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Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As the Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body whose main purpose is to address human rights violations, and given that one of the cornerstones of European unity and integrity is respect for and safeguarding of the universality of human rights, I would like to express my encouragement for the UNHRC, hoping t... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Our resolution is addressed to the UN Human Rights Council, an institution that one would have hoped to promote to the rank of the world’s enforcer of respect for rights, values and the most fundamental freedoms. I use the conditional tense because the UNHCR’s legitimacy is more than undermined by its lack of impartia... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the final text of the resolution, among other reasons, because it kept the paragraphs related to the joint study related to the existence of secret detention centres, the necessary implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone report and the ICC, and because it included also the amendment ... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | EU policy on respect for human rights is one of the most important values which we are putting into practice. Community policy on respect for human rights includes protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It attaches significant importance to support for the rights of women, children and n... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On the subject of human rights, at all levels and in all areas of the EU, it must be stressed that our duty as MEPs is not just to criticise and prepare resolutions on third countries, but to also closely observe EU Member States, paying attention to even the slightest negative phenomena which violate human rights. In... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not support this resolution because it fails to highlight the importance of the human rights of Christian minorities in the Middle East. I regret the lack of courage shown when it comes to condemning the attacks on Christian minorities in the Middle East and to referring this problem to the Human Rights Council.... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Equality between women and men is a fundamental right and common value of the European Union. It is also a prerequisite for achieving the EU’s objectives of economic growth, employment and social cohesion. Although significant progress has been made in terms of achieving the objectives of the Beijing Platform for Acti... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution for the Beijing +15 – UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality. Fifteen years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the European Parliament is debating today the progress made globally in terms of gender equality. Equal opportunities for men and wo... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution on Beijing +15 – UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality, as the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform have not been achieved and inequality and gender stereotypes persist, with women remaining in a position subordinate to men in the areas addressed in the Platform. We reg... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution, as we must develop further the perspective of gender equality throughout the European Union. The European Commission should prepare a strategy of action for gender equality guidelines and take into account the economic and financial crisis, sustainable development, as well as current guide... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Gender equality is a fundamental principle in our times, but gender inequality persists, and the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform are still a long way from being achieved. I welcome the motion for a resolution to be voted upon today in plenary, as it is an incentive for improving institutional mechanisms f... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a staunch defender of human rights and the principle of equality, I would not undermine initiatives that aim to protect the rights of women and girls. Such rights are often severely violated in a world where women are still the main victims of crimes against their physical wellbeing and sexual self-determination. H... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Gender equality is a fundamental principle of the European Union, and is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Thus, the Union has a specific mission of promoting and mainstreaming equality between men and women. There is no doubt that the unfortunate situation of gender discrimination cont... | null |
Christofer Fjellner, Gunnar Hökmark and Anna Ibrisagic | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Swedish Conservatives have today, 25 February 2010, voted in favour of the resolution on Beijing +15 – UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality, B7-0118/2010. We would, however, like to emphasise that we do not believe that a chapter on equality should be included in the revision of the Lisbon Strategy 2010, as ... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported this resolution because, 15 years after the Beijing World Conference on Women, we have to acknowledge that too little progress has been made in relation to gender equality and that sexist stereotypes still persist in numerous areas such as employment, education and politics. I also supported the reference ... | null |
Lívia Járóka | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action accepted 15 years ago have not been fulfilled to this day, and in most areas relating to equality between women and men, there has hardly been any slight measure of progress. It is unfortunate that at both Member State and European Union level, little emphasis is place... | null |
Monica Luisa Macovei | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of paragraph 9 of the resolution on the Beijing +15 UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality, upholding women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexual and reproductive rights are based on universally recognised rights to bodily integrity, non-discrimination, and the highest attainable sta... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Inequalities between men and women on various levels, whether by profession, sector or various stereotypes, have become blurred over the years. Equality between men and women in the EU is increasingly a reality, and although there are still cases of discrimination, we are beginning to see very positive developments. | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The defence of women’s rights is important to me, too. However, I do not consider the use of quotas, so-called positive discrimination, to be sensible. It is qualifications that should be decisive here, not gender. This should be the basic rule for men and women alike. It is for that reason that I abstained from votin... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution because it is compulsory to implement gender equality in all fields. Regarding Romania, these fifteen years, progress has been made only in some of the areas identified in the Beijing Platform for Action. The presence of women in Romanian politics on the level of decisi... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the final text of the resolution because it included our petitions to the EU Commission to take into account in its 2010-2014 roadmap not only the economic and financial crisis but also the impact of climate change on women; on the fact that inequality and gender stereotypes in the EU still persist... | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution because it highlights the progress still to be made by the 189 states that are signatories to the Beijing Platform for Action if real equality between women and men is to be achieved. I particularly support the paragraph stressing that ‘sexual and reproductive health and rights are an integ... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I, together with my colleagues from the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left, voted in favour of Mrs Svensson’s report on Beijing +15 – UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality. Her assessment presents a mixed picture. True, progress has been made, but how can we be satisfied when there i... | null |
Marina Yannakoudakis | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Member States of the ECR have signed the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action. We therefore feel that for the EU to ‘become a party to the Convention’ as a whole is unnecessary and we oppose the EU acting in this State-like way. Whilst the... | null |
Alexander Alvaro, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Nadja Hirsch, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Holger Krahmer, Britta Reimers and Alexandra Thein | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to the resolution of the European Parliament on the draft general budget for the financial year 2010, adopted on 17 December 2009, a vote was taken today on the amending budget for the European Parliament, following the revised calculations made by the Parliamentary administration. The FDP in the European Pa... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Presented for the first time in the meeting of the Committee on Budgets of 25 January 2010, the Maňka report is characterised by three critical points, which are responsible for my decision to abstain from the vote. Firstly, the sudden and belated discovery, in respect of the signing of the 2010 budget in December 200... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon means greater powers for Parliament. Nonetheless, in a globalised world, issues are increasingly complex, and decisions need to be technically sound and backed up by science. It is crucial that policy makers are aware of recent scientific developments, as these will allow them to make the best dec... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this report, because the EU budget continues to constitute a minimum percentage of European GDP (0.97%), which does not cover the need to strengthen weak economies and societies and finance enlargement. The need for a bold increase in the budget, to at least 5%, is becoming more urgent, especially in t... | null |
Jurgen Creutzmann | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to the resolution of the European Parliament on the draft general budget for the financial year 2010, adopted on 17 December 2009, a vote was taken today on the amending budget for the European Parliament, following the revised calculations made by the Parliamentary administration. The FDP in the European Pa... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Maňka Report which is the first step in amending the 2010 European Parliament budget seeking additional budgetary and human resources to enable the European Parliament to fulfil its enhanced role. The additional resources include an increase in the monthly assistance allowance available to MEPs to suppo... | null |
Göran Färm, Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson, Marita Ulvskog and Åsa Westlund | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We Swedish Social Democrats believe that those committees that will gain a heavier workload with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon need to be reinforced. This justifies an increase in staff for Parliament’s and the groups’ secretariats in these committees. However, we do not share the view that we MEPs need... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the new role of Parliament within the context of the Treaty of Lisbon and its new functions, and in view of the commitment made when the 2010 budget was approved, this increase in funds available for the running of Parliament makes sense, as it ensures that this body has all the material and human resources it n... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This amending budget for the financial year 2010 relating to Parliament’s budget (Section 1 of the general EU budget) now has a value of EUR 1 616 760 399, which represents 19.99% of the initial heading 5, adopted at first reading. In this amending budget, we have reduced the buildings reserve from EUR 15 million to E... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Yesterday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Athens, and Greece was paralysed by a general strike in protest against the austerity plan imposed by the EU, the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and the IMF. It is true to say that Greece has not always been as rigorous as it should have been in the man... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The crisis is here, and it is true that a large number of companies and citizens are struggling. Nevertheless, I voted in favour of an increase in the parliamentary assistance package because the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon increases the responsibilities of the European Parliament: we have more work and m... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Along with my group, I gave conditional support today for an increase in the secretarial allowance at this stage in the procedure. This support is conditional on the evaluation of the use of this allowance, as called for in the Maňka report. Our final position on the increased allowance will be contingent on the outcom... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I confidently voted for this budget amendment. It is not a case of us asking for money for ourselves, as alleged by the press. However, we need to provide the institution of the European Parliament with the necessary resources to meet European citizens’ expectations of this forum. I know that we are not only going thr... | null |
Ulrike Lunacek | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Maňka report, although I did not agree with the budget increase in the secretarial allowance for MEPs. In her explanation of our vote, Mrs Trüpel, who is the responsible member on behalf of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, put it on record on behalf of the whole group that our vote in fa... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The approval and subsequent entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon have meant increased responsibility for Parliament, with the administrative burden that that entails. Given that legislative excellence is a priority for Parliament, the Members need to be given the material and human resources to make this a reality.... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In view of all the cuts being made throughout Europe, we need to show solidarity with those countries that finance the EU budget by not increasing our expenditure and I am therefore voting against the proposal for an amending budget concerning the European Parliament. | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this report as it envisages an increase in the envelope for recruitment of and allowances for assistants by EUR 1 500 per month from 1 May 2010. Fortunately, an amendment tabled by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance provides for an evaluation of the system of allowances, in force since the ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon has led to the adoption of a proposal to amend the 2010 budget, with a view to meeting the additional needs of Parliament in relation to it. Given that legislative excellence is a priority for Parliament, I would emphasise the importance of providing the Members, committees... | null |
Helga Trüpel | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Greens/EFA Group gives conditional support to an increase in the secretarial assistance allowance at this stage of the procedure. For our group, the evaluation of the use of the secretarial allowance as asked for in the Maňka report is crucial. This evaluation should come in time for a decision by the budgetary aut... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would really like to endorse the MEPs and, at the same time, express my concern that particularly at the time of the crisis, various allowances to both MEPs and employees in their teams are being increased. In particular, I would like to draw attention to those categories of expenses which are difficult to monitor o... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report supports the EU common fisheries policy which, in the name of protecting fish stocks, has resulted in the destruction of a large number of small fishing boats in Greece and in numerous small and medium-sized fishing enterprises being ousted from the profession, in the condemnation of numerous coastal areas ... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the launch of a new strategy aimed at resolving the issues relating to fishing in the European Union. Overfishing, illegal fishing, pollution and climate change are factors which are jeopardising marine ecosystems. This is why the concern for high-quality aquaculture in Europe will yield economic benefits an... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The fishing sector in Europe is experiencing hard times. Fishermen are losing their only source of livelihood, and this is particularly true in those EU regions where there are few social and economic alternatives. Therefore, I support wholeheartedly the Commission’s proposal, set out in the Green Paper, that it is ne... | null |
Gerard Batten, John Bufton, David Campbell Bannerman, Derek Roland Clark, William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While this report points to a rather less awful CFP than the monstrosity we have now, it nevertheless recommends leaving fisheries under the predatory control of the undemocratic and anti-democratic ‘European Union’, and, for this reason, cannot be endorsed by UKIP. | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The promotion of a common interest among producer organisations in observing the principles advocated by the European Union is becoming a key element in reforming the fisheries policy. The European Union cannot expect Europe’s fishing fleets to be resized naturally, based on economic realities. Their overcapacity, eig... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The fisheries sector is strategically important for the socio-economic wellbeing of coastal communities, local development, employment, and the preservation and creation of economic activity. Ensuring sustainable development within this sector is vital, both on an economic and social level, but it is equally necessary... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the report on the common fisheries policy, despite the fact that it contains a number of elements that represent a positive development compared with the current situation. Unfortunately, however, basic points of the report clash with the fact that marine resources are common public property which cann... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I wish to congratulate Mrs Patrão Neves on her excellent report on the reform of the common fisheries policy. The countless problems and challenges with the CFP were identified back in 2002, but have now been exacerbated by the economic and energy crises and by the damaging effects of climate change. If the CFP is to ... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe that plans need to be drawn up for managing and supporting the long-term recovery of fish stocks for all types of fishing and all geographical fishing zones within the European Union. Consideration must be given, first and foremost, to the huge differences which exist in Europe in terms of fishing. Greater r... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While this report points to a rather less awful CFP than the monstrosity we have now, it nevertheless recommends leaving fisheries under the predatory control of the undemocratic and anti-democratic ‘European Union’, and, for this reason, cannot be endorsed by UKIP. | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the Green Paper on the reform to the common fisheries policy because it made essential commitments that clearly helped to improve the initial proposal. I would like to emphasise the importance of introducing an environmental and social approach in seeking new management systems for f... | null |
Göran Färm, Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson, Marita Ulvskog and Åsa Westlund | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We Swedish Social Democrats voted against the report on the Green Paper and the reform of the EU fisheries policy. The majority in Parliament rejected the prioritising of ecological sustainability and voted in favour of an amendment stating that our policy towards countries outside the EU should be governed by the int... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to begin by highlighting the excellent report produced by Mrs Patrão Neves. Fishing communities are currently undergoing a difficult period, marked by severe deterioration in fish stocks. This activity has an impact on the food supply for the general population and on the cohesion of the outermost regions... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rejection by a majority in Parliament of the proposals that we tabled here, turning down the privatisation of fisheries resources, is indicative of the route that it is attempting to follow with the forthcoming reform of the CFP. Parliament not only fails to reject the Commission’s proposal for the creation of (pr... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am supportive of extending the coastal limits from 12 to 20 miles as one of the key reforms of the CFP. We must also end the practice of discarding vulnerable stocks. It is important to retain the current quota management system and I do not support mandatory privatisation of quotas. | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report contained many good and important elements and there is a consensus that the centralised, one-size-fits-all model of the CFP has been a disaster. A number of amendments tabled by myself were successful and thus, the report recognises relative stability, the need to incentivise conservation efforts and the su... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A fundamental and comprehensive reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP) is to be welcomed, particularly with a view to the sustainable management of fish resources. This is to be enabled by refining and standardising the framework conditions, better controls on the part of the Member States, and simplifying the de... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report is a broad document that covers all the aspects of the CFP, from aquaculture to angling, from the Baltic Sea to fisheries agreements with third world countries. The Greens are happy about many of the amendments to the report that we managed to get accepted, such as fundamental principles on demands for sust... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The common fisheries policy, which was last revised in 2002, is not yet sufficient to weather the vicissitudes of this sensitive sector. For this reason, it is necessary to analyse the new factors that are affecting the sector and find new solutions to make it completely viable, particularly in economic, social and en... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | That fishing has a long tradition in Europe, and, one hopes, also will have in the future, is welcome. Developments in these last few years certainly indicate that working in this sector of the economy is becoming fundamentally less attractive. The reason for this is that groups of companies with their masses of fish ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained in the final vote on the Neves Patrão report because it contained both positive and negative paragraphs. In one side, agrees that priority access should be given to those who fish in the most environmentally sustainable way, leading to fewer discards, more jobs and less energy use, and stresses that the rig... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The German members of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe voted differently from the group as a whole on two points. The first concerns Amendment 3 from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. The FDP members voted against, because a radical devolution of fisheries policy such as pro... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European fishing industry is sailing through troubled waters: fish stocks are plummeting, 400 000 European fishermen and their families are worrying about their future and wondering about the effectiveness of the common fisheries policy (CFP) which, until now, has provided them with a safety net. In the light of t... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission’s Green Paper on this issue was a damning indictment and an honest recognition that the common fisheries policy has not worked. On the contrary, it has contributed to a variety of problems which continue to have economic, social and environmental impacts. Only two weeks ago, this House voted in favour of... | null |
Peter Skinner | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported amendments put forward to change the common fisheries policy in a way which would have ended some of the distortions that exist already. Increasing any funding for renewal of fleets or setting prices for fish centrally are particularly distorting and allow for increased use of subsidies. Fishermen in the UK... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from the vote on the report on the common fisheries policy as it contains too many points that not only conflict with a number of other points in the report but also run counter to my political perspective on European fisheries policy. On the one hand, the report says that European fishing fleets may no lo... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the Green Paper on the reform of the common fisheries policy, which we adopted today, revises the economic, social and environmental aspects of this policy, with the aim of redefining the approach to resolving the remaining problems within the sector. I would like to reiterate that priorities such as gre... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against Mrs Patrão Neves’s report because it rejects the amendments intended to establish a balance between environmental interests and the preservation of small-scale fisheries. I also deplore the rejection of the amendments calling for an in-depth dialogue to be established with fishermen prior to this refor... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-02-25T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The minutes of this sitting will be tabled for approval by Parliament at the start of the next sitting. If there are no objections, I shall immediately pass the motions adopted at today’s sitting to the persons and agencies to which they are addressed. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-03-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | I have several things to say at the beginning of the session. In opening this plenary session of the European Parliament, once again I have to inform you of several tragic natural disasters which have occurred in recent days. Today, there was an earthquake in Turkey in which at least 57 people died. Last week, there wa... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The first item on the agenda is the very important joint debate on three reports on the internal market and consumer protection: - A7-0084/2009 by Mrs Von Thun und Hohenstein, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, on the Internal Market Scoreboard (SEC (2009)/1007 - 2009/2141(INI)),... | null |
Róża Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I am pleased to be able to present the 19th Internal Market Scoreboard, which was produced in July last year. This document shows that Member States are managing increasingly well with the transposition of EU law. Once again, the objective has been achieved – the objective which the Heads of State or Government set th... | null |
Anna Hedh | N/A | N/A | en | sv | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first and foremost, I would like to start by thanking the shadow rapporteurs and others involved for the good cooperation we have enjoyed over the period in which we were working on the Consumer Markets Scoreboard. I am also pleased that once again, we have produced a report that has the support of the o... | null |
Cristian Silviu Buşoi | N/A | N/A | en | ro | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to begin by thanking those whom I had the opportunity to work with on the SOLVIT report, the Secretariat of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, all the shadow rapporteurs, and the rest of my fellow Members who have shown their interest in this dossier and have made an important c... | null |
Michel Barnier | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | fr | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I think it is very important that we should stand shoulder to shoulder with my colleague, Mr Dalli, to reply to your questions and to tell you about the implementation of these various tools and texts. In my political life, ladies and gentlemen, I have often considered... | null |
John Dalli | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I will be commenting on the report about these two very key European policies – the Consumer Markets Scoreboard and the Consumer Enforcement Package – that has been presented by Ms Hedh. I would like to thank Ms Hedh for her excellent work as a rapporteur. Consumer policy lies at the heart of the economic... | null |
Simon Busuttil | N/A | N/A | en | mt | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | On behalf of the Committee on Petitions, I have drawn up an opinion on the SOLVIT network, which I fully support, since it is a means which helps citizens who encounter difficulties. However, I would like to make an important point on which I will elaborate: the need for full cooperation between all the stakeholders w... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Internet service SOLVIT has been in operation for eight years now and has succeeded in resolving 83% of complaints from citizens and enterprises caused by the incorrect application of European law in the Member States, and it has managed to do this within 10 days. In 2008, judic... | null |
Evelyne Gebhardt | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner Barnier, Commissioner Dalli, ladies and gentlemen, today we are talking about the internal market, consumer protection and the mobility of people within the European Union. These are the key issues when we are discussing these three instruments and they are what I want to address in particul... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, allow me say that I am very pleased to see this exchange regarding the internal market and consumer protection entered as a priority debate this morning. In the context of economic crisis, Mr Barnier, the internal market is an asset that we really must develop. Within ... | null |
Heide Rühle | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to follow on from what Mr Barnier said at the start about the considerable importance of the internal market in the current crisis. This has been proven very clearly once again. However, the internal market obviously requires citizens to have confidence in it. Only then will it function in t... | null |
Adam Bielan | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the process of building the common market based on the four freedoms – the free movement of people, goods, capital and services – is still an unfinished process, especially if we are thinking of the fourth freedom, the free movement of services, and we still have a very great deal to do. It is an extreme... | null |
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there is now a pressing view, which is confirmed in the Treaty of Lisbon and by the position taken by the Commission itself, that consumer protection policy needs to focus on safeguarding a healthy market in which consumers can act with safety and confidence. This reasoning is based on the fact that, if ... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are discussing three measures relating to the health and protection of consumers, which we have already voted in favour of in committee and which we will vote in favour of in plenary. We are on the side of the citizens, who are too often harmed by decisions taken by Europea... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, SOLVIT can and should make a substantial contribution to greater transparency in the enforcement and assertion of personal and civil rights in the internal market. The SOLVIT online problem-solving network is based on a pragmatic approach, which will benefit both citizens and enterp... | null |
Tiziano Motti | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today we will vote on the own-initiative report on consumer protection, a very important instrument for which, among other things, I must thank the rapporteur, Mrs Hedh, and the other rapporteurs for the excellent atmosphere in which we have managed to work together. There were many... | null |
Liem Hoang Ngoc | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Madam President, I thank Mrs Thun Und Hohenstein for the conscientiousness of her work and the overall quality of her report. As shadow rapporteur for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I am delighted that the vote in the Committee on the Interna... | null |
Jürgen Creutzmann | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner Barnier, Commissioner Dalli, the fact that we are discussing three own-initiative reports on consumer protection and the internal market today shows that, despite all of our successes in these areas, there is still much that is in need of improvement. Admittedly, the Member States’ transposi... | null |
Malcolm Harbour | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as chairman of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, it gives me great pleasure first of all to say how much we all appreciate the fact that Commissioner Barnier and Commissioner Dalli are both here today, as a number of my colleagues have observed, and secondly also to remark that... | null |
Trevor Colman | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the first note of dissension this morning: these reports wholeheartedly support the implementation of EU laws on consumer protection in Member States and the monitoring of the integration process of markets, which will be reported on in an annual report. One of the main recommendations is the establishing... | null |
Andreas Schwab | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I wholeheartedly endorse the sensible contributions made by my fellow Members – with the exception of the last one – and I would therefore like to come straight to the most important points. The report by Mrs von Thun is a very successful example of how we, as the European Parliament, can s... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioners and rapporteurs. I was the shadow on SOLVIT, and that is what I would like to concentrate on, on behalf of my group, the Socialist Group. SOLVIT is a great concept and I think Commissioner Dalli summed it up by saying it is all about people. It is citizen-centred, a... | null |
Morten Løkkegaard | MEP | ALDE | en | da | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am shadow rapporteur for the report on the scoreboard for the internal market and I will therefore concentrate on that, and in that respect, this is a day of rejoicing. It is a day on which we can all agree that these scoreboards are working extremely well. They are a great success at a fundamental lev... | null |
Edvard Kožušník | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by saying something that has not been said here in this Chamber, and that is that we should surely thank Commissioner Kuneva. Just like all other Members, I am delighted that the two Commissioners are sitting here today, both Mr Dalli and Mr Barnier, who was a ... | null |
Othmar Karas | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, let us take up the statement made by Commissioner Barnier in his hearing and make the internal market our friend. If we are to take this task seriously, we need to make the internal market a domestic one. If we make the internal market into a domestic market, we will ... | null |
Bernadette Vergnaud | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have the opportunity to mention during a priority debate these three reports concerning citizens’ everyday lives. I would like, moreover, to congratulate our rapporteurs on their work and, more specifically, to mention the SOLVIT network. The network... | null |
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