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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
Ms Sinclaire, you should know that the President is scheduled to make an announcement before the House votes today and then the time will be respected, as it should be.
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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, as a Belgian Member of this House, it was a real pleasure for me to come here to work on a public holiday. As a result, I was able to reach the European Parliament from my home town in just 50 minutes, but that is entirely by the by. As rapporteur, I will be brief. Let me thank everyone, without excep...
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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 debate is closed. The vote will take place shortly. Written statements (Rule 149)
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Sergio Berlato
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
In January 2009, the European Commission proposed reallocating a portion of unused European finance to support projects in the energy sector in response to the economic and financial crisis. Our discussion today on the report amending Regulation
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András Gyürk
MEP
PPE
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
Ladies and gentlemen, last year I, too, welcomed the allocation of almost EUR 4 billion for projects in the field of energy as part of the Union’s economic stimulus package. I also pointed out that the aid package neglected the Central and Eastern European region, which is most threatened from the aspect of energy sec...
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Marian-Jean Marinescu
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 European Energy Programme for Recovery provides a financial package amounting to EUR 3.98 billion for 2009 and 2010. It was absolutely imperative to create a financial instrument specially intended for using the funds in this energy programme, which could not be committed until the end of 2010, so as not to lose t...
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Algirdas Saudargas
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
The opportunity to direct funds not spent according to the directive towards the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects was already set out in the regulation, but I welcome the fact that it was possible to find consensus as regards its specific implementation. Energy efficiency and renewable en...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The next item is the debate on the oral question to the Commission by Esther Herranz García, Albert Deß, Mairead McGuinness, Giovanni La Via, Michel Dantin, Véronique Mathieu, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Herbert Dorfmann, Georgios Papastamkos, Mariya Nedelcheva, Filip Kaczmarek, Jarosław Kalinowski, Béla Glattfelder, Czesław...
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Esther Herranz García
N/A
N/A
en
es
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Commissioner, thank you very much for being here and for having shown so much sensitivity regarding this very important parliamentary initiative that is so necessary for the European livestock sector. The sector is particularly vulnerable to the crises affecting EU agriculture as a whole, due to multiple factors: the ...
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James Nicholson
N/A
N/A
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, first of all, I welcome the fact that this issue is being discussed here today. I think it is very timely. At present, the EU livestock sector is experiencing difficulties caused by a range of factors, including rising production costs, competition from imports from third countries, and, of course, var...
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Iratxe García Pérez
N/A
N/A
en
es
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, the profitability of livestock production is directly linked to feed costs. In the growing context of volatile raw materials prices, decision making is becoming very complex for feed manufacturers and livestock breeders, as we saw at the start of the political year. The meat sector that ...
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Dacian Cioloş
EU Commissioner
N/A
en
fr
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, my answer will be in two parts, because the problem in the livestock sector relates primarily to the food situation and, hence, to the situation in the cereals market, and then I will also refer to the mechanisms at our disposal for the livestock sector. The Commission is following the situation in th...
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Albert Deß
MEP
PPE
en
de
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Cioloş, ladies and gentlemen, today’s motion for a resolution will help to set the European livestock sector on the right course. I would like to thank Mrs García for this initiative. The objective of the motion is not to cut Europe off from the rest of the world or to override the rules of the mar...
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Paolo De Castro
MEP
S&D
en
it
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to call on the Commission to implement suitable efficient and flexible market instruments to combat the crisis into which the European livestock sector has plunged. We hope that the proposal that the Commission will shortly present on market instru...
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Liam Aylward
MEP
ALDE
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, the livestock sector is an important traditional farming industry which represents the livelihood of thousands of producers across the EU. This sector is central to the socio-economic contribution made by agriculture to the rural areas of the European Union. It is a key agri-industry in Europe and even...
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José Bové
MEP
Greens/EFA
en
fr
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, just as in 2007, world cereal prices are soaring, and farmers are seeing a sharp rise in their production costs as they did two years ago. Cattle feed accounts for 60-80% of their costs, and their revenues are plummeting: they survive on an average of EUR 700 per month. Must we wait for ...
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Janusz Wojciechowski
MEP
ECR
en
pl
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I very much welcome the fact that we are dealing with the situation in the livestock sector, because it is a serious one. I would like to draw attention to the problem which is the subject of paragraph 15 of the motion, namely, the problem of animal welfare. Standards of animal welfare should be oblig...
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Patrick Le Hyaric
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
fr
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, lessons really must be learnt from the policies currently in force. The decision must be taken to stop this wholesale liberalisation of agricultural markets, which results in farmers earning, as someone mentioned just now, between EUR 700 and EUR 800 per month – EUR 700 and EUR 800 per m...
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Giancarlo Scottà
MEP
ID
en
it
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, cereal price volatility is having severe repercussions on all livestock sectors but also on consumers. Cereal exporting is blocked due to the effect of the heat, fires, drought and floods – as is happening now in Italy. To aggravate the situation, Canada has reduced production fo...
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Diane Dodds
MEP
NI
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I would urge the House to support this extremely important motion before us this morning. It is apparent to those of us who are from rural constituencies, and those who sit on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, that the current position that many livestock farmers find themselves in is...
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Rareş-Lucian Niculescu
MEP
PPE
en
ro
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
I think that we need to say right from the start that it is consumers who are the main victims of the crisis we are debating today, and not farmers. It is a known fact that in farming, cereal prices affect approximately 80% of the price of animal feed. This, in turn, affects roughly 70% of production costs. It is impo...
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Luís Manuel Capoulas Santos
MEP
S&D
en
pt
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
We are all aware of the enormous difficulties that the European livestock sector is undergoing, the pig-farming sector in particular. This situation has a number of causes that are very clearly spelt out in the text of the resolution that we are debating today, the most important of which is high cereal costs. The Eur...
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Martin Häusling
MEP
Greens/EFA
en
de
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Cioloş, there is no question that the crisis must be resolved. However, this motion proposes solutions which we cannot support. Making the import of GM soya easier will not help to resolve the crisis in the livestock sector. On the contrary, we must begin to redevelop our own source of plant protei...
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Bairbre de Brún
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
ga
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, the result of the substantial increase in the costs relating to animal feed is instability within the European agricultural industry. The fluctuation of prices has an adverse effect on an already vulnerable livestock industry. The increase in costs of compound feed is pushing up production costs for t...
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John Stuart Agnew
MEP
ID
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I support Mr De Castro’s remarks about meat and bone meal; deregulation in this area is highly necessary. The British livestock sector is struggling with high feed costs at present, and this is not helped by impediments which are placed in our way by the Commission. Top of the list is the individual el...
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Béla Glattfelder
MEP
PPE
en
hu
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
There are many reasons for the crisis in the livestock sector. Those who say that one reason is the unfair competition caused by imports and mention the dangers of the Mercosur negotiations are right. I wish to raise the issue of the surge in grain prices. It was foreseeable that grain prices would rise, and I have sa...
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Csaba Sándor Tabajdi
MEP
S&D
en
hu
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Firstly, Commissioner Cioloş’s efforts for the European Union to establish, at last, an appropriate protective mechanism against the global volatility of food prices deserve full support. Secondly, the high grain and animal feed prices point to the emergence of a shortage of protein in the European Union, on which Mr ...
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Herbert Dorfmann
MEP
PPE
en
de
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Cioloş, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mrs García very much for this initiative and I would also like to refer specifically to the situation of livestock farming in mountain areas. In many regions of the European Union, there are agricultural alternatives to livestock farming, but this...
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Luís Paulo Alves
MEP
S&D
en
pt
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
We are probably on the way to another commodities bubble. Prices on the international market have increased by more than 16% on average since June. Never has there been so much negotiating on the futures market, nor has there been so much money involved. Extremely low interest rates and too much money in search of goo...
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Michel Dantin
MEP
PPE
en
fr
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what a funny old world the agricultural world is! A year ago, in this Chamber, we were all bemoaning the general production situation. Today, one production sector, the cereal sector, is doing better than the others – and I think we should, all the same, welcome tha...
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Alan Kelly
MEP
S&D
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, again we are here having a debate about farmers’ incomes being destroyed by markets that are, to be quite frank, slightly dysfunctional in make-up and also cannot cope with major shocks like the grain price hike we are seeing. Surely it is time our farming and market system was stronger and I hope the ...
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Jarosław Kalinowski
MEP
PPE
en
pl
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, the situation this year is teaching us that an appropriate level of cereal reserves is essential to ensure food security and market stability. This security should be guaranteed by appropriate decisions at EU level. Another very important matter is the search for new sources of protein –...
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Kriton Arsenis
MEP
S&D
en
el
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, there are currently two threats to global livestock farming and food. On the one hand, we have the seed monopolies, and we have seen the disastrous consequences of modified seed in this sector in India. On the other hand, we have the games played by financial organisations with the prices of basic pro...
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Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
MEP
ALDE
en
es
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, livestock farms are suffering the consequences of the crisis. Moreover, they have to comply with the strictest standards in the world, increasing their production prices, with the disadvantage that this gives them in comparison with third countries. I therefore think that the common agricultural polic...
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Struan Stevenson
MEP
ECR
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, the crisis in the EU’s livestock sector has hit farmers hard in Scotland and there are many things we could do to help. Firstly, we could reduce the regulatory burden. It is madness that we apply more stringent red tape and regulation to our own EU producers than we apply to our competitors outside the...
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João Ferreira
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
pt
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The increase in cereal prices is another factor that is adding to and exacerbating the crisis in the livestock sector. The current common agricultural policy and the European Union’s trade policies do not ensure a fair income for farmers, particularly small and medium-sized producers, nor do they prevent the effects o...
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Dacian Cioloş
EU Commissioner
N/A
en
fr
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I am very pleased to see the interest shown, including in the European Parliament, in a sector that is essential not only for market supply, but also for the stability of our regions: I am talking about the livestock sector. The answers to many of the issues and problems raised will no doubt be found ...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
I have received four motions for resolutions(1) tabled in accordance with Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure. The debate is closed. The vote will take place shortly. Written statements (Rule 149)
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Sandra Kalniete
MEP
PPE
en
lv
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
These days, Europe’s livestock farmers are experiencing difficulties that we must all overcome together in order to enable the livestock sector to develop and generate enough revenue for farmers. In the last few months, there has been a significant increase in cereal prices, made more acute by extraordinary events, su...
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Franz Obermayr
MEP
NI
en
de
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The livestock sector presents a number of problems for European farmers, including the rising cost of inputs, competition from third country imports, major fluctuations in feed costs and relatively low prices for meat. If we are to put in place a lasting policy for the livestock sector, we must take into consideration...
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Pavel Poc
MEP
S&D
en
cs
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The increase in cereal prices is also a threat to the livestock sector in the EU on account of its dependence on feed imported from third countries. The situation is critical in the area of pork production, where feed accounts for 60% of production costs, but rising costs may gradually threaten all branches of livesto...
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Daciana Octavia Sârbu
MEP
S&D
en
ro
2010-11-11T00:00:00
2010
Crisis in the EU livestock sector (debate) Video of the speechesPV
European livestock farmers have been facing ever-growing difficulties recently. They are finding it difficult to cope with competition from third countries as the latter do not comply with the high standards which local producers comply with, and they are always victims of the European Union’s commercial negotiations....
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-22T00:00:00
2010
Statements by the PresidentVideo of the speechesPV
It was with great satisfaction that I received the news concerning the release from house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the Burmese opposition. Mrs Suu Kyi was one of the first winners of the Sakharov Prize, awarded by the European Parliament since 1988. However, she was unable to collect it in person 20 ye...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
I shall begin with some very sad information regarding the floods in Europe. Yet again this year, Europe has been hit by a flood disaster. Recently, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and northern Italy have suffered – at the moment there is flooding in central Italy – as well as the south-west of England and several oth...
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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris
MEP
PPE
en
it
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, over recent weeks, severe floods have struck several European countries, bringing the populations of the affected regions to their knees. Last week, four Belgian citizens lost their lives in the provinces of Waals-Brabant, Oost-Vlanderen and Henegouwen, on the border between the cap...
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Edite Estrela
MEP
S&D
en
pt
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, on behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I would like to show our solidarity with all of the regions hit by natural disasters, and give our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the storms. 2010 began with the world in sh...
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Dirk Sterckx
MEP
ALDE
en
nl
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, of course, our first sympathies lie with the victims. In my country, four people have drowned and I hear that in other countries, too, hundreds and thousands of people have suffered enormous financial and emotional losses to their businesses and homes. Our first thoughts go out to them, of course. In rec...
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Isabelle Durant
MEP
Greens/EFA
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, I, too, on behalf of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, should like to offer my condolences to all the families and all the people who have been affected by these tragic floods, to all those who have lost loved ones, and to all those who have sustained material losses. However, I should also...
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Julie Girling
MEP
ECR
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, my group also extends its sincere condolences to those affected. I have very personal experience of this; indeed, it was the flooding in my own region which first brought me into contact with the European Parliament and indeed inspired me to become a Member eventually, so the mobilisation of the Solidarit...
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Lothar Bisky
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left, I would like to express my sympathy for the victims and for those affected. All the groups in Parliament are in agreement on this. We also agree that we must provide aid quickly. A lot of sensible things have already been ...
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Mara Bizzotto
MEP
ID
en
it
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my group, I would like to express my solidarity with all citizens affected by the flood. I would nevertheless like to talk about my own region, a region of 5 million inhabitants where 500 000 people were struck by the flood, with 131 municipalities involved, 7 000 inhab...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149)
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Olga Sehnalová
MEP
S&D
en
cs
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
Natural disasters in the European UnionVideo of the speechesPV
Both natural disasters and industrial disasters, as we have seen from the recent tragedy of the toxic sludge spill in Hungary, are, unfortunately, a relatively frequent occurrence in Europe. The credibility of the European Union as an organisation showing solidarity in need depends on an ability to provide effective a...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The next item is the statements by the Council and the Commission concerning the 10th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security. I would like to welcome to the Chamber the representative of the Council and the representative of the Commission.
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Olivier Chastel
EU Council President
N/A
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour of taking the floor in this debate on behalf of Baroness Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Allow me, first of all, Mr President, to thank the European Parliament for its continued ...
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Joaquín Almunia
EU Commission Vice-President
N/A
en
es
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, thank you very much to the Belgian President-in-Office of the Council for his words on this subject. The Commission fully supports what the representative of the Council has just said, and I would like to add three specific points. Firstly, I would like to say that I entirely agree with what the Presiden...
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Edit Bauer
MEP
PPE
en
hu
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, the adoption of resolution 1325 by the UN Security Council ten years ago obviously represented an historical step on the part of the international community, taken in the wake of the tragic experience of the Yugoslav Wars. Wars take their greatest toll on the innocent civilians, and in times of armed con...
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Maria Eleni Koppa
MEP
S&D
en
el
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, it is 10 years since UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security was adopted. It is an important anniversary, more topical than ever, because women, like children, are still the biggest victims of war. The thousands of cases of rape in war zones prove that rape and sexual abuse are s...
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Barbara Lochbihler
MEP
Greens/EFA
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, exactly 10 years ago, women’s rights as a fundamental element of human rights first became a topic for discussion by the UN Security Council following a call for gender equality in conflict and crisis situations. This was a milestone on the road to the introduction of a mandatory requirement under intern...
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Eva-Britt Svensson
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
sv
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Mr President, women and children are victims in wars and conflict situations. Violence, rape, torture and sexual assaults are weapons that are used against women and children in these situations. Women have now been recognised as victims, and indeed they are victims. They have been recognised, among other things, as a...
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Jaroslav Paška
MEP
ID
en
sk
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security is one of the latest serious documents in which all of the nations of the world declare their respect and reverence for the fairer sex. Every provision of the resolution has its own profound sense, and responds to problems which life oft...
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Krisztina Morvai
MEP
NI
en
hu
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that all of us could easily answer the question as to which major group of people is essentially excluded from decision making, or is only minimally involved in it, while, at the same time, having to bear the consequences of political, economic and financial decisions t...
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Philippe Juvin
MEP
PPE
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in conflict areas, the use of violence against women is a deliberate tactic. Rape is a widespread, systematic and organised practice. It is a weapon of war. We must, of course, condemn this violence. Condemnation aside, however, we must go beyond mere declarations, otherwise they...
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Marc Tarabella
MEP
S&D
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it has now been 10 years since the United Nations Security Council adopted, for the first time in its history, a resolution highlighting the specific situation of women living in combat areas and their role in resolving conflicts. However, today, 10 years on from that resolution,...
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Ilda Figueiredo
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
pt
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, highlighting the effect of wars and conflicts on women and children is of the utmost importance at a time as critical as this, when wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are dragging on, severe conflicts are being fuelled, such as in the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine, or the Western Sahara occupied...
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Eduard Kukan
MEP
PPE
en
sk
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I, too, would like to emphasise the historical importance of Security Council resolution 1325 for peace and for security policy. It was the first time that the UN emphasised the importance of the protection of women and their full involvement in creating peace, maintaining peace and preventing conflic...
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Sabine Lösing
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, women and children continue to be disproportionately hard hit by wars and their consequences. However, women’s rights must not be misused in order to give legitimacy to military interventions. The example of the Republic of Congo shows that military measures do not help to protect, secure or establish...
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Edite Estrela
MEP
S&D
en
pt
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, the resolutions of the Security Council and plans for supporting development have already been mentioned, with emphasis on the advances that have been made, but the fact is that women continue to be the main victims of armed conflicts. They are victims, yet not decision makers. Women should participat...
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Antonyia Parvanova
MEP
ALDE
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, when speaking about women in conflict zones, we have to consider that despite increased efforts and good signs, such as the appointment of former Commissioner Margot Wallström to the office of special representative of the UN Secretary-General on sexual violence in conflict, as well as the recent creat...
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Diane Dodds
MEP
NI
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I want to give my support to resolution 1325. I turn the House’s attention to the situation in Northern Ireland, where we have a very active women’s sector – a sector that has been a force for good within the country. Before coming to this House, I represented West Belfast in the Northern Ireland Assem...
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Norica Nicolai
MEP
ALDE
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I hope that this debate which we are having today will not only be an occasion for marking the anniversary of resolution 1325, but also a new beginning and new approach to this issue, which persists virtually in the same forms that led to the adoption of resolution 1325. I do not believe that declarat...
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Anna Záborská
MEP
PPE
en
sk
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, we are marking the 10th anniversary of UN resolution 1325, and there are almost daily reports of other resolutions and declarations aiming to help women. However, I have my doubts as to whether we are monitoring their fulfilment sufficiently. More and more documents are being produced, but the situati...
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Olivier Chastel
EU Council President
N/A
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I clearly agree with Parliament on a very large number of points. How could I fail to agree in particular with Mr Juvin’s and Mr Tarabella’s calls for the creation of the European External Action Service to represent a major opportunity to strengthen EU policy on women, peace and...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
I have received six motions for a resolution from the various political groups on this subject. The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Thursday, 25 November, at 12:00. Written statements (Rule 149)
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Corina Creţu
MEP
S&D
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
All the assertive efforts undertaken – the resolutions and national and international plans for improving the level of protection for women in conflict zones – have failed to eliminate this barbaric weapon which is frequently resorted to in modern warfare: sexual violence. On the contrary, impunity provides conditions...
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Lena Kolarska-Bobińska
MEP
PPE
en
pl
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Over the years, the traditional role of peace missions has changed. It is now not only monitoring ceasefire agreements or ensuring that borders between states are respected. Currently, missions are engaged in a range of ‘soft’ activities – promoting human rights and democracy in a wide variety of ways, supporting the ...
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President
EUROPARL President
N/A
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
The next item is the report by Mr Bernhard Rapkay, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (COM(2010)0372 – C7-0296/2010 – 2010 /0220(NLE)) (Α7-0324/2010).
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Bernhard Rapkay
N/A
N/A
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Almunia, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, I would like to congratulate you, Mr Almunia, and your offices. The impact assessment that you have presented is very good. It is based on facts, it is conclusive and it gets to the point. It is a pity that the other members of the College of Commissioners ha...
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Joaquín Almunia
EU Commission Vice-President
N/A
en
es
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, thank you very much to Mr Rapkay for his report on behalf of Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. The Commission has closely analysed both the report and the amendments proposed for this debate with great interest, and we have taken note of the fact that the report specifically sup...
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Herbert Reul
N/A
N/A
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Almunia, ladies and gentlemen, no one disputes the fact that coal is an important part of our energy supply. It is also indisputable that the mining industry must be competitive and that subsidising it is not the correct approach. The question now is whether 2014 or 2018 is the right deadline. Mr R...
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Jan Březina
N/A
N/A
en
cs
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, on behalf of the REGI Committee, we welcome the Commission proposal, although we have recommended certain amendments. We also recommended extending the deadline for closing uncompetitive mines. Without this change, there would be a risk that entire regions affected by mine closures would fall into pov...
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Werner Langen
MEP
PPE
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I would like, first of all, to encourage Mr Almunia to stick with his original proposal of 2018. This proposal was well-founded and was based on economic, regional, social and energy policy grounds. I do not understand why the College of Commissioners has introduced environmental reasons which are com...
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Olle Ludvigsson
MEP
S&D
en
sv
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, this is not a straightforward matter. It is therefore important for us in Parliament to establish a well-balanced position. There are two main aspects to take into consideration. On the one hand, it is unreasonable, in the long term, to continue to keep this uncompetitive form of mining alive artifici...
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Sophia in 't Veld
MEP
ALDE
en
en
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I have to say that I am very touched by the new romance between the EPP and the S&D Group, but I do feel that the intimate and loving embrace between Mr Rapkay and Mr Lange is keeping Europe firmly stuck in the past. We are talking about the seventh extension of the special State aid regime. Mr Rapkay ...
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Philippe Lamberts
MEP
Greens/EFA
en
fr
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance has no objection to public funds being invested, provided that they act as a catalyst for the transformation that our society, our industry, our economy must go through to become fairer and, above all, more sustainable. We must remem...
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Konrad Szymański
MEP
ECR
en
pl
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, the proposal presented by the European Commission was evidently written under the dictates of climate policy and without consideration of the social consequences – particularly the consequences in the field of energy – in countries such as Germany, Spain and Poland. We must remember that the world coa...
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Andreas Mölzer
MEP
NI
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, it is not only justifiable for us to continue supporting the coal industry, but, in my opinion, it is also absolutely essential. We must go on providing support not only until 2014, but also beyond that time. It is our duty to protect the citizens of the European Union from the many negative impacts o...
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Gunnar Hökmark
MEP
PPE
en
sv
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, when it comes to State aid for the coal industry, my view is that we should do everything we can to make the European economy as competitive as possible, and we should do this in many different areas. We must have a goal when it comes to the automotive industry, the engineering industry and the medica...
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Wolf Klinz
MEP
ALDE
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Almunia, we need to bite the bullet now, rather than prolonging the agony. This is what comes to mind when I think about the subject that we are discussing today. I support the Commission proposal to phase out State aid in 2014 for the pits which are not competitive by that date. The cost of each j...
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George Sabin Cutaş
MEP
S&D
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I think that both the mine closure proposal and the suggestion to reduce subsidies would be too premature and that they would have undesirable socio-economic and regional repercussions. We must not forget that Europe’s mining sector provides approximately 100 000 jobs, 42 000 in coal mining and 55 000...
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Ivo Strejček
MEP
ECR
en
cs
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, in my opinion, there is no dispute over the fact that subsidies to particular segments of the economy distort and destroy economic competition, and that State aid is therefore damaging to the healthy functioning of the market, not only in the short term but also in the long term. We are talking here a...
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Salvador Garriga Polledo
MEP
PPE
en
es
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Commissioner, it is a shame that Parliament has a right to nothing more than consultation when what we are talking about is the future of 180 000 European families and the European Union’s indigenous energy source par excellence. Subsidies are not a general route to competitiveness, but making Europea...
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Silvia-Adriana Ţicău
MEP
S&D
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, coal is an important component in the European Union’s energy mix. The coal mining sector provides 280 000 jobs in the European Union, especially in mono-industry areas. This is why it is important for the Union to supply the largest proportion possible of its coal requirements from domestic productio...
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Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
MEP
ALDE
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, firstly, I would like to congratulate Mr Almunia on the open debate that has taken place in the Commission. There are good reasons why you and the Commission President, Mr Barroso, took part in the debate in the College of Commissioners with a very different year in mind. I am pl...
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Theodor Dumitru Stolojan
MEP
PPE
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I have already listened to the views of my fellow Members who emphasised how important coal is to the European economy’s energy security. I would like to introduce another argument. In some countries, including Romania, in years affected by drought – which have been growing in number – there is a fall...
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Petru Constantin Luhan
MEP
PPE
en
ro
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, although subsidised coal accounts for only a small proportion of the European Union’s electricity production, the immediate and simultaneous closure of hard coal mines will have a considerable social impact in certain areas of Europe. We are talking here about a large number of people working in this ...
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Elmar Brok
MEP
PPE
en
de
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, Mr Almunia, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say a few things to our Liberal friends and to Mrs in ’t Veld in particular. Competition will not be distorted, because the coal-fired power stations will continue to operate using imported coal, which will increase their carbon footprint. In other wor...
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Antonio Masip Hidalgo
MEP
S&D
en
es
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, who has been to my region of Asturias which, many years ago, shaped the origins of Spain and of Europe, and which, thanks to its coal and to its people, is at the forefront of modern society. Mining areas need to continue in this commendable revitalising effort wi...
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María Muñiz De Urquiza
MEP
S&D
en
es
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, competitiveness is important, but it cannot be the only criterion. Our energy dependence means that only coal can guarantee us a secure supply as an indigenous source of fossil fuel, and the economic and social importance of mining in several European regions means that the closure of the mines must n...
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Miloslav Ransdorf
MEP
GUE/NGL
en
cs
2010-11-23T00:00:00
2010
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV
Madam President, this measure confirms the old saying that a financier has a hold on the state like a rope has a hold on a man who has been hung. I would like to say three things. First, I think that money should go to support those competitive mines at risk, which account for 5% of mines throughout the European Union...
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