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Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The SWIFT agreement allows the US Treasury Department to access data regarding financial payments, with the aim of preventing and combating terrorism and its financing. Owing, however, to technical aspects of the SWIFT system, this cannot be limited to the searching of specific data relating to individuals suspected o... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I recognise the need, in the terms of the interim agreement, for transatlantic cooperation in the fight against international crime and, particularly, against terrorism. I would emphasise that this cooperation should be established on the basis of mutual trustworthiness and respect for the principles of reciprocity, p... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We welcome the fact that the majority in Parliament, which includes us, has rejected the so-called SWIFT agreement between the EU and the United States of America. The existence of these databases and the exchange of or access to this data, whether by the US authorities, EU agencies or the authorities of the Member St... | null |
Christofer Fjellner and Alf Svensson | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour of the agreement between the EU and the USA on the transfer of data from SWIFT. However, we proposed that Parliament defer the decision in order to further strengthen the protection of privacy. Unfortunately, Parliament did not approve this. The provisional agreement that we voted for is a balancing... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to reject the so-called SWIFT agreement between the EU and the United States of America on the transfer of financial messaging data for the purpose of fighting terrorism. The SWIFT agreement, in its current form, is very far from being both the right balance between the need to fight international terrorism an... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I firmly supported this report, so that the European Parliament can express its clear rejection of the SWIFT agreement, which was negotiated on the sly, without taking account of the concerns of the European Parliament, which the Council and the European Commission took care to leave out of the negotiations. It is ess... | null |
Monika Hohlmeier | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My decision to vote against the interim SWIFT agreement is not a decision against cooperation with the USA on combating terrorism. I emphatically advocated that a new, compatible agreement that would allow European and US security authorities to work closely together and enable them to detect money transfers with susp... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rejection of the temporary agreement on the transfer of bank data to the United States via the SWIFT network due to factors relating to the protection of personal data, proportionality and reciprocity must not be regarded as an exercise by Parliament in using the new powers introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, but ... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today I voted against the SWIFT Agreement to share banking data with the USA for counter-terrorism purposes. This agreement did not go far enough in protecting the people of Europe; it needs improved safeguards for data protection. For example with this agreement there is no prior judicial ruling needed to obtain data.... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For me, there is no question that a close and constructive partnership between the European Union and the United States of America is necessary, in particular when it comes to combating terrorism. Nonetheless, I have voted against the interim SWIFT agreement, because it does not clarify fundamental data protection iss... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the SWIFT agreement, because I think that exchanges of data are useful. Our respective secret services have cited various cases which prove this usefulness. The terrorist threat does exist, that cannot be denied, and the attempted attack in Detroit last month confirms that. We must therefore demon... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The matter at issue in the vote was the renewal of an agreement which, by means of detecting bank transactions, has been extremely important in the fight against terrorism which, in recent years, has chosen Western societies as its target. If the resolution were approved and the agreement rejected, terrorist organisat... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in favour of the Hennis-Plasschaert report to show my rejection of the SWIFT Agreement which was signed by the 27 Member States for the transfer of financial transaction data to the United States of America under the pretext of combating terrorism. I think that the United States’ request is unacceptable a... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU has allowed the USA to give it the run-around for far too long. It is high time we put an end to the USA’s constant incursion on our civil rights and liberties and data protection in the name of combating terrorism. The transmission of financial payment messaging data to foreign powers constitutes a serious enc... | null |
Mariya Nedelcheva | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the SWIFT agreement between the Council of the European Union and the United States of America, because I consider that the guarantees in terms of data protection are inadequate. Without questioning the fact that the fight against terrorism is indispensable, as the threat is more than real today, I am ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | 11 February 2010 is a red-letter day for the European Parliament: Members representing the widest possible array of political persuasions and a wide range of Member States voted in favour of rejecting European citizens’ financial data being transferred to the USA. It is not clear how such a transfer of data could serv... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of rejecting the SWIFT agreement with the United States of America because it poses more of a threat to the privacy of European citizens rather than providing an instrument for combating terrorism. The agreement recently signed between the European Union and the USA is an act of defiance to the Europ... | null |
Renate Sommer | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of a postponement of the vote on the SWIFT agreement. A four-week adjournment would have opened the way for further negotiations. With this decision, we have shown the Commission we know better; we could have used the opportunity to address the justified concerns of our citizens and companies concern... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted with conviction in favour of the report, and am pleased that the majority has refused to yield to the strong political pressure and is making its voice heard with regard to justice and security policies. By preventing information on millions of European transfers and banking transactions being passed on to the... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The fight against international crime, particularly by means of transatlantic cooperation in the fight against terrorism, is one of the main priorities of the European Union. However, this cooperation should be established on the basis of reciprocity and mutual trustworthiness. The interim agreement between the Europe... | null |
Róża, Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to many fellow Members, the Council has made a mistake in ignoring the European Parliament during the current negotiations on the agreement with the USA. The speech made by the Chair of my group, Joseph Daul, did not help. After an in-depth debate, he asked fellow Members to postpone the vote. Mrs Malmström ... | null |
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although it is clear that the proposed rules aim at facilitating the fight against cybercrime as well as cyberterrosrism, the explicit reference to Article 8 of the ‘European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms’ (ECHR), taking also into account the Decision C317/04 of the European Cou... | null |
Thomas Ulmer | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the rejection of the SWIFT agreement. This event has been a milestone in the further democratisation of Europe and in Parliament’s exercise of its democratic rights under the Treaty of Lisbon concerning data protection and the individual rights of our citizens. I would like to see many more magic moments l... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this motion for resolution which calls for the urgent adoption of a directive implementing the framework agreement on prevention of sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector, concluded by the European social partners in the healthcare sector. Every year, more than one million needle-stick injuries ... | 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 this motion for a resolution because it is necessary to strengthen legislation in the area of the protection of healthcare workers. Unfortunately, there are more than one million needle-stick injuries in the European Union every year, leading to the transmission of viruses such as Hepatitis B, Hep... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A framework agreement has been concluded between HOSPEEM (European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association) and EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector. This agreement aims to create standards and rules to protect healthcare pro... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Needle-stick injuries and other injuries caused by sharp medical instruments represent one of the most common and serious risks for health workers throughout Europe; considering that hospital staff and health professionals often risk infections caused by injuries as a result of the use of needles or other sharp instru... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I strongly support the framework agreement which has been reached between the Commission and European social partners representing the healthcare sector. Protecting healthcare workers from injury and the potential transmission of viruses is of vital importance, and I am pleased that this proposal passed with so much su... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The health of workers in the workplace is, as well as a labour matter, a subject which demands social responsibility, which in turn means that it involves all the entities which are responsible in this area, including the European Parliament. The framework agreement concluded today between European social partners wit... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution in order to protect staff working in clinics and hospitals. In fact, too many hospital staff members and health workers are still falling victim to infection caused by injury due to the use of syringes and sharp instruments. As an MEP, I need to fight to prevent that. ... | null |
Evelyn Regner | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in favour of the motion for a European Parliament resolution, because I am an advocate of social partnership agreements. Established European social partners have reached an agreement on the present case and I call for this framework agreement to be immediately incorporated into applicable European law, b... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This was an important vote calling for a European directive to improve protection for workers suffering from ‘needle-stick’ injuries. Action needs to be taken as soon as possible to protect those working in the healthcare sector from contracting potentially fatal diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis through injuries... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Let me welcome the President of the European Council, Mr Herman Van Rompuy, to the plenary session of the European Parliament for the first time. We welcome you and congratulate you once again, Mr President. (Applause) I would also like to welcome President Barroso. Over the last five years, it has been quite usual for... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union (written declaration) PV | I would like to inform you that Written Declaration 0054/2009 by Mrs Lynne, Mrs Jędrzejewska and Mr Schlyter on the transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union was signed today, 24 February 2010, by a majority of Parliament’s component Members. Therefore, in accordance with Rule 124(4) of the Rules of ... | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union (written declaration) PV | Mr President, it is great news that we have achieved the right number of signatures. Thank you everyone for signing this written declaration. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Transportation of horses for slaughter in the European Union (written declaration) PV | I would like to inform you that I did not have the possibility of signing this declaration, and I am ready to do it immediately. | null |
María Muñiz De Urquiza | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Opening of the sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, yesterday, because of the time it took to get through our work here in the House, there was no opportunity to mention the recent death of Orlando Zapata, which the Spanish delegation sincerely laments. He died after a long hunger strike. He is the first prisoner of conscience to die in Cuba in 40 years, ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (A7-0014/2010) by Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the Green Paper on the reform of the common fisheries policy (COM(2009)0163 - 2009/2106(INI)). | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | N/A | N/A | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Permit me to address a few words to the group of 50 fishermen who should be entering the Chamber just now, and who are here to watch this debate and the vote on the report. I think I can speak for all my colleagues in the Committee on Fisheries, who have worked hard on this report, when I say that I am very happy that... | null |
Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Presidency also welcomes this debate in the European Parliament as it is an important contribution to the broad consultation procedure on the Green Paper, and the European Parliament’s contributions should therefore be given serious consideration by the Commission when it draws up its legislative pro... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, since this is my first speech as a Commissioner to the Members of this House, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the European Parliament. I feel very honoured to be here with you and discuss the reform of the common fisheries policy, which is a core issue for the whole sect... | null |
Antonello Antinoro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to the Council for its comments, and I would like to thank and wish the best of luck to the new Commissioner – who is making her debut today in this House – for the work that we are preparing to carry out. I believe that what we are implementing is important, and I hop... | null |
Josefa Andrés Barea | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Martín Fragueiro, welcome, and thank you, Mrs Damanaki. I, too, am speaking here for the first time on the topic of fisheries, and indeed we are facing a significant challenge in this area. We are obliged, and it is our responsibility, to define the guidelines that are going to guarantee the sustainabili... | null |
Carl Haglund | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for those of us who have worked hard on this Green Paper and the report, it feels extremely good to have now got as far as plenary. First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur, who has done an excellent job. Our common fisheries policy needs to be reformed. For the Group of the Alliance of Liberal... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner Damanaki, ladies and gentlemen, my eyes were opened to the EU’s common fisheries policy and its destructive consequences in 2002, when, following a majority vote in the Swedish Parliament, Sweden decided on a unilateral ban on cod fishing for a year, but was prevented from implementing it by... | null |
Marek Józef Gróbarczyk | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Damanaki, at the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mrs Patrão Neves for the effort she has put into the preparation of this report. Great determination is needed, as well as a sense of compromise, to create such a coherent document. This report is, however, only the basis for build... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In its Green Paper, the Commission tries to establish a phased or unphased Community system of transferable fishing rights, or private property rights for access to the use of a public good, namely fish stocks. This proposal was rejected when the last reform was carried out, but ten years on, the Commission is back in... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want to appeal to Commissioner Damanaki for sensitivity to Britain in the reworking of the common fisheries policy which seeks to include recreational sea angling in the regulation and control of sea fishing. I thought the whole point of quotas was to prevent diminishing stocks. European fisheries polic... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for me and my constituents in Northern Ireland, the fishing industry and 27 years of the common fisheries policy is summed up in paragraph 138 of this report which reiterates that one of the few areas in which the CFP has been relatively successful is where Member States have had control. The ideal for us... | null |
Carmen Fraga Estévez | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, everything is at stake in this reform. If we are not courageous now, there will not be another opportunity to create a genuine fisheries policy and we will be partly responsible for its failure. The CFP has, for years, suffered increasingly justified criticism and it would be disheartening if, when we ar... | null |
Ulrike Rodust | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome to all the fishermen and -women in the Chamber! Today’s vote represents a milestone for the European Parliament. For the first time since the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, we have the opportunity to express our opinions on the reform of the commo... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all let me welcome the Commissioner to the House in her first address to Parliament and wish her well during her term of office. Let me also congratulate our colleague, Mrs Neves for the preparation of this report. The new common fisheries policy must have clearer, better objectives that accept... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our rapporteur said of the CFP that its original problems are still largely present. Well, I agree, and the 27 years of experience in Scotland of the CFP has been a bad experience. If we want to move to a system of fisheries management which works, and I think that is what we all want to do, then we must ... | null |
Struan Stevenson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, let me congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Patrão Neves, for the very hard work that she has done on this report. We have an opportunity today to make a difference and to change the direction of a policy that everyone agrees has been a dismal failure. But to effect that radical change, we must ... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, a reform of our fisheries policy is long overdue. However, I would have liked it to be more ambitious – particularly as it concerns the future existence of viable fish stocks in our seas. It is extremely rare for me to say that I fully agree with the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, but in thi... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our party believes that preservation of fish stocks should be the responsibility of each Member State, whose fishermen would have sole access to its own country’s waters. However, we recognise that there is a Europe-wide, indeed worldwide, problem with overfishing and unsustainable fish stocks. There must... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, unlike some, I believe that the European Parliament’s report on the Green Paper is a significant, indeed even essential, contribution to the development of the future common fisheries policy. It is a comprehensive report that addresses all aspects of this policy and, i... | null |
Kriton Arsenis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Martín Fragueiro, the current common fisheries policy has failed. Most fish stocks are collapsing. Eighty-eight per cent of fish stocks are being fished beyond the maximum sustainable yield. Thirty per cent of fish stocks are outside safe biological limits, meaning that they have little ... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is only one step on the long road to the reform of the common fisheries policy. I would like to thank the rapporteur for the report and our coordinator for doing such an efficient job. I am in favour of fundamental reform of the common fisheries policy. However, i... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, sustainability is a key concept in the Green Paper, and rightly so: sustainable in the sense of being both future-proof for fisheries and good for the environment. The objectives set by the European Commission are not new but, to date, Europe has not managed to achieve them. This further increases the ur... | null |
Bastiaan Belder | MEP | ID | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The current fisheries policy is not working well enough; a dramatic change is needed to reverse the situation. This is the fairly strong wording with which the European Commission opens its Green Paper. This is remarkable. Not that I wish to argue with it; on the contrary. Some say the main reason for the failure of t... | null |
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, should like to welcome Commissioner Damanaki and, in particular, to thank Mrs Maria do Céu Patrão Neves for her exhaustive and exceptional work. All the important things have already been said. I shall turn my attention to three points: firstly, overfishing. Overfishing is an undisputed fact. In ... | null |
Catherine Trautmann | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Presidents, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, may I thank all the rapporteurs for their excellent cooperation and for the huge task accomplished in spite of what were at times conflicting interests. The first result of our efforts is that Parliament can now state the direction in which it intends to steer t... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Martín Fragueiro, Mrs Damanaki, we need clear objectives, we need to be courageous and we need to avoid another failure; participation is therefore essential. The fishing sector and the processing industry are those most interested in seeing sustainable fisheries, which is why they are involved in the preparation o... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome the submission of the Green Paper on the reform of the common fisheries policy. Just like the Czech Republic in the Council of Ministers, I support the endeavour to improve, simplify and make more effective the legislative framework regulating this area. The Commission’s effort to adopt a multi-year approach... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the fishing sector is of fundamental significance as a source of livelihood in European coastal regions and as a source of food for the citizens of Europe. Unfortunately, the common fisheries policy, in its present form, does not meet the challenges associated with the emergence of a number of problems, ... | null |
Iliana Malinova Iotova | MEP | S&D | en | bg | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | This is the first time we are discussing the common fisheries policy since the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon, fully aware of the great responsibilities we have as a result of Parliament’s increased powers. There was a very heated debate on the Green Paper, and I sincerely wish to thank the rapporteurs for the work ... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I hope the Commissioner will take heart from the vote we had this month on bluefin tuna. I think it gave a good indication of the strength of feeling in the House and perhaps an indication also that you can count on many Members here to vote for quite radical reform. Yesterday, many Members attended a sem... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, can I thank the rapporteur for her very diligent and detailed work on this dossier. Since the Lisbon Treaty has been passed, this House will face two major reforms on two policies: agriculture and fishing. The issues are similar. We all want the best for the sectors and we are trying to reform them in a w... | null |
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As various speakers have already said, the objective which we have been trying to achieve with the common fisheries policy, without success so far, is environmentally sustainable, economically viable and socially worthwhile fishing. The Commission’s Green Paper makes a good diagnosis of the situation in the sector and... | null |
Antolín Sánchez Presedo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, an important part of the future of Europe is at stake in the reform of the common fisheries policy. The fishing sector is a resource and a way of life in our coastal areas, and forms the basis of our canning industry and marine research. It is crucial for safety, quality and price in the supply of food t... | null |
Ole Christensen | MEP | S&D | en | da | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think that the European common fisheries policy is important. However, it is also important for the fisheries policy to be supported by the citizens of Europe and by all of the interested parties within the fisheries sector. There is therefore no other option than to have greater regionalisation so tha... | null |
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to commend the rapporteur’s comments on this Green Paper, which are along the right lines. The new strategy must promote fishing at local level, and I should like to point out that aquaculture is a significant part of this, as it accounts for a considerab... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I should like to congratulate the rapporteur and the Azorean fishermen present here today. I also welcome this report as it represents an important change in relation to the current common fisheries policy and includes measures that are particularly relevant to the outermost regions, such as the distinction between sm... | null |
George Lyon | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to begin by adding my congratulations to the rapporteur. The common fisheries policy is a discredited policy and this reform gives us an opportunity for a fresh start. It seems to me that, if the CFP is going to regain its credibility, it must first of all have at its heart sustainabili... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to take this opportunity to emphasise the points that some of us believe should be fundamental in the final report on which we are going to vote. These points include: the precautionary principle, which is fundamental and essential; reducing capacity, which is absolutely urgent; limiti... | null |
Werner Kuhn | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, I would like to wish the Commissioner, Mrs Damanaki, every success. We look forward to working with her. I would also like to thank Mrs Patrão Neves, who has done an excellent job of conducting the negotiations. It is important that the countries with small fishing industri... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The common fisheries policy has to reconcile ecological and environmental objectives with catch sizes, and also with matters of employment and the standard of living of fishing families. Fishing capacity should be adapted to the level of resources, levels which are established in accordance with the latest scientific ... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, during my seven months as an MEP, I have never met more angry people than the fishermen and fisherwomen I have met in my constituency. Clearly for them, the common fisheries policy has not worked. Therefore, the reform is most welcome. I think we all agree that we need to preserve fish stocks but we also ... | null |
Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to thank Mrs Patrão Neves for her work. As regards the debates in the Council up to now, I should say that the ministers have unanimously supported the need for the reform, involving simplifying the rules, enhancing the role of the regions and decentralising decision making, except on ... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank all the Members for their contributions. Having so many speeches is very encouraging. I understood that the word mentioned most was sustainability, so sustainability is a general agreement, a framework for general agreement. I cannot answer all the points that were raised but I would... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | N/A | N/A | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to thank all those who were present here today in Parliament, and who continue to give their valued support to this process, which is dragging on, and which, as the Commissioner has just said, we must pursue if our objectives are to be met. In all honesty, we realise that it is impossible for a report to ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 11.30. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | First and foremost, we congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Patrão Neves, on the excellent work she has done up to now and on the positive outcome of the vote. We hope that the Green Paper, which will arrive shortly in committee, is the prelude to the swift arrival in plenary of the White Paper. Europe has always taken an... | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | While recreational angling constitutes just a small catch percentage of Europe’s fishing industry, it is an integral economic and social element of many parts of the EU, particularly Ireland East. Angling has a long and important heritage in the east of Ireland, with scenes of anglers at rivers such as the Slaney or on... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The report on the Green Paper on the reform of the common fisheries policy has the aim of initiating a public debate in EU and Member State institutions. The fisheries policy, just like the common agricultural policy, is a strategic agenda which directly influences all citizens of the EU, and which must be resolved in... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate Mrs Patrão Neves on her work and on the report that has now been voted upon. The topic of fisheries is obviously a sensitive issue for the Portuguese, as we have several fishing communities, and it is an absolutely crucial issue for the Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party (CDS-PP... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | On a practical level I welcome the proposed developments for the long-term protection of marine resources, for both environmental and economic purposes; the updating of fishing technologies, and the emphasis it places on the need for professional qualifications within the sector. In particular, I am pleased with the re... | null |
James Nicholson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is now widely accepted that the 2002 reform of the common fisheries policy has failed miserably and the situation in the fishing industry continues to deteriorate rather than get better. The CFP has become a bureaucratic nightmare with over regulation and micro-management plaguing the industry while achieving little... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Green Paper on the common fisheries policy tears to shreds both the European Commission and the Member States. It is emphatic proof that not all projects and reforms carried out within the Union are successful. We should, therefore, draw the right conclusions with regard to both institutional and practical solutio... | null |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, for decades now, the European Union’s common fisheries policy has controlled fishing within the Community and in the territorial waters of third countries. Unfortunately, it is one of the EU’s most unsuccessful policy areas, and has led to a situation that could be described as a cr... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Green Paper on the reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP) is an opportunity to review this European policy in its various aspects (economic, social and environmental), redefining new approaches aimed at resolving the problems that persist in this sector. The reform of the CFP has particular emphasis on the ou... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on railway safety, including the European signalling system. | null |
Siim Kallas | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the train accident in Buizingen on Monday, 15 February 2010 was a shocking tragedy. I understand that in the aftermath of this serious accident, several technical and political questions concerning rail safety can be asked. First of all, my thoughts are with the victims of this tragedy and their relatives... | null |
Mathieu Grosch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Kallas, I would like to thank you for your explanations. Against the background of the accident in Buizingen it is, of course, important for us to show respect towards the victims and also towards the investigation. For this reason, we must not jump to conclusions about the accident and, more signific... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | To begin with, speaking on behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I, too, wish to express my heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the Buizingen rail disaster and their families and friends. We do have to await the results of the investigation before dra... | null |
Dirk Sterckx | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I, too, wish to express my sympathy for the victims on behalf of my group, and I, too, wish to await the results of the investigation, of course. I hope this is carried out as quickly as possible, but also as thoroughly as possible. In my country, a number of questions have been raised as to the nature of Europe’s app... | null |
Isabelle Durant | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I, too, believe that last week’s tragic accident is the worst rail disaster to have hit Belgium since 2001, when I myself held the post of Minister for Mobility and Transport. Once again, of course, my thoughts are with our colleague, Claudia Candeago, and also with all the other victims of... | null |
Derk Jan Eppink | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The investigation into the causes of the rail accident in Buizingen has yet to be completed, and so I cannot comment on it, but I have come to the following conclusion. When there is a train crash in the United Kingdom, people are quick to attribute it to the privatisation of the railways. The Belgian railways (SNCB) ... | null |
Jacky Hénin | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, when, in November, Mr Simpson declared in this House: ‘even though the European rail system is very safe and progress has been made over the last few years thanks to the liberalisation of the market’, I nearly choked. Nevertheless, he followed this up with: ‘recent fatal accidents have raised questions w... | null |
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