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Roberto Gualtieri | 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, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, Parliament approves the establishment of a new section of the budget for the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the provision of additional funds for staff. This position is due to Parliament’s desire to see the EEAS set up, because Europe ur... | null |
László Surján | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 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, I am pleased to see that this debate takes place in the presence of the Council and the commissioners. When we planned the budget for 2010, we raised the question about resources for the external diplomatic service. The answer was that there was no need for resources in that respect, as this could be res... | null |
Knut Fleckenstein | MEP | S&D | 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, I would just like to interrupt the debate very briefly to inform you and my fellow Members that last night, three terrorists stormed the Chechen Parliament, killing several security officers and taking hostages. The terrorists were also killed. Parliament ought to express its condemnation of this act of ... | 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... | I would like to thank our fellow Member, Mr Fleckenstein, for this information. Of course, in keeping with what you have said, we condemn all acts of terror. This case is, for us, a particularly conspicuous act of terror, because it was carried out against a parliament. We concur fully with your words, and we sympathis... | null |
Maroš Šefčovič | EU Commission Vice-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... | Mr President, I would like to thank Mr Fleckenstein for bringing this important matter to our attention. Of course, the Commission also condemns any acts of terrorism and I am sure that it would react accordingly. If you will allow me to return to our debate, let me start by thanking our rapporteur, Mr Rapkay, for the ... | null |
Janusz Lewandowski | EU Commissioner | 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... | Mr President, what we are discussing now is an encouraging beginning to a long day, rich in budgetary debates. The launch of the External Action Service required amendments to the Financial Regulation but, for the first time, this has been done under the ordinary legislative procedure. That is why tomorrow, Parliament ... | null |
Catherine Ashton | N/A | 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... | Mr President, I rise briefly, first and foremost, to thank the rapporteurs Ms Gräßle, Mr Rapkay and Mr Gualtieri, very much indeed for the tremendous amount of work that they and many Members of this House have done in getting us to the point we are at this morning. I know that these have been tough negotiations at tim... | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 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, Commissioners, honourable Members, on behalf of the Council, allow me to thank the Parliamentary rapporteurs who have invested so much effort working on the various dossiers needed to implement the European External Action Service: Mrs Gräßle and Mr Rivellini for the Financial Regulation... | null |
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | N/A | 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... | Mr President, my committee, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, pronounced itself in favour of a strong EEAS by an overwhelming majority. ‘Strong’ means subject to democratic and parliamentary scrutiny and control. ‘Strong’ means communautaire – i.e. representing the community of all 27 Member States, respecting the geog... | null |
Göran Färm | N/A | N/A | en | sv | 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... | As rapporteur for the Committee on Foreign Affairs in respect of the Financial Regulation, my starting point was the Madrid agreement, but also the fact that greater detail was needed in some areas. It is a question of creating openness and transparency in the budget by making the appropriations more specific, particu... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | N/A | N/A | en | pl | 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 opinion of the Committee on Development on the Staff Regulations was adopted unanimously. The Committee on Development endorses the amendments put forward in the draft report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and, in particular, the amendments which are intended to ensure that recruitment of personnel to the Europ... | null |
Véronique De Keyser | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 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, like many, my group wants some balance in the External Action Service staff in terms of geographic origin, gender and balance between the large and small countries. However, it is the intergovernmental crusades and quotas all over again, and when all is said and done, candidates should u... | null |
Kader Arif | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 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, Commissioner, here we are, finally, after many months of work, aiming to lay the foundations for the European Union’s future External Action Service but, like some of my fellow Members before me, I should like to thank the rapporteurs for the quality of their work. Since our shared vision is to see a rea... | null |
Nadezhda Neynsky | N/A | N/A | en | bg | 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... | I, too, for my part, wish to congratulate Mrs Gräßle, Mr Rivellini and Mr Rapkay on the huge task they have completed. Let us be very clear that setting up the European diplomatic service is a complex political process which must reflect the balance of interests and representation of Member States, while also providin... | null |
Edit Herczog | N/A | N/A | en | hu | 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... | On behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, I welcome the establishment of the new body, which is one of the most important practical transpositions of the Treaty of Lisbon. The new body obviously needs a budget. Nevertheless, it is at least as important to define and comply with budgetary principles and financia... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | N/A | N/A | en | lt | 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... | I would like to thank all of my fellow rapporteurs whose professionalism meant we were able to reach a political agreement between the European Union institutions rather quickly and lay strong foundations for the establishment of the European External Action Service. I have no doubt that the work of the EEAS will beco... | null |
Tadeusz Zwiefka | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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... | I am certain no one in this House is in the slightest doubt as to the important role the European External Action Service will play in the work of the Union. Our work over the past few months has concentrated on ensuring that the service has the right legal basis and suitable instruments to enable its future work to b... | null |
Hannes Swoboda | MEP | S&D | 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, I would first of all like to express my sincere thanks to the rapporteurs for the excellent work they have done and for the compromises that have been reached. Of course, not everyone is satisfied yet, and I also understand the concern, particularly regarding geographical balance. However, I can assure M... | null |
Cecilia Wikström | MEP | ALDE | en | sv | 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... | First of all, I would like to express my thanks for the excellent spirit of cooperation that we all experienced during our work on this very important matter. Baroness Ashton certainly does not have an easy task ahead of her now that our common European External Action Service is to be established. However, together w... | null |
Franziska Katharina Brantner | MEP | Greens/EFA | 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... | Mr President, I would like to congratulate everyone involved on how we have done this and where we are today. We have saved the Community method and development priorities. We have enhanced democratic scrutiny, especially on CFSP lines. We have laid the ground for an inclusive service that is based on equality and an e... | null |
Zbigniew Ziobro | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 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 Union is an association of 27 states, and this fact should be reflected in the structure of the institution which is to represent the European Union externally. We must not create the impression that some countries are not being given recognition in relation to creation of the new service. The service should refle... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 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, as this is the first speech today by a Member from my group, please allow me to start by saying, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left, that we support the French workers who are on general strike against President Sarkozy’s anti-social measures. The reasons me... | null |
Fiorello Provera | MEP | ID | 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, ladies and gentlemen, when defining the structure of the new diplomatic service, we must not repeat the mistakes of the past but should aim to design a streamlined, low cost and, above all, efficient body. An instrument at the service of European policy – and I emphasise ‘European’ – must not select its ... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | 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, in order to be able to represent the interests of the European States on the international stage in a more effective manner, foreign policy actions must be discussed in advance and then communicated to the outside world with one voice. With the European External Action Service, we a... | null |
Elmar Brok | MEP | PPE | 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, Baroness Ashton, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Frank Sinatra was referred to as ‘the Voice’. However, what would he have been without a big band? You, Baroness Ashton, are now the voice of Europe, and with the External Action Service, you are getting a splendid orchestra. I hope that you will make ... | null |
Adrian Severin | MEP | S&D | 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... | Mr President, there will be no successfully united Europe without a far-sighted vision of how our common interests must be promoted outside the borders of the Union at global level. Such a vision will not last without an ambitious, accountable, efficient and ‘communautarian’ External Action Service. Such a service will... | null |
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 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, in this debate, which mainly focuses on the supervision and organisation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), we must not lose sight of the general interest of this service – which, after all, is very great. This could prove one of the greatest strides towards a truly full-fledged European for... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | 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... | Mr President, the set-up of the hybrid sui generis EEAS has been characterised by much debate, but High Representative Ashton deserves some credit for crafting a consensus on the way forward at a time when European leaders have been distracted by the eurozone crisis. British Conservatives opposed the creation of this s... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 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 European External Action Service (EEAS) that is being set up represents a completely new instrument for institutionalising the foreign policy of the European Union. At the moment, I see two basic problems associated with this process. First, it is clear that foreign and security policy constitutes part of the sove... | null |
Marta Andreasen | MEP | ID | 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... | Mr President, while the idea of having a European External Action Service was never really welcome around Europe, the EU bureaucracy managed to sell it, saying it would be budget neutral. Now we realise that it is not budget neutral, and that it will cost EUR 34 million more than the EUR 441 million originally planned.... | null |
Lucas Hartong | MEP | NI | en | nl | 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, what a sad – even tragic – day. We are discussing the financing of Baroness Ashton’s new European External Action Service (EEAS). The Dutch have never been given chance to express their opinion on the Treaty of Lisbon, and now this EEAS, which will swallow up millions, is being rammed down our throats. T... | null |
Jan Kozłowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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... | Ladies and gentlemen, when discussing the structure of the European External Action Service, we must not avoid or marginalise the question of maintaining the right geographical balance among the staff. At present, the number of employees from the countries of the ‘old 15’ is significantly and disproportionately greate... | null |
Kristian Vigenin | MEP | S&D | en | bg | 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... | Today’s session is the last one in our Parliament where we can discuss the structure, funding and general operating framework of the European External Action Service. From tomorrow, when we are due to make the final decisions, we will expect real results. I am confident, of course, even as the debate went on today, th... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | 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, the European External Action Service is one of the most important decisions in the Treaty of Lisbon. It is now only six weeks until Baroness Ashton will no longer primarily be the Minister responsible for establishing an EU foreign ministry; she will instead be the Foreign Minister for Europe, and that i... | null |
Mirosław Piotrowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 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... | We are distressed to see that the proposals of the majority of the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs concerning balanced geographical representation in forming the Union’s External Action Service are encountering serious problems and outright determined resistance. Difficulties are also evident in developing... | null |
Raffaele Baldassarre | MEP | PPE | 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, after the adoption of the Council decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service, we are today called on to make that decision operational by amending the Financial Regulation and the Staff Regulations of Union officials. In that respect, I would like to fo... | null |
Zoran Thaler | MEP | S&D | en | sl | 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... | We need a strong European Union, a European Union of all 27 Member States, not just a minority. We wish the European External Action Service (EEAS) every success. We, the citizens of Europe, need it, the European Union needs it and the whole world needs it. How do we ensure that the EEAS becomes a service for all citi... | null |
Marek Siwiec | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 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... | An absolutely exceptional procedure is ending, today – the procedure of establishing a new European institution. I represent the new Member States, and have watched with fascination to see what the essence of integration is like in practice, what the pushing and shoving between various institutions is like and how, fi... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 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... | We are talking here today about a project that is unique; we are talking about our common European foreign service. I must point out that each of the players has their line in the sand, despite which the rapporteurs have managed to draw up a compromise that is acceptable to all, and I trust the European Parliament wil... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | 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... | Madam President, the European External Action Service will, in future, take on the primary role in the European Union’s common foreign and security policy. In order for it to do justice to this role, clear rules are needed to allow the EEAS to do its job smoothly and efficiently. I would, in particular, like to highli... | null |
Richard Howitt | MEP | S&D | 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... | Madam President, I shall start off by congratulating the High Representative today for upholding the long parliamentary tradition of crossing the floor. Most politicians who do that end up losing friends, but I am sure today she has won them. There will still be some people in this House who have counted the number of ... | null |
Ivo Vajgl | MEP | ALDE | en | sl | 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... | Finding a compromise with regard to the financial foundations of the European External Action Service (EEAS) has been as complicated as Europe itself. Coordinating interests in every situation will be a tough job, because we are all different and because we have a different history. However, the fact remains that inte... | null |
Franziska Keller | MEP | Greens/EFA | 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... | Madam President, I want to come back to the issue of the added value that the External Action Service can deliver. I think one of the added values that it can, and indeed must deliver, is on policy coherence for development which Mrs Ashton has committed to. This priority needs to be reflected in the staff policy, and ... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 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 European External Action Service is gradually developing its role. Today, we are debating the funding for its activities. In this context, it is necessary, Baroness Ashton, to be aware that the funding for the work of all European institutions is provided by the individual Member States of the European Union. Even... | null |
Francisco Sosa Wagner | MEP | NI | en | es | 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... | Madam President, we all agree that the External Action Service is an historic opportunity for European integration. However, we need to have a broad perspective on it, as this is not the time for internal battles about resources being transferred or being retained in the short term, or for wars between the different E... | null |
Catherine Ashton | N/A | 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... | Madam President, very briefly from the other side of the Chamber – and I hope I have sat for the right number of minutes – I would again like to thank the honourable Members very much for a debate which I have listened to with great interest. I take away with me the strength of feeling on geographical and gender balanc... | null |
Janusz Lewandowski | EU Commissioner | 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... | Madam President, I shall give a short reaction to Ms Andreasen – who is already absent – on the principle of budget neutrality. It is our hope that the principle should establish itself in the longer run, with savings in the national diplomatic services, in the Commission and in the Council, and with the same internal ... | null |
Maroš Šefčovič | EU Commission Vice-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... | Madam President, I, too, would like to thank the honourable Members for their support and for the very positive atmosphere in this debate, and it is also very important to thank the Council for their important input into the whole exercise. I think that this positive atmosphere has brought us very close to the historic... | 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... | Madam President, after my speech at the start of this debate, I actually only have two more comments to make. The first, which I quite deliberately left to the end of the debate, is that I would like to thank all of the shadow rapporteurs for their friendly and constructive cooperation. It is quite simply easier to ne... | null |
Roberto Gualtieri | 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... | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I think the genuine satisfaction that has emerged in this debate shows that Members were aware of just how difficult yet important the task facing us was. How to unify functions associated with different policies and subject to different decision-making procedures in order to mak... | 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 debate is closed. The vote will take place on Wednesday, 20 October at 12:30. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Sebastian Valentin Bodu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 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... | This vote highlights that there is no equality between Member States and no solidarity within any political group. The approval of the amendment tabled by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, which will introduce ‘merit’ as the criterion for selecting the EU’s H... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 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 European External Action Service must contribute to meeting its objective stipulated by the Treaty of Lisbon – implementing the EU’s external actions efficiently and consistently. The current procedure for selecting staff is protracted and complicated, with positions being taken up gradually until the number of st... | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 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 Rapkay report on amending the Staff Regulations in the context of establishing the European External Action Service, the EEAS, is a very important document on the road to creating a Union foreign policy. In the few days before adoption of the report, the matter of geographical balance proved to be a bone of conten... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | 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 European Parliament has used its new powers in a creative and responsible way, introducing new balances into the External Service’s architecture. These should not be the balances of yesterday’s Europe, but the balances of the enlarged EU that are reflected in amendment seven. I am happy that the High Representative... | null |
Krzysztof Lisek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 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, I hope that appropriately drawn up regulations relating to the European External Action Service will ensure that it functions in an effective and productive manner. Building such a complex entity, which deals with an essential and increasingly significant area of competence of the E... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 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... | We are at the final stage in making the decisions which will enable the European External Action Service to be launched. I support a compromise on the Staff Regulations and Financial Regulation which will allow the High Representative to have a service up and running this December. However, this support does not equat... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | 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... | Mass protests and strikes in reaction to harsh austerity measures are currently crippling France. If the excessive administration is also increased at the same time, as has happened in Greece, with the government expanding despite the need for rescue packages, then the people in Europe will quite rightly be annoyed. T... | null |
Kristiina Ojuland | MEP | ALDE | 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... | I am glad to welcome the formation of the European External Action Service after thorough and intricate debates. It is a long-awaited measure towards consolidating the position of the European Union as a proficient global actor. However, I am somewhat disappointed that although appointments to the EEAS will be made usi... | null |
Ioan Mircea Paşcu | MEP | S&D | 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 final steps in creating the EEAS have been discussed today and will be voted tomorrow. There were tough negotiations between the three pillars of the Union: the Council, the Commission and the Parliament, so each, even if not completely satisfied, saw its main interests safeguarded. During the entire process, empha... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 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 European Parliament has proven to date that it clearly supports both the establishment and the swift commissioning of the European External Action Service. I think that the compromise reached with the Council on Parliament’s rights is a satisfactory compromise for all concerned. It makes sense and we need to have ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the joint debate on the subject of poverty: - Statements by the Council and the Commission on development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and - the report by Mrs Figueiredo, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the role of minimum income in co... | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, honourable Members, as 2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, we are obviously well aware that the challenge posed by poverty does not stop at the Union’s borders nor can it be resolved exclusively within them. The recent succession of global crises to have... | null |
Andris Piebalgs | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, let me first thank you for this opportunity to talk about the challenge of poverty and what the European Union can do on the global level through its development cooperation policy. In the second part of this statement, I will also turn to the report by Mrs Figueiredo. Eradicating poverty is the most p... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | N/A | N/A | en | pt | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, poverty and social exclusion are violations of human dignity and fundamental human rights, yet well into the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, we are sadly running the risk of reaching a record number of people living in poverty. This is a shocking step backwards for rich Europ... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the data on world poverty are alarming, disturbing and unforgiving. The number of people living below the poverty line is rising all the time, just as the gap between those who live in penury and those who enjoy a high standard of living is constantly widening. According to the l... | null |
Thijs Berman | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mrs Figueiredo put it excellently, and I should just like to add one thing. The EU is founded on the idea that prosperity for as many people as possible is a guarantee of economic development for all Europeans. Thanks to the open market, but also thanks to structural funding – to the redistribution of... | null |
Elizabeth Lynne | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I believe the minimum income report that we have voted through in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is the best way forward and will achieve the widest support. That is why I urge you to reject amendments 1 and 2. I have always been a passionate supporter of a minimum income in all Member ... | null |
Karima Delli | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 80 million people living in poverty in Europe, over 5 million homeless, millions poorly housed, one in five children victims of poverty, and, at the other end of the scale, what do we have? The number of billionaires is increasing. We have just held the International Day for the ... | null |
Nirj Deva | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I find this debate rather risible, almost laughable. I have heard several speeches now and we have been talking about eradicating poverty without once mentioning how we create more wealth. You cannot eradicate poverty without creating wealth, otherwise what you are doing is just distributing from one t... | null |
Gabriele Zimmer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, in today’s sitting on the subject of poverty, we are deliberately focusing on the connection between global poverty and poverty in the Member States of the European Union. However, hundreds of thousands of people have already done that before us. In recent weeks and months, they have increasingly take... | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, poverty, especially the number of those at risk of poverty, has grown as the EU has grown, with each new Member State adding to the problem, so it is pretty obvious how to prevent further increases. One of your answers is to introduce a minimum income. I am in favour of a minimum wage, but only as set ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, it is disturbing that thousands of people in the EU are living on the poverty line despite having a permanent job. In view of this, attempts to establish an appropriate minimum wage are very much to be welcomed. However, a minimum wage only makes sense when combined with additional measures. An isolat... | null |
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the eradication of poverty is actually a Millennium Development Goal, but it is also a European objective in Europe. Indeed, in Europe, we have the highest average standard of living overall in the world but nowhere else in the world is there such division within our European society as well as betwee... | null |
Frédéric Daerden | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today in the European Parliament, the dominant theme is combating world poverty. It is important but, as Mrs Figueiredo pointed out, poverty is far too prevalent in Europe too. The fight against this phenomenon is one of the priorities set in the 2020 strategy. However, although ... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as far as I am concerned, there are three important observations to be made in this debate. Firstly, globalisation has increased inequalities within countries but it has reduced inequalities between nations, evidence of which can be seen with the success of emerging countries. Th... | null |
Jean Lambert | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I think we are all aware of the importance of minimum income schemes across the European Union, although not all Member States have them in place yet. We also know that there are very big variations in effectiveness, that there is often no clear basis for the amounts that are paid, and that the amounts... | null |
Tadeusz Cymański | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | We are holding this debate on poverty during the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. It is important that our efforts, as well as those of governments and non-governmental organisations, should be sustained and not be just campaigns and propaganda. Of all the measures proposed in the report under... | null |
Niki Tzavela | MEP | ID | en | el | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, I should like to highlight a sector in which we need to adopt a preventive policy if we are to avoid creating a new generation of nouveaux pauvres in Europe. Recent studies have shown that there is a very large difference between workers’ wages and the pensions they will receive, a ‘pens... | null |
Sari Essayah | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the report on minimum income is a good reflection of the wideranging debate that we on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs had on the subject of combating poverty and exclusion. It may be the European Year for Combating Poverty, but thanks to the economic crisis, unemployment and social ha... | null |
Pervenche Berès | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Chastel, Commissioners, in the wake of 17 October, which is the day for action in combating poverty, in this the year for action in combating poverty and social exclusion, we know that in 2007, before the crisis, 17% of the European Union’s population were living below the poverty threshold. We do ... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | mt | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As has already been said, the subject of poverty is occupying a high place on our agenda. We are all aware of the statistics, the percentages and the rhetoric on this topic; the fact that such a large number of citizens are living below the poverty line is a serious matter that needs to be addressed without delay. It ... | null |
Regina Bastos | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Europe is currently undergoing a period of transformation as a consequence of the economic, financial and social crisis. The existing crises in certain Member States have worsened, social inequalities have widened, and this situation has led to an increase in the number of people living below the pove... | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In 1992, the UN declared 17 October the International Day of Poverty. In 2000, the international organisation committed to halving the rate of people living in severe poverty within 15 years. Two thirds of this period have already elapsed. The figures are alarming and we are behind the indicators, at a time when deman... | null |
Ivo Belet | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, one in six inhabitants of the European Union is at risk of poverty: young people up to 17 years in particular, but many elderly people are also vulnerable. Poverty is increasing, including among Europeans who do have jobs. Therefore, I believe we need to take an initiative at European le... | null |
Milan Zver | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I am pleased that we are also trying to raise this issue of poverty and social exclusion at the level of the European institutions. That is very important. The resolution which we are to adopt is heading in precisely that direction. It describes the situation very well, but it has been somewhat less successful in find... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The objectives set by the Lisbon Strategy – creating more jobs and eradicating poverty by 2010 – have not been achieved. This is why Europe must continue its efforts to achieve them. I believe that the European Union and Member States must focus particular attention on lifelong learning programmes. They offer a means ... | null |
Antonyia Parvanova | MEP | ALDE | en | bg | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Given the European Union’s fundamental principle of solidarity and in the context of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, I am calling for the introduction of guaranteed adequate minimum income levels in all EU Member States, which will support people with insufficient incomes in order to cons... | null |
Elisabeth Schroedter | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to appeal once again to the Commission to ensure that, if it establishes a poverty platform, it does not allow this simply to remain empty words, but that it takes up Parliament’s initiatives. Firstly, there is an initiative that provides for an examination of whether there should be a fr... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, for far too many years now, we have been celebrating International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, without many concrete results, and we run the risk of this day being marked for many decades to come if the same policies continue to apply. From this point of view, Europe and the Western world, in ... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, poverty and social exclusion violate human dignity, in other words, fundamental human rights. Those most at risk are single parents, children and older people. Women make up a significant proportion of the population that is at risk of poverty, partly on account of the usual disc... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Almost 85 million people in the European Union face the threat of poverty, and 17% of the EU’s 500 million inhabitants lived below the poverty line in 2008. As poverty and social exclusion have a multi-dimensional nature, we must systemically incorporate their prevention into other policies, so that all EU citizens ca... | null |
Proinsias De Rossa | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, last Sunday, I met a group of young people in Ireland who are struggling to survive poverty. They asked me, as a Member of this Parliament, whose side I was on. Was I on their side, or on the side of the bankers? That is the blunt question they asked me. They gave me a series of testimonies which they ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | N/A | N/A | en | pt | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to thank all my colleagues and also the Commission, the Council and the Belgian Presidency for what they have said here, but I would like to emphasise three points that several Members have also stressed. First of all, good words and good intentions are not enough. There needs to be a pra... | null |
Andris Piebalgs | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, poverty is a tragedy for individuals as well as for society. Poverty leads to violence, crime and conflict. I would like to thank the European Parliament for putting the fight against poverty so high on the agenda and today’s debate demonstrates European determination to address this challenge. The Eur... | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in my first speech, I intentionally focused upon the development aspect of combating poverty. I shall, of course, say a few words regarding the European Union. The Belgian Presidency is committed to developing instruments for combating poverty and social exclusion, particularly t... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, allow me to welcome to the diplomatic gallery a delegation of young people from the International Movement ATD Fourth World. I congratulate them for all that they do to combat extreme poverty and I thank them for coming here today to this plenary session. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Wednesday, 20 October at 12:30. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Poverty is a very serious problem which affects 85 million of our fellow Europeans, and so no one should remain indifferent to it. It needs to be at the forefront of our priorities, and it merits a collective response which ensures that our fellow Europeans who find themselves in a situation of social vulnerability ha... | null |
Elena Oana Antonescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-19T00:00:00 | 2010 | Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In 2009, Europe felt the full brunt of the global economic crisis. Indeed, the impact of this period could not have been more detrimental on the poverty level across the EU, especially for the 17% of Europeans living below the poverty line in 2008. Unfortunately, this percentage has most likely increased. It is only n... | null |
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