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Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra | 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, in order to mitigate the social and energy impact and to ensure secure energy reserves, we have tabled three amendments in plenary with the following aims: firstly, for the overall volume of aid per year to diminish, but with no percentage limit or limit per business. In this respect, we are grateful ... | null |
Ioan Enciu | 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, first of all, I would like to congratulate Mr Rapkay for all his efforts. I, too, think that it is of paramount importance for the transition period to be as long as possible – 2018, as has been proposed. I suggested longer still for the closure of uncompetitive mines or possibly for making some of th... | null |
Iuliu Winkler | 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, our fellow Members in this Chamber have mentioned that this is a recurring debate in the European Parliament. It is indeed a recurring debate, but taking place in different economic and social conditions from before. We are in a global recession and the European Union is in crisis. No one believes tha... | null |
Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | MEP | PPE | 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, in view of the specific nature of the regulation which we are debating, today, let us not forget that there are Member States of the European Union whose energy production is based mainly on coal. Therefore, the changes proposed during work on the regulation must be put into effect in a way which allo... | null |
Jens Geier | MEP | S&D | 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 refer briefly to two points. One of them concerns competitiveness, which is raised in a number of different areas of the report. I would like to ask you to remember how many mining accidents we hear about in the media. This is due to the fact that mini... | null |
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, I repeat what I said in my opening speech: the Commission and I are taking very good note of all the arguments that have been put forward here by all of you, and we will take very good note of Parliament’s position once Mr Rapkay’s report is adopted. I think that we need to distinguish – as practicall... | null |
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, that is exactly the problem. You are right when you confirm to Mr Lange that it is a Council regulation. However, it also depends on whether the Commission hears the arguments put forward in the Council and here in Parliament. You must drop this very stringent proposal, as you have done, s... | null |
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 debate is closed. The vote will take place today at 11:30. (The sitting was suspended for a few minutes) Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | 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 | While drafting this document, the rapporteur has achieved an important success – finding an answer to two questions: one concerning the environment and the other social protection. From Romania’s perspective, and I believe that this is a point of view also shared by Germany, Poland, Spain or Hungary, the mining indust... | null |
Adam Gierek | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Commission is trying – at any price and in a way which is not justified by economic rationale – to reduce coal extraction. These efforts have been artificially stimulated by the increase in costs of generating energy in coal-fired power stations. I refer to the costs of emissions. It is a policy which und... | null |
Edit Herczog | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV | There are several arguments against such a rapid discontinuation of subsidies. I refer primarily to social and economic consequences on a regional scale. It is important that we spend subsidies to facilitate mine closures properly: to ensure that the employees concerned are retrained and redeployed in other sectors of... | null |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The European Union’s attempt to reduce the use of coal is only right and proper. Since the longterm aim for Europe and the human race is nondependence on fossil fuels, we need to realise that European coal mines will, sooner or later, have to adapt to change. Globalisation means that there will be significant price ... | null |
Veronica Lope Fontagné | 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 | There are various reasons for supporting coal aid: strategic reasons, regional sustainability reasons and social reasons. With regard to the strategic reasons, we need to take into account the fact that the market is changing rapidly. Therefore, abandoning coal without having a viable alternative would not be appropri... | null |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | MEP | PPE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Despite all the fine speeches on climate, Europe will still be clinging onto its coalblack past by adopting this report. Under the Europe 2020 strategy, the EU would like to move swiftly towards a low emissions future based on renewable forms of energy. These will merely be words, however, if, in the future, Parliame... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Formal sitting - GeorgiaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests and friends. I would like to extend a warm welcome to the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. (Applause) This is not President Saakashvili’s first visit to the European Parliament. He was with us four years ago, and he was also in Brussels in 2004, just after b... | null |
Mikheil Saakashvili | N/A | N/A | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Formal sitting - GeorgiaVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am humbled by the immense honour that your invitation signifies for my country, and I would like to thank you and all the political groups for this exceptional opportunity. Mr President, as we noted in our preliminary discussions, I was last here four years ago, so it is like the Olympic Games. I have c... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Formal sitting - GeorgiaVideo of the speechesPV | President Saakashvili, your message today was very important for all of us, but it was very important as well for the future OSCE summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, in one week’s time on 1 and 2 December. First of all, it was of crucial importance to the whole of your region, to the Caucasus, both the southern Caucasus and ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, would you trust an economic forecaster who had recently said this: ‘The euro has done more to enforce budgetary discipline in the rest of Europe than any number of exhortations from the IMF or the OECD’? Or this: ‘The euro has already provided great internal stability for the eurozone’? Or this: ‘If we ge... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I share the concern my colleague just expressed about this obsession with harmonisation. When we look at the moves towards a common VAT tax base, we hear MEPs across this House arguing for more and more harmonisation when it comes to tax, forgetting that what we really need here at EU level is more tax co... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the report examines the annual report and the activity carried out this year. Economic and financial and, to a growing extent, political actions are still extensively dominated by the international financial crisis. Events in Greece and in other countries of the area naturally have ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, we can see the way in which the Irish Republic has been brought to its present predicament by the euro. As early as 2001, Irish economists were alarmingly warning that Ireland desperately needed to raise interest rates to choke off the unsustainable boom. But of course, there were no Irish interest rates;... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to emphasise the importance of training. In other respects, this motion for a resolution is excellent, but I would like to point out that, from the perspective of gender, the EU and other countries involved in these civil crisis management operations would do well to look to the north and le... | null |
Jim Higgins | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I want to explain the reason why I voted against Amendments 30 and 31 to Article 5 of the Gallagher report: for the very simple reason that it would separate the Bay of Biscay TAC from the rest of the area. The justification was simply that there are many small local fishing boats in that particular regio... | null |
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica | MEP | ALDE | en | es | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of Amendments 30 and 31, because both the distribution by area of total allowable catches (TACs) and the establishment of TACs need to take into account the characteristics and objectives of the different fleets – small-scale and industrial fleets – so that the fishing opportunities tha... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the problem of declining fish stocks is affecting not only us Europeans, but also fishermen and consumers throughout the world. The lack of suitable fishing grounds is a threat to food security. It may also upset the balance of aquatic ecosystems and, as a result, of the entire environment of our planet.... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I voted in favour of this report. I, too, am concerned that we need to ensure that fish stocks last and that fishing is genuinely sustainable, in the Baltic Sea region too. The reduction in fish stocks is currently a major cause for concern. Here, obviously, the focus was mainly on flounder and turbot, a... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission’s proposal that introductions and translocations involving the use of closed aquaculture facilities should be exempted from the permit requirement was bound to be accompanied by a more rigorous definition of the requirements that these facilities must observe. I there... | null |
Giommaria Uggias | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the single market is one of the pillars of the European Union. There is no doubt that, under the same general conditions, enterprises can produce and sell their products and services without public support, but not all sectors and not all areas are operating under conditions of pari... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, when we speak about State aid, we also need to remember that, in some cases, it can distort competition. When, in the context of the Single Market, there is talk specifically about coal mines and aid for them, it has to be said that we in Europe should be looking at a more sustainable future. Coal is now... | null |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I do not think that the EU should support polluting coal mines. We should be supporting the acquisition of renewable energy and its production. We cannot put our foot down on the accelerator and apply the brakes at the same time. I am with the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on... | null |
Bogusław Liberadzki | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am speaking because Poland is one of those countries which have had to face the biggest problems in terms of a sudden reduction in expenditure and extraction potential in the coal industry. Ten years ago, we introduced a radical programme of mine closures, but to replace the Polish coal, 10 million ton... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly has succeeded in establishing itself as a key player in international North-South cooperation due to the quality of its work. Strengthening the parliamentary dimension of cooperation proved essential for the purposes of guaranteeing good deplo... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I should like to congratulate Mrs Joly on her report. Today, we inhabit a world where human history seems to be travelling along separate tracks. In some continents, the days are spent basking in the light of innovation, technology and objective wellbeing while, in oth... | null |
Alfredo Antoniozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly has proved itself an essential tool for building an open and democratic dialogue, successfully involving ACP national parliaments, local authorities and non-governmental organisations. I agree on the general approach of the report, and conside... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the aim of the Stockholm Programme adopted by the European Council in December last year, is to create a European space of freedom, safety and justice, to be achieved over the next five years, with the aim of ensuring that citizens can enjoy all their fundamental rights. The ultimat... | null |
Peter van Dalen | MEP | ECR | en | nl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, European cooperation in the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) remains a sensitive issue and one which needs to be addressed carefully. Cooperation between judicial authorities may be necessary in order to prevent crime and bring justice and legal certainty to the European internal market. Howe... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I abstained from the vote because I am not convinced that Member State subsidiarity is respected in the area of family law. The European Union must fully respect the division of powers between the Union and the Member States when creating legislation. For this reason, I fully support an approach which co... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to say that coal is a raw material which is very important for the welfare of society and energy security. Despite research which has been carried out and despite the search for alternative energy sources, demand for coal continues to rise. It is obvious, therefore, that efforts should be ma... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by my German colleague, Mr Böge, on the proposal for a decision on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to the tune of EUR 13 million in order to help Ireland, which was hit by serious floods in November 2009. The amount of aid seems derisory to me (2.5% of an estimated EU... | null |
Liam Aylward | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I strongly agree with what the report says about supporting the Commission’s decision to allocate EUR 13.02 million from the EU Solidarity Fund for the benefit of Ireland in order to restore infrastructure and to implement flood prevention measures in affected areas. The floods in Ireland in November 2009 did consider... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to provide funds from the EU Solidarity Fund to Ireland. In 2009, heavy rain led to severe flooding which caused serious damage to the agricultural sector, residential properties and businesses, to the road network and other infrastructure. Support for Ireland was approved by way of exception because the exten... | null |
Gerard Batten, John Bufton, David Campbell Bannerman, Derek Roland Clark, Trevor Colman and Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Considering the illegitimacy, undemocratic structure, corruption and megalomaniac ulterior motivation of the European Union in general and the Commission, in particular, we of the UKIP cannot condone the Commission’s monopolisation of public funds for any purpose whatever and believe, consequently, that any monies it d... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Union Solidarity Fund, which is intended to help countries forced to cope with natural disasters, has been mobilised 33 times since its creation eight years ago. It has proved its usefulness, and mobilising it for the November 2009 floods in Ireland, which everyone remembers, is, in my view, entirely just... | null |
Slavi Binev | MEP | NI | en | bg | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to explain why I voted in favour of this proposal. I believe it absolutely necessary for us to show understanding towards problems such as this, as something like this could happen to any one of us. By acting in this way, we show our unity and empathy at times of natural disasters. I am certain that our a... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I regard Ireland’s application for assistance from the Solidarity Fund following the torrential rain which led to major flooding in November 2009 as important and welcome. The flooding caused severe damage to the agricultural sector, residential properties and businesses, to the road network and other infrastructures. | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Overall, I voted in favour of this report, given that Ireland has submitted a request for assistance and the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to respond to a disaster caused by severe flooding in November 2009, and due to the fact that this flooding caused considerable damage to many homes, farms, ro... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund in favour of Ireland following the floods that caused severe damage to the agricultural sector, homes and businesses, the road network and other infrastructure. Although the total losses remain below the normal threshold, the request made by I... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As I stated previously, I believe that solidarity among EU Member States and, in particular, European support for states affected by disasters, is a clear sign that the EU is no longer just a free trade area. At a time when many are questioning the soundness of our joint project, special aid instruments such as the Eu... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report allows for the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (ESF) to help Ireland address the disaster caused by heavy rain and flooding in 2009. This flooding caused severe damage to the agricultural sector, homes and businesses, the road network and other infrastructure. Although the total losses r... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (ESF) to help Ireland tackle the disaster caused by rain and floods in 2009. In recent years, EU Member States have been hit by a considerable number of disasters. Over the first six years of the ESF, the Commission received 62 requests for fin... | null |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | MEP | ALDE | en | ga | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the decision of the European Parliament to approve the Irish Government’s application for financial help from the EU Solidarity Fund for flood relief. The floods in Ireland caused great damage in the country, especially in the Northwest. Under the EU Solidarity Fund, Ireland will receive EUR 13 million. This... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I was pleased to support this proposal and would like to express my country’s appreciation for the solidarity funding allocated to our country as a result of November 2009 flooding. I attended a Floods Forum in Ireland last week and there were many expressions of gratitude when I mentioned it was to be voted in Parliam... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Solidarity Fund. I believe, in fact, that the fund is a valuable tool for enabling the European Union to show solidarity with the populations of regions affected by natural disasters, by providing financial support to help ensure a swift return to normal living con... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this report agreeing to release EU funds to assist the victims of flooding in Ireland. Ireland applied for assistance from the European Solidarity Fund following heavy rain which led to severe flooding in November 2009. The flooding caused damage to the agricultural sector, residential properties, businesses ... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is an area of solidarity, and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a part of that. This support is essential for helping the unemployed and the victims of the relocations that occur in a globalised world. An increasing number of companies are relocating, taking advantage of reduced labour costs i... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of environmental disasters. In particular, heavy rainfall has frequently caused floods which have devastating consequences for the environment and result in damage that costs huge amounts of money to rectify. The European Union Solidarity Fund is being mobilised to re... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Commission did well to mobilise EUR 13 022 500 of the Solidarity Fund with the parallel submission of a draft amending budget (DAB No 8/2010) following the application for assistance submitted by Ireland in connection with the flood of November 2009, which caused massive damage to the national infrastructure amoun... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of Mr Böge’s report because I believe that the European Union has a duty to provide help and support to regions affected by natural disasters and catastrophes. I believe that the concept of solidarity is connected to the idea and values underpinning the European Union. It is one of the core values th... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I agree with Mr Böge, whom I congratulate, on the need to mobilise the European Solidarity Fund in favour of Ireland on the basis of point 26 of the interinstitutional agreement of 17 March 2006. The latter allows the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion. This is the first pro... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We have supported this resolution based on the fact that the Commission proposes to mobilise the European Solidarity Fund in favour of Ireland on the basis of point 26 of the interinstitutional agreement (IIA) of 17 May 2006. The IIA allows the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 bill... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The present proposal on mobilisation of the European Solidarity Fund (ESF) states the need to provide aid to Ireland due to the floods of November 2009, which caused huge losses in the agricultural and industrial sector, in infrastructure, particularly roads and water supply, and in residential areas. In view of this,... | null |
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in support of the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Ireland – floods in November 2009. As was the case in my home country of Poland, ravaging floods have torn apart so many communities and families that it is vital to lend support to our friends in Ireland. The funds will come from the Solidarity Fun... | null |
Jean-Luc Bennahmias | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, I simply had to vote in favour of the six resolutions tabled by Mrs Matera in order to help Dutch workers made redundant as a direct result of the global economic crisis. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is an effective tool that is focused on th... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Here is the explanation of my vote. Given that the Netherlands has requested assistance in respect of 821 redundancies in 70 companies operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions of Nord Brabant and Zuid Holland, I voted in favour of ... | null |
Mário David | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Aid to workers made redundant due to restructuring and relocation must be dynamic and flexible so that it can be implemented rapidly and effectively. In the light of the structural changes in international trade, it is vital that the European economy is able to effectively implement the instruments to support workers ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | 821 redundancies in 70 companies in the graphics sector in the Nord Brabant and Zuid Holland regions of the Netherlands show that the global economic and financial crisis does not spare sectors which, at first glance, appear to be more sheltered from its effects. This hints at the worrying reduction in the number of p... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the social impact of the global economic crisis, which has had a particular effect on employment, the proper use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is of pivotal importance in alleviating the plight of many European individuals and families, contributing to their social reintegration and profess... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Six more applications have been made to mobilise the Solidarity Fund, corresponding to the closure of hundreds more companies in Europe. Altogether, more than 3 000 workers have been made redundant. Initial estimates as to the number of people who would benefit from the fund at the time of its creation have long been ... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in favour of the Netherlands because I consider that instrument to be a valuable resource for the support of workers in difficulties on account of the economic crisis. The EGF was set up in 2006 to provide practical support to wo... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this report, which backs a Commission proposal to mobilise EUR 2 890 027 from the European Globalisation Fund in order to support the reintegration into the labour market of workers made redundant as a result of the economic crisis. This application concerns 821 redundancies in 70 enterprises (printing and re... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is an area of solidarity, and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a part of that. This support is essential for helping the unemployed and the victims of the relocations that occur in a globalised world. An increasing number of companies are relocating, taking advantage of reduced labour costs i... | null |
Claudio Morganti | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was set up with the purpose of supporting the reintegration into the labour market of workers made redundant due to the current process of world market globalisation. EGF aid applications are evaluated by the Commission, which, in this case, was in favour of the eligibi... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund would benefit 70 different enterprises and save 821 jobs. I have therefore voted in favour of this report. | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Once again, we find ourselves in this Chamber to approve an exceptional allocation within our own borders. Only, in today’s sitting, we are approving six allocations. I say this with regret, since this type of measure is associated with crisis situations and with a series of problems that have repercussions for the ec... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The request submitted by the Netherlands for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in relation to 821 redundancies from 70 companies operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions of Nord Brabant and Zuid Holl... | null |
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for the European Parliament resolution on the mobilisation of the EGF for granting aid to the redundant workers. In December 2009, the Netherlands submitted a request for assistance to use the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in connection with the redundancies which were made in eight regions, in enterp... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Here is the explanation of my vote. Given that the Netherlands has requested assistance in respect of 140 redundancies in two companies operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the NUTS II region of Drenthe, I voted in favour of the resolution because I agree with t... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Despite lending my support to all the requests to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund presented by the Netherlands concerning the severe wave of redundancies which has plagued two areas of the graphics sector – printing and reproduction of recorded media and publishing – I believe that the Dutch author... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the social impact of the global economic crisis, which has had a particular effect on employment, the proper use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is of pivotal importance in alleviating the plight of many European individuals and families, contributing to their social reintegration and profess... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in favour of the Netherlands because I consider that instrument to be a valuable resource for the support of workers in difficulties on account of the economic crisis. The EGF was set up in 2006 to provide practical support to wo... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report, which backs an application to mobilise the European Globalisation Fund concerning 140 redundancies in 2 enterprises (printing and reproduction of recorded media) over a nine month period in the Drenthe Division in the Netherlands. It forms part of a package of six interrelated applications deal... | null |
Iosif Matula | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for Barbara Matera’s draft reports on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for the benefit of the Netherlands, as I think that the European Union must offer support to redundant workers, providing them with dynamic, efficient financial assistance. Against the backdrop of the current e... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is an area of solidarity, and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a part of that. This support is essential for helping the unemployed and the victims of the relocations that occur in a globalised world. An increasing number of companies are relocating, taking advantage of reduced labour costs i... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Growing numbers of people are being made unemployed as a result of globalisation measures. In the nine-month reference period from 1 April 2009 to 29 December 2009, there were 140 redundancies in two companies in the Dutch region of Drenthe. Now, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is being mobilised to p... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund would benefit two different enterprises and save 140 jobs. I have therefore voted in favour of this report. | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This application is based on Article 2(c) of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) Regulation, and is part of a larger package of six interrelated applications, all of which concern redundancies in eight different NUTS II regions in the Netherlands from companies operating in the graphics sector, which has ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Here is the explanation of my vote. Given that the Netherlands has requested assistance in respect of 129 redundancies in nine companies operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the NUTS II region of Limburg, I voted in favour of the resolution because I agree with ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The field of printing and reproduction of recorded media, which forms part of the graphics sector, has been particularly eroded in the Netherlands, as shown by the various applications to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The region of Drenthe, which has the third highest unemployment rate in ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the social impact of the global economic crisis, which has had a particular effect on employment, the proper use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is of pivotal importance in alleviating the plight of many European individuals and families, contributing to their social reintegration and profess... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in favour of the Netherlands because I consider that instrument to be a valuable resource for the support of workers in difficulties on account of the economic crisis. The EGF was set up in 2006 to provide practical support to wo... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support this measure of European solidarity with the 129 workers in 9 enterprises (printing and reproduction) who are facing redundancy. The EUR 549 946 will offer some assistance to them in being reintegrated into the labour market. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EU is an area of solidarity, and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a part of that. This support is essential for helping the unemployed and the victims of the relocations that occur in a globalised world. An increasing number of companies are relocating, taking advantage of reduced labour costs i... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The far-reaching effects of globalisation are resulting in more and more people losing their jobs. Redundancies are becoming increasingly common. Between 1 April 2009 and 29 December 2009, 129 workers were made redundant by a machinery and equipment manufacturer in Limburg in the Netherlands. Now an application has be... | null |
Franz Obermayr | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund can save 129 jobs in nine different enterprises. I have therefore voted in favour of this report. | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This application is based on Article 2(c) of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) Regulation, and is part of a larger package of six interrelated applications, all of which concern redundancies in eight different NUTS II regions in the Netherlands from companies operating in the graphics sector, which has ... | null |
Maria Da Graça Carvalho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given that the Netherlands has requested assistance in respect of 650 redundancies in 45 companies operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions of Gelderland and Overijssel, I voted in favour of the resolution because I agree with the ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | 650 workers have lost their jobs at 45 companies within the field of printing and reproduction of recorded media in the graphics sector, in the Dutch regions of Gelderland and Overijssel, adding their difficult situation to that of other workers and companies all over the country. Faced with all the applications made ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given the social impact of the global economic crisis, which has had a particular effect on employment, the proper use of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is of pivotal importance in alleviating the plight of many European individuals and families, contributing to their social reintegration and profess... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in favour of the Netherlands because I consider that instrument to be a valuable resource for the support of workers in difficulties on account of the economic crisis. The EGF was set up in 2006 to provide practical support to wo... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the report, which backs plans to release EUR 2 013 619 to help workers in Overijssel made redundant due to the downturn in the printing industry. This support from the European Globalisation Fund should help reintegrate the workers into the labour market and I am pleased to see European solidarity in operatio... | null |
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