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Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Maritime transport is undoubtedly one of the most environmentally friendly modes of transport, and it should therefore be encouraged so that it can help in achieving the objectives relating to the environment set out by the EU 2020 strategy. At a time of international crisis, the increase in this type of transport inv... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Verts/ALE Group supported the Sterckx report on formalities for ships at seaports. The agreement with the Council was thus adopted and the directive has been finalised at first reading. | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Notwithstanding the fact that the creation of a European maritime transport space without barriers is of crucial importance for European maritime transport, since it extends the internal market to intra-European maritime transport through the abolition of obstacles and the simplification of the administrative procedur... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The achievement of free movement in the European Union also includes the realisation of the concept of a European maritime space without frontiers, in which the goal is to abolish or simplify controls applied to ships and goods within the EU. The declaration formalities required of ships when arriving or leaving Membe... | null |
John Attard-Montalto | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One major problem aviation has in reducing CO2 emissions is that it has a very limited abatement potential, even though one is here talking of 2% of the man-made emissions ( these are 3% of all emissions given that nature emits 97%). The only areas where it can reduce CO2 are through: better technology – the latest are... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We need to reflect deeply on the future of the European transport system for three reasons: the enlargement of the European Union to 27 Member States, our environmental responsibilities and our commitment to the safety of passengers. This reflection is the subject of this report, which I believe is relevant in at leas... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because there is a need for a clear and consistent policy in the transport sector. Transport matters are at the heart of the single market: the transport sector creates jobs, gives aid and assistance to businesses throughout Europe and encourages sustainable growth and competitiveness ... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The transport sector is very important for trying to establish the European common market. Furthermore, this sector is an important element of the development of the EU and its regions because it is responsible for creating 10% of the EU’s gross domestic product and more than 10 million jobs. Therefore, we must ensure... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The transport sector is vital in Europe in terms of the service that it offers to the European public, and also in terms of employment and environmental impact. This resolution establishes the main thrust of European transport policy for the next 10 years, with particular attention paid to reducing the impact of trans... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on ‘A sustainable future for transport’ is a positive signal in favour of a Europe of efficient and integrated transport. Without speeding up the procedures of mutual recognition and authorisation of vehicles, access to the market will continue to be long and costly. Less road transport, more railway, river... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on a sustainable future for transport, as transport sustainability is fundamental, not only from the environmental viewpoint, but also for the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU. Greater efforts and innovative ways of investment are needed that will make it possible to ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to the data in the report, the transport sector in the EU accounts for 10% of the wealth (GDP), provides employment for over 10 million people and is responsible for 25% of total CO2 emissions. These figures make it even more evident that to speak of the future of the EU, to speak of the EU 2020 strategy, or... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The transport sector is of great importance in the European internal market. This sector effectively enables the free movement of people and goods throughout the EU. It is also an essential element in the development of the EU and its regions, and it has a direct bearing on social cohesion in the regions. Therefore, t... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report includes guidelines for the future of the transport sector that we consider to be indisputably necessary, such as investing in modes of transport that are more environmentally sustainable and linking them up suitably, drawing up sustainable urban mobility plans, promoting public transport, recognising passe... | null |
Carlo Fidanza | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Grosch report is an excellent starting point as we await the European Commission White Paper. Greater development of comodality and interoperability, a particular focus on the issue of safety (to be guaranteed in some sectors through the enhanced role of the agencies), the completion of the single market and inves... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report calls for safer, more efficient transport which causes less pollution. In other words, nothing but very conventional and very obvious things. However, several points kept our attention and motivated our vote against the report. the constant focus on CO2 emissions with binding targets, while the SOx and NOx ... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Parliament today has sent out a strong message that Europe must move towards more sustainable transport. My own country, Scotland, has some of the most ambitious climate change legislation in the world and the Scottish Government is active in promoting sustainable transport initiatives including support for cycling and... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed the final version of the report. I have great reservations about the outcome of the vote on Amendment 6, which was tabled by a group of Members from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). The essence of the original text was that unused resources from the Cohesion Fund can be used f... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Transport has a multifunctional nature, with direct influences on economic, social and territorial matters. This is an important factor in the development of the European Union and its regions as it is vital to the European economy. The transport sector generates approximately 7% of the European Union’s GDP and more t... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This text does not provide the resources to introduce the high social and environmental standards which are essential in the transport sector. By setting itself in the context of the carbon market, by allowing for the possibility of increased air traffic, by advocating the determined liberalisation of this sector in o... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The transport sector is crucial to the economic development of the EU and its regions, with direct influence on competitiveness and social cohesion of the regions. It also contributes to the development and consolidation of the internal market. Given its importance in the economy, this sector will play a key role in t... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are as far away as ever from achieving sustainability in transport. The problem is not just the lack of coordination within countries, but between them as well, as illustrated by the example of cross-border rail transport. We are way behind schedule even with the important transport links featuring in the TEN proje... | null |
Cristiana Muscardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The text adopted in plenary pushes Europe to take a step forward in a particularly delicate sector such as transport, which is the fulcrum of the single market. The movement of people and goods depend on it and it ensures the necessary territorial cohesion for employment and economic growth, with ramifications for cos... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Grosch report because I believe that the guidelines and the requests that it contains are balanced and aim for sustainable development of transport that both supports a sector of strategic importance for economic growth and the growth of Europe itself, while also addressing environmental issue... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Decarbonising traffic is a significant political goal, which should be tackled with greater commitment in the future as the adverse effects on health and the environment caused by transport are another substantial challenge, especially in the context of the efforts to combat climate change. This decarbonisation can on... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Grosch own-initiative report on a sustainable future for transport was adopted by a large majority (559 in favour; 34 against; 82 abstentions). The Verts/ALE Group voted in favour. Unfortunately, our Amendments 4 (on a 30% CO2 reduction for the entire transport sector (169 in favour; 497 against)) and 5 (on sustain... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The proposal serves as a basis for the preparation of the Commission’s White Paper, with particular regard to protection of the environment. We support the resolution despite the risks posed by overly extremist stances already taken by Parliament. We must balance the need to protect the environment with the current ec... | null |
Eva-Britt Svensson | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | sv | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report will affect a forthcoming Green Paper on an integrated transport policy. I voted against the report, as it advocates the total liberalisation of transport policy. The Member States are to be forced to relinquish large parts of their fiscal and social policies, as well as areas such as education and trainin... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I consider the transport sector to be essential to the development of the European Union and its regions, given its influence on competitiveness and the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the regions, and its contribution to the effective creation of the internal European market. It is important to anticipat... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Grosch report on a sustainable future for transport as I believe that its recommendations ought to feature in the future White Paper on the development of trans-European transport. The transport sector is a key sector for the EU’s economic development and competitiveness, and for its economic and socia... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At present, the Baltic States are, to a large extent, isolated from the European transport network. We must strive to integrate the Baltic Sea region more closely into the TEN-T priority axes, including the rail axis from Berlin to the Baltic coast (TEN-T 1) and the Motorways of the Sea (TEN-T 21). More emphasis should... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was pleased to hear the results of today’s vote. The Grosch report has proposed the achievement of unusually ambitious objectives by 2020. Among others, it supports improving road safety, reducing fatal accidents by 40%, reducing road transport CO2 emissions by 20% and doubling the numbers of passengers in buses, tr... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon enabled us to confirm the right to present petitions to the European Parliament, which fits in well with the process of creating a European citizenship. However, the persistent confusion between European and national competences and the competences of European institutions underlines the fact that... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Parliament is directly elected by the public. Through the right to petition, the European public has the opportunity to approach its representatives if it feels that its rights have been violated. Parliament has an obligation to investigate the situation and do everything within its power to stop these violations, pro... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting for the main points of this report, and I congratulate the Committee on Petitions for the work done in 2009. This was a particularly challenging year for a committee whose agenda is set by the public exercising their right to petition Parliament. The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon reaffirms the r... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on 1 December 2009, created the necessary conditions for greater public participation in the EU decision-making process, with a view to reinforcing its legitimacy and responsibility. It is clear that European legislation has a direct impact on the public. Therefore, the publ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The annual report of the Committee on Petitions demonstrated that the European public is increasingly approaching its representatives when it feels that its rights have been violated. It is therefore important to improve access to petitioning for those interested, particularly through the Internet and electronic media... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the annual report by the Committee on Petitions. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the necessary foundations have been laid for citizens to participate more fully and responsibly in the European Union decision-making process. Petitions are an excellent and fundamental tool for mon... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Iturgaiz report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2009 has been adopted with a broad majority, without roll-call votes. I am a bit upset, however, because we, Greens/EFA, lost four amendments out of five: on the Committee on Petitions’ right to examine judgments by national courts w... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this European Parliament resolution because it deals with the 2009 activity report of Parliament’s Petitions Committee. Throughout this resolution, this committee takes stock of the situation regarding one of the direct rights available to European citizens for making their point of view count at ... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by Mr Carlos Iturgaiz on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during 2009. Even though the report was mostly technical in nature, I believe it touched on some important issues that should be addressed in the future. According to the report, 46% of submitted petitions in 2009 w... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Promoting access to the labour market and good quality jobs were key priorities of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs and of the European Youth Pact. These objectives must be maintained through sustained efforts from both Member States and the European Commission. The own-initiative report voted on today includes... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this document because I am aware that the consequences of the financial crisis are being strongly felt by young Europeans, whose unemployment rate stands at around 20%, twice that of the overall EU unemployment rate, and unfortunately, it is destined to increase further. There is, therefore, a nee... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The economic recession that has affected the whole European Union has exposed young people more than ever to the risks of job insecurity and, in particular, to unemployment. Job insecurity among young people has a cost which is not just economic but is, above all, social. This own-initiative report aimed to identify t... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I cannot but support Mrs Turunen’s report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status. Indeed, the youth employment crisis is one of the most worrying issues of today and is one of the consequences of the economic crisis which require immediate and concre... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Approximately one quarter of young people under 25 in the European Union do not have a job at the moment. In actual figures, this means that nearly 6 million young people are currently unemployed. This reality is also reflected by the paucity of the national budgets which spend money to maintain these young people wit... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from voting for the report because, despite its positive points on the rights of young workers contained in the report in its initial form, unfortunately certain very negative amendments were passed in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Also, despite her attempts to support the labour rights o... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current economic crisis has led to a huge rise in unemployment rates, and has had an especially harsh impact on young people. Around 21.4% of young people in the EU are unemployed and kept at the margins of the economy; this becomes even more serious if we consider that with the ageing of the population, we are je... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Youth unemployment is one of the most important and urgent problems faced by Europe, currently affecting 5.5 million people under 25 throughout the European Union: a structural problem that has seen its economic and social impacts greatly increased by the recent economic crisis. It is, therefore, with a feeling of res... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report, which encourages Member States to create efficient incentives, such as employment subsidies or insurance contributions for young people, guaranteeing decent living and working conditions. There should be better childcare opportunities for young parents, such as all-day schools, and incentives for... | null |
Harlem Désir | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, more than 20% of young people in Europe are unemployed, and many others are in casual jobs without social protection. The increase in the number of training courses casualises active young people and is a vector for social dumping affecting other employees, in that it puts pressure on companies to lower salarie... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The economic crisis has, of course, also resulted in higher unemployment in the European Union. The impact of this has been heaviest on young people and persons approaching the age of retirement. We have more than 5.5 million unemployed young people up to the age of 25, in other words 21.4%, which is almost double the... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the approval of the report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status as a step towards improving the quality of work in Europe, which is one of the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy. Youth unemployment is one of the most pressing problems fac... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status, both of which are fundamental to guaranteeing that it is not youth that pays the price for the current crisis. The participation of young mothers in the labour market by expandin... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur ends her explanation of the reasons with the following exhortation: ‘Let’s turn Generation Lost to Generation Hope’. I endorse the desire and goodwill that this statement contains, and would like to be more certain that this transformation is still possible. I recognise the existence of a clear separati... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the current economic crisis, today in the EU, we have more than 5.5 million young people under 25 without jobs, a number equivalent to twice the overall unemployment rate. Youth unemployment results in a heavy social and economic cost to our society, leading to lost opportunities for economic growth, an erosion ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report certainly gives visibility to the serious problem of youth unemployment, which is currently twice as high as unemployment in general, but does not put forward basic measures to really resolve the situation, which would require a break with the current policies of the Stability Pact and other monetarist, li... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, 5.5 million Europeans under 25 – that is, nearly one in five young people – are unemployed, and that is without taking into account those occupying casual jobs. People under 25 are the first to be affected by the current economic crisis. Training policies for young people must therefore be ambitious to allow yo... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the multiple difficulties that young Europeans are faced with – unemployment, and wage-related, financial and social insecurity – it was urgent for the European Parliament to act more firmly to remedy this situation. This is why I voted in favour of Mrs Turunen’s report, because I think that it puts forward many... | null |
Nadja Hirsch, Britta Reimers and Michael Theurer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is certainly important to tighten the regulations on internships. The representatives of the German Free Democratic Party in the European Parliament have supported this. Young people often work for months on end without payment, hoping that they might still get a permanent job afterwards. This is an unsustainable s... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Young people should not remain unemployed more than four months – this is a statement with which I agree. The report on young people’s employment proposes a ‘European Youth Guarantee’ so that young people can benefit from a decent wage and high quality internships. In the context of exacerbated youth unemployment in t... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My colleague Ms Turunen’s report makes the important call for Member States to support more and better apprenticeship schemes. Apprenticeships offer a vital entry for young people into the world of employment which will, in turn, help us get the economy going again. The Scottish Government last year set a target of sec... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agreed with this report as the economic downturn has caused a massive rise in unemployment rates in the European Union and young people have been hit very hard. Today, more than 5.5 million young people under 25 are unemployed (21.4%), which is twice as high as the overall unemployment rate. Youth unemployment is on... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status, because I believe it is crucial to promote and support youth employment. Unfortunately, today, we are witnessing a period of serious financial crisis, which has caused a signific... | null |
Thomas Mann | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted today for the own-initiative report on combating youth unemployment. By adopting this report, we have decided to take strong action against the abuse of internships. The Commission and Member States were asked by Parliament to recommend minimum standards for internships. A European Quality Charter on Internshi... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is a hugely important report, encouraging Member States to give particular attention to youth employment. The financial crisis has had a significant effect on youth unemployment, which is now as high as 40% in some Member States. Identifying the barriers which young people face – such as earning a living wage and ... | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We often say that young people are the future of Europe. In spite of the strategies inspired by this fact, the statistics show that young people are affected disproportionately by unemployment. It is awful that the youth unemployment rate is double the average European rate. Unfortunately, the outlook is not promising... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Unemployment among young people is one of Europe’s most pressing problems. With the global economic recession, this problem has taken on even more worrying dimensions, as we are faced with more than 5.5 million unemployed young people under 25. This means that we run the risk of losing a generation to social exclusion... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is mainly young people and women who are affected by unemployment. This trend continues to grow during the recession. The actual process of getting on the job ladder is becoming increasingly difficult. This situation is abused and young employees are forced into precarious temporary jobs or are exploited in a succe... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate Mrs Turunen for her report, which proposes that the Council and the Commission should bring forward a European Youth Guarantee which would give every young person in the EU the right to be offered a job, an apprenticeship, a supplementary training course or a job combined with a training c... | null |
Cristiana Muscardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The measure approved in plenary underlines the importance of adopting a rights-based approach to youth and employment, highlighting the qualitative aspect of dignified work which must not be compromised by parameters which stray beyond core labour standards such as the quality of work, working time, the minimum wage, ... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The crisis has hit hardest at those who are just entering the labour market. I have no doubt that unemployment among young people is currently one of the EU’s biggest problems. Even if young people do find work, they are very often only given temporary contracts. Internships are also the cause of much emotion. On the ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the approach taken in Mrs Turunen’s report: youth unemployment is one of the most pressing problems that the European Union has to face. There is a danger of condemning an entire generation to social exclusion and gambling with the EU’s economic and social future. Youth unemployment entails high social costs... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Paragraph 63 of this particular report recognises how important it is for young people to be financially independent and calls on the Member States to ensure that all young people are individually entitled to a decent level of income that secures for them the possibility of creating an economically independent life. T... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The challenges encountered on the path to achieving a ‘Europe of the young generation’ include actively drumming up investments, creating new jobs and offering vocational training opportunities. Member States must encourage employers to offer stable, long-term jobs to young people and a wage which reflects their level... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In an ideal world, youth unemployment would be outlawed. The reality is quite different: 5.5 million Europeans under 25 do not have a job or a salary, and live a daily life of uncertainty and doubt. Although the United Kingdom, Spain and France are the countries most affected, the situation is not much different in Be... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported the report by my fellow Member, Mrs Turunen, the objective of which is to propose answers for the difficult situation in which European youth find themselves, confronted with unemployment – which, according to Eurostat, currently affects one in five young people under 25 – job insecurity and abuses by empl... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The text promoted by our colleague Turunen was adopted as voted in the Committee on Employment. We maintained all good text, especially on financial independence and on access to free education (PPE separate votes). The report was adopted with a large majority in favour. This is a good Green own-initiative report, with... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is fundamental for the Europe of the future to guarantee full and secure employment for young people. Europe must have the courage to invest in those businesses which do not relocate but create jobs. In the same way, it must have the courage to prohibit trade in goods from third countries which do not respect the r... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | A staggering 5.5 million young people, or 21.4% of all young people under 25, are currently unemployed. This is almost double the average unemployment rate. In the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, Mrs Turunen’s practical proposals come not a day too soon. We must prevent the social exclusion o... | null |
Marc Tarabella | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of the Turunen report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status, which proposes measures to combat youth unemployment that are ambitious, but nevertheless specific and realistic. With 21.4% of young Europeans under 25 unemployed, ... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Tragically, the hardest hit by the economic crisis are those upon whom our future rests. With 5.5 million people unemployed among the under 25 year olds, the youth unemployment rate in the EU is nearly twice the percentage as that observed among the working population as a whole. In Lithuania, last year, every eleventh... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on this report on youth employment, which still centres around flexicurity – ‘flexible’ and ‘reliable’ contracts – and the short-term needs of businesses, although there are some positive points, including the adoption of some amendments that I had proposed in the Committee on Culture and Education: the cr... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In these difficult times of economic crisis, our European social model must, more than ever, constitute the key to recovery and growth. It must not be seen as a burden, but, on the contrary, as a motor for the progress of our societies. I voted in favour of the Gruny report, whose aim is to launch a vast European empl... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on atypical contracts, career security, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue. Atypical employment is defined by new forms of contract, which have one or more of the following characteristics: part-time, casual, temporary, fixed-term work, working from home and telecommuting, or ... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I cannot but use my vote to support Mrs Gruny’s report, to which I contributed by proposing numerous amendments which were adopted by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. My contribution was based along two lines. Firstly, the importance of the link between training courses and the needs of the labour marke... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Gruny report because, despite the improvements made by the amendments agreed in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, this is a report that promotes the flexicurity approach and other neoliberal arrangements which result in job insecurity. Despite the fact that the report appears to be mo... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting in favour of the bulk of the measures proposed in this report. It is a fact that the economic crisis has significantly exacerbated the number of atypical contracts and precarious work-related situations. These have a greater impact on young people and women. However, I believe that the European social mode... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this report, which aims at launching an action at EU level to protect atypical workers and further improve social dialogue both at national and EU level. It also aims at redefining flexicurity policies, which have, in the past, concentrated too much on flexibility and not enough on security for workers. Atypi... | null |
Robert Dušek | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue is a response to the situation on the labour market in the current economic crisis. We should make all efforts to preserve as many jobs as possible, but these must be high quality jobs. At present, there is a hug... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In recent years, following the global economic crisis, unemployment in the EU has risen exponentially (around 10% at the end of 2009). With the current model proven to not work and to not be the most suitable for protecting employment, it is of fundamental importance that we find new ways to overcome the crisis and cr... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Atypical employment is defined by new forms of contract, which have one or more of the following characteristics: part-time, casual, temporary, fixed-term work, working from home and telecommuting, or part-time work for a period not exceeding 20 hours per week. Jobs lost as a result of the current crisis were primaril... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against this report on atypical contracts, secure professional careers, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue, given that, despite having some positive points, such as the incentive to change atypical forms of work into formal forms of work, in general, the report more than anything else promotes flexi... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | What the alleged popularity of independent working shows is not a new enthusiasm for creating enterprises, but a deep discouragement among unemployed people faced with the impotence or inefficiency of employment services. The casualisation of contracts and employment is a consequence of policies which have opened up t... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Gruny report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue, because, in the last few years, atypical forms of work – part-time work, staggered shifts – have grown considerably in number, and because we must protect workers. The crisis must not serve as ... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today’s labour market and its associated employment relationships are characterised by one word: flexicurity. Against this background, there are two things that need to be taken into consideration: on the one hand, it must be possible to be flexible in the way employment relationships that do not fit into the conventi... | null |
Thomas Mann | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I today voted in favour of the Gruny own-initiative report on atypical employment contracts in the EU. This allows us to send out two clear messages to the labour market. Atypical employment contracts must remain the exception in Europe. The transition must be made to stable, protected, better quality employment contr... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | If Europe wants to put greater focus on the public, it needs to strive to be inclusive with regard to the labour market. In this time of severe economic and financial crisis, it needs to use every means at its disposal to save jobs, especially among those who have least protection in the work market. Dialogue and coll... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would first like to congratulate Mr Gruny for his conscientious work, which has striven to find the best compromise possible on atypical contracts, an important topic. We must not forget that reforms regarding the right to work must concentrate on extending the protection of workers on atypical contracts and facilit... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mrs Gruny’s report, which I feel is well balanced and addresses a range of social and economic aspects. Atypical workers can represent added value in the current context of economic recovery, which is why they too must be safeguarded and included in the directives already in force. The report adop... | null |
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