speaker_name stringlengths 0 148 | speaker_role stringclasses 7
values | speaker_party stringclasses 9
values | intervention_language stringclasses 22
values | original_language stringclasses 27
values | date timestamp[ms]date 2009-07-14 00:00:00 2023-09-14 00:00:00 | year stringdate 2009-01-01 00:00:00 2023-01-01 00:00:00 | debate_title stringlengths 5 666 | text stringlengths 7 50.5k | translated_text stringlengths 9 36.6k ⌀ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is important for the European Parliament to engage in positive cooperation with the Commission and Council. In this respect, I welcome today’s debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010). Particular attention was focused, among the topics discussed, on the ‘Europe 2020’ economic str... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Spring European Council summit has been so dominated by Greece’s economic problems that, if conclusions had not been documented in writing after the meeting, many of us would not have even known that the Europe 2020 strategy and many other topics were discussed as well. However, this information has certainly not ... | null |
Cristian Silviu Buşoi | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The outcome of this Summit is far from responding effectively to Greece’s needs. Mr. Van Rompuy says the EU’s capacity to reach consensus remains intact and so it is, but unfortunately there is only consensus on the lowest common denominator! The solution proposed is everything but a European one. In order to have a re... | null |
Kinga Göncz | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that at the most recent meeting of the European Council a compromise was outlined regarding the European Union’s economic programme covering the period to 2020 and on providing aid to Greece. The economic growth set as a target in the strategy is at the same time a prerequisite for emerging from the... | null |
András Gyürk | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The final document of the March Council meeting – very properly – devoted special attention to the question of climate change. This is all the more welcome because the failure of the Copenhagen Summit has created uncertainty with regard to climate policy. Flexibility mechanisms, primarily the quota trading systems, ar... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The conclusions from the European Council meeting which took place on 25 and 26 March 2010 certainly highlight the major ambitions which Member States have for the forthcoming period up until 2020. I noticed in particular the consistent objectives in terms of boosting investment in research and development and reducin... | null |
Krzysztof Lisek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In view of processes which are taking place in Europe, such as the demographic decline in the indigenous population and the economic crisis, a well-thought-out strategic action plan has my full support. The Europe 2020 strategy should enable us to be effective in the fight against the effects of these detrimental phen... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome the outcome of the European Council, especially the important decision made to support Greece, in cooperation with the IMF. This is an important step towards strengthening European solidarity. Greece is not the only State in the euro area facing financial problems. Structural reforms and restoring macroecono... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to welcome the fact that the text detailing the European Council’s final conclusions referred to the particularly important role played by the cohesion policy and common agricultural policy in ensuring the EU’s competitiveness. The common agricultural policy in particular – a topic which is currently the ... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The EU 2020 strategy must be based on expanded coordination of economic and environmental policies in order to generate eco-efficient economic growth and higher employment. The transition to a clean economy generating green jobs will only be achieved through changing production, consumption and transport models and wi... | null |
Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The 2020 strategy which has been adopted by the European Council is not acceptable to me as a socialist. It lacks a clear statement of a strategic objective (combating poverty) and does not contain measures for achieving this goal. Poverty affects 80 million (20%) of Europeans, and 17% have such low incomes that they ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | On 25 and 26 March decisions were made in the European Council on issues that will have a considerable impact on the lives of thousands of Europeans, especially those who share the euro. Even at a time of economic crisis, which is becoming much more serious in countries such as Greece, the Heads of State or Government... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome that during the European Council meeting held on 25 and 26 March the EU made a firm commitment for the first time to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, while also reaffirming its commitment to cut polluting emissions by 20%, compared with the 1990 level. The biggest challenge the EU is currently faci... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the last European summit was an attempt to develop a new strategy for the euro area and for coming out of the economic crisis. European leaders were agreed that it is necessary to strengthen economic policy in Europe by defining future common guidelines and developing an early-warning system for ... | null |
Iuliu Winkler | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In half a year, the European Union has moved from a hopeful situation to almost complete disunity. Six months ago, the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon inspired optimism and hope. Only half a year later, the Greek crisis has put the EU before a dramatic situation. In spite of an increasing number of alarm sign... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The situation of the Greek economy has, undoubtedly, aroused much emotion. Its catastrophic condition is both the effect of the world crisis and the result of the neglect of the government in Athens. It is because of the failure to carry out serious reforms and an interpretation of macroeconomic data which was too cas... | null |
Zbigniew Ziobro | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-04-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The conclusions of the European Council meeting on 25-26 March 2010 contain a decision which talks about an intention to strengthen the coordination of Member States’ economic policy by better use of the instruments provided for in Article 121 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The economic crisis... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration): see MinutesVideo of the speechesPV | Written Declaration number 0071/2009, submitted by Members Elizabeth Lynne, Michail Tremopoulos, Lívia Járóka and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on the fight against breast cancer in the European Union, has been signed by over half of Parliament’s Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 123 of the Rules of ... | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-04-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration): see MinutesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should just like to thank everybody for signing Written Declaration 71 on breast cancer. Most of you know that this is the leading cause of death across the EU of women aged between 35 and 59, and we want Member States to set up nationwide screening programmes and breast cancer specialist units among ot... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration): see MinutesVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to thank our fellow Member, as well as all of you who signed this declaration. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | In view of recent developments in the situation and by agreement with the political groups, I would like to propose the following changes to the order of business on Wednesday. They are new changes in relation to those we adopted yesterday at 17.30. They are additional changes. Firstly, we are withdrawing Question Time... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I simply want to ask whether sittings will still be taking place in the House on Thursday, whether committees such as Scientific Technology Options Assessment (STOA) and others will be meeting, whether interpreters will be available for the sittings, and whether groups of visitors will be admitted to the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | AgendaVideo of the speechesPV | I am just preparing an e-mail to all Members, which I will sign in person. Some of us have not even reached Strasbourg and also want to have this information. The e-mail will be sent at around 11.00 and will contain answers to as many of the questions as possible to which we already know the answers. On Thursday, all t... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the statements by the Council and the Commission on disruption of air traffic in Europe. As we all know, decisions for the next few days must be made by the executive arm of the European institutions. This will be, of course, the task of the Commission and the Council of Ministers. As we know, both the... | null |
Diego López Garrido | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as everyone knows, air transport is absolutely strategic in nature. It affects the public, their daily lives and their right to free movement – which is a fundamental right – and it undoubtedly has a decisive effect on economic activity. When there are problems with air transport, when there are disrupti... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to assure the Council of Ministers and the Spanish Presidency, and please tell them about this, that the European Parliament is ready to cooperate at any moment, and that we are open to discussing these matters in committee. We are open to receiving representatives of the European Commission and the Counci... | null |
Siim Kallas | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am very happy to present to Parliament the report on the action taken by the Commission regarding the effects of the European airspace crisis as a result of the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. The House will know that 84 000 flights have been cancelled, affecting thousands of passengers. As you k... | null |
Corien Wortmann-Kool | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you to the Commission and the Council for the information you have given us about the crisis in European aviation. What has become clear over the past few days is that, without aviation, not only does our Parliament run into difficulties, but our European cooperation and our economy faces huge prob... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that this crisis has a human dimension which we will definitely have to discuss today. A lot of people, tens of thousands of them, are stranded all over the world and waiting to come home. I believe that we should be thinking about these people this morning. Almost all of ... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Kallas, Mr López Garrido, in this case, we have seen that nature really is more powerful than any of the technologies available to us. To a certain extent, we have been taught a lesson. However, at the same time, it is important to note that this situation has shown us that we have not made as much pr... | null |
Michael Cramer | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there has been a fundamental change in mobility in Europe over the last six days. The crucial factor in this case was not a serious accident, measures to combat climate change or the high price of aviation fuel. On this occasion, nature itself played the decisive role. The Icelandic... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we once again find ourselves witnesses to the major impact that weather and climate can have on transport. A not particularly large volcano erupts in Iceland and air traffic in many parts of Europe grinds to a halt for several days. I think it is only right that we have today at least managed to partiall... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the decision made by the aviation safety authorities not to put passenger safety at risk was absolutely right, even if this meant closing European airspace for several days and involved financial losses for the airlines. In my opinion, it is irresponsible for airlines to ask their pilots to fly at their ... | null |
Francesco Enrico Speroni | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in my view, the situation caused by the volcano has been managed in a tardy, inefficient way. The first real operational meeting took place yesterday, Monday: the volcano started erupting on Thursday morning; therefore, it has taken four days to reach an operational decision. It is ... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, safety has priority over all other considerations. We cannot take the risk of a plane full of passengers suffering engine failure and perhaps, as a result, crashing in a built-up area. I would like to remind everyone of the British Airways plane which flew through an ash cloud on it... | null |
Mathieu Grosch | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr López Garrido, Mr Kallas, this flight ban brings us back to the wide-ranging debate on safety which has often taken place in Parliament and in which we have said that we, by which I mean Parliament, and also, I believe, the Commission, could and should introduce regulations in this area on a European ... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I think there are three important elements to this debate. First of all, the support provided to and the repatriation of stranded passengers; that has to be the absolutely top priority for all authorities at all levels. In that connection, we can agree that the Europea... | null |
Dirk Sterckx | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to say something to the minister, that is, to the President-in-Office of the Council. Not to you personally, but to everyone who has ever held your office, and possibly also to some of those who will hold it in the future. How have you been able to get away with obstructing a E... | null |
Isabelle Durant | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, even though thousands of people find themselves in great difficulties today, I believe that this volcanic eruption sounds like a real call to order: a call to order that urges us to review our relationship with the weather in the transport sector and, above all, our excessive dependence on air transport,... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I greatly regret the fact that it seems many fellow Members, before making their speeches, did not seek the advice of professionals – people who have spent several thousand hours at the controls of an aircraft. I have the impression that this is an extremely political discussion, and that charges are bei... | null |
Jacky Hénin | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that at moments like these, we must have words of comfort and sympathy for all those who have been, or still are, victims, in one way or another, of disruption to traffic, just as we must have words of sympathy for airline employees who, with the limited resources at their... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have two important points to make. Firstly, it is unfortunate that Europe is at a standstill and thus unable to compete globally, but that also applies to American and Asian airlines, which are unable to land in the EU. Secondly, I would like to thank all the parties involved for their efforts. It rema... | null |
Danuta Maria Hübner | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, today we know better than we did a week ago that jet-free skies cost a lot. The cost to airlines goes beyond their lost revenues. Other industries are affected, though there are also industries benefiting from the situation. What matters is also the fact that this new disaster has hit the already very fra... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the last few days, I have seen and experienced the alternatives to air travel in Europe, on the one hand, during a car journey from Belgrade to Vienna and then on a train journey from Vienna to Strasbourg. Although there are problems on the roads, the road infrastructure is relatively well developed, ... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr López Garrido, Mr Kallas, thank you very much for your explanations and for the work that you have done. I agree with you that the priority is safety, and that the crisis that has affected us is a complicated one, but we took too long to communicate, because we did so five days after the first attempt... | null |
Philip Bradbourn | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as has already been said, no one could have predicted the recent events in Iceland. The airline industry is having to cope with very unpredictable circumstances, both in terms of the volcanic eruption and, of course, the general economic background. With this in mind, we should base such an extreme measur... | null |
Christine De Veyrac | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like first of all to emphasise that the application of the precautionary principle by the majority of the European governments when they closed their airspace in a targeted and temporary manner was a wise and prudent decision. The safety of our fellow citizens must surpass every other considerat... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Approximately 2 million passengers in the EU-27 use air transport every year, with 22% travelling domestically, 44% inside the EU and 34% outside the EU. The eruption of the volcano in Iceland has highlighted to us the weakness of the European transport system. During the last six days, more than 17 000 flights have b... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to welcome the efforts Commissioner Kallas and the transport ministers have made to resolve this problem. Despite the age of technology in which we live today, I think it is a reminder to us that we are in the hands of Mother Nature like never before. I come from a country – Ireland – where... | null |
Vicky Ford | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the ash cloud has caused stress and trauma for many thousands of travellers and financial loss to many businesses. Indeed, many of our own colleagues from far-flung corners of Europe have been left stranded this week. The Presidency should be thanked for agreeing that it would be undemocratic to vote with... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Exceptional natural phenomena, such as the eruption in Iceland, cannot yet, unfortunately, be predicted. An inadequate response may be justified in such cases, but only once. We must closely analyse what happened and prepare an effective response in the event of such a phenomenon recurring. The information about the e... | null |
Stavros Lambrinidis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the skill of the captain shows in the storm. In the volcanic storm which hit Europe, the Union was slow to foresee, slow to react to and slow to prevent the spread of the problems for European citizens. Just as we were slow to react to the economic storm, but that is another story. There are two aspects ... | null |
Ivo Belet | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. We are dealing with exceptional circumstances here, of course. The current disruption to air traffic is more severe than that around the time of 9/11, but it is clear that we were not as well-prepared as we could have been for such an emergency situation.... | null |
Jo Leinen | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as if we had been able to predict what was going to happen, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, which is also responsible for civil protection, has an own-initiative report on the community approach to the prevention of natural disasters in the pipeline. The rapporteur is Mr ... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ‘shambles’, ‘chaos’, ‘paralysis’, ‘cacophony’, ‘catastrophe’, ‘disaster’: the press is not lacking for words to describe the closure of European airspace and its consequences. I shall not dwell on what has already been said, notably as regards the extent of the huge – unfathomable, one might say – financ... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the opportunity that this debate gives us to face up to our responsibilities. In response to today’s crises, the national dimension and intergovernmental decisions are not sufficient, nor are simple solutions, even if they are based on statistical models. It is right to recognise the diligence ... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Kallas, we are certainly dealing with a crisis situation. In Europe, air traffic has been reduced by 70%, and 80% of airports have been closed. I do hope, however, that we are able to draw several constructive conclusions. Firstly, the Commission should do everything to ensure that the eruption of the... | null |
Jörg Leichtfried | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Kallas, Mr López Garrido, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the response of the European Union and the Member States to this crisis has been entirely satisfactory and that everything possible has been done. They have acted according to the principle that safety is paramount. We can discuss whether ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. We are now in an extreme situation, because the subject that we are debating is so urgent and so distressing for many people, and in particular for the public, that we have more ‘catch-the-eye’ requests than ever. This is a record, as I think we have 13 or 15 requests, and eve... | null |
Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to the Commissioner and to the Minister of the Spanish Presidency for their speeches and for the work they have done. I do not think there is any question that the priority in this emergency is to guarantee safety, and safety has been guaranteed, because the outcome of... | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this debate has given rise to many speeches by transport specialists. It is true that we have focused strongly on the economic problems that this exceptional and unforeseeable situation has caused. There are also human aspects, as has been said, and I am looking at the situation more from the point of vi... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the current situation makes us realise and testifies to our impotence before the forces of nature. However, as a serious organisation, the European Union should be better prepared for such situations, and should, in particular, be ready to react efficiently in urgent cases. It is difficult, of course, to... | null |
Antonio Masip Hidalgo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Commissioner talked about the procedures being absurd and obsolete. Let us therefore be consistent. We have wasted too many opportunities, too many treaties, when we could have introduced Community powers over European airspace. Nevertheless, while we were not able to act as we should have done in th... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I hope the current difficult situation in European transport will not last for too long and will not turn into a real transport crisis. The experience we are gaining is too expensive, but is very instructive. We should draw the right conclusions, and here are some which suggest themselves immediately. Fi... | null |
Piotr Borys | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Kallas, the catastrophe has shown us that we do not have procedures in the European Union for dealing with catastrophes like the one which has arisen as a result of the volcanic eruption. Firstly, the European Union should coordinate matters relating to safety and decide whether or not aeroplanes can ... | null |
Kriton Arsenis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, over the past few days, we have experienced an unprecedented upheaval in our lives. Aeroplanes, which we depend on to travel to and from our regions to Brussels and Strasbourg, are no longer available. The upheaval has been massive; we have had to take trains, ships and buses, it ha... | null |
Magdalena Alvarez | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that the responses that can be given now can only alleviate the current situation, but cannot prevent it from happening again. In transport, there are no short cuts, there are no short-term solutions, and this should be an opportunity – even more so now that the White Paper is being drawn up – ... | null |
Bendt Bendtsen | MEP | PPE | en | da | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, a lot of sensible things have been said during the debate this morning, but I think we need to look a bit more to the future. What we have experienced is something we will experience again. The experts in Iceland say that it is not a matter of whether there will be further eruptions – the question is mer... | null |
Tanja Fajon | MEP | S&D | en | sl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, it is, of course, clear to us all that passenger safety must be our top priority and that we are having this discussion today primarily because nature has reminded us of this. Flights have been grounded across most of Europe, passengers are waiting indefinitely, airlines are sinking into the red,... | null |
Judith A. Merkies | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to express my sympathies to everyone who has been affected by this crisis. Now, ‘crisis’ is a word that we have been hearing far too often these days: economic crisis, financial crisis, transport crisis, every other kind of crisis under the sun. If one thing is clear, it is tha... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it has become clear that the focus of this whole issue is on the passengers. We want passengers from Europe to be transported safely. We want safety, but we also want transport options. I believe that we need all the means of transport currently available. We need aircraft, as we cannot replace flying wi... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | There has been a huge amount of talk in recent days about the financial losses sustained by airlines, which are an actual fact. It is becoming clear that a mechanism for providing assistance to these companies needs to be adopted, all the more so as this crisis caused by the eruption of the volcano in Iceland may be p... | null |
Gilles Pargneaux | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, this crisis that we have been experiencing for some days has also demonstrated – and this has not been said enough – the failure of the Lisbon Strategy, which the European Union was able to put into action in the last decade. This failure, which stems from deregulation and fierce competitio... | null |
Elisa Ferreira | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this was, of course, an unforeseen crisis and the precautionary principle must naturally take priority. There are, however, lessons to be learnt, and the first is that no sufficiently strong and politically responsible European voice has been heard for five days. Such a voice has been lacking with regard... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the precautionary principle has become a principle of irresponsibility. In the face of the slightest risk, the precautionary principle has become an invitation to abandon all responsibility. No so-called ‘responsible’ parties dare shoulder their responsibilities any longer. A potential influenza epidemic... | null |
Diego López Garrido | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think there has clearly been agreement that first of all, we need to focus on nature. Mr Cramer said this quite clearly, and I agree with him, because this is an important message for all of us. We must also, of course, focus on the European Union, on European action, in response to a crisis that has E... | null |
Gay Mitchell | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, could I respectfully ask that this debate be extended, because this exchange is far too polite. People are being treated like dirt in train stations, by airlines and by authorities in airports. We are being far too polite. We should be using the EU’s power in the Council and in the Commission to force peo... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | That has been mentioned several times, today. Everyone from the European Parliament who spoke before you raised these matters. | null |
Siim Kallas | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to thank the honourable Members for all their remarks. I have four additional ones to make. First of all, these events have given us much food for thought as regards our strategic plans. One of the most interesting and crucial issues is intermodality and flexibility between modes of transport, and ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate which we are now ending was, certainly, the most important item of our proceedings. If only because of this debate, it was worth meeting here in Strasbourg. This discussion is something which our citizens expect – that we should deal with these problems, and it is just this which we have been talking about s... | null |
Kinga Göncz | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Although thanks to the intervention of the aviation authorities, the volcanic ash cloud fortunately did not cost human lives, the level of information and coordination in Europe gets a failing grade. The closure of the skies caused difficulties for hundreds of thousands of Europeans, preventing them from reaching thei... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our debate on the situation of European aviation must not be restricted to the trivial matter of how to get to the part-session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Concentrating too much on this aspect will give the impression of an unjustified egocentricity on the part of Members of the European P... | null |
Ádám Kósa | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As a result of the limitations and cancellations of flights for several days on account of the eruption of the volcano in Iceland, thousands of people are stuck at airports under difficult conditions. Despite considerable flight delays (in cases of trips under 1500 km, over 2 hours), the airlines have provided little ... | null |
Jacek Olgierd Kurski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The volcanic cloud caused by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll has been effective in disrupting air traffic over Europe in the last few days. To date, tens of thousands of flights have been cancelled, making it impossible for passengers to travel. For the whole of Europe, and for national and EU authorit... | null |
Tiziano Motti | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the news has accustomed us to scourges, natural or wilfully caused, that bring a nation’s structures and society to its knees, creating transport and supply emergencies. Funds made available from the European budget and coordination among various civil protection bodies are already in operation, thanks t... | null |
Sławomir Witold Nitras | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, in the last few days, we have all been witnesses of the blockade of airports throughout almost the whole of the continent of Europe. The situation is unusual, because it is not the result of strikes, but of a natural disaster caused by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. This paralysis, in whic... | null |
Cristian Dan Preda | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | No justification is required for air traffic security. Since the volcanic eruption in Iceland, travelling by air not only appears not to be a viable option, but almost an impossibility as well. I strongly believe that more coordination at European level would have helped EU citizens stuck at various airports across th... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the statement by Mr Barroso, the President of the European Commission, on the Legislative and Work Programme of the Commission for 2010. I would like to stress that a good number of Commissioners are also present in the Chamber. The whole European Commission is strongly represented, because the subject... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | President Barroso, thank you for coming. It has not been easy for any of us to get to Strasbourg. Many Members have not arrived at the European Parliament, so the attendance is not very high. We decided not to vote during this part-session because everybody must have the opportunity to vote, and some Members could not ... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour and the pleasure of presenting to you today the first work programme of this Commission. It is also the first work programme since the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect. I have the honour and the pleasure of presenting it alongside practically my entire team, the E... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Barroso, for a comprehensive presentation of the Commission’s most important initiatives for the next eight months. I would just like to stress that the strategic partnership of which you spoke is very important to us. We distinguish between executive and legislative authority, but our cooperation is of c... | null |
József Szájer | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), we welcome the fact that the Commission has ambitiously set to work and presented its 2010 work programme. We take this in the spirit in which it was meant, that the Commission is present, and as a sign of respect for Parliament, of taking P... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, Commissioners, I would like to thank so many of you for attending today. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing about my fellow Members. I am ashamed to say that not all of those who are not here are genuinely not here. They are in Strasbourg, but they are not in the Chamber where they sh... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President of the Commission, I find this programme perhaps overly tentative in view of today’s upheavals and challenges, and I believe that we are entitled to expect greater ambition from the Commission, all the more so given that you committed yourself to this. On financial regulation first of all, I fu... | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barroso, Commissioners, I would also have liked Parliament to respond to the respect that you have shown it with a higher level of attendance. We will have to work on this. The work programme that you have presented is very wide-ranging and contains headings that sound very ambitious. Even the introdu... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, talking of programmes, let me remind you of the lesson of the 1992 programme: for the Commission to achieve results, it needs to set one priority and focus on one policy at a time. The effort to establish the single market was a worthwhile objective which could be easily understood by all those involved –... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the title of the programme that we are discussing here today is: ‘Time to Act’. When it took five days to organise a videoconference among Union ministers, I can only congratulate you on your sense of humour, Mr Barroso. Why, though, is it time to act? Is it because no one has acted yet and the title is ... | null |
Fiorello Provera | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, enterprises, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises, which make up 99% of Europe’s productive fabric, need four fundamental elements: easier access to credit, greater labour market flexibility, less bureaucracy when it comes to opening up and managing businesses, and, las... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the Commission work programme for 2010, it was said that the European Union must face up to long-term challenges such as globalisation and must regain competitiveness. The problem is that the EU has not faced up to globalisation: it has embraced it. It is allowing a flood of imports from developing eco... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-04-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in general – we are not talking about those who have said clearly and honestly that they are against the Union and against membership of the European Union – I feel able to say that there is, nonetheless, in this House, broad agreement on the programme that we have just presented. If there is one common ... | null |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.