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Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mr Skinner’s report on the establishment of a European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority. I have always believed in the need for Europe to equip itself with common and effective rules and instruments to overcome the financial crisis and launch the economy anew. Therefore, there is no t... | null |
Carl Haglund | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Article 12(2): I do not support the Authority leading the college of supervisors (Article 12(2), first sentence), nor do I support the Authority leading in going concerns (Article 12(2)(c)). The authorities should not have the right to freely replace the rights of national authorities (as guaranteed in the Capital Requ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Firstly, it should be noted that the lack of equity capital in the banking system was a key factor in the crisis, hence the importance of increasing it. I therefore voted for this report. Indeed, the latter is firmly opposed to the notion of the privatisation of profits and the nationalisation of losses, or their carr... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The new rules on bank bonuses adopted by the European Parliament ought to put an end to the policies for awarding incentives in this system, even including when excessive risks are taken. I welcome these measures two years after the financial crisis started, during which time the bonus culture has had serious adverse ... | 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 motion for a resolution as I believe that credit institutions and investment businesses should require a commitment from their employees not to use personal cover or insurance strategies to compromise the effects of alignment, given the inherent risk in how they remunerate employees. I also vo... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Increasing the capital of financial institutions is important if customers are not to be harmed or lose their investments should the institution fall into difficulties. However, it must be borne in mind that this increase in capital should not be so disproportionate as to lead to a lack of liquidity in financial insti... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The stability and financial sustainability of the banking sector are absolutely critical to the development of the real economy. The current global crisis has revealed weaknesses in the banking system and called its credibility with the public and businesses into question, in addition to the negative impact on Europe’... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It took a long time to approve the new rules on limits for bonuses, but these will only be applicable from January 2011, and rules on the banks’ own funds from the end of this year. This is disappointing given that austerity measures affecting workers and most of the public have already been implemented, as at present... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The legislation proposed to us today generally entails strengthening equity capital requirements according to the risks taken by financial institutions, and in regulating bonuses and other golden parachutes. I regret that it does not go far enough. It does not, for example, set a ceiling on such bonuses or stipulate t... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the McCarthy report on bankers’ remuneration, since the excessive search for short-term profits by an overly large financial sector profoundly destabilised the financial sector and contributed to the crisis. This text, adopted by an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament, imposes a ceiling on var... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Two years after the global banking crisis hit, we are only at the beginning of the real pain. Cuts are going to be implemented across the public sector with the resulting job losses, reduction in vital services and the associated impact on the wider economy. The citizens of Europe feel total distaste for the high-risk ... | 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 |
Marine Le Pen | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The aim of Mrs McCarthy’s report is to control traders’ remuneration and lay down new rules on the capital requirements for banks. This is just the latest attempt to regulate banks, the previous regulations having been completely ineffective. These measures are just window dressing. New regulations will have no remedi... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Every business sector should be concerned with providing good results for its shareholders. However, the financial crisis which began in 2008 alerted people to the fact that some financial institutions have management practices that are geared towards making easy money in the short term without measuring the damage th... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My position on the report under discussion by Parliament is motivated, among other things, by the conviction that with regard to banking, in order to protect the market and savings, we need to set out new capital standards both for resecuritisations and trading books, so as to increase coverage and guarantees against ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report demands stricter capital requirements as guarantees for risky financial products. The crisis has taught us that we must be careful when dealing with risky financial products. I therefore voted in favour of the report. | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the third revision of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD3) on the capital requirements of financial institutions. The proposal contains a whole series of innovations aimed at adapting and safeguarding the financial system in the event of future risks and crises. I agree with increasing the ca... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | es | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament has just adopted a directive restricting bonuses within the banking sector. From January 2011, only 30% of a bonus may be paid in cash, and at least half must be paid as shares or capital that will be available to the bank in case of difficulty. In addition, variable incentives must also be pro... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report has been a long time coming. It is extremely important that we cover this topic with EU agreements spanning all Member States. | null |
Britta Reimers | 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 |
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 proposed Council regulation, in particular, the amendments adopted by Parliament, as I believe that the European Central Bank (ECB) should ensure that there are sufficient human and financial resources to perform the functions of the secretariat. This means ensuring a high quality of employees... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The need to ensure conditions for stronger and more effective European supervision of financial markets has gained strong backing in Parliament, which has become greater and more evident as the current economic and financial crisis has progressed. A country-based surveillance system, based on the individualistic persp... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With regard to capital movements, the effects of globalisation have had a major influence on financial markets. In fact, apart from adopting the role of controlling inflation, central banks were obliged to introduce a new objective on their agenda, that of stabilising the financial markets. The crisis has highlighted ... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Of course, it is essential to increase the amount of cooperation on monitoring the constantly growing European financial market. Large current account deficits at the EU’s expense and property bubbles within the Union have put further strain on the EU, which has already been hard hit by the financial crisis and budget... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In order to safeguard European financial stability, it is essential to set up some kind of transnational supervision. Only a European macro-supervisory body could have discovered that the unsustainable increase in debt, real-estate bubbles and major current account deficits constituted serious risks for macro-economic... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is a dubious regulation insofar as two new supervisory authorities, the macro-prudential European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and the micro-prudential European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS), are being created. The ESRB will not be able to impose measures or penalties on Member States or financial institut... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the strategy adopted by the rapporteurs on the so-called Financial Supervision Package. MEPs have just voted in plenary on amendments to the texts setting up the EU’s new supervisory architecture, tabled by the four main political groups (EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens). The EP has decided not to vote on a legislativ... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The ECR fully supports the establishment of the European Supervisory Architecture, and particularly the ESRB and the single rule book for financial services within the EU. Although the group felt able to lend its support to the majority of the compromise text, there are some areas in which dialogue with the Council and... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on the so-called ‘financial supervision’ package. Although it contains several minor supervisory measures, the proposed responses are insufficient to deal with the current crisis and would be even less able to prevent future crises. It is not enough to simply create new bodies to regulate the financial sec... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully support the content of this report and I have therefore voted in favour. I endorse the passage in the report affirming that in order to be effective in supporting interventions, an EU crisis management framework requires a common set of rules, appropriate expertise and financial resources, which should therefo... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report since it affirms several principles that I support, particularly the fact that responses to banking difficulties must not weigh down the taxpayer but must firstly be taken in hand by the banking sector. Trust is also a principle that this report seeks to consolidate; trust for financia... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The difficulties afflicting the world’s economic systems have dragged employment levels in Europe to historic lows and put the role of the banking system under discussion. At a time like this in which the warning signs of this crisis were given by financial scandals and its causes were found in the fantasy land of fin... | 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 agree with the recommendation that Parliament made to the Commission to present Parliament with one or more legislative proposals relating to an EU crisis management framework, an EU financial stability fund and a resolution unit by 31 December 2010, pursuant to Articles 50 and... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the context of the crisis, I believe it is important to make provision for new mechanisms that can prevent considerable damage to consumers and increase the transparency and security of financial markets. I therefore support the creation of a European crisis management framework, along with a common set of rules to... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report limits itself to asking the Commission to present one or more legislative proposals by the end of the year on cross-border crisis management in the banking sector, an EU financial stability fund and a crisis resolution unit. Although it comes with a number of recommendations, it constantly refers back to t... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The main objective of Mrs Ferreira’s report is not to manage crises efficiently but to stop them being resolved by governments. It was fortunate, however, that governments took things in hand quickly, without waiting for the Commission to stir from its slumber, entangled as it was in its bureaucratic dogma, focused on... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This period of crisis has highlighted that the European Union did not have the capacity to manage efficiently and effectively crises triggered at the level of cross-border financial institutions. The most glaring example of this is the bank recapitalisation and guarantee measures which were adopted on an ad hoc basis ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ever increasing economic globalisation and the cross-border nature of many of the large financial groups have led to systemic risk and the risk of contagion that were not properly safeguarded before the severe financial crisis swept the globe. The legislative framework that has now been adopted should help to safeguar... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Long before the financial crisis, warnings were given that the vision of unrestricted liberalism in the financial sector was highly risky. Since the occurrence of the domino effect in the banking crisis, it has become clear that there is an urgent need for action in this area. It is true that it is important to improv... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | European leaders are agreed that it is essential to take radical action to guarantee stability in the financial system. This is the result of strong pressure from EU citizens, who are appalled at what has been going on in the banking sector. The consensus at the bottom has caused the consensus at the top. The motion f... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported the report led by Ferreira according to which we, the EP, request the Commission to submit to Parliament by 31 December 2010, on the basis of Articles 50 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, one or more legislative proposals relating to an EU crisis-management framework, an EU fin... | null |
Catherine Stihler | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report is extremely important – to provide the marketplace with the certainty that it needs. | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Last year, Lithuania and some other EU Member States that have suffered a similar fate went into decline and have not yet reached the bottom. We still do not know the ultimate consequences which may be very grave. Jobs were lost, businesses went bankrupt and many of our citizens are still having to endure painful refo... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report as I am convinced that the European institutions should make a more organic and structured effort to guarantee sound financial stability. In particular, I fully agree with the passage in the text which affirms that real progress will have to be made on fiscal and structural policies in... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | To avoid the onset of economic crises in the future and, consequently, encourage growth potential and macro-economic rebalancing within the EU, it is essential to make progress in terms of fiscal and structural policy in different Member States. I therefore voted in favour of this proposed resolution, since it correct... | 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 it is vital to request that the Commission solicit an impact assessment from the European Financial Stability Fund, particularly on the functioning of markets for eurobonds and their spreads. It also calls on the Commission to evaluate the feasibility and accountability... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the proposal to set up a European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, because setting it up, with the assistance and the decisive role of the IMF, is outside any institutional provision. It creates a major problem in designing the Union’s financial policies and is an excuse for a new attack against the ... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not vote for the resolution on the European financial stabilisation mechanism. This mechanism, created out of nothing and in a rush last May at the height of the Greek bond crisis, was a major step forward in economic governance of the euro area. However, on this question, our Parliament has shown a serious lack... | 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 motion for a resolution on the European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and future actions, as I think it is vital to define a new framework for economic governance. It should be solid, and prevent future crises and promote a sustainable economy with... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against this resolution because it not only fails to recognise the responsibilities of European institutions in the current crisis, but it also persists with measures that do not correspond to the fundamental problems that the people are facing, especially workers, the unemployed and more than 85 million peop... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report is evidence of the good sense that prevails on at least one point: a debt crisis cannot be resolved by piling on more debts. However, the financial stability mechanism dreamt up by the Council and approved by this report makes the granting of new European loans subject to the implementation of economic and... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The severe financial crisis has highlighted a weakness in protecting the stability of the euro. The repeated attacks by speculators on countries in the euro area that were most exposed to the crisis revealed that it was not prepared to react in time to such attacks. This measure of the Stability Fund is essential to r... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution on the European Financial Stability Facility, the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and other future measures reads like a horror story. It shows that the political establishment, which is made up of Social Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals and the united left, has learnt nothing from the fin... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I reject the issuing of common European bonds. I therefore voted against the report. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour at the end, although I am concerned at the fact that two of our amendments (numbers 4 and 5) were rejected. In concrete terms, we wanted the resolution to say: ‘Considers that there is a threat of a debt deflationary trap if uncoordinated and aggressive fiscal consolidation measures are implemented a... | null |
Georgios Toussas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The legislative package passed on the so-called regulation of the financial system in the EU neither can nor wants to regulate and control the financial markets. The allegations by the political representatives of capital about so-called regulation of the markets, in order to prevent another crisis, are yet another li... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since the crisis erupted, we have been trying to find an effective solution to the current economic situation in the EU. We are debating new instruments for more effective supervision of financial markets and we are establishing a European instrument for financial stability. Are we, at the same time, aware of the risk... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this draft resolution since I warmly welcome the opening of membership negotiations with Iceland. Indeed, that country has a solid democratic culture within which the defence of human rights and the protection of individual liberties have already been applauded by the European Union. Membership is as much ... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have every reason to welcome the opening of negotiations on Iceland’s accession to the EU. As a country with a long history of democracy and which is already linked to the EU by means of numerous agreements, Iceland would appear to be a very clear-cut case. By voting for the resolution on its accession, Parliament ... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Over the last decade, the enlargement process has, in my view, accelerated too quickly. Particularly at such a tough time in which Europe must seek to somehow rebalance its economic and monetary actions, as well as find an internal political balance following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the accession... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe that Iceland’s accession to the European Union is beneficial to both sides: Iceland will enjoy greater economic stability, while the European Union will play a more active role in the Arctic Region. However, there are a number of shortcomings which Iceland needs to remedy by the time it joins. One of these i... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting in favour of this report and the start of accession negotiations with Iceland. This is a country with a solid democratic tradition and a high level of alignment with the acquis communautaire. As set out in the Treaty on European Union, any European state, if it wishes, can apply to become a member of the E... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have every reason to welcome the opening of negotiations on Iceland’s accession to the EU. As a country with a long history of democracy and which is already linked to the EU by means of numerous agreements, Iceland would appear to be a very clear cut case. However, the EU enlargement process has, for too long, bee... | null |
Philippe de Villiers | MEP | ID | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Parliament is giving its verdict on the opening of negotiations on accession to the EU in a resolution which highlights the positive aspects of this application. Iceland, with its strong democratic and parliamentary tradition, has nothing to gain from acceding to the EU. As a member of the Delegation for relations wit... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the motion for a resolution on the request for Iceland to accede to the European Union because, given Iceland’s democratic culture, the possibility that it might join the EU could be beneficial to both parties. | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Iceland is a country with an old and strong democratic tradition. I believe that the European Union can admit this country with an exemplary record of respect for the rule of law and deeply imbued with European culture and traditions, to which it has also contributed, to the benefit of all Member States. I believe tha... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With today’s vote, Parliament has also declared itself in favour of Iceland joining the EU. The accession process therefore continues at great pace. This vote emphasises the desire for negotiations on all aspects which are still open to be resolved positively. Whaling is one of the most sensitive issues to be dealt wi... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I still believe that a country’s accession to the EU requires true solidarity, not merely one-way solidarity offered by the EU to the candidate country. Accession must provide added value to all parties. My comment is of a general nature and is therefore not aimed specifically at Iceland. I wanted to comment more on t... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is with much enthusiasm that I welcome the opening of membership negotiations between Iceland and the EU. While it was our intention to send a warm message of welcome to Iceland, which is already bound by numerous agreements and partnerships with the EU, we have made it clear, through a number of amendments, that i... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Whilst I will be delighted should Iceland join the ranks of independent nations opting into the EU, today’s resolution contains a glaring contradiction. Paragraph 25 rightly acknowledges Iceland’s success in operating a responsible and sustainable fishing industry – in stark contrast to the EU’s track record. It goes o... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution as Iceland’s accession would offer the European Union the chance to play a more active role in the Arctic Region and would contribute to the multilateral governance of this area. I hope that negotiations will be conducted in a constructive manner and will give Iceland the opportuni... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have too much respect for the Icelandic people to hope that they join a Europe which will not be acting in their interests but in the interests of an elite. Icelanders are already suffering from their government’s betrayal; a government which ignores the sovereign decision made by Icelanders, 95% of whom rejected th... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The start of talks for the accession of Iceland to the EU is good news for all those who argue that the enlargement of the EU is its natural destiny. There is evidence that past enlargements have been a success not only for the EU area, but also for its Member States. For its part, Iceland is a country with which we h... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU must not, under any circumstances, be burdened with Iceland’s debts. The Icelanders will have to do their homework and dismantle their mountain of debt. However, Iceland, in contrast to Turkey, is a European country and has participated in the EEA for 15 years. Even on the controversial subject of fishing polic... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was and am a supporter of enlargement of the European Union with new countries. The Union must not be an exclusive club. Therefore, I welcome the work of the Icelandic Government towards accession to the European Union. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a less controversial candidacy than that of Iceland. The fact ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution to begin negotiations for Iceland to join the European Union. Geographically, Iceland is already in Europe and membership of the EU is nothing but the normal conclusion to a natural pathway. The recent economic crisis put Iceland in serious difficulties and also created some tense m... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | es | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am very satisfied that the European Parliament has adopted our proposal that Iceland’s membership of the EU should involve the ending of whaling. Specifically, the European Parliament is advising Iceland that whaling does not conform to Union rules, and is asking the country to put an end to the practice. It is also... | null |
Viktor Uspaskich | MEP | ALDE | en | lt | 2010-07-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I am sure that many of you are familiar with Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, which states that any European State may apply to become a member of the Union. Lithuania is a relatively young EU Member State and I feel it would be selfish and hypocritical to slam the door behind us. Howe... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (A7-0204/2010) by Mr Lyon, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the future of the common agricultural policy after 2013 (2009/2236(INI)). We are pleased to welcome Commissioner Cioloş. In Strasbourg, the Commission designates one or another Commissioner to atte... | null |
George Lyon | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, could I begin by offering my commiserations to my German colleagues and congratulations to my Spanish colleagues after last night’s excellent match. I would like to set out what I believe are the two fundamental questions that we need to answer in terms of CAP reform. What is the CAP for? Why is it still ... | null |
Dacian Cioloş | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | fr | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am of course very honoured to participate in these debates, which particularly interest me since I have to make proposals on the reform of the common agricultural policy. As I said previously in my hearings before Parliament, I believe the relationship with the European Parliament... | null |
Giovanni La Via | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the Lyon report has the merit of having clearly defined a set of common agricultural policy objectives that is much broader than in the past and which is in line with the EU 2020 strategy. As is clear from the report, this agricultural policy must remain... | null |
Michel Dantin | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I would like to thank Mr Lyon, as well as the team of shadow rapporteurs, who I feel cooperated effectively with him on this report. As far as our group is concerned, this report conveys an ambition for European agriculture. It was written following the raw material crises of 2007 and 2008 a... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the debates we have had in recent months in the European Parliament point unequivocally to the need for change in the common agricultural policy. None of us is in any doubt that the CAP should help ensure food security over the next few decades, providing good and healthy food while maintaining biodivers... | null |
Marit Paulsen | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Lyon has made a few, perhaps small, but nevertheless extremely important steps towards amending agricultural policy. We need the common European agricultural policy. Let us forget any thoughts of renationalisation. We also need to realise that we live in a new era ... | null |
Martin Häusling | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Lyon, first of all I would like to thank you for the report. We have worked well together as rapporteurs and I believe that we have found an excellent compromise that we can fully support. It is important that Parliament should send out a strong message indicating our intention to contin... | null |
James Nicholson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this report allows Parliament to outline our views before the Commission brings forward its proposals on the future of the CAP by the end of this year. While I and my group will be voting in favour of this report, I wish to make it clear that there are some parts which we do not agree with. Certainly, mai... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, please accept my congratulations. Previous CAP reforms have led to the liberalisation of agricultural markets. They have given rise to profound injustices in the distribution of aid – between countries, products and producers. They have destroyed regulatory instruments for production, such as quotas and ... | null |
Lorenzo Fontana | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I should like to congratulate Mr Lyon on his work, and also the Chair and the Secretariat of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. I am also grateful to Commissioner Cioloş, since he and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development have certainly est... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this report. It was good indeed to have a listening rapporteur, and his travels within Member States reflect that and also reflect the outcomes within the report. The future of farming and the CAP must provide farmers with a viable secure income. Pillar one payment... | null |
Albert Deß | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Cioloş, ladies and gentlemen, today sees an important debate on George Lyon’s report and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Lyon sincerely for the willingness to compromise that he showed in this document. We have managed to reach a good compromise that can be supported by many groups a... | null |
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Socialists and Democrats are particularly pleased to see their main proposals reflected in the Lyon report: 80–90% of our amendments were considered, and we were able to endorse 49 of the 50 commitments voted on by the Committee on Agriculture. We particularly welc... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our rapporteur for his constructive cooperation and for the important aspects highlighted by his report on the future of the CAP after 2013. This report calls for further development of the existing common agricultural policy rather than the devel... | null |
Alyn Smith | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I shall be no exception in congratulating my Scottish colleague, George Lyon, on a very solid report. There is much in this report to be content with and I echo the comments of a number of colleagues this morning. I particularly like the very clear reference in the report that food production is the prima... | null |
Janusz Wojciechowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I, too, would like to express my regard for Mr Lyon, who has drafted a report containing a vision of the most important challenges facing European agriculture. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a problem concerning the elimination of disparities in subsidies paid in different Member States, and it is a very ... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I also welcome this important report, although I am a bit disappointed that it fails to lay out a vision for the common agricultural policy (CAP) which will stop the depopulation of the countryside and ensure that active farmers can provide the goods and services demanded by society. We need a CAP that w... | null |
Giancarlo Scottà | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Lyon, ladies and gentlemen, in a context such as this, farms need strong support in order to innovate and make progress. The role of farmers needs to undergo a radical change: by systemising agricultural production farmers become agricultural entrepreneurs, and thus promote economic deve... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I share the sentiments of my fellow Members who highlighted the quality of this report and the wide consensus it received in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. On the one hand, it is an ambitious report because it attempts to find solutions to the current major challenges; on the other hand, it is a b... | null |
Paolo De Castro | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, over the next few years the challenges accompanying the development of the European agricultural system will be huge: the growing demand for food will have to be met through the sustainable use of natural resources, with a parallel increase in the level of environmental performance.... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-07-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I too wish to thank my colleague George Lyon for his excellent work on this report. The CAP has many challenges facing it and in an enlarged Europe it is essential that the EU maintains a strong and properly resourced agricultural policy that will deliver for farmers, rural communities and society and wil... | null |
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