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Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this document because I believe that an integrated maritime policy is necessary to ensure an appropriate level of environmental protection. One of the most important principles is the coordination of various policies and the need to ensure the implementation of the ecosystem approach, which is laid down in... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Meissner report is a balanced text that incorporates a series of important factors and requests. Maritime activities are one of the most important sources of European income. To quote just a few figures, they generate 40% of EU GDP and, at the same time, account for 40% of trade in goods within Europe and 95% of e... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EP agrees with the Commission that our ‘strong maritime tradition’ is one of the strengths of Europe. It calls therefore on the European Commission and the Member States to further develop the potential offered by the different maritime sectors by drawing up an ambitious ‘blue growth’ strategy. It considers that in... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While on the one hand there is clearly a need to integrate maritime policy within the European Union, given that its associated activities produce 40% of EU GDP, on the other it is right to regulate such activities taking non-EU competitors into account. Too often, the rules on fishing, tourism, transport and environm... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The maritime and coastal economic activity of the European Union currently generates 40% of the Union’s GDP, and forecasts point to a high probability of future growth. For this reason, maritime activity is, without doubt, a very important factor and is one of Europe’s strengths. I think further development of the mar... | null |
Salvatore Tatarella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on integrated maritime policy concerns an important sector of the European economy. Maritime activities in fact represent an important source of income for the EU, both in terms of GDP and in terms of trade in goods within and outside Europe. I believe that certain issues should be emphasised. Firstly, the ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Until now, policies in the fields of maritime transport, the maritime economy, new technologies, coastal regions, offshore energy, fishing, maritime surveillance, tourism, protection of the marine environment, and maritime research have developed separately from each other. A fragmented approach repeatedly leads to co... | null |
Artur Zasada | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was pleased to hear the result of today’s vote. Striving for sustainable exploitation and an integrated approach to the management of oceans, seas and coastal areas should be a priority for the European Union. I am convinced that an integrated maritime policy will bring beneficial effects both in the short and in the... | null |
Liam Aylward, Brian Crowley and Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support what this report says about requesting the Commission to cancel the talks with Mercosur until a new mandate is agreed which takes the interests all Member States into account. The agricultural industry is the largest indigenous manufacturing industry in Ireland and it is of critical importance with regard to... | null |
George Becali | MEP | NI | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because the European Union has strengthened its economic and trade relations with Latin America, becoming its second most important trading partner and the leading trading partner for Mercosur and Chile. The aim of closer integration of the European and Latin American economic spheres is to cre... | null |
Nikolaos Chountis | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted against my colleague’s report, despite the fact that we are from the same group and despite the fact that he managed to include several positive points in his report. Unfortunately, however, the forces of the European right managed, through the amendments which they tabled, to alter the content and tenet which... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union is founded on a system of values with regard to which the countries of Latin America have made significant progress in recent years. Such progress should definitely be rewarded with further EU trade policy incentives. If we add to this the linguistic and cultural links forged throughout history, we ... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In spite of the economic and social progress made in recent years, with Brazil being the most impressive example, 1 in 3 inhabitants of Latin America suffers from poverty. Children and young people in Latin America are affected to a larger extent by this scourge, with more than half of them being deprived of sufficien... | null |
Michel Dantin | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The amendment I tabled along with Mr Dess and 77 other MEPs demands full compliance by agricultural imports with European health, social, and consumer, environmental and animal protection standards. It is, after all, extraordinary to demand that European farmers conform to the highest production standards in the world... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on trade relations between the EU and Latin America adopted by Parliament could well make case law. The trade agreements with Latin America contain an extremely sensitive section on agriculture. That is why Parliament requested that ‘only those agricultural imports that comply with European consumer protect... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the report on the European Union’s trade relations with Latin America, because these should be a priority for the EU. The EU is currently Latin America’s second most important trading partner and the leading trading partner for Mercosur and Chile. European trade policy should play an important role in achi... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Treaty of Lisbon defines the EU’s trade policy as an integral part of the Union’s general external action. In recent times there has been a decline in trade between the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) by virtue of the growing participation of Asian countries in LAC external trade, ... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We did not vote for this report because of its contradictions. Although it is true that it has some positive aspects relating to the new realities of Latin America, several of its paragraphs are unacceptable. Positive aspects that we would stress, for example, include the acknowledgement that all countries have the ri... | null |
Elisabeth Köstinger | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union maintains good economic relations with countries in Latin America at WTO level, but also at bilateral and multilateral levels. These trade and economic relations must continue to be developed in light of the sensitive economic sectors of the EU. I therefore expressly support the amendment to paragra... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | With the exception of Amendment 32, for which the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) has requested a separate vote and which we shall vote against, the report as a whole should be approved because it provides a useful overview of the situation as regards our relationship with Latin America. The... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite agreeing with many elements of this report, I voted against in the final vote. The report explicitly supports the reopening of trade talks with the Mercosur countries. While I support calls to ensure that imports from third countries are produced in a manner consistent with EU standards, an EU-Mercosur Associat... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As the EU is Latin America’s principal investor and second-largest trading partner, and as it also provides the most development aid, we believe that this information is sufficient to develop a clear and well-defined strategy regarding the trading relationship between the EU and Latin America. We support the definitio... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In the last few years, Latin America has become an emerging economic region. Trade agreements with South American states represent a very positive development. As the European Union has already carried out very important development work, it should now further strengthen its position as the region’s second largest tra... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The rapporteur advocates the complete opening up of the trading markets between the EU and Latin America. Moreover, the problems relating to the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement are not adequately resolved in the report. I therefore voted against this report. | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report because I believe it is important to send a message to the Commission that this Parliament is determined to establish even closer links with Latin America. South America, for a whole host of historical, social and economic reasons, has many things in common with Europe. Our trade relat... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Scholz report, because increased support for trade relations between the European Union and the countries of Latin America is the result of major democratic reforms in this particular region and improvements to the framework for protecting human rights. However, we must ensure that future trad... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the resolution of the European Parliament of 21 October 2010 on the European Union’s trade relations with Latin America, as I believe that the free market stimulates the global economy and may be an important factor in the development of Latin American countries. I consider, however, that the mand... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The reason we finally voted against the text was that the more specific proposals to shelter Latin America from speculative attacks and climate change phenomena, discourage aggressive export orientation, avoid environmental dumping and hedge the liberalisation of financial services, got diluted in the process of buildi... | null |
Oreste Rossi | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report has our support because it emphasises the strengthening of relations between the EU and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The European Union’s specific task is to act as an economic and commercial player on the international stage, overcoming competition from its partners, the United States... | null |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union is, first and foremost, an advocate of respect for human rights. This is why I believe that we must focus very closely on respect for human rights in Colombia before liberalising trade with this country. On the other hand, on the subject of food imports from Latin America, we must ensure that these ... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | European common trade policy is an integral and important part of the Union’s general external action. It could play a very positive role in wealth-creation goals, and in economic and political relationships between the people and countries of Europe and Latin America. I have no doubt that closer integration of the ec... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | God bless your children. With this blessing, I suspend the sitting. | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Corrections to votes and voting intentions: see MinutesPV | I should just like to communicate some information I received a moment ago to the House. For some weeks now, a new and unprecedented phenomenon has been occurring around certain large occupied towns in Western Sahara, that is to say, more than 12 000 Saharawi men, women and children are, as we speak, deserting their t... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-10-21T00:00:00 | 2010 | Corrections to votes and voting intentions: see MinutesPV | I will take it into account. It was of course a point of order and the situation in Western Sahara and the situation in Morocco are not what we are supposed to be talking about this afternoon. I will, however, take note of what you said. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to make several statements at the beginning of this part-session. On 6 November 2010 in Moscow, unknown assailants inflicted a savage beating on the journalist Oleg Kashin. This brutal assault, which was not motivated by robbery, deserves the most severe condemnation. We note and welcome the swift reaction... | null |
Luigi Berlinguer | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-11-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in recent days, the Veneto region of Italy has been hit by serious natural disasters, in particular, the provinces of Vicenza, Padova and Verona. These catastrophic floods have affected around 500 000 people in various ways and have caused hundreds of millions of euro of damage. Thi... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-10T00:00:00 | 2010 | Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you for making this point. Please also use the one-minute speeches for this. This is also a subject which can be raised in a one-minute speech. Thank you, Mr Berlinguer, for raising this matter. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The first item is the presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report for 2009. | null |
Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is an honour for me to be able to participate in the debate today on the European Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the 2009 budget, which I have already presented to you and to the Committee on Budgetary Control. I would like to present to the House the four key messages contai... | null |
Algirdas Šemeta | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, two days ago, President Caldeira and I already had the opportunity to exchange our views and to discuss the Court’s annual report with the members of the Committee on Budgetary Control. I would like here to outline the main points of the discussion and the very first conclusions. Before entering the heart... | null |
Ingeborg Gräßle | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Caldeira, Mr Šemeta, ladies and gentlemen, we have a very good day ahead of us, because for the first time, we can expect the Barroso II Commission to cross the 2% barrier. We do not really need the tolerable risk of error. This is why the Court of Auditors’ report that has been submitted to us defini... | null |
Georgios Stavrakakis | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to welcome the annual report and congratulate President Caldeira and all the Members of the Court for their excellent work. Allow me especially to thank Mr O’Shea for the excellent cooperation we had concerning the agencies. Our role as a parliament is accountability towards the citizens, so ... | null |
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Šemeta, Mr Caldeira, I would like to thank the Court of Auditors for this report. Your organisation, Mr Caldeira, provides an essential service for European taxpayers. It is a good thing that the reduction in the error rate has continued this year. This is the result of the reform of the Commission wh... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when I read this annual report, I experienced a feeling of déjà lu, a feeling that I was once again reading something that I had been reading for many years. First of all, in particular, too many material errors are occurring in the areas of agriculture, the Cohesion Fund, research ... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the Court of Auditors is a kind of great superintendent, we might say a policeman, a friendly policeman, although sometimes I have the impression that it turns a blind eye and is too good and too benevolent towards the institutions which it supervises. The conclusion of this report, the conclusion of the... | null |
Søren Bo Søndergaard | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | da | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to thank the Court of Auditors for an excellent report. As we have heard, overall, there has been a reduction in the number of errors being made. What should we make of this? In my opinion, this depends on two things: the starting point and our expectations. The starting point was horrendous... | null |
Marta Andreasen | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, year after year over the last 16 years, the auditors have been refusing to clear 90% or more of the budget, and this year is no exception. They talk about errors, but the nature of the irregularities they find goes far beyond that of a mistake. Suffice to say that such a situation would cause the closure ... | null |
Martin Ehrenhauser | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is true that the error rate in the area of cohesion has fallen significantly from 54% in 2007 to 36% in 2009. That is correct. It is a fact, and even I have to acknowledge that. However, as the rapporteur has already said, if you look more closely at how these figures have been produced, it is obvious... | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | First of all, I wish to thank Victor Caldeira for this clear report, which is relevant to the Commission’s activities and the implementation of the 2009 budget. Secondly, I want to clarify from the start something of vital importance to us: once every five years, we are elected and sent to the European Parliament by E... | null |
Luigi de Magistris | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that if we can now talk about a reduction in errors, we owe this to the skill, independence and professionalism of the Court of Auditors, and I should like President Caldeira to take note of this. I believe that, as well as the Commission, Parliament played an important... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, although the Court of Auditors states that the accountability of European expenditure has improved, it has failed to grant a full declaration of assurance for the expenditure. That is partly because, while some improvement has indeed been shown as regards the second largest item, cohesion, there are s... | null |
Jens Geier | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to ask Mr van Dalen whether he is aware that the high percentages refer only to the percentage of the sample. In other words, it is not 36% of the payments that are in error, but 36% of the payments in the sample. If this is extrapolated up, the result is at least 5% in the case of the Co... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I fully understood that. The real issue for me is that no declaration of assurance can be given for billions of euro, which is why I have asked the Commission to investigate that thoroughly and also to examine how the situation might be improved. Fortunately, the Commissioner has already indicated in ... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, estimates provided by the European Court of Auditors show that EUR 6 million disappeared from the European budget in 2009 as a result of carelessness, mismanagement, fraud, ignorance and a lack of checks. The Court of Auditors has revealed the scandalous fact that around 40% of EU officials are receiv... | null |
Jan Olbrycht | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, I think that in discussing this report, we must take care to be sufficiently precise in our statements, because we are very often also talking, here, about errors, irregularities or embezzlement. The report shows very clearly that in terms of the error rate found for cohesion policy, there has be... | null |
Christel Schaldemose | MEP | S&D | en | da | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to thank the Court of Auditors for once again providing us with an excellent tool for evaluating our use of money within the EU. Fortunately, we can confirm that we are moving in the right direction, even though there are still many problems. However, because things are moving in the righ... | null |
Andrea Češková | MEP | ECR | en | cs | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is now the second time in the current session that the annual accounts of the European Union have come up for discussion. In the first place, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr da Silva Caldeira and his team for the work they have done. On the other hand, I am surprised at the level of error that is ag... | null |
Tamás Deutsch | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, the Court of Auditors have done an excellent job drafting the report auditing the EU budget for 2009, and Mr Caldeira and the members of the Court of Auditors deserve credit for their work. I agree with those speakers who have said that the report shows clearly and un... | null |
Inés Ayala Sender | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, once again, we welcome the improvements introduced through the intense dialogue between the Court of Auditors, the Commission and, of course, Parliament. This year’s report, however, also shows that we cannot rest on our laurels, and that we need to remain vigilant. I also think that Mr da Silva Calde... | null |
Iliana Ivanova | MEP | PPE | en | bg | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Ladies and gentlemen, it is vitally important that we emphasise the fact that the Court of Auditors’ conclusions acknowledge the progress which has been made by the Commission in controlling the absorption of European funds. However, at the same time, I hope that the recommendations and proposals made by the European ... | null |
Jens Geier | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Caldeira, Mr Šemeta, cohesion policy is the sick man of the EU budget. Last year, he was in intensive care and this year he is convalescing. However, he is far from making a full recovery and he could have a relapse at any time. More than 5% of all the cohesion policy payments were in error and 3% ... | null |
Lambert van Nistelrooij | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, representatives of the Commission and the Court of Auditors, I rise as coordinator for regional policy of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). Looking at the error rate, I see that a clear improvement has been made in terms of cohesion. We can now see the impact of the new r... | null |
Derek Vaughan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I want to be as positive as I possibly can about this report, because I always believe that we should use audits to improve things and to learn from our mistakes. There are many examples where this can be done by the Commission, by Member States and by beneficiaries in order to improve matters, for exa... | null |
Andrzej Grzyb | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, presentation of the results of the European Court of Auditors’ work always gives superb information which enables a comparison of what things were like in the past with what should be done in the future. What can the general conclusion be? It seems to be the case that wherever procedures are less comp... | null |
Karin Kadenbach | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to offer my very sincere thanks to the Court of Auditors. This report is an impressive demonstration of the fact that the controls are constantly improving. I am not necessarily concerned by the error rates that have been highlighted, because I believe that the auditing process is a learn... | null |
Algirdas Šemeta | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, the debate today demonstrates that further progress was achieved in 2009 in the management of the European budget. The clear opinion of the Court on the accounts and the lowest error rate ever for the whole budget, as disclosed by our external auditor, confirm that the Commission took the right decisio... | null |
Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, honourable Members, thank you for all the kind comments that you have addressed to the Court on this occasion, as a tribute also to those who work in our institution each day addressing, with the highest professional standards, and in accordance with international audit standards, the concerns of this ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The item is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | For the first time in 16 years, the European Court of Auditors has issued a positive statement of assurance with regard to both the reliability of the annual accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. This is the end of a cycle that began with the Santer Commission, which resigned in 1999... | null |
Zuzana Brzobohatá | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Court of Auditors is now submitting its sixteenth report, through which it issues the statement of assurance concerning the legality and regularity of the operations on which the annual accounts of the EU budget are based. I would like to stress that the level of error in some operations remains high. For... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2009 (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In its annual report on the implementation of the 2009 budget, the Court observes in relation to the reliability of the accounts that some consolidated entities have not provided any statement in relation to their consolidated accounts, or have submitted an amended statement. The European Police College (CEPOL) is one... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the report by Mrs Van Brempt, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to ... | null |
Kathleen Van Brempt | N/A | N/A | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, you see before you a very happy rapporteur, because I think that we – and I very much emphasise the we – have produced a report that will hopefully soon be adopted almost unanimously, as all political groups in Parliament have worked intensively on it and in close cooperation. Th... | null |
Günther Oettinger | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today, we are discussing the interim review of a successful programme to aid economic recovery in the energy sector. Up to this point, as part of the implementation of the programme established for us by Parliament and the Council, we have made 43 financing decisions for gas proj... | null |
Jens Geier | N/A | N/A | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Oettinger, as rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Budgets concerning Mrs Van Brempt’s report, I can say that the members of the committee very much welcomed this report. We have looked at it not only from a budgetary perspective, but also, to certain extent, with regard to its content an... | null |
Antonio Cancian | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the decision to use the few remaining funds in the Recovery Plan started in 2009 in a different way and to take advantage of this opportunity to introduce a new principle with the setting up of an ad hoc fund is far-sighted and in line with what we ha... | null |
Teresa Riera Madurell | MEP | S&D | en | es | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Commissioner, I would first of all like to congratulate the rapporteur on her excellent work, because far beyond the EUR 146 million that have been agreed, the impact of which we hope will be eight-fold, this initiative has important symbolic value. As the rapporteur explained, we are going to allocat... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I would like to express my thanks to the rapporteur for the preparation of this report on energy projects and for the additional funds now provided by the Commission. EUR 146 million has been provided for projects which will be crucial for Europe and for the various countries and, in particular, as th... | null |
Claude Turmes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, today we celebrate a victory, albeit small, for green energy policy and a more European energy policy. I firstly want to thank our excellent delegation from all parties, under the leadership of Kathleen. I think we did a good job. I would also like to praise Mr Oettinger. Unfortunately, during the pr... | null |
Zbigniew Ziobro | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I will endorse every proposal to increase Union funds for supporting energy projects. Green energy should also be supported. However, it should be said honestly that the idea that green energy is the solution to all of Europe’s energy problems – a kind of thinking which is often expressed here – is an... | null |
Marisa Matias | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I, too, would like to start by congratulating the rapporteur on the work that she has done on this subject. We are here to discuss a very specific programme to aid economic recovery, which is in the crucial area of energy in this case. In the current crisis situation that we are experiencing, proposals such as this on... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The submitted proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation Funding to cover the activities of this financial instrument may be obtained by transferring unused resources from a number of programmes in which it is not objectively possible to use the allocated funding in ti... | null |
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš | MEP | PPE | en | lv | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I am pleased that the European Union has learned to kill two birds with one stone. The first ‘bird’ is aid for business. At a time when the Member States are forced to cut spending and the banks are wary of giving loans, the European Union has come forward with a specific solution in the form of a new... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | First of all, I would like to congratulate my group colleague for her significant work negotiating this document and including it in the issues that are especially important for the energy market of the entire European Union. In the context of energy security, it is particularly important to promote energy efficiency ... | null |
Bart Staes | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | nl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to compliment Mrs Van Brempt and her shadow rapporteurs emphatically on this important legislative initiative. I think that this regulation has real potential to be a powerful incentive for projects relating to energy efficiency and the exploitation of renewable ener... | null |
Ryszard Czarnecki | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, we are talking, at the moment, about something which is absolutely fundamental, not only when we are dealing with economic matters, but also when we are dealing in broader terms with the question of European solidarity. This is because energy is, in fact, the greatest challenge and the greatest test. ... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | It is, without doubt, thanks to this Parliament that the volume of resources for projects in the area of energy efficiency and renewables has reached EUR 146 million. If it was up to the Member States, this figure would be substantially lower. Unfortunately, however, the legal form and structure of the fund remain unc... | null |
Patrizia Toia | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is not easy to find so much unanimity in Parliament This means that the work was really outstanding and Mrs Van Brempt and all the other shadow rapporteurs should be made aware of this. It has been said that the resulting instrument is very positive for several reasons. It is ... | null |
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I, too, wish to take my turn in congratulating the rapporteur on her very efficient work on such an important report. The report provides an important instrument for financing and implementing projects in the energy sector that will aid economic recovery at difficult times and help to complete the int... | null |
Edit Herczog | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, it is such a massive achievement that Parliament’s rapporteur and the Commissioner have jointly managed to make the Council retain this money in the funds available. This is a very important and highly significant event from our point of view. We hope that later on, we will be able to extend this to o... | null |
Herbert Reul | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, Mr Oettinger, ladies and gentlemen, funding has been available, which should have been invested in the energy sector, among other areas. We have discussed this in great detail in the committee and we were not sure whether all the money could be spent. At that time, the Commissioner promised us that he... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I wish to remind you that in 2009, when the European Union’s economic recovery plan was debated for the first time, the Commission made the undertaking that it would allocate EUR 1 billion to energy efficiency in homes. Unfortunately, this action has not been taken at the right time. Indeed, the ‘smart cities’ initiat... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The Energy 2020 strategy launched yesterday by the European Commission marks an important step towards a secure, competitive energy market in Europe. It offers solutions to major issues such as how to diversify supply routes and sources, reduce energy consumption or coordinate operations with third countries. However,... | null |
Francesco De Angelis | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Van Brempt, for her excellent work and for an agreement that will at last make it possible to free up significant resources for the development of renewable energies and energy efficiency in the context of the challenge for green growth. ... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, financial assistance for energy efficiency and renewable energy with the objective of economic recovery represents sensible and worthwhile investment. I totally agree with those who said that investment support for sustainable energy can be very effective and very beneficial, particularly when focused... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Assistance for energy infrastructure projects from money earmarked to stimulate the European Union economy was debated and allocated a year ago. At that time, the money was intended for just two types of projects, which aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, i.e. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) a... | null |
Mario Pirillo | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in the current difficult economic and financial scenario, Europe must continue to support projects in the sector of energy efficiency and renewable energy for a sustainable and social competitive economy. The means of operating the financial instrument must be improved in order t... | null |
Bogusław Sonik | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In January 2009, in response to the financial crisis, the European Commission proposed the reallocation of EUR 5 billion from unspent European Union funds, mostly to support energy projects which would contribute to economic recovery in the European Union. The European Energy Programme for Recovery, which is now being... | null |
Günther Oettinger | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | de | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, with this EUR 146 million, we are entering an experimental laboratory together. Firstly, I would like to say thank you, because you have fought to ensure that it was not EUR 114 million, but EUR 146 million, and that the Member States were prepared to go slightly beyond their rat... | null |
Nicole Sinclaire | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-11-11T00:00:00 | 2010 | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Madam President, I note with gratitude that today is a public holiday in Belgium to commemorate the millions that died in two world wars. I am somewhat dismayed that this Chamber is not following suit and commemorating those millions, so I respectfully call for a moment of silence to commemorate all those who died in w... | null |
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