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John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to speak on the issue of Turkey. My concern is that in 2003, the UK Independence Party, of which I am a member, stated in this Parliament that there would be dire consequences regarding migrants from new Member States coming to our country, the United Kingdom. My fear is that, if Turkey jo... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | With regard to the accession of Turkey, there is a fundamental question to be clarified: what do we consider the European Union to be? Do we still consider the values, the shared European values, important? These values are based on the teachings of Christianity, irrespective of the proportion of actively religious pe... | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | With regard to the protection of minorities, progress has been made by Croatia and Macedonia, but these countries are still far from being top performers in this respect. What can we do? The European Union could encourage these countries through its exemplary protection of minorities, but what is actually happening in... | null |
Danuta Jazłowiecka | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, the year 2009, according to a report prepared by the International Crisis Group, was to have been decisive for Turkey’s integration with the European Union. There was to have been either a breakthrough in accession negotiations or an end of the talks. Today, talks are still in progress o... | null |
Alf Svensson | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I believe that it is extremely important that the progress being made by the candidate countries that are involved in negotiations is also recognised and stressed. I believe that to be very important in purely psychological terms. Moreover, it cannot be denied that negotiations with the EU have create... | null |
Chrysoula Paliadeli | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I wish I could be given the time to explain to the Members of this Parliament the reasons why the Greek people are so sensitive about the issue concerning the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Unfortunately, it needs more than a minute. This story, going back to the late 1940s, is a sa... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Today’s debates have shown that although MEPs have differing opinions on Turkey’s progress, we probably all agree that the basic prerequisite for EU membership is the appropriate implementation of fundamental reforms. Today, I think it is too early to set concrete dates, but we must observe and demand progress from Tu... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Croatia continues to be at the most advanced stage among the Western Balkan states on their path to EU accession. It may provide an example for states in the region with regard to their accession prospects in terms of meeting the accession criteria and conditions. I welcome the progress recorded on internal reform, as... | null |
Milan Zver | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioner, I congratulate you on your new post and I hope that you will be successful in this area. I am very pleased that the three reports are positive and that the rapporteurs have found these countries to have made progress in terms of modernisation, as we see it from the European perspective. The most importan... | null |
Iuliu Winkler | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The most effective external enlargement policy the European Union has with regard to the Western Balkans is to expand in this region. This will guarantee peace and bring democracy to an area which, unfortunately, has only had its reputation reinforced by recent history as the ‘powder keg of the European Union’. At the... | null |
Barry Madlener | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I actually wanted to ask the leader of the Turkish delegation, Mrs Flautre, a question. I do not know if I can do that now – that is what my blue card was based on. Can I ask Mrs Flautre a question? Mrs Flautre, I would like to ask you, in the light of the horrific honour killing in Turkey, whether you agree that we s... | null |
Hélène Flautre | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, a question, yes, but which question? Addressed to whom and for what purpose? I believe that our delegation – of which you are a member, Mr Madlener – has committed itself and continues to firmly commit itself to human rights and gender equality and to every initiative taken to counter violence against... | null |
Diego López Garrido | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this broad debate which has centred on some excellent resolutions tabled by the European Parliament, and may I congratulate the authors Mr Swoboda, Mr Thaler and Mrs Oomen-Ruijten. I think we can say that the large majority of you has spoken in favour of the enlarge... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am very grateful that I had such an early chance to participate in this exchange of views with you on the accession countries. I promised during my hearing that I would come to listen and to take your advice, and today’s debate was a clear proof of the richness, wisdom and insight that are assembled ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I have received three motions to wind up the debate from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in accordance with Rule 100(2)(1). The debate is closed. The vote will take place during today’s vote. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | This report acknowledges certain positive steps that Turkey, a candidate country since 2005, has made towards joining the EU, although it is being urged to speed up the pace of reforms. I recall that in December 2006, negotiations were partially suspended due to the country’s refusal to apply the Customs Union with th... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the report certainly contains some interesting points, even for those, like myself and many of you, who are against granting Turkey EU membership. The content of the report illustrates Turkey’s sometimes serious failures to meet the basic conditions for joining the EU. Certain pa... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | On the one hand, the method and extent of the democratisation process in Turkey and the process of drawing closer to the EU is pivotal. On the other hand, discussion of Turkey’s future membership of the EU cannot be left to one side. Every expansion involves budgetary considerations as to whether the accession of a gi... | null |
Martin Kastler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is commendable that the new Macedonian democracy has made further progress in all areas of society and business. I very much welcome the fact that the presidential and local elections in March 2009 went smoothly. This is an indication of the growing democratisation throughout the entire region which was reflected i... | null |
Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Croatia, because of its geopolitical situation and historical relations, should unquestionably accede to the European Union as quickly as possible. Despite numerous tensions with neighbours and the ethnic conflicts which arose during the civil war, I cannot imagine a fully integrated and united Europe without Croatia.... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome the progress made by Croatia, in particular, in combating corruption. Measures must be taken against corruption within the institutions. In addition, a change in basic attitude is needed and the population must be made more aware of corruption, which unfortunately is still part of everyday life in Croatia. W... | null |
Kristiina Ojuland | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, with reference to my speech on 20 January, I am interested in what kind of measures the Turkish Government has implemented, according to the records of the Council and the Commission, to involve the population in the implementation of the democratisation process and the reforms necessary for integrati... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | When a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe acceded to the European Union on the day of its great enlargement on 1 May 2004, the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain was finally brought to an end. Not all the countries of Central and Eastern Europe came into the European family at that time. It also the... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As a prerequisite for completing the negotiation process begun with Turkey in 2005, Turkey must fulfil all the Copenhagen criteria, and it must comply in all respects with EU integration capacity. Indeed, Turkey has begun to implement the reforms expected on that basis, develop good neighbourly relations and gradually... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I believe that it is in the interest of both parties, the EU and Turkey, for the enlargement process to continue. This is why Turkey must step up the reform process in order to meet the commitments it has assumed. Let me give you a few examples on this point. Legislation on gender equality is harmonised, but greater e... | null |
Bogusław Sonik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | One of the crucial Copenhagen criteria, which should unquestionably be met to enable a country to become one of the Member States of the European Union, is respect for human rights. I would like to draw attention to notorious cases of violations of the rights of women. Almost daily, the press informs us of further mur... | null |
Traian Ungureanu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | 2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I hope that this year’s assessment report will encourage Turkey to improve the coordination of its foreign policy with that of the EU. The Black Sea region should be a priority area where Turkey, as a key partner of the EU, will help achieve the European objectives set as part of the Black Sea Synergy. Turkey’s involv... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the debate on the motion for a resolution by Elizabeth Lynne and Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL committee, on the proposal for a Council directive implementing the framework agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector concluded by HOSPEEM and EPSU (B7-0063/... | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there are over one million preventable needle-stick injuries on healthcare workers each year across the whole of the EU. Many of those who are injured, and their families, face an agonising wait to find out whether they have contracted a blood-borne infection such as HIV or hepatitis C. The risks of infec... | null |
Stephen Hughes | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is an important piece of health and safety legislation. Liz has outlined some of the background to it. It has been a long time in the making – six years from the first meetings we had, as she has mentioned. It is good to see Commissioner Andor here this morning, but it is a pity, in a way, that Commi... | null |
László Andor | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to thank Parliament for its work on this issue. In particular I want to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Lynne, for her excellent work in drawing up the motion for a resolution on the Commission’s proposal and for her efforts over a number of years to improve health and safety at work for workers in the h... | null |
Raffaele Baldassarre | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as has already been said, needle-stick and other sharp injuries are among the most common risks faced by healthcare workers in Europe, and they therefore represent a serious problem both for the healthcare sector and for society in general. The aim of this Commission proposal is to ... | null |
Alejandro Cercas | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to begin by also congratulating my colleague Mrs Lynne for the excellent work she has done in our committee, for her ability to reconcile all points of view and for the work that she has carried out over such a long time. I congratulate Commissioner Andor. It is your second day Commissioner ... | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was not going to take my speaking time on behalf of the group but I thought I could actually split it and come in afterwards but apparently, on a resolution, that is not the case; so I was informed this morning that I was coming in now. It does give me the opportunity to thank all the shadow rapporteurs... | null |
Jean Lambert | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I too would like to thank Stephen Hughes and Liz Lynne for their work on this and indeed to welcome this action, although we would like to have seen it earlier. As has been pointed out, the USA has had legislation in place since 2001. We can now see such legislation in certain parts of the European Union,... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the agreement on prevention from sharp injuries is historically the first agreement between sectoral social partners. In view of the fact that there are estimated to be more than one million cases a year of sharp injuries in hospitals in Europe, we do not need convincing here that this is a step ... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking both rapporteurs for the magnificent piece of work they have carried out in preparing this document. I am also delighted as a doctor that here in the European Parliament we are aware of the urgency of the need for health workers to be better protected from injuri... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Lynne, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to tell you how delighted I am this morning that we have agreed this proposal for a directive on the prevention of sharps injuries. We have here a real health issue, which we must regulate as quickly as possible. We all know the importance and ... | null |
Sylvana Rapti | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to thank the older members of Parliament – as this is my first term of office – and my fellow members Mr Hughes and Mrs Lynne and the rapporteur and shadow rapporteurs, because I have come in on the tail end of work on an issue which, in a way, also concerns me personally. My husband is a d... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I too will share a personal experience. I have been working in hospitals for 15 years, and for a time I was in fact a healthcare worker in a critical area: the operating theatre. I myself have been pricked by potentially infectious needles and instruments. Therefore, as Mrs Rapti wa... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are talking about a problem which has, indeed, grown to be one of the most significant in the area of healthcare. I will mention some statistics here. In the European Union, around a million of these unfortunate sharp injuries occur annually. In the United States, it is estimated to be a matter of aro... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I take the floor today to thank all the rapporteurs and everyone who brought about this debate. Sometimes we say that Europe needs to get closer to its citizens. With this debate, we have certainly managed to do so. I was talking to a friend of my own age, a newly-qualified doctor, and when I told him ab... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the objective of our policy should be to create an environment which guarantees the highest possible standard of living for the citizens of the European Union. One key challenge that we face in times like these, therefore, is maintaining and creating jobs. However, we should not be able to neglect our du... | null |
László Andor | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I would like to say I am glad that this proposal enjoys such broad support in Parliament. I regret that the process lasted longer than many of you expected, but I would like to say that I am absolutely convinced that social dialogue has to play a role: we have to respect the opinion of the so... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Commissioner. I am sure we are all grateful to the initiators of this debate. Let us hope that things improve. The debate is closed. The vote will take place at 12.00 today. | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statement by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, just to announce that Written Declaration 0054/2009 on the transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union has achieved the required amount of signatures. Can I thank everyone else for signing it. It is brilliant news for us. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statement by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Dear colleagues, today marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in South Africa after serving 27 years of a life sentence imposed by the regime in 1984. (Applause) As you perhaps know, Mr Mandela was the first winner of the Sakharov Prize when Parliament instituted this prize in 1988. Marking ... | null |
Michael Cashman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statement by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I will be very brief indeed because the House does not want to be detained. As you rightly said, 20 years ago Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years of political imprisonment. The world watched as he took the final stretch on his road to freedom. It was a day that changed South Afr... | null |
Traian Ungureanu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would particularly like to thank the rapporteur. On behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), I welcome the final vote on the Progress programme. The PPE Group, which I represented during the drafting of the report, has always expressed its support for any initiative and measures aime... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to say how pleased I am that we have accepted this programme, and I am happy I was able to vote in favour of it, especially at a time when our countries are struggling with the economic crisis and unemployment has reached ten percent or more in many of our countries. This package will be of great assistan... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I too am very pleased to have supported this initiative. It is a tangible expression of an example of one of the measures that have been undertaken by the EU in response to the current economic crisis. This particular initiative targets those who would not normally have access to the credit market; those ... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the economic crisis has created a social crisis – there is no other way of describing a situation in which unemployment has grown by three, four or five times, as compared with the period before the crisis. In the past year we have in this very Chamber made a European economic recovery plan, a plan which... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the share of world GDP occupied by old Europe is in serious decline. If we exclude the countries that joined in the last enlargement round, the GDP of the world which was occupied by the 15 old states 40 years ago was 35%; today is 25%; in 15 years’ time, will be 15%. Europe is becoming sclerotic, arthrit... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, it was with great pleasure that I endorsed the resolution, and I also endorsed all of the amendments. What were the reasons for my decision? Firstly, in spite of the crisis, we managed to concentrate on matters of employment and social solidarity. Secondly, we managed to concentrate in spite of our diffe... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament has been handed more power, but this power has not been put to constructive use today. In the run-up to the debate on SWIFT, a great deal went wrong. The Commission and the Council gave Parliament too little information too late. This must not happen again. Yet this is not a good enough reason ... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the need to decisively combat terrorism in the European Union and, alongside that, the need to forge close and constructive cooperation with the United States is something that no one contests. Nonetheless, I have voted against the SWIFT agreement, because fundamental data protection issues have still no... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, a very brief debate was held yesterday on the SWIFT question here in Parliament and both the Council and the Commission made very important assumptions in terms of the problems which existed in the procedure, especially in terms of informing Parliament about all the parameters of the question. That is pr... | null |
Gerard Batten | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to give an explanation of the vote on the Hennis-Plasschaert report – the so-called ‘SWIFT report’ – dealing with terrorist finance tracking. I think the vote was confusing, even by the standards of this place. We voted, I believe, not to vote, and then voted to send the report back to commit... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, may I say that I voted in favour of the report by Mr Hennis-Plasschaert, but I should like to give an explanation of vote, which is this: the Greek Communist Party rejects the ‘terror agreement’ between the European Union and the United States of America concluded in the name of fighting terrorist fundin... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this was a finely balanced issue, and I envy some of the moral certainty expressed by people on both sides of it. There were legitimate civil liberty issues; concerns that would be shared by people in the United States as well as in the European Union. Nonetheless, I feel on balance that the American Admi... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Commission has concluded an agreement with the United States on the transfer of personal data of EU citizens to US news services. The agreement is very disadvantageous and unequal for the EU. We think that this agreement, in the version that has been presented to the European Parliament, could not be acce... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the postponement of the vote on the agreement and also against the proposal to reject its ratification. The fact that pride has triumphed over responsibility in this House is not a good sign, even though the Council made a bad job of communicating with the European Parliament. The analysis of this data, ho... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly I would just like to say that I fully accept the democratic decision taken by the House but, in relation to this matter, I was pleased to vote in accordance with our group and the position outlined by our leader, Mr Daul. However, I think there were two contributory factors which contributed to th... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to talk about the vote we have just held on sharp objects and injuries in hospitals and in doctors’ surgeries. It must be said that this problem has long been underestimated. Many injuries happen, whether during operations, in GP surgeries or in the surgeries of medical specialists, with either a nurse or... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am pleased with the outcome of the vote here today because, back in 2006, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted a report on protecting European healthcare workers from blood-borne infections due to needle-stick and sharp injuries. Of course we had the framework agreement last July between ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Iceland, which submitted its application for accession to the European Union to the Council on 16 July 2009, should not, of course, be put at a disadvantage in relation to other accession candidates or potential accession countries. In the light of this, I have voted in favour of adapting and amending the existing reg... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report as the 2003 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance is first and foremost a measure to protect children, since the vast majority of such claims involve child support. This Convention aims to make it easier for people to reco... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The 2007 Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is extremely important whether from a political or practical point of view, since it ensures a more effective recovery of child support, helping to resolve situations that are often quite complicated. Since the vas... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report which approves the conclusion of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other forms of Family Maintenance. The purpose of this convention is to guarantee the recovery of family maintenance claims across national borders through precise norms on recognition and enforcemen... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The draft decision of the Council on the signing of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance by the European Community is first and foremost a measure for protecting children within the framework of the EU as a whole and for establishing a method of applying i... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance. Approval of this Convention will allow the creation of a harmonised set of rules within the Communit... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Commission intends to adopt the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance, making the Member States bound by this Convention by virtue of the Community having concluded it. The Commission has external competence for approval of the Convention. Gi... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In a modern, just and culturally evolved society, it is certainly unquestionable that the proper and healthy nourishment of all people must be guaranteed, but especially for those who are in the process of growing and learning, and in particular children. For these and for younger people, society must provide all the ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have no doubts regarding the importance of concluding this Convention, which is what the Maštálka report proposes, and, for this reason, we voted in favour. The aforesaid Convention covers the matters of recognition of foreign decisions, transfers of funds and administrative cooperation, including many practical ma... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Increasing numbers of marriages are being contracted between people from different countries and cultures. Problems connected with disputes arising from the breakdown of what are known as international marriages have been a frequent subject of petitions to the European Parliament for years. Conscious of the serious na... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Harmonising and improving the effectiveness of the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance is very important because it safeguards the rights and protection of children, insofar as they form the vast majority of beneficiaries of maintenance to which they are entitled where there i... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Collecting child support is a growing problem, even within the territory of individual countries. Often, the State is forced to step in and make up the shortfall of any unpaid maintenance. Estonia even goes as far as posting the names of child support defaulters on the Internet, in order to force negligent fathers to ... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the proposed decision regarding the Progress Community Programme. This report changed the proposal of the Commission which previously supported the complete financing of a new microfinance initiative to create employment – a EUR 100 million programme created as an anti-crisis measure... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The consequences of the economic and financial downturn are felt most painfully by ordinary EU citizens, therefore the greatest task of today’s EU policy is to halt the rise in unemployment, create more jobs and favourable conditions for economic recovery. The crisis has fundamentally changed Europe’s labour markets, ... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report, as it is a splendid initiative, which will help socially disadvantaged people in Europe, including women and young people who have lost their jobs or do not have opportunities to enter the labour market, to obtain financial assistance and foster entrepreneurship. The Community Programme for Em... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the slowdown in economic activity and the worsening employment situation, especially among young people, the European Parliament and the Commission are putting in place a new microfinance instrument named Progress. Action by the Democratic Movement MEPs focussed on granting access to the instrument to micro-ente... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mrs Göncz’s report which rejects the Commission proposal to reallocate EUR 100 million from the Progress programme for the European microfinance facility. In a context in which the economic and financial crisis is already leading the EU into a social and employment crisis, taking money away from t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As Europe is experiencing a serious financial and economic crisis, which has brought about a serious social crisis with growing unemployment in all Member States, it is important for the EU to create effective mechanisms to combat the crisis and also to help those who are most affected, such as the unemployed. The Eur... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Progress Programme was established to support the objectives of the European Union in employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, as set out in the Social Agenda, as well as to contribute to the achievement of the Lisbon Growth and Jobs Strategy. I agree with the Microfinance Facility for Employment and So... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against this report because, as in the case of the previous Göncz report on the establishment of a European Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion, which was voted upon last December, the majority in Parliament goes back on its word and approves a proposal that takes away money from the Com... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by my colleague Kinga Göncz on the creation of an essential microfinance instrument to promote jobs in enterprises with fewer than 10 employees and social inclusion. As regards funding, the stumbling block in negotiations with the Council, we can be pleased with an envelope of EUR 100 m... | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Europe has targeted through the Progress programme the major problems faced by its citizens, helping achieve the employment, social inclusion and equal opportunity objectives. The introduction of a new microfinance facility is a beneficial initiative in the context of the economic and financial crisis we are going thr... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Progress programme is of great importance for the implementation of the social agenda, providing support to the fight against discrimination, social integration, employment and gender equality. This programme has been an important instrument and has had an implementation rate of around 80% in commitments and payme... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | After several exchanges between the European Parliament and the European Council, the informal trilogue over the past few days has enabled agreement to be reached on funding for the European microfinance facility. I should like in particular to congratulate all sides in these negotiations because the quicker a decisio... | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In some situations, microfinance can help people establish enterprises and so find a way out of a crisis. Nevertheless, my group and I have today voted against EUR 60 million being diverted into microfinance from the Progress programme. In its regulation, the European Social Fund (ESF) offers the option of paying out ... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission has proposed the creation of a new European microfinance instrument to promote jobs. The instrument is designed to help unemployed people get back on their feet and to make entrepreneurship accessible to some of the most disadvantaged groups in Europe, including young people, within the broader context ... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | EU institutions must operate jointly in order to ensure the consistency and integrity of EU policy and to ensure the protection of our citizens’ rights. The debate on the EU-USA Agreement on the Transfer of Financial Messaging Data has been going on for a sufficiently long time and the institutions know well that the ... | null |
Regina Bastos, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Carlos Coelho, Mário David and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are voting against the interim agreement because its terms are not in line with European laws. It is not acceptable that the police in Portugal can only access the bank details of a person on the basis of a warrant but that millions of pieces of data can be sent to be interpreted and analysed by the US police witho... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rejection of the SWIFT agreement must send out an important signal to the entire international community and the other European Union bodies that the EU legislative must be consulted from now on about major decisions which now come under the remit provided by the Treaty of Lisbon. It is evident after today’s vote ... | null |
Michael Cashman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the postponement, as I think we have much to gain by continuing to seek a better agreement, undertaking negotiations with the USA on behalf of the 27 Member States of the EU. For the same reasons, I voted in favour of the agreement, imperfect and unsatisfactory as it may be, as I think it offers the opportu... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the outcome of this vote, because the guarantees in the Council’s proposal to protect the privacy of citizens were unsatisfactory. Defence of civil liberties is a fundamental requirement and the fight against terrorism needs to be conducted in a manner that respects them. In voting for Parliament’s motion fo... | null |
Νικόλαος Χουντής | MEP | GUE/NGL | el | el | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ψήφισα, όπως και η υπόλοιπη ευρωομάδα μου, υπέρ της Έκθεσης ώστε να μην συναινέσει το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο στην καταπάτηση βασικών νομικά κατοχυρωμένων δικαιωμάτων σχετικά με τον σεβασμό των προσωπικών δεδομένων των Ευρωπαίων πολιτών. Η συμφωνία SWIFT σε καμία περίπτωση δεν βοηθάει στην πρόληψη ενάντια στην τρομοκρατί... | I, like the rest of my Eurogroup, voted for the report so that the European Parliament would not consent to the infringement of fundamental legal rights concerning the respect of the personal data of European citizens. The SWIFT agreement in no way helps in the prevention of terrorism. This is an agreement that, in a f... |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I wholeheartedly welcome the defeat today of the Council and Commission proposed agreement with the USA on data transfer. The current text of the EU-USA agreement does not protect the rights of EU citizens and enterprises and effectively provides for the transfer en masse of all personal and commercial information held... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) should be an effective aid in the fight against global terrorism and it has the particular aim of monitoring the financing of terrorism. The transfer of data concerning European citizens to the USA is certainly controversial and incongruous. We are concerned about the po... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Hennis-Plasschaert report because, despite the importance of an agreement with the United States of America on the prevention of terrorism financing, I feel that this falls under the new legal framework established in the Treaty of Lisbon and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European U... | null |
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