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Elisabeth Jeggle | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Dalli, ladies and gentlemen, after almost two years of intensive discussions, we have come to an agreement with the Council and the Commission on a directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. We have achieved a noteworthy balance between the interests of animal welfare and ... | null |
John Dalli | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, firstly, I would like to express Commissioner Potočnik’s disappointment at not being able to be here today. He is presently in Ghent, participating at the informal ministerial meeting on the EU position for the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, whi... | null |
Herbert Dorfmann | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, all animals need our protection, regardless of whether they are used in animal experiments or for agricultural purposes, are kept as pets or live in the wild. However, as far as my value system is concerned, an animal is an animal and a person is a person. There is a clear hierar... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to begin by thanking both Mrs Jeggle and our other fellow Members, the shadow rapporteurs, for the good cooperation we have enjoyed during the negotiations conducted with the Council in order to reach this compromise. Approximately 12 million animals are used in scientific experiments every year in the Eu... | null |
Marit Paulsen | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I shall try to give you a little of the historical background. Firstly, I would like to thank Mrs Jeggle for her exceptional leadership in this very difficult matter. We took over the work on a matter in which, to put it briefly, the Commission’s proposal could almost be described as extremely animal ... | null |
Jill Evans | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would also like to thank Mrs Jeggle for her hard work on this report. There are significant improvements in the compromise text, particularly on inspections, on the new authorisation process for experiments and on a proper classification system, which we welcome. However, we have been waiting several... | null |
Janusz Wojciechowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am pleased that this directive has come into being. I would like to congratulate Mrs Jeggle, because the work needed to achieve this compromise was very difficult. It is good that the European Union is regulating another important area concerning the treatment of animals and that we are adopting sol... | null |
Marisa Matias | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Europe has an obligation to promote the protection of animals, but what is under discussion here goes far beyond this premise and poses us some difficult questions. No belief should be viewed as having an absolute value in itself. We are, however, in the midst of choices and contradictions, and these ... | null |
Giancarlo Scottà | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is both important and necessary to achieve a balance between the need to advance scientific research and the need to protect animal welfare. Protection for animals used in scientific procedures is currently inadequate. New scientific knowledge means that alternatives can be pr... | null |
Mike Nattrass | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Commission proposed this directive in 2008 and there were concerns about placing excessive burdens on the scientific research industry. The proposal will dilute certain restrictions and I note that the requirement for sharing animal research data has been removed. Some 12 million animals are being use... | null |
Martin Kastler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are taking a new and important step forward in the field of animal welfare by providing more protection for animals used in scientific research. We have heard a great deal about animal welfare. We have also heard that Europe is an important location for industrial research and in... | null |
Paolo De Castro | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, after a year and a half of difficult negotiations between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, we have at last arrived at a compromise text in the sensitive dossier on animal experimentation. It has been difficult work and I should like to thank our rapporteur, ... | null |
George Lyon | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there are clearly strong views on both sides of this argument. The argument is quite clear. It is about those who believe that the rights of animals should take precedence and those of us who believe in the rights of society to see progress in the development of medicines, treatments and cures for the inf... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the fight on behalf of animals goes hand in hand with the fight for better research. Anyone who defends animal experiments weakens research. There is a tradition, a false belief in the effectiveness of animal experiments. More and more medicines involve human-specific reactions and, for this, animal expe... | null |
John Stuart Agnew | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a farmer, I have always wanted to see animals properly treated and it is my belief that in the UK they are, at least by our scientific community. I have visited Huntingdon Life Sciences in my constituency and I know that dedicated people are doing only what is necessary for scientific progress. This in... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the directive that we are discussing aims to limit animal tests and improve the conditions of animals used for research. In Europe, we already have the highest animal welfare standards in the world and this directive will raise those standards even further. That is very commendable. Nonetheless, we must b... | null |
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would also like to begin by congratulating Mrs Jeggle on the excellent work that she has done on behalf of Parliament and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, in conjunction with the Commission and the Council. Following a year and a half of successive... | null |
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to and respect for Mrs Jeggle, who has been working on this report for years. However, Mrs Jeggle, there is one thing that I must say. As Europeans, we cannot take pride in this report. It is too vague and it permits too many things which a country or a conti... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the report being presented in this Chamber today comes from our fellow Member, Mrs Jeggle. It is aimed at finalising a process that has been as long as it has complicated, and has only been possible through hard work and skilled dialogue, and so we would like to thank her for it. Whenever the matter unde... | null |
Ulrike Rodust | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we should vote in favour of this report on the animal experiments directive. In its negotiations with the Commission and the Council, Parliament has achieved a great deal: namely replacement, reduction and refinement. It is true that from an animal welfare perspective, we are still ... | null |
Cristiana Muscardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the rapporteur and those who have worked with her have certainly done a difficult job, for which we thank them. Personally, however, I cannot hide the fact that along with several members of the Italian Government, which I support, I am puzzled about an issue that, even after 24 yea... | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs for the result they have achieved. I think we have obtained the best possible compromise between the needs of research and ensuring the welfare of animals used for scientific purposes. Unfortunately, animal-based resea... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would first like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Jeggle, on the fine job she has done. I also support my fellow Members who have spoken today against the three amendments to the common position. This is not a perfect compromise, although it is the best possible wording at the moment. The content of the draft has been p... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I call on the Council and the Commission to guarantee the ban on the use of embryonic or adult cells from human beings to protect animals. The current situation in fact allows for human material to be used to protect animals during necessary experimentation. We always talk about compromise,... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Dalli, we are very much agreed that we need to provide the best healthcare for the citizens of Europe. This includes reliable medicines with as few side effects as possible and the latest modern treatment methods. Unfortunately, given the current state of scientific progress, we cannot do this without... | null |
Frédérique Ries | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think that we are all agreed on this issue: in an ideal world, there would be no need for research on animals. However, the reality is that we live in a suffering world, one in which sick men, women and children are waiting for treatment and hence for the results of this research, which is vital and cr... | null |
Martin Häusling | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, these regulations are better than those which we had previously. I think we all agree on that. However, I think it is very rash of you, Mrs Jeggle, to say that there is no alternative to the compromise. I think we could have got more out of the situation. Of course, it is true that ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the development of techniques and methods which dispense with the need for experimenting on animals and which minimise the suffering inflicted on animals, in cases where this is necessary, should be an important objective of scientific research, and the experimental and technological development that it ... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, improvement of the directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes is something I can only support. However, it is a little paradoxical, as I am in fact opposed to animal experiments. Alternative test methods do exist, and fortunately, the revision of the directive includes this area.... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the Commission’s initiative. I think it is an important achievement that we have managed to agree on the harmonisation of practices in the area of animal experimentation in the EU. This directive marks an important step in ensuring that experiments on live animals for scientific purposes will be... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, I naturally welcome these regulations and the agreement that has been reached here. I know that it is always difficult to come to a compromise, but we need suitable ethical standards both for animal experiments and for human trials, and we ca... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to state clearly that Europe has the highest animal welfare standards in the world. This report represents another important step towards improving animal welfare even further. Our joint objective is to restrict animal experiments and to improve the living conditions for animals used for res... | null |
John Dalli | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank you for your comments and the general support for the provisions included in this directive. We have before us an ambitious directive that, if adopted, will significantly improve animal welfare in the EU. I agree with Ms Sârbu that full and faithful implementation will ... | null |
Elisabeth Jeggle | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Dalli, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to you, Mr Dalli, for your remarks, which have clarified certain issues and which I do not need to repeat. I would also genuinely like to thank all my fellow Members for their comments. It is clear that this is a highly sensitive su... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Wednesday, 8 September 2010. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Pavel Poc | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome and support the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes from the rapporteur Mrs Jeggle, because the compromise achieved represents progress compared to the current situation. However, I am at the same time unhappy about the fact that i... | null |
Konrad Szymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In relation to the procedure for second reading, Members were not able to express their opinions on the final form of the Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (the Jeggle report). I would now like to use this opportunity to make clear my fundamental opposition to the consent given in the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Commission statement on ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). | null |
Karel De Gucht | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for giving me, once more, the opportunity to address with you the issue of the ACTA negotiations. In this respect, let me recall the context of these negotiations: ACTA is an agreement which will be important to safeguard the EU’s competitiveness and jobs on the world market. Indeed, if we want ... | null |
Daniel Caspary | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in 2008, 178 million articles were seized by EU customs officials. Of these, 20 million items were dangerous. A total of 54% of the counterfeit products came from China and India was the main culprit as far as medicines were concerned. Counterfeit goods cause a great deal of damage ... | null |
Kader Arif | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, you have just said some reassuring things, but I still do not think that the concerns shared by a large number of Members about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) have been completely dispelled. Back in March, I proposed a resolution, which wa... | null |
Niccolò Rinaldi | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ‘acta est fabula, plaudite!’ – ‘the play is over, applaud!’ – as Roman actors used to say at the end of a performance. The play is over and perhaps we are on the eve of its conclusion, although it may not yet be time to applaud. During this debate, we have been given i... | null |
Jan Philipp Albrecht | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly I am pleased that written statement 12 on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) received the required majority of votes yesterday in Parliament. This demonstrates that the European Parliament is continuing to support the clear position which it took in its resolution in March. Moreover, ... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to begin by welcoming three things that were said at the beginning: first, that there will be no new intellectual property rights; second, that there will be no changes to legislation via the back door; and, third, the increased transparency we have seen from the Commission, particularly vis-... | null |
Helmut Scholz | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr De Gucht, ladies and gentlemen, protecting inventors and companies from having their ideas stolen is an important issue, in particular, for small and medium-sized businesses. However, I would like to ask once again whether product piracy can really be restricted by a small club of countries signing an... | null |
Francesco Enrico Speroni | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I thank the Commissioner and the Council for this debate, although I am sorry to say that it is difficult to talk about anything without having the right documents. There is nothing on the Internet and Parliament’s services that I contacted have not replied, because the Commission d... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the planned plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) aims to make the fight against product piracy and infringements of copyright more effective by means of international cooperation, coordinating the enforcement of legislation and new laws to protect intellectual pro... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the effective enforcement of existing regulations and laws to combat product piracy and strengthen intellectual property rights is something which is definitely very welcome. However, there is unfortunately a great deal of ignorance and uncertainty in this area among the general pub... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The ever-increasing volume of counterfeit and pirated products in international trade increases the possibility of a threat to the sustainable development of the global economy, causing not only financial losses to legitimate manufacturers, but also violating the rights of owners of intellectual property and entities ... | null |
Carl Schlyter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am not at all sure about the exemption for generic medicines. If we grant this, we will, in such cases, also have to grant exemption to all transit, otherwise we will encounter the problems that we have seen in recent years. You say that it will only apply to large-scale commercial cases. In that case,... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I should like to make a new contribution to the debate on ACTA and, together with the cosignatories to declaration 12, I have the honour of informing you that this declaration obtained a very large majority in Parliament and that the minimum number of signatures was exceeded. I am pleased t... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we need to ask to what extent anti-counterfeiting trade agreements are simply protection for big business and to what extent they really protect ordinary people. In the case of medicinal products, counterfeit medicines might, at best, be ineffective and rob people of a cure; at worst, they might be injuri... | null |
Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome today’s debate on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. In my opinion, it is a step towards strengthening the position of the European Parliament as the institution which represents the citizens of the European Union. I would like to emphasise that the European Parliament is entitled to be informed and co... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr De Gucht, you have assured us that this Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will not currently change anything. However, we are not being given the opportunity to form our own opinions, to gain our own insights and to apply our own legal expertise in order to determine whether the collateral da... | null |
Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to make three brief points. Firstly, of course, I would like to congratulate the initiators of the written declaration on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). This has now been passed. My second point concerns transparency and I would like to ask Mr De Gucht one question. How can ... | null |
Christian Engström | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we all agree that counterfeiting is a bad thing and that combating counterfeit goods is good. It is good for European consumers and citizens, and it is also important for European businesses, as has been pointed out. It is good that we protect trademarks and the trademark acquis, including geographical in... | null |
Karel De Gucht | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to thank all the Members of Parliament who have made interventions. This is very valuable information for us a couple of weeks before what will probably be the ‘end game’ in Tokyo, and we will certainly take it into account. Before speaking about confidentiality, I will answer a coup... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-08T00:00:00 | 2010 | Ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Τhe next item is the vote. (The sitting was suspended for a few minutes) | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | The first item is the report (A7-0215/2010) by Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, on better lawmaking – 15th annual report from the Commission pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (2009/2141(INI)). | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, pursuant to the principle of subsidiarity, we make Union law where it is needed. This legislation must be correctly implemented in the legal systems of Member States, and it must be clear, transparent and understandable to the citizens. In practice, however, things are not that simple. European law is of... | null |
Maroš Šefčovič | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, allow me to start by thanking Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg for an excellent report. She will see from my introductory remarks that the Commission fully agrees with most of it. We very much like the effort and strong emphasis the European Parliament puts on smart regulation because this is clearly the way for... | null |
Tadeusz Zwiefka | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur and thank her for her excellent teamwork during the preparation of this report. I am also pleased that my opinion, which was prepared in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, has been extensively incorporated into the final version of this docu... | null |
Raffaele Baldassarre | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg’s report highlights a fundamental question for the EU integration process: the need to make simple, clear laws that EU citizens can understand. I cannot fail to agree with the key objectives identified by the rapporteur, in particular respect for the princi... | null |
Evelyn Regner | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, our rapporteur, Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg, has tabled an ambitious report. If all of those involved in European lawmaking abide by this, we will already have achieved a great deal. Ultimately, it is about the credibility of European law. The intention is to significantly improve the regulatory environmen... | null |
Alexandra Thein | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, what is meant by better lawmaking? We want to make simple and transparent laws that EU citizens and companies can understand. In this regard, it is important, above all, to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. We want to regulate at European level only what cannot be regulated at n... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if 27 legal systems come up against each other and want to work together, it is only to be expected that there will be difficulties. There is therefore a lot of criticism too of European lawmaking, to which we must respond. This response must include essential elements... | null |
Sajjad Karim | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all I should like to thank my colleague the rapporteur for this report and everything she has included in it. Better lawmaking is a challenge of vital importance for the future of an EU that is relevant for citizens of our Member States. Much of the good lawmaking that we do in this House is, how... | null |
Morten Messerschmidt | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, my thanks to the rapporteur for an excellent piece of work containing many important points. I am particularly grateful for the fact that so much attention has been given to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. Unfortunately, we have to lament the fact that the intentions set out in the Tr... | null |
Dimitar Stoyanov | MEP | NI | en | bg | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to continue with the points mentioned by the two fellow Members who spoke before me, especially concerning the new powers which national parliaments have under the Treaty of Lisbon to intervene when they feel that a particular act does not respect specifically the principle of subsidiarity. It was one of ... | null |
Antonio Masip Hidalgo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is a subject that we have been wearily and repeatedly making speeches about year after year in one way or another and I would like to recall the hard work done by Mrs Frassoni and Mr Medina Ortega in previous parliamentary terms. However, I think that what we should take from Mrs Geringer’s report –... | null |
Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to say a few words about the principle of subsidiarity. It must, of course, be the case, as a matter of principle, that policies are pursued at regional or local level. Only there are policies really understandable to citizens, and that important instrument of direct democracy is only really... | null |
Edvard Kožušník | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | I thank the rapporteur for a quality report. Allow me to make a few comments on it. In recent years, the Commission has taken a number of steps leading to an improvement in legal regulation and I am personally very much in favour of that. This is despite the fact that I see with my own eyes that it does not always wor... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate the rapporteur and also thank the Commissioner for his support. As a result of the Treaty of Lisbon, a new era has begun for European cooperation, and for Parliament. Our role has become more significant, but this involves an increased responsibility. It is important to make the most of ev... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, we want to legislate better, but the protocol of subsidiarity is not working: the participation of regional and national parliaments has not become a reality. Since the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, the Commission – according to its own statistics – has sent 26 legislative initiative... | null |
Alfreds Rubiks | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | lv | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr President. By and large, I take pleasure in supporting what is expressed in the report, since, if Parliament and the European Union as such stand up for the observance of human rights and citizens’ rights outside the European Union, it is all the more important that we do so with respect to ourselves. To... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | I would like, by way of introduction, to applaud the fact that the European Commission, along with the relevant committees of the European Parliament – the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs – have noticed that the legal environment of the European Union is enormously complex, in ma... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the legislative process as it is carried out by this Parliament seems to be designed to prevent individual Members from making individual judgements. Legislative proposals and amendments are re-written or re-assigned to different batches of amendments or re-divided at the last possible moment. Those membe... | null |
Lena Kolarska-Bobińska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on her report. The report very rightly stresses the vital importance of making simple, clear laws that EU citizens can understand. However, while appealing for this, we ourselves, here in the European Parliament, prepare reports, declarations and resolutions in... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | I followed this highly important and interesting debate from my office and I would like to thank both Mrs Geringer de Oedenberg and you, Mr Vice-President of the European Commission. I think it is a very good thing that the European Commission has set up a group at the highest level which will direct the European Comm... | null |
Maroš Šefčovič | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I will try to answer as many questions as I can in the allocated time, but first I would like to thank all the Members of the European Parliament for their clear, strong commitment to smarter and better regulation. I think this is what the European Union and our Member States need. I would also like to th... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Šefčovič, as a matter of fact the Commission has no time limitation, it is self-limited. Maybe I should not tell you that because it is good that the Commissioners believe that their time is limited so they limit themselves in their speech to a moderate use of time, but in any case that is a fact. | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | At the conclusion of this debate, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all fellow Members and Mr Šefčovič for a productive discussion. I am glad that I had the opportunity to work on the report on better lawmaking this year, which was the first year after entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and the year i... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 12.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Nessa Childers | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Impact Assessments carried out by the Commission should be about ensuring that we produce good quality legislation, and therefore we all have a strong interest in making sure that they themselves are of good quality. The main principles guiding these Impact Assessments should be: that they act as a guide to law making,... | null |
Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | Every year, we debate how to make better laws in the Union. For only clear, coherent and easy to understand legislation can be assured of effective implementation in the Member States. In the area of reducing administrative burdens, particularly important material is to be found in the ‘e-Commission 2006-2010’ framewo... | null |
Rafał Trzaskowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Better lawmakingVideo of the speechesPV | We have before us a great challenge, which fits in perfectly with the subject of the report. The challenge is to put the European Citizens’ Initiative – an instrument which gives people the ability to have a direct effect on the European agenda – into the hands of the citizens. In the ongoing debate on this subject, w... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | The next item is the debate on the oral question (O-0114/2010) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, to the Commission on the implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC with regard to the completion of the internal market in postal services (B7-0458/2010). | null |
Brian Simpson | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I speak on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, of which I have the honour to be chairman. Those of us who have followed the process of postal liberalisation will be aware of what a long drawn-out affair it has been. Right from the outset in the late 1980s, this Parliament was keen to ensure ... | null |
Michel Barnier | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | fr | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Simpson, ladies and gentlemen, I have now been a Member of the European Commission for around seven or eight months. You have often heard me state, including in this very Chamber, during my hearing on 13 January, the personal commitment that I have always made and will continue to make to the preserva... | null |
Markus Ferber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as rapporteur for the second and third Postal Services Directive, I am, of course, particularly pleased that this subject is also on the agenda during this parliamentary term, because I believe it is also important to show what we have achieved since we tabled the Gree... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President. Commissioner, thank you for your answer and for seeking to establish a dialogue among users. However, our group thinks that more is needed. As I am sure you know, we have always been critical of the Postal Directive. Improving the efficiency and dynamism of the sector would seem a laudable objective, but... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we live in a Europe where we want people to be able to live together happily and to have access to all areas of life that are important to them. As you know very well, we are experiencing demographic change in Europe. In future, there will be fewer people living in many areas than there are now. Neverthe... | null |
Isabelle Durant | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, clearly, I do not dispute the democratic and transparent nature of the process that led to the adoption of these various directives on the liberalisation of the postal market. Nor do I dispute the fact that it is important to monitor their application. However, I do think that it is just as... | null |
Cornelis de Jong | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | nl | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President. Commissioner Barnier, as you mentioned a moment ago, you stated when you assumed office that you would give the internal market a more social dimension. In his report, Professor Monti also put strong emphasis on this, and that is to be welcomed. What is the situation in reality, though? Yesterday, during... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, when the EU ordered the postal sector to open up to competition, it destroyed a vital British service. As a sovereign nation, our post offices were run by the Royal Mail and linked with national savings, licensing, welfare and pension collection, to name a few. In 1975, we had 25 000 post offices. Now the... | null |
Georges Bach | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, my congratulations to Mr Simpson for asking the right questions. This liberalisation process is yet to show that it can fulfil the objectives of better availability and better quality at affordable prices. In the past, traditional postal undertakings also provided good quality at good price... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | The liberalisation of postal services is scheduled for 2011, with Member States which joined the EU after 2004 and those with special topographies having the option to postpone opening up their postal services market to competition until 2013. However, it is vital in the postal services sector that Member States ensur... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the internal market in postal services will be completed by December of this year. Many people living in rural areas – many of whom I represent – and many employed in the services in Ireland and in Europe have real, genuine concerns. Postmen and postwomen play a vital role in Irish life. I should like to ... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, so far I have, unfortunately, seen very little of the improvement that is being promised as a result of this further phase in the liberalisation process. On the contrary, the feedback that we MEPs receive indicates a worsening of the situation. We are already seeing a ... | null |
Sabine Wils | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-09-09T00:00:00 | 2010 | Postal servicesVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, two phases of postal service liberalisation have already been implemented. The Commission has not, as yet, published a single study dealing solely with social conditions and the impact on postal workers of the opening up of the market. My question to you, Commissioner Barnier, is when will this study be ... | null |
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