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Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this progress towards fairer and more equal judicial procedures in Member States. It is a fundamental principle of any decent justice system that defendants understand what is happening to them, what charges they face, and the nature of the evidence against them. But I would like to add that it is not just de... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For many of my fellow citizens, the enlarged European Union is not homogeneous enough in socio-economic terms to avoid unfair competition between enterprises in the 27 Member States. This is the case, for example, in the transport sector, where competition is strong. Besides cohesion policy – for which I fight on a da... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I followed the recommendation of the committee, which adopted the report drafted by my Slovakian colleague, Edit Bauer, recommending that Parliament reject, at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, the proposal for a directive on amending the 2002 directive on the organisation of the working time of ... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the rejection of the Commission’s proposal. The Commission proposed to exclude self-employed drivers from the scope of the directive. I feel that the exclusion of self-employed people would cause false work and would give companies opportunities to exploit drivers by not drawing up an employment contract b... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Commission’s proposal; in other words, I voted in favour of self-employed drivers being included in the 2002 directive on the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities, for the following reasons. The first is that a driver who is tired constitutes a danger on the road. Thi... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with the position of the European Parliament to reject the European Commission’s proposal because the rules regulating the single market should apply to everyone without exception. The exemption currently proposed by the Commission which involves not applying the Working Time Directive on the road transport in... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the report because, apart from the obvious question raised in connection with the labour rights of self-employed drivers, there are another two important sectors which require particular attention. Firstly, the entire procedure of talks and decisions between the rapporteur and the Council took place wi... | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP voted against Amendments 1 and 29 so as to restore the Commission’s intention to exclude independent drivers from this directive. We believe that requiring independent drivers to account for the time spent arranging their schedules and bidding for new business will be impossible to monitor, especially when this is... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to reject the Commission proposal for a directive on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. I am aware of the fact that traditional drivers attach great importance to their independence. However, voting against was the only way to force the Commission to com... | null |
Cornelis de Jong | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, in the vote on the Bauer report, I voted against the Commission proposal regarding the directive on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. This would mean self-employed workers being covered by the directive. I am aware that the traditional self-employed dri... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to reject the Commission proposal on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. The Commission should accept Parliament’s decision and amend the current proposal. All workers who perform these activities, and not just employed workers, should have their weekly ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Legal certainty is essential for the law to be applied correctly, which is why any amendment to a legal text that results in additional difficulty in defining its scope should be rejected as poor legal technique. Insofar as several doubts remain about the scope of the draft directive, particularly regarding the distin... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The competitiveness and viability of companies cannot be sustained with distorted and disproportionate rules relating to the values and general principles of employment legislation, given that such rules only serve to promote situations of unfair competition and job instability. In the case of transport, the possibili... | null |
Carlo Fidanza | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the Plenary vote, which threw out the European Commission’s proposal to revise Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. In granting freedom of decision to Member States, this text would have effectively excluded self-employed drivers... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is very important that Parliament has today voted in favour of the motion – which we endorse – to reject the Commission proposal that would exclude self-employed drivers of buses and lorries from the legislation that regulates working time in this profession. According to Parliament’s Committee on Employment and So... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We find it absolutely unacceptable that self-employed drivers are excluded from the scope of application of the directive on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. This decision would mean serious risks for road safety, which would be compromised not only by the ov... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted resolutely for the rejection of the European Commission’s proposal to exclude self-employed lorry drivers from the scope of the Working Time Directive in road transport. Particularly sensitive to the situation of drivers, especially self-employed drivers, I am very pleased with the rejection, because I am reso... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the rejection of the Commission’s proposal aiming to exclude self-employed bus and lorry drivers from the scope of the Working Time Directive. Here, it is not just the health and safety of drivers that is at stake, but clearly also the safety of other individual drivers, since a tired lorry driver can beco... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, I voted in favour of the EU Commission proposal to exempt self-employed lorry and bus drivers from the Working Time Directive. This directive has nothing to do with them. There are already clear provisions on driving times and rest periods for self-employed people. The issue of road safety is therefore not a va... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Including selfemployed drivers in the Working Time Directive is a prime example of how to make the situation worse regarding people who have little enough confidence in the EU as it is. I myself voted in favour of the Commission’s proposal, and it is difficult for me to conceal my disappointment now I have seen the re... | null |
Marine Le Pen | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Regulating the working time of self-employed drivers seems to us to be contrary to freedom of enterprise and to the very status of self-employed. We therefore voted for Mrs Bauer’s report, which aims to exclude this category from the scope of the directive. The question is: how do we monitor the working time of someon... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe that the distinction between self-employed drivers and mobile workers is unclear, which may increase the risk of ‘false’ self-employed drivers, who, in order not to fall within the scope of the directive, are not tied to an employer by an employment contract, but do not have the freedom either to have relati... | null |
Astrid Lulling | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Opinions inside and outside this House on the inclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of the Health and Safety at Work Directive in the area of road transport vary widely. Everyone believes that they have good arguments to back up their opinions and I respect that. However, there are already too few self-e... | null |
Judith A. Merkies | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Lorry drivers can be employees, self-employed workers or ‘false’ self-employed workers. Workers in the last of these categories are actually employees and should have the same rights as employees. It was for this reason that, back in 2005, the European Parliament asked the European Commission to provide clarity via a ... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the amendment to reject the proposed directive on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities, because it sought to expand working time in this sector to 86 hours per week, which would increase the risk of accidents on the roads. The adoption of this directiv... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report by Mrs Bauer on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities largely concerns the issue of whether or not self-employed lorry drivers should be included ... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My position on the report under discussion by Parliament is motivated, among other things, by the following considerations. Directive 2002/15/EC, which is the subject of the report, does not regulate safety in the road transport sector but lays down rules about the organisation of activities complementary to driving. ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With today’s vote, the European Parliament contributed substantially to improving road safety in Europe. With the decision to maintain the self-employed in the directive, MEPs have closed a loophole to circumvent working time legislation. Now it is essential that this is enforced. Then, in the future, employers will no... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Road transport legislation on safety and driving times must be the same for all parties concerned, whether the drivers be employed or self-employed. The basic Directive, 2002/15/EC (which entered into force in March 2005 for employed drivers), also stipulated that the rules were to apply to self-employed drivers from ... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The health and safety of workers is paramount, in particular, regarding road transport, because accidents affect pedestrians and passengers of other vehicles too. | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, we voted on a dossier in the area of the protection of workers’ health and safety, which gave rise to an important debate. The draft that the Commission submitted to Parliament proposed that the directive should not cover self-employed road transport workers, that is to say, drivers who work as freelancers and ... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like, if I may, to offer the opinion of Lithuania on this issue. Lithuania’s lorry drivers have earned themselves a good reputation throughout Europe. They are the business pioneers and heroes of our young independent Lithuanian state, often separated from their families for long periods.... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this regulation on food labelling because its aim is to help consumers make more informed choices – by extending compulsory labelling to other nutrients and introducing new rules on country of origin – and because this proposal simplifies, updates and merges into a single piece of legislation seve... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The proposal on food labelling does not seek to protect consumers, as the EU asserts. It lays down terms of competition imposed by the monopoly companies at the expense of consumers, workers and farmers. The right of consumers to know what they are consuming is not satisfied by labelling products and, more to the poin... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Sommer report because it represents a balanced compromise between consumer information, which should not be excessive at the risk of being counterproductive and too costly, and a lack of information, which would risk harming the quality of the choices made by the consumer. In particular, I am delighted... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Consumers have a right to clear, comprehensible information about the food products they purchase and have a right to know in which country those goods were produced. Clearer rules on the labelling of pre-packaged food will help consumers who are trying to make the right decision and purchase healthy food. As it is es... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As part of the report drafted by Renate Sommer on the ‘Provision of food information to consumers’, I voted for Amendment 351 as consumers must be correctly informed about the country of origin of food products. For this reason, I supported the compulsory indication of the country of origin on labelling for meat, milk... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Combining the European regulations governing packaged food labelling will offer consumers the chance to make an enlightened choice, without causing complications or making producers commit major financial resources. The European Parliament’s debate on Wednesday about product labelling generated so much interest among ... | null |
John Bufton, David Campbell Bannerman and Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP voted against the Sommer Report in the European Parliament because it is a sloppily-drafted dog’s dinner which does not clearly support country of origin labelling for simple foods like meats and eggs. UKIP policy is to support country of origin labelling to help producers selling their goods and for consumers to ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Consumers have the right to know what is contained in the foodstuffs they consume. For this reason, information on the composition and nutritional value of food products is indispensable, as it constitutes the primary factor in allowing the consumer to make specific choices. The aim of the Commission’s proposal concer... | null |
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Providing consumers with information about food is undoubtedly important. However, the debate in Brussels has become a lobbying battle between large companies from the food industry and consumer protection organisations. There was no place in this debate for the reality of everyday life for consumers. The representati... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There are huge risks to health (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer) from uncontrolled products and a lack of information, misinformation and misleading consumers. Nonetheless, the food industry spends approximately USD 10 billion a year to influence children’s eating habits. The mod... | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | UKIP voted against the Sommer report in the European Parliament because it is badly drafted, with inadequate definitions. The country of origin statement was badly worded, giving rise to confusion. UKIP policy is to support country of origin labelling to help producers and consumers to know with certainty where their f... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report, although I am still a little puzzled about certain aspects. I believe it is essential to simplify the labelling of food products to allow a better understanding of ingredients, methods of use and traceability by consumers. I do not, however, agree with the methods by which we should a... | null |
Jurgen Creutzmann | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Along with the majority of Members in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I have decided to vote in favour of the Sommer report. It is true that the Liberals were not able to achieve their goals in every area. The adoption of origin labelling for meat and milk in processed products is a reg... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are aware that there is a European consumer policy for protecting them. Its aim is to apply standard regulations at a high level across the whole of the European Union. However, consumers need to have clear, comprehensible information about food products’ essential nutritional aspects, thereby allowing them to make... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A standardised labelling system for foodstuffs in the internal market is not only vital and necessary in order to guarantee the European consumer high levels of food safety, but also an important instrument for the competitiveness of companies in this sector in trade within the EU. I am therefore voting overall in fav... | null |
Luigi Ciriaco De Mita | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This proposal for a regulation is blazing a legislative trail on a subject that is fundamental for European Union citizens and enterprises, namely the transparency and dissemination of information on food products. While, on the one hand, it is important to achieve an internal market where all citizens and all enterpr... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because to me, it seems essential to clarify and standardise the many disparate food product labels and thus ensure they have a reliable scientific value. To this end, I supported the amendments to provide greater legibility, with, among other things, the obligation to respect a minimu... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, we know that eating a poor diet or too much of certain nutrients (such as salt or fats) can lead to a great many diseases that not only represent serious public health problems but are also extremely costly to health services. In many cases, these diseases (such as hypertension) could be prevented with a more c... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of this report on the provision of food information to consumers, which combines and replaces seven directives and one regulation. The labelling of food products is crucial to guaranteeing food safety. I advocate clear information being given to the consumer, less bureaucracy, the simplification... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Consumers have a fundamental right to know as much as is possible and justifiable about the composition of foodstuffs. Such knowledge is also a necessary – though not sufficient – condition for them to make informed, conscious decisions about their diet and, as such, it helps promote people’s health and welfare. We ac... | null |
Lorenzo Fontana | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The question of supplying food information to consumers, which forms the subject of Mrs Sommer’s report, deserves particular attention. Only by providing clear and exhaustive information on the provenance and content of products can we in fact protect consumers against the risk of making unwitting consumer choices wit... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the report on the provision of so-called food information to consumers. ‘Hell is paved with good intentions’, as Jean-Paul Sartre observed. The ‘good intentions’ of the European Union relating to consumer information are indigestible and bureaucratic and go back to nannying consumers, the aim being to ... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This reform of consumer information has been botched and politicised. For the Commission, it is less about providing clear, useful and easily understood information and more about moralising through labelling. The rapporteur has tried, with limited success, to allow common sense amendments, such as the deletion of the... | null |
Françoise Grossetête | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the provision of food information to consumers. I am satisfied with this vote, which will allow consumers to have access in future to clear, legible and reliable labelling on certain food products. The idea of a colour code on packaging indicating whether the quantity of essential nu... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I declared myself in favour of clearer labelling on the nutritional values that will have to feature on the front of the packaging of all pre-packaged foods, in particular, supporting the introduction of a colour code allowing us to identify more easily the level of essential nutrients, and defended both by consumer a... | null |
Małgorzata Handzlik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament adopted the report on food labelling by a clear majority. This is good news for every one of us, because the packaging of food products will contain essential information which will enable us – the consumers – to make better-informed decisions about our diet. In so doing, the European Parliamen... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There has been intense lobbying on this issue in recent weeks and months and it is to be regretted that in today’s final vote, the lobbying of some of the larger players in the food industry has triumphed over consumer interests. Nevertheless, the final report does signal progress in some aspects of food labelling and,... | null |
Holger Krahmer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Providing consumers with information about food is undoubtedly important. However, the debate in Brussels has become a lobbying battle between large companies from the food industry and consumer protection organisations. There was no place in this debate for the reality of everyday life for consumers. The representati... | null |
Isabella Lövin and Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We decided to vote in favour of the report, as the positives outweighed the negatives. Unfortunately, the opportunities for national regulations have been removed, but we believe that these will be reintroduced during negotiations with the Member States. Alcohol has been excluded from the proposal, and we lost the vot... | null |
Astrid Lulling | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As rapporteur for the opinion of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I congratulate Mrs Sommer on her courage and good sense. I voted for her proposals for the following reasons. Non-prepacked foods must benefit from an exemption from ob... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Providing consumers with information about food is undoubtedly important. However, the debate in Brussels has become a lobbying battle between large companies from the food industry and consumer protection organisations. There was no place in this debate for the reality of everyday life for consumers. The representati... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The aim of labelling food products is to ensure that consumers have complete information made available to them on the contents and composition of these products, so as to protect their health and their interests. For this reason, we are of the opinion that the labelling of food products is fundamental to having great... | null |
Judith A. Merkies | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A healthy diet is important. Yet how does one make choices in this regard? Reliable, comprehensible information on the packaging plays a major role. This new legislation will provide consumers with better, more comprehensible information, the most important of which is to be readily visible on the front of the packagi... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My position on the report under discussion by Parliament is motivated, among other things, by the proposal to introduce a multi-coloured labelling system. The quality of food products depends on a multitude of complex factors that cannot be appropriately represented by different coloured labels. Authoritative studies ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The compulsory inclusion of the country of origin on the label will support European producers because it will offer recognition for the high standards of quality which they apply. Our citizens want to know where the products they buy come from, whether they are European or imported. At the same time, consumers in oth... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Acting in the interests of the European Union’s consumers, I endorsed the report on a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers. One of the fundamental rights of EU citizens is the right to information, including in connection with food products. Freedom... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of this report, which generally responds in a balanced manner to the initial proposal of the European Commission, in that it calls for the exemption of non-prepacked products and regional products from the regulation’s scope; exemption from mandatory labelling for wines and wine products; reject... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This regulation must provide a labelling system which is valid for the whole EU and can be applied – with few exceptions – to all food products, and therefore not just to certain categories of products. Harmonisation of the labelling system is also particularly relevant to the smooth operation of the internal market a... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mandatory origin labelling of meat, poultry, dairy products, fresh fruit and vegetables and processed products made from one ingredient, which is called for in the report on the provision of food information to consumers, puts an unreasonable burden on food processing companies. For this reason, I have voted against t... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today’s vote on the report on food information to consumers has been a long, exhausting and, to a certain degree too, frustrating vote: The report has been adopted by 562 votes in favour to 67 against, and we have voted in favour because, after all, we have won more than we lost. For instance, we won on aspects such as... | null |
Olga Sehnalová | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In my opinion, the ever increasing requirements for food labelling will not do much to change eating habits in comparison with the cost of implementing these measures. Neither will it eliminate the main problem, which is the incidence of obesity and obesity-related diseases in the population at large, directly resulti... | null |
Catherine Soullie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am very pleased with the result of the vote on the Sommer report. The European Parliament has opted for a legible and informative labelling system that will favour balanced consumption patterns. Furthermore, I welcome the adoption of Amendment 205, which will allow for the inclusion of mandatory particulars for meat... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A couple of minor points notwithstanding, the revision of the legislation on food labelling is a step in the right direction. The regulation will mean that consumers are better informed about foods in future. I think it regrettable that, owing to pressure from the industrial lobby, the amendment on the traffic light s... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this report which will make traffic light labelling of food mandatory. This is the system most preferred by consumers and will allow them to take control of their diet. I also welcome the protected status for the labelling of Scotch whisky from Scotland. | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At the moment, the contents of our shopping trolleys are lying by omission: where does the beef used in lasagne come from? Where do the tomatoes in soup come from? The consumer does not know. This absence of information prevents him from making an informed choice, in particular as regards the food’s carbon footprint. ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | More uniform food labelling throughout the European Union is needed to ensure greater transparency through simplified information for consumers, more legal certainty for food enterprises and greater clarity in the acquis communautaire. In my view, the Commission went too far in its proposal by trying to educate consum... | null |
Alexandra Thein | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Along with the majority of Members in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I have decided to vote in favour of the Sommer report. It is true that the Liberals were not able to achieve their goals in every area. The adoption of origin labelling for meat and milk in processed products is a reg... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The crucial point here is that consumers are entitled to know what is in their food. They must be able to make an informed choice on the basis of clear information. Clarity for the consumer and feasibility for industry must take centre stage. Yet more is not always better where information is concerned. Take, for exam... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report will mean that energy, fat, saturates, sugar and salt levels will have to be clearly displayed on the front of all pre-packed foods. It sends a clear message to consumers about the importance of healthy eating and making the right choices. Unfortunately, a socialist amendment that would have introduced a cl... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, consumers have a right to know what substances different foods contain. For this reason, information about the composition and nutritional value of foods is essential, as it will allow consumers to make informed purchasing decisions. For people who suffer from allergies, for example, specific, cl... | null |
Glenis Willmott | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As S&D rapporteur, I recommended my group to support the amended report and legislative resolution amending the Commission proposal on food information to consumers. We voted against the deletion of the possibility for voluntary, non-binding national schemes to continue, which my group and I are firmly opposed to. This... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Legislation in the area of food should be based on facts, not impressions. The information on the packaging should be precise, legible and comprehensible. The nutrition profile is quite the opposite. It is not fact, it is impression. At the same time, it is a way of telling people what they should and should not eat. ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Supported by the five largest political groups in the European Parliament, this joint resolution calls on Member States to go further in their commitments vis-à-vis this long-term European Union economic strategy. After the Lisbon Strategy (2000-2010), which we will remember for its lack of concrete results, the EU 20... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution though I have doubts about the feasibility of proposed targets. The 2020 strategy sets out very ambitious goals to be achieved during the coming decade, such as a high quality employment and more green jobs, climate and energy targets and many others. However, I believe that the strategy is ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Naturally I am in favour of the objectives of the 2020 strategy, in particular, in the areas of employment, research, development, innovation, the fight against climate change, poverty reduction and improvements in the level of training. However, I fear that due to binding commitments made and respected by the Member ... | null |
Lívia Járóka | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome the European Parliament’s new resolution on the Europe 2020 strategy, in which it calls upon the European Council to draw up a forward-looking and consistent strategy for achieving the goals of the initiative, as well as to seek Parliament’s opinion when determining key pa... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The adoption of the new EU 2020 strategy must take into account the ever greater effects of the economic and financial crisis affecting the whole EU. With this in mind, an ambitious and coherent strategy must be adopted which is directed towards the future. In this new EU 2020 strategy, it is essential for people and ... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against Resolution RC7-0348/2010 on the European Union 2020 strategy because I believe that this strategy is but a mere continuation of the Lisbon Strategy, the failure of which is demonstrated by the current crisis. It is clear that the Lisbon Strategy has been a fiasco, as evidenced by the current levels of ... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I listened with interest to the statements by Commission President Barroso and President Van Rompuy. Although I am pleased to see the improvements in European economic governance toward a common approach, I honestly believe that the results of the summit are merely declarations of intent. At this particular historical... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution on EU 2020. Given the severity of the financial, economic and social crisis that we are experiencing, EU 2020, which is to be adopted by the Council this week, should be equipped with instruments and targets to meet the challenge. We are currently witnessing an un... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the joint motion for a resolution on economic governance, because it moves towards even stricter treaties and even stricter discipline in the unacceptable and unsuccessful Stability Pact. In the name of financial discipline and competitiveness, it promotes, with the cooperation of the IMF, the applicat... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Diversity is what gives Europe its charm, but it is a permanent weakness, in particular, when we need to take socio-economic decisions. The slow response of European leaders is regrettable. As early as 1989, the Member States rejected the report by Jacques Delors aiming to establish an economic policy coordination pac... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In this current phase, EU 2020 must focus on real, concrete measures that the Member States can achieve, so as to produce the intended results. Innovation, research and development, and investment in worker training are essential to making Europe more competitive in a globalised world. This approach will enable us to ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against the joint motion for a resolution on EU 2020 because, although it makes some criticisms of the proposal submitted by the Commission, it does not get to the root of the problem and it does not propose a break with the neoliberal policies that remain the major guideline for the Commission’s proposals. I... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted against the joint motion for a resolution on economic policy coordination, because it draws the wrong conclusions from the current crisis. The crisis concerning the common currency is not the result of too few centralist rules. It has been caused by lumping together national economies which are completely... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The joint motion for a resolution on the EU 2020 strategy is intended to replace the admittedly unsuccessful Lisbon Strategy. Employment rates in Europe average 69% among people aged 20-64 and are still considerably lower than in other parts of the world. Young people have been hard hit by the crisis, with an unemploy... | null |
Markus Pieper | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have abstained from voting on the resolution on the Europe 2020 strategy. Of course, I believe that reform of the EU institutions, improved coordination and a new focus on demographic issues and innovation strategies are necessary. However, I was disappointed by Parliament’s non-committal approach to t... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the European Parliament Resolution on the EU 2020 strategy because I thought that this strategy needs to be ambitious in the long term with regard to increasing the employment rate and cutting poverty by 50% in the EU. The majority of Europeans currently living in poverty or at the risk of doing so are wom... | null |
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