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Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Internet has had a massive impact on society and public life over the last 20 years. The EU is a good example of this, as it represents just over 7% of the world population, but it accounts for almost 19% of Internet users at global level. Governing the Internet has been a top priority in public policy, seeking to... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on governance of the Internet, which covers sensitive issues such as the protection and safeguarding of fundamental rights and freedoms, Internet access and use, and cybercrime. The Spanish Presidency’s proposal of the creation of a European charter on the rights of Internet users and t... | null |
Göran Färm, Olle Ludvigsson and Marita Ulvskog | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We Swedish Social Democrats chose to abstain in the vote on the wording concerning the blocking of websites. We believe that these measures may be justified in some situations, for example, in relation to crimes involving child pornography, but the reference in the text in question to blocking websites in the case of ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is an indisputable fact that the Internet now has a public role, influencing not only daily life but also mass movements, political ideas and communication strategies. It is true to say that the Internet has taken on an irreplaceable public role, and this cannot be ignored by the Member States of the European Union... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the ever-increasing prominence of the Internet in the daily life of the public and the institutions, and even in the running of various countries, along with its impact on economic, cultural, social and human development, the governance of the Internet is a matter of paramount importance on the world stage. This... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report arises from the important role of the Internet, which has become an indispensable tool for promoting democratic initiatives, political debate, digital literacy and the dissemination of knowledge. Internet access both ensures and depends on the exercising of a number of fundamental rights, including respect... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report recognises the importance of the Internet in promoting cultural diversity and encouraging democratic citizenship. For democratic values to be promoted, however, it is vital that governments refrain from imposing censorship and I therefore welcome the provisions of paragraph 13. | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The debate on Internet governance is certainly of particular importance in the situation where this means of communication has become absolutely essential in many countries in both people’s professional and personal life. It is precisely for this reason that it is, at the very least, totally lacking in imagination for... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the recitals of this report, which make the Internet a global public good that must be governed in the common interest. The report highlights the importance of the Internet in political debate. It is for the sake of these aptly mentioned principles that I voted against this text. Indeed, how can we advocate ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, the Internet is a global tool, so the administration of it should take account of the common interest. Today, the Internet is one of the main means of disseminating democratic values throughout the world, and it is an indispensable tool for promoting all kinds of ideas, political debate and the spread of knowle... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Where the Internet is concerned, we must, on the one hand, uphold the principle of freedom of expression, while fighting cybercrime and its abuses, on the other. However, we must not end up storing data in the name of fighting crime and terrorism where there is no basis for suspicion. The Internet has specifically giv... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Τhe Internet is a global public commodity and should function on the criterion of public interest. A specific Internet governance infrastructure needs to be created, so as to safeguard its security, integrity and authenticity and reduce the possibility of cyberspace attacks. Open global cooperation on Internet governa... | null |
Fiorello Provera | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Internet has now become an instrument that is crucial to the development of the internal market, which is the cornerstone of the European Union’s growth and development. Moreover, more than 60% of the European population now has access to the world of information technology. It seems necessary, therefore, for the ... | null |
Teresa Riera Madurell | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, my congratulations to the rapporteur on his report and its excellent timing given the proximity of the next meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which will be taking place in the EU for the first time. The EU has been taking part in the IGF since its inception, but the fact that it is being he... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted against at the final vote of this report because it included the promotion of governmental interference with Internet governance, which is not exactly the Green position. | null |
Alexandra Thein | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography is vitally important. We must make every effort to prevent child pornography being made available over the Internet. The permanent and effective prevention of child abuse is both a political responsibility and a principle of the rule of law. The membe... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Sosa Wagner report as the EU should show strong leadership on all aspects of Internet governance in the international arena. This report maintains the EU’s emphasis on the need for the security and stability of the global Internet, the respect for human rights, freedom of expression, privacy, p... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on Internet governance but I abstained on the paragraph that calls for priority to be given to the protection of intellectual property rights holders by putting them on a par with consumers. Good Internet governance must, in fact, guarantee access for all to assets, notably cultural ass... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although I voted in favour of this resolution, I noticed the qualifications made about certain regions, particularly the outermost regions, in terms of access to innovation. Difficulties related to a lack of critical mass must be taken into account in order to encourage better use of the potential for areas such as re... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I support Mr Winkler’s position, for which I voted in favour, on the revision of EU policy to promote innovation. I particularly agree with the desire to provide a broad-ranging strategy that concerns not only technological innovation but also administrative, organisational and social innovation. To this... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This own initiative report looks at the Community measures taken in the field of innovation policy and establishes a number of priorities for defining a new innovation policy. Among these, Parliament expresses a wish for innovation not to be limited to technological aspects, but also to cover administrative, organisat... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the own initiative report by my German colleague, Hermann Winkler, which was drafted following the European Commission’s communication entitled ‘Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world’. Innovation is the key factor in successfully responding to the major societal and environmental challe... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported this report. Scientific research and innovation are the key to successfully meeting the EU’s current grand societal and environmental challenges and realising its strategic political goals in areas including competitiveness, climate change, employment, demographic change and many others. In order to remain... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whether they concern products or processes and are radical or incremental, nowadays, innovations are the driving force behind the competitiveness of up-to-date economic and business systems that strive for efficiency and sustainability. The research that underpins each innovative action and discovery must therefore be... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At the moment, less than 1% of the European Union’s budget goes on innovation. This is the current state of affairs at a time when Europe has realised that its future lies within the knowledge triangle of research-innovation-education. The European Parliament’s request to increase the resources allocated to innovation... | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report. I should first of all like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Winkler, on his excellent work. Innovation and research, like education and training, are the key elements that will enable Europe to compete positively in a more technologically competitive world. However, so far, only 1% ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Innovation policy must address the great social problems that we are facing, bringing together all those involved. It is essential to invest in knowledge and in reforms that promote technological progress, research, innovation, education and training to promote prosperity, growth and employment in the medium and long ... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Intelligent growth based on the knowledge and innovation economy requires concrete measures on the part of supranational and national institutions. Enhanced policies to support entrepreneurs in the research sector must be accompanied by policies to encourage investment in new experiments, in an effort to ensure that a... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Innovation has an especially important place in modern society. A society based on innovation can avert possible crises, both socio-economic and natural. Consequently, it is vital for an innovation policy to be able to facilitate society’s progress and not make it stagnate due to the use of various bureaucratic ploys.... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The significance of knowledge and innovation have been gaining prominence as part of the political agenda and in political jargon, and there are few today who dare to question the importance of investment in this field and the need to link up knowledge, innovation, businesses and jobs. The risk of unanimity around thi... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, it is universally accepted that innovation is vital for the success and sustainability of economic and social development and the success of European integration. The importance of innovation, which must always be coupled with research and education, has become even more obvious in the face of the increasingly ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We agree with several aspects of this report, although the way in which it is formulated does not always focus on the most important issues. For example, we agree that innovation is only one of the elements needed to overcome the challenges that we face today, at both social and at global environmental level, and that... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on the challenges facing European Union innovation policy is a very good document which has raised the most important questions related to this issue. Together with my colleagues from the S&D Group, I endorsed the report, including Amendment 46, which calls on the Commission and Member States to coordinate ... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Winkler report deals with a number of important issues, including ecological innovation and green enterprise. In view of the challenges facing our planet, it is clear that innovation in these fields is of vital importance. My own country, Scotland, is at the forefront of many aspects of ecological innovation, parti... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a result of global competition to attract investment, not only certain production plants but also the research and development capacities associated with them are increasingly being relocated to third countries. This trend is a fundamental threat to Europe as a location for industry. It needs to be countered, throu... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Without the continuous introduction of innovations, there is no chance of development. There is a need for innovative measures in every area of the economy and social life – from novel therapeutic methods and increasingly rapid means of communication to new ideas in industry and science and alternative methods of obta... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because I believe that the current transformation of the European economy into a sustainable economy must make our European businesses more competitive. It is essential for the economic challenges to be transformed into new opportunities for the national economies. Combating the increa... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In conjunction with research and training, innovation is one of the most important things for building knowledge within the EU. A Community policy on innovation is very important for achieving the objectives set out in the EU 2020 strategy. However, innovation requires financial resources which, particularly among bus... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I consider it unacceptable that global economic competition has brought about a situation where not only production facilities but also the corresponding research and development resources are relocated to third countries. This trend must be decisively countered through a bold and painstaking industrial innovation pol... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Research, innovation and education are important factors in a country’s competitiveness. If enterprises are to remain capable of innovation, they need to invest a lot of money – which is often a problem, particularly in view of the credit crunch. In times when resources become scarcer, it is essential to expand and pr... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The strategy for the next ten years (EU 2020) sets as its second basic objective an increase in investments in research and development to 3% of GDP by 2020. This own initiative report calls on the Commission for specific and ambitious initiatives under the shadow of the failure of the Lisbon Strategy in this specific... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is tomorrow’s innovations that will enable Europe to cope with the major economic, social and environmental challenges of the coming decades. We need to increase our efforts to implement an ambitious policy of innovation in Europe. That is the logic behind the report by Mr Winkler, which I have endorsed. Firstly, w... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am sorry the split vote requested by the Greens to take out the call for a European Patent Court did not work, so this is regrettably included. However, this report calls for the use of common patent tools, patent platforms and full right licences, and it stresses the importance of the quality of patents. | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because I believe that eradicating poverty is a matter of the greatest importance. The elimination of poverty is the main objective set by the Treaty of Lisbon for EU cooperation and development policies, and given that this is a moral duty whose long-term usefulness for EU interests i... | null |
Roberta Angelilli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Nearly eight million children die each year before the age of five. Three and a half million die immediately after birth due to complications during pregnancy. Some four million die in five countries alone: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan and China. Many of these deaths could be easily preve... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report submitted by Mr Cashman because it seems to me that Parliament had to take a clear position in favour of realising the Millennium Development Goals. The present economic crisis must not be allowed to bring these into question. These objectives, adopted during the Millennium Summit in 20... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report. Reducing poverty is one of the EU’s primary development policy objectives. However, the negative consequences of the economic and financial recession have slowed the progress of developing and the least developed countries even more. Therefore, the EU Member States should make an exceptional eff... | null |
Gerard Batten, John Bufton, David Campbell Bannerman, Trevor Colman and Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP do not support cancellation of debt on the basis that it is economically unsound on the following points: 1. A creditor nation is usually a debtor nation. For example, the UK is a significant donor of overseas aid. Yet the UK, and therefore its tax payers, are usually unwilling donors to aid recipients whilst debt... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for Mr Cashman’s report concerning the extent to which the Millennium Development Goals set out in the year 2000 have been realised. Everything seems to indicate that these objectives will not be achieved. The EU has an immense responsibility in that it is the primary source of aid to poor countries and, in th... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because achieving the Millennium Development Goals must remain a key objective for the European Union. Achieving the MDGs, against all the odds, is a very important challenge and an urgent one both at EU and international level. The EU and international community should focus their efforts and ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the role that Europe has played as the largest provider of development aid in the world. Development aid has helped to alleviate poverty for millions of people in the developing world. The number of people having to endure extreme poverty has fallen from 1.8 billion to 1.4 billion. Almost 90% of poor childre... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this report due to the controversial wording of paragraph 42 concerning abortion. I am morally opposed to abortion and cannot accept such a clause. Nevertheless, I must also state that I feel that the rapporteur has done an excellent job on all other issues. | null |
Carlo Casini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is very sad that for years now, the European Parliament has been unable to resolve a tragic contradiction. In every document in which measures to combat poverty, hunger and violence in the world are admirably proposed, some manage to include the declaration, whether direct or indirect, of the so-called right to abo... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a priority in development policy. Only a few months from the high-level UN meeting, despite significant progress having been made on some of the MDGs, the truth is that we are a long way from what we had hoped. More needs to be done. The Member States should respect... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Scott McKenzie once sang, ‘If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, If you’re going to San Francisco, you’re gonna meet some gentle people there’. However, the world is not like that, and this message cannot be applied to the complex economic and social reality of the world today. F... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I strongly support this report on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The EU is 20 billion euro short of its funding commitments, at a time when states are cutting back their aid budgets. The EU Member States must not falter when it comes to fulfilling their commitments in the framewor... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Parliament is sending a strong message by adopting a resolution on the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This shows the importance that Europe attaches to eliminating poverty, hunger, disease and infant and maternal mortality between now and 2015. On the eve of the European Council, the... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the vote on the Cashman report on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010. It simply had to be adopted! Only five years away from the 2015 deadline set for the achievement of the Millennium Development... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 is a fundamental commitment by the international community. However, it has not provided itself with the resources to fulfil that commitment. Two-thirds of the way through, it is clear that many least developed countries (LDCs) will be unable to achieve any of the goa... | null |
Leonidas Donskis | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As shadow rapporteur on this report, I voted firmly in favour of this report whose objective is to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are successfully achieved. I fully support the efforts of my fellow Members to ensure that the European Union’s voice on this issue is united and progressive. However, I was u... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is alarming that so many Members of this House voted against giving women in developing countries the right to control their own bodies and reproductive health by attempting to have paragraph 42 of the report deleted. This is an indication of a very disturbing trend among opponents of abortion in Europe who are usi... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Cashman report because there is still a long way to go before we can achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It is necessary to strengthen existing measures so that they can be achieved by 2015, particularly through the implementation of the responsibilities assumed by the Member States on a... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Eradicating poverty and reducing the gap between rich and poor are important objectives, and all governments should give attention and allocate resources to them. The UN adopted them at the Millennium Summit in 2000, while the European Union, as the largest donor, has a major share in the results of this collective ef... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The international community has made a fundamental commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Europe is the largest provider of aid in the world. This funding for developing countries has helped to alleviate poverty, reduce the mortality rate and improve the skills of millions of people. In fact,... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The initial objective of the Millennium Declaration in 2000 was to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty, provide clean water and education for all, and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. The report acknowledges that we are a long way from achieving these goals, which in themselves were limited. The EU... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report, because I support the pursuit of a major objective of development policy, namely the reduction of poverty. The Member States have an important responsibility and must stick to their commitments here; we need to remind them of this again. Even though the progress made up to now is enco... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Cashman report makes important calls for the EU and its Member States to implement a number of policies in the field of international development and I wholeheartedly endorse these calls. It should also be added that action can be taken other than at the EU or Member State level. Scotland, for example has a distinc... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to refer to point 14 in the report on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, which calls on the EU to provide significant funding to try and help poor nations fight the effects of climate change and, moreover, insists that these funds be additional to existing development aid commitments. Cl... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report contains some positive points. They include the emphasis placed on the environmental debt of the countries of the North in relation to those of the South and the request for additional aid in this area. I also support the request for the write-off of sovereign debt to no longer be regarded as an integral p... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU remains the main driving force towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and it is also the world’s largest provider of aid. This means that it must take on its responsibilities and play a leading role in the high-level meeting of the UN which is to take place in September 2010. Fulfilling the ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Reducing poverty has been one of the main aims of development policy since time immemorial. Little has been achieved in recent decades, however; rather, development policy initiatives have often moved in the opposite direction. It is particularly concerning that in many states, funds from industrial nations have been ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I think it is important to remove from point 22 the statement calling on the EU to put an end to agricultural export subsidies. The report’s author and fellow Members who support this idea are very well aware that it is not the export subsidies – which are supporting agricultural production in Europe during the curren... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report does not take into account the fact that the EU can only provide aid to others if it has reasonably solid economic foundations itself. The sooner the EU overcomes the consequences of the crisis, the quicker it will be able to put in place long-term and sustainable development aid. The report on the Millenn... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In view of the obligations of EU Member States and the need for compliance with the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, I decided to endorse the report on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010. The European Un... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am glad we adopted today the Cashman report on the MDG. As long as we guarantee effective aid, lives will be saved and poverty will be eradicated. In September 2010, all United Nations Member States will come together in New York to discuss the progress made towards the MDGs and agree on actions to be taken to ensure... | null |
Catherine Soullie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals has developed into something that I was unable to support: I considered it was important to vote against the Cashman report as a whole, following the adoption of the second point of paragraph 42 of Mr Cashman’s draft report, which was ... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is gradually becoming clear that greater efforts are needed if the world wants to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Therefore, I support the resolution on the Union’s commitment to a more efficient, more coherent policy in order to halve poverty and hunger, provide universal primary education, eliminate gend... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The objective presented in the Millennium Development Goal programme is very noble and I think that we must make every effort to achieve it. Lithuania is a small country with a limited bilateral development budget. Global aims are complex and sometimes unattainable for us. Most of our bilateral aid (around 50%) is dir... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-15T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | CARIFORUM-EU, which represents a partnership between the countries of Europe and certain Caribbean states, is obviously something that we should support. Development, combating poverty, democracy, human rights, stopping the global threats to peace, security and stability are basic pillars upon which to bring about a s... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the joint debate on the following: – the statements by the Council and the Commission on preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010), and – the statement by the Commission on preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June 2010). | null |
Diego López Garrido | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that the European Council meeting on 17 June could be one of the most important in recent EU history. It is a European Council meeting that is the culmination of a whole series of actions and measures adopted by the European Union in recent months to combat the economic crisis. These have not o... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, a word of thanks to the Spanish Presidency. The Spanish Presidency has accomplished a very difficult task at an exceptional moment in the European Union. I think it is fair to recognise their commitment and their European conviction in times of crisis. Through Minister López Garrido, I want ... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr López Garrido, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, people often speak of a global crisis, but the emerging markets, with an average growth of almost 10% over a number of years, are not in crisis – and good for them. In fact, they are experiencing rapid growth. With 3% growth this year, even the United S... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the men and women who are meeting today and tomorrow in Brussels bear a huge responsibility, because Europe is now standing at a crossroads. The speculators in the international financial centres who have put their money on the failure of the euro want to win their bets. These peopl... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it seems to me that today’s debate is the umpteenth on the preparation of the Council and on economic governance. We must be honest with each other. There is unanimity here, as we showed yesterday with the introduction of two resolutions: one on how economic governance should be carried out, and one on h... | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the four groups were really doing the right thing by supporting the Community method. We needed to do this, because the politicking and manoeuvring between the various states over the last few weeks and months have had the effect of repeatedly counteracting the rescue measures. Our ... | null |
Timothy Kirkhope | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there is an old story: a man is lost trying to find a railway station. He goes up to someone in the street and says, ‘Where is the station?’ To which the person replies, ‘The route is difficult, the journey is long, so I would not start from here if I were you’. In all these lengthy discussions about how ... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the criticism from our group is not directed at whether we need the newly created euro rescue package, but at how it will be implemented. As in 2009, it is once more all about rescuing the banks and the financial sector. Yet again, they will not be helping to pay the cost of avertin... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, since I was last here, I have suffered some small ups and some rather dramatic downs, perhaps rather like the euro! The difference of course is that I am going to get better and looking at the faces in this Parliament today and hearing the tone of voice, I suspect that the euro’s problems now may well be ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, during this crisis, the less pleasant side of the European Union is sadly being revealed all too often. Taboos are being broken and EU treaties breached, while the European Central Bank is acting as a safety net for bankrupt states. At the same time, people are continuing to enthuse about egalitarianism ... | null |
Werner Langen | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the summit at the end of this week is genuinely important and I am surprised that it is only lasting for one day. Given the large number of items on the agenda, it will not be possible to solve any of the problems. I would like to give my wholehearted support to Mr Barroso when he says that solidarity an... | null |
Stephen Hughes | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this week, the European Council will need to provide answers to the political, economic, environmental and social challenges we are facing at the moment, both now and over the next 10 years. We worry, however, that it will not. On immediate challenges, the Council seems likely to support the idea of accel... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, today we will be voting on two historic resolutions in this Chamber, one dealing with the necessity of strengthened economic governance and a second one which is needed to make the EU 2020 resolution more ambitious: a strategy for sustainable growth and jobs. This is the first time the European Parliament... | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first, cleaning up our public finances will require new receipts, as I said last time. I would like to make three points on the tax on financial transactions and the tax on banks. There is no alternative: both of them are necessary because they have different objectives. The aim of ... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, in this Chamber, we are always talking about being ambitious, about many things we would like Europe to achieve. I would like to think bigger and I would like our leaders to think bigger when they attend the upcoming European Council and G20 meetings. The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs talk... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, my parliamentary group supports the response from workers in Europe, the general strikes in Greece, in Portugal, and the forthcoming strike announced in Spain for 29 September, which coincides with the mobilisation of the European Trade Union Confederation. This is how the workers are responding to th... | null |
Mario Borghezio | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, while we are discussing these various issues, there is a lively debate under way in the United States on what I consider to be a crucial question, namely, a return to the principles of the Glass-Steagall Act and the separation of ordinary banks from the speculating banks that cau... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, unfortunately, my painful illness has so far prevented me from speaking out as clearly to our international audience as I have done in the past on other European topics. I have one minute, Mr Barroso. This is an historic period for you. As far as the financial markets are concerned, you will be measur... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, one thing is for sure: no part of this crisis and none of the crises of the last 60 years were down to there being too much Europe. No crisis is down to too much Europe. Even if there is a problem here – and we all agree that there is – it is that we need more Europe, that we hav... | null |
Marita Ulvskog | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Preparations for the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) - Preparations for the G20 summit (26-27 June) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Schulz said that what is on the agenda at the meetings ahead of us is actually morality and solidarity. I totally agree with this. The question is: can we rely on those sitting around those meeting tables to actually promote morality and solidarity? I have serious doubts about that. We must not for... | null |
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