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Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, a few of the amendments which the rapporteur has tabled to his report are nothing short of staggering. The rapporteur proposed dropping all the wordings about sound public finances, the breaches of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) which need to be brought to an end and the importance of the strict enf... | null |
Vicky Ford | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome this report on public finances. It is a vast improvement on the first draft. High debt and deficit levels are a grave concern to the UK and across many Member States. We must wean ourselves off fiscal stimuli and quantitative easing, and these should not be the accepted norm. There is a need to ... | null |
Philip Claeys | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Hoang Ngoc report, mainly because of the nonchalance with which it calls for yet more mass immigration into Europe. How detached from the real world can the European Parliament actually get? Our cities are already groaning under the problems of mass, uncontrolled immigration. It is time that we car... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted against the own-initiative report on the Union for the Mediterranean for a number of reasons. There is no doubt that a stable Mediterranean is a huge prize for the wider Europe. However, at a time when the economic climate across Europe is perilous, it is entirely inappropriate that this House sho... | null |
Bernd Posselt | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the early 1980s, when I was a young journalist, I paid a visit to King Hassan of Morocco whose accession bid to the EU had just been rejected. Following the visit, I wrote an article calling for a Mediterranean community. I had the privilege of working for Otto von Habsburg here, who said that the Med... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I supported the original paragraph 12 in this report expressing concern about the use of ethnic cleansing as a prelude to Russia’s recognition of the puppet entities of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. My proposal was to call on Russia to honour its ceasefire commitments without delay and to lift immediately i... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The internal market and the euro represent two real shields for the European Union in the financial, budgetary, economic and social storm which the 27 are currently weathering. I voted in favour of this report, because it reaffirms the key role played by the internal market and gives a very good overview of the curren... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report which addresses the current shortcomings of the internal market. The economic and financial crisis has substantially damaged the single market integration process. It is unfortunate to witness the re-emergence of economic protectionism at national levels which might result in fragmentation of th... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the report, because it promotes elements which are extremely onerous to real viable growth and to the interests of the workers and consumers in the EU in general. Firstly, the rapporteur not only draws the wrong conclusions; he also starts from the wrong premise in formulating his proposals, given that... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We all know that the Europe 2020 strategy was launched with the aim of helping the European Union emerge from the current economic crisis and prepare its economy for the new decade. For this reason, I believe that the EU 2020 strategy must set realistic objectives for achieving by 2020 a green, knowledge-based, social... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because it argues that the single market is not solely tied to the economic aspect. It is essential to ensure that, in the revival of the single market, a holistic and a common approach is adopted whereby consumer and citizen goals, particularly those related to economic, social, health and env... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The internal market, as well as the policies related to it, has allowed the European public better access to goods and services, and more variety at a lower cost. The principles of the internal market have meant that European consumers have had access to more information and better protection of their rights, but they... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The construction of an integrated, fully functioning single market is a process that is essential to deepened European integration, social cohesion, economic growth and the sustainable development of the EU. However, the economic crisis has undoubtedly affected public and consumer confidence in the single market. It i... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I admire the rapporteur for managing to write, in all seriousness and without laughing, that the single market and the euro have served as Europe’s protective shield during the profound crisis that has affected us for the last two years. Nothing has protected us, least of all the Europe of Brussels. On the contrary, i... | null |
Małgorzata Handzlik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The common European market is an important achievement of European Union integration. It gives many possibilities to our citizens as well as to small and medium-sized enterprises. In a report on the strategy and future of the EU market which was published and presented last week, Professor Mario Monti points clearly t... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report could not have come at a more critical moment. The ongoing financial crisis has created a sense of mistrust and led to more discussions about protectionist measures by governments. In the long term, this would have detrimental effects on Europe’s economy. I believe there is a connection between the economic... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The construction of a single market has always been and continues to be one of the EU’s main objectives. A well-functioning single market is a fundamental process to further European integration, social cohesion, economic growth and sustainable development within the Union. Doubts have been emerging over what stage th... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report is moving in the wrong direction. Now it is time to protect companies in the various Member States from the effects of the global financial crisis and to put in place clear regulations for speculators and the free market. Instead of this, the cultural and economic differences between the markets, companies ... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Grech report on delivering a single market to consumers and citizens. This document indeed finds a balance between, on the one hand, the objectives of an open economy capable of stimulating growth and job creation and of providing an integrated response to the major challenges of the future (s... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report consists of the best content-free rhetoric I have seen this year and, for this reason, I cannot support it. That said, it does contain both good and bad proposals, and I am therefore abstaining. | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on university-business dialogue because, in my opinion, it is essential that the link between training and the labour market should be improved. This is not a question of orienting students in line with the desiderata of the private sector, but of enabling young people to take account o... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report on a more active partnership between universities and businesses. Universities play a key role in the successful transition to a knowledge-based economy, but the active participation of other interested parties, i.e. businesses and government institutions, is also required. To achieve efficient r... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This own-initiative report contains truly positive ideas for the future of our universities. Any change to the academic training system which helps modernise training programmes and, above all, brings graduates and the world of employment closer together, should be welcomed and strongly encouraged. Today, the European... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, knowledge is a greater priority than ever. More needs to be done concerning the knowledge triangle, adopting a framework of reforms needed to make knowledge a social value, and strengthening the ties between businesses and universities, as in the case of the Knowledge and Information Communities of the European... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe’s universities, because it presents measures that contribute to enhancing European learners’ employability. Cooperation between the education sector and business is essential for bridging the gap between the suppl... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe that partnerships that enable the modernisation of universities, especially those that promote better education and qualifications for individuals, are essential for increased European competitiveness. This qualification will be reflected in terms of innovation, research and development, which are crucial fo... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In March 2000 in Lisbon, and March 2002 in Barcelona, the European Council approved the strategic objective of making the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, making its education and training systems a global benchmark in terms of quality, and creating the European Area of Researc... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on university-business dialogue adopts a position which we do not see as the way to modernise education. We must take the looming threats to free, public and democratic access to education very seriously. We believe that the errors resulting from the Bologna Process must be acknowledged urgently and, contra... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the Schmitt report on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe’s universities. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the rapporteur, who is, unfortunately, no longer a Member of the European Parliament. I warmly congratulate Mr Schmitt on his election to the Hung... | null |
Jaromír Kohlíček | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU currently finds itself in a very schizophrenic situation. On the one hand, there is a clear demand for universities to train practically oriented professional workers on undergraduate courses. On the other hand, people who really understand technical education know that the first three years of proper study at ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | University-business dialogue is essential for the high-quality training to which the EU’s young people aspire. Cooperation between the education sector and business at all levels is crucial for bridging the gap between the supply logic of the education sector and the demand logic of the world of employment. Partnershi... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In its communication, the Commission refers to universities and colleges being given real autonomy. This kind of autonomy should go hand-in-hand with financial autonomy and this is unrealistic during the period of austerity which lies ahead of us. There are many examples of very fruitful cooperation between educationa... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Probably no EU Member State would doubt that cooperation between education and business is essential. Given that the crisis has highlighted not only problems of unemployment, but the importance of education that meets the demands of the market, I am pleased that by approving this document, the European Parliament is s... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of European Parliament resolution No A7-0108/2010 on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe’s universities (2009/2099 (INI)), because the dynamics of today’s labour market, economic development and change to development priorities require cooperation at many l... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Schmitt report to encourage cooperation between universities and companies. Nowadays, universities must engage in closer cooperation with the business world in order to provide a suitable response to the requirements of the labour market, especially in a globalised economy. In this respect, dialogue an... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on the university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of European universities. The EU needs to establish closer links and partnerships between universities and the business sector in order to develop a society based on knowledge and applied research and improve graduates’... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union protects its citizens. Apart from European regulations on dangerous products which people are trying to bring on to the internal market, apart from joint measures taken against terrorism, apart from joint initiatives to guarantee peace in Europe, the European Union is involved in the dismantling of ... | null |
Gerard Batten, John Bufton and Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP regards the safety of nuclear power generation as being of great importance, but perceives the EU’s assistance to Bulgaria, ostensibly for this purpose, as being motivated by political considerations (preventing the reprocessing of fissile material, conveniently close to Bulgaria, in neighbouring Russia) and doctr... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rules in force in Central and Eastern European countries regarding nuclear power and radioactive waste prior to accession were less demanding than the rules applicable to the EU at the time. The EU’s intervention and financial assistance were therefore necessary, with the aim of increasing the level of protection ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The protection and promotion of human and environmental health are priority objectives in European development policy. Given this, I believe it is absolutely vital for the EU to safeguard sufficient financial and technical resources for decommissioning Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Plant in Bulgaria, as advocat... | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Parliament today approved EUR 300 million to further assist the decommissioning of the Kozloduy 1-4 nuclear reactors. I do support this as further assistance will be necessary to ensure the safe decommissioning of the reactors. Parliament, however, rejected financing by these funds for polluting lignite power plant... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We can only be delighted by any move towards the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant and the implementation of research programmes for renewable energies and nuclear waste. This is a step towards the gradual phasing-out of nuclear power, which we advocate. However, I wish to stress that I am baffled by the insist... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The accession of Central and Eastern European countries to the EU and their use of nuclear energy have led to the need to provide financial assistance to these countries so that they can effectively deal with radioactive waste and can improve protection of human health and the environment. The financial assistance ado... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In its accession agreement, Bulgaria, like Slovakia and Lithuania, agreed to decommission part of its nuclear energy production. Financial assistance was provided until 2009 for the permanent decommissioning of the nuclear energy plant at Kozloduy, but a request was made, as was done with the other Member States, for ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As long as there is no satisfactory solution to the problem of the final disposal of radioactive waste, it is hardly surprising that the candidate countries do not know which alternative they should choose. We must ensure that we do not provide financial aid to increase the protection for people and the environment an... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In keeping with the commitments assumed through the EU accession treaty, Bulgaria must close Units 1-4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, which the EU granted financial assistance for up until 2009. I voted for this report to support Bulgaria’s action to obtain an additional EUR 300 million in funding up to 2013 in ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As expected, we the Greens lost our last chance to amend the Harms report during the plenary vote on Community financial assistance with respect to the decommissioning of four units of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria. Today, the EP agreed to give EUR 300 million (until 2013) to Bulgaria for their current p... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, as with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, the decommissioning of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania was one of the conditions for accession to the European Union. The decommissioning of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in 2009 has had a severe impact on Lithuania. After Lithuania regain... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Structural Funds put in place in our regions need to interlock better with European loans for research and innovation. The van Nistelrooij report contains useful recommendations on improving the use of all of these loans. There is undeniable potential here for financing and growth for our territories. Similarly, g... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Innovation can be most effectively addressed at regional level by the proximity of entities such as universities, public research organisations or industry, promoting partnerships in the field of knowledge transfer, and the exchange of best practice between regions. The cohesion policy is a fundamental pillar of the E... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe it is appropriate to analyse the way in which the indicative framework of the Community Strategic Guidelines 2007-2013 and, in particular, Guideline 1.2 on Improving Knowledge and Innovation for Growth, was followed by the Member States and Regions in their National Strategic Reference Frameworks (NSRFs) and... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Research and innovation are priority areas and are absolutely crucial for competitiveness and the success of the European economy in the current global climate of crisis, intense competition and increased efforts to address new challenges such as climate change and territorial cohesion. This crisis exacerbates the ris... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as research, development and innovation are key elements which can help the European Union to emerge more quickly and stronger from the current economic crisis, while also achieving the proposed economic development objectives. A consistent policy is required to do this, which is well targeted ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Innovations are important, but they cannot be dictated from above, as the Europe 2020 strategy attempts to do. However, they can be supported by means of subsidy programmes. It makes little sense for applicants for subsidies to be faced with a jungle of different funding institutions and regulations because of the lac... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Cohesion policy is an essential pillar in the process of European integration and one of the most successful EU policies, facilitating convergence between regions, as well as stimulating growth and employment using financing from the structural funds. In the current period of 2007-2013, all Member States have devoted ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution, as adopted by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. The long-term sustainability of our public finances is fundamental today to the credibility of European economic and fiscal policy. The Greek crisis has proven that. Faced with the markets and ... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | During the vote on Thursday 20 May on the report by the socialist MEP, Liem Hoang Ngoc, on the long-term sustainability of public finances, the UMP and Modem groups in the European Parliament voted enthusiastically for a text which the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and the Group of the All... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The huge deficits and debts facing many Member States of the EU is indeed an important problem, having created the financial crisis which we are experiencing and which we all need to manage. However, the causes of these financial aberrations are not the causes identified by the rapporteur. State budgets have been dera... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Last year, the budget deficit and public debt in the euro area amounted to 6.3% and 78.7% respectively of GDP, which was a much higher level than that set in the Growth and Stability Pact. The Growth and Stability Pact’s limitations have been highlighted in the current crisis, as it has not been an adequate instrument... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the times that we are currently experiencing, in which many countries are facing serious difficulties with their public finances, it is essential to adopt political measures that lead to economic and social stability, but especially those that stimulate growth. As well as the deficit, the level of public debt must ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As the current crisis has shown, with its profound impact on economic development, the quality of life of citizens and social stability, the sustainability of public finances is a prerequisite for economic recovery and the reliability of development. The inadequacy of the revision to the Stability and Growth Pact has ... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with the report: current public debt and deficit levels will be difficult for future generations to bear, but are also a major problem today. However, I disagree with the proposed solutions. I do not believe that a report which omits the reason for the recent explosion of this debt and deficit can be taken ser... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was forced to vote against the report by my colleague, Liem Hoang Ngoc, which the European right and liberals completed in a way which deprived it of its substance, simply defending dogmatic adherence to the Stability Pact and hence to austerity policies. Budgetary policy is not an end in itself; it is a tool which ... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This document is proof of the desire to create a system of redistribution that caters for society as a whole. Its positive proposals relate to migration policies. It rejects the ‘indiscriminate cuts’ that have been made in public investments in the name of the crisis. After that, however, an inverse logic is introduce... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the fact that the global economic and financial crisis is spilling over onto the sustainability of national budgets to a worrying degree, the report under consideration by this House contains passages that prevent me from voting in favour. First of all, paragraph 59 states that we can help end the crisis by ra... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I deeply regret that the right wing has finally ‘kidnapped’ this report on public finances and has completely changed the main aim of it, making it a very neoliberal report. I applaud the decision of the rapporteur, Hoang Ngoc, to withdraw his name from it. | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is simply unacceptable that this report has been adopted by the majority Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament; that is why, in line with our rapporteur Mr Hoang Ngoc, the Group of the Progressive Alli... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The main purpose of this report was to analyse the long-term sustainability of the European Union’s public finances with a view to its economic recovery. The debate on this in plenary could not have come up at a more opportune time, given the unprecedented economic and financial understanding reached last week by Euro... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, in 2009, Lithuania and some of our neighbouring EU Member States almost hit rock bottom. Maybe vultures are not circling above our heads, but we still do not feel safe: Lithuania’s GDP fell by 4.1% from quarter to quarter and in the first quarter of 2010. Most Lithuanians understand that the need... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of the Lisbon and Europe 2020 objectives is fundamental, in that it illustrates the extent to which this policy may be instrumental to the future of the Union. The Structural Funds, which guarantee the cohesion of European territories and finance... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The difficulties that have always been highlighted by the political, social and economic diversity of Europe’s heritage – as part of a large, but still disparate territory – have resulted, since the eighties, in the development of the cohesion policy. Cyclically, passing from one programming period to the next, Europe... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Structural Funds play a vital role in delivering the EU 2020 strategy, insofar as they constitute a powerful instrument for the economic development of all of Europe’s regions. Mr Cortes Lastra’s report rightly points out that the Lisbon Strategy only achieved concrete results when it was linked to the cohesion po... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am completely in favour of the proposals put forward in this report, seeking inclusion in the cohesion policy in order to pursue the objectives set out for the 2020 strategy. The new Treaty of Lisbon strengthens the principle of economic, social and territorial cohesion, and without this solidarity clause, the EU it... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ultimate objective of the cohesion policy is reducing disparities between the levels of economic development of the various regions, targeting resources specifically for growth and employment. The 2020 strategy presents significant and ambitious challenges for Europe in five areas that are seen as strategic: (i) e... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the European development project, there is much progress to be made on territorial cohesion, which is crucial in combating poverty and social exclusion, promoting employment and sustainable development, and in social cohesion. I have no doubt that small and medium-sized enterprises have a crucial role in the succes... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur finds it regrettable that the 2020 strategy has not duly incorporated an assessment of the Lisbon Strategy, and we share that opinion. The stated objectives of the Lisbon Strategy – economic growth, employment and social cohesion – have not been met; on the contrary, the situation in these areas has bec... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The main objective of cohesion policy is to strive for a uniform degree of development across the regions of the EU. Thanks to the multiannual programmes and strategies which have been put in place as part of that policy, individual regions and, in particular, the poorest ones, have the opportunity for sustained econo... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It seems that we are providing funding for disadvantaged areas which then ends up being spent in relatively prosperous regions. There are problems with subsidy policy throughout the EU. On the one hand, money is invested in regenerating villages to prevent rural communities from dying out and, on the other, these effo... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution is an important document as it sets out the best course for the association which is needed between the cohesion policy and the EU 2020 strategy. At a time when there is much thought about the European cohesion policy after 2013, it is indeed important to present it as an indispensable tool of complian... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is a pity our alternative resolution on cohesion policy and EU2020 was rejected. We, the Greens/EFA, have thus decided to abstain in the final vote on the Cortés Lastra resolution. | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur, Mr Cortés Lastra, originally produced a very balanced report on the relationship between cohesion policy and the Europe 2020 strategy. Its aim was to correct the extensive earmarking of cohesion policy carried out by the first Barroso Commission. It justifiably asked the question as to whether cohesion... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The cohesion policy is essential to realising the 2020 strategy’s objectives: the promotion of education, training and research, the creation of jobs, and economic growth. Following the Lisbon Strategy’s failures regarding the goal of cohesion, not least the lack of adequate consultation of the European Parliament and... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is a formidable project which requires strong political involvement on the part of the European Parliament. I voted in favour of this report, because it contains the following three ideas which are very important: 1) the new institutional structure needs to be effective quickly, i... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Union for the Mediterranean is an ambitious project with a number of undoubtedly positive aspects, in particular, as regards the future possibility of strengthening, by means of this political and economic partnership, instruments to control immigration and combat the flows of illegal immigrants which have affecte... | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | By voting in favour of the Peillon report, we have all acknowledged that the Mediterranean basin is an area of key importance, and that in a multipolar and interdependent world, large regional integrations, such as that of the Mediterranean, will be better positioned to cope with social, cultural, economic, environmen... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We oppose the Union for the Mediterranean. This would facilitate mass immigration from impoverished countries in North Africa. It would also allow North African al-Qaeda operatives in these countries to more easily enter Europe and carry out terrorist attacks. We also note the way the EU grants Morocco privileged econo... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In order to be an effective lever in building peace and prosperity and in promoting human rights, cooperation between European countries and other Mediterranean countries needs to be based on the principles of equality and mutually beneficial cooperation for the people in the area. It should help to resolve internatio... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Christofer Fjellner, Gunnar Hökmark and Anna Ibrisagic | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Swedish Conservatives have today voted against report A7-0133/2010 on the Union for the Mediterranean (2009/2215(INI)). This is because we cannot support the EU contribution to projects as part of a Union for the Mediterranean being allocated significantly increased resources in the EU’s new financial perspective ... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Following the Paris Declaration on 13 July 2008, which created a new Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the previous Barcelona Process should have acknowledged a new impetus, as expressed in the Declaration: ‘a renewal of efforts to transform the Mediterranean region into a space of peace, democracy, cooperation and p... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported this report on the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Europe and the Mediterranean share many cross-border challenges which can be better addressed through a regional integration process, with effective institutions which can surmount the limits of bilateral cooperation. Such challenges are all the more acu... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) because it advocates greater involvement of the European Parliament in this regional initiative. If the summit that is to take place in June in Barcelona is to be a success after two difficult years trying to get it off the ground, it is essential that th... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Any impartial observer would say that the Euro-Mediterranean partnership has not been making as much progress as would be desirable, and that there is still much to do before it really takes shape and acquires real and productive content. Historically, the Mediterranean Sea united rather than divided. The cultures tha... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the precarious social and economic situation in southern countries, the deepening of relations with the countries of the Mediterranean is now all the more important. In this regard, I believe that there is an urgent need to move forward in a concrete and effective way with consolidating the Union for the Mediter... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We completely disagree with the guidelines established in this report, which essentially aim to increase the economic domination of the EU’s big companies over the southern part of the Mediterranean; access to, and control of, natural resources, energy in particular; the exploitation of labour power; and the repressio... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported the report drafted by my French socialist colleague, Vincent Peillon, because the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) aims to promote the process of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation through specific strategic measures both for Europe as a whole and also for the Mediterranean zone. In fact, regional integration... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report certainly has the virtue of stressing the urgency of recognising two states, the Palestinian State and the State of Israel, living in peace and security, and of fighting for women’s rights and against discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, its virtue ends there. This text is essentially a ple... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Union for the Mediterranean is seen by some people in Europe as a prestige project initiated by a few political leaders. However, I believe that the increase in cooperation between the countries on the shores of the Mediterranean is very much a positive thing. Particularly with regard to the increasing influx of m... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With a view to the constructive development of relations between the European Union and third countries, I endorsed the report on the Union for the Mediterranean. In order to strengthen cooperation, we need to support the Barcelona Process, which has been less active recently. However, the Union for the Mediterranean ... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Heads of State or Government on both sides of the Mediterranean will meet in Barcelona on 7 June 2010. It is vital that this meeting leads to real progress – I am referring in particular to the establishment of institutions of the Union for the Mediterranean, but also to progress in the areas of economy and commer... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-05-20T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There have not been any big surprises in the amendments tabled by GUE/NGL (all were rejected) except for the first part of Amendment 6 (Western Sahara). I wish to make it clear that I voted in favour of Amendment 6, which stresses Morocco’s responsibility in the situation of Human Rights violations in Western Sahara. T... | null |
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