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David-Maria Sassoli | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, members of the Council and of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, clearly, the start of accession negotiations with Iceland represents another step forward in the European integration process. We are talking about a country which has signed European partnership agreements for years, which has been a... | null |
Johannes Cornelis van Baalen | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Iceland is one of the oldest democracies in Europe. The Althing, the Icelandic Parliament, is the oldest parliament on our continent. Iceland is a member of the European Economic Area, of Schengen and of Dublin, and that means that Iceland has already transposed most of the acquis communautaire. The G... | null |
Indrek Tarand | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | et | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing a document here which defines the European Parliament’s mandate for negotiators with Iceland, and this is also an important message to the public, including the Icelandic public, which, as we know, is not optimistically minded in relation to integration with the European Union. ... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the ECR Group supports enlargement of the Union and, in principle, of course we support the accession of Iceland – if that is what the people of Iceland themselves want. There are several reasons why Iceland’s membership would be good for the EU. First, the more the EU increases its size, hopefully the... | null |
Søren Bo Søndergaard | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | da | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, in the debate on Iceland’s membership of the EU, I have not actually seen any self-critical analysis. In my view, the debate should not only be about those areas in which Iceland has to adapt itself to the EU. We must not turn ourselves into a propaganda machine for the fact that Iceland’s membership ... | null |
Timo Soini | MEP | ID | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I speak as a Finn and someone from the Nordic countries. Iceland is an independent sovereign state and you yourselves will make the decision. My recommendation to you is this: do not do this to yourselves. You are a lot more valuable as part of Europe, but outside the European Union. Norway, Switzerla... | null |
Nick Griffin | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the defining feature of the EU conspiracy, apart from endemic waste and fraud, is that it rides roughshod over the wishes of real people. The push to bully Iceland into surrendering to EU rule is an example. Gallup polls reveal that 60% of Icelanders want to retain their freedom by staying out of the E... | null |
Elmar Brok | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Füle, Mr Vanackere, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome Iceland’s accession to the European Union, because, as a member of the European Economic Area, it already fulfils many of the necessary conditions. It is one of the best functioning democracies I know of and I believe that the European Union will ... | null |
Arlene McCarthy | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, there is no doubt that Iceland’s home is in the European Union and it may come as a surprise to Nick Griffin that Iceland already voluntarily applies two thirds of EU laws, voluntarily is a member of the internal market and voluntarily is in the Schengen zone. What I want to stress today is that we nee... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Iceland is uniquely placed to proceed quickly with negotiations and it has already adopted, as others have said, a significant part of the Community acquis due to its membership of the EEA. Over 35 different aspects of EU policy are to be concluded, including the areas of competition policy, financial ... | null |
Judith Sargentini | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, as a Dutch national, I obviously think it absolutely vital we come to an agreement with Iceland about the debts incurred by Icesave, but on no account should that debate be an obstacle to opening negotiations now. Therefore, I very much value the constructive position which my Dutch fellow Members in ... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Iceland’s application for accession to the EU makes sense and deserves our support. Unlike Turkey, the country is situated in Europe, and it has long-standing socio-economic, cultural and ideological similarities with Europe. That, too, distinguishes it from Turkey. Iceland’s accession is being allowe... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, we are talking about a small Atlantic community with a parliament that has been in existence for over 1 000 years. We are talking about a place with good levels of education. We are talking about a place where people actually think before they jump. I think that is why roughly two thirds of people in t... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, being a human rights lawyer, I follow the accession process of Iceland from the perspective of human rights – and, I must say, with great worry. I have just one minute to speak on the issue of human rights – mainly, of course, of those who challenge, question or protest against the accession – and woul... | null |
Ria Oomen-Ruijten | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we thank Mr Preda for his fine and constructive cooperation. Madam President, when negotiating accession, it is important that you do not give the candidate country false expectations and that you also identify very difficult issues. In the process, you also have to be objective,... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would first of all like to congratulate my colleague, Cristian Preda, for all his efforts in drafting this report. Adopting it almost one year after Iceland submitted its application for accession sends out a message of support to this country’s efforts towards integration. I would like to point out that Iceland has... | null |
Antigoni Papadopoulou | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Iceland is a small island country, one of the oldest democracies in Europe, with one of the most robust economies in the world. It recently found itself in the eye of the storm of the international financial and monetary crisis. It saw its biggest banks collapse and watched its national currency slump... | null |
Chris Davies | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I believe Iceland’s membership would strengthen the values of the European Union and I welcome the application. I am told that our insistence on the curtailing of whaling will provoke an outcry in Iceland, but Icelanders need to understand that not to insist upon such a curtailment would provoke an out... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I welcome Iceland’s application. I am not aware of anybody putting a gun to their heads. I think they want to join the European Union because, in the words of the Belgian Prime Minister earlier, they see the European Union as a guarantee of prosperity. The message has to go out loud and clear that ther... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, it seems to me that there are two contradictory paragraphs on fisheries in our resolution. Paragraph 26, which I will vote against, ‘encourages Iceland to adopt fisheries policy measures that will allow it to make the transition towards introduction of the CFP’. Surely not the current CFP? Surely Icela... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I believe we all regard Iceland as being part of Europe culturally, historically and geographically. We therefore welcome the application of the Icelandic Government to join the European Union. Iceland is a highly democratic country which brings to the EU a wealth of experience in the field of renewable energy, geothe... | null |
Štefan Füle | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, let me once again show my appreciation for the role of the European Parliament, including the draft resolution tabled on Iceland. Enlargement is indeed a very serious process and it will not be used for bullying anyone – not here in the EU and not in any aspirant country. Not only at the end of this pr... | null |
Steven Vanackere | EU Council President | N/A | en | nl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I wish to thank the rapporteur, Mr Preda, who has mentioned the good cooperation between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council, cooperation which the rotating Presidency very much values. As Commissioner Füle has already mentioned – and many of you have also pointed out – Iceland has... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | A motion for a resolution(1) to wind up the debate has been tabled in accordance with Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Wednesday, 7 July 2010. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | At this stage, it is worth highlighting the continuing predicament brought upon thousands of UK citizens following the failure of several Icelandic banks. These problems, in particular, the Icesave dispute, must be resolved before Iceland’s accession is agreed. There is, of course, another reason why we have to be caut... | null |
Krzysztof Lisek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Poland is very far from Iceland, but there are at least two reasons why we support Iceland’s efforts to join the EU. Firstly, we ourselves acceded to the Union not long ago, and we all remember clearly how very important that was for us. The EU must not be an exclusive club, and ... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome Iceland’s application to join the EU. It has been a long time coming, and we need to negotiate and discuss this issue in earnest in order to ensure that Iceland is welcomed as a full member of the EU family. | null |
Richard Howitt | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I rise to ask the President, through you, to make urgent representations to the government of the Maldives, following the arrest last week of Opposition MPs without them being told the charges against them, and their continued house arrest. A claim has been made that they have acted unconstitutionally,... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Howitt, thank you for bringing those matters to our attention. | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour of Mr El Khadraoui’s report on the remuneration of directors of listed companies. In my country, France, most of these directors are recruited from senior branches of the civil service by co-option, make piles of money from attending board meetings and are paid bonuses. When they leave, they receive... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I see that we are now presuming to regulate the terms and conditions of private sector employment. Some honourable Members in this House will recall coming from countries where this was the normal business of the state. Even my country went falteringly a few steps down this road in the 1970s, with cala... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, thank you, and how wonderful it is to see you in the Chair once more. I think we all agree that remuneration should be aligned with performance. We have all been angered by what we see as directors, bankers and others who seem to be rewarded for failure, especially when their actions have led to an inc... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the aim of the report is to regulate the placing on the market of novel foods and foods from third countries by establishing rules for the authorisation, supervision, labelling and use of novel foods. Parliament confirmed that intention at first reading with a view to ensuring a ... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, a month ago, we voted on the precise and uniform labelling of food to ensure that consumers have the access they need to information about what was used to make the things they eat. We care about the health of Europeans, and we cannot allow food produced from cloned animals or from animals bred from c... | null |
Giommaria Uggias | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, even food sector technology requires Member States and therefore Europe to constantly adopt regulations and legislative measures aimed at protecting health, first and foremost, as well as food quality. This must clearly be done in accordance with the free movement of foods, but w... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to say firstly that there are no economic requirements for providing cloned meat for human consumption. Secondly, the assessment of the risks of eating cloned meat has not yet been completed. However, my main point is that cloning animals is not compatible with European animal welfare leg... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported this important report. The rapid development of science and technology has created the prerequisites for particularly advanced and innovative food manufacturing processes and measures. However, there is serious concern about the impact on human health of food produce made using genetic engineering, the mod... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted to ask the Commission to present a proposal on animal cloning which bans food derived from cloned animals from the European market. Consumers in the European Union do not want it and they care for animal welfare. The Commission has said that there is no need for cloning to ensure food security ... | null |
Sari Essayah | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of the new regulation on novel foods that is more stringent than my group would like to see because, in my opinion, we still do not have enough information on, for example, the effects of nanotechnology on food production. Parliament’s position is to prohibit the use of cloned animal... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the vote on the regulation on novel foods, I voted against the appearance of foods from cloned animals on the European Union food market. I voted against the fact that concepts such as meat from cloned animals would not be covered by this regulation. I feel we must distinguish between scientific research and practi... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of the meat of cloned animals being taken off European menus and European markets. Moreover, I might say that, as a prolife person, it was easy. This is a matter of advocating life and advocating a healthy life. It is not merely a question of animal rights, but also of their welfare... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, may I say what a pleasure it is to be able now to call you my honourable friend as a result of the coalition that neither of us perhaps anticipated – but there we are, there is a divinity which shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. In that spirit, I would like to thank you and the other Liberal ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Hannan, you are meant to be speaking on the Liotard report. | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, we need to make use of every available technology which helps to reduce industrial emissions and, as a result, to protect the environment. The directive of the European Parliament and of the Council calls for the introduction of such technology and also recommends unifying the implementation of legisl... | null |
Barbara Matera | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thanks to the European Union’s integrated approach to the pollution problem, we can be increasingly more involved and effective in the control of industrial emissions at an institutional level. Protecting the environment we live in is fundamental for ensuring its maximum liveabil... | null |
Paolo Bartolozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the challenge of preventing pollution from industrial emissions is a very current problem that involves a number of areas, including, of course, environmental protection, public health and the competitiveness of businesses. Precisely in order to have an integrated approach to the... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Nowadays, environmental pollution can no longer be broken down by individual environmental elements. It now requires an integrated approach. This is why the European Union adopted the IPPC Directive covering 52 000 facilities. These businesses are responsible for the large majority of total pollutant emissions. Theref... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, alongside the fundamental environmental roles played by forests, as they are the most stable of ecosystems and form an integral part of the scenery of our planet, they are also important both culturally and socially, particularly in rural areas. The European Union must act decisively to eliminate ille... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I very much welcome the fact that the Commission wants to prevent illegal logging and the importation of the resulting timber into the European Union. This ban is urgently needed as a result of the dramatic consequences of illegal logging. However, it was important to find a reasonable compromise whic... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, the EU’s intention to weed out illegal timber and timber products and prevent them from accessing our markets is excellent in terms of its purpose, and I therefore voted in favour of the regulation. Its implementation will leave a lot to be desired, however, and I wanted to mention that. The illegal h... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, to what problem is this report a solution? We can blame an awful lot of people for the credit crunch. We can blame the central banks, we can blame the regulators, we can blame the governments for keeping interest rates too low for too long, but I am afraid I do not think that these proposals are being ... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the current economic and financial crisis has amply demonstrated how necessary it is for the European Union to develop an effective, efficient and integrated financial supervisory system in order to avoid crises such as this in the future. I therefore believe that ... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of all those reports related to financial institutions and financial services, including the report by our colleague, José Manuel García-Margallo. This legislation on financial institutions, aimed at better regulation of banking activities, increasing transparency of derivative market... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am in favour of establishing a European banking authority because it should be able to close the regulatory gaps that were highlighted during the last economic and financial crisis; gaps which, I am sorry to say, Parliament had already identified quite some time before. In fact... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I strongly believe in the establishment of these independent and powerful authorities endowed with the disciplinary power and ability to intervene directly without going through Member States, the Council or the Commission. However, I also have a few reservations, because we have... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the end, and guided by my group, I voted in favour of this report, although I have to say that it has some populist elements that I myself do not consider to be good legislation. It has to be said, of course, that surely no one wants taxpayers to have to bail out the banks. Obviously we need universal... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the recent financial crisis has given rise to a number of debates on the urgent need to intervene in order to guarantee the sustainability and the stability of the financial system. The measures adopted hitherto involve costs of an unprecedented magnitude, with negative side effe... | null |
Anni Podimata | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, our parliamentary group voted today against the motion on the decisions taken on 9 May to create a European Financial Stability Facility and a European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, despite the fact that we consider these decisions to be extremely positive and important for the protection of the ... | null |
Inese Vaidere | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Madam President. The financial stabilisation mechanisms being proposed, albeit belatedly, will nevertheless provide important relief for those countries that are undergoing financial difficulties. However, we should be aware that these are only temporary measures. The crisis was a catalyst that demonstrated... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I oppose this resolution on Iceland because it demands that the loans taken out by Icelandic banks be repaid without specifying that this burden should not fall on the shoulders of the ordinary people of Iceland. In effect, the kind of agreement demanded by Britain and the Netherlands would saddle the ... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of the resolution and now I would like to express my strong support for the opening of EU accession talks with Iceland and for its eventual membership of the Union. Iceland is, without a doubt, a European country with a strong democratic culture, a robust human rights system and a dev... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, it is touchingly hopeful of this House to imagine that anyone would vote to join the EU in present circumstances. Not for the first time, the European Parliament is exhibiting an optimism that makes Doctor Pangloss sound like Cassandra. I have been visiting Iceland since 1992. I have been a regular, an... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted in favour of the resolution. I think it is excellent that the Commission has made such rapid progress in commencing accession talks since the application came in. Iceland’s membership would strengthen cooperation in the Arctic region and the region’s importance in EU policy. Iceland, however, ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Following the financial and economic crisis that is currently raging, changes will need to be made in terms of remuneration policies in the financial services sector and publicly traded companies. However, to avoid a disorganised approach and to institute equal competition conditions between the different Member State... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report. In the financial sector, remuneration policies for categories of staff whose professional activity has a material impact on the company’s risk profile have been such as to encourage transactions seeking short-term profits, with increasingly risky business models being developed to that end, to ... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour of this because it criticised bonuses in financial institutions but did not introduce European-wide legislation. | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution as I believe that in the chapter on effective governance of remuneration, shareholders should be able to contribute to decisions on sustainable remuneration policies. To this end, they should be able to express their opinion on remuneration policy through a non-binding vote at the g... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Bearing in mind that the lack of efficient control instruments has strongly contributed to excessive risk taking by financial institutions, as well as the importance that the management of listed companies has in terms of the stability of the financial system, I am voting in favour of the measures proposed in this rep... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Remuneration given to directors of listed companies has been one of the hot topics of discussion surrounding the economic crisis. It is vital to have a remuneration policy based on principles of transparency, and which rewards long-term, rather than short-term, results, and prevents excessive risk taking, as we have s... | null |
Wolf Klinz | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the European Union’s initiative to refocus the current remuneration policy on long-term success and more liability for decision makers. However, this must not lead to salary levels being set by politicians. This task should remain the responsibility of the existing structures within the banks, such as the su... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This text is clear on the risks created by the pursuit of short-term profit and individual financial interests alone. For the sake of consistency, it should therefore condemn all performance-related pay along with the entire neoliberal system and its stock market casino. It does not do this. It extols fair competition... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The recent economic and financial crisis has raised the question of the compensation of senior management in listed companies and compensation policies in the financial services sector. The quest for short-term results in order to gain so-called variable compensation can, at times, lead to less than cautious managemen... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The restriction placed on bonus payments by the EU is a sensible move, but there are, unfortunately, far too few of these about. We do not need any extensive explanations of why bonuses should not exceed a certain limit, which is admittedly very high and very generous, and should be calculated over a longer period. Th... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The capping of managers’ salaries in the banking sector is an important and correct step. It was the desire of managers to take risks that significantly contributed to the current economic and financial crisis. The measure to pay out only part of the bonuses should create an incentive to sustainable economic activity ... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution because of the set of guidelines contained within it. I consider it pertinent that the following are guaranteed: 1. Effective governance of compensation - considering that supervisory authorities should decide whether a financial institution or a listed company should have a remuner... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the financial sector and in some listed companies, remuneration policies for categories of staff whose professional activity has a material impact on the company’s risk profile have been such as to encourage transactions seeking short-term profits, with increasingly risky business models being developed to that end... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At a time when inequalities are increasing dramatically and indecent remuneration levels have become the norm across the financial world, I am pleased at the adoption of this directive, which represents the first step on the road to limiting pay and bonuses. However, we will continue to condemn this scandalous and abu... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully welcome this report. | null |
Michael Theurer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the action of the European Union in reorganising the current remuneration policy to provide long-term success and more accountability for decision makers. However, this must not lead to a situation in which policy determines salaries. This should remain the task of the authorities which are already in place,... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The taxpayer is paying for the crisis, yet it was not caused by the taxpayer. It was banks which are now making good profits once again that caused the crises through a lack of capitalisation and excessive willingness to take risks. It cannot be tolerated that banks retain their profits, pay high bonuses to their mana... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report in question because I believe that food safety in Europe depends on clear and decisive regulation. In particular, I am referring to the issue of food derived from cloned animals and their offspring. I hope that Parliament’s stance on this subject, with a large majority coming out agains... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The aim of this draft regulation is to harmonise the rules on selling new food products on the market within the Union. The first objective is to guarantee an increased level of protection with regard to the life and health of humans and the health and well-being of animals while, at the same time, being consistent wi... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to adopt Amendment 37 in the report on novel foods. I support the proposal which is asking the European Commission to initiate legislative measures to ban the placing on the market of products derived from cloned animals. According to the European Food Safety Authority, the production of food derived from clon... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Within the framework of this report, MEPs from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe voted in favour of an amendment that wanted food products made from animals fed with genetically modified organisms to bear a label indicating the use of GMOs to the consumer. Unfortunately, this amendment did... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The regulations concerning novel foods stipulate that foods produced with nanotechnology should only be authorised after being subjected to methods of evaluation. Similarly, the regulations stipulate that foods obtained from cloned animals or their descendants must not be authorised in the European Union. We are faced... | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While I was happy to vote on group lines for the majority of the report, I was unable to support amendment number 76 regarding GM labelling of animal products derived from animals fed on GM feed. The reason I could not support this amendment was because the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has carried out extensiv... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report in order to obtain an exemption for food from cloned animals and their offspring from the scope of the regulation on novel foods and an embargo on imports of novel foods from cloned animals. I also voted in favour in order to support the fact that foods for which production processes ha... | null |
Philippe de Villiers | MEP | ID | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament is being called upon to give its opinion on the draft legislative resolution presented by Mrs Liotard on the subject of ‘novel foods’. Novel foods and food supplements can be vegetable or animal in origin, or can even be produced from scientific and technological research. These are ingredients... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am very happy about the vote that took place on the draft regulation concerning novel foods. Whether in relation to food products made from cloned animals and their descendants or even food products manufactured using nanotechnologies, Parliament has placed a precedence on the precautionary principle. We do not have... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on novel foods, as it introduces new rules which will reinforce the safety of these foods in the European Union. However, I believe that foods from cloned animals or their offspring should not be authorised in the EU. | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The goal of the regulation is to guarantee food safety, promoting the healthiest route possible from ‘farm to fork’. For this very reason, we find concerns regarding production processes and labelling and monitoring of the market. I support these concerns, given that they allow consumers to make an informed choice reg... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The present regulation establishes harmonised rules for the placing of new foodstuffs on the EU market in order to guarantee a high level of protection of human health and life, the health and welfare of the animals, the environment and consumer interests, simultaneously ensuring the transparency and efficient functio... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The regulation on novel foods is intended to establish harmonised rules for the placing of new foods on the EU market, so as to guarantee a high level of protection for human health and life, the health and welfare of animals, and of the environment and of consumers’ interests. We voted in favour of this second readin... | null |
Lorenzo Fontana | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | When amending the regulations regarding novel foods, we need to guarantee respect for both the precautionary principle and food safety, which is one of its most important applications. The rapporteur’s proposal to exclude cloned meat from the scope of the regulation and the ban on using cloned meat for food purposes g... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We know that cloning must be the subject of a specific legislative proposal of the European Commission. However, as we wait for this regulation, we cannot run the risk that products derived from cloned animals or created in laboratories could end up on our plates. Above all, we must guarantee the safety of our consum... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the regulation on novel foods because it is simply a jumble of all the fears and obsessions certain Members have about scientific progress. It is stating the obvious to say that ‘safe and healthy foods’ are desirable. However, to be automatically suspicious of any new technique, be it advances in biote... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the same way that I was indignant at the European Union’s decision at the start of the year to authorise the use of GMOs in Europe, I am fiercely opposed to the Commission’s proposal on ‘novel foods’ on two points, namely cloned animals and the use of nanotechnologies. Therefore, I naturally voted against authorisi... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although the debates on novel foods continue to be laborious and conflicting, I am delighted that the European Parliament has maintained, at its second reading, its position from the first reading, in spite of strong reticence from the Council and Commission. Consequently, I voted in favour of this report for one simp... | null |
Nadja Hirsch | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The German Free Democratic Party is fundamentally in favour of positive labelling (process labelling) of genetically modified organisms at a European level in order to ensure the necessary transparency for consumers. However, in this case, we were not able to vote in favour of the report, because it proposes unequal t... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this House’s call for a ban on food from cloned animals and am certain that Parliament’s view reflects the feelings of the vast majority of European citizens. I am disappointed, however, that the amendment requiring labelling on food derived from GM-fed animals did not receive the required majority. I am sure... | null |
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