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President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Implemented reforms and developments in the Republic of Moldova (debate) Video of the speechesPV | To conclude this debate(1), I have received six motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place today, Thursday 21 October 2010, at 12.00. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Implemented reforms and developments in the Republic of Moldova (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I too welcome the progress which the European Union has made during the last year in relation to the Republic of Moldova. Allow me to congratulate my fellow Members who tabled this motion for a resolution. Romania has been committed, since the time of its accession, to championing the Republic of Moldova’s cause withi... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the debate on the oral question to the Commission on containers lost at sea and compensation by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (O-0115/2010 - B7-0469/2010). | null |
Brian Simpson | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as you said, I speak this morning on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism on an issue that has been overlooked for so long, namely containers falling from ships at sea. It is amazing to me that, in this modern day and age, thousands of these containers go missing each year, with the great majo... | null |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | ga | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am grateful to Mr Simpson for raising this crucial issue which is of interest to many Members of this Parliament and also to the Commission. The Commission welcomes the results of the Lashing@Sea project. It is primarily the role of the International Maritime Organisation to tackle the issue of contai... | null |
Dominique Riquet | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, as Mr Simpson pointed out, several thousand containers are lost each year in European waters, and they pose a very significant risk on two counts: they pose a pollution risk, which has been widely discussed, but also, because a number of them do not sink but often float between two bodies o... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my group I would like to second the comments and questions put forward by the Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, Mr Simpson. The loss of containers – as well as their contents, of course, since we must not forget that we are also talking abou... | null |
Gesine Meissner | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn, the arrival of a container full of trainers on an island somewhere, which was received enthusiastically by the residents, has in the past made headline news. In another case, a contingent of rubber ducks floated ashore. These are, of course, the pleasant examples of ships’ cargoes go... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | As I see it, the solution to the problem of compensation for damage caused by containers lost at sea lies in having well-organised relations between three parties: the owner of the transported goods, the shipping company and the insurance company. The operator, the shipping company and the crew in particular are respo... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | ga | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my colleague Brian Simpson has raised very important questions, and I have to say that I am not at all happy with the response I received from the Commissioner. Is she willing or ready to do anything about it as regards the introduction of a law? This is a hugely important issue and I commend my colleag... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, exactly eight years ago this November, the Prestige, an oil tanker carrying 70 000 tonnes of crude oil, suffered an accident off the coast of Galicia causing a leak through which the tanker spilled 20 000 tonnes of oil. This initial leak, combined with the misjudged decisions of the Minister of Public Wo... | null |
Jörg Leichtfried | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am glad that the European Commission did not exist in the 15th century. If it had existed, Christopher Columbus and his companions would probably have sailed in the next container, which would promptly have sunk, and they would never have reached the continent of America. We know what the cause of this... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I consider the question on containers lost at sea, which we are discussing today, to be very important, since it raises an issue of extraordinary importance above all for the economy of EU coastal regions. Hence, I believe the European Commission must strive to create an insurance f... | null |
Brian Simpson | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in short, I am disappointed with the Commission’s response to our oral question. I appreciate that a world agreement would be ideal and I appreciate that we need to involve the IMO, but the IMO has got to be one of the slowest international organisations the world has ever come across. It works at the pac... | null |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | ga | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am grateful to all Members who participated in this debate and I would like to emphasise that I fully understand the importance of the topic we are discussing and how important it is in the opinion of Members that the Commission press ahead with a policy that would resolve this particular matter. I bel... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I would like to offer my congratulations on the decision to take up the subject of containers lost at sea. On 8 February this year, ferries sailing from Poland to Sweden were in immediate danger. The Finnish freight vessel the Linda was sailing from Rotterdam to St Petersburg, and while crossing lanes used by Polish a... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report (A7-0266/2010) by Mrs Meissner, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on integrated maritime policy (IMP) – evaluation of progress made and new challenges (COM(2009)0540 - 2010/2020(INI)). | null |
Gesine Meissner | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn, ladies and gentlemen, I wish that the Chamber were full to bursting, not on my account or because this is my first report, but because of the subject matter, which is unfamiliar to many people, but nevertheless highly important. Hardly anyone has heard of integrated maritime policy, ... | null |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | ga | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President and honourable Members, I would like to say firstly that my colleague Commissioner Damanaki is in Portugal on behalf of President Barroso today at an important conference on marine affairs and marine policy and she regrets that she cannot be here today. Let me say first, however, that this debate is proo... | null |
Werner Kuhn | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn, firstly I would like to thank Mrs Meissner for what is, in the truest sense of the word, integrated work, not only because it concerns the integrated maritime policy, but also because it includes all the specialist areas. As far as fisheries are concerned, I would like to say once ag... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | N/A | N/A | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, sustainable use of the maritime environment is vital to the sustainability and growth of the whole of Europe, especially countries whose economies are directly linked to the sea. Balanced growth in basic sectors, such as fisheries and aquaculture, energy, transport and tourism, can guarante... | null |
Georgios Koumoutsakos | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the integrated maritime policy is vital to the European Union. We need it in order to fully exploit one of Europe’s basic advantages: its strong maritime tradition. The strategic objective of an integrated maritime policy is to strengthen Europe’s leading position in maritime research and technological d... | null |
Knut Fleckenstein | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, firstly I would like to congratulate Mrs Meissner on her report and thank her for all her hard work. We share the approach taken by this report which puts the focus not on the sectoral structure of maritime policy in the individual Member States, but instead emphasises the importanc... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, a third of European citizens live in coastal regions. The EU is the world's largest maritime power. An integrated policy in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy will help us strengthen our leadership. However this requires a global, cross-sectoral policy that takes into account all civil ... | null |
Keith Taylor | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Meissner, for drawing together this report and developing it alongside the other political groups. As 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, it really does make sense to try and develop an integrated maritime policy. Eur... | null |
Struan Stevenson | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the development of an integrated maritime policy that enshrines and enhances the principles of subsidiarity, competitiveness and the sustainable use of marine resources. I do not, however, support the resurrection of the concept of a European coastguard. This was rejected once before. I do not b... | null |
Jaromír Kohlíček | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Integrated Maritime Policy is not being discussed in the context of the European Union for the first time, but it is still very difficult to reconcile the protection of the environment, fisheries, transport, energy, industry, science and research and to embed the various aspects of development into a single plan. ... | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank Mrs Meissner for a well-thought-out and comprehensive report, to which there is scarcely anything to add. Like Mrs Meissner, I am a strong supporter of coherence between policy areas, interdisciplinary research programmes and new challenges, but what concerns me most of all are the ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as far as our oceans are concerned, time is running out. If we continue to destroy them at the current rate, we will ultimately destroy ourselves, because 70% of the world’s oxygen is produced by marine flora. It is not enough to promote the protection of the environment within the EU, as we are always s... | null |
Ville Itälä | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I wish to thank the rapporteur for her excellent work, and especially for the proper way in which she views the International Maritime Organisation’s decision on sulphur emissions. I hope that the Commission will actually take this decision into account, one that today is bound to be adopted unanimously ... | null |
Guido Milana | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the rapporteur. When it comes to integrated maritime policy, we must go beyond the stage of good intentions and give fresh impetus to a strategy that will represent a route to growth and development in the European Union, making up for the huge amount of time ... | null |
Corinne Lepage | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, may I first say a very big thank you to Mrs Meissner, our rapporteur, for her excellent report and above all for her excellent cooperation with the Intergroup on Seas and Coastal Affairs, which I chair and which, through the good offices of Mrs Meissner, was able to ensure that amendments on issues of gr... | null |
Isabella Lövin | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | sv | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Integrated Maritime Policy is a very welcome strategy, because our seas are interconnected and all sectors that exploit the seas have a combined effect on the marine environment. This means that it would be devastating and irresponsible to continue to take decisions relating to the marine environment without takin... | null |
Marek Józef Gróbarczyk | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Report on Integrated Maritime Policy makes us think more carefully and requires that we give the matter greater attention. The short presentation of the report pursuant to Rule 48 of the Rules of Procedure, the reduced possibility to table amendments, which is against the rules, and the rejection of most amendment... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The large number of activities and sectoral policies on the marine environment – from fishing to maritime transport, and including tourism, energy, science and technology, among others – requires an integrated policy that promotes a beneficial interlinking of all these areas within a framework of sustainability of the... | null |
Nick Griffin | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, before taking advice from any expert it is wise to examine their record to check that they are competent. The Integrated Maritime Policy report is partly the work of the Committee on Fisheries, so before buying into its grand schemes it is worthwhile taking a critical look at the European Union’s record o... | null |
Luis de Grandes Pascual | MEP | PPE | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think the rapporteur, Mrs Meissner, must be congratulated. We have had dissimilar, even conflictive positions, but she has found compromise solutions that allow us to stand together today on this important issue. Ladies and gentlemen, the Committee on Transport and T... | null |
Saïd El Khadraoui | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking Mrs Meissner for her excellent work and the way in which she has managed to bring about broad consensus with her report. As coordinator of my group, I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to our former colleague Mr P... | null |
Britta Reimers | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, integrated maritime policy is a forward-looking area. The oceans are being used increasingly intensively for transport, maritime economic activities, offshore energy and fishing, and the development of these areas must be coordinated. The space available is limited and, therefore, t... | null |
Elie Hoarau | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that the report clearly demonstrates the challenges posed by the marine environment in terms of fisheries, aquaculture, transport, tourism, energy, mining and biological resources, and climate change research. There is considerable potential for development, and it should be safeguarded, protec... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, the oceans and seas represent 70% of the planet’s surface, they were the birthplace of life, and throughout human history they have been a source of food through fishing, as well as a means of communication between peoples and cultures via maritime trade. That is where we find the origin of... | null |
Spyros Danellis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Commissioner, almost every civilisation in the history of Europe has been based on the sea. Today, the Treaty of Lisbon imposes new policies and tools to minimise conflicts, promote dynamic synergies and eliminate unfair competition, in order to protect the environment and create jobs. The integrated maritime policy r... | null |
Debora Serracchiani | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to Mrs Meissner for her report on integrated maritime policy, and I agree with her on the need to strengthen maritime transport and the shipbuilding industry, to safeguard coastal regions and to promote innovation and research activities. Today, maritime transport play... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The development of an integrated maritime policy is an absolute must, given the fragmented approach adopted in the past which led to inefficiency and conflicts in this area. Mrs Meissner’s report reiterates the European Parliament’s view about creating an integrated, coherent and common decision-making process with re... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the smart growth advocated in the Europe 2020 strategy can only be achieved if we intelligently mobilise the various types of potential inherent in European diversity. The European Union has the largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world, at 25 million square kilometres. We have 32 000 kilometres of co... | null |
Michael Theurer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn, ladies and gentlemen, we must preserve the world’s oceans as an ecosystem. However, the oceans and the concept of globalisation are not mutually exclusive. Shipping routes are essential to our prosperity, because they are the arteries of world trade. There is a lot to be done in this... | null |
Gerard Batten | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it should not surprise anybody that the EU wants to integrate maritime policy, just as it intends to integrate everything else across Europe in every aspect of life and public policy. I enquired in 2007 of the UK Marine and Fisheries Agency how many fish were being caught in British waters. I was told ‘we... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we still know far too little about marine ecosystems and many areas of the deep sea in particular are just white patches on our maps. However, the seas and the oceans represent one of the major challenges of this century and not just because they provide us with food and protein. Their role in our climat... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The importance of the integrated maritime policy is unarguable in circumstances where the European Union is the number one global maritime power and 40% of the EU’s GDP is produced around the seas and coastal areas. When implementing the objectives of these policies, particular consideration must be given to the speci... | null |
Kriton Arsenis | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, the rapporteurs and members have spoken in depth about the content of the integrated maritime policy. I should like to focus on the issue of shipping emissions. It will, indeed, be no easy task, but we must include shipping emissions in plans to reduce overall emissions. In order to be effe... | null |
Werner Kuhn | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to highlight once again the European Union’s transport strategy. Our aim is to move goods from the roads to the sea and to provide efficient and environmentally friendly means of transport. However, in certain areas of shipping we must not set our environmental objectives as high as the sulp... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Shipping and the shipbuilding industry contribute significantly to the economic prosperity of EU countries and provide valuable services to European and global industry, as well as consumers. I congratulate Mrs Meissner on her report. I wish to stress the importance of a maritime space without barriers. At the same ti... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the development of an integrated maritime policy is of vital importance to the Irish, the European and indeed the global economy. As an island-based economy, maritime transport is the cornerstone of Irish industry. Over 99%, and I repeat 99%, in volume terms of all Irish trade is transported by sea. It is... | null |
Josefa Andrés Barea | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the integrated maritime policy is a cross-cutting, regional and sectoral policy and the fisheries and aquaculture policy must be a part of it, in a way that does not make it subordinate to other policies. We must all address the environmental and economic problems affecting society as a whole and the fis... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, integrated maritime policy has a horizontal role: it incorporates various aspects, from the environment to marine and maritime research. Integrated maritime policy does not provide for monitoring of the boundaries of international territorial waters for illegal fishing... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Thank you very much, Mr Pirillo. I have not included your initial remarks in your speaking time, because what you have said is important. However, I can assure you that all the Vice-Presidents make a great effort in this respect. I would like to invite you to take part in a competition with me. We will pull the names o... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for your generosity. I should like to congratulate Mrs Meissner very warmly on her excellent work and also on her ability to integrate our colleagues' requests and amendments. I am particularly grateful for two specific amendments. The first is the one in which the Commission is urged to improv... | null |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I know that at the beginning of the debate Mrs Meissner expressed her disappointment at so few Members being here in the Chamber. I think she should be very pleased that 37 speakers contributed to the debate. Indeed, we had a very lively debate which has thrown up fresh ideas to encourage us to aim even h... | null |
Gesine Meissner | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think it is good that you have been counting, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn. I did not know how many speeches had been made, but 37 really is a lot. I would like to thank everyone who has taken part in the debate today. Right at the beginning, I also forgot to thank all the shadow rapporteurs for their work. We ... | null |
Paul Rübig | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to raise a point of order. I would like to thank the chair for bringing the debate to a close today a quarter of an hour before the vote, because this is a dignified way of ending the debate, which allows us to finish speaking calmly and gives the Members time to come in. Yesterday things di... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 12.00. Written Statements (Rule 149) | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is important for the EU to ensure that its coasts are protected. It is also necessary for the legislation in force to make oil exploration and extraction safer. The Lisbon-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) provides support and technical assistance for drawing up and applying Union legislation on maritime... | null |
Vilja Savisaar-Toomast | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as is well known, the International Maritime Organisation has imposed, under MARPOL Annex VI, various requirements on the amount of sulphur in different regions. The Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel have been declared a sulphur emissions control area, and more strin... | null |
Traian Ungureanu | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Integrated Maritime Policy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In my capacity as rapporteur on EU Strategy for the Black Sea, I noticed with regret that matters related to the Black Sea are almost ignored in the Union’s integrated maritime policy (IMP). Though the Black Sea was included in the IMP concept in 2007, concrete EU action on this dimension seems to lag behind. I strongl... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Sakharov Prize 2010 (announcement of the winner) Video of the speechesPV | Colleagues, I have just come from the Conference of Presidents. It is a great privilege and honour for me to inform you about the very important results for all of us. We are fighting for human rights in our Parliament on behalf of 500 million citizens. Following a substantial debate today involving very wide and deep ... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Sakharov Prize 2010 (announcement of the winner) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I wish to make a point of order. I believe that the conditions in which the Sakharov Prize has been decided this year are scandalous. As I see it, political choices are taking precedence over the actual defence of human rights. (Applause) This will be the third time in the history of the Sakharov Priz... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Sakharov Prize 2010 (announcement of the winner) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the vote. (For the results and other details on the vote: see Minutes) | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you very much, Madam President. In that case, I will start again. In recent years, the European Union economy has often suffered because of crises and financial instability both at local and global levels. In order to prevent similar dangerous situations in the future, pre-prepared support plans must exist, and ... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, having voted for the Brantner report, I would like to use this opportunity to turn the Commission’s and Council’s attention to the need to reach a tripartite agreement on the modification of the stability instrument in the shortest possible time. The disputed issue relates to the delegated acts and Parlia... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The instrument for development cooperation contributes directly to the spread of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights in partner countries and regions. It provides support, not only for lasting social, economic and political development, but also for gradual integration of these countries with the w... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was delighted to vote in favour of this report. I would like to say that the rapporteur, my colleague Mr Gay Mitchell, could not be here today as last night he was in Ireland launching a book he had written. Of course, he was recognised as MEP of the year for his work in the whole development area. One ... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the Commission’s proposal to review the European standardisation system in order to correct its deficiencies and create a proper balance among the European, national and international dimensions. We need a system that contributes to European innovation and sustainable development, increases the competitivene... | null |
Siiri Oviir | MEP | ALDE | en | et | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to speak about Mrs Muscardini’s report. I did not support it, having given careful consideration to all the issues contained therein. Why? Because the rest of the world would interpret the European Union’s imposition of such a measure at this time as a protectionist step. The monitoring of this measure wo... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the motion for a resolution on Moldova. Moldova has come a long way since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe into zones of influence and Moldova remained in the Soviet sphere of influence. Today Moldova is an independent state, which admittedly has many problems, but which is following the road to ... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the resolution on integrated maritime policy (IMP), because the maritime sector is vitally important and I want to leave future generations clean and safe seas. The geostrategic importance of the seas has increased greatly. We must adapt the seas and their resources and coordinate actions, therefore the in... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union represents the biggest source of direct international investment in Latin America. Even though trade between these two regions has intensified, mutual trading between the EU and Latin America is less dynamic compared to trade relations with other regions of the world. The recently concluded agreemen... | null |
Laima Liucija Andrikienė | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to commend the rapporteur on trade with Latin America for this eventually well-balanced and timely report. The deepening of trade relations with the Latin American countries is already under way, as the European Union has recently concluded a Free Trade Agreement with two Andean countries, Co... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, if any of our constituents felt a ‘twitch in the force’ yesterday afternoon, it was because of the extraordinary coincidence of timing that, at the very moment when the British Chancellor of the Exchequer was on his feet in the House of Commons announcing the most severe spending reductions that my countr... | null |
Martin Kastler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to respond briefly to what Mr Hannan has just said. It is, of course, essential for this Parliament to have a seat, but the seat is established by our treaties and it is here in Strasbourg. You are right to say that we need to save taxpayers’ money and that we must work towards being based i... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Excuse me, this cannot be continued. This is not an explanation of votes. Contributions are now welcome to the next report, the Estrella report. | null |
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | During yesterday’s vote on the Estrela report, I endorsed fully-paid 20-week maternity leave, because we need a fair and adequate minimum standard concerning the length and payment of maternity leave throughout Europe. I abstained from voting on the question of paternity leave and adoption leave, because the European ... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I doubt if anyone would argue that the bond between a child and its parents in the first months of life is especially important, thus the new European Union directive will ensure mothers’ right and opportunity to take care of their children for longer without fear of losing income or their job. The situation varies ac... | null |
Ville Itälä | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, yesterday we did indeed vote on Mrs Estrela’s important report on maternity leave, how long it should be, and the money paid while it lasts. After this vote the media called and asked me a number of times whether I had voted for or against. I said that I had voted for women. I voted for maternity leave t... | null |
Mitro Repo | MEP | S&D | en | fi | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am also from Finland, and I know that we have an excellent maternity leave system. I nevertheless voted in favour of maternity leave lasting 20 weeks. I was thinking about the issue from the perspective of the other Member States of the European Union. I believe that longer periods of maternity leave a... | null |
Martin Kastler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Estrela report yesterday covered a very important topic. I would like to say at this point that it was rather difficult for me to vote in favour of it. As a young father, I was present at the birth of both my children and I have to say that I do not know why I would have needed a holiday then, becaus... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report amending the Regulation establishing an Instrument for Stability because I consider a broader revision of the EU’s external financial assistance to be essential. The implementation of the Instrument for Stability reinforced the EU’s potential to respond to crisis or emerging crisis sit... | null |
Mara Bizzotto | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mrs Brantner’s report, since it is a text that first and foremost proposes bringing European legislation into line with an important Court of Justice ruling on small arms. A text that calls on the EU to pay greater attention to civil society within the context of stability funding for crisis situa... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European continent has been shaped by long and bloody conflicts, which have finally been stemmed by, among others, the institutions in which we work. We should therefore be the ones who, in the first instance, demonstrate the greatest sense of responsibility with regard to the use of force in international conflic... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is the world’s largest donor of foreign aid, being responsible for over half of public development assistance. Together, the Member States awarded EUR 49 billion in aid to the world’s poorest countries: the equivalent of almost 0.4% of their gross income. These figures are a good demonstration of the importance... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Instrument for Stability is very important for strengthening the EU’s ability to respond to situations of crisis or emerging crisis. Since the EU is the world’s main donor of external aid and responsible for more than half of public development aid, it needs instruments that allow it to deal with crises, taking in... | null |
Willy Meyer | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | es | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | My vote against this legislative resolution is based on my outright rejection of the Instrument for Stability established several years ago without the support of my parliamentary group. From my point of view, this is yet another of the Commission’s mechanisms designed to interfere freely in the internal affairs of th... | null |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Conflicts in Haiti, Kosovo, Iraq, and more recently in Afghanistan have shed light on the crucial role that small arms and light weapons play in terrorism and organized crime, and in igniting new rounds of bloodshed after formal cease-fire. It is important that the Community adopts a truly comprehensive approach to the... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With this vote, Parliament has followed AFET’s position in welcoming the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability (COM(2009)0195), as part of a wider review of the external financial assistance of the... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on the financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) because I believe that Parliament has closely monitored the way in which the DCI’s provisions have been implemented since it came into force in 2007. In its legislative proposal for the mid-term review of the DCI, the Commiss... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from voting on this specific report, despite the fact that I agree and support the proposed amendments, especially those which restore the controlling role of the European Parliament. I abstained in the final vote on the financing instrument for development cooperation, because the money has been used, dir... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We are all aware that the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) does not provide for any exception to the principle of non-eligibility for Community financing. As a result, this allows a certain degree of flexibility on a case-by-case basis. The authorising officer can, if appropriate, decide to fund these costs to... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am voting overall in favour of the proposal presented in this report. The financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) improves the European Union’s previous development cooperation framework by combining the various geographical and thematic instruments into a single instrument. In conjunction with the te... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The amendment in question is merely technical and is aimed at allowing costs related to taxes, duties and other charges to be financed from Union aid in exceptional circumstances. These exceptional circumstances may be justified in individual cases, enabling increased flexibility in how projects and programmes are imp... | null |
Sabine Lösing | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I absolutely agree with and support the tabled amendments, especially the ones on the delegated acts and restoring the European Parliament's right of scrutiny. But I abstained on the final vote on the Instrument (DCI) itself as, directly or indirectly, the African Peace Facility was funded through this instrument, and ... | null |
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