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Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Tomorrow, hopefully, we will see the formal process to allow Iceland in to the EU, which should be our priority. I would like to see a Joint Parliamentary Committee between the European Parliament and the Althingi formally established. | null |
Theodor Dumitru Stolojan | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current financial and economic crisis has demonstrated that a change in European governance is inevitable. The task force on European governance should focus on strengthening the economic policy coordination of the 27 Member States. Even if the Stability and Growth Pact has been broken by many Member States, this i... | 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 the resolution for the following reasons: - I consider the agreement on the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism to guarantee the stability of the euro to be an important first step towards giving the European Union a more robust and sustainable economic and monetary policy framework, but de... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Europe is clearly suffering from a lack of economic governance. Although monetary policy is united around the euro, unfortunately, each Member State continues to conduct its own economic policy, quite often without taking into account its neighbour’s reforms, or sometimes even ‘falsifying’ its public accounts. This wa... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the resolution and I fully endorse the line it takes. The European Union needs to reform its system of economic governance and to ensure the long-term sustainability of public finances which is essential for stability and growth. The proposed European Financial Stabilisation mechanism will only be effective... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution as I believe that strengthening economic governance must go hand in hand with reinforcing the democratic legitimacy of European governance, which must be achieved through the closer and more timely involvement of the European Parliament and of national parliaments throughout the pro... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this resolution which highlights the need for strong economic governance in the face of the financial and economic crisis. The current crisis has made it clear that we need a common social and economic strategy and the means to tackle the macro-economic imbalances which have exacerbated our problems, but the ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In order to get out of the financial crisis, Europe needs an ambitious large-scale reform of its economic governance. The European Parliament stresses the need to rely, on the one hand, on more use of the Community method rather than the strengthening of intergovernmentalism and, on the other, on operational measures ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Economic governance is especially important these days when many Member States find themselves in particularly difficult circumstances due to their high deficits and debts, and when exceptional, stringent economic decisions have been made, often with disastrous consequences for their citizens. Accordingly, the whole f... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support greater political integration in the EU and coordinated and strengthened economic governance. Europe needs real solidarity. This solidarity implies that all the Member States are responsible for not harming the others through bad governance or incompetence or concealing data in public accounts. The European ... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current crisis is a direct consequence of the liberal policies advocated by the European Union. The Stability and Growth Pact is directly responsible for the current suffering of people in the euro area. Wishing to carry it through more rigorously is an aberration. Demanding that the Commission should have more po... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current financial and economic crisis has shown that the EU needs increasingly strong economic and monetary governance, so that the stability of the euro, and of monetary union itself, is not jeopardised. The EU 2020 strategy should therefore aim to promote economic growth and create jobs, as the accentuated fall ... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the joint resolution on economic governance because I believe that the current economic model has failed. The culprit for this failure is not only the market, or the governments, but the main groups in this Chamber who reached an agreement to transform the Washington Consensus into the Brussels Consens... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution since I am of the opinion that strengthening economic governance must go hand in hand with reinforcing the democratic legitimacy of European governance, which must be achieved through the closer and more timely involvement of the European Parliament and of national parliaments throu... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although not perfect, we have supported the joint resolution. Hot debates have taken place regarding paragraph 12, which remains in its entirety even if we tried to eliminate the second part where it tries to limit deficit and debt via fines. | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I regret to vote against these motions as I support them for the most part. The reason, however, that I cannot support this vote is that it is the policy of the Irish Labour Party, of which I am a member, not to support a common consolidated corporate tax base. | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In one year’s time, in July 2011, the European Commission will present a calculation for the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020. It is essential for the European Parliament to reflect in advance on the challenges to come and to draw up its budgetary priorities. I therefore voted in favour of creating this s... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution since I am of the opinion that it is fundamentally important to set up a committee to begin to discuss the post-2013 financial framework, particularly, to calculate the financial resources necessary for the Union to attain its objectives and carry out its policies for the period beg... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe setting up a special committee on the political challenges and the budgetary means available to the Union after 2013 is essential for drawing up specific priorities for the next Union budget and for defining and adopting the regulation on the Multiannual Financial Framework. In the context of the current cri... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of setting up this committee since I am of the opinion that it is of crucial importance, in the light of the competences resulting from the Treaty of Lisbon, that the European Parliament adopts a clear strategic line for the post-2013 financial framework, so that political priorities are defined that... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The composition and the objectives outlined for this committee will be fundamental in achieving a Multiannual Financial Framework to be implemented starting in 2014 that can be prepared for the great challenges that are foreseen, particularly as regards support for sustainable and qualitative economic growth and for l... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution as it is my opinion that it is essential to set up a committee to start to discuss the post-2013 financial framework, particularly to specify the relationship between the reform of the EU budget financing system and a review of expenditure, so as to provide the Committee on Budgets ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, are very much in favour of this committee, which will allow us to find strategic lines for the future by thinking about a way out of the current complex crisis. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This was a purely organisational vote and our group had no objections to adopting this proposal for a decision. This is why we simply voted in favour. | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is a vote for the reorganisation of the numerical strength of the Delegation to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee. I have no objections regarding the adoption of this proposal for a decision. I therefore voted in favour of it. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-16T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This was a purely organisational vote and our group had no objections to adopting this proposal for a decision. This is why we simply voted in favour. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on the ban on commercial whaling. | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, let me thank the European Parliament for recalling the importance of the effective conservation of whales ahead of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission taking place next week in Agadir, Morocco. The priority issue in relation to this forthcoming meeting of the International Whalin... | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased that we are here today in this House under Greek leadership, so to speak, and this subject – the prohibition of whaling – is in good hands with you. However, I would like to point out that, at EU level, we unfortunately have very little competence in these internatio... | null |
Jo Leinen | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our group welcomes the statement by the Commission that we will fight to maintain the moratorium on commercial whaling. Now it is up to the Council to confirm this statement and, above all, to ensure that the 27 Member States speak with one voice. We cannot afford t... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, if we can imagine a horse having two or three explosive spears stuck in its stomach and being made to pull a butcher’s truck through the streets of London while it pours blood into the gutter we shall have an idea of the method of killing. ‘The gunners themselves admit that if whales could scream the i... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, throughout my career as a Member of this House I have been a staunch defender of animal welfare. I have no enthusiasm for whaling, and I would like to see the moratorium on commercial whaling retained for as long as the species, or some of the species, are endangered. However, I recognise that for some... | null |
Mike Nattrass | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the British public are aggressively against whaling. If Britain’s hands are tied to one harmonised EU abstention on whaling, it will guarantee a return to slaughter. The inhumane Japanese are giving incentives to Third World countries to stop: and look at the return to whaling. It is murder. The Japane... | null |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, first of all I would like to thank the Commissioner for the promise that the Commission will work towards an effective instrument that would save whales, a better framework and a permanent moratorium. Secondly, I think that this is, as mentioned here already, one of the crucial cornerstones in environm... | null |
Linda McAvan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, what the Commissioner said is quite encouraging about the emerging EU position, because the EU will have an important role in the IWC – a quarter of the membership – and with the potential to get allies we could be a major player there. However, I want to clarify a number of points. Madam Commissioner,... | null |
Ulrike Rodust | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the so-called compromise proposal that will be tabled next week in Agadir is, in my view, completely unacceptable. A resumption of commercial whaling is something that the majority of the European public will not understand. I call on the Commission and the Member S... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would also like to thank the Commissioner. I think we, as the EU, have to be strong and robust on maintaining and strengthening the moratorium on commercial whaling. I agree with the Commissioner that we must try and work across the EU and must act together. I am glad that she mentioned the 2009 repo... | null |
Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am taking this opportunity to say that the Presidency of the European Union supports the working procedure of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and on behalf of the Member States is working on the mandate adopted in March 2009. Among other important points, this mandate supports the contin... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to thank all the Members of Parliament for their remarks. I would like to thank you because I have understood that all the remarks agree we have to keep the moratorium on commercial whaling, and we will do that. We also have to try to put all whaling operations under IWC control. I would l... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Union is obliged to protect biodiversity and conserve species by defending animal welfare and taking action against cruelty in whaling. It is therefore essential that the EU demonstrate in Agadir that it is against abuses in whaling, particularly as regards commercialisation, and above all in so-called whaling for... | null |
Pavel Poc | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ban on commercial whaling (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Global populations of some whale species are now critically endangered, and this is almost entirely due to human activities. No sections of the human population depend for their food on cetaceans. Today there is no justification for the killing of cetaceans: ‘whaling for scientific purposes’, ‘necessary livelihood’ an... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (A7-0150/2010) by Guido Milana, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on a new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (COM(2009)0162 – 2009/2107(INI)). | null |
Guido Milana | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, Members of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, on 4 May we in committee unanimously voted in favour of the report on European aquaculture, which is essentially aimed at promoting the sustainable development of the sector. I would like to begin by thanking everyone who worked on this repor... | null |
Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the Spanish Presidency would like to thank Parliament for the report drawn up with the aim of giving a new impetus to European aquaculture in view of the need to provide a current response to the needs of a market that is becoming increasingly globalised. I would also like to say in this respect that ... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am very pleased to have the opportunity today to listen to Members’ views on our communication on a new strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture. I very much welcome the report prepared by Mr Milana and congratulate him for the way in which he has brought together all opinions... | null |
Kartika Tamara Liotard | N/A | N/A | en | nl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I should like to offer the rapporteur sincere thanks for his fine work and for taking on board some of the recommendations of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Nevertheless, as rapporteur for the committee’s opinion, I should like to make some comments, as aquaculture is likely to increa... | null |
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I should like to start by congratulating and thanking Mr Milana for his exceptional cooperation and for the integrated proposals which he has presented, bearing in mind the differences of opinion on and perception of the subject. The new enhanced competences of the European Parliament following the ap... | null |
Ulrike Rodust | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, I would like to offer my sincere thanks to my fellow Member Mr Milana, who has managed to produce a first-class report. In view of the dramatic overfishing of our seas and the continually growing demand for fish products, alternatives to wild catches are ne... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would firstly like to thank Mr Milana for preparing this comprehensive report for us. Certainly, there is a great potential to develop aquaculture in Ireland and in Europe. By supporting sustainable development in the aquaculture sector the European Union could help to achieve two important objectiv... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, thank you very much for the report on aquaculture. We are very pleased that Mr Milana has taken up so many problems in earnest in this report, particularly those dealing with animal health, local environmental problems and the need for an integrated maritime policy. We are especially pleased that the ... | null |
Marek Józef Gróbarczyk | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I, too, would like to offer my sincere thanks to the rapporteur for this report, which has been very well prepared. However, I would like to point out that aquaculture is an extremely important factor in employment, particularly in activating coastal areas, as well as in healthy food. It needs to be s... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Milana, aquaculture indisputably constitutes an area of activity with strong potential for contributing to the economic and social development of innumerable regions, especially coastal and rural ones, and for promoting local production and employment. It also en... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, growing demand and fishing equipment that is far too effective have put a number of fish species under threat. A strong European aquaculture is therefore important. We need to export fish instead of importing it. However, aquaculture must be managed in a way that is responsible from the point of view ... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I want to thank the rapporteur, Mr Milana, for his report. It represents a significant milestone in recognising the importance of this sector and its potential for future growth. As I have indicated on a number of occasions in committee, we should not, however, penalise our fishing industry, or indeed ... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to congratulate Mr Milana on his excellent report. The Committee on Fisheries has proposed this own-initiative report because it is now absolutely vital that we develop European aquaculture, for several reasons. The European Union accounts for jus... | null |
George Lyon | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, can I too add my congratulations that others have shown for the report and for the author’s good work. Can I start by just saying that Scotland is the third largest aquaculture producer in Europe: we account for GBP 350 million per year of annual output, and aquaculture provides employment for 2 000 pe... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Scotland is rightly well known for its production of large quantities of Atlantic salmon. We also farm species of trout and we farm halibut and some Arctic char. In shellfish, too, high-quality oysters and scallops are grown within Scotland. Scotland succeeds at high-quality aquaculture because of our ... | null |
Struan Stevenson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this is becoming a bit of a Scottish debate, I think! First of all, let me too congratulate Mr Milana for his great cooperation and consultation during the progress of his work. I think it is an excellent report and I really feel that this report heralds a new dawn for European aquaculture. That is als... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, firstly, I would like to thank my fellow Member Mr Milana for the report on a new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture. As we all know, it is the latest of many reports written on the subject which aim to regulate this sector in Europe. The basis for success... | null |
Iliana Malinova Iotova | MEP | S&D | en | bg | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I wish to congratulate Mr Milana for this excellent, professional and timely report. This document has been awaited by many people who make their livelihood from fishing. It will reduce the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, while also providing support to the fishery product market. We call on the European ... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate Mr Milana, the rapporteur, on his report. In a world in which fish stocks are becoming smaller and the demand for fish and fish products is rising, aquaculture is becoming more and more important. The ... | null |
James Nicholson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I welcome the opportunity this morning to have this debate because aquaculture has not received enough recognition for its importance. I think it has great opportunities for the future. The one thing I would also make very clear is that I do not want to see it over-regulated. I think most people have m... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this week, both in this House and at the European Council meeting, we are discussing the EU 2020 strategy: a stronger economy, innovation and, primarily, jobs. In my opinion, the Milana report fits in perfectly with this. In the Union, we consume five million tonnes of aquaculture products in total, a... | null |
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, Mr Martín Fragueiro, ladies and gentlemen, as we all know, Europe has a huge shortage of aquaculture products, is subject to growing competition from third countries and has enormous, untapped potential for production. With this report, which I am sure will receive broad support from all... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome the subject of this timely report, and warmly congratulate the rapporteur on carrying out such a comprehensive study. Aquaculture must be taken up as a European priority, for the following reasons. First, the majority of fish stocks are overexploited and aquaculture can play a significant part in overcoming ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I too wish to join those who congratulated the rapporteur and all those who have worked on this report for the quality of their work. Fisheries certainly play an important role in the European economy. In fact, investment in traditional fisheries is vital to the economic development of rural areas. However, I wish to ... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, aquaculture is now a fully recognised part not just of the fisheries sector but of our food industry as a whole and I think it is vitally important that environmental sustainability should be our watch-word. I completely agree with what Mrs Rodust has said about pollution and I am pleased to see the dr... | null |
Werner Kuhn | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, it is very important for us to have this debate in Parliament on the future of aquaculture and, of course, in so doing for us also to see Europe as a large consumer market. With a population of 500 million, we consume 10 million tonnes of fish and fish products and, from our own resource... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that the European Parliament is promoting the sustainable development of aquaculture and drawing attention to its importance is very much to be welcomed. In order to enable the successful development of a competitive aquaculture, the right framework conditions are needed... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Pirillo, but it is still frequently pronounced incorrectly. Thank you in any case, Madam President. I congratulate Mr Milana on his excellent and articulate report. He has done a fine job of linking the various needs of all the Member States. Aquaculture represents an ... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, coming from Austria, we – as was mentioned earlier – are of course also affected by pond fish culture and fish farming. Today, however, I would primarily like to take the floor in my role as shadow rapporteur for biodiversity and as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, fish stocks are to be saved through aquaculture – if we are to believe that. If we consider the fact that the feed very often consists of previously caught fish and often the fry are taken from wild stocks, then, on the contrary, we cannot help but get the impression that the pressure on free-living f... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | el | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, this was really a constructive and very fruitful discussion, with so many interventions from so many Member States. So let me continue in Greek, because I would not like to affirm that this is a Scottish debate. I think that we really do need to agree – and I agree with everyone who has supported thi... | null |
Guido Milana | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the debate and for your positive comments on this document, which has all the same enjoyed widespread support over the last few months. Commissioner, you have a historic opportunity. In 2001 Parliament discussed this same subject and published a communication, but ther... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 12.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (debate) Video of the speechesPV | A strong aquaculture sector could promote the development of coastal regions, remote and rural areas in Member States. At the same time, it could help develop local production which, at the moment, is at a much lower level than consumption, thereby necessitating huge volumes of imports from third countries to meet the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (A7-0119/2010) by Mr Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and amending Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 (COM (2009)04... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | N/A | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, at this stage I do not think that anyone is unaware – it is no longer a secret – that the value of this animal is extremely high, particularly in some markets such as the Asian ones. In fact it is so highly prized that some operators have been cheating and continue to do so. Each year the International C... | null |
Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro | EU Council President | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would first of all like to stress the importance that the Spanish Presidency attaches to the presentation of this proposal for a regulation for your formal agreement in this plenary session of Parliament. There are two reasons for this which I will now set out. Firstly, this Council regulation establis... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Romeva i Rueda, for his work on this report. I am pleased to see the strong support of the Fisheries Committee on this important proposal. The implementation of the ICCAT bluefin tuna catch documentation programme is indeed a key measure to prevent, de... | null |
Carmen Fraga Estévez | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would first like to congratulate the rapporteur on his work and on how easy he made it for all of us to work with him and produce a good report. We should be pleased because for the first time we are going to adopt a report on fisheries under the ordinary legislative procedure, at first reading and wit... | null |
Antolín Sánchez Presedo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is a historic debate. For the first time Parliament is exercising its powers through the ordinary legislative procedure in the field of fisheries, as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon. This is particularly significant for those of us who, like me, live in a fishing community or for those who value the... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteurs, the rest of the groups, the Council and the Commission for the agreement that we have reached at first reading. This regulation, improved by the amendments tabled by the various parliamentary groups, transposes all the recommendations of the International Commission... | null |
Jean-Paul Besset | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I agree with the content and conclusions in the report by my colleague and friend Mr Romeva i Rueda, and I welcome the collective work that has been done on this report. The report is based on a reality that is now unavoidable. Bluefin tuna is under threat of extinction as a species, and many fishermen, ... | null |
Marek Józef Gróbarczyk | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur very much for this report. It is an extremely important one, because correct documentation of catches is the foundation of scientific research, and scientific research is mainly what this is about, because it determines the state of stocks and is the basis for realisa... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of my group I would also like to join in congratulating and thanking Mr Romeva for this report, which does indeed highlight the need to protect tuna. If I am not mistaken only 15% of bluefin tuna stocks remain. Parliament has been working for many years to prevent the disappearance of bluefin t... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the fact that the bluefin tuna was not included in Appendix I of the CITES Convention makes this proposal extremely important. Of course, this report is not a miracle cure but a necessary tool to save this species. The size of the stocks in our seas is uncertain, but unfortunately it is much smaller than... | null |
Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur for the work he has done on this report, which is extremely impartial and detailed, without being verbose. I would also like to urge fellow Members to give their backing to this report and support the Commission’s provision for the BCD to be validated by the time the re... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have no doubt that the report we will be adopting shortly is a transposition of the new conservation measures adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) last November in Recife. Naturally, I am pleased with the content of t... | null |
Catherine Trautmann | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, may I congratulate Mr Romeva i Rueda, who has managed to include the technical provisions resulting directly from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Recife, as has already been said, while leaving open the possibility of adding further rules that might ... | null |
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Romeva i Rueda for his excellent report. It is an important report. We have a saying in Dutch that translates as ‘knowledge through measuring’: precise data as the basis for further decisions. Let us not pull the political wool over our eyes, though. We have known for a long tim... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome Mr Romeva i Rueda’s report concerning better ways of determining the origin of bluefin tuna and of preventing illegal fishing. I would like to remind you what it costs to monitor the Mediterranean Sea just for the bluefin tuna operation. This year it is EUR 5 million. There are 24 purse seine o... | null |
Ulrike Rodust | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the catch documentation programme adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and confirmed by us today is a step in the right direction, but it comes too late. It must not be the case that we only take drastic measures once stocks of a threatened species are de... | null |
Guido Milana | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to highlight two points and also thank Mr Romeva i Rueda for his extraordinary work. The first point is that this is an important occasion because we are adopting a law at first reading for the first time. The second is that this work has a deadline and that deadli... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I would like to congratulate our colleague Mr Romeva i Rueda for his efforts in this report. But despite our efforts and international efforts during the past thirty-five years, stocks of bluefin tuna are now critically low. A large part of the reason is of course illegal fishing, more often ... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if regulations alone could save bluefin tuna then these should do the job but, as the rapporteur has pointed out, the operators will go to extraordinary lengths to cheat, and I fear that these may not curb them. Has the Commissioner received assurances from Member States that they are taking tough measure... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, my sincere thanks to the rapporteur and thank you also for the fact that this debate today has been so exciting. In our group there has rarely been a subject that has polarised us so strongly. We – and I personally – worked hard to try to get the bluefin tuna on the list and to get a trade ... | null |
Maria Damanaki | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would again like to thank the rapporteur and everybody for the very good interventions. I would like to repeat that this report will help us to have very good catch documentation, and I hope we will use it. I hope it will be a very useful instrument in our effort. The EU has to give the message that IUU... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | N/A | N/A | en | es | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | 2010 | A catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I just want to make a few final comments. Firstly I would like to be very honest and say that this has been what we could call an ‘easy’ report. We began from a basis of consensus from all the groups – which I think should be acknowledged – in that we all agree that there is a control problem and that mo... | null |
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