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Herman Van Rompuy | N/A | N/A | 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, honourable Members, earlier on we said that the analysis made by the President of the Commission differed from mine, but this is the first time, Mr Schulz, that I have been accused of pretending everything is fine when it is not. It is the very first time in my career. I can assure you that I do not unde... | 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 | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | 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 | The European Council meeting of 28-29 October 2010 took a new step towards subjugating countries and stripping them of their sovereignty. First of all, through pseudo-economic governance, which really means taking control of their economies: forcing Member States to have their budget pre-approved by Brussels officials... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 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 | Until 2007, the rest of Europe was amazed at the economic development of Ireland, the ‘Celtic Tiger’, which achieved dream economic data with low corporation taxes and little regulation. But now reality has hit. The Celtic Tiger has shown itself to be a lame duck that the rest of Europe has to lend a helping hand and ... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 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 | Both Greece and Ireland have had to turn to the European Union for assistance. However, there are some distinctions to be drawn between the two cases: The Irish deficit exploded because the country had to stem the problems in the banking sector, which was in crisis due to the repercussions of the global financial cris... | null |
Monika Smolková | 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 | The Stability and Growth Pact has thus far included sanctions, but imposing them requires the consent of 2/3 of ministers and there has never been the political will for this. I am sceptical about the anti-crisis mechanism. Council President Rompuy should not amend Article 125 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which states tha... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the Council and Commission statements on the results of the G20 summit. | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, honourable Members, the Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament already had the opportunity to discuss the G20 on 20 October 2010; at the time we were on the eve of the ministerial meeting of the G20 and were waiting to see how things would develop in Seoul. As Europeans, we were well prepa... | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, before this month’s Seoul Summit there was concern that once the pressure of the crisis which brought G20 countries together was receding, the G20 would find it impossible to fulfil its role as the primary forum for global economic coordination. After this month’s Seoul Summit I can reassure you that that... | null |
Jean-Paul Gauzès | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I believe that I have one minute if what I have been told is correct. President-in-Office of the Belgian Presidency, President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, I should first like to say, Minister, how much I appreciated your lucid assessment of the latest G20 and how supportive I am of your prop... | null |
Udo Bullmann | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in her speech this morning, Mrs Harms posed the question of why the spark is no longer being passed from the summits to the people and why new courage and new confidence is not emanating from the summit discussions. As I listened to you this morning and also just now, Mr Barroso, an... | null |
Marielle De Sarnez | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we could have any number of summits and meetings, but if Europe does not adopt a common offensive approach, it will carry no weight, and the next G20 will simply be a standoff between China and the United States, from which we shall inevitably emerge the losers. However, there is no shortage of issues. W... | null |
Patrick Le Hyaric | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the extent of the world crisis, and social and environmental imperatives call for resolute action from the European Union at the G20, on the basis of declarations of intent on the regulation of international finance. Firstly, the World Trade Organisation negotiations must not turn t... | null |
Georgios Papanikolaou | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the announcements of the results of the G20 summit were important, there can be no doubt of that; however, a second reading raises important questions on certain points. To be precise, twenty developed countries sent a strict warning to every country which is applying uncoordinated economic policies, and... | null |
Charles Goerens | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, my question was initially addressed to Mr Barroso, but as he is not here, I should like to put it to the Belgian Presidency. Nowadays, it is possible to practise trade dumping without infringing the anti-dumping rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Indeed, with a currency that is chronically unde... | null |
Nikolaos Salavrakos | MEP | ID | en | el | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the G20 summit in November did not, in my opinion, have substantial results. It proved once again that the United States are in a prominent position and that China is attempting to secure a place on the international stage. As we all know, the global economic crisis which started in 2007 broke out when, ... | null |
Michel Dantin | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, our fellow citizens have expectations of us, they have expectations of Europe on the issue of world governance. We must be a proactive force, we must be a decisive force. Several speakers this morning have made the point that the French Presidency of the G20 could represent an opportunity for Europe. I c... | null |
Andris Piebalgs | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the G20 is definitely a very particular formation, where all decisions should be taken by consensus. But, as our President of the Commission and the Belgian President emphasised, the process is moving on and I will just address one of the issues, namely the taxation of the financial sector. Even if there ... | null |
Olivier Chastel | EU Council President | N/A | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, to conclude this debate, I would like to begin, in general terms, by saying once again that, on the eve of the G20 meetings, we were really very clear on the fact that it was important for the Union to reach a satisfactory outcome on a large number of issues, and that ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Ioan Mircea Paşcu | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Results of the G20 summit (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Our international institutional economic and financial architecture – dating from the end of the war – is currently under strong pressure. A profoundly changing international system and the world crisis are stretching it to the limit, forcing it to adapt itself to the new circumstances. Moreover, new institutions such ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | First of all, following an incident this morning in the Chamber, Mr Schulz wishes to make a personal statement. | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, during the debate on the European Council here this morning there was an incident that I do not wish to go into again, because I was the target of an insult. However, I will say this: there are levels at which I cannot be insulted and where I do not see it as an insult either, because in order to insult ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | The incident referred to was a protest by Mr Bloom, in which he addressed wartime allusions to Mr Schulz. The President said this was unacceptable and invited Mr Bloom to apologise. Mr Bloom did not apologise then. I call on him now to do so. If he does not do so, he must leave the Chamber. (Loud applause) | null |
Godfrey Bloom | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, yet again there is one rule for Herr Schulz and one rule for everybody else. This is a disgrace. I have been elected – re-elected – to vote in this Chamber by the people of Yorkshire (your own constituency, I might add), with a democratic mandate which you yourself do not enjoy, Mr President, because you ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Bloom, first of all, I was expelled by the Conservative Party for making a stand on a point of principle closely related to the issues you raised this morning. (Applause) Secondly, you have not apologised for language which was wholly inappropriate to the European Parliament, and I ask you to leave. (Loud applause, ... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the reason for the anger and the noise is because we are not actually applying the rules of this place evenly. Mr Schulz has repeatedly thrown insults not just at me, but at many Members of this House: he said that the Eurosceptics and the no-voters open the door to fascism. We have had Danny Cohn-Bendit ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Farage, I do not want to prolong this, but can I just make the observation that this is incorrect. Mr Bloom’s two interventions – one from the floor and one from his place – were both heard by many people and were both unacceptable in parliamentary terms. The House wants Mr Bloom to leave. That is its expression. If... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, if I may, what I said this morning is that Mr Bloom has behaved unacceptably. Secondly, we are in a democratic parliament. We have decided democratically, Mr Bloom, that you should leave this Parliament. I hereby ask you, in the name of democracy and of all this Parliament stands for, to leave this Parli... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Under Rule 152(4) I regret that this incident is obstructing the good business of the House. I therefore intend to suspend the sitting for five minutes. (The sitting was suspended for five minutes) | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Point of order? (inaudible off-microphone comments and shouts of ‘Point of order!). | null |
Christian Ehler | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as the Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula, I ask the plenary to strongly condemn yesterday’s artillery attack by the DPRK on a south Korean island. (Applause) There have been severe casualties among the South Korean military and especially among the civilian population of that... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Ehler. Now just a minute please. Just quieten down please. At the risk of being described myself as a fascist dictator, I have taken certain actions this morning. But Mr Schulz has suggested I take one speaker from those who opposed Mr Bloom’s removal from the Chamber. The first person to ask for the floo... | null |
Barry Madlener | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, many thanks for still allowing me to raise my point of order, as the important thing here, of course, is that the rules be implemented consistently and equally for everyone. I should like to point out the inconsistency shown by the Presidency of Parliament: you have just ejected Mr Bloom on account of hi... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Now – thank you. As I said, by agreement with Mr Schulz and Mr Madlener, I will now repeat the remarks made very audibly by Mr Bloom which were directed at Mr Schulz this morning and to which the President objected, and I object, and most of the House objects, when asked. Mr Bloom said to Mr Schulz: ‘Ein Volk, ein Reic... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I shall be very brief. I shall speak about Rule 152. | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | No, sorry. Please do not give the microphone to Mr Gollnisch. I have said to Mr Gollnisch that he can have the floor the next time the President is in the Chair. Thank you very much. Mr Salatto has asked for the floor. | null |
Potito Salatto | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, aside from this issue, I should like to submit a problem to the Presidency. I think some people have not yet fully understood the role of the European Parliament after the Treaty of Lisbon. I feel I must point out an underlying problem here: the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Kallas... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Voting timeVideo of the speechesPV | The next item is the vote. (For the results and other details on the vote: see Minutes) | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, to protect public health effectively, it is essential to ensure patients have extensive access to high quality information about medicines. Harmonisation of the law in this field will allow us to ensure a high level of awareness among European patients and will help to even out differences in the health ... | null |
Jens Rohde | MEP | ALDE | en | da | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate Mr Fjellner on a splendid result. The Danish Liberals have chosen to vote in favour of the directive concerning information on medicinal products subject to medical prescription. It is important for the EU’s citizens to have access to sound information on these ... | null |
Licia Ronzulli | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the legislative proposal voted on today, which I supported, outlines the importance of pharmaceutical industries in their delicate role as sources of non-promotional information on their products. Making patients better informed must give the pharmaceutical industry a sense of respo... | null |
Paolo Bartolozzi | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the reports by Mr Fjellner aim to integrate and complete the existing European Union regulations on the subject, bringing them up to date and making them capable of tackling the challenges that technological development has created and poses for public health. In our opinion, at its... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I naturally voted in favour of Mr Fjellner’s report, which, in addition to talking about information for patients on product leaflets and the individual packaging of medicines, mainly focuses on the behaviour of pharmaceutical companies. Until recently many of them combined information on the medicine wi... | null |
Hannu Takkula | MEP | ALDE | en | fi | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, firstly, I wish to thank Mr Fjellner for an excellent report. It has to be said that it really is important to amend the existing legislation and bring it up to date. If we are talking specifically about medicines and researched data on what the drugs contain, it is also very important for patient safety... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the issue of information about prescription-only medicinal products is a sensitive subject because it has an important effect on the protection of the right to health and welfare of all citizens. The European Commission sent us a proposal on the revision of the directive that risked... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the restriction and, in some case the prescribing of alternative medicines, herbal remedies, higher-dose vitamin and mineral supplements has been one of great scandals of European regulation. I have no idea what the efficacy of these cures is. My wife swears by them, I am a little bit more sceptical but, ... | null |
Philip Claeys | MEP | NI | en | nl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I should like to take this opportunity to object to your decision to deny Mr Bloom access to the Chamber. It is true that he used unparliamentary language. This time it was Mr Schulz himself who was on the receiving end of this kind of term. He very often uses the word ‘fascist’ himself ... (The Preside... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Claeys, this is not a point of order on the Fjellner report and I am not going to allow you to carry on. I have said to Mr Gollnisch that he can make his point of order when the President is next in the chair, and that is what will happen. | null |
Anna Rosbach | MEP | ID | en | da | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would actually like to talk about Mr Fjellner’s report (A7-0289/2010) on establishing a European Medicines Agency, which contains a number of good and important initiatives. That is why I voted in favour of it. I actually found that quite difficult to do, because I am in fact opposed to the setting up ... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, last year, when some of us held up placards saying ‘referendums’, Mr Watson said that our behaviour reminded him of National Socialists in the German Reichstag. Mr Schulz himself said that our behaviour put him in mind of Adolf Hitler. I see you are in a difficult… (The President cut off the speaker) | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Hannan, I can see where you are going with this. I have said that on these questions Mr Gollnisch has asked for a point of order. He will make that point of order when the President is present. That I think is the appropriate way of dealing with this. If you have nothing to say on the Fjellner report I will move on ... | null |
Jan Březina | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this directive undoubtedly represents a step forwards on the path to preventing the creation of waste, and limiting the use of hazardous materials. However, I consider it somewhat contentious to include PVC within the scope of the directive among the materials designated for a priority review. Neither PV... | null |
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė | MEP | PPE | en | lt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, sooner or later, electronic equipment becomes waste which, unfortunately, still consists of certain hazardous substances. The Member States sometimes have difficulty dealing with such waste electronic equipment, so it is essential to gradually move towards the so-called principle that ‘prevention is bett... | null |
Sonia Alfano | MEP | ALDE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of the report by Mrs Evans on the recast of the directive because I really regret the fact that in the compromise text, which was adopted due to strong pressure from industrial lobbies, all references to PVC and halogenated fire retardants have disappeared, even th... | null |
Daniel Hannan | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, perhaps you would allow me to make the general point that in an open society, the right to free speech trumps the right not to be offended and in a democracy, the only people who should determine whether or not we sit and legislate in a chamber are our constituents. The removal of a Member can materially ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | No, Mr Hannan, you strayed from the general to the particular. Mr Kamall, on the Evans report or else I will cut you off. | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have no doubt that you will try to cut me off, as usual when it comes to freedom of speech, but I really want to talk about the hazardous substances and toxicity. I think we all agree and, as a former electronic engineer, I know about the level of hazardous and toxic substances within this equipment. It... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I was happy to vote for the compromise version of the Directive on Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. We are all committed to the protection of nature and public health, but it is also necessary to maintain some sense of balance. Today, in the middle of an economic crisis, it is... | null |
Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution because it represents the outcome of extremely difficult negotiations between the European Commission and several third countries, including Canada, Japan, the United States, Australia and Mexico. The fight against counterfeiting mus... | null |
Miroslav Mikolášik | MEP | PPE | en | sk | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, in the area of intellectual property rights protection, I believe that special attention should be paid to ensuring the right to health, which is closely connected to the actual right to life. I find totally unacceptable a situation where, under the pretext of robust protection for intellectual property ... | null |
Peter Jahr | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, anti-counterfeiting is an extremely important issue. Twenty years ago we could still laugh if someone bought a ‘Rolex watch’ for USD 10. The market in this premium price bracket was not put at risk by this. Today the situation is completely different. In particular, products in the lower and middle price... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, the situation in which unfair competition is flooding the European market with counterfeit goods from around the world is unfair and obviously unacceptable. I would also like to draw attention to the insufficiently clear wording concerning the imposition of an obligation to monitor Internet service provi... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I supported the joint resolution on ACTA, even though I voted differently to my political group, because I too believe that we must encourage the Commission to draw up studies which will remove the final question marks over the impact of ACTA on European citizens, and confront the information gap from th... | null |
Syed Kamall | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I assume that your finger will be hovering over the button. Many people ask me what ACTA stands for, and I was one of the shadow rapporteurs on the Anti-Counterfeit Trading Agreement. I know after today some will wonder about our level of transparency, democracy and freedom of speech, but I want to focus ... | null |
Sophie Auconie | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Following the 2002 floods, which caused great human and material damage in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and France, the Council of the European Union created an instrument to allow funds to be released rapidly to assist regions affected by natural disasters. Today it is Ireland, itself affected by floods, that... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The floods that took place in November 2009 seriously affected Ireland and caused severe damage estimated at more than EUR 520 million. The amending budget provides for the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund to cover the losses suffered, to a total of EUR 13 022 500 in commitment and payment appropriations. As I had ... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | On 24 September 2010, the European Commission put forward a proposal on a decision by the European Parliament and the Council relating to the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund, on the basis of the provisions of item 26 of the interinstitutional agreement (IIA) of 17 May 2006. This was the first proposal for mobilisa... | null |
João Ferreira | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour of the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for Ireland, following the floods that hit that country last November. Once again, however, we would like to criticise the delays in mobilising the fund. Many long months elapse between the time of the disaster and the point at which the Member State act... | null |
Giovanni La Via | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted to approve draft amending budget No 8/2010 because it is essential if we are to allocate EUR 13 022 500 for the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund in favour of Ireland, with reference to the heavy rainfall that caused serious flooding in November 2009. I believe that the Solidarity Fund is a valuable tool for... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this proposal to transfer EUR 13 022 500 from the ESF to a budget line to give support to Ireland following the severe flooding it suffered in November 2009. | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This draft amending budget makes complete sense, given the purpose of the funds mobilised through the Solidarity Fund. The floods in Ireland during November 2009 caused severe damage, particularly to the agricultural sector, homes and businesses, the road network and other infrastructure. However, I would like to poin... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | lv | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour, as I consider that every EU nation must feel itself to be part of the system of a united European Union. Nevertheless, it would be desirable if, next time, the rapporteur were not only to publicise the allocation of resources but also to make it crystal clear on which specific works and measures suc... | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | EUR 1 billion per year is available to the European Solidarity Fund. In the current calendar year, there has as yet been no request for the mobilisation of this Fund. The rules for the mobilisation of this Fund, which under no circumstances serves to provide compensation for private losses, but rather to restore infra... | null |
Alfredo Pallone | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of this report. As I already stated yesterday during the vote in favour of Mr Böge’s report, I believe it is the European Union’s duty to provide help and support to certain regions affected by natural disasters and catastrophes. I believe that the concept of solidarity is connected to the idea and v... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Given that draft amending budget No 8/2010 to the general budget for 2010 covers mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in the sum of EUR 13 022 500 in commitment and payment appropriations, following the floods that wreaked havoc in Ireland, and the corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 13 022 500 ... | null |
Aldo Patriciello | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to thank Mr Surján for his excellent work. I voted in favour and agree with the approval of draft amending budget No 8/2010, which grants aid amounts to the Solidarity Fund and the European Union Solidarity Fund – Member States, and redeploys EUR 13 022 500 in payment appropriations from policy area 4 ‘Em... | null |
Paulo Rangel | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome this draft amending budget, which provides for the mobilisation of the European Solidarity Fund (ESF) in the sum of EUR 13 022 500 in commitment and payment appropriations, in order to assist Ireland following the floods that occurred during November 2009, which caused substantial losses to the agricultural ... | null |
Raül Romeva i Rueda | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | According to Article 37(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission may present draft amending budgets if there are ‘unavoidable, exceptional or unforeseen circumstances’. Concerning the different points of draft amending budget No 8/2010, the report that we adopted refers to the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fu... | null |
Zigmantas Balčytis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The European Commission is initiating discussions on a review of the European Neighbourhood Policy in order to define the future relations of the EU and its southern and eastern neighbours. The objective of the EU Eastern Partnership initiative being pursued should be the promotion of common European values, with an e... | null |
Elena Băsescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for Mr Watson’s recommendation because concluding a protocol provides the Republic of Moldova with new opportunities for getting involved in the Community programmes it is interested in. The gradual opening up of the EU’s programmes and agencies to the countries belonging to the European Neighbourhood Policy w... | null |
Corina Creţu | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of concluding the protocol which will enable the Republic of Moldova to have greater involvement in certain Community programmes, offering the opportunity to promote cooperation in the fields of culture, education, media, science and technology, as well as consolidate political relations through the ... | null |
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă | MEP | S&D | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Republic of Moldova’s aspirations for pursuing a path towards Europe as part of the Union and its preparation for this are made possible through the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova, included in the European Neighbourhood Policy. I welcome the Republic of Moldova’s i... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The low turnout for the recent referendum on how to elect the President of the Republic of Moldova and the fact that the country is being led by an interim president demonstrate the difficulties in the country’s governance and the disillusionment among the public. The Transdniestria situation is getting worse, putting... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Communities was signed on 28 November 1994, and since 2004 Moldova has been covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The subject of the draft recommendation is the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Union pro... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The EC-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was signed on 28 November 1994, and since 2004 Moldova has been covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy. On 18 June 2007, the Council issued guidelines to the Commission on negotiating framework agreements on the general principles of participation in EU progra... | null |
Ian Hudghton | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I supported Mr Watson’s recommendation and welcome the continuing cooperation between the EU and Moldova. | null |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I have always sustained and encouraged the European goals of the Republic of Moldova. I believe in strong cooperation with a country that proved recently that is ready to follow a European path. Participation in certain Community programmes for Moldova will encourage this neighbour country to implement its reforms, off... | null |
Jarosław Kalinowski | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Republic of Moldova is one of the poorest countries of Europe. Research has shown that the decided majority of the country’s population lives in extreme poverty. Internal reforms which could help the economy are usually blocked by political or ethnic conflicts. Therefore, the European Union should help Moldova and... | null |
Alan Kelly | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The conclusion of this Protocol would permit reinforced cooperation on certain programmes with Moldova. It will lead to closer integration between Moldova and the EU. Considering the amount of Moldovans who live and work in Ireland and contribute to Ireland’s society, this is a welcome step for the future of Europe. | null |
Petru Constantin Luhan | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The main measure for promoting reforms, modernising and facilitating transition in the countries immediately neighbouring the European Union, including the Republic of Moldova, is to open up gradually certain Community programmes, institutions and agencies to participation from European Neighbourhood Policy partner co... | null |
David Martin | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted for this report on the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EC and Moldova. Although I have serious concerns about human rights in Moldova, I was encouraged by recent Amnesty International comments, in particular with regard to Moldova’s October ratification of the Rome Statute of t... | null |
Jiří Maštálka | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a member of the delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, I welcome every step that leads or may lead to a consolidation of the political situation in Moldova and to a better standard of living for its inhabitants. The recommendations which we are voting on today and the implementation of wh... | null |
Jean-Luc Mélenchon | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Moldova’s human development index is one of the lowest in the region. The fast-track liberalisation policies designed to benefit the financial elites of the European Union are to a large extent responsible for this. The stranglehold by the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, promised by the macro-... | null |
Nuno Melo | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Moldova has been making efforts in recent years to move ever closer towards European standards of freedom, democracy and good governance. The efforts described have been consistent with and have demonstrated Moldova’s concern with continuing on the route towards possible enlargement. The recent elections did not pass... | null |
Louis Michel | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Increasing Moldova’s involvement in Community programmes will offer an opportunity to promote further cultural, educational, environmental, technical and scientific links and, in addition, to reinforce political relations through the Eastern Partnership and the negotiations on the new association agreement. Political ... | null |
Alexander Mirsky | MEP | S&D | en | lv | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | Unfortunately, Moldova finds itself today in a wholly unstable zone of economic and political change. The protocol to the European Union-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Moldova in EU programmes gives the people of Moldova the hope of positive change. The conclusion... | null |
Rareş-Lucian Niculescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted, like the majority in Parliament, in favour of the recommendation, which I welcome, as it gives a strong indication of support and encouragement for the Republic of Moldova’s pro-European tendency. This state, at the European Union’s border, will not be able to get through the current deadlock without such mes... | null |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | MEP | S&D | en | lt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I support the Protocol which lays down the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Community programmes and agencies. It offers Moldova new opportunities to promote further cultural, educational, environmental, technical and scientific links with EU Member States. I am convinced that pol... | null |
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2010-11-24T00:00:00 | 2010 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | There has been a preferential channel for relations with Moldova since 1994, the date of the signing of the EC-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. In 2004, Moldova was included within the European Neighbourhood Policy. Institutional cooperation between the EU and neighbouring countries may or may not lead t... | null |
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