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David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The G20 Summit that was held in Pittsburgh on 24 and 25 September was successful in various areas such as discussing the need to address the root causes of the financial crises so as to ensure that such events do not recur in the future. I am in agreement with this and have hence voted in favour of the resolution. | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Christofer Fjellner, Gunnar Hökmark, Anna Ibrisagic and Alf Svensson | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have today voted in favour of the resolution on the G20. However, we chose to vote against the introduction of a financial transaction tax, as it would counteract poor countries’ capital formation and would hinder the development and growth that has lifted people and countries out of poverty over the last 30 years.... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The delegation of the elected representatives of the Mouvement Démocrate (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – France) welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the G20 conclusions. Through this vote, the European Parliament is reaffirming that: the EU must provide itself with a financial supe... | null |
Frank Engel | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While we agree with the main guidelines of the European Parliament resolution on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh – and having endorsed it for that reason – the Luxembourg delegation of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) wishes to express some reservations about elements of this resolution that... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the European Parliament resolution on the G20 Summit, held in Pittsburgh on 24 and 25 September, because I believe that the present economic difficulties must be used as an opportunity to promote the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy and reiterate a commitment to fight unemployment and climate change, as w... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Against a backdrop of global economic crisis with serious social consequences, the decisions taken by the G20 become very important. It is through coordinated effort by the members of the G20 that we will be able to construct a financial system that will contribute to more even and sustainable economic development in ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am pleased with the agreements that were reached at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. As a result of the globalisation of capital, actions to combat and prevent new crises require the maximum possible international cooperation. I am delighted with the agreements, which have economic growth, the promotion of employment a... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resolution adopted today is in line with the positions already adopted by various bodies of the European Union, including the European Parliament, in an attempt to hide the true causes of the economic and social crisis and, by manipulating it, to speed up and encourage the continuation and development of the polic... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against all of the amendments tabled by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance on the G20 resolution in order to protest against that group’s tactic of always reopening debates with generally demagogic amendments. The Greens had negotiated the joint motion for a resolution and obtained satisfaction on ... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against the resolution on the G20 for one good reason: at no point does it call into question the global financial system that is at the root of the crisis. It even states that we need yet more globalisation, yet more liberalisation, with the so-called safeguard of multilateral institutions and bodies destine... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On behalf of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I wish to explain our abstention from the vote on the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance’s amendment on a tax on the model of the Tobin tax. Our group has decided to set up a working group on this issue in order to clarify the aim and... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. The current economic crisis is truly global in both its roots and its effects, and so coordinated international action is essential to finding solutions. National governments all have a role to play in these solutions and joint action at EU level will... | null |
Arlene McCarthy | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I and my Labour colleagues strongly support the commitment made by the G20 to work on a financial transaction tax. Following the costs incurred by taxpayers during the crisis, it is essential that we ensure the financial sector contributes fully and fairly to an improvement in public finances. The Tobin tax is one mode... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from the vote on Amendment 8 on a financial transaction tax. I am in favour of such a tax, but I believe it needs to be at the global level, rather than European level, in order to be effective. | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The joint motion for a resolution on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh contains a great many positive elements. It plainly points out, for example, the difficulties with the fiscal policy stimulatory measures that have been implemented by the majority of states. The consolidation of national budgets must be given a signifi... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The motion for a resolution on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh explicitly states that the crisis is the result of reckless and irresponsible risk-taking by some financial institutions in addition to a lack of regulation of the financial market. The door was thus left wide open for total speculation. It is therefore even ... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Firstly, I would applaud the fact that at the G20 meeting, such important issues were tackled as sustainable economic growth, employment and potential climate change phenomena, which could threaten the habitability of our planet. These are current global issues, universally considered vital for the European growth pro... | null |
Marit Paulsen, Olle Schmidt and Cecilia Wikström | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The financial crisis arose partly as a result of banks abusing their customers’ trust and taking excessive risks with their customers’ money. We think that a more detailed discussion of how international financial transactions should be handled is needed. We do not think that the Tobin tax will be effective in prevent... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to applaud the agreements concluded at the G20 Summit, about which I am very pleased and which were universally seen as a step in the right direction. Since issues as important as the regulation and supervision of financial markets and the sustainability of public finances were discussed, I would like to ... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It was important for the European Parliament to send out a clear message to the main world leaders following the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. That has been done with the resolution adopted today, which points out that, although the worst of the financial crisis is behind us, the consequences in terms of budget and employ... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the recent G20 Summit in Pittsburgh has confirmed a gradual stabilisation of the economic situation. However, it is still necessary to bear in mind problems which may be faced by particular economies. The meeting was an opportunity to confirm the determination of states to reform... | null |
Peter Skinner | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliamentary Labour Party supported this resolution and gave support to underpinning the progress made last month in Pittsburgh. Without commitments to improve multilateral surveillance within the IMF and further involvement of economies other than the current members, little effective success can be fore... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Firstly, I would applaud the fact that at the G20 meeting, such important issues were tackled as sustainable economic growth, employment and potential climate change phenomena, which could threaten the habitability of our planet. These are current global issues, universally considered vital for the European growth pro... | null |
Georgios Toussas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Greek Communist Party voted against the joint motion for a resolution by the conservatives, social democrats and liberals, because it condenses the strategic ambition of the monopolies to pass the painful consequences of the capitalist financial crisis on to the working classes. The political mouthpieces of capita... | null |
Maria da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Developing countries are severely affected by successive crises such as the food and fuel price crises, and climate change. They are suffering seriously from the consequences of the financial crisis and the economic recession. It is essential that the EU and the Member States take their responsibility as international... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the fact that developing countries were certainly not the cause of the crises, it is certainly true that they have been most adversely and disproportionately affected by it. This is why I have voted in favour of this resolution. | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Although the current economic and financial crisis originated in the United States, its consequences have been felt worldwide. It has affected Europe and, more severely, developing countries, whether through human costs that dragged millions of people into extreme poverty, or through the weakening of their already fee... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are facing an emergency situation with regard to development and humanitarian aid due to the economic crisis, the human cost of which continues to mount up, all the more so as this recession comes in the wake of the food and oil price crises. Unfortunately, one of the direct consequences of the economic crisis is a... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Developing countries have been severely affected by the present economic and financial crisis and it is feared that they will suffer a sharp slowdown, or even a serious decline, in their growth and progress indices. The EU and the Member States, as significant donors, must keep this fact in mind and consider increasin... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Developing countries have been hard hit by the current financial and economic crisis, which was caused by banks and other speculators in the United States. This has a massive impact on their already weak economies and will put millions more people out of work. The unemployed will, where possible, seek their salvation ... | null |
Marit Paulsen, Olle Schmidt and Cecilia Wikström | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The financial crisis arose partly as a result of banks abusing their customers’ trust and taking excessive risks with their customers’ money. We think that a more detailed discussion of how international financial transactions should be handled is needed. We do not think that the Tobin tax will be effective in prevent... | null |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as the Committee on Development’s motion for a resolution mentions, all to its credit, the existing global financial and economic crisis has hit the poorest countries hardest. The development targets achieved in many developing countries are at risk and achievement of the Millenn... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Madam President, I voted for adoption of the resolution, because I think that it contains many very pertinent remarks on the causes and effects of the current difficult situation in developing countries. I would especially like to stress that the present economic crisis is a result not only of the collapse of financia... | null |
Catherine Soullie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Providing aid to developing countries is one duty that the European Union must not abandon. The current economic and financial crisis has given a new dimension to globalisation. The idea of a tax on financial transactions was beneficial: President Sarkozy has made it one of his priorities. Europe, it seems, has set th... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I endorsed with conviction the resolution tabled by the Committee on Development on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries. The EP rightly calls on the EU to eradicate abuses of tax havens, tax evasion and illicit capital flight from developing countries. The IMF has rightly in... | null |
Iva Zanicchi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the motion for a resolution but I feel it is necessary to provide some clarifications. The recent financial crisis has caused a global economic recession which, due to its many repercussions, has had a particular impact on developing countries, exacerbating the food crisis: according to data suppl... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-10-08T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | That concludes the explanations of vote. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-10-19T00:00:00 | 2009 | Statement by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, before we begin the session, I would like to say a few words. As you know, 10 days ago, the President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, signed the Treaty of Lisbon. I am certain we are a step closer to completion of the ratification process. I am also sure that ratification will soon be completed, too, b... | null |
Paolo De Castro | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Decision on urgent procedureVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, here we are once again discussing the crisis in the milk sector. The dramatic nature of this crisis continues to concern us, just as European farmers continue to express their hardship and voice their fears for the future. Parliament has already expressed its views on ... | null |
Martin Häusling | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Decision on urgent procedureVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are arguing against the urgent procedure, not because we do not believe that there is an urgent need for measures, but because we believe that the Commission is not implementing the right measures and is not willing and able to solve the current crisis in the dairy sector. The Co... | null |
Albert Deß | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Decision on urgent procedureVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the request to use the urgent procedure put forward by the Commission is certainly not perfect. I can partially agree with what the previous speaker said. However, to not allow this request to use the urgent procedure now would send completely the wrong signals to the dairy farmers,... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the statements by the Council and the Commission on climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. | null |
Andreas Carlgren | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are at a decisive point in time. In just under two months’ time, the world will sign an agreement in Copenhagen for combating the climate challenges that we face. This agreement must meet three conditions: it must keep global warming to less than two degrees Celsius, it must encompass all nations and ... | null |
Karel De Gucht | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let me first of all thank you for giving me the opportunity to express the Commission’s views on this sensitive issue. You are already aware that there will be no ambitious deal in Copenhagen if the concerns of the developing countries are not taken into account, not only those of emerging countries, but ... | null |
Karl-Heinz Florenz | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am very pleased to see you here for this debate, particularly as you are a former member of the Committee on Climate Change. President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, it is absolutely right that the European Union should send a clear signal to Copenhagen. Over the next 50 days, however, it is n... | null |
Véronique De Keyser | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, climate change is responsible for more than 300 000 deaths each year. It affects 325 million people, and more than 90% of the people affected, more than 90% of the deaths, are in developing countries. The economic losses due to climate change are estimated at more than USD 125 billion per year and, once ... | null |
Corinne Lepage | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we MEPs have a twin responsibility towards, firstly, our citizens, who expect us to make real efforts in Copenhagen, and, secondly, the countries of the South, of which Europe has always been a supporter, if not the supporter, at international level. We must send out a genuine message to the countries of... | null |
Eva Joly | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Carlgren, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is no doubt that the world’s future will be at stake in Copenhagen, but before that, it is the credibility of the European Union, as the global leader in the fight against global warming, that will be at stake at the end of October in Brussels. The M... | null |
Miroslav Ouzký | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Carlgren, Commissioner, I would like to begin by responding to the previous speech. I do not believe that the European Parliament or the European Union should restrict themselves to modest ambitions in this area. A year ago, we completed the preparation of a climate package which is clearly the most a... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we must give support to developing countries to help them adapt to climate change – a phenomenon for which they are not responsible, but as a result of which they are suffering disproportionately. Developing countries do not have the resources to combat climate change that we have in Europe. As we turn o... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, last night, to great applause, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted a Christmas list for the climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. The list includes a lot of well-intentioned, large and heavy presents. But, dear Santa Claus, a.k.a. the Commission: is ther... | null |
Nick Griffin | MEP | NI | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there are two overriding themes in this place: first, concern with the growing gulf between the political elite and the ordinary taxpayers. Second, a hysterical obsession with man-made global warming. These two themes are intimately linked. The global-warming fixation is a classic example of how the polit... | null |
Andreas Carlgren | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank more or less everyone who has taken part in this debate for the support you are giving the EU in its highly important work in the climate negotiations. The EU has a vital responsibility. We will really need Parliament’s support if we are to successfully play our part. The efforts an... | null |
Karel De Gucht | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, what I have noticed in the debate is that all political groups agree on the principles that we should put forward in Copenhagen. I think this is a very important feature. It is not very common in a Parliament with so many political parties and political groups to nevertheless have unanimous suppo... | null |
Corien Wortmann-Kool | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, following 10 years of discussion, we are now approaching the Copenhagen climate change conference. We have 50 days left in which to reach an ambitious agreement with binding targets, not only for Europe but also for the United States and countries such as China and India. An ambitious agreement requires ... | null |
Marita Ulvskog | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Carlgren – who is representing the Council here today – started by saying that many people are tending to give in to pessimism ahead of the Copenhagen conference. I can only agree, and I really hope that a majority of the European Parliament can ensure that the pessimists that Mr Carlgren must do batt... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there are, in my view, three essential points in this debate. Firstly, the Copenhagen conference is a gamble on the future. The gamble has not yet paid off, as the Presidency has just pointed out. I will not go so far as to say that everything depends on the European Union, but without determination and ... | null |
Satu Hassi | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fi | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a Finnish poet compared humanity to passengers on a train who are on a journey to hell, but who focus their attention on squabbling over a seat in first class. Once again, this is a time for EU leadership. The best way we can help break the deadlock over climate talks is for the EU ... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the climate change summit has to succeed, and so Europe must speak with one voice and set its sights high in the negotiations. Copenhagen is important because God’s creation is highly vulnerable, and is deeply affected by man’s actions. Special attention is required for developing countries. People in th... | null |
Kartika Tamara Liotard | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, deforestation is often somewhat neglected when climate issues are debated in the light of development aid. Fortunately, this is not the case in today’s debate in this House. Forests, including the tropical rainforests, counteract a substantial proportion of CO2 emissions. Land-use change, such as defores... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday evening, the Lega Nord delegation was the only political party which voted, in committee, against this resolution. We voted against as we consider it to be euro-folly. At a time of industrial crisis such as the one we are experiencing, with the loss of competitiveness and ... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, opinions vary as to what extent mankind influences climate change. My view is that we do have an influence, and the purpose of the Copenhagen climate conference is to mitigate this. I strongly believe that the outcome will be decided in the political domain. What means can we use to successfully persuade... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it was with great unease that I received news of the meeting of finance and environment ministers, and specifically of the draft final document, which does not contain a solution to a key question: how does the European Union want to support the poorest countries of the world in their efforts to limit ca... | null |
Thijs Berman | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the Pacific region, thousands of people are having to move because their islands are being flooded; in Sudan, the livestock is dying of thirst. Everyone has seen the pictures, and the most important thing with regard to these and other effects of climate change is that the polluter must pay. In Copenh... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are the main ones responsible for climate change, but developing countries are its main victims, which is why the developed countries, which are also the biggest polluters, will have to make some strong commitments in Copenhagen. This is necessary for us, but it is even more necessary for the countrie... | null |
Yannick Jadot | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, climate change has already caused 300 000 deaths and will cause millions more in the future. Inaction is a crime against humanity. This is an emergency, but the negotiations are at a virtual standstill. However, countries such as Japan, Australia, Norway, China, Brazil and South Afr... | null |
Sajjad Karim | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is critical for an international consensus to be reached on tackling climate change and global warming. The Copenhagen Summit provides us with an opportunity. But let us think for a moment of the problems facing this summit. The US, the world’s biggest economy, has failed to agree to specific greenhous... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the approach to the problem of climate change has been stripped of certain essential aspects and, above all, skewed by so-called ‘market solutions’. At present, fossil fuels provide for almost 85% of the world’s energy needs. A consistent approach to climate change should focus on reducing this dependenc... | null |
Godfrey Bloom | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I take this opportunity of wishing well the east European cities in the coming of the very early skiing season, with the snow and ice that have come there. Of course, this is indicative of the fact that, as independent science has now confirmed, the globe is actually cooling and has been cooling since 200... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I include myself among the MEPs who believe that agriculture is a solution to and not merely a cause of climate change. I think that it is even one of the victims of this phenomenon because drought and floods are affecting us all in Europe with ever-increasing regularity, but their impact is felt primarily by farmers.... | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is politics, and not religion, that we are debating here. For that reason, we should make a distinction between facts and empirical certainties on the one hand and hypotheses on the other. It is a fact that the global temperature has risen by around 0.7 °C when compared with the ... | null |
Linda McAvan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I do not think Godfrey Bloom heard the BNP speaker, but if he had he would have seen that they have so much in common, as I always suspected. It was almost a carbon copy speech. We heard something about polling. In fact, in a recent survey, more than two thirds of Europeans said that climate change was a ... | null |
Marit Paulsen | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if you include the complete production chain, around 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food production. You could say that agriculture is the big villain in this context. We have to understand that agriculture and forestry are probably one of the most crucial areas to look at if we are to get... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Carlgren, you come here time after time with fine speeches, but what about the actual content? In developing countries, the land is drying out and diseases are spreading. There are growing numbers of climate refugees. Do you ask them to smile in the face of death? You can turn around the pessimism tha... | null |
Konrad Szymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the position of Parliament on the global division of obligations concerning CO2 reduction unfortunately lacks balance regarding the way the costs of this reduction are to be borne. By adopting the resolution, we are undermining the climate package, which was so hard to negotiate, and the costs of which c... | null |
Marisa Matias | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, considering a plan of action for supporting developing countries in terms of climate change is a simple matter of justice and equality. They are the worst affected countries, yet they are also those who have contributed least to the situation in which we find ourselves. That is why we have to go beyon... | null |
Timo Soini | MEP | ID | en | fi | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the climate mafia is using gullible green politicians to shift hundreds of millions of euros of the developed nations’ tax resources to supranational companies making huge profits in developing countries, and to state-owned companies in developing countries, in the form of this type of climate charge ... | null |
Pilar del Castillo Vera | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to thank the Council and the Commission. With regard to the subject that we are debating, there are some certainties and a set of uncertainties. The first certainty, or the first common element, is that there is now a major convergence of opinion that emissions need to be reduced and that... | null |
Jo Leinen | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner Olli Rehn has praised this Parliament for its activities in bringing about the climate protection package and, in fact, we aim to continue to be ambitious. Last night, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety voted 55-1 in favour of adopting a resolution that sets h... | null |
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, when all is said and done, there is only one solution to the problem of climate change, and that is technology. Only new technology can enable us to maintain our way of life. Yet the development of technology is too slow and its diffusion, especially to developing countries, is particularly slow. The ... | null |
Bas Eickhout | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, we are talking about climate change, but we should be talking about the people who are hardest hit by it, namely those in the least developed countries. In the Maldives, people are fighting rising sea levels, and in Sudan they are fighting for fertile land. The Commission keeps assuming that market ac... | null |
James Nicholson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the climate change conference in Copenhagen in December presents us with a unique opportunity to address this massive and huge problem. If we consider the consequences of global warming, it is obvious that the developing world is paying the price for environmental damage caused by the richer nations. C... | null |
John Stuart Agnew | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, what a relief that they have stopped burning heretics or I would be well and truly alight by now. I am, though, glowing hot in my opposition to the concept of man-made climate change. Carbon dioxide accounts for only 0.038% of our atmosphere and only 4% of that is influenced by man’s activity. It is a ... | null |
Romana Jordan Cizelj | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Minister Carlgren and Commissioner De Gucht for the statements which they have given, but there is still something causing me concern. What concerns me is that we are talking about quantitative targets which will not have to be met until 2020 and 2050, respectively, while th... | null |
Matthias Groote | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, Mr Carlgren, ladies and gentlemen, the subject of climate change will keep us occupied much longer than the financial and economic crisis. There are parallels – both cost lots of money, and Copenhagen will be about reaching an agreement on the financial tools for the third world and the ... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, we must look at the opportunities that can flow from striking a comprehensive international agreement in Copenhagen so that we can effectively arrest climate change. The Union is committing to ensuring that 20% of all our energy needs will come from the renewable energy sector by 2020. Europe – and ind... | null |
Claude Turmes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, do you know Russian roulette? Have you ever played Russian roulette? Of course not, because you have one chance in six of being killed or injured. If Copenhagen is not a success, we do not even have a 50% chance of keeping this planet from going into dangerous climate change. Why are we in this impossi... | null |
Bogusław Sonik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the European Union is seen as a leader in the international arena in the area of promoting dialogue on action against climate change and setting policy priorities for the reduction of CO2 emissions. As part of the preparations which are under way for the Copenhagen conference, the European Union has m... | null |
Michael Cashman | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I will keep my CO2 emissions down and I will be brief. Commissioner, it is good to see you in place. Presidency, it is good to see you here. Talk of 2020 or 2050 is not good enough. We need agreement and achievement now because climate change is placing poverty reduction at risk. We are seeing the dive... | null |
Fiona Hall | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am concerned that the Commission’s calculations on international climate finance are just smoke and mirrors. First, it has claimed that 90% of energy efficiency measures can be financed by developing countries themselves. That is EUR 30 billion per annum. In the EU, the biggest obstacle to introducin... | null |
Françoise Grossetête | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, climate change, as we having been saying since this morning, is quite simply an increase in desertification and drought; it is deforestation, it is natural disasters, it is the spread of famine and of poverty, mainly in the countries of the South, and it is migratory flows. The Copenhagen Summit must ... | null |
Enrique Guerrero Salom | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the two most serious crises in the world are poverty and the effects of climate change: two crises that will be even more closely linked to each other in the future, two crises that become more devastating as each day goes by. There are now many more poor people than there were a year ago, tens of mil... | null |
Peter Liese | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a gathering involving the Health Commissioner, Mrs Vassiliou, and medical experts from across Europe a few days ago in Brussels discussed the subject of ‘Health and climate change’. It was a very informative event entitled ‘Prescription for a healthy planet’. The Pr... | null |
Kriton Arsenis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, developing countries have contributed less than anyone to climate change. At the same time, however, they experience the very worst repercussions. In Africa, millions of people need to travel further and further year on year in order to find water, wood for cooking and food. These are people who depen... | null |
Theodoros Skylakakis | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I should like to take a position on the specific but very important matter of shipping in connection with Copenhagen and the developing countries. I have two comments: it would be a huge mistake to deal with shipping and aviation as if they were one and the same thing. Shipping is the most efficient a... | null |
Gilles Pargneaux | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Carlgren, Mr President of the Commission, we are facing a challenge for humanity, a challenge for the future generations. In order to take up the gauntlet, Copenhagen must provide the conditions for a global agreement, a single agreement, because, as the chairman of the Committee on the Environment... | null |
Rachida Dati | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, following the example of the recent G20, which was an opportunity for Europe to play a leading role in the definition of a new world economic order, at the Copenhagen conference in December, Europe will again have a responsibility but, above all, an obligation, to show its international partners the p... | null |
Anni Podimata | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the basic challenge which we have before us seven weeks before the Copenhagen Summit is whether or not we shall manage to reach agreement in terms of taking responsibility for the global financing of policies for the moderation of climate change on the part of developing countries. Europe has made imp... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Carlgren, Mr De Gucht, the European Union should continue to play a leading role in the international negotiations to achieve an ambitious agreement in Copenhagen. This agreement should be based on the principle of shared yet differentiated responsibility. This principle should be applied equally t... | null |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2009-10-20T00:00:00 | 2009 | Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Union is setting an example for other continents by tackling threats hovering over our planet. This also strengthens the fight against climate change. The European Union is ready to be the leader in the future as well, but all the countries participating in the Copenhagen conference must join this fight. ... | null |
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