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President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-05T00:00:00 | 2010 | Order of businessPV | Τhe final version of the draft agenda, as drawn up by the Conference of Presidents at its last meeting pursuant to Rules 140 and 155 of the Rules of Procedure, has been distributed. In agreement with the political groups, I propose the following amendments to the agenda for this week’s plenary: Wednesday, 5 May 2010: F... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The first item is the report (A7-0062/2010) by Mr Deutsch, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the European Investment Bank’s annual report for 2008 (2009/2166 (INI)). | null |
Tamás Deutsch | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, President Maystadt, European Investment Bank – Annual Report 2008. This is the title of our current agenda item. This report, however, is about much more than the analysis of the European Investment Bank’s activities of two years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, we hear it day after day a... | null |
Philippe Maystadt | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let me first of all thank you for doing me the honour of inviting me to speak in plenary. This is the continuation of a tradition begun a few years ago. I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Deutsch, for the fine quality of his report. In particular, I appreciated the... | null |
Olli Rehn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the Commission, I would like to thank Mr Deutsch for an excellent report, and also to welcome President Philip Maystadt to your plenary and congratulate him for the huge efforts the EIB has made to counter the economic crisis and to support the EU’s recovery plan. In the extraordinary circums... | null |
Edit Bauer | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, in their opinion on the report, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs stated that the European Investment Bank did well in crisis management in 2008. What can be expected from an investment bank during a crisis? Mainly that it tries to compensate the decline in the lending activities of ... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Rehn, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development, I would first of all like to express my gratitude for the report and I would also like to thank the rapporteur. The committee welcomes the high capital adequacy ratio of the European Investment Bank (EIB). We are pleased that economic and socia... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would firstly like to welcome you, President Maystadt, and to tell you what a joy it is to see you again, since I worked on an identical report some time ago. I would also like to welcome the Commissioner and to tell the rapporteur and the rapporteurs for the other groups that they have done a tremendo... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I believe we all agree that the European Investment Bank features among the European projects which we can describe as successful European projects. I must also congratulate it at this point for the fact that, during a crisis, it has managed to retain its AAA rating, which is excellent. In another respect, however, th... | null |
Olle Schmidt | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Maystadt, I should like to thank the rapporteur very much for an interesting and excellent report. On behalf of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I should like to start by praising the bank for its excellent work. The European Investment Bank (EIB) was rapid... | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Maystadt, fellow countrymen, we need a bank like yours. Yes, we need it at a time when private banks, like industry, have shown that they are working against the general interest, that they are no longer doing their job of providing society with credit. We need public lending ins... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, most of all I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Deutsch, for his very good work. I think that increasing the volume of lending by the amount which the report mentions is a very ambitious objective. I think that, in fact, from the perspective of the European taxpayer and the European voter, a Europea... | null |
Marta Andreasen | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, when I look at the projects the EIB finances I am struck by how many involve large companies and how few involve the SMEs they are supposed to help. Do companies such as General Motors, Electrolux and Arcelor Mittal really need to use the EIB except for the soft terms they offer? And what have such loans ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is pleasing to read in the annual report that the European Investment Bank (EIB) has responded rapidly to the crisis by making a significant increase in the funds available. Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular must remain one of its central priorities and, where possible... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I agree with the colleagues who are commending the excellent work done by the EIB. In praising the EIB we can see in it a stark contrast to the sad murky immoral story which has unfolded regarding the private banks with their extravagant remuneration packages and grotesque bonuses and total lack of corp... | null |
Jens Geier | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Maystadt, Mr Rehn, I would first like to thank Mr Deutsch for his work. However, I would also like to take the opportunity to emphasise the importance of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Europe and for the citizens of Europe and to highlight the fact that we must make greater use of this unique ... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Investment Bank is both a bank and an institution. As a bank it cannot forget that it is an institution, and as an institution it cannot forget that it is a bank. Therefore, it must respond to the demands of the European Union, on the one hand, without neglecting its refinancing capacity, on... | null |
Malika Benarab-Attou | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President of the European Investment Bank, in the EIB’s 2008 report, Parliament insisted that the bank’s external activities comply with the general objectives of the European Union. That is why the project to finance a nuclear power station in Jordan would go against the foundations of Article 3(5) of t... | null |
Paweł Robert Kowal | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the stability of Ukraine is a natural objective for all EU Member States, partly because Ukraine is one of our most important and largest partners. As we look on, Ukraine is going through a crisis. The stability of Ukraine’s budget will be decisive for the social and political situation as well as for th... | null |
Nikolaos Salavrakos | MEP | ID | en | el | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, without doubt, the European Investment Bank has been a success since it was founded 52 years ago, especially in achieving and strengthening the objectives of the European Union and financing small and medium-sized enterprises, which form the mainstay of business in the European Union and the mainstay of ... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the previous speakers have rightly highlighted the importance of the European Investment Bank (EIB). Mrs Kadenbach, for example, has referred to its essential contribution to social convergence. I would like to put that in a political context. We are very concerned to see that parties of the extreme righ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, with the European Investment Bank’s 2008 report we are celebrating an anniversary: the EIB has now been actively contributing to the economic development of our continent for more than 50 years. As a European Union bank providing long-term loans, it plays a decisive role in combating the crisis we are ex... | null |
Thijs Berman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, within the EU in 2008 the EIB reacted swiftly and accurately to the financial crisis by increasing its capital and almost doubling investments and disbursements compared to previous years, and in particular towards SMEs. However, under the EIB’s external mandate, this sense of urgency for counter-cyclical... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, before I welcome President Maystadt to the European Parliament and before I congratulate him both on the successes of the European Investment Bank and on its ambitious business plan, I should like to express my horror about the murderous arson attack on three of my fellow citizens i... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | President Adamkus, after Europe was struck by the financial and economic crisis, the support provided by the European Investment Bank to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) became especially necessary. I view as positive the decision adopted by the bank in 2008 to allocate 42% more loans than in the previous yea... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if we did not have the European Investment Bank, we would right now be desperately trying to set it up. I welcome the proposal to greatly increase the amount of loans and also support its role in helping non-EU developing countries. We are, however – I believe – wasting this valuable resource by not drawi... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Against the backdrop of the crisis, the European Investment Bank has managed to change its priorities quickly in terms of granting loans, in order to provide support to small and medium-sized enterprises, which are exposed the most to the risks triggered by the crisis and the increased costs associated with lending. I... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I am going to give the floor for half a minute to Mr Mölzer, who felt he was alluded to in a speech by another Member. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to make a personal statement under Rule 151 of the Rules of Procedure, following the serious accusations made against me by Mr Martin in his speech. I must point out that I want nothing to do with this Member of Parliament. His political approach is to denounce his colleagues, to denounce th... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Mölzer, your words have therefore been recorded in the verbatim record of today’s sitting. | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I must begin by congratulating the European Investment Bank for the efforts it has made aimed at achieving the Community objectives. This institution has played and continues to play a crucial role during the current financial and economic crisis. The convergence objective receives considerable support from the Struct... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Investment Bank plays a major role in increasing the level of convergence across the European Union, a vital contribution during the economic recession which has hit investments hard, especially in public infrastructure. I think that the EIB has responded very promptly to the challenges presented by the c... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we should applaud the important role the European Investment Bank plays in the reconstruction of our economies in the difficult times most of our countries are facing. My country, Lithuania, is a case in point. The EIB plays a role in the national stimulus package, especially when it comes to enhancing fi... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to add my voice to the propitious expressions of thanks to Mr Maystadt and the European Investment Bank, and also to Mr Deutsch, who drafted the report. Two objectives, in fact, have been discernible during the debate: firstly, development, and secondly, stabilisation, or the other way... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Maystadt, I would be interested to know what effect the discussion on Basel III is having on the bank and, in particular, on the European Investment Fund (EIF). Do you believe that we have the necessary creditworthiness to provide effective support in an economic crisis or do you think that our credit... | null |
Philippe Maystadt | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank all the speakers for their comments. Of course, some of the issues raised deserve to be discussed in more detail. I can only give a few answers here, and I will distinguish between questions that concern our operational priorities, on the one hand, and those that are more about supe... | null |
Olli Rehn | N/A | N/A | en | fi | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, I want to thank you for a very professional and constructive debate, and Mr Deutsch for his excellent report. I wish to say three things on the matter. Firstly, I am confident that this debate and report will provide a sound basis for the prompt adoption of the European Investment Ban... | null |
Tamás Deutsch | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President Maystadt, Commissioner Rehn, please allow me to express my thanks to my fellow Members, the President and the Commissioner for this valuable debate. Before we vote, please allow me to make three remarks at the end of several months of thorough and in my view valuable preparatory work. As Montec... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Hans-Peter Martin has asked for the floor due to personal allusions. His compatriot Mr Mölzer alluded to Mr Hans-Peter Martin, his past and his conduct, and therefore pursuant to Rule 151 he has the right to reply. These speeches regarding personal allusions cannot turn into a ping-pong match in which one person all... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is sad that I have to bring this up in plenary. I have to tell you that what Mr Mölzer has said is untrue. On the way in here he did indeed call me a psychopath. In recent years he has often told me that I should see a psychiatrist. That is the way in which radical right-wingers work. Last year the le... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 11.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Investment Bank has a vitally important role in relation to the small and medium-sized enterprises which are trying to survive the current economic crisis. Small and medium-sized enterprises provide 70% of European employment, and as a result, they have a central role in the operation of the European econ... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I greatly appreciate the continued support expressed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Ireland during the economic crisis. The EIB has responded admirably to the serious liquidity constraints and the tight credit conditions resulting in serious problems in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SM... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In 2008, the European Investment Bank celebrated its 50th anniversary. Throughout this period, it has contributed considerably to the development of integration, balanced and lasting development and economic and social cohesion by supporting investment projects in Europe and lending to the public and private sectors u... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on the mass atrocities in Jos (Nigeria) in January and March. | null |
Olli Rehn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we learnt with great sadness that former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died last night. He made a great contribution to the political and democratic life of Nigeria and through his policies contributed to the stability in particular of the subregion of West Africa. According to the Constitution, acting Pr... | null |
Gay Mitchell | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, may I join with the Commissioner in expressing my sympathy to the people of Nigeria on the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua. The recent outbreaks of violence in Nigeria are emblematic of a wider problem that faces the country. The incidents that have taken place in Jos, a city that has a history of viole... | null |
Thijs Berman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our S&D Group joins Commissioner Rehn in expressing our condolences after the death of the Nigerian President, Umaru Yar’Adua. The violence between the Muslim and Christian population in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March this year, shows the tense and explosive state of this region. Although the obvious ... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we have only just learnt of the death of Umaru Yar’Adua. On behalf of my group, I too would like to express our condolences following the untimely death of the President of Nigeria. His death comes at a time when the division between Muslims and Christians is taking a particularly dreadful turn. The 200 ... | null |
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance would also like to echo the condolences that were just expressed by our fellow Members. We support wholeheartedly the resolution on the mass atrocities in Nigeria, which unfortunately represent only one aspect of the bleak human rights picture in that countr... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I too wish to extend my group’s sympathy to the Nigerian people on the death of their president. Mr President, the atrocities committed in and around Jos defy description and, sadly, are not isolated incidents. They will be repeated in the future unless something is done. Violence still erupts almost dai... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would clearly also like to add my condolences to those that have just been expressed to the Nigerian people following the death of their president. The Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left will not vote in favour of the proposal for a joint resolution t... | null |
Fiorello Provera | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we know how difficult peaceful coexistence is between the various religious groups in Nigeria, particularly in the relationships between Christians of various faiths and Muslims. As the resolution we will be voting on reminds us, the situation is extremely critical: more than 14 000... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, after the forthcoming Football World Cup in South Africa the spotlight of our African policy will once again fall on Nigeria. It is a large, wealthy country with huge social inequalities. Of course, it also finds itself caught up in the conflict between the Chinese route and the European route towards gl... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, violence does not resolve conflicts; it only increases their tragic consequences. Beyond being wrong, immoral, unjust and inhumane, violence is not worthwhile: it is not advantageous. It is the least effective manner for finding a solution to the problems that affect an entire regio... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I too wish to join those who have expressed their condolences to the Nigerian people whose president died last night. Unfortunately, as a result of this, we have a new risk factor added to the already existing tensions: the loss of a centre of authority in a country severely affected by violence. As you are aware, at ... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a boy I remember vividly seeing on television the pictures of the horrific civil war in the Nigerian region of Biafra. Forty years on, sadly, little seems to have changed. The sickening images from Jos, where hundreds of innocent people were hacked to death in an act of savagery, remind us that Nigeria... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the horrific massacre in Plateau State in Nigeria in January and March has left hundreds of innocent victims and especially very many women and children. Although sectarian and tribal divisions are factors in this and other horrific massacres, we have to look deeper for the real causes. Past colonial inte... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Nigeria is an important country – a very important country. This is why we are taking an interest in what happened on 7 March near the city of Jos. The problem in Central Nigeria is not only that the people who are being killed there are Christians, because in January this year it was Muslims who were ki... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to express my deep regret at the violence that broke out in the area of Jos and caused the deaths of several hundred people. This has been just another example of the importance of the reconciliation process that has to be enacted to enable peaceful coexistence between the northern Muslim pop... | null |
Cristian Dan Preda | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I too wish to join those who have expressed their condolences to the Nigerian people following the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua. I would like to raise two points in my speech. First of all, I would like to start with a point made by an inhabitant of Nigeria who was asked what the cause of the evil in this country... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the images which we saw not very long ago in different television broadcasts were shocking. The scenes of what looked like a victorious display of people who had been murdered in and around Jos were shocking. As Mr Mauro has said, no justification can be found for violence, because violence is, of itself... | null |
Olli Rehn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for a very serious and responsible debate today. Many of you have highlighted the complexity of societal problems in Nigeria. I agree with you, and the Commission is aware of the complexity of these problems. We continue our committed partnership with Nigeria, and I can only agree with you on ho... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | To conclude the debate, I have received seven motions for resolutions(1) pursuant to Rule 110(2). The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 11.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | For too many years now this land, which has so many natural resources, has been the scene of just as many humanitarian tragedies, mass killings and inter-ethnic clashes occurring for economic and social reasons. I would just like to recall, however, the words of a Catholic missionary who has lived and worked in Nigeri... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | If the supreme value of the European Union is to be the right to self-determination, in other words the right to respect the principles and values of one’s own conscience, then all manifestations of intolerance and hatred, which lead directly to murders and massacres motivated by race, ethnic origin or religion, shoul... | null |
Zbigniew Ziobro | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, at the outset I would like to express my profound sadness at the information about the disturbances in Jos, in Nigeria, in January and March, in which hundreds of Christians and Muslims died. It should be remembered that this is not the first time such terrible events have taken place in Jos. The fightin... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | The Union's efforts in combating corruption (written declaration): see MinutesPV | Written declaration 0002/2010 on the Union’s efforts in combating corruption, submitted by Monica Luisa Macovei, Simon Busuttil, Luigi de Magistris, Ana Gomes and Bart Staes, has been signed by a majority of Parliament’s component Members. In accordance with Rule 123, it will be forwarded to its addressees and publishe... | null |
Monica Luisa Macovei | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | The Union's efforts in combating corruption (written declaration): see MinutesPV | Mr President, I want to thank those colleagues who supported and signed this declaration, and I would like to take this opportunity to call upon the Commission and Council to establish a solid and strong anti-corruption monitoring mechanism in the European Union. I appeal to the Member States to show political will and... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | The Union's efforts in combating corruption (written declaration): see MinutesPV | The next item is the vote. (For results and other information regarding the vote: see Minutes) | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Let us proceed to the explanations of votes. | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Following repeated demands from Parliament, the Commission has submitted a regulation on the financing of security fees. I supported the adoption of this legal act because it is important for all passengers that firm, transparent principles are followed in determining security fees. The consumer needs to be sure that ... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In my opinion, it is right for the European Commission and the European Parliament to be involved in regulating charges for passenger safety and protection in air transport. However, I have to say that I consider the current approach of establishing bodies to perform such controls to be nonsensical and incorrect. At a... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to express my satisfaction at being able to vote in favour of extending the force of the regulation as it concerns spare parts for cars, in terms of access of car users both to certified and uncertified parts. We have done this at the last minute, but we have responded to the needs of our ci... | null |
Antonio Cancian | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, yesterday we did well to finish the first reading of the recast dossier for the TEN-T networks. However, there is a very important aspect of this recast, this codification, that relates to all of the restructuring of TEN-T networks over the next decade. This restructuring must be completely rethought, si... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the amendment to this legal act, because it will help us meet the objectives agreed upon in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan adopted in 2008. I think that the simplification of financing will speed up cofinancing investments in the Member States and the regions, and will increase... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Many countries have been badly shaken by this economic downturn and the decline of the economies of many of the European Union Member States has exceeded 10%. Therefore, the European Union’s attention is very important not only for the old European Union Member States, but also for those that have recently joined the ... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund have demonstrated that they are valid instruments and are very useful in territorial development and for responding to the consequences of the economic crisis that has been raging in Europe and th... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of Mr Szájer’s report and I would like to thank him for the excellent analytical work he performed in light of the innovations introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. Considering the extensive and multiple implications that delegated acts will have in the legislative procedure, I particular... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should just like to say that I fully support this report, which is about animal welfare. However, I have some reservations about how this Parliament and the EU legislate on this matter. I would prefer that we had a science-based approach to animal welfare rather than one driven by emotion. We have broug... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, animal welfare is indivisible. It must be standardised and we need a global definition of it. On the subject of standardisation, we should take a break from introducing new regulations and standards and, first of all, make sure that we are applying the existing regulations in a uniform way within the Eur... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, lest I forget, I do have a visitors’ group in the gallery, and I would like to welcome them from the Ireland-East constituency. I think it is very important that our visitors and citizens see how this Parliament works and, as you can see, they are awake and interested this morning! On this particular repo... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mrs McGuinness, thank you, and many greetings to your visitors’ group. | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to make three brief remarks about the report. Firstly, agriculture is not the problem in the case of climate change, it is the solution. Secondly, we are in the early stages of our research into climate change, despite the fact that the media sometimes give the opposite impression. In the co... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I hope everybody in the visitors’ gallery is impressed! I have to say it is unusual for us to get so much speaking time but these reports are of particular concern to me in the agriculture and food production area. This report is about how we manage to keep farmers in areas where land and conditions are e... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of Parliament’s resolution on the new Digital Agenda for Europe because I believe that guaranteeing easy and affordable broadband access to the entire population is a strategic priority for the European Union. Extending Internet use means broadening and developing citizens’ freedom of e... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For your information for next time, we have only one minute for the explanations of vote. I give the floor to our best speaker today, and that is Mrs McGuinness. | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for the endorsement. I should say to our visitors that we normally ask for silence but I think we are being lenient today, and I thank Mr Higgins for giving me the opportunity to speak. I have spoken about this already and I feel that this Parliament did not realise yesterday, in the Salafranca ... | null |
Giommaria Uggias | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Commissioner, water is an asset for everyone and it cannot be an asset for only a select few. That is what we, the Italian IDV (Italy of Values) delegation of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, wanted to affirm in relation to Amendment 10, which opposed any attempt to privatise the water d... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | WelcomeVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to inform you that, within the framework of the inter-parliamentary sessions, a delegation from the Moroccan Parliament, led by the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Abdel Wahid Al-Radi, and the President of the Chamber of Councillors, Mr Mohamed Sheikh Biadillah, is currently on a work... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | To begin with, I would like to give you some information. Firstly, the Sixth International Day Against Homophobia is being observed in the European Union, today. Exactly 20 years ago, the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases. The European Union is fighting di... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is just to remind you that this morning in Afghanistan, two soldiers of the Taurinense Brigade were killed in an attack. The European Union plays a difficult role on the stage of peace and war, and I ask, as the session opens, that Parliament should join in offering condolences... | null |
Gianni Pittella | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I had actually asked to be allowed to speak for a minute to say the same thing as my fellow Member, Mr Mauro, and so I join Mr Mauro in offering my condolences. I believe the entire Chamber is united in remembering the two Italian soldiers who were killed this morning. I believe tha... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, gentlemen, for pointing this out to me. It is very important that we always express solidarity with the soldiers who, on our behalf, are fighting terrorism as well as various other forms of abuse in Afghanistan and other countries. We should express solidarity with their great commitment to our common cause,... | null |
Geoffrey Van Orden | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, while we are remembering the tragic losses in Afghanistan, we should also remember that, almost on a daily basis, we are losing British soldiers who are giving their lives in the NATO mission taking place in that country. We should recognise the tragic losses, and feel particular sympathy for the families... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with you entirely. I think we all have the same view on this. They are Europeans who represent all of us in the fight against terrorism and all forms of violence around the world. They are our representatives. | null |
Jacky Hénin | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that it is in fact only right to pay tribute, as you have just done, to those who die in action. It is only right, too, that we spare a thought for all those workers who die each day at work because their employers do not provide them with the resources necessary to work in good conditions. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the joint debate on: - the report by Mr Maňka, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on Draft Amending budget no 1/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section I – European Parliament [2010/2045(BUD)] (A7-0158/2010), and - the report by Mrs Trüpel, on behalf of the Committee on Budg... | null |
Vladimír Maňka | N/A | N/A | en | sk | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Many procedures are now more direct and more transparent, due to the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon has come into force. Powers are more clearly defined. The European Parliament has greater power, and the European Union has boosted its standing both externally and internally. For the first time in the history of democ... | null |
Helga Trüpel | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Parliament’s budget for 2011 is the first real budget for our Chamber since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. That means that Parliament has more competences, we have more duties, we have more responsibility, we have more legislative duties – in other words, we need m... | null |
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