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Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial supervision package (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have brought my daughter with me today as a symbolic act, and my thoughts are with the many women who, owing to work-related issues, are unable to enjoy their pregnancy, reconcile work with family life, or worse still, be the best mother they can be. In this regard, I would ask fo... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial supervision package (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Congratulations once more, and we support your heartfelt appeal. We shall now proceed to the vote. | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, at this juncture, I would like to compliment the European Parliament and the rapporteur, Mr Böge, in particular, who has increasingly established himself as a guardian of a stable European Union budget policy. In my opinion, the following aspects are important. Firstly, the European budget will still man... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are all familiar with the famous bicycle metaphor – the idea that the European Union has to keep moving forward or else it will topple over. I have always thought that a ravening shark would make for a better simile – it has to keep swimming lest it choke – but we will leave that aside. Let us examine ... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Public awareness of the adverse effects of medicines goes beyond the issue of how the drug companies will behave. It also goes beyond the issue of what is stated on accompanying leaflets or on the Internet. I would like to emphasise personal contact between the patient and the doctor. Everyday experience shows that th... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, allow me as a physician to emphasise the significance of the new regulation passed today allowing the sharing of information on adverse drug reactions in the entire European Union. Although healthcare does not fall within the competency of the EU, Member States were able to agree on the need for ... | null |
Jens Rohde | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, today’s vote on the two pharmacovigilance files will give us a safer and more effective system for the monitoring of medicinal products. The compromises reached in the two files are balanced. The new system will take due account of both the risks and the benefits of medicinal products. It also takes due a... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on the text she has drafted as an amendment to the two directives on pharmacovigilance. It is important to make full use of what these amendments offer us. We will only counter the fears of some Member States concerning the workability of the system if the reporting of adver... | null |
Michèle Rivasi | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, on the subject of this text that we voted for, I would like to draw your attention – and I must congratulate Mrs McAvan for the quality of her work – to an omission regarding guinea pig populations. In fact, there is one point that has been neglected, which, on account of the agreement concluded in first... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I strongly support the report on the rationalising of the pharmacovigilance system for medicinal purposes for human use. I think this is an area where the EU can certainly add value and where, by working together, we can ensure greater patient safety. Even after medicines are fully authorised, there can s... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the fact that biocidal products such as disinfectants or preservatives are part of our everyday life, their incorrect use or lack of authorisation can represent a significant risk for people, animals and the environment. In the interests of protecting health and the environment, it is therefore necessary that ... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I heartily welcome this resolution. Mountain regions and sparsely populated areas enrich geographical features, nature and the quality of life. I am thinking, in particular, of the Slovak regions, and I invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to visit us in the High Tatras to see for yourself the beauty of tha... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am delighted that I was able to support this report, which I believe is very important. Given the high population density and international mobility, we must pay particular attention to preventing the spread of pathogens and diseases. While the measures we take must be effective, we must also make sure that they are... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, biocides are primarily used in the hygiene and cleaning sectors, but they are also found in furniture and fabrics. Biocides provide protection against bacteria, vermin, insects, stored food pests, mice and rats. In future, biocides will have to meet EU-wide minimum standards. I am very grateful to the ra... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I apologise, but I was getting the baby’s dummy. The report adopted today contains some positive elements which, we hope, will be implemented soon. In particular, I would like to express my satisfaction over the efforts to protect SMEs, especially with regard to the procedures to ob... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the package of proposals for creating a more effective, more integrated and more sustainable system of financial supervision within the EU, the aim of which is to address the failure of European financial supervision which became apparent during the recent financial crisis, to the surprise of all of us. I fu... | null |
Joe Higgins | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I abstained from voting on the issue of establishing a new authority for the European financial system because the new arrangements do not in any fundamental way change the manner in which the financial system works and they do not bring the financial markets under control. In particular, these arrangeme... | null |
Edward Scicluna | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to congratulate all the rapporteurs on their work on this package of highly significant reforms to the supervision of Europe’s financial sector. This overhaul of the EU’s financial architecture has been a huge undertaking for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. The crisis has demo... | null |
Barbara Matera | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased that this report has been adopted. One of the strategic objectives of the European institutions for the coming years is to relaunch the internal market. The economic crisis has shown how unattainable this objective is while we have a fragmented financial services market... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am glad that it was possible to complete the creation of conditions for effective oversight of the financial markets, which failed at the beginning of the financial crisis. I welcome the fact that Europe is building instruments with which it might be possible to avoid crises in the future and therefore... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the distant rumble we can hear is the EU’s barrage, its opening assault on the prosperity of the City of London, whose prosperity sustains the surrounding economy of my constituency. The new supervisory architecture, which this House has just voted through with an enormous margin, is not a proportionate r... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a Member of the European Parliament for London, many of my constituents – as you can expect – are very concerned about the impact of this not only on Europe’s largest financial centre, but on its two largest financial centres: London is home to the City and to the Canary Wharf Group. When we look at th... | null |
Antonio Masip Hidalgo | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I thank the rapporteur for making the effort to accept some suggestions and, of course, for her defence of copyright, which I agree with. However, the fact that certain exchanges are defined in the report as infringements that are punishable, that the authority of providers to issue punishments is recogn... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Gallo’s report has divided the Parliament into three camps. No report has proposed such necessary and balanced regulation of intellectual property. Mrs Gallo’s report deals with piracy in digital networks in a one-sided manner, and overlooks measures against counterfeiting which are truly ruining our... | null |
Lena Ek | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, here are my views on the Gallo report. None of the reports that have been put to the vote in this Chamber today are good ones and I have therefore voted against all three of them. There are numerous problems with them. For example, trademark infringement is confused with copyright, people are calling for... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I wish to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Gallo, for her report. It is very important that we now establish panEuropean, common rules for intellectual property rights, because the truth is that when we consider Europe in this situation, what we need is innovation. We need creativity. They both produc... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, like many Members of Parliament across the political spectrum, I, too, had my reservations about this report, particularly when it was looking to confuse the issues of file sharing with the health risks associated with counterfeit goods, say in aircraft or counterfeit medicines. The two are not comparable... | null |
Edward Scicluna | MEP | S&D | en | mt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As an MEP who represents the islands of Malta and Gozo, this topic is very close to my heart. To start with Gozo, it is a pity that while the Maltese Government included Declaration 36, whose objective was to safeguard Gozo’s future, during Malta’s EU accession negotiations, the specific funds never materialised. Howe... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I fully endorse Parliament’s position on mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas. They are usually areas of special natural importance, so care should be taken to ensure that the support given to them is combined with protection of their natural assets. We should support these regions in a way which ena... | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I commend the rapporteur for the work he has done. I voted in favour of this text because I believe that, in such difficult economic conditions as these, the European Union cannot work with inflexible instruments, and the multiannual financial framework has proved to be inflexible. This is without mentioning that the ... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Due to the potential far-reaching consequences of the proposal in question and the need for further thought to be given to the EFSM, I am in agreement with the conclusions that have been reached by the rapporteur. I have thus decided to vote in favour of this interim report. | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Böge report in order to condemn the untenable financial situation in which we currently find ourselves. Whereas the Treaty of Lisbon gives new prerogatives to the European Union, and large-scale European projects are called for and announced by Member States, the Commission and the Council ref... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As stated by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU must provide itself with the resources necessary to achieve its objectives and implement its policies. In addition, the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon has brought with it new areas of action, one of which is the European External Action... | null |
Göran Färm, Anna Hedh, Olle Ludvigsson and Marita Ulvskog | MEP | S&D | en | sv | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We believe it is important for it to be possible for sufficient resources to be provided, for example, for the EU’s new EU 2020 strategy for growth and employment, but also for the EU’s budget to be able to meet the necessary demands when it comes to the need for aid and combating climate change, for example. Moreover... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The effective planning and follow-up of the European Union’s actions are inconsistent with a simple annual budget. What is needed instead is a multiannual financial framework that can provide the institutions with sufficient means to carry out their duties and missions. The interim evaluation of the implementation of ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Between 2007 and 2009, the ceilings of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) were reached or exceeded. Important projects such as Galileo, the Food Facility and the European Economic Recovery Plan have only moved forward in the last four years of the current MFF through using up existing margins or by usin... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report calls for the instruments needed to implement the budgetary provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon to be adopted as soon as possible. That means subordinating the Union budget even further to the needs of neoliberalism, federalism and militarism – the three basic axes of the European integration process that i... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU budget is vital for helping and supporting rural Ireland and farmers’ incomes. Approximately EUR 2 billion per year from 2010 to 2013 will go to benefit Irish farmers, the rural community and the Irish food sector. Crucial budget negotiations are under way at present to reach agreement on the amount of money to... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report by Mr Böge makes the clear recommendation that, in order to facilitate planning, the financial structuring of EU projects should not be dependent on unused budgetary funds. Funds that have not been utilised or are not set aside for emergencies in one sector should not simply be used in other areas, as is of... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report is calling for new resources to implement the European Union’s new policies. These policies derive directly from the Treaty of Lisbon, whose liberal blindness and anti-democratic nature are no longer in doubt. I am voting against this report. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon has brought the EU new powers in several areas, including external action, sport, space and climate change. The EU needs to provide itself with sufficient resources to enable it to achieve its objectives and implement its policies. The multiannual financial framework, with which I agree, is being ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the adoption of this resolution, the EP asks the Council and the Commission to take into account the following recommendations: (a) that they work with the European Parliament to allow swift adoption of the new instruments needed to implement the budgetary provisions of the Lisbon Treaty and revise the current MFF... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In this report, Mr Böge takes a critical look at the various different problems facing the current multiannual financial framework and makes specific reference to the framework conditions provided for by Articles 311 and 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In view of the current economic climat... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The current market instability and the particular vulnerability of certain Member States as regards their financial markets fully justify the creation of the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM). While I hope that it will be used as little as possible, which would mean that the Member States are able to r... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This amending budget is the result of an initiative by the Committee on Budgets and its chair to use an amending budget to introduce an amendment aimed at creating a p.m. line (token entry) in order to finance the guarantees provided for in the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM). We recall that the EFSM... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In July, I voted against the Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, dreamed up by the Council, whereby the granting of new European loans becomes subject to implementation of economic and financial reforms imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). We have seen the dramatic consequences of this in Greece. Today, we... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The economic and financial crisis which has plagued the whole world, including the EU, has brought many challenges, including the need for the EU to respond to speculative attacks on weaker economies that could jeopardise the single currency. It was therefore necessary to create the European Financial Stabilisation Me... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The assistance given to Greece was sold to us as an exception from the bail-out ban, on the basis of Article 136. However, Article 136 does not provide a basis for giving credit to Greece since it only allows measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the treaties. Not only are these not provided for in th... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the adoption of this resolution, the EP 1. takes note of Draft amending budget No 7/2010; 2. approves the Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010 unamended and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 5/2010 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Off... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the establishment of this new budget line, as this ‘line’ was adopted by the Council and the Commission in connection with the package of measures to preserve the financial stability of the euro area with reference to the so-called ‘urgency articles’, without involving the European Parliament in any di... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In voting for this measure, there is no endorsement of the system of VAT. What is clear is that the timetable set for the introduction of an electronic refund procedure and a single refund request was, in practice, unrealistic – and many taxpayers and small businesses might lose as a consequence. This essential measure... | null |
John Bufton, David Campbell Bannerman, Derek Roland Clark and Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In voting for this measure, there is no endorsement of the system of VAT. What is clear is that the timetable set for the introduction of an electronic refund procedure and a single refund request was, in practice, unrealistic – and many taxpayers and small businesses might lose as a consequence. This essential measure... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur has welcomed the Commission proposal concerning making the necessary modifications so as to facilitate VAT refunds in situations where some of the parties involved in the transactions in question are located outside the EU. I feel that this was a necessary and positive step and thus have voted in favour ... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At the end of the year, when businesses do their accounts, their account balances tell an interesting story of work, sales, taxes paid and much more. They describe the point of departure one year before and the point of arrival twelve months later, yet they do not capture the path that has been taken from one point to... | null |
George Sabin Cutaş | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because I feel that the proposal for simplifying the VAT refund process by introducing an electronic procedure is useful. I think that my vote is beneficial to taxpayers as it will help safeguard their right to deduct VAT. | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting in favour of the recommendations in this report. The simplification of the VAT refund process considered in the VAT Refund Directive contributes to the increasing integration of the internal market. Since it has been established that the delays in meeting deadlines are sometimes the responsibility of the M... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I believe that the amendments proposed to the current directive on refunding VAT and enabling the adoption of certain implementing measures, in order to improve the functioning of the web portals, are extremely important. For greater efficiency and simplification of the current tax rules, the reduction of costs, and i... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour because I feel that this report makes a very positive contribution to improving the efficiency and transparency of tax procedures within the European Union. I would like to highlight the way the report defends taxpayers’ rights, particularly with regard to the deduction and refunding of VAT. The impl... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | If it is a matter of making it easier for businesses to obtain tax refunds, I can accept it. If it is a matter of validating the expansion of VAT instead of tax on income, I disagree with it. In liberal Europe, it is acceptable to be cautious. I will abstain. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Council Directive 2008/09/EC (the VAT Refund Directive) attempted to simplify the process of refunding VAT and reducing the administrative burden by introducing an electronic process that would allow taxpayers to submit a single request for a refund. However, the delay in implementing this directive in the majority of... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | lv | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted ‘for’, because I believe it is necessary to develop a common method of applying VAT. I hope that a unification of the method of applying VAT will lead to a situation where the rate of VAT is dependent on a country’s GDP indicator. Today, the increased rate of VAT in Latvia is hindering economic development, ca... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The refund of value added tax is extremely significant from a financial point of view for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular. As a result of breakdowns in the computer system, it is now to be feared that the right of deduction on the part of the taxable person will be put at risk. Postponement of the dea... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour inasmuch as the directive will simplify the procedure for the refund of VAT and, above all, reduces administrative burdens by introducing an electronic procedure allowing the taxpayer to submit a single refund request in his Member State of establishment. It is necessary to avoid belated VAT refunds ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report contains improvements to the electronic procedure for value added tax refunds. In addition, technical problems involved in the refunding of sales tax are resolved. I therefore voted in favour of this report. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With its vote, today, the European Parliament: (1) approves the Commission proposal as amended; (2) calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; (3) calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU’s pharmacovigilance system has changed over recent years in the sense that the work of the Member States is better coordinated. Nevertheless, there are still gaps in the legislation in force, and so the Commission has proposed changes designed to strengthen pharmacovigilance in the EU and to rationalise procedu... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance plays an important role in European public health, with almost 200 000 deaths every year reckoned to be caused by adverse drug reactions. Clinical tests are not sufficient to detect all the side-effects of drugs to be launched on the market. The cases involving the drugs Thalidomide or Vioxx are stil... | null |
Vito Bonsignore | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Through the measures voted on today, we will ensure greater protection for European patients, while guaranteeing them more analytical information about the undesirable effects of certain medicinal products. I am convinced that the establishment of a centralised database, connected to national databases, as envisaged b... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because it seems unacceptable to me to want to make pathetically low savings on patient safety and product quality. The European Commission’s initial proposals led to a weakening of the current system by giving a central role to companies for listing, alerting, analysing and providing ... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use, Regulation | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is the system used to monitor the safety of medicinal products after they have been authorised for public use. A total of 197 000 people die in the European Union every year due to adverse reactions to medicinal products. Achieving a good pharmacovigilance system, based on healthcare professionals, c... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Currently in the European Union, too many patients are still suffering from the side-effects of medicinal products. This is the reason why I voted for this report which seeks to address this issue. This text plans to launch national and European websites where patients can report side-effects, thereby creating a datab... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most important sectors in today’s societies, at an economic, social and scientific level. The EU is no exception, and this sector provides it with a source of economic growth and sustainable employment, besides contributing to the general welfare of the European public. Howeve... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The health of the population is a key political concern and it should remain so, too. Pharmaceutical firms bring a large number of new life- and health-improving medicines onto the market every year. According to the rapporteur, an estimated 197 000 people die each year as a result of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) to ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mrs McAvan’s report, inasmuch as I believe that European policy coordination in the area of public health is necessary. The monitoring of medicinal products means ensuring health safety and improving the effectiveness of the European health system. There is a duty to citizens of the Union to monit... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as the topic it addresses – pharmacovigilance – is increasingly important in scientifically and technologically developed societies, particularly in relation to biomedical research. It strengthens the previous provisions of Regulation In this respect, I would particularly highlight the importa... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Medicinal products play a crucial role in the health of European citizens; nevertheless, they can have adverse effects which, according to the European Commission, are the cause of approximately 5% of all hospital admissions. Pharmacovigilance is the procedure and the science of monitoring the safety of medicinal prod... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is the process and science of monitoring the safety of drugs, which includes gathering and managing drug safety data, evaluating the relevant data to detect a safety-related problem, the actions taken to rectify the problem, which also means providing information about the nature of the problem and e... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While the proposals adopted today will bring improvements for public health, the Greens are concerned about the provisions on product authorisations. The proposed centralisation of product approvals at European level has been tailored to the demands of the industrial lobby at the possible expense of rigorous product ev... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite the requirement for exhaustive clinical testing and a Marketing Authorisation I am pleased that the European Parliament has adopted the legislation on pharmacovigilance, which strengthens provisions on this subject in European legislation concerning medicines for human use. Henceforth, patients will be able t... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Adopting this package is of paramount importance to increasing patient safety, as patients will be much better informed about the drugs available on the market and which are intended for human use through databases being created, which will contain up-to-date, detailed information, as well as translations of the patie... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU’s pharmacovigilance system has changed over recent years in the sense that the work of the Member States is better coordinated. Nevertheless, there are still gaps in the legislation in force, and so the Commission has proposed changes designed to strengthen pharmacovigilance in the EU and to rationalise procedu... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. I did so because the agreement reached with the Council will make it possible to... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Consumer safety is a matter of vital importance to me, particularly when the consumers involved are also patients who are looking to the drugs they take for a cure, or at least a significant improvement in their health. That is why I consider the compromise agreement reached on the new pharmacovigilance rules to be si... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is the system used to monitor the safety of medicinal products after they have been authorised for public use. A total of 197 000 people die in the European Union every year due to adverse reactions to medicinal products. Achieving a good pharmacovigilance system, based on healthcare professionals, c... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance, which means the assessment, detection and prevention of adverse drug reactions, is an extremely important subject, particularly in view of the fact that such reactions are the fifth largest cause of hospital deaths, resulting in an estimated 197 000 deaths a year in the European Union. The whole pro... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained on the McAvan report on pharmacovigilance because the basis of effectiveness and safety for patients taking medication should be the independence of the pharmacovigilance committees. This inevitably requires public funding which is no longer safeguarded by this text, since from now on, these activities wil... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this motion because, for too long now, there has been a clear need to provide patients with correct information. Death due to the side effects of medicinal products has been the fifth largest cause of deaths in the EU in recent years and is the reason why action, such as that proposed by this Parl... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most important sectors in today’s societies, at an economic, social and scientific level. The EU is no exception, and this sector provides it with a source of economic growth and sustainable employment, besides contributing to the general welfare of the European public. Howeve... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | lv | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution, as I consider that information that people have should be available in their mother tongue. Over 40% of Latvia’s population have Russian as their mother tongue. In spite of this fact, information in Russian is not available for medication on sale in Latvia. There are many elderly people in... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is the name of the system for monitoring the safety of medicinal products after they have been authorised. In order to be able to guarantee patients the best possible protection, information on Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) should be collated from the whole of the EU quickly and with no red tape. Onl... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is used to monitor the safety of medicinal products after they have been authorised and therefore plays an important role in public health. Side effects from drugs that are rare, only appear after long-term use, or only in interaction with other drugs, can be missed in clinical trials. Thus, an estim... | null |
Rovana Plumb | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Pharmacovigilance is the system used to monitor the safety of medicines after they have been authorised for public use. Under current EU legislation, medicines can be authorised in two ways: a) through a central procedure where an application is made by a pharmaceutical company to the EMEA (European Medicines Agency),... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While the proposals adopted today will bring improvements for public health, the Greens are concerned about the provisions on product authorisations. The proposed centralisation of product approvals at European level has been tailored to the demands of the industrial lobby at the possible expense of rigorous product ev... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this proposal aimed at improving the regulation currently in force on the manufacturing and use of biocidal products. The limited and responsible use of biocides is part of our everyday lives, because they help avoid the spread of diseases and ensure high standards of health and hygiene. However, it is very ... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as biocides used to combat harmful organisms and pathogenic germs need to be safer, which means environmentally as well. There will be a simpler authorisation procedure for placing new biocidal products on the European market. I voted to ban the most toxic chemicals, especially those which are ... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union is perhaps the most mobile area in terms of population, with a high population density, especially in conurbations. These conditions make the transmission of germs and diseases more likely, which will make biocides a necessary part of our life, with the aim of preserving high standards of health and... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The stance on biocides should contribute to health protection without leading to unwanted risks. This resolution presents amendments to the Commission’s proposal on biocides and aims to standardise the existing legal regulations in force at a European level, as well as adapting them to new technical developments, whic... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as biocides used to combat harmful organisms and pathogenic germs need to be safer, which means environmentally as well. There will be a simpler authorisation procedure for placing new biocidal products on the European market. I voted to ban the most toxic chemicals, especially those which are ... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The main purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to improve the safety of biocidal products used and placed on the market in the European Union and to simplify the authorisation process across the whole of the European Union. For this purpose, the Commission’s proposal for a regulation seeks to unify existing Eur... | null |
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