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Róża Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a global player, the European Union should keep in view not just the good of its citizens, but should also not forget to maintain a world perspective. For this reason, decisions made by Members of the European Parliament should be based on a reality which is more than just European. Voting on the resolution on impl... | null |
Dominique Vlasto | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Thanks to the Goldstone report, it has been possible to highlight the need for independent investigations to be carried out quickly in order to establish the reality of events and the responsibility of the parties involved, and to draw conclusions from any violations of international law and humanitarian law committed... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is not long since I reminded Parliament that elections are not free in Belarus, that freedom of expression, association and protest do not exist and that there have been an increasing number of repressive activities directed by the authorities. Furthermore, political prisoners have still not been freed, the death p... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union should not recognise the legitimacy of the Belarusian Parliament until free elections are held in that country. Therefore, I call on the Belarusian authorities to undertake a complete reform of the country’s electoral legislation, in accordance with the recommendations of the Organisation for Securi... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since the end of the Cold War, relations between Belarus and the West have been moving forwards in the development of a new understanding and the European Union has been developing positive dialogue in terms of providing Belarus with incentives to make progress relating to democracy and human rights. The above notwith... | null |
Kristiina Ojuland | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a co-author of the European Parliament’s resolution on the situation regarding civil society and minorities in Belarus, I voted in favour of the resolution. Although, last year, the Lukashenko regime freed political prisoners and has become somewhat milder, the European Union cannot look the other way... | 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 adoption of the joint motion for a resolution of the European Parliament (RC-B7-0134/2010). Several months ago, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Belarusian authorities to end the use of capital punishment on its citizens. Today, once again, we are talking about Belarus, ... | 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 this resolution which was, in fact, a text agreed among all the major groups, including ours. The resolution was unanimously adopted. | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The absence of freedom of speech, problems with registering political and even social organisations and the use of State media for propaganda purposes are symptomatic of excessively authoritarian functioning of the State. The Union has extended a helping hand to Belarus in the form of inclusion in the Eastern Partners... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was pleased to hear the results of today’s vote. We have adopted a resolution in which we condemn the recent repressions against the Polish minority in Belarus. Adoption of the document by acclamation has a special implication. It is a vote of the entire Parliament, of all the political groups and of the representat... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Council has underlined that it is important to revise the economic and social contract between financial institutions and the society they serve and to ensure that, in the good times, society is able to take advantage of the benefits provided and is protected from risk. In this matter, the European Counci... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current motion for a resolution, which comes in the wake of the G20 discussions conducted as part of the Pittsburgh Summit and of the request made by some international bodies, such as the IMF, may provide a solution for both avoiding any new financial disasters and for recovering the sums which the treasuries hav... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | By supporting the resolution adopted today by a very large majority (536 votes to 80, with 33 abstentions), the French delegation of the Democratic Movement has repeated its wish to have an impact assessment and practical proposals from the European Commission on the creation of taxes on financial transactions. We cal... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In 2000, I tabled with the Globalisation Intergroup the first resolution calling for the Commission to examine the feasibility of a tax on speculative capital flows. The resolution was not adopted, since it was just short of the number of votes required. Ten years have passed, the G20, like several Member States, is n... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The financial sector has to accept its responsibilities for the economic crisis that still plagues us. Up to now, the real economy, taxpayers, consumers, public services and society in general have been the ones paying for a substantial part of the costs and consequences of the financial crisis. There are several Memb... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The various statements made in the preamble to the resolution now approved by a majority of Parliament are positive to see. This is particularly true of the statement that the financial sector must take a fair share of the burden of economic recovery and development, given that up until it now it has been the real eco... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support a tax of financial transactions, and I am very pleased that this initiative is gaining such support. In order to be effective, it should be a global tax, and I support measures to introduce such a charge on financial transactions. | null |
Arlene McCarthy | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have voted overwhelmingly today to maintain the political momentum behind a global financial transaction tax (FTT). It is clear that the time has come for radical action to ensure the financial sector pays its way in the wake of the crisis and an FTT could be an important tool. It has strong support from the public ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Portuguese Democratic and Social Centre Party is, as a rule, against the creation of European taxes. There is also the fact that taxes are important tools at the disposal of the Member States, and more so than ever in difficult times, such as the present crisis. Finally, the different taxation options, whether via... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For me, it is an unavoidable truth that the financial sector should contribute fairly to the recovery and development of the economy, especially given that considerable costs and the consequences of the financial crisis were borne by the real economy, taxpayers, consumers, the public sector and society as a whole. A p... | 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, today, of motion for resolution B7-0133/2010 on taxation of financial transactions, and am delighted that, for the first time, Parliament has demanded an assessment of the feasibility and impact of introducing a financial transaction tax at EU level. This is considerable progress. Pressure must now b... | 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 resolution on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) which aims to promote the creation of an integrated market for services involving payments in euro, which will involve effective competition and in which there will be no difference between payments in national or foreign euro. SEPA continues ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The creation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is fundamental to the greater integration of the market for payment services. It will increase competition by treating euro payments across borders and within a country in the same way and it may come to have a direct positive impact on the lives of the European pub... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) will be an integrated market for payment services, subject to effective competition and in which there is no difference between national and cross-border payments in euro. We should have established a legally binding time limit for the migration to SEPA instruments. Public administ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) must quickly turn itself into an integrated market for payments services. However, there is much to be done before this can be achieved and, despite the existence of directives which stipulate the framework for SEPA cards and the SEPA direct debit system, the truth is that these sy... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is a concept whose introduction will make everyday life easier for millions of Europeans. Irrespective of which Member State they are citizens of, they will easily be able to make rapid and cheap payments to persons or firms in another Member State at the same cost as payments made... | null |
Kader Arif | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resolution on ACTA, which has been adopted today and of which I am one of the initiators, is extremely symbolic because it is unanimous. It is a clear signal sent out to the Commission, which has been negotiating this agreement in the utmost secrecy for two years. Parliament demands complete transparency with rega... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution. Undoubtedly, better protection of intellectual property rights and combating counterfeiting and piracy are very important issues in the European Union and worldwide, and I very much welcome the opening of negotiations at international level to strengthen IPR and to fight counterfeiting and ... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have voted for the resolution of the European Parliament on transparency and the current state of negotiations over the ACTA Agreement, because I share the doubts of the authors concerning the progress of negotiations to date. These are taking place under a ‘restricted’ regime, which means that only th... | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whilst we as a group voted against the ACTA resolution on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, we did so on the principle that the ACTA Treaty itself should not exist in any form. It is a catastrophic violation of individual private property. Had we voted in support of the resolution, we would have been recognising the existence ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the Treaty of Lisbon and codecision on international trade, the Commission and the Member States are preventing a public debate from being held on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). This lack of transparency arouses genuine suspicion, which can only be diminished by consulting the public and the E... | 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 resolution on the transparency and current position of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations because I support a transparent process in the conduct of negotiations. Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, Parliament will have to give its agreement to the t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Counterfeiting constitutes one of the principal scourges of the global economy and efforts to combat it notwithstanding, it is evident that there is a manifest incapacity for individual states to bring this fight to a successful conclusion. The risks to the health and safety of consumers which the purchase of certain ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In 2008, the European Union and other countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development opened negotiations for a new multilateral agreement aimed at reinforcing the application of intellectual property rights (IPR) and at taking actions against counterfeiting and piracy (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The general condemnation of Parliament regarding the suppression of information by the Commission relating to the ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the limitations which, by proceeding in this manner, the Commission has attempted to impose on scrutiny and democratic control, ha... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This draft AntiCounterfeiting Trade Agreement, known as ACTA, may seem like a good idea, so great is the suffering of the European economy and European jobs as a result of these unfair practices in the world of excessive free trade that you are imposing on us. However, as is always the case when there is something fu... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the resolution aimed at obtaining complete transparency from the European Commission on the subject of the negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which are currently being held in secret. Aside from the risk of reintroducing the ‘flexible response’, respect for the fundamental right... | null |
Małgorzata Handzlik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the resolution which has been adopted, the European Parliament has clearly declared its support for greater transparency in the European Commission’s negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Piracy and counterfeiting are a growing problem for the European economy and for other economies throughout t... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations concerning provisions of copyright law and combating counterfeiting and product and Internet piracy represent, without doubt, an important step towards the protection of intellectual property. Regrettably, the Commission’s information policy in relation to th... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Transparency of the ACTA negotiations is of vital importance, and I am glad the Parliament has called for full disclosure in such powerful numbers. While I am pleased to hear assurances that individuals will not be criminalised for personal use, and that the ACTA Agreement will not be used to prevent generic medicines ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The lack of transparency in the negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are contrary to the spirit of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It is essential for the Council and the Commission to immediately make available all the documentation which has been the basis of negotiatio... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to thank the rapporteurs and all Members who are responsible for the fact that the European Parliament has clearly expressed its uncompromising position with such a huge majority against the non-transparent negotiation of such an important international agreement. We expect that the agreement will open up... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported resolution RC7-0154/2010 on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, and I am glad that a large majority of Parliament did so. ACTA risks becoming known as the ‘Absence of Commission Transparency Agreement’. In its negotiations on ACTA, the Commission should be upholding the principles of transparency, huma... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current generalised system of preferences (GSP) will soon be coming to an end. I voted in favour of the resolution, a specific aim of which is to involve Parliament fully in its revision by 2012. This trade regime enables 176 developing countries and regions to benefit from preferential access to the European mark... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union is the world’s largest provider of humanitarian and development aid. We know that, every year, the European Union and the Member States give millions to cooperation and development programmes, that this assistance is necessary and that, in many cases, it makes all the difference. It is, however, my ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is by no means certain to say, as the resolution does, that the current Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is a mechanism to help developing countries. This mechanism has effects which accentuate the economic dependence of these countries as it leads to production for export, to the detriment of their internal... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The actions which the European Community has undertaken since 1971 in relation to developing countries through trade preferences under the Generalised System of Preferences are a way of making world trade more just and, at the same time, helping those countries with their growth and economic development. The current r... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the end, I voted in favour of the common resolution on Generalised Tariff Preferences (GPS) (RC7-0181/2010) although I am very sorry and upset that the Colombian Embassy has been very successful in convincing some of our colleagues to keep out almost all references to the need to investigate the human rights violati... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament report on the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, in conjunction with the corresponding report on the Common Security and Defence Policy, produced by the anti-grassroots alliance of conservatives, social democrats and liberals in the European Parliament, maps out the constant support of the ... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union must develop its strategic autonomy through a powerful and effective foreign, security and defence policy in order to defend its interests globally, ensure the security of its citizens and promote respect for human rights and democratic values throughout the world. Through having more effective Euro... | null |
John Attard-Montalto | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against amendment 18 as this amendment, in my opinion, contains a paradox. It deplores the logic of militarisation in its introduction and concludes that ‘CFSP should be based on peaceful principles and the demilitarisation of security’. My personal position is in line with my country’s international status of ... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report, as I believe that a clear and coordinated Common Foreign and Security Policy may contribute significantly to the strengthening of the European Union’s powers at international level. Undoubtedly, one of the most important CFSP matters is the EU’s increasing energy dependence on sources of supply ... | 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 believe that the partnership between the EU and NATO should not be developed solely on the basis of the UN Charter. Therefore, we think it is important for the wording to include the perspective of the Member States on this question and to take into consideration the different traditions an... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Like many of the Member States (if not all of them), the European Union finds itself confronted with a budget which is much less grand than its ambitions and in no way sufficient for all that it would like to do. The list of the multiple European values and expectations on this matter emphasise this asymmetry. The fac... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the implementation of the European security strategy is an annual document by Parliament that assesses European security and defence policy and presents proposals to improve the efficiency and visibility of this policy. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the external action of the EU gain... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to refer to a few points in the ‘Western Balkans’ subchapter of the report on the main aspects and basic options of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in 2008. Consideration must be given to the fact that at the Council Meeting for General Affairs and External Relations in February 2008, the decision ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon brought Parliament new responsibilities with respect to common foreign and security policy, and we are ready to take on these responsibilities, and to contribute to the choice of both policies and the individuals who will represent those policies throughout the world, by scrutinising those nominat... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Council’s annual report to Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2008, because I think that the objective of the CFSP should be to define the EU’s external policy, not defend its territory. I do not agree with the link between the EU an... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report attempts to position the EU as a stronger global actor. In so doing, however, it does not give any clear specification of objectives or direction to the common foreign and security policy (CFSP). The demand for a stronger financial footing must therefore be rejected, given this context. In future, internat... | null |
María Muñiz De Urquiza | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With regard to the Albertini and Danjean reports on the European Union’s foreign, security and defence policy, I would like to make it clear that the votes of the Spanish delegation of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament confirm the non-recognition of Kosovo as ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have finally voted in favour of the report A7-0023/2010, known also as the annual report on the CFSP, mainly because two of our five amendments were adopted (the one on the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue and the one about the expectation that a strategic relationship between the EU and China will be developed). ... | null |
Eva-Britt Svensson | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | sv | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted against the report, which states that the EU’s values and interests must be advanced worldwide by deepening the Union’s collective strategic thinking. This seems to be a neo-colonial approach. According to Mr Albertini, the EU’s competence should cover all areas of foreign policy and all security question... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU report on the EU CFSP is a call for a widespread war by the imperialist centre of the EU aimed at the peoples. It marks a new escalation in competition with other imperialist centres. The report: Welcomes the 70 000 members of the 23 military and ‘political’ missions of the EU around the world, in most cases, i... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament has received, through the vote of the EU’s citizens, more powers with regard to matters such as the budget and control over foreign, security and defence policy. In these circumstances, Members of the European Parliament must be included by the other EU institutions in the decision-making proce... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU has variously been defined as an economic giant and a political dwarf, and this is supposed to mean that it has not been provided with the means necessary to pursue some of its aims, in particular, in respect of its foreign policy. There have been many instances which have demonstrated the lack of unanimity of ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report, which brings together the conservative right and the social democrats, is a dangerous symptom of what we have denounced many times regarding the Treaty of Lisbon: its contribution to the deepening of neoliberalism, based on the federalism and militarisation of the European Union as the European pillar of ... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Subject to the following remarks, I voted in favour of the Danjean report. 1) The report calls for the abolition of the Assembly of the Western European Union (WEU). One therefore searches in vain for the slightest reference in the report to the work carried out by the Assembly to further European integration. It is t... | null |
Richard Howitt | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Labour MEPs welcome this annual review of the European Security Strategy and Common Security and Defence Policy, especially in the light of the changes brought about by the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, and, in this regard, especially welcome the role of High Representative, Baroness Cathy Ashton, in the associate... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European Security and Defence Policy are two fundamental pillars allowing the EU to become the principal actor of the international community in the fight against the challenges and threats which were identified in the European Security Strategy. Notwithstanding the fact ... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Danjean report because it proposes a future Common Foreign and Security Policy that is focused on promoting the militarisation of the EU and its interventionism. It does not propose any civilian and peaceful focus or solution to the conflicts, focusing instead on defence and the militarisation of t... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Danjean’s report into the implementation of the European Security Strategy and the common security and defence policy is very comprehensive and deals with numerous topics that are important for Europe. However, there is a lack of a clear focus on the fundamental shaping of EU foreign policy over the next few years ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have finally abstained in the final vote on the annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy (A7-0026/2010). This was the most complex and delicate report for us but we managed well. Two and a half of our 11 amendments were passed (with a very important one calling on the HR/VP to overcome th... | null |
Eva-Britt Svensson | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | sv | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted against the report. This document is one of the most militaristic that I have read in all my years in Parliament. The European Parliament is calling for the establishment of a permanent operations centre which will be responsible for the operational planning and conduct of military operations and for stre... | null |
Traian Ungureanu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I wish to thank all my fellow Members in the European Parliament for the support they have given me in plenary, voting in favour of Amendment 34 to the Danjean Report on the European Security Strategy. I initiated Amendment 34 with the aim of modifying the text in paragraph 87 of this report, which referred to the dev... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I consider that strengthening efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieve a world free of nuclear weapons is an absolute and important priority. Strengthening the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) by having all the Member States sign and apply it comes within this framework. I opted to abstain fro... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The principles which lay behind the signing of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and which date back to the period of the Cold War continue to be of relevance today and are even of greater urgency. The fall of the Soviet bloc led to the spread of nuclear material to various states, and the end of unified control ov... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | International changes provide new opportunities on the issue of non-proliferation. At the beginning of his term, President Obama stated his ambition of a world without nuclear weapons and pledged to actively pursue the ratification of a complete ban on nuclear testing by the United States. The Union must be up to the ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Nuclear disarmament at international level is of vital importance. This justifies the need to promote and strengthen the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and to ensure its ratification by all states. In the current international climate, the danger of a new nuclear arms race is a matter of genuine concern. The i... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Iranian problem is at the heart of the debate in preparation for the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. To recap: Iran, in accepting the NPT, abandoned over time the option to equip itself with nuclear weapons. If the Republic of Iran were no longer to honour its commitments, we would have t... | null |
Richard Howitt | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Labour MEPs would like to express our deep commitment to the aim of a world free of nuclear weapons. We are proud that Britain as a nuclear power is leading efforts towards a nuclear non-proliferation agreement in May in New York that involves global consensus. We have supported this resolution with the clear aim of se... | null |
Sabine Lösing | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am fully aware that international nuclear disarmament, and therefore the strengthening of the NPT and its ratification by all states, are of vital importance and that every effort should be made to implement the treaty in all its aspects. To ensure effective multilateral efforts, they must be set within a well-develo... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction truly represents a serious threat to mankind, to peace and to international security. Extreme terrorism, unchecked and often fundamentalist, causes the world to fear and to try to prevent groups and governments with unscrupulous leaders from acquiring this technology. T... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am delighted that the European Parliament has clearly adopted the report on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. As a Christian, I welcome the fact that the representatives of Western civilisation, more than 60 years after the end of the war, realised that the existence of nuclear weapons was a huge global risk... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have finally given my ‘yes’ to this complex resolution (RC7-0137/2010) on the Non-proliferation Treaty. Basically, I am glad that the original text presented by the PPE, Socialists, ALDE and the Verts/ALE was confirmed and that one of our four amendments was adopted (331 in favour, 311 against), especially, surprisin... | null |
Geoffrey Van Orden | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-03-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There are many elements to the resolution we can agree with. We are strongly in favour of a robust and effective Non-proliferation Treaty. However, the resolution as it stands includes some unhelpful elements and the ECR Group therefore abstained. Recital L questions the holdings of tactical nuclear weapons in five Eur... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on the effects of storm Xynthia in Europe. | null |
Janez Potočnik | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, only two weeks after the dreadful disaster on Madeira, the Commission was again shocked and saddened by the death and devastation caused by storm Xynthia in France and other European countries. I wish to express my personal sympathy to all those that are suffering as a consequence of the disaster. The ... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, during the evening of 27-28 February, storm Xynthia hit the coasts of Charente-Maritime and Vendée, my region, particularly hard. Fifty-three people died, a dozen people are unaccounted for, and hundreds of people have lost their homes. These are significant losses, and they are compound... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the natural disasters that have hit Portugal, Madeira, France and Spain. Last week, a delegation from my Group went... | null |
Giommaria Uggias | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe would like to join with the declarations of sympathy for the victims of storm Xynthia, which has affected several areas of Europe. We must take action and in this regard I appreciated the serious declarations made today ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | it | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would also like to express my deepest sympathy – my own and that of my Group – and my solidarity with the affected regions, while regretting the serious economic consequences of these disasters and offering in particular our condolences to the families of the victims. It is also important to emphasise ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our first words can only be of condolence and solidarity for the families of the victims of this catastrophe. We welcome the European Union’s words of solidarity for the affected regions and towns. It is important now to make this solidarity tangible, by quickly mobilising the necessary means and resourc... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, several European regions have been hit by some exceptional natural meteorological phenomena, which have resulted in huge material, economic, agricultural and environmental damage, and have sadly claimed too many human lives. I dare to hope, Commissioner, that beyond your due condole... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) endorses the resolution and advocates that we convey appropriate expressions of condolence and solidarity and take direct action. There are a few points I would like to add to that. First of all, I think it is excellent that the Commission ha... | null |
Bernadette Vergnaud | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by expressing my deepest sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the Madeira floods and of storm Xynthia. The necessary questions must be asked about the worrying increase in these destructive meteorological phenomena, and about the role play... | null |
François Alfonsi | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, following the disaster that has struck the French coast only a few weeks after Madeira, our group has tabled some amendments so that our Parliament, as well as expressing its solidarity, will denounce those responsible. For European citizens have not died and others have not lost everything in these disa... | null |
Patrick Le Hyaric | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, like everyone here, our thoughts are first and foremost with the populations, with the bereaved families and with those who have lost everything as a result of storm Xynthia. One of the lessons to be learnt from this disaster will have been, once again, the usefulness of the services of the... | null |
Maurice Ponga | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as my colleague Mrs Morin-Chartier and the other Members have said, on 27 and 28 February the violent storm Xynthia battered several French regions, claiming 53 lives and causing huge material damage. The storm was exceptionally intense; it caused devastating floods al... | null |
Ricardo Cortés Lastra | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first of all like to express my solidarity to the families of the victims affected by storm Xynthia. Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Madeira with a delegation from the Committee on Regional Development of Members from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Social... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-03-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Effects of the Xynthia storm in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The incidence and extent of the calamities and natural disasters which we have been facing recently are alarming. The time has come for the proposal made in 2006 by Michel Barnier about creating a European civil protection force to be put into practice. There is also an urgent need to find a solution for kick-starting... | null |
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