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José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The need to ensure conditions for stronger and more effective European supervision of financial markets has resulted in a strong commitment from Parliament, which has become more evident and more appreciated as the current economic and financial crisis has progressed. A surveillance system at national level, based on ... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While it may be consistent to seek to set up a supervisory body on systemic risk, it is much less so to place it under the supervision of the European Central Bank (ECB). A body of this kind ought really to be inter-state. This is absolutely not the case in this proposal. A body chaired by the President of the ECB, wh... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The need to respond to a future financial crisis and the new models for macro- and micro-prudential supervision have led to the creation of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and the European System of Financial Supervisors. However, it is only the prestige of the European Central Bank (ECB) that will make this n... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is creating a framework for safeguarding financial stability. In order to avert the risk of new and serious financial crises, Europe requires an institutional framework for dealing with the insolvency of important financial institutions in the system. A new macro-prudential supervisory authority, the European S... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because the European Parliament has always played a predominant and central role in building a single market for financial services, actively promoting harmonisation, transparency and competition, so as to provide greater and better adapted protection for those who need it most, such as small-s... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This proposal for a regulation establishing a European Securities and Markets Authority forms part of the financial supervision package. This package establishes three European authorities to oversee specific sectors of the financial industry: banks, insurance and financial markets. In the same way as for the Skinner ... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The establishment of the European Securities and Markets Authority is part of the EU’s strategy aimed at strengthening the role of the European market supervisory executive in order to prevent situations arising which will lead to systemic risks of the kind which have shaken the financial markets since September 2008 ... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This new ESA will now form part of the European supervisory structure for financial supervision. More specifically, it will be responsible for the micro-prudential oversight of specific institutions. ESMA will play a particularly important role in the regulation and supervision of credit rating agencies. I am very plea... | 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 even though current progress does not measure up to the promises made in 2009 at the G20 summits, where European leaders committed themselves to achieving effective and tough regulation of financial products and institutions. However, this legislation package is not a substitute for th... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting for the creation of a European Securities and Markets Authority for the same kind of reasons and because I attach the same importance to it as with the creation of a European Banking Authority. I am doing so because the markets’ vulnerability to the intense speculation that has taken place in financial cen... | 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 this report because it advocates reform of the EU’s financial markets by guaranteeing supervision and establishing more efficient rules for better identifying risks in the financial system. I support these measures since they establish a single European supervisory authority for cross-border insti... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | If there is one thing that we have all learnt from the recent crisis, irrespective of our political convictions or worldviews, it is the need to reform the institutional supervision structure by creating European bodies and, in so doing, to rethink the whole concept of macro- and micro-economic supervision. There are ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | If there is to be effective regulation of financial and speculative markets, and bearing in mind the circumstances which led to this crisis, which has had serious consequences for Europe and developed countries, it is vital to ensure efficient and effective intervention at the level of securities transactions, in line... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The new agencies will enhance existing cooperation between national regulators and contribute to a more coherent approach in relation to supervision of the financial services sector. The new agencies will be able to tackle weaknesses in the current supervisory system and ensure that the problems that have been arising... | null |
Robert Goebbels | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Having been away from Strasbourg because I was representing the European Parliament at the annual meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) which took place in Hanoi from 20 to 25 September, I was not able to vote for the financial supervision package. I wish to... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Giegold report on the European Securities and Markets Authority because the European Union urgently needs to equip itself with tools for supervising financial markets so as to avoid new financial and economic crises. The creation of this authority, and those created in the rest of the ‘supervision pack... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The establishment of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as part of the Commission’s proposals following the recommendations of the Larosière Report of February 2009 is to be embraced. This authority will significantly strengthen the supervision of the financial sector in Europe. The ESMA will issue de... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My vote in favour is the result of my satisfaction with the agreement reached with the European Council. The creation of a European Securities and Markets Authority represents a very important result for the European Parliament, which used its expertise to improve the quality of the regulation, but it is a result whic... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The recent financial crisis has highlighted major weaknesses in financial supervision, both in individual cases and in relation to the financial system as a whole. Supervision models had a national perspective and did not adapt to the globalisation that has occurred within the financial system, where various financial... | 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 believe that the European Union has ended up in this crisis largely because there was insufficient supervision of securities, bank resources and pension funds. We must not only implement supervision of the financial markets and determine the risks, but also develop a mechanism to prev... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | At a time of cross-border markets, a purely national form of supervision for these companies is inadequate, as the current economic and financial crisis shows. However, it should be viewed as positive that, in the case of serious budgetary problems, the Member States have retained the power to make the final decisions... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained. On the one hand, the macro- and micro-prudential supervision system is a step forward compared with the current situation where supervision is fragmented across different countries. However, the draft legislation on European supervisory authorities is silent on how to deal with financial companies that ar... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution because I agree with the Commission’s proposal and with the amendments to it as tabled by Parliament. The authority must act with the intention of improving the workings of the internal market, not least through a high, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision, t... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Parliament today adopted legislation creating new EU financial supervisory authorities (for banking, insurance, pensions, securities and markets) and a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Today’s vote not only establishes EU-level financial supervision, it also represents a landmark for the creation of a ... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The final vote on the ‘financial package’ marked the end of negotiations with Parliament on a minimum of European regulation with regard to finance. I voted against this financial package because the answers put forward were not adequate for the current crisis and would be even less able to prevent future crises. It i... | null |
Damien Abad | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report highlights the negative impact of counterfeiting and violations of online intellectual property rights (IPR) in the creative sector as a whole, on jobs and on the European economy as a whole. I am convinced that in order to protect intellectual property further, it is necessary to make legal online content ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Marielle Gallo’s report on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market. This is an own-initiative report, that is to say, not of a legislative nature, with an approach that, in my opinion, seems balanced. For me, the challenge in this matter is the following: on the one hand... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this resolution. Infringements of intellectual property rights (IPR) constitute a genuine threat to our economies and societies because innovation and creativity have considerable added value for the European economy. The phenomenon of on-line IPR infringements has assumed worrying proportions, particularl... | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to express my appreciation of the efforts made within the Committee on Legal Affairs and of the work done by the rapporteur, which have led to the adoption of this report. Although it takes the form of a non-legislative resolution, Parliament is sending the Commission the message that artists must be prot... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The violation of intellectual property rights constitutes a threat not just to the health and safety of consumers, but also to all sectors of industry, in particular, the creative and innovative industries. It is therefore important for the measures mentioned in this resolution to be applied, particularly those concer... | null |
Françoise Castex | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this report because by likening file sharing for non-commercial purposes to counterfeiting and theft, Marielle Gallo and the European right are encouraging millions of Internet users who listen to music and watch films to break the law. In doing so, they pit artists against their own audience without g... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The structure of the European production system and its international competitive advantage are closely linked to innovation and, in broad terms, to human capital. Research and development for new solutions, or new processes to resolve problems, constitute the basis for the well-being and prosperity of the European Me... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Internet piracy has indeed reached alarming proportions, affecting intellectual property rights. However, I voted against this motion for a resolution because it does not guarantee a balance between the interests of all the parties involved, with the risk of consumers’ rights being harmed. There is a risk of censorshi... | null |
Luigi Ciriaco De Mita | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the vote on the report by Mrs Gallo on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market, two mutually complementary rights have been reconciled. One is the particular intellectual property right of the author and/or editor of the item created, and the other is the more general right to knowled... | null |
Anne Delvaux | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | For most people, the term ‘property’ always refers to material possessions. All too often, however, one forgets that intellectual production, too, must give rise to rights of ownership: that is, copyright. In this way, artists, writers, composers, authors and creators of all kinds should legitimately be able to receiv... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In France, just as in Europe, creation, research and innovation are waiting. Clarity and confidence need to be restored to all stakeholders. That is why the issue of intellectual property rights is legitimate. By our votes, we have therefore made our point in the fight against counterfeits (especially of medicines), i... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against this resolution because I think that Mrs Gallo’s report does not guarantee the principle of neutrality and personal data protection. It does not make any distinction either between file transfer for commercial and private purposes. The Commission must take into consideration, when creating a legal fram... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained in the vote on this report because I do not think it has struck the right balance between respect for artists’ rights, the need to combat counterfeiting and piracy, and freedom to access the Internet. | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Artistic, scientific, industrial and cultural creations deserve protection, and for that very reason, there are internationally recognised intellectual property rights (IPR). They guarantee the integrity of the creation or invention and must protect it from counterfeiting and piracy. Modern technologies, however, part... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The protection of intellectual property rights is a cause that should mobilise the entire European Union for the sake of a progressive and fair society and of developing a competitive economy. With the adoption of this report, the European Parliament is making a strong contribution to filling the gaps that still exist... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report contains a number of contradictions. Although, on the one hand, there are aspects that deserve our full support, particularly where it defends copyright, even stating that the encouragement of creativity and the promotion of cultural industries are not carried out against the creators’ interests, on the ot... | null |
Lorenzo Fontana | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report by Mrs Gallo on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market generally includes material that has already been expressed in a Commission communication, confirming the need for two-fold protection, of these rights on the one hand, and of consumers, on the other. It is an important r... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have proposed an amendment to this resolution, regarding putting greater emphasis on the important economic sectors on which the communities in question are very dependent. Article 174 of the Treaty of Lisbon refers to territorial cohesion as the new aim of the European Union. This means that the European Union must... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am definitely in favour of protecting authors’ rights, and I think that currently, their rights are often protected in an illusory way – on paper – while technology makes it easy to evade copyright legislation. I am also an opponent of criminalising Internet users who exchange files for private use – I think that, a... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Clearly, intellectual property rights must be respected. Clearly, infringements of these rights must be punished, because they undermine the interests of our creators, our economies and our businesses. Nevertheless, we have not been able to approve Mrs Gallo’s report because, behind the few remarks on the counterfeiti... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The own-initiative report on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market was adopted by 328 votes to 245, with 81 abstentions. Admittedly, Mrs Gallo (Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)) obtained a majority, but the debate was confused; she did not manage to transcend divi... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While I supported the amendments in favour of combating counterfeiting, raising young people’s awareness of intellectual property issues and supporting the novelty of small and medium-sized enterprises, I did, however, vote against the own-initiative report on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the interna... | null |
Matthias Groote | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Gallo report because I cannot support measures that have even remotest chance of resulting in people having their Internet access blocked or in the loss of the neutrality of the Internet. Moreover, the report makes no distinction between commercial and non-commercial file sharing, thereby criminali... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Gallo report which, in my opinion, encourages nothing short of a real ‘pirate hunt’, and which unfortunately is reminiscent of the purely French debate surrounding the Hadopi law. Inspired solely by coercion, the text voted through in Strasbourg lumps together in a hazardous way the counterfeiting ... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Gallo report on enforcement of intellectual property rights. The position adopted by the Committee supports innovation, employment in the creative sector and consumer security. On the other hand, it also identifies the phenomenon of counterfeiting in its various forms and the threat that resul... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I wish to thank my colleague, Mrs Gallo, for her very thorough report. Although its content split opinion among the groups, there was an undeniable need to make people generally aware of the effects of the creative sectors on employment and the economy as well as their dependence on adequate protective mechanisms. For... | null |
Edvard Kožušník | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The maintenance and enforcement of intellectual property rights is a burning issue that is a concern to many European entrepreneurs. It is therefore necessary to appreciate the fact that the Commission pays appropriate attention to this issue in its communication. However, I have several basic objections to the conten... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Like several other members of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, I chose to support the Gallo report, because as a journalist and writer born into an artistic family, I believe that it is extremely important to tackle the problems of increased violations of intellectual property rights. Without the possib... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Counterfeiting remains an enormous problem within the European market. Unfortunately, even though this is a topic which has been under discussion for many years now, few realise the terrible impact that copyright infringement has on our economies. Hence, there is a need to start raising the institutions’ awareness tha... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This text recognises the intellectual property rights created by the French Revolution in 1789. However, it establishes rights to private justice for operators, a practice of the ancien régime. In keeping with my opposition to the Hadopi law in France, I voted against. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Throughout history, intellectual property rights have always been disrespected. However, the technical advances that have been taking place in information technology, not least the Internet, have made the problem more serious. It is also important to underline that any infringement of intellectual property rights is v... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Gallo report, which clearly advocates the protection of intellectual property rights. These rights are under threat on many fronts or are treated with contempt. It is not only industry that is affected, but it is also the creative industries, sport and the music industry. The unauthorised uplo... | null |
Vital Moreira | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I personally voted in favour of the Gallo report on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market, because I believe it adopts a fair, balanced position on this important issue. Intellectual property rights (IPR) deserve no less protection than other rights. Creators and researchers, as well as th... | null |
Cristiana Muscardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I completely agree with what the Gallo report says about strengthening the application of intellectual property rights and share in the call to the Commission to urgently work on revising the laws to protect the applicable IPRs in both the internal and external market. In the age of digitalisation of our society, it i... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the Gallo report because intellectual property must be protected just as strongly as material property. No matter what form it takes, intellectual property is the driving force for development, innovation and economic growth. For this reason, it must enjoy a special place on the authorities’ agenda. This f... | null |
Evelyn Regner | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Gallo report on the following grounds: In my opinion, the report is half-baked and unbalanced. My group has therefore also drawn up a counter-resolution. This introduces a better thought-out and more balanced approach to the debate. In my opinion, the relentless criminalisation of Internet users – ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resolution adopted today proposes an archaic, one-size-fits-all response to intellectual property infringements, and fails to recognise the changed reality of intellectual property. It is regrettable that MEPs were unwilling to acknowledge the obvious distinction between counterfeiting crime and copyright infringem... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In a global world where an uncontrolled, unprotected Internet runs rampant, counterfeiting and piracy play the lord and master. To fail to value intellectual property, a vital commodity for businesses, means failing to encourage innovation and growth by ensuring a just reward for the work expended. The counterfeiting ... | null |
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Beyond the content, I supported this report for its balanced approach, despite pressure from some Internet players, pressure assumed by the socialists, because grandstanding will one day need to end. While this report is not legally binding, it does lay the foundations for a European reflection on intellectual propert... | null |
Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In her report on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market, Mrs Gallo emphasises the role and significance of intellectual property rights, patent rights, the fight against counterfeiting in areas that are sensitive in terms of health and safety, the creation and distribution of formats which ... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against the Gallo report as legislative rather than ‘soft law’ instruments need to be used to supplement the legal framework for intellectual property rights (IPR). Innovation and creativity are encouraged through respect for IPR. Implementation of the Digital Agenda requires both protection for consumer right... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My rejection of this report should in no way be misconstrued as the rejection of a legislative initiative for the protection of intellectual property. I am merely dissatisfied with the way in which the problems in this area of the law are dealt with. Effective measures against infringements of intellectual property ri... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mountain regions and sparsely populated regions face specific problems, as a result of which they require specific support based on regional programmes. GDP must remain the yardstick for measuring eligibility for aid and Structural Funds so that less developed countries continue to be helped and boosted. We need econo... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution acknowledges the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the recognition of the principle of territorial cohesion as a key objective of the European Union and the necessary increase in help given to areas that are disadvantaged by their geographical situation (mountain regions, islands and sparsely p... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this motion for a resolution because it contains useful suggestions for helping regions with geographical or demographic handicaps to tackle the challenges they face. These regions perform below the EU average and have a low GDP and high unemployment rate. The cohesion policy is the most effective model fo... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas face particular challenges which deserve special consideration; not least among these are poor accessibility, energy supply and regional integration, as well as climate change and migratory phenomena. I voted for this report because I believe the important charact... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon places territorial cohesion among the fundamental objectives of the European Union, alongside economic and social cohesion, as it results in a more visible and quantifiable manifestation of European solidarity. EU cohesion policy must cover all the regions of the Union, par... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | One in ten European citizens live in mountain regions. Some of these regions, particularly in the new Member States, are disadvantaged areas where poverty and the lack of infrastructure have a serious impact on people’s living conditions. These regions must continue to be a priority for European cohesion policy whose ... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The principle of territorial cohesion was consolidated in the regulations on the Structural Funds 2007-2013 and is one of the new key objectives established for the European Union by the Treaty of Lisbon, aimed at securing the harmonious development of the EU by reducing regional disparities and removing obstacles to d... | 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 motion for a resolution on the European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas, because specific measures are required aimed at overcoming the handicaps and exploiting the potential of these regions, in line with the objective... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Of all the regional asymmetries and differences within the European Union, one situation that deserves special treatment is that of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas. These regions face specific difficulties on account of their geographical and demographic circumstances, which is why they deserve ... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The resolution in question could have sketched out guidelines and recommendations relevant to regions with structural and geographical constraints that hold back their economic and social development. Yet it barely skims the surface and does not touch on the really important points in its analysis of this issue. By re... | null |
Salvatore Iacolino | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution on the European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas because I believe that it is important to re-launch the issue of territorial cohesion and harmonious development of all the geographical realities that make up ... | null |
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of paragraph 3 (Amendment 1 tabled by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance) because I think that GDP should be one of the main criteria, rather than the sole criterion, by which eligibility for regional policy aid is decided. I voted against the first part of paragraph 4, and in favour of t... | null |
Erminia Mazzoni | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The definition of a European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas opportunely takes on the task of readjusting the implementing measures of the cohesion policy on the basis of the assessment of a further criterion, the ‘territory’. This intervention... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon has made the principle of territorial cohesion even more predominant and has revealed a particular concern for the asymmetries existing between the various regions. Mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas should benefit from a special status that enables them... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In various papers, it is always stressed that rural regions, outermost regions and, in this case, mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas, require a special strategy or even subsidies. At the same time, however, numerous measures are taken that accelerate the withdrawal from these areas. We only need to... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mountain regions are distributed throughout the EU and a characteristic of these regions, and the Alpine region in particular, is a focus on agriculture and forestry. Problems arise, among other things, as a result of an increasingly ageing population, problems in relation to infrastructure and accessibility and the a... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Because of their characteristics, mountain areas face specific challenges including, in particular, a rapidly ageing population, transport difficulties, obstacles to energy supply and a lack of regional integration. As a representative of France’s South-West constituency in the European Parliament, and being particula... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Strong support the one that the EP has given to this resolution where we welcome the inclusion of territorial cohesion as a new objective of the Union, as well as new Article 174. With its adoption, the EP believes that the provisions of Article 174 should be translated into specific development strategies and concrete... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are in favour of this statement as it is important to identify a joint European strategy for the economic development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas. We should encourage initiatives along the lines of the Euroregion model that covers areas with common interests between Italy and France. P... | null |
Debora Serracchiani | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this resolution because I believe it is necessary at EU level to have a specific European strategy for the development of mountain and island regions: a strategy that takes account of aspects such as promoting the economy and structures, employment policy, the protection of natural resources, civi... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There are many regional disparities in the European Union with regard to development levels. As an expression of European solidarity, the territorial cohesion objective aims to eliminate these differences and promote harmonious development through financial means of structural adjustment and the adaptation of the vari... | null |
Joachim Zeller | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I did not vote for this motion for a resolution, as I believe that we are now seeing an upsurge in ‘strategies’ – for the Danube, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, to combat climate change and other similar issues – to the extent that we will soon need a strategy for the strategies so that we can ke... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the statement on failings in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Commission Vice-President Lady Ashton is responsible for this matter. As she is unable to attend today’s sitting, Mr Chas... | null |
Olivier Chastel, on behalf of Catherine Ashton | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed on behalf of the High Representative, Baroness Ashton, that I have the honour of taking the floor before you. I should like straightaway, on her behalf, of course, to assure you that the European Union is concerned about the human rights situation in the D... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | One of the most serious humanitarian crises of recent years is taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rapes committed at the end of July and the beginning of August, although horrific in themselves, are just one episode in a whole series of tragic events. Every month, over 1 000 women become the victims... | null |
Véronique De Keyser | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is impossible to speak here on behalf of the women rape victims who have lost their dignity, of the mutilated babies, of the pregnant women whose stomachs have been cut open, of the elderly women who have been violated with bayonets thrust into their vaginas, and of all those women whose bodies have b... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr President. I am sorry to say that, in view of the little progress that has been made in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we must condemn the serious setbacks and failures. Everything, or almost everything, remains to be done in that country. Rather than being in a position to guarantee stability i... | null |
Isabelle Durant | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I can only concur with what has been said, especially with the remarks made by Mrs De Keyser, who gave a very harsh and very raw description of the violence being perpetrated against women. It is true that all the reports say the same thing. They are all unbearable, intolerable, both individually and, mo... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is neither particularly democratic as we understand the term here in the European Union, nor is it an effectively functioning republic; this is partly due to its vast size, porous borders and poor infrastructure, which makes democratic governance a major challenge. B... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in this House, we are once again addressing the difficult issue of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which seems to be getting worse all the time. In June, we adopted a resolution to condemn the murder of Floribert Chebeya and expressed concern about the disappearance of Fidèle Baz... | null |
Bastiaan Belder | MEP | ID | en | nl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, 2010 marks 50 years of Congolese independence. When we look back, we can see that these last 50 years have been disgracefully besmirched with blood right up to the present day. The horrific events in the North Kivu region this summer simply corroborate this. When we read that 25 soldiers from the UN miss... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this debate implies that human rights abuses in the Congo are a recent phenomenon, or that this is an unusual state of affairs in Africa. Neither is the case: if only it were. I remember the independence of the Belgian Congo in 1960, when I was still at school. I recall the kidnapping and arrest of Patric... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-09-22T00:00:00 | 2010 | Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We are holding another debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a republic, as someone has said, which, to a great extent, is democratic in name only – where human rights are being violated on a daily basis. We are talking, today, about violence against the weakest, in particular, against women, w... | null |
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