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Joanna Senyszyn | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, I endorsed the report on the work of the JPA in 2009. I have a good opinion of the work of the assembly this year, including, in particular, the resolutions adopted on the effect of the global crisis on social conditions and concerning climate c... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report, which reviews the work done with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. With this text, the European Parliament is drawing attention to the fact that the success of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly is linked to an open, democratic and in-depth dialogue between the European U... | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am approving this report, highlighting Article 67, regarding the various legal systems and practices, and access to justice, issues on which mutual recognition should contribute to better knowledge of the various legal systems and practices. I believe that enormous progress has already been made in terms of civil ju... | null |
Roberta Angelilli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme establishes ambitious European policies on justice and security in order to build a citizens’ Europe. The objectives include a legislative proposal on reinforced cooperation with regard to the law applicable to divorce. In Europe, 20% of divorces concern international couples. Such divorces are... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme seeks to create a European area of freedom, security and justice that will guarantee citizens’ fundamental rights, including freedom of enterprise, so as to develop entrepreneurship in all economic sectors. Since the Union first obtained competence for justice and home affairs, and the subseque... | null |
Slavi Binev | MEP | NI | en | bg | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the proposal of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection to include the text on the European single market in the resolution on civil, commercial, family and international private law. In my opinion, the single market helps the European area in terms of freedom, security and justice and c... | null |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because the European Parliament calls on the Commission to ensure as effectively and swiftly as possible that the Stockholm Action Plan truly reflects the needs of Europe’s citizens, particularly as regards free movement throughout the European Union, along with employment rights, the needs of ... | null |
Zuzana Brzobohatá | MEP | S&D | en | cs | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report contains a whole series of recommendations in the areas of civil, commercial and family law, as well as international private law. It is mainly concerned with measures designed to increase the enforceability of law in cross-border disputes and, in the spirit of the Stockholm Programme, those targeting a gre... | null |
Carlo Casini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I abstained from the final vote on the Berlinguer resolution because Amendment 2 was thrown out. This was extremely important for ruling out possible erroneous interpretations of item 40, which states that Parliament ‘strongly supports plans to enable the mutual recognition of the effects of civil status documents’. T... | null |
Carlos Coelho | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the huge progress that has been made in the area of civil justice since the Union first obtained competence for justice and home affairs and the area of freedom, security and justice was created. Moreover, I would congratulate the Commission on its very ambitious plan, which responds to a substantial number ... | null |
Lara Comi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | To this day, there are certain differences in the civil law of the 27 Member States and of those set to join the EU in the near future. The action plan presented is a step forward; it notes the similarities and highlights the differences so as to draw attention to the need to reduce those differences. In particular, a... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Explanation of vote: on 23 November 2010, the Swedish Conservatives voted in favour of the report (A7-0252/2010) on civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law aspects of the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme. However, we would like to emphasise that we believe a great deal of ca... | null |
Luigi Ciriaco De Mita | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme is an essential next step in the development of the European area of freedom, security and justice towards a greater focus on individuals. A greater focus that contributes not only to a more comprehensive perspective on citizenship, including respect for human beings and human dignity, but also... | null |
Ioan Enciu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report as I think that it is of paramount importance to implement properly the measures envisaged by the Stockholm Programme with regard to improving the area of freedom security and justice. This can be achieved by improving judicial cooperation between Member States, promoting a European judicial cu... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report because it advocates specific measures promoting legal certainty and access to rapid and efficient justice. Under the Stockholm Action Plan, it is necessary to ensure that the exchange of best practices between legal systems pays particular attention to the needs of individual citizens and busi... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The areas of civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law constitute some of the most sensitive areas of the law applicable in each of the EU Member States. I therefore think that any changes to them must be made with particular care, with the utmost consideration given to the principle of subsi... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme, adopted by the Council in December 2009, establishes priorities for the development of a European area of freedom, security and justice over the next five years. Union law facilitates mobility and enables the public to exercise their right to free movement, thus strengthening confidence in the... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This own-initiative report tackles various complex subjects based on aspects of civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law in the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme. As a result of this, our opinions about the rapporteur’s suggestions are also diverse. Some of them seem positive ... | null |
Christofer Fjellner, Gunnar Hökmark and Anna Ibrisagic | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Explanation of vote: on 23 November 2010, the Swedish Conservatives voted in favour of the report (A7-0252/2010) on civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law aspects of the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme. However, we would like to emphasise that we believe a great deal of ca... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted against this report. It is unacceptable to create a 28th regime, even if it is optional, in certain areas of civil law, in order to bypass national systems. Moreover, it is the height of hypocrisy to state that the diversity of these systems is an asset when ‘regulatory emulation’ is also recommended to allow... | null |
Nathalie Griesbeck | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I am pleased at the adoption of this report, which welcomes the Stockholm Action Plan and, more specifically, the elements it contains in relation to civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law. The European Union is working to create a ‘European judicial area’, and that area is based on the id... | null |
Martin Kastler | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have voted in favour of the amendments and against the Berlinguer report, because I am not sure that it provides adequate support for subsidiarity. I do not believe that we should be able to delete important details just because this is a large package of directives. This is a strategy which will backfire. For me, t... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This resolution calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament is fully consulted on the organisation and arrangement of judicial training. This initiative will aid the concept of a European judicial culture so that the entire citizenry of the EU will be treated fairly and with dignity. | 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 report on the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme because I consider the progress made in relation to the area of freedom, security and justice to be crucial. Since its creation, in fact, huge progress has been made in the area of justice, including civil justice. I believe that t... | null |
Marine Le Pen | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme (2010-2015), when viewed from the perspective of cooperation within the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ), in reality lays the future foundations of European supremacy in many areas with the aim of removing any remaining obstacles to ‘free movement’ between the EU Member States. Whet... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption of this report on the Stockholm Programme, which stresses the need to ensure mutual recognition of official documents issued by national administrations. This will include same-sex unions, meaning that partners in same-sex unions can act as next of kin in case of accidents abroad and, where appro... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The aims of the Stockholm Programme and its implementation plan are positive. In my opinion, one of the main reasons is the fact that the aim of the programme is to create a foundation and conditions under which EU citizens can make full use of, and enforce, their rights and freedoms. The implementation of the Stockho... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The areas of civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law constitute some of the most sensitive areas of the law applicable in the different EU Member States. I abstained from voting on this report as I believe it is vital that the principle of subsidiarity is always present in these matters, es... | null |
Alajos Mészáros | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | What do we intend to improve about the level of European judicial cooperation as we currently know it? The document adopted sheds light on the most important parts of the Commission’s plans. It underlines the tasks that lie before us in the upcoming period from the perspective of the citizens. As a politician and a te... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Paragraph 40 of the report on civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law aspects of the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme represents a serious intrusion into national law, by calling for same-sex marriages and partnerships which are entered into in a specific Member State to be ... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report deals with a topic of utmost importance, which is the way the EU meets the needs of its citizens and commercial companies in the area of the law, with particular reference to cross-border civil and commercial disputes. However, I regret that I did not find in the report’s content any reference to the action... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of adopting the report on civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law aspects of the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme. Ever since the EU gained powers in the field of justice and internal affairs, and since the creation of the area of freedom, security and just... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the Berlinguer report insofar as it concerns aspects of fundamental importance for enabling a shift towards a Europe of the citizens and for promoting the development of a European judicial culture. In particular, the report addresses in a balanced and exhaustive way issues concerning the training... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme aims to safeguard the fundamental rights of citizens in an area of freedom, security and justice. However, the differences in the various legal systems of the Member States are creating barriers to the development of European legislation. That is why I voted in favour of the European Parliament... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Stockholm Programme adopted in December 2009 establishes the priorities for the development of a European area of freedom, security and justice over the next five years. In this context, it is important to point out the significant results that have already been achieved, and to hope that the recommended measures ... | null |
Crescenzio Rivellini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Today, we voted in plenary on a proposal for a resolution on positive law aspects of the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme, in other words, European Union priorities for the development of an area of freedom, security and justice in the period 2010-2014 with particular regard to aspects of civil, commer... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This is a good regulation calling mainly for the use of every possible means to nurture a European judicial culture, particularly through legal education and training. | null |
Marco Scurria | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I hope that the actions identified in the Action Plan will be carried forward within the planned timeframe considering their importance for improving the lives of European citizens. In particular, Italy has always supported the need to develop mutual trust between Member States of the Union and is in favour of continu... | null |
Debora Serracchiani | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to express my satisfaction over the importance attributed to matters concerning civil law, such as the legislative proposal on reinforced cooperation in the divorce law sector and the recognition and creation of official public documents on inheritance. I am particularly pleased to see the emphasis placed... | null |
Czesław Adam Siekierski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Thanks to the Stockholm Programme, the citizens of Member States will be able to assert their rights throughout the European Union in the fields of civil, commercial and labour law. The programme offers advantages and greater transparency to citizens. It also improves the consistency of our system of legal regulations... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Since the European Union acquired shared competence over justice and home affairs, huge progress has been made in the area of civil justice. Article 67 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishes the importance of respecting the different legal systems and traditions within the EU and Mr Berling... | null |
Anna Záborská | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-11-23T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | It is a pity that this Parliament has decided simply to withdraw the debate on the Stockholm Programme from the agenda. Where there is no opportunity to debate, there is no opportunity to put questions. Also, if we do not allow a critical exchange of views on the integration process, it will only reinforce the concern... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the key debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance [2010/2654(RSP)]. I would like to welcome to the Chamber the President of the Council, Mr Van Rompuy, and the President of the Commission, Mr Barroso. Also present with us are representatives of th... | null |
Herman Van Rompuy | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Council meeting of 28/29 October focused on the economic governance of our Union, in particular with the report of the Task force on economic governance. The report which it endorsed and the events since then, and I refer in particular to Ireland, have illustrated the importance of the subjec... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, if a week is a long time in politics, a month can seem an eternity. A lot has happened since the last European Council, not least the recent events in Ireland. The action intended is a further, crucial step to safeguard the financial stability of Ireland, the euro area, and the Europea... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, an opinion poll I read yesterday in a newspaper states that 70% of French people believe that they are still in the midst of a crisis and that it has not yet been resolved. I am sure that a broader survey in Europe would generate the same results. We must therefore address our citiz... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as I listened to the President of the European Council, I heard a different tone to that of the President of the Commission. The President of the Council has given us a report, and Mr Van Rompuy, if I allow myself to succumb to its spell then I can really only come to the conclusion that everything is hu... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | (addressing Mr Bloom) I cannot accept what you said. We live in a democratic age and under a democratic system. I would ask you to make an official apology, or else we are going to make a formal complaint. There are people who have said less than that – it is not right. (Applause) He very nearly added that concentrati... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Dear colleagues, we must go ahead. I will take it into account. Let me read you Rule 152(1) of the Rules of Procedure: ‘The President shall call to order any Member who disrupts the smooth conduct of the proceedings or whose conduct fails to comply with the relevant provisions of Rule 9’. I will ask you, colleague, to ... | null |
Godfrey Bloom | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The views expressed by Herr Schulz meet the case. He is an undemocratic fascist. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Colleagues, we expected something quite different. We do not want our discussion to be disturbed in such a way. I will call you, colleague, to a meeting with me and we must take a decision on the next steps. It is impossible to hold our discussions in such an atmosphere. Colleague, as you see, the Chamber is protesting... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly I believe that what has happened is very serious. I also believe that the political groups must respond today with a common position on this issue and I hope that all the political groups, excluding, of course, the group of the Member concerned, are very clear in supporting the steps that you hav... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the event that the Commission gets the economic governance which it is seeking and which you are seeking for it, is it then your contention, Mr Verhofstadt, that the Commission would always make the right decisions? | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I think I have more confidence in the intention of the European Commission to take measures against countries that do not apply the Stability Pact than in the Council itself where the Heads of Governments are. I spent nine years in the Council, and I have never seen a country pointing the finger at anothe... | null |
Barry Madlener | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, that is right. I was unable to intervene when you excluded from the Chamber our fellow Member from the UK Independence Party (UKIP), but I should nevertheless like to object to the biased implementation of the rules. Mr Schulz called my colleague, Mr van der Stoep, a fascist here in this Chamber and you ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I must bring this conversation to an end. If you have any doubts about what has taken place, you can come to me about it. I am willing to talk with you. We will talk about it together. | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is rather difficult to speak in this highly-charged atmosphere. It is also to some extent a demonstration of the situation in which the European Union could find itself if we do not once again formulate European policy in a more careful and more resolute way. My view, Mr Schulz, ... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for once the two main topics being discussed by the European Council and the media back in my Welsh constituency are one and the same. Firstly, how will the EU cope with the situation in Ireland and secondly, how to resolve the impasse of the EU budget. In Wales we fully appreciate the EU funds received a... | null |
William | N/A | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, does the speaker appreciate that the so-called EU funds which she referred to as having been received by her constituents are simply the UK’s own money being returned, but being returned only in part and after the European Union has skimmed off its croupier’s share? Does the lady appreciate or understand ... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as the gentleman knows, I fully appreciate where the money comes from and who the net payers are to the EU budget. However, my constituents in Wales just see that they get investment in crucial projects when they actually have a GDP lower than any other region in the UK. So I will defend the EU’s spend in... | null |
Lothar Bisky | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if the Heads of State or Government have agreed to create a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area, I can only welcome that. The results of the work, lasting several months, of Mr Van Rompuy’s Task Force on economic governance leave a great deal to be desired – a... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Van Rompuy has been in office for one year, and in that time the whole edifice is beginning to crumble. There is chaos. The money is running out. I should thank Mr Van Rompuy. He should perhaps be the pin-up boy of the Eurosceptic movement. But just look around this Chamber this morning, Mr Van Rompuy.... | null |
Angelika Werthmann | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in order to overcome the present financial crisis we need fundamental changes to economic responsibility in Europe: an increase in financial discipline, monitoring of economic policy and an improvement in the coordination of crisis management. Strengthening the Stability and Growth ... | null |
Marianne Thyssen | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, what with the banking crisis, the economic crisis and the crisis situations in public finances, we have really learned, and experienced more than ever, what crises are in the last two-and-a-half years. To date, the reactions by the authorities, especially ... | null |
Stephen Hughes | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am sure one thing we can all agree on is that Heads of State or Government are extremely busy men and women. I find it extremely puzzling, therefore, that they come together every three months or so and waste a tremendous amount of time and money to decide very little in the face of a crisis which is do... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, there is one thing that it is important for citizens, too, to understand: the European Union is not in debt. We are talking here about a debt crisis in our Member States. The European Union is the only political level in Europe that is debt free. I would also like it to remain that way. However, we are j... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr Graf Lambsdorff, you are, of course, a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Free Democratic Party. Is your assertion that Deauville was a mistake also the opinion of the leader of your party and the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, or is it your personal opinion? May we take that as t... | null |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, of course I am happy to answer that. Mr Schulz is, of course, also a member of the Bureau of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and will also occasionally make statements here which are probably not entirely congruent. There is, however, one thing I would like to say, and it is that, if Mr Schulz can... | null |
Philippe Lamberts | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, for the past 25 years, too many Member States have been living with an economic growth model that is essentially based on debt – both public and private debt. The problem is that this debt primarily funded financial speculation and consumption rather than investment, at the very time when the rest of the... | null |
Vicky Ford | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is a debate about economic governance. Across Europe many countries, including my own, face difficult economic times. This weekend, the EU and the UK extended support to our friends across the Irish Sea. This is not a time for the European Parliament to indulge in name-calling or finger-pointing, but... | null |
Bairbre de Brún | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | ga | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, with the IMF, the European Central Bank and the Commission introducing onerous conditions, it is clear that billions of euros of cutbacks are being introduced in Ireland. Jobs will be lost, public services will be significantly curtailed, and income tax will be raised for people on low wages. The banks w... | null |
Mario Borghezio | MEP | ID | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ears of the President of the European Central Bank, Mr Trichet, must really be burning as this debate continues. If we were in the ancient Roman senate, a senator would surely stand up in his toga and say to Mr Trichet: ‘Quousque tandem abutere, Trichete, patientia nostra?’ – ho... | null |
Werner Langen | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have heard a lot of criticism of the Deauville decision here, but everyone knows that, at the start of the last meeting of your Task Force, Mr Van Rompuy there were still 20 items outstanding. As they are subject to the principle of unanimity, a solution had to be found. Everyone knows that. Everyone a... | null |
Elisa Ferreira | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, let us be frank. The solidarity mechanism for sovereign debt has not worked and does not work, the price of Greek debt has not fallen, Ireland is in economic turmoil and contagion has not been contained. When a process was set up it was done too late. It is intergovernmental and should have existed in an... | null |
Mirosław Piotrowski | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the crisis in the euro area is a fact. Testimony to the seriousness of the situation are the efforts which are even being made to change the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, which was adopted amid such great opposition. On the one hand, it is easy to understand the position of Germany and France, whic... | null |
Mario Mauro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to make a political assessment of what has been said during this debate. Quite rightly, we the members of the main European political families criticise Eurosceptics because they do not believe in Europe. However, I believe that the real problem is that perhaps we do n... | null |
Anni Podimata | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, if there is one basic conclusion to be drawn from the decisions taken by the last European Council, it is that they failed to persuade the markets, they failed to appease the markets. With the markets nowadays having the first and the last word, we need to ask ourselves why. Is it perhaps because, over a... | null |
Danuta Maria Hübner | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, to start, let me say that long-term conditions of competitiveness in individual Member States will differ for years to come. Structural causes of imbalances will therefore continue while economic governance will still be rather weak as a process in the making. In this context, it is of the utmost importan... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | We now continue with the debate on the Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance. | null |
Kathleen Van Brempt | MEP | S&D | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, listening to today’s debate one thing stands out, and that is the big issue – important to almost all the political groups – of economic governance. The consensus is only superficial, as there is a huge difference in interpretation regarding this economic governance. Looking at the Council’s interpretati... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso, obviously I would like to say that the position of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) is clear: it takes the view that the resolution of the serious crisis that Europe is experiencing is only possible through expanding economic governance and the Com... | null |
Marietta Giannakou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, obviously, the permanent support mechanism adopted is, without doubt, a positive step. However, there is still a lack of strategic planning, which needs to include economic union and, obviously, economic governance. The European Union was created thanks to the strong governments at the time. The economic... | null |
Tunne Kelam | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the key to overcoming the economic crisis is to draw binding conclusions from it, because this is, first of all, a crisis of trust and responsibility. Trust is based on a reasonable balance of incomes and expenditures. For more than 20 years, most of Europe has been used to living and consuming today, at ... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to welcome the new package of measures on increasing budgetary discipline and broadening economic surveillance. I feel that the measures proposed were necessary due to the disparities noted between Member States with regard to compliance with fiscal and budgetary policies. As a result, the e... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the forthcoming Hungarian Presidency will have to face the considerable challenge of implementing the amendment of the Treaty of Lisbon and introducing economic governance as soon as possible. Member States outside the euro area watch in astonishment as the euro area cracks on all fronts. We are bound by... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Portugal is experiencing the biggest general strike of the last 20 years. This protest follows equally significant ones in several EU countries, including Greece and France. What is the response of the leaders of the Council and the Commission? They are ignoring the protests against their antisocial poli... | null |
Jaroslav Paška | MEP | ID | en | sk | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Council negotiations at the end of October took place under difficult circumstances. All countries are currently amending their economic policies with the aim of getting out of the unfavourable economic situation as quickly as possible, and into at least some level of economic growth. After ... | null |
Andrew Henry William Brons | MEP | NI | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Council repeated the tired old slogan of the need to avoid all forms of protectionism and to avoid exchange rate moves aimed at competitive advantage. The embrace by the European Union of globalism has made European countries prey to competition from emerging economies, especially China, with... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso, I should like to begin by addressing the issue of public spending at European level. I wonder if the time has not come, given the significant challenges that lie ahead of us, to have a major debate with our national colleagues and the European Parliament on the communitisation ... | null |
Monika Flašíková Beňová | MEP | S&D | en | sk | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Council meeting was marked by expectations of how Europe’s leaders would deal with the problems presented to them by the economic recession. As I have said many times now, it is not enough to focus only on budgets. The structural imbalances which the crisis has only exacerbated go beyond deb... | null |
John Bufton | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would just like to make a few comments regarding what was said this morning by both President Van Rompuy and President Barroso. It would appear that they are both in denial – denial of the fact that the eurozone is in crisis and we are now on the brink of collapse. There are many people over there also ... | null |
Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my delight with the fact that the importance of system-wide pension reforms was acknowledged in the course of the consultation. However, the reforms within the scope of the Stability and Growth Pact do not provide equal opportunities to every player. Hungary ... | null |
Antigoni Papadopoulou | MEP | S&D | en | el | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain are suffering the consequences of the economic crisis. The horse has already bolted. There is no going back, measures must be taken. Suspicion and euro-scepticism will not help us to recover from the international economic crisis. On the contrary, what we need are Comm... | null |
Barry Madlener | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the euro area is now collapsing, and President Barroso has to oversee this collapse. After all, the billions in aid provided to countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland for years have not resulted in those weak economies being able to compete with the strong economies of Germany and the Neth... | null |
Seán Kelly | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, as an Irish MEP, it gives me no great pleasure to come in here this morning and hear almost every speaker refer to Ireland because of our economic situation, particularly when a few years ago we were seen as almost the pin-up boys of economic success in the European Union. Nevertheless, I think there is a... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is really very good that we are now beginning to talk about very important matters, that is, the joint management of the future economy. I believe that soon we will also be discussing a possible common fiscal system. Furthermore, today we can see the significant negative impact the strengthened euro e... | null |
Milan Zver | MEP | PPE | en | sl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso, allow me to join this debate briefly. For me, the situation is relatively clear: who is to blame for the major crisis we are facing? That part of the banking sector which did business without real cover and took on too many risks. But others too – some European governments whic... | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I welcome the fact that the report on economic governance provides a new basis for setting up a viable system for how we function in this respect. I think that the recommendations made in the report on more robust institutions for much more effective economic governance, such as the creation at national ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the European Union is facing a time of major reforms. It therefore needs to provide a response to the crisis and to uphold a single currency which needs rules of its own, applied to all Member States. Parliament has already taken a leading position in relation to economic governance, whereby it is advoca... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (continuation of debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I will answer two concrete questions and also make a general remark after the debate that took place this morning. First of all, a question raised by Mr Schulz: an important one about the Irish stress tests. Let me say the following. The common methodology of the stress tests was agreed at European level;... | null |
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