularly close to my heart will ... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, several months ago, it was with complete conviction that I voted for Mr Barroso to be head of the European Commission. Quite honestly, there was no alternative. Mr Verhofstadt, the liberal alternative, and Mr Juncker, the federalist alternative, were not acceptable. Today, as someone who endorsed Mr Barr... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted against the appointment of the new EU Commission because it will simply continue with the same right-wing, neoliberal economic policy that has already resulted in disastrous crisis in the capitalist economies of many EU States. This – allegedly new – EU Commission will turn out to be the same stal... | null |
Frank Vanhecke | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Due to the very limited time allotted I can, of course, only pick a few of the very many reasons why we did not throw our support behind this European Commission. One of these reasons, for example, is the fact that the present European Commission is continuing as normal on the path towards the accession of non-Europea... | null |
Francesco Enrico Speroni | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have not received definite or satisfactory answers from the new Commission concerning the fight against illegal immigration within the European Union. That alone would be sufficient to withhold approval from its work and from its programme. There is also another fact. The Commiss... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, when you look at the gallery of candidates that were there before us today, I think most people across the House, regardless of their politics, would have said that some were good, some might have been very, very good, some were bad and some were just pretty poor. Unfortunately, some of them have also not... | null |
Nirj Deva | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was elected by the people of the south-east of England to reform the EU. Block voting for all the 27 commissioners with one vote is business as usual: not reform, not transparency, not accountability, not responsible confirmation. Mr Barroso has my personal confidence; so do some of the other commission... | null |
Philip Claeys | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the new Commission because there is not a single indication that the new Commission will start to work on reducing the gap between the average European and the European institutions, in particular, the European Commission. I listened to the then Commissioner-designate for Enlargement during his hearing... | null |
Gerard Batten | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted against the Commission because I do not want to be governed by a European Commission of any composition, but there are particular reasons for voting against this one. A number of its Members were members of the Communist Party, or were associated with it. For example, they include Mr Barroso, Mr Š... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was pleased to vote in favour of the Commission today because I think, in the circumstances and under the rules of the House, it was the right thing to do. We need a Commission, and we have one now. However, the point has been made – and well made – by a number of colleagues that it would be a better sy... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am pleased that there has been a high level of consensus in Parliament today. Many have called for a strong Europe. Consensus makes us strong, and I am therefore pleased to see such a positive outcome of the vote on the new Commission. At the end of the day, only an effective Europe can also be a socia... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Interinstitutional relations between the Parliament and the Commission are moving in a different direction with the Lisbon Treaty. We parliamentarians are sending a clear message to the Commission that the European Parliament never again will be a mere observer but an equal player in the shaping of European policy. Pol... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this Framework Agreement, since cooperation between the European Parliament and the European Commission is particularly important in strengthening the stability of the European Union and the effectiveness of its work. According to this agreement, once a legislative initiative request has been submitted to th... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whilst we agree with those parts of the proposal that provide for the equal treatment of Parliament with the Council with regard to access to meetings and to information; for regular dialogue between the President of the Commission and the President of the Parliament; cooperation on citizens’ initiatives; impact assess... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the motion for a resolution, which was approved today, on a new political Framework Agreement which will govern the institutional relations between the European Commission and the European Parliament and which will strengthen the powers of Parliament conferred by the Lisbon Treaty. The guarantee that the Com... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the European Parliament resolution on a revised Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission for the next parliamentary term as it is an important agreement, not only for its symbolic value – given that it gives a clear signal of the commitment of both European institutio... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament has often been confronted with faits accomplis by the Commission or the Council, having been relegated to the role of merely ratifying a decision already taken. This situation, about which this Chamber has complained, has created an imbalance in the relations between the three principal Europea... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In view of the implications of the Lisbon Treaty regarding the operation of the European Union institutions and the reinforcement of shared responsibility in the decision-making process, it has become absolutely necessary to establish a set of procedures which ensure and guarantee the healthy and efficient exchange of... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission. Parliament, as colegislator, should refrain from trying to acquire ever greater powers at the Commission’s expense. The whole treaty, and nothing but the treaty: that is how Parliament curtails the Commission’s right of initiati... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the new Framework Agreement between the Parliament and Commission. With the Lisbon Treaty now in force, this House has acquired increased powers and our working relationship with the Commission must adapt accordingly. I particularly welcome the section in the new Agreement requiring the Commission ... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The approval of the European Parliament for the new Commission does not constitute a carte blanche, but a vote of confidence. However, now we can finally begin our work together with a fully competent Commission. The role of the European Parliament was consolidated and strengthened with the entry into force of the Tre... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Members of the European Parliament are elected by universal suffrage and, as such, represent the European public. It is therefore incredible that the Conference of Presidents should be content to beg for access to the same information as the Commission and the Council receive, or to attend some of their meetings, ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, it has become necessary to negotiate a new Framework Agreement to govern the relations between the European Parliament and the Commission. The motion for a resolution, approved today by an overwhelming majority, reflects the new and extremely important role which the Eur... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The motion for a resolution on a revised Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission for the next parliamentary term contains some reasonable starting points. This includes the call for a guarantee by the Commission that it will, in future, apply the principle of equal treatment for Parliame... | null |
Birgit Schnieber-Jastram | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I find the lack of a reference in the Framework Agreement to the European Parliament’s control mechanisms and the lack of clarity in respect of the principles of power separation in parts of the agreement regrettable. I have therefore decided to abstain from the vote. | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Lisbon Treaty embodies a new institutional balance, which attributes to the European Parliament a significantly improved status with respect to the other institutions. The Framework Agreement aims to govern the daily relations between Parliament and the Commission in a partnership which is now reinforced and adapt... | null |
Róża, Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The new Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission contains several important elements. Firstly, the principle of equal treatment for Parliament and the Council, which strengthens the democratic warrant of the European Union. Secondly, it gives Parliament additional powers to monitor legisl... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the European Parliament resolution on a revised Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission for the next parliamentary term as I consider that this agreement is essential to cooperation between the European Parliament and the future European Commission. European institutions must... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The February 2010 plenary session is today witnessing the very start of the institutional cooperation that will continue for the next five years. Although Parliament began its internal work after the European elections and quickly decided on the distribution of the positions of responsibility and on its internal rules... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Some might be surprised that we should support a motion by the GUE/NGL Group. Whilst we find ourselves agreeing with some of the group’s criticism of the European Union, our view of what should replace the EU would be quite different. Furthermore, our ideologies are completely different. We are Nationalists, valuing th... | null |
Carlo Casini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With my emphatic vote in favour, I want to add greater force to the words spoken by President Barroso; words that gave notice of the construction over the next five years of a more united and stronger Europe. He began his speech by recalling the fundamental values of European unity, the most important of which is huma... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Commission-designate as I am conscious of the pivotal role that it plays in the structure of Europe as a whole and of the increasing importance that it has acquired as a producer of legislative initiatives. As a Portuguese, I cannot fail to express my delight at the fact that the demanding pos... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In view of the principles of subsidiarity, representation and equal rights of the different Member States, I emphasise the importance of sharing responsibilities and competences among the members of the European Commission. In the context of the progressive deepening of cooperation between Member States and the increa... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resolution tabled by the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left concerns important aspects of our appraisal of the College of Commissioners presented to this Parliament, and also summarises some of the fundamental reasons for our vote against this Commission: the presentation of a program... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | After several weeks of hearings with the new Commissioners, this would not be an appropriate time to call into question the quality of a College of Commissioners which has, over many hours in various committees, already provided very useful clarifications about the policies to be adopted. Therefore, now is the time to... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Parliament and the Commission will confront key issues for the European Union, namely the reversal of the crisis by means of the recovery of the economy and employment, the balancing of the public finances of the Member States and the negotiation of the financial framework for the post-2013 period, regarding which I w... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, we approved the composition of the new European Commission, although we must recognise that doubts over candidate Commissioners were not dispelled entirely. Both the framework of the Commission’s activities and the programmes of the individual Commissioners above all lack the social aspect. The impression is gi... | null |
Bastiaan Belder | MEP | ID | en | nl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Barroso II Commission is a mixed bunch. In recent weeks, we have come across some strong, but also some very weak, candidates. That does not make it any easier to assess this Commission as a whole. This double-edged feeling is reinforced by the fact that many Commissioners-designate blatantly played up to the Euro... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have a new Commission which has assumed its mandate at a difficult time, but which is made up of a group of professionals on whose shoulders lie the responsibilities of all 27 Member States. We have the Treaty of Lisbon which changes the configuration of power and requires adaptability from the Commission. Conseque... | null |
Sophie Briard Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Like my fellow Members from the three main political groups in the European Parliament, I have just approved the appointment of the College of European Commissioners presented by Mr Barroso. It is, in fact, a fine team bringing together individuals with varied and complementary backgrounds. Until 2014, Christian-Democ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the critical period through which Europe is passing, in financial, economic and social terms, it is crucial to have a strong Commission with an ambitious, bold programme in key areas such as energy security and climate change, scientific research and innovation. The new structure of the Commission, with one portfol... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this Commission, as did all the French Members of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. The majority of the commissioners represent the liberal stance of the European Union that we reject. There are others, nominated by their Member State, who do ... | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Along with my political group, the Socialists and Democrats, I was very pleased with the final make-up of the incoming Commission. In particular, the Environment and Energy Commissioners will be pivotal to the development of Europe in the coming years, and I am satisfied that President Barroso has chosen the correct re... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the proposed Commissioners (College), because they will apply the same, neoliberal policies which drove the European Union into this multi-faceted crisis and huge inequalities. They will promote the Treaty of Lisbon and the EU 2020 strategy, which will strengthen the sovereignty of the markets, increas... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I compliment Dr Barroso not only on the excellent work that he did during his first period of office, but also on his deserved re-appointment for a new term at the head of the European Commission. I hope that Parliament and the Commission will be able to work in close cooperation and with full respect for the competen... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The new Barroso Commission has been approved by the European Parliament by a large majority. Of course, I also voted in favour of it. And I did so not only in a conscious manner, but also in a committed and confident one. I did so because the new College of Commissioners, on the basis of their experience, has a much g... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In September, the Members from the MoDem party did not vote in favour of Mr Barroso’s appointment as President of the Commission, his track record not being such as to recommend his re-election. Nor did they vote today for the College of Commissioners, as the lack of ambition shown by a number of its members during th... | null |
Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a committed pro-European, I cannot give my approval to the new European Commission. It is based on non-transparent decisions in the national parties and government offices. The proposed EU commissioners are not independent political heavyweights, as rightly desired by younger citizens in particular. No criteria rel... | null |
Göran Färm, Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson, Marita Ulvskog and Åsa Westlund | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Last autumn, we voted against Mr Barroso, since he does not share our view of the importance of good working conditions, equality and the transition to a sustainable society. The vote today concerns the College of 26 Commissioners. Before Mr Barroso was re-elected as President of the Commission, we made clear demands ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that the Lisbon Treaty retains the possibility of each state keeping its own commissioner, an approach which is relevant if we want all shades of opinion in Europe to identify with the processes and projects which are produced by the Commission. I regret some of the difficulties that occurred during... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In a crucial phase for the recovery of the economy, the experience and versatility of this Commission led by José Manuel Durão Barroso, as well as the manifest commitment, competence and recognition of the great European causes by the Commissioners who were heard in this Parliament, will be decisive in sustaining a un... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Our vote against the European Commission is a natural result of our disagreement with respect to its programme, the majority of the positions upheld in the hearings that have taken place, and the objectives and content of the Treaty of Lisbon itself which the Commission promises to defend, but with which we disagree. ... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the new ‘Barroso II’ Commission. Since the European elections of June 2009, the European Union has been in a political vacuum, a vacuum made worse by the delayed entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. There is therefore an urgent need for the new Commission, as the only European institution wit... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In spite of the presence, within the College, of several high-calibre individuals, I voted against the appointment of the Commission for two reasons. When it comes to economic and monetary issues (the Lisbon Strategy, supervision of the euro area), the failings of the previous Commission are well known. As regards the... | null |
Mathieu Grosch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in favour of this Commission, because overall it has shown – particularly with the (new) appointments – that it can carry out the work successfully. The outcome of the negotiations between the Commission and Parliament is also satisfactory. I think it is particularly important that the Commission does not... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against Mr Barroso’s Commission because it fails to meet my requirements in terms of promoting the social reforms that we must have if we are to emerge from the crisis in which we find ourselves. It is clear that this Commission will by no means represent a proactive force for a strong political Europe and tha... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the new College of Commissioners. From the viewpoint of Scotland, the nation which I represent, there are significant issues and challenges for the new Commissioners to address. With reform of the CFP and the CAP on the horizon, Scotland’s key interests in these policies must be recognised and I ca... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Barroso Commission Mark II will be the first to operate under the Treaty of Lisbon, with the European Parliament enjoying extended powers, making it a more visible and active partner than ever. Based on the outcome of the vote, we have appointed a College of Commissioners whose overall performance did not really g... | null |
Danuta Jazłowiecka | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from voting on the composition of the European Commission, because alongside the good candidates, there were many weak and very weak ones. It is unacceptable to me to consent to people being put forward for the positions of head of European diplomacy, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and Comm... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the College of Commissioners, expressing my trust in the President of the Commission most of all. I do not consider the composition of the Commission to be ideal. The High Representative for Foreign Affairs continuously poses a problem for me, as she does not have the necessary experience in foreig... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We all wish this new Commission well. Their priorities are many but there is no doubt of the one area that we all agree on is for the need to create jobs. This should be the major pillar on which this new Commission is judged. Let’s be frank about it; many of the Member States have or are facing economic collapse. Reve... | null |
Morten Løkkegaard | MEP | ALDE | en | da | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, many fine words have been spoken regarding Mr Barroso’s new team of commissioners – and rightly so. I speak now because it is necessary to draw attention to a major mistake that has been made in connection with the new Commission: one may look in vain for the position of Commissioner for Communication. I... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I share the critics on the procedure of the nomination of the Commission, as explained in the resolution of the Green Group, particularly the lack of transparency, Member States choosing their candidates rather according to domestic political considerations than for their suitability, and the lack of possibility to dis... | null |
Thomas Mann | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have just approved the election of the European Commission, although this was not an easy decision. The reason for this is that, during the hearing, it emerged that some of the candidates proposed by the Member States did not have adequate specialised knowledge, nor were they in a position to develop concrete ideas ... | null |
Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A vote in favour of the European Commission is, on my part, an expression of the credit of trust and hope that I place in Mr Barroso’s newly-elected cabinet. I think that, despite much controversy and the probability that some of the Commissioners lack experience, we should enable the European Commission to get to gri... | null |
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