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Danuta Maria Hübner | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the years to come, growth in Europe will be supply-driven. Sustainable and competitive investment patterns will be crucial. Cohesion policy is a major source of European public investment and must work as a catalyst for structural change by investing in research and innovation, resource efficiency, new... | null |
Johannes Hahn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner Andor, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking Parliament for giving this topic such a prominent place on the agenda at a time when Brussels is having the last of its ‘open days’, with over 6 000 stakeholders in the city and more than 130 events and seminars intensively worki... | null |
László Andor | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the economic and social situation in Europe continues to pose enormous challenges. Unemployment has risen sharply, with the rate expected to reach 11% at the end of this year. Furthermore, poverty continues to be a daily reality for many Europeans including children. Whilst it is true that we are slowly e... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner Hahn and Commissioner Andor, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to see you seated here together. That demonstrates your desire to work together towards the overall objective of social, economic and territorial cohesion. I have also read the letter you addressed to Mr Barroso concerning cohes... | null |
Constanze Angela Krehl | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, in the European Union, cohesion policy means that we aim to lend our support to the weaker regions. It is an expression of major European solidarity. Solidarity, however, is never a one-way street, and my group therefore backs the principle that all the regions of the... | null |
Nadja Hirsch | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think it is right and proper for us to be championing the cause of a coordinated cohesion and regional policy. This is extremely important in order to deliver efficiency and to be able to use the money well, despite the limited amounts in question. I must warn, however, that the plan is to achieve this... | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased about this debate as it represents a first attempt for us to reach compromises on a very major project that will occupy us for the next few years. The most important thing in these compromise resolutions of the European Parliament is the discrete nat... | null |
Oldřich Vlasák | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, in the discussion on future cohesion policy, we are all, first and foremost, defending our own interests. For this reason, it will be very difficult to find a meaningful and rational consensus that will win the support of as many Members as possible. In my view, the first key quest... | null |
Gabriele Zimmer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to draw attention to a fundamental conflict which is already becoming apparent in relation to the European Social Fund (ESF). The Treaty of Lisbon recommends that the ESF should focus primarily on active labour market policy. We in the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Gr... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it has been suggested that the Commission will withdraw regional development funding to all but the most economically weak areas of the Union post-2013 by removing Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective funding. Although many areas of Wales benefit under the Convergence Objective, reflecting th... | null |
Pascale Gruny | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, we have reached a pivotal moment in the debate on the future of the European Social Fund (ESF). At a time when employment has become the number one preoccupation of all countries and all European regions, I am proud of the resolution Parliament has proposed today on t... | null |
Pervenche Berès | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, thank you for this opportunity to debate before the Commission deliberates on these proposals. Employment, poverty, the economic, financial and social crisis in the European Union, and the subsequent austerity measures in the budgets of the Member States, force us, at European level, to ful... | null |
Ramona Nicole Mănescu | MEP | ALDE | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Social inclusion is a particularly important topic which is well integrated into regional policy. As we are all aware, it entails much more than simply job creation. The resolution on the European Social Fund emphasises the role it plays in achieving the EU 2020 strategy objectives. Without regional policy instruments... | null |
Jean-Paul Besset | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to draw your attention, ladies and gentlemen, to an aspect of this resolution, which is of central and not secondary importance to me, and which can give the policies of regional cohesion their full meaning. The challenge is to identify the best instrument to enable us to measure the state ... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | (started off-microphone) … has more than 250 regions in its 27 Member States. Not all of these regions are homogeneous. There are major differences between them in terms of wealth, development and standard of living. To reduce these differences and to make the regions more competitive, the European Union implemented a... | null |
Giancarlo Scottà | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, future regional and cohesion policy must be aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy priorities, and therefore it must be focused on the objectives of sustainable growth, social inclusion and employment. It needs to support the effective development of the European regions by levelling... | null |
Dimitar Stoyanov | MEP | NI | en | bg | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | This topic is particularly important for me, as five of the six Bulgarian regions are in the top 10 poorest regions in the European Union. The reason for this is that those who led Bulgaria into the European Union misled the nation into thinking that as soon as Bulgaria joined, billions in assistance from European fun... | null |
Markus Pieper | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, today we have seen fundamental agreement across all the groups in Parliament. We want a strong cohesion policy and structural policy in all the European regions. It does not matter whether we are talking about a net contributor or one of the poorer Member States; structural policy remains the strongest e... | null |
Alejandro Cercas | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the next few months, we are going to have to discuss and decide upon the future organisation of the Structural Funds, which are essential for bringing us out of the crisis and tackling the Europe 2020 strategy. I think that when the time comes, it will be important to learn from experience and uphold ... | null |
Marian Harkin | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Article 4 TFEU lists the competences shared between the Union and the Member States. After the internal market, social policy is the next on the list, followed by economic, social and territorial cohesion. That gives an indication of the priorities in the treaty. Following on from that, Article 9 clearly ... | null |
François Alfonsi | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to express, first of all, our commitment to regional development policy. We consider the region to be the appropriate level at which to structure European economic policies. Indeed, it has a natural ability to withstand globalisation and, consequently, to sustain employment and ensure its fa... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Parliament’s Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis has concluded that one of the key instruments to aid economic recovery should be that of cohesion funding across all regions of the EU. My nation of Wales is currently in receipt of cohesion funding, and given how badly the privat... | null |
Charalampos Angourakis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the debate on so-called cohesion policy in the European Union has not highlighted basic characteristics such as: firstly, the fact that no EU cohesion policy can eliminate the inequalities in growth caused by the capitalist method of production, which operates solely on the criterion of profit for capita... | null |
Juozas Imbrasas | MEP | ID | en | lt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We all know very well that the objective of European Union cohesion policy is to reduce development disparities among EU Member States and regions. However, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in implementing this large-scale programme in regional policy, it must cover all of Europe’s regions and I ag... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund are financing instruments of EU regional policy which aim to bridge the development divide between the regions and promote regional cohesion. The future challenges faced by our cohesion policy, such as globalisation, demographic change, cli... | null |
Csaba Őry | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Now that the individual policies and directions for the 2020 strategy are already on their way to being implemented in practice, we must realise that we know next to nothing about their funding or financial background. It only follows that by underlining the importance and necessity of the cohesion policy, in a sense,... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am sure that Commissioner Hahn does not need to be persuaded that cohesion policy is one of the most successful policies of the EU, the results of which have influenced the lives of millions of citizens, wherever they live in Europe. I am sure that Commissioner Andor does not need to be persuaded about ... | null |
Riikka Manner | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, cohesion policy is not simply a matter of solidarity: it is partly a means for us to create added value for Europe as a whole. There is a good deal of expertise in our region as well as very strong potential based on natural resources, for example. We can only achieve these targets, which ... | null |
Konrad Szymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think that when planning changes which are so strategic, we should take very careful note of past experience. This experience tells us clearly that where money was spent on hard infrastructure investments and in accordance, primarily, with the GDP criterion, the expenditure brought advantages to the en... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we all know that the aim of the European Social Fund is to narrow the prosperity gap and promote economic and social cohesion. However, today, in the year for combating poverty, Europe is in recession, we have unemployment, we have businesses closing and, therefore, th... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | At present, we are giving almost one third of our budget to the EU’s cohesion policy in the 2007-2013 period. Under a number of new proposals, some of this budget would be redirected after 2013 towards fulfilling the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. However, in the Committee of the Regions, representatives of t... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, at a time when Member States are reducing public spending, in the UK our government is seeking to overhaul the benefits system to make work pay more. I do believe, then, in this context, that funds such as the ESF have a vital role to play in ensuring the employability of those who are hard to reach and l... | null |
Erminia Mazzoni | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this resolution is fundamental because it takes on board the important requirement for renewal connected with the creation of an anti-crisis policy for 2020 by striking a balance between necessary innovation and due respect for the fundamental principles of cohesion policy. This is, and must remain, the ... | null |
Victor Boştinaru | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Hitherto, the cohesion policy has been a successful instrument in narrowing the disparities between Member States and for displaying solidarity, very much a fundamental value of our EU. However, it is vital to reduce the imbalances not only for the sake of the European Union, but also of every individual citizen and r... | null |
Ivars Godmanis | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the resolution is strategically very well written. We must support it. However, we have to find where the problems are at present. I would point out to the Commissioner that, as at 1 September, the absorption rate for the Social Fund was just 18%, which is half as much – twice as bad – as in the previous ... | null |
Roberts Zīle | MEP | ECR | en | lv | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr President. Commissioner, I believe that the draft prepared by Mrs Hübner, the former Commissioner for Regional Policy, is also balanced and, in fact, good. I understand that we all know that the crisis has created a challenge for many Member States that are net contributors, as a result of which there is... | null |
Thomas Mann | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are not talking about peanuts here. For the period from 2007 to 2013, EUR 75 billion is available for the European Social Fund (ESF) and this amounts to almost 8% of the EU budget. As Brussels will only provide the money for the ESF when the Member States take responsibility for cofinancing, this mean... | null |
Evgeni Kirilov | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we all agree that the cohesion policy has had a very positive impact so far. This is visible and recognisable. However, there are different ideas for the post-2013 cohesion policy. We should further develop and adapt it to the new challenges and realities by building on its achievements and not by totally... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr President. I would like to say a few words about cohesion policy. The future of cohesion policy has been framed in the context of rising unemployment and contracting public finances across Europe. It is likely that the BMW (Border, Midlands and Western) region in my country will once again fall within t... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, today is an extremely important political day for the future of EU regional policy. This is for two reasons. The first is that this morning, we MEPs are joining forces and addressing our demands to the European Commission and the European ministers. We want to capital... | null |
Ricardo Cortés Lastra | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, I would like cohesion policy from 2013 to continue to be the prime example of solidarity within the EU. I would like cohesion policy to be a genuine response to the crisis and its aftermath, and in order to achieve this, it is essential for it to be incorporated into the Europe 2020 strateg... | null |
Edit Bauer | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, a lot has been said today about regional and cohesion policy. However, I would like to talk about the role of the European Social Fund, which has a fundamental role and significance in cohesion policy as well, because if large groups are falling behind, then we also have a problem ... | null |
Kerstin Westphal | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Hahn, Mr Andor, ladies and gentlemen, I do not need to emphasise how important cohesion and regional policy is for the process of living together and growing together in Europe. However, I also believe that in future, regional policy and cohesion policy must focus more closely on our cities. Cities ar... | null |
Jan Olbrycht | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, it is surprising that before a further financial framework is agreed, we often have discussions whose purpose is to defend cohesion policy, a policy which has proved to be one of the most effective and most visible in the European Union. In fact, discussion of cohesion policy is, to a grea... | null |
Salvatore Caronna | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Open Days have been taking place here in Brussels over the last few days. Many municipal and regional representatives have been talking about how to address the serious problems our cities are facing and about the old and new needs affecting workers, families, and small and large production companies ali... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, after four consecutive years in which the unemployment rate fell, from 2004 to 2008, the current economic crisis has wiped out much of the progress made. Unemployment rates across the European Union have shot up. In Portugal, for example, we have unfortunately reached... | null |
Sergio Gaetano Cofferati | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, there is no doubt the Structural Funds have been one of the most effective instruments for giving shape to European policies and, above all, for ensuring the solidity of the European economy. That is why I believe it is very important not only to reconfirm them, but also to give thought to ... | null |
Rosa Estaràs Ferragut | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to thank the working group led by the chair of the Committee on Regional Development, which has made it possible for us to have this debate today. We certainly all agree that cohesion policy is the essential element for achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, and also ... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, joined-up policies are essential to achieving results. So is a mechanism to drive change in a dynamic way, which is best achieved, in my view, by engaging all stakeholders in a structured manner. The fundamental role that services of general interest, including social services, play in economic, social an... | null |
Tamás Deutsch | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe a strong and efficient cohesion policy is inconceivable. Without the political consensus – or political cohesion if you will – required for the development and implementation of the policy, President Hübner’s questions and the related draft decision, I believ... | null |
Sylvana Rapti | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Social Fund is a tool, a basic tool with which to build a better Europe, so that we can forge the solidarity of peoples and states. However, like every other tool, it is very important that we think about how we should use it. Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, if we imagine the European S... | null |
Jan Kozłowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, cohesion policy should be maintained and strengthened in the new financial framework. In accordance with the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity, which are fundamental principles of the Union, cohesion policy should support those regions which have the greatest distance to make up in... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioners Andor and Hahn, the cohesion policy is the European Union’s most successful and most perceivable public policy. It is also an important tool which will be much needed by the Union in the future as well. The convergence of new Baltic and Central European Member States is by no means complete. In addition,... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, cohesion policy has been necessary, and it has been successful. In my opinion, now we need to dare to look ahead and have the courage to ask whether the money today is going to the right places and having the impact it is intended to. Money is allocated here and there, and no longer these days to the poo... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The achievements of the European Union’s cohesion policy and the added value it can bring to the EU 2020 strategy are indisputable. The role which this policy plays in boosting regions’ competitiveness and facilitating their increasing adaptability must also be highlighted. Although the cohesion policy’s priorities sh... | null |
Juan Fernando López Aguilar | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in a debate that is always of great interest to Members who come from and live on islands, such as, in my case, the Canary Islands. I am doing so in line with my participation in the debate on regional policy, under Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioni... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as we know, 27 EU Member States with a large number of regions, cities and communities and a population of 500 million have, of course, a huge variety of different needs and problems. In addition, every EU initiative on a Brussels level has regional and local effects. Since the 1970s, structural aid has ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I believe that the European Commission should explain clearly and in detail how synergy is going to be achieved between the cohesion funds and common agricultural policy funds, given that harmonising the operation of these funds would generate more added value for the EU’s actions and would also boost our efficiency a... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Wales has benefited hugely from structural funding. It is therefore not surprising that I support the current basis of cohesion policy. I believe that structural funding should be made available to all regions across the EU and that adequate support should be provided for regions that no longer have conve... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, if we look at the aims of cohesion policy, it clearly has European added value. It demonstrates European solidarity by reducing regional asymmetries and contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion. To be able to do that, therefore, it must have the neces... | null |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | MEP | S&D | en | fi | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Europe 2020 was, in the wake of the deepest crisis in European economic history, supposed to represent a new beginning. The debate that has taken place subsequently, however, has been dominated by talk of budgetary discipline and little else. It seems that those who say that we need to make more cuts get... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, your statement, Mr Hahn, that cohesion and regional policy is in good condition and should be a policy which is close to the citizens, incorporating different, well-designed instruments, is – it seems to me – a good answer to the question which has been asked in this Chamber today. Overcoming the crisis,... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is well known that territorial cohesion, along with the economic and social prosperity of the Member States and their regions, need communication networks that facilitate and allow genuine free movement of people, goods and services across borders. They need these networks to guarantee greater coheren... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, cohesion policy covers and unites various wide-ranging developmental objectives, as well as the expectations not only of the regions, but also of various social groups. The achievements of cohesion policy and experiences gained from it show that it can and should be the policy which meets the new challen... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Cohesion policies are not just another instrument of European integration but can be seen as a real embodiment and dynamic proof of the European project itself, in the sense of a community of citizens sharing values of social justice and solidarity. In this context, we can understand the insistence that cohesion polic... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to ask the European Commission to ensure that the European Union’s future economic, social and territorial cohesion policy allocates large sums to the transport sector, especially for intermodality, and also to energy efficiency in residential buildings. I think that these investments will, on the one han... | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The timing of today’s debate on the cohesion policy after 2013 is just right if we also consider that the Open Days are taking place in Brussels. The fact that numerous participants from most of Europe’s regions have come here to present their initiatives, efforts and results, as well as their dissatisfaction in a var... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I do not have much time, Mr President. Therefore, I will focus on just a few points. Mr President, firstly, there can be no renationalisation of the ESF just as there can be no renationalisation of CAP. We need more, not less, Europe. Secondly, there is a dire need for simplification in the process of application. I ... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Social Fund (ESF) is probably the instrument that does the most to promote cohesion. It therefore needs to be closely coordinated with the Regional Development Fund. It is essential to take a local approach to the problems that need solving: in other words, global vision for local action. Local and region... | null |
Piotr Borys | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, cohesion policy or regional policy could be one of the key drivers of the European Union’s development. This is a policy which is more citizen-friendly than most, which concentrates on practical aims and on solving practical, important problems. This is why we need to complete matters of territorial cohe... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Regional development policy is a key element in the economic, social and territorial development of the European Union, and its systematic modernisation in response to new trends therefore deserves special attention and must be a priority for the European Union even after 2013. The wealth of experience from the past m... | null |
Silvia Costa | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to express my support for maintaining the European Social Fund’s own budget and rules, albeit with a view to its greater integration with all the other Structural Funds. However, the rules need to be revised in at least five areas: we need more simplification and more monitoring of results ... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we are talking about cohesion and regional policy. As some of you may already know, there is a leaked document on the future of the common agricultural policy towards 2020, which also addresses the territorial challenges of the future. So there are links between all of our policies. In each of them, we wa... | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Union’s cohesion and regional policies are extremely important, not only in order to increase competitiveness, but also to put the concept of a single Europe into practice. I think we all agree that a truly united Europe will only be built in the medium and long term if the levels of economic development ... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In all of these strategies and frameworks, we must bear in mind the fundamental fact that Europe is not a project to construct an open-air museum. It is not a communist utopia where everyone works and everyone gets what they want. The European Social Fund is not a tool for implementing such ideas. It is a tool for ass... | null |
Jiří Havel | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to express my thanks for today’s presentation and for the subsequent fruitful discussion. It fills me with enormous optimism. The fact that there is agreement on the need for a cohesion policy is undoubtedly good news for everyone, and the fact that there is agreement within this Parliament ... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I would like to thank Mr Hahn, the former Austrian Minister for Science and Research, for starting a new debate which will make a major contribution to promoting growth in Europe. If every small and medium-sized company in Europe were to create one additional job, we would have no more unemploym... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, cohesion policy is the great pillar of European solidarity. It is through cohesion that we achieve the objective of reducing regional disparities and stimulate harmonious development throughout the European Union. We must establish a framework for the forthcoming 2014-2020 period that can e... | null |
Johannes Hahn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this has been a very lively and committed debate. I would like to thank everyone involved. I would also like to remind everyone and to repeat and reinforce the fact that regional policy is an investment policy which covers all the regions. It should be regarded as an integrated policy, which is why it de... | null |
László Andor | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for me, too, this has been an extremely useful and helpful discussion about the future of cohesion policy and, within that, the future of the European Social Fund. I agree with everyone who stressed that this is a crucial financial instrument to support the Europe 2020 strategy and its three objectives: i... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I have received two motions for resolutions(1)tabled in accordance with Rule 115(5) and Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place shortly. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Dominique Baudis | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | By voting today, Thursday, 7 October 2010 on a resolution, the European Parliament is demanding that the Commission give thought to significantly improving cohesion policy instruments. Thanks to the Treaty of Lisbon, cohesion is no longer just economic and social; it is also territorial. Regional policy is one of the ... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In the current economic and social crisis, the European Social Fund (ESF) is one of the principal European Union financial instruments for combating mass unemployment as well as poverty and social exclusion. Moreover, this fund plays a significant role in the areas of the education of workers, lifelong vocational trai... | null |
Zuzana Brzobohatá | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I consider the resolution submitted on the basis of the oral question to be important in many respects. It is certainly worth mentioning that the common position presented in the draft resolution emphasises the call based on experience from the current programming period for the structure of the cohesion policy for th... | null |
Alain Cadec | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Structural Funds contribute to hundreds of economic, social and cultural projects in every region of Europe, with action taken as close as possible to the citizens. Their role in the success of the EU 2020 strategy is crucial. Like the vast majority of my colleagues in the Committee on Regional Development, I feel... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We all know that the European Social Fund is the main financial instrument available to the European Union for supporting Member States’ employment policies. We are currently facing a crisis scenario at EU level and Member States have different capabilities for managing the situations triggered by the economic and fin... | null |
Zita Gurmai | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | During its history, the ESF has always adapted to the current economic priorities of the EU. It is evident that the ESF has to adapt itself again, because circumstances have changed. It has to be adapted to the EU 2020 strategy, where raising employment is a key goal. It has to adapt to the crisis. The ESF is not a cri... | null |
Edit Herczog | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | When we talk about the future of the cohesion policy and particularly about the objectives, priorities and structure of the policy, we must mention the EU-wide integration of EU and regional energy markets and the strategic infrastructural network promoting the use of renewable energy sources, because urban and rural ... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It will be crucial to link and accommodate the EU future cohesion policy to the EU 2020 strategy, because only this link can provide for sustainable economic growth, competitiveness and the creation of new jobs. At the same time, we should not allow the cohesion policy to be fragmented. EU 2020 will be an important com... | null |
Ádám Kósa | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The draft motion for a resolution of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is correct in highlighting the importance of supporting SMEs and creating synergies between the structural funds, because while the European Social Fund is a success story, errors are still made and it continues to struggle with many p... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The cohesion policy is vital to the European integration process. We need a uniform EU-level regional policy which will bring about sustainable growth, job creation and modernisation across the whole European Union. We will successfully achieve our objectives only through viable synergy between all the European polici... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I should like to say a few words. Those who are well informed know that debates on the future shape of this policy are now starting to become more intense. Sometimes, the question is even raised as to whether this policy should exist at all. The cohesion policy has its supporters, but also its critics. I would like to... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | lv | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I am grateful to Mrs Hübner for her responsible work. All the issues included in the resolution are of current concern to Latvia. Unfortunately, in the cohesion policy programme, Latvia is represented by a single region. By contrast, Poland, for example, consists of 16 regions. In this connection, blatant violations a... | null |
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Despite assurances from the Commission and the Council, Cohesion Policy is at risk because the size of its budget is making some people envious. This policy, which promotes the balanced development of Europe’s regions, accounts for one third of Community expenditure between 2007 and 2013. It is important to remember s... | null |
Richard Seeber | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-07T00:00:00 | 2010 | EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate) Video of the speechesPV | European regional policy after 2013 must cover all the regions, while being sufficiently flexible to take into account regional and territorial differences. In order to exploit fully the potential for growth of the regions and to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union, it is essential ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-18T00:00:00 | 2010 | Announcements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | To begin with, I would like to inform you briefly of four matters. It was with great satisfaction that I learned that Mr Liu Xiaobo had received the Nobel Peace Prize. This champion of human rights is still in jail as a result of his peaceful activity for freedom of speech in China. We appreciate the Chinese authoritie... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of O... | The next item is the joint debate on the following: - the report by Mrs Gräßle and Mr Rivellini, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable t... | null |
Ingeborg Gräßle | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of O... | Mr President, Mr Chastel, Baroness Ashton, Mr Šefčovič, Commissioner Lewandowski, ladies and gentlemen, for my part, I can hardly wait until this service begins its work, and I hope it achieves international success, which is the purpose for which it was established. The institutions have shown that they can deal with... | null |
Crescenzio Rivellini | N/A | N/A | en | it | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of O... | Mr President, Baroness Ashton, ladies and gentlemen, I think an excellent job has been done on the Financial Regulation applicable to the European External Action Service (EEAS) or, to be more specific, on the basic principles and standards governing the Union budget for this new diplomatic service. The EEAS, created ... | null |
Bernhard Rapkay | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of O... | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, and when I say ‘ladies and gentlemen’, I include you, Baroness Ashton, Mr Šefčovič, your team and the Council Presidency, because, at the end of the day, we experienced collegial cooperation, without which we would surely not have achieved the result that we did. I am happy with the... | null |
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