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Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour because I think it is important for Parliament to support the simplification and rationalisation of public procurement law. This will make work easier both for administrative bodies and for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, which will find it easier to participate in tenders.... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Public procurement is unfortunately an area suffering from one of the highest levels of corruption. I was happy to back the report by Heide Rühle calling for a simplification of public procurement. At the same time, however, I would like to point out that until the Commission introduces a public portal with informatio... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I also wanted to speak on energy efficiency but apparently the rule is that, if there are no amendments, no oral explanation may be made, so I will put in a written one. On the Keller report, I want to be very clear that I reject it on the basis of paragraphs 44 and 45 and recital I. I regard paragraph... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mrs McGuinness, you were exactly right on the Rules. I had thought that Mrs Alfano was going to carry on in a similar vein to Mrs Jäätteenmäki, but in fact, that report should not have had any explanations of vote. You are correct. | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I just want to say that I agree with my colleague Ms McGuinness. We had difficulties with some of the proposals here and for that reason, we did not go with the EPP line, which we would normally like to do. I think Ms McGuinness has explained why. I fully understand and also concur with what she said, ... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of the Ranner report on the grounds that it offers a good solution to the problem of driving times and rest periods in road transport. This solution lies in the harmonisation and interpretation of the legislation. This can be found in paragraph 17, as amended. The European Commission... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, my colleague’s report accurately emphasises that there are still notable discrepancies between the way serious social road traffic offences are treated in the various Member States. I am therefore in favour of the proposed measures for the harmonisation and levelling of offences and the relative Europ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There are still far too many accidents on Europe’s roads. This is connected to the growing traffic volume, but also to the excessive demands on road users due to professional or private stress and overtiredness as well as a confusing mass of traffic signs and advertising billboards, etc. We must also not forget that, ... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This proposal is part of the Union’s legislative efforts towards establishing a European asylum system. This European Asylum Support Office must therefore provide the Member States with expert assistance and contribute to applying a consistent and high-quality common European asylum policy. The creation of this new of... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Issues relating to immigration and, especially, the right to asylum are particularly sensitive. Whether or not this right is awarded to non-EU citizens could have a dramatic impact on their lives, so the decision must be taken seriously, given thought and treated with humanity. I think that it is basic common sense th... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The goal of the European Asylum Support Office is to provide expert assistance that contributes to applying a consistent and high quality common European asylum policy. This office enables the development of mutual trust and the sharing of responsibilities and will be responsible for coordinating the exchange of infor... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the creation of the European Asylum Support Office in the hope that it will allow a certain added value to be brought to a European asylum system that today is clearly flawed. Certainly, I would have liked the mandate of this Office to be more ambitious and to be the instrument through which compu... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of setting up the European Asylum Support Office as, in the case of Member States whose national asylum system is under pressure, the Office can support the implementation of solidarity mechanisms intended to promote a better reallocation of beneficiaries of international protection from such Member ... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are persuaded of the added value that the European Asylum Support Office will represent for the development of mutual trust, and for the division of political and financial responsibilities. The EU Member States have yet to reach a final agreement on the treatment to be afforded to refugees, the profile of individu... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On such a sensitive subject, relating to human rights, the creation of a European Asylum Support Office is important in enabling specialised assistance at EU level to define a consistent and high-quality common European asylum policy. That is why I voted as I did. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Asylum Support Office could represent a very useful body, specifically if it took on a coordinating role in relation to repatriation and thus accelerated repatriation measures. As a result, the support would also be helpful for resettlement. The present report treats this element, which I find very important, only... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I express my support for the proposal to create a European Asylum Support Office. The role of this office, initially financed by the European Refugee Fund, will be to provide the specialised assistance needed to activate a common asylum policy, and to coordinate information exchanges and actions relating to the resett... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, we are giving the go-ahead to the establishment of the European Asylum Support Office. It will have multiple benefits. The Asylum Support Office will make a decisive contribution to the integration of a single European asylum area. It will quickly put an organisation into operation which will coordinate and str... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although a favourable vote on this report is merely a formality, since the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon required some adaptation of the legal basis and delegated acts, I would still like to highlight the importance of energy efficiency in the building industry when it comes to achieving the EU target of redu... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The aim of this ambitious text is to encourage the construction/renovation of buildings according to standards that are more environmentally friendly since they are more energy efficient. I voted resolutely in favour of its adoption. With this type of initiative, the European Union is demonstrating its role as a leade... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The construction sector is responsible for 40% of the EU’s energy consumption and 35% of its emissions. This legislation stipulates that by 2020, new buildings must be nearly zero energy and that renovated existing buildings must meet minimum energy performance requirements. This legislation will therefore contribute ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We spend 50% of our lives in our homes. Today, 30% of existing homes in Europe are unhealthy, even if there is a great disparity between the different Member States. It is therefore important not only to promote new sustainable buildings, but also to carry out sustainable renovation. I welcome this new legislation, wh... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I regard this report as being beneficial to the future of the European Union’s energy sector, as long as the objectives outlined in it are feasible and compatible with the financial situation of all Member States. I welcome the objectives adopted by the Council on 14 April 2010 on the need to reduce the major disparit... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the recommendation on the energy performance of buildings, because it presents ambitious and feasible proposals for a 20% reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the sectors not covered by the emissions trading scheme by 2020. This directive will have a direct effect on the lives of the Europe... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In 2008, the EU committed itself to a 20% reduction in energy consumption by 2020 and for 20% of energy consumed to come from renewable sources. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is the most effective way to reduce by 20% the energy consumption and emissions for sectors outside the Emissions Trading System.... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The adoption of this directive relating to the energy performance of buildings is an important step towards reducing Europe’s CO2 emissions and energy dependency. These factors are increasingly decisive for the European public’s quality of life, and the competitiveness of our economy and social organisation. Given tha... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Improving the energy performance of buildings is particularly important in increasing the EU’s general energy efficiency and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. If the European Union wants to achieve the objectives that it is proposing, seeking to reduce energy consumption by 20%, to ensure that 20% of energy consum... | null |
Adam Gierek | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The basic factors affecting energy performance are: 1. Conversion of one form of energy into another so that it can be put to a specific use. The longer the chain of conversions, the greater the losses. In practice, this mainly concerns the stream of heat energy released from primary energy sources. A large part of th... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the draft revised directives on the energy performance of buildings because I believe that new buildings should abide by the principle of energy saving and that binding standards should apply in this area, so that they are respected effectively everywhere. Public buildings will lead the way from 2018, givi... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The issue of energy efficiency is crucial to the 2020 strategy. An important step has been taken towards reducing energy consumption over the coming years with the adoption of this recommendation, which aims for nearly zero energy buildings by 2020. The effort must be made not only when constructing new buildings, but... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Easy to implement energy saving measures have often been implemented in the past and it is difficult to estimate how high the easy to achieve (meaning that they are possible without extremely extensive renovation work) potential for energy savings is. All of this, in any case, must not get out of hand to the extent th... | null |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The building sector was identified by the EU as one of the markets with the highest energy saving potential. Energy savings for energy efficient buildings average 30% over conventional buildings. In the new EU Member States, including Lithuania, in many apartment blocks, around 60% of thermal energy is wasted. In Lith... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I express my support for the recommendation to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Energy efficiency means not only saving energy, but also reducing CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this target, we should limit household energy loss, which has increased due to a technology that has shifted energy c... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Achieving the 20-20-20 objective by 2020, in other words a 20% reduction in energy consumption, an increase in the ratio of energy from renewable sources to total energy consumption to 20% and a 20% increase in energy efficiency requires coordinated and targeted action, both by the EU and by the Member States. More im... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Buildings are responsible for nearly half the CO2 emissions not included in the EU emissions trading certificate scheme, offering a major potential for cutting these emissions, with negative or low abatement costs. The new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive establishes a set of minimum indicators/requirements f... | null |
Teresa Riera Madurell | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in favour of this important directive due to the need to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, which is one of the areas with the greatest potential to contribute to the EU’s general targets of increasing energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. According to the text agreed between Parliament and the Counc... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today’s vote on EU rules on the energy performance of buildings represents major progress in the area of energy efficiency. However, we utterly deplore the fact that the legislation does not take into account the renovation requirements of existing buildings, which account for 40% of the energy consumption and 36% of ... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The construction sector is one with tremendous energy saving potential. The sector is responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 35% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is the most effective way of reducing energy consumption and emissions. This agreement deserves our ful... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme provides for the creation of a reliable and sustainable common asylum policy in the European Union. However, in order to implement and ensure asylum policy objectives, it is necessary to encourage Member States to participate voluntarily in the Joint EU refugee resettlement programme. Therefore... | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | By voting in favour of this report, Europe has taken a step towards reaching a common policy on asylum. This will make it possible to protect human rights more effectively and, at the same time, to limit illegal immigration. The EU must make its voice heard as far as migration and integration are concerned. It must as... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Resettlement of refugees is a process in which it is possible for these individuals to be resettled following a request by the UNHCR where it is deemed that there is a need for such individuals to receive international protection. This is one of the eligible criteria under the ERF. This process can be an ideal solution... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is only through a common asylum policy and joint resettlement scheme that we can pursue a proper human rights policy in the EU. Resettlement is, without doubt, one of the durable solutions for refugees whose protection cannot be assured in countries of first asylum. It is important for adequate funds to be availabl... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The pressure of migration flows is intensifying and there are a number of migration target countries whose concern about this phenomenon needs to be understood. This is why it is important for the resettlement programme to be in operation as it would facilitate a fair distribution of the responsibility for complying w... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The need to resettle refugees has been becoming increasingly important in a Europe that does not wish to be closed off to the outside world or blind to what is going on there. A welcoming nature and solidarity for those who are suffering are two European characteristics that are inspired by Christianity and which it w... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One of the ‘eligible actions’ of the European Refugee Fund (ERF) is resettlement. The Stockholm Programme states that the EU must act in partnership and cooperate with third countries hosting large refugee populations. The Commission defines annually the common EU priorities of persons to be resettled and this definit... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given its rather poor performance, Europe must contribute more to the effort to resettle refugees whose existence is threatened in the countries that have received them. It was in order to encourage the Member States to join this movement of collective solidarity that I voted in favour of this report, which aims to en... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Only 10 EU Member States, including Portugal, accept refugees for resettlement. The resettlement of refugees is a procedure whereby, based on a request from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees according to a person’s need for international protection, third country nationals or stateless persons are transf... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The eligible measures for support under the European Refugee Fund (ERF) include the resettlement of refugees from third countries. ‘Resettlement’ means the process whereby, on a request from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based on a person’s need for international protection, t... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In many Member States, including my home country of Austria, the capacity for accepting refugees is already at bursting point and the population is quite rightly resisting new reception centres and similar facilities. The report on the European Refugee Fund, calling, as it does, for the resettlement of refugees in the... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The problem of refugees is a European problem and cannot be left to be managed by national States, particularly given their geographic and economic differences. I therefore support the setting up of a fund at European level. The setting up of such a fund must serve two purposes: it must support refugees who arrive in ... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In view of the need to help refugees in Europe, I think the decision made by the European Parliament about this is extremely important. The main objective of the fund is to support measures taken by Member States, which very often involve additional expenditures. Such measures are intended to ensure decent living cond... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, in the committee, there were many amendment proposals put to a vote which were aimed at pointing out the importance of the church and faith groups in solving the problem of refugees. All of these amendment proposals were rejected. When liberals and left-wing politicians assert that day-to-day wor... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the Schengen Information System and its modernisation contributes to this magnificent breakthrough in free intra-European movement. Faced with growing movements of people between Member States in the Schengen Area, as well as the latter’s enlargement, we must improve the handling of data to ensure that t... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The objective of this proposal is to ensure the migration from the Schengen Information System, whose current form is SIS 1+, to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). It is indeed regrettable that the start of this system has been delayed. The European Parliament did all it could to ensure that t... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Prior to the migration to the new SIS, it is necessary that the appropriate tests be carried out and that the necessary safeguards are in place. While I believe that the above should be carried out in a professional and thorough manner, I also share the rapporteur’s disappointment with regards to the extended delays th... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted broadly in favour of the proposed amendments to this regulation. The data-migration phase is the final task under the development mandate for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). This therefore justifies the need to give the Commission a development mandate valid for the development of t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The particular sensitivity of this subject justifies the assigning of the report to one of the Members of this House who has dedicated himself most to this subject, my colleague, Mr Coelho; I would congratulate him on his work. The delays that this process has suffered are regrettable, but I share his caution on the s... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ‘saga’ of migration from SIS I to SIS II has simply gone on for too long. That is why I voted for this report: to point out the need to respect the deadlines set and to end what could be viewed, following numerous fruitless outcomes and given the resources deployed to achieve the objective of said migration – so f... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I see slight progress in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ amendments contained in this report. The latter, in effect, demands that the European Parliament be involved in the decision-making process and indicates that its favourable opinion is required before there can be any migration to the... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have a Schengen Information System that works and is capable of expansion, and we have a prestige project costing millions that seems to be flopping. It is time to stop pouring money into the money pit and to rescue what can still be rescued. If the EU really wants to spend further millions, they should be spent on... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I express my full support for the report by Mr Coelho. The Schengen Information System has proved itself an excellent and valid instrument for management and control within the European Union. It has, however, required adjustment and adaptation during the course of its development, and also in view of further requirem... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Prior to the migration to the new SIS, it is necessary that the appropriate tests be carried out and that the necessary safeguards are in place. While I believe that the above should be carried out in a professional and thorough manner, I also share the rapporteur’s disappointment with regard to the extended delays tha... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The increased number of Member States has seriously complicated the process of transition, and migration between the Schengen Information System to the second generation Schengen Information System. Parliament has been demanding exact and up-to-date information on how this report is coming on, and rightly so. I hope t... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report since the question of refugees in the Community is still very relevant. At present, the issue of the resettlement of refugees in the European Union is not properly coordinated and only 10 Member States resettle refugees on a yearly basis, causing a lack of strategic use of resettlement as an EU... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is participating far less than the United States and Canada in the reception and resettlement of refugees from third countries. I voted for the European Parliament’s own-initiative report on the establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme. The latter demands that an ambitious and sustainable resettlement... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is essential that the European Union has a fair and realistic migration policy. I therefore welcome this effective, sound and sustainable resettlement programme, providing a durable solution for refugees who cannot return to their country of origin. The resettlement programme may help to make illegal immigration le... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is positive that the number of Member States participating in these resettlement programmes has been increasing in recent years. Nonetheless, only 10 Member States resettle refugees on a yearly basis, without any coordination among themselves or a joint EU resettlement programme. It is important that the Member Sta... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The draft regulation applying to the EU programme for managing and regulating resettlement will, as a matter of priority, resolve the settling and adaptation of refugees in their new environment. Humanitarian catastrophes and other unforeseeable events can unleash a wave of refugees, to which we must be able to respon... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resettlement of refugees has been proving necessary in cases where the receiving third countries are unable to provide them with safety and a livelihood so that they can settle there. That is why various entities that are active on the ground are feeling the need for this problem to be fought at European level, an... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | European citizens should not be deceived by the title of this report: by resettlement. We are not talking about some aid package or other for the repatriation of immigrants, but about the reception, on EU territory, on the recommendation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, of people who have already ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Only 10 EU Member States, including Portugal, accept refugees for resettlement. This situation must be changed, and solutions and incentives found to make the majority of Member States start accepting the resettlement of refugees. The creation of this programme constitutes an important step in that direction. It will ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Allow me to express my support for the report by Mr Tavares. As I stressed with regard to the setting up of a European Fund for refugees, the problem requires a European line of action and approach. I believe that procedures for conferring refugee status should be harmonised to achieve this end. We cannot have discrep... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Approval of the European resettlement programme for refugees from third countries in Member States of the EU is a step in the right direction and, of course, I voted in favour of the report for which I acted as rapporteur for the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). In fact, it is very important... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is good that a joint EU resettlement programme has been established. The number of refugees who need to be resettled is growing, in contrast to the number of places available to accept them. However, the Member States which receive refugees are often among the poorest, and their resources do not allow them to accep... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted yes to these reports, as agreed also with the rapporteurs during our debates in the Committee on Civil Liberties. | null |
Maria Badia i Cutchet | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report, which I hope the vast majority of you will vote for, is an evaluation of the progress made in Europe on education and training policies in the period 2007-2009. The report also discusses the challenges identified by the ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ initiative. The result shows that there is still too much lac... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported this report, since I believe that we must improve the quality of education and training in the EU. Unfortunately, the guidelines identified in the Lisbon Strategy will not be implemented until the end of 2010. Despite progress in recent years, many European citizens are still not yet sufficiently skilled a... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on implementing the ‘Education and training 2010’ work programme because the report includes some very important passages, which I hope can find specific application in the sphere of EU policies and then be implemented in full by the Member States. I am referring particularly to the poi... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report, because this is an appropriate time to review the education and training objectives that were laid down in the Lisbon Strategy and to evaluate what was unsuccessful in this area. I am pleased that one of the most important objectives in the new Europe 2020 strategy is to improve the level of e... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Quality education and training are a must in terms of personal fulfilment of the individual, equality, fighting social exclusion and poverty, active citizenship and social cohesion. It is essential to improve the quality of education and training for all students in order to attain better results and competences. That... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since the Lisbon Strategy, education and training policies have been becoming increasingly important within the European Union. I therefore welcome this report in general and, very especially, the Commission communication ‘Key competences for a changing world’. Nevertheless, I am concerned about the mismatches between... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on key competences for a changing world: implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme. Despite some improvements, we are still a long way off achieving the goals on education and training set out in the Lisbon Strategy. This report analyses what went wrong and proposes challe... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Having worked in government in the area of education in my country, I find it deeply regrettable to see it continually wrongly classified in practically all indicators relating to these subjects. I fear that these unfavourable results are, in large measure, the result of an ideology of learning that seems to be comple... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Education and training issues are clearly of the greatest significance, given the never-ending advances of science and technology, and the increasing incorporation of scientific and technical knowledge into productive processes. It is in this context that the report under discussion considers it ‘vital to introduce po... | null |
Emma McClarkin | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I and my British Conservative colleagues can agree with much of this report. We remain supportive of attempts to develop lifelong learning strategies and to promote vocational education and training (VET) and the better integration of key competences such as foreign language learning, mathematics and science. And we be... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Following the 2000 Lisbon Strategy, a series of initiatives has been implemented aimed at reaching the strategic goal set by the European Council of Europe ‘becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010’. Commitment to education and training is essential and must involve improv... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Education is important, but the reality is that a good education and training has, for quite some time, been no guarantee of employment, let alone a good job. Instead of investing money in appropriate qualification schemes, the plan is to ship lowly qualified staff into the EU using all possible kinds of card solution... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The recognition that education and training are essential for a knowledge-based society, and for the future economy, is no longer a myth. These things represent the basis of our society and the foundations for our own future and that of generations to come. Education (pre-school, primary, secondary and higher) and pro... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on key competences for a changing world: implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme. The text presents a global approach to upgrading and adapting education to modern requirements. Identifying the reasons which led to the failure of the objective of the Bologna Pro... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am very glad that today, we adopted the report led by my Catalan colleague from the S&D Group, Maria Badia i Cutchet, on the very important issue of seeing education and training as key competences for a changing world. | null |
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report and would like to recall the importance of the basic skills that every European must acquire. The number of young people unable to read properly by the age of 15 is steadily increasing (21.3% in 2000 and 24.1% in 2006). With a European strategy focused on quality jobs and a smart econo... | null |
Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the report on the Education and Training 2010 programme with pleasure and with hope for rapid implementation of the programme’s ideas. As an academic teacher and a professor with many years of experience, I pay particular attention to the necessity of creating greater mobility between institutions of tertia... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Education has important social functions, opens doors and offers prospects for a better future. Therefore, we must make every effort to help in the education of young people through EU programmes and grants combined with national measures. In an era of globalisation, increased competition and rapid change, it is impor... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, the belts being tightened throughout Europe – as a painful and severe measure – are beginning to have an impact. Victims and compromises have already become part of daily life in many EU sectors, but it is important (particularly during the economic recession) that we do not neglect our commitmen... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The administration and management of commercial companies is an area which raises new concerns, especially during the current crisis, even though it has been subject to constant regulation. In fact, making managers accountable, and I am not only referring here to administrators, is an absolute necessity in the context... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The governance of companies and their ethics is a critical issue, particularly in the current situation in which many shareholders are suffering losses on their investments because of violations of some of these principles. Good managers who are responsible and whose conduct is guided by ethics are central to the bala... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The recent financial crisis reinforced the need for us to look at deontological issues relating to managing companies in a more responsible way. Issues relating to remuneration regimes and governance arrangements with regard to the remuneration of the directors and managers of listed companies must be governed by ethi... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I express my support for the report by Mr Lehne. The recent financial crisis has illustrated the need to analyse issues related to pay policies of company directors. I agree with the rapporteur when he suggests a method based on binding measures, aiming to avoid a situation where the variable payment element (bonus, s... | null |
Evelyn Regner | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the own-initiative report on deontological questions related to companies’ management as, above all, I support the European Parliament’s call for encouraging higher numbers of women to be assigned to management posts and the request for the European Commission to put forward a proposal to introduc... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported the report by Mr Papanikolaou because I am aware that the consequences of the economic and financial crisis have already reached and affected the fabric of society, especially young Europeans, exposing them to alarming rates of unemployment. I therefore believe that it is the duty of European institutions ... | null |
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