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Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have heard a great deal about proportionality in this debate, and I wonder what opponents of Israel would consider to be proportionate. I wonder whether they would have preferred it if the Jewish state had simply taken an equivalent amount of ordnance and rained it randomly on Gaza. Would that have bee... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) delegation in the European Parliament today voted against the resolution from several groups to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report. You cannot vote in favour of a report for which the very mandate was highly controversial – not one single Member S... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am convinced that the European Union has to send a clear signal to Belarus that it is prepared to reconsider mutual relations if Belarus does not refrain from violating human rights and democratic principles and does not take corrective action. At the same time, I would like to express outrage over the decree from t... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to thank fellow Members for drawing up this resolution and for its adoption by the European Parliament. By endorsing this resolution, we have expressed support for the defence of the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, including national minorities. It is, at the same time, an initiative to defe... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of adopting the Belarus resolution. In the resolution, we demand legalisation of the Association of Poles in Belarus, which is led by Angelika Borys, and we express our solidarity with all the citizens of Belarus, who cannot take full advantage of civil rights. Yesterday, I received a letter from th... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I supported the resolution on the situation of civil society and national minorities in Belarus and today I would like to express once again my great concern at the recent human rights violations in Belarus against members of civil society and against members of the national minorities and their organisat... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as regards the situation in Belarus, I regard it as very important that, as Europeans, we remember what our values are. I want to bring this to your attention because of the recent regrettable outcome of the vote on the Goldstone report and because in all matters, be they in connection with Belarus, the ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, although I support much of the wording of this resolution, I wonder whether we are best placed to lecture Belarus about the inadequacies of its democracy. We complain that Belarus has a weak rubber-stamp parliament, but look around you. Here we are meekly rubber-stamping the decisions of our 27-member pol... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, aside from questioning the actual content of this resolution, I would also like to question its principle. French, Flemish, Hungarian, German and Austrian patriots are the subject of constant legal, professional and political persecution, and this amid the indifference, indeed with the support, of this H... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the ECR recognises that the financial services industry cannot expect to escape from the crisis scot free. Enormous damage has been done through reckless behaviour, and the cost of sorting out the mess must be borne by those involved. Furthermore, new systems must be put in place to ensure that this never... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I abstained on the financial transaction taxes resolution because it is hopelessly inadequate for tackling the obscene antisocial speculation around the world by giant hedge funds and so-called ‘prestigious’ banks like Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a private dinner in New Yor... | null |
Mario Borghezio | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we abstained, but my main aim was to take a stance against the clear intention of the European Union and the Commission to introduce a tax, as demonstrated by Commissioner Šemeta’s recent statements to European Voice about the supposed imminent introduction of a minimum tax on emissions. We are against t... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am unconvinced of the case for a tax on financial transactions but I accept the sincere motives of the supporters of the proposal. It is an issue on which people of goodwill can come to different conclusions. What there is no case for whatsoever is the imposition of such a tax exclusively in the Europea... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, anyone who looks at the recent financial crisis will wonder how we allowed regulation and supervision to lead to a situation where we ended up with banks being deemed too big to fail and billions in taxpayers’ money being used to prop up these banks. So, when one thinks about this idea of a global financi... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I appreciate the efforts of the European Union regarding the introduction of a single regime for bank transactions within the euro area. On the other hand, I can see the introduction of these new rules being abused by the banks in order to raise fees they charge their clients. If, on the one hand, our banks, under pre... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of adoption of the resolution because, as a representative of my electorate, I cannot accept that anything should be agreed behind their backs and against their will. The Treaty of Lisbon has given the European Parliament new competences, which is also why the European Parliament should be able to st... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, with regard to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the current negotiations completely lack transparency. To use the current negotiating formula to generate a global agreement is totally contrary to the transparent and democratic processes that we should expect from our lawmakers. Regardless o... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, one of the important things about this motion for a resolution was the fact that we managed to achieve an alliance right across the House. One area of common agreement was the fact that, in the absence of any meaningful information surrounding these negotiations, what you saw on the blogosphere and elsewh... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | What worries me is the European Commission’s practice and procedure to negotiate the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Negotiations are taking place in secret, behind closed doors, without properly informing the European Parliament and Members, who should, in the end, approve this document. I think we should... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as many of us know, the GSP system is up for review and the current system is coming to an end. One of the things that is very important when we look at GSP and GSP+ is that, during the negotiations on the economic partnership agreements, there were many individual states in the proposed regions that were... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | es | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, barely noticed, South America and Central America are sliding into a form of autocracy – a kind of neo-caudillismo. In Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, we have seen the rise of regimes which, if not exactly dictatorial, are certainly not supportive of parliamentary democracy – people who, althou... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I thank my colleague, Mr Albertini, for the excellent work he has carried out on this central theme in European politics. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Union has shouldered greater responsibility for foreign affairs and common security policies, and I believe that many of us here... | null |
Nicole Sinclaire | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted against Amendments 17D and 19, which attacked NATO and called for the removal of NATO bases here in the European Union. Well, one of the last arguments of those who believe in this European project is that the EU has kept the peace in Europe for the last 50 or 60 years. Well, I would actually say ... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour because I wanted to emphasise that the hope of increasing civil and military synergy and collaboration between the European Union and its Member States, even whilst respecting some non-aligned or neutral positions, is a position that we can all broadly share. I also consider it importan... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for your patience. I voted against this report, because it repeats the dangerous guidelines contained in the Treaty of Lisbon for the European defence and security strategy. In other words, it calls for the militarisation of the European Union, legitimises military intervention, recognises the ... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The adoption of this report by a large majority indicates the concern we need to have for small and medium-sized enterprises. At the moment, 5.4 million micro-enterprises are obliged to compile annual reports, even though their area of activity is limited to a particular local area or region. If these companies are no... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting in favour of the Lehne report regarding the accounts of micro-enterprises because I support active measures for de-bureaucratisation and those that support small and medium enterprises, which, in Portugal and in Europe, are responsible for the greatest amount of job creation. I raise the issue of the creat... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The last two rounds of enlargement of the European Union have brought numerous benefits to old and new Member States alike, while also posing a number of challenges. I think that the decision to grant certain facilities to micro-entities should be regulated at European level and not come under the remit of each Member... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved a proposal aimed at abolishing the obligation for small and mediumsized enterprises to publish their annual accounts. In an effort to reduce the administrative burden, the European Commission proposed that countries that so wish can exempt their SMEs from this annual obl... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the proposal for a directive on the annual accounts of companies resolves the framework and broadens the obligation to submit accounts in the case of micro-entities. The aim of this measure is to reduce the administrative burden and thereby to help boost the competitiveness and economic growth of micro-e... | null |
Françoise Grossetête | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Lehne report because abolishing the accounting obligations for these microentities will not reduce the real costs of businesses and will create great legal uncertainty. Such an exemption will undermine the confidence required for relations between very small enterprises and third parties (customer... | null |
Astrid Lulling | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, I voted against the Lehne report, as I believe that the reduction in administrative expenditure for small and medium-sized enterprises must take place as part of a uniform and comprehensive approach for the whole of the European Union. Were this proposal implemented, more than 70% of European companies – indeed... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Especially at a time when the economic crisis has hit small businesses hard, it is our duty to endeavour to provide them with all the facilities which might help them recover and offer support again to the European economy. Cutting red tape is important in this context. I welcome the decision adopted today. I hope tha... | null |
Georgios Papastamkos | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Lehne report, because it grants Member States the discretion to take account of the various repercussions which the application of the directive may have on their internal affairs, especially as regards the number of companies which come within its scope. The activities of micro-entities are o... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Lehne report and the Commission proposal. They represent a step backwards in terms of the internal market and pose an obvious risk of distortion of competition between small European SMEs. Let us be clear, the consequences of this proposal have been woefully underestimated. Moreover, they have not ... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The proposal submitted to us entails allowing the Member States to exempt certain enterprises (microentities) from the obligation to draw up and publish their annual accounts. I am, of course, hugely in favour of reducing the administrative burdens for businesses, in particular, for SMEs and very small enterprises. H... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The objective of the present proposal relates to the simplification of the business environment and, in particular, the requirements for the provision of financial information by micro-enterprises, with the aim of strengthening their competitiveness and potential for growth. In this context, I welcome the changes incl... | null |
Marianne Thyssen | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Parliament’s adoption of the Small Business Act in March 2009 kick-started a series of policy proposals geared towards making the business environment in Europe more SME-friendly, through administrative simplification, among other means. The abolition of the accounting system for wh... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the proposal to exempt micro-entities (small firms) from EU law on accounting standards. This is an extremely important proposal as it will reduce the unnecessary burden of red tape on small businesses and help over five million firms to make a saving of approximately GBP 1 000 each. The EU has mad... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mr Lehne’s report on the annual accounts of microentities because, although the European Commission’s impact assessment is, in my view, incomplete and insufficient, I wanted to adopt a position that was clearly in favour of simplifying the accounting obligations imposed on very small enterprises.... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this proposal because it is liable, in the long run, to backfire on SMEs and, by reducing their access to credit, to deprive them of the conditions of transparency and of confidence that are indispensable to their management and to the dynamism of their activity. I do not believe that one can, on the o... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of the Lehne report that will certainly contribute to the reduction of the managerial burdens of micro-enterprises. Small enterprises frequently complain about the excessive regulation, burdens and bureaucracy that often endanger their financial survival. Micro-enterprises are right to argue tha... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the proposal for a directive on the annual accounts of certain types of companies adopted on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. While I am in favour of a significant reduction in the regulatory burden borne by SMEs, I do nonetheless believe that accounting requirements also constitute crucial management instrum... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament, like the European Economic and Social Committee, is supporting the objective pursued by the Commission by presenting this initiative, which entails exempting micro-entities from administrative and accounting requirements, which are costly and completely disproportionate to the needs and intern... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution because it promotes the strengthening of economic coordination between the European countries, greater coherence between the Stability and Growth Pact and other European strategies, the implementation of an ambitious social agenda in the fight against unemployment, greater flexibil... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU 2020 strategy must resolve the problems caused by the economic and financial crisis through measures aimed directly at the sensitive points in Member States’ economies. If the Lisbon Strategy was not wholly successful because too many targets were set, a strategy for exiting the crisis must be focused on a few ... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 3 March, the European Commission presented its EU 2020 strategy: ‘A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. It is a proposal which agrees on five quantifiable objectives for the European Union It is a strategy which focuses on concrete, realistic and appropriately quantified objectives: an increase ... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution. Since we will be unable to solve the current social and economic problems at national level, we therefore need to solve them at European and international level. The EU 2020 strategy should, above all, be an effective measure to overcome the economic and financial crisis, since the goal of... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the recent debates held during the Informal Council of 11 February on the guidelines for EUROPE 2020, the new strategy for Europe. I congratulate the Commission on its initiative and call for greater cooperation with Parliament on such an important matter for the future of Europe. It is essential to invest i... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There were high hopes for the Lisbon Strategy, the economic, social and environmental objectives of which were as necessary as they were ambitious. The strategy that succeeds it, the socalled EU 2020 strategy, which we voted on today, seems to me to be far less ambitious. Although it does retain some objectives to be... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The 2020 strategy is supposed to replace the Lisbon Strategy. It is, above all, in danger of prolonging the shortcomings, of ending in the same lack of results and of causing the same disappointment. It is neither a true recovery strategy nor a new perspective for the economic, social, budgetary and fiscal policies of... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the motion for a joint resolution on the continuation of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010. To achieve a social market economy which is sustainable, more intelligent and greener, Europe must define its priorities, agreeing on these together. No Member State can provide responses to... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Commission has made public the Europe 2020 strategy, which replaces the unsuccessful Lisbon Strategy and which provides important and ambitious challenges for Europe. These challenges relate, essentially, to five areas considered to be strategic by the Commission: (i) employment; (ii) research and innovat... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The principle of solidarity should be the basis for the EU 2020 strategy; solidarity among citizens, generations, regions and governments. This way, we will be able to combat poverty and ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion, by means of sustainable economic growth. This principle of solidarity must constit... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Europe 2020 strategy, the recognised successor of the so-called Lisbon Strategy, must start by making an appropriate assessment of the methods of its predecessor. If this were done, it would find that the approaches which it implemented – namely, the liberalisation of important economic sectors and the deregulatio... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rejection of our motion for a resolution is regrettable. In it, we not only proposed a broad process of discussion on the proposals which have already been presented by the European Commission and a complete evaluation of the results of the Lisbon Strategy, with the aim of extracting conclusions for the new Europe... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, for the last two decades, the European Union has been successful in many areas, from three ambitious enlargements to the introduction of the common currency, the euro. European Union citizens work less than the Americans or the Japanese (10% fewer hours per year) and retire earlier. Maintaining these gai... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after the bitter failure of the Lisbon Strategy, which was meant to make Europe the world’s most competitive knowledgebased economy in 2010, here we have the EU 2020 strategy, which is precisely an extension of that strategy. For flexibility of the labour market, read job insecurit... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this resolution because it does not place enough emphasis on the objective of full employment. Secondly, our priorities should be more focused on the fight against poverty and on sustainable growth. The European Parliament also lets slip the opportunity to emphasise the need to combat all forms of inse... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The reality which we have all realised is that the 2020 strategy does not even have enough green or social policies. Another relevant observation is that the objectives are vague and the economic crisis is not being handled in a manner commensurate with its severity. This is why I feel that the role of the resolution ... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the context of the EU 2020 strategy, agriculture will play an important part in Europe’s future success. Particularly when it comes to sustainable growth and employment, and when it comes to climate change, European agricultural policy is highly significant, as it has an indispensable role to play in retaining jobs... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to draw attention to an inconsistency between the targets of the 2020 strategy and the effects which will be the consequence of proposed changes to the budget priorities for 2014-2020. One of these targets is an improvement in environmental conditions. The change of budget priorities suggests a restrictio... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The objective of the European Union’s future strategy is to accept current and future challenges and to master them as well as possible. In the context of the EU 2020 strategy, the agricultural sector, in particular, will play an important role in relation to the new, EU-defined challenges such as protection of the en... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU 2020 strategy is the latest opportunity for the EU to assert itself as a world economic power, after the Lisbon Strategy became a failure. Against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, the EU 2020 strategy has to be the model which all the Member States must follow in order to bring us into a new era, wit... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution of the European Parliament (RC-B7-0151/2010). The EU 2020 strategy is intended to set new objectives, not only for political action, but also for the way in which we think. In order to make a good recovery from the crisis, we have to create common instruments and ... | null |
Georgios Papastamkos | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the second part of paragraph 6 of the joint motion for a resolution on the EU 2020 strategy because it implies an intention to further dismantle the traditionally constructed European social state. The EU should make its social union more visible, by rebuffing competitive pressure on the international ... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution as I believe that the EU 2020 strategy must provide an effective response to the economic and financial crisis and give new impetus and European coherence to the recovery process in the EU by mobilising and coordinating national and European instruments. I support the need for better cooper... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Europe is not the world’s most competitive economy in 2010. Far from it: with GDP down by 4% and 23 million citizens without jobs, its state of health is not exactly brilliant. If the European Union needs a severe electric shock to get the economy and employment back in a virtuous circle, it must do so with similar ob... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted ‘no’ to motion for a resolution RC7-0151/2010 submitted today for voting in Parliament for the same reason that we Greens did not vote for the Barroso II Commission: because of a lack of ambition. On this occasion, it is the turn of Parliament’s largest political groups to disappoint by adopting a resolution th... | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The question of where the EU should be in relation to employment and economic development in 2020 is of key importance. Especially in times of economic crisis such as these, the EU 2020 strategy should act as the engine driving us out of the uncertainty. That makes it more important to choose the goals in such a way t... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the joint resolution, because the three major groups are obviously using it to endorse the business-as-usual approach of the Barroso II Commission. My constituents expect a different approach and want the Europe 2020 strategy to usher in a green new deal, a 21st century green revolution which will reco... | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the resolution on the EU 2020 strategy because paragraph 6, which mentions the restructuring of social security systems and talks about greater flexibility for workers, has been adopted. Moreover, the resolution is more like a mishmash of more or less good intentions to the detriment of precise quantit... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Europe 2020 strategy aims to set out a plan for the future to achieve economic growth and the promotion of jobs within the European Union. Its approach must be made on the basis of objectives which refer to a sustainable social market economy, the sustainable knowledge society, and the role of SMEs in promoting em... | null |
Marianne Thyssen | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, bringing about an exit strategy from the crisis is crucial in the short term, but something more is needed in the medium term. If we really want to give social market economy, our social model, a chance, we need more economic growth, green growth, that will make us competitive and c... | null |
Georgios Toussas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The joint motion for a resolution by the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on the EU 2020 strategy expresses the joint decision by the political f... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Long ago, Jacques Delors used to say that one cannot fall in love with a single market or a single currency. I am in love with a Union that takes the real needs of families in the Member States seriously, in strict accordance with national and European competences. However, on reading the EU 2020 strategy and our parl... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I read both Judge Richard Goldstone’s report and the conclusions of the ambassador Dora Hold, which dismantle many of the arguments presented in the report of the UN Commission headed by Judge Goldstone. While comparing them, I noted the biased tone of the Goldstone report and therefore, I have not supported the resol... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We decided to abstain on all of the votes on Palestine and Israel. We could not vote for resolutions that purported to give the European Union the power to conduct foreign policy or that were inconsistent with our policy of neutrality on the conflict. We do take a neutral policy position between Israel, the Palestinian... | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Having visited Gaza earlier this year, I have seen in person how vital it is that Parliament acts in this area. The Goldstone recommendations need to be implemented in full, and I will be tracking this issue over the coming months. | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whilst I recognise that the conflict in Gaza and the West Bank is a humanitarian tragedy, my votes do not support the existence of international influence of the European Institutions as I do not recognise the European Union. My votes in Parliament on 10 March 2010 reflect my conscience on this subject. | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I sponsored this resolution which stresses that respect for International Human Rights and Humanitarian law is an essential prerequisite for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East; it expresses concern at the pressures being exerted on NGOs by Israeli and Gaza authorities because they cooperated with the Goldstone... | null |
Göran Färm, Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson, Marita Ulvskog and Åsa Westlund | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We Swedish Social Democrats do not believe that Hamas should be included on the EU list of terrorist organisations. We are very critical of Hamas and, not least, of its attacks on the Israeli civilian population, but, at the same time, we are concerned that the unconditional condemnation by the EU may aggravate the si... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Anyone who has followed for many years, as I have, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, can only conclude with sadness that many of the sincere efforts for a lasting peace continue to be insufficient to persuade and motivate those who have opted for violence to abandon it once and for all. The electoral victory of Hamas ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Attention must be paid to the armed conflict that started in Gaza on 27 December 2008 and ended on 18 January 2009, causing the death of over 1 400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. The loss of human lives was coupled with the destruction of most civilian infrastructure. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Af... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The adoption of this resolution on the conflict in Gaza by Parliament was a positive step as it recognises the violations of international law by Israel. This proves the impact which the Goldstone report has had on the Middle East peace process by making the constant violations of international law committed by Israel... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is yet another retrospective assessment of the mistakes made by each of the parties involved in the conflict. If the same causes produce the same effects, there is reason to question the causes since the effects are always disastrous. The same causes are the launching of rockets over Israeli cities. The same caus... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution calling for the implementation of the Goldstone recommendations because it is vitally important to obtain a pledge from the Israeli and Palestinian authorities that they will carry out impartial and transparent investigations into the Gaza tragedy of 2008-2009, not in an aggressive ... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution as it underlines the horrific circumstances that the vast majority of the Palestinian population in Gaza live in today and, in particular, calls for the ‘immediate’ and ‘unconditional’ opening of all Gaza’s borders. I fully support the right of the Palestinian population to self-det... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I strongly support the findings of the Goldstone report, and am pleased that the Parliament has endorsed its recommendations. I hope the process of lasting peace through a two state solution will be supported by the Goldstone findings. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU should be deeply concerned for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which, in addition to the victims it has caused, has, for decades, created great instability in the region and in the world. Even so, I believe that there are differences between what Israel does, as a democratic and sovereign sta... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today’s joint motion for a resolution on the Goldstone report once again gives expression to the EU’s striving for a fair assessment and review of events during the conflict in Gaza. On 26 February 2010, both sides were once again called on by the UN General Assembly to carry out credible investigations and to submit ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The joint motion for a resolution on the Goldstone report expounds the European Union’s wish for an investigation of the events surrounding the conflict in Gaza fairly and in detail. On 26 February 2010, the UN General Assembly, too, once again called for an investigation within five months into the incidents and the ... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Human rights must be respected by all sides in the Middle East conflict. Every suspicion that human rights have been violated, by any of the sides, should be checked. Here, however, an identical approach must be used for all the sides of the conflict. The Goldstone report is a document which has created a great deal o... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have not supported the joint resolution of the socialists, the liberals, the left block and the Greens on applying the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Israel. This report was adopted by the General Assembly of the UN in November last year, by only five out of 27 EU Member States. The reason for this is th... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of motion for a resolution RC7-0136/2010 on the Goldstone Recommendations, mainly because it insists on asking for a strong EU position on the follow-up to the Goldstone report and that implementation of its recommendations and accountability for all violations of international law should be publicly ... | null |
Olle Schmidt and Cecilia Wikström | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is not a good time to adopt a resolution on Israel. We can soon expect to receive a full evaluation of the Goldstone report and I believe that we should not anticipate it. The situation is a sensitive one and the conflict between the parties has become polarised. We must not aggravate the situation by adopting a ... | null |
Marek Siwiec | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I do not think the joint resolution on implementation of the Goldstone recommendations on Israel/Palestine fully reflects the views expressed by Members of the European Parliament during the debate which took place in Brussels on 24 February. The resolution does not adequately represent the position of the majority of... | null |
Catherine Soullie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Reducing the IsraeliPalestinian conflict to a mere comparison of the number of deaths in one or the other warring camp can only distort our view of this war, which has been going on for too long now. We all agree that it is difficult to find a solution to this conflict, since the causes themselves are complex and dee... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the joint resolution on the Goldstone report, not least because it recognises that the people of Gaza continue to live under appalling conditions as a consequence of the blockade and because it calls for an immediate, permanent and unconditional opening of the border crossings. The approved text p... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ECR Group does not recognise a substantial amount of the Goldstone report and hence we did not vote in favour of the PPE motion for resolution and the joint motion for resolution. The ECR Group has grave concerns about the legitimacy and biased nature of the report produced by Judge Goldstone and, especially, do no... | null |
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