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Clemente Mastella | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I will immediately start by saying, without exaggeration, that for me, hospitality is a sacred value. Ultimately, it is solidarity between people which gives rise to the communities of a state, which are regulated by means of certain special obligations: rights and duties. Therefore... | null |
David-Maria Sassoli | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barrot, Mr Billström, ladies and gentlemen, we called for this debate to draw the EU’s attention to the grave violations of fundamental human rights taking place in Italy. Since May, over 1 000 migrants have been picked up at sea by the Italian authorities and handed over to Libya in the course of inf... | null |
Niki Tzavela | MEP | ID | en | el | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Commissioner, reality goes beyond anything said in this House. We see President Gaddafi entertaining this issue and the international media constantly reporting that EUR 1 billion is needed if it is to honour its obligations. We see Turkey – a state which wants to accede to the European Union – turning b... | null |
Sylvie Guillaume | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, we hear it said repeatedly that the Member States acknowledge the need to establish common immigration management policies at European level and policies aimed at the social integration of immigrants. However, as we see every day, the reality is far removed from t... | null |
Rita Borsellino | MEP | S&D | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mr Barrot, Mr Billström, ladies and gentlemen, in recent days, when setting out the European asylum plan, you yourself, Mr Barrot, talked of steadfastness in the fight against illegal immigration and of humanity when receiving the victims of persecution. Translated into legal terms, this means ensuring p... | null |
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is a great joy for me to take the floor for the first time in this Plenary to commend Minister Tobias Billström for his deep understanding – and, as an Italian national originally, I am in a position to say that – of the grave situation facing the Mediterranean people and countries. I would like to wel... | null |
Georgios Papastamkos | MEP | PPE | en | el | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, without doubt, we need a common immigration policy and we need to reinforce our cooperation with third countries and make it more cohesive and effective. Within this cooperation, as the debate has illustrated, Libya and Turkey have prime position. Turkey’s conduct is provocative. They are repeatedly obst... | null |
Barbara Lochbihler | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, border officials of European states are forbidden to turn away potential asylum seekers who arrive by sea or to escort them away, prevent them from travelling further or return them to countries which do not form part of the EU. This is laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights. Today, we have... | null |
Alf Svensson | MEP | PPE | en | sv | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you Mr Billström. I wonder if, at times, we do not become a little too fixated on the words ‘illegal immigration’. After all, it cannot be illegal to flee for your life, since human rights and freedoms apply to everyone, wherever they live. I would like to emphasise that it is also vital to find ou... | null |
Antonio Cancian | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this morning it was almost like being at the Italian Parliament with you in the chair. In any case, I believe that immigration means security and respect for human rights. Unfortunately though, globalisation and the enlargement of the European Union to 27 countries have happened in ... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The president in the chair right now is certainly Italian, but the debate was far from being purely Italian. Fortunately it was, shall we say, wide-ranging and enjoyed contributions from various quarters and different viewpoints from within the European Union. | null |
Tobias Billström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank you all for a very interesting debate. A lot of valuable opinions have been expressed here today. I would like to mention Mr Busuttil’s views on greater cooperation with Libya. I hope to be able to visit Libya along with Commissioner Barrot in order to build relations ... | null |
Jacques Barrot | EU Commission Vice-President | N/A | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, this debate has demonstrated, if demonstration were needed, the scale of these migration problems. I would point out that our approach must be balanced between the rejection of illegal immigration, which, I might add, is often attributable to smugglers and traffickers; the desire, in respect of this figh... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Elisabetta Gardini | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Illegal immigration is a veritable scourge which has afflicted mainly the southern countries of the EU, particularly Italy, Malta and Spain, for several years. It is well known that among all the EU Member States, it is the Italian Government which receives the highest number of illegal immigrants, desperate people pr... | null |
Louis Grech | MEP | S&D | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I welcome this debate, which brings attention to the fragmented and inconsistent EU policies on border control, immigration and asylum seekers. I am glad to hear that the Council and Commission recognise these as priority issues, but so far we have seen only half-measures to address them and no meaningful results. It s... | null |
Marian-Jean Marinescu | MEP | PPE | en | ro | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The future extension of the Schengen area to include Romania will increase the importance of ensuring the security of Romania’s external borders and, therefore, the role of the FRONTEX agency in Romania. The FRONTEX agency must play an ever-increasing role in the process of improving the monitoring and control of Roma... | null |
Tiziano Motti | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate) Video of the speechesPV | I agree with Mr Buzek’s statement that immigration has always benefited Europe, insofar as this relates to immigration that is regulated, integrated and respects the institutions and laws of the country of destination. When social renewal and labour turnover are needed, when cultural exchange enriches peoples, then im... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | As a result of judgments by the Court of Justice in the Open Skies cases, the Commission allowed for the replacement of bilateral agreements that had been entered into between some Member States and third countries with Community agreements. The Commission has therefore negotiated an agreement that will replace the bil... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This proposal is aimed at replacing certain provisions of bilateral air service agreements concluded in the past by EU Member States and the Government of Mongolia, and deals with aspects that I consider crucial, including technical issues, taxation of fuel, and pricing. I particularly welcome the importance granted t... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | When Romania and Bulgaria entered the EU, it was specified in their act of accession that a protocol would have to be drawn up amending the Agreement on Maritime Transport between the EU and its Member States and China. This vote is in favour of the conclusion of this protocol. | null |
Luís Paulo Alves | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report on mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in favour of France because I believe this fund helps countries to respond effectively and flexibly to situations created by natural disasters, in this case the storm last January which affected south-western France, causing severe damage. This ... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by my esteemed German colleague and friend, Mr Böge, calling on the European Parliament to approve the proposal for a decision on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide approximately EUR 109 million in commitment and payment appropriations in 2009 to help France, ... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In January 2009, a storm took place in south-west France causing severe damage and enabling France to apply for funds from the European Union Solidarity Fund. I voted in favour of the mobilisation of these funds. | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In my view, solidarity among Member States in the European Union and, in particular, European support for countries affected by disasters, are a clear sign that the EU is no longer just a free trade area. By adopting special aid instruments like the European Union Solidarity Fund, the Community that we seek to make ‘u... | null |
Véronique Mathieu | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the intervention of the European Union Solidarity Fund – from which France will benefit – to help right the damage caused by the storm of January 2009, which hit the European and French forestry sector hard. The amounts granted should be available by October 2009; in other words, nine months after the storm.... | null |
Jean-Pierre Audy | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the report by my esteemed German colleague and friend, Mr Böge, calling on the European Parliament to approve the proposal for a decision on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to provide EUR 4.1 million in commitment and payment appropriations to help the Spanish and ... | null |
Edite Estrela | MEP | S&D | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide additional support to Portuguese workers affected by redundancies in the textile sector and who suffer the consequences of major structural changes in ... | null |
Diogo Feio | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | EU support, particularly from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, is fundamental in helping those who have lost their jobs due to the relocations that have occurred in a globalised market. In recent years, especially as a result of the world economic crisis, Portugal has been feeling the effects of the problem... | null |
José Manuel Fernandes | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour because I believe this support is important for Portuguese workers. I feel, however, that Portugal’s application was not ambitious enough. The Portuguese Government asked the EGF for EUR 833 for each worker made redundant in the textile sector, whereas Spain applied for EUR 3 006 per worker in the sa... | null |
Ilda Figueiredo | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We voted in favour of this report, since the European Parliament is giving the green light for Portugal to receive EUR 832 800 to help workers made redundant in the textile industry in Portugal’s Norte and Centro regions. This is a tiny sum, however, and it is merely a palliative measure, given the severe unemployment... | null |
Patrick Le Hyaric | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | While I agree with the basic principle, I believe that the seriousness of the crisis calls for provisions on an altogether different scale, not least to allow SMEs access to credit and to have credit that is conducive to employment, territorial development and the development of human capabilities. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The motions submitted by Spain and Portugal to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) once again make clear the consequences of globalisation. In the countries of south-east Asia and, in particular, in the special economic zones, where people are exploited and employed without minimum social standar... | null |
Nuno Teixeira | MEP | PPE | en | pt | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In recognising the adverse impact of globalisation, which is all too evident in the industrial regions of Europe, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is grounded in the solidarity of the European project and brings it closer to the people by providing assistance for those workers who are worst affected by... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This concerns the revision of Traditional Own Resources, VAT and GNI and provides for adjustments with reference to economic forecasts. The proposal is extremely technical, so I shall simply declare that my vote has been favourable to this proposal. | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | During January 2009, the south-west of France was hit by a storm which caused severe damage and therefore allows France access to funds in the EUSF. I am in favour of following the point of view of the rapporteur in accepting the proposed Draft amending budget No 7/2009. | null |
Patrick Le Hyaric | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I consider it unacceptable to mix together in the same vote the appropriations to promote the bluetongue vaccination and the Europol and Eurojust appropriations. I am in favour of the appropriations to eradicate bluetongue disease, but am against the Europol and Eurojust appropriations. | null |
Andreas Mölzer | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | In January 2009, France was hit by a severe storm. Storm Klaus caused devastation, in particular to the country’s infrastructure. The objective of the Solidarity Fund is to cover part of the cost of damage which has to be paid for out of the public purse. This case meets all the requirements. For this reason, and part... | null |
Robert Rochefort | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I welcome the adoption today of the report by our fellow Member, Mrs Haug, to which I gave my full support. With this vote, we are allowing the European Union Solidarity Fund to be mobilised for the second time this year. Indeed, having come to the aid of Romania, the European Union is now showing its solidarity with ... | null |
John Stuart Agnew, John Bufton and David Campbell Bannerman | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | We acknowledge the very real need for a bluetongue vaccine, particularly for beef and sheep farmers in the South and East of England who, by wholesale vaccination on their own farms, have created a firewall against bluetongue that their fellow farmers in the North and West have benefited from. In order to vote for EU f... | null |
David Casa | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | This report concerned modifications in the budget creating fresh commitments amounting to EUR 51 640 000. These funds will go to the fighting of bluetongue, the creation of a high flux reactor in addition to funds directed to Europol and OLAF. My vote here is consistent with the opinion of the rapporteur. | null |
Derek Roland Clark | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I acknowledge the very real need for a bluetongue vaccine, and deplore the refusal of the UK Government to assist its farming community on this important issue. This report contained provisions related to this situation. However, this report also contained provisions totally unrelated to farming, which would have had a... | null |
Nigel Farage | MEP | ID | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I acknowledge the very real need for a bluetongue vaccine, and note the unhelpful attitude of the UK Government on this important issue. This report contained provisions related to this situation. However, this report also contained provisions totally unrelated to farming, which would have had a disastrous impact on th... | null |
Mairead McGuinness | MEP | PPE | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The Fine Gael members of the EPP Group voted in favour of Draft amending budget No 8/2009. We note that this vote includes the creation of a budget item to provide supplementary funding to the High Flux Reactor (HFR) at Petten, Netherlands. Originally, the facility was set up to evaluate materials used in fusion and fi... | null |
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | I voted in favour of the abovementioned report which includes an increase in loan commitments for programmes aiming at eradicating and tracking animal diseases as well as observing the physical well-being of animals which could present a threat to public health linked to external factors. At the same time, I would like... | null |
Marie-Christine Vergiat | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Explanations of voteVideo of the speechesPV | The report on Draft amending budget No 8/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009 includes some contradictory points. It focuses on the increase in resources to eradicate bluetongue disease in sheep, the pursuit of a research programme on the use of a nuclear reactor installed in the Netherlands, the Eur... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Presidents of the European Parliament, Ministers, Presidents and representatives of the European institutions, ladies and gentlemen, and above all, dear friends. I stand before you today as the thirteenth President of the directly-elected European Parliament. I am pleased to see a number of former Presidents here among... | null |
Joseph Daul | MEP | PPE | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, Presidents of the European institutions, Mr Buzek, my group fully subscribes to your programme for Parliament and the running of Parliament over the next five years. If the European Parliament has a role to play, a mission to accomplish, over the next five years, it is indeed to reconcile the citizens wi... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I endorse the comments made by Mr Daul. Mr Buzek, our group can also endorse many, if not all, of the points in the programme which you have presented. This applies to the content of your presentation, to the procedural updates that you have proposed and to the revitalisation of the debate in this House.... | null |
Guy Verhofstadt | MEP | ALDE | en | nl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, first of all, I should like to thank you on behalf of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe for your inaugural speech. Our group can fully identify with the programme you announced. As I told you at the time, Mr President, I welcome your election as President of Parliament, not o... | null |
Rebecca Harms | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I do not need to go over much of what the previous speaker has said. It was clear to my group that we would support your candidacy, because we felt that it was high time that a major figure from the European Parliament, who also comes from one of the new Member States, took on the role of the head of thi... | null |
Michał Kamiński | MEP | ECR | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, it was a real pleasure today to listen to your speech and your programme for the next two and a half years of our work. Thank you very much for your speech. It testifies to your respect for us, Members of the European Parliament, a respect which does not depend on which political group or country we come... | null |
Eva-Britt Svensson | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | sv | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would once again like to congratulate you on your election. Transparency, democracy and pluralism are honourable words for the EU and for Parliament, but they must never be turned into mere symbolic policies. Unfortunately, these terms sometimes become nothing more than fine words. In reality, agreemen... | null |
Francesco Enrico Speroni | MEP | ID | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I again extend my congratulations to you on your appointment. I welcomed your address, your programme, and wish to concentrate on an aspect which, in my opinion, is the most important or should be the most important for us MEPs, namely our legislative work. Dialogue with the major powers is important, mi... | null |
Bruno Gollnisch | MEP | NI | en | fr | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a non-attached Member I speak, of course, on my own behalf, but also on behalf of some of my colleagues, not my Dutch colleagues from the PVV, but my colleagues from the Front National, from the Bulgarian Ataka party, from the Austrian FPÖ party, from the British National Party, from the Hungarian Job... | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, this is my first opportunity in my capacity as a member of the Council Presidency to stand before this Chamber and, on behalf of the Swedish Presidency and the whole of the Council and also myself personally, I would like to congratulate you most sincerely Mr President. Twenty years after the fall of the... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | I would like to say to all new Members of the European Parliament that the Minister is a former Member of this House, and so is one of us. | null |
José Manuel Barroso | EU Commission President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, on behalf of the Commission and on my own behalf, I want sincerely to congratulate you once again and wish you all the best in your term of office. Your election symbolises not only the reunification of Europe, but also a Europe that is very much attached to the central values of freedom and solidarity. P... | null |
Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr Buzek, I very much enjoyed your speech and especially the part about the institutional, but also social role played by Parliament, which you described as the very essence of the European democratic system. Today we are celebrating the Union of 27 which has come together once more, meeting here following the divisio... | null |
Marek Siwiec | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I congratulate you on your election, and on a good speech. I would have liked you to devote a little more attention in your speech to the countries of Eastern Europe. In the near future, a very difficult election will be held in Ukraine. The European Parliament has a particular responsibility to show con... | null |
Eva Lichtenberger | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to congratulate you and I would like to say one thing to you in particular. A Parliament is measured by the way in which it uses and puts into practice its rights and by the fact that it does not withdraw from major political debate. We are all responsible for working together with you to en... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | President Buzek, allow me to address you directly, even though you are sitting in your member’s seat. Your election in this Parliament has been viewed as a sign that there is no longer an Eastern bloc, but a united Europe. You mentioned this in your address when you talked about there being no more old and new Europe,... | null |
Zuzana Roithová | MEP | PPE | en | cs | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I am truly delighted that you, a citizen of high moral standing and a Silesian to boot, are taking the baton from the hand of Hans-Gert Pöttering and that, like him, you are emphasising the potential of a united European Union in terms of values such as human rights and solidarity between nations. This e... | null |
Charles Tannock | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have always admired Mr Barroso as our Commission President, who is an Atlanticist free-marketeer, which my party strongly supports and holds dear. I am also a strong friend of Portugal, so I am very happy to support José Manuel. However, I am concerned at what I read yesterday in the Daily Telegraph tha... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | I think that this question should have been asked at a different time today, namely when we discuss Mr Barroso’s statement, and not at this time. | null |
Csaba Sógor | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | President Buzek, you spoke about the Slovak-Hungarian dispute. It is not a Slovak-Hungarian dispute. It is, in fact, a Slovak-European Union dispute as it involves a country flouting fundamental European values. Your task is to help reach agreement not between Slovakia and Hungary, but between the European Union Parli... | null |
Diane Dodds | MEP | NI | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for your speech. I believe, however, that our paths diverge considerably. I stand here before you as one who believes in a Europe of cooperating nations, not a Europe tied to the federalist approach of the Lisbon Treaty. On 2 October, the Irish electorate will be asked – for a second time – to v... | null |
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, as a Hungarian and a friend of Poland, as well as an East European and a citizen of a new Member State, I derive great pleasure and satisfaction from your work as president because it can contribute to the full emancipation of the 12 new Member States. Until now, we have only been equal, but we would lik... | null |
Antonello Antinoro | MEP | PPE | en | it | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I wanted to express, Mr Buzek, how proud I am to be part of an institution as important as the European Parliament, which you chair. The sacrifices which you made in your country 20 years ago and which today allow those 12 countries which were mentioned earlier to be represented in ... | null |
Miloslav Ransdorf | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | cs | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | It was John Stuart Mill who said that parliament should be a mirror of national life. This is no mean feat and, in my opinion, it is important for our forthcoming term in office, especially as Europe is too important an issue to be entrusted solely to the decision making of the so-called political elites. | null |
Michael Theurer | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would like to congratulate you warmly on your speech. The process of bringing an end to the division of Europe was the result, on the one hand, of the desire for freedom among Central and Eastern European countries and, on the other, of course, of the attractiveness of Europe as an economic model. I be... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Hungary commemorated the 1956 revolution and fight for freedom on 23 October 2006. On that day, a huge number of police, orchestrated by the government, attacked peaceful demonstrators, pedestrians and even numerous groups of foreign tourists in restaurants as they were quietly having a meal. Absolute terror reigned i... | null |
László Tőkés | MEP | PPE | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | As a Hungarian living in Romania, I would like to congratulate President Jerzy Buzek, in the spirit of solidarity, a worthy successor to our former president, Hans-Gert Pöttering. In the spirit of solidarity, let us remember that Polish refugees were welcomed by Hungary 70 years ago. In the spirit of solidarity, I wis... | null |
Wojciech Michał Olejniczak | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I would also like to congratulate you very sincerely, not only on your election, but also on your speech today, because you have shown that we have one Europe, and that there are no old and new countries. Europe also remains diverse, and what you have pledged, that the European Parliament will reflect th... | null |
Jerzy Buzek | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | I would like, first of all, to thank all those who spoke in the discussion for their extraordinary support. I understand that we may, in some specific cases, have different views. This is very good, because it always yields something new. Only an exchange of views, only a difference of views and discussion can give us... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you, Mr Buzek, not least for the painstaking precision with which you responded to all the speeches, without exception. The debate is closed. Written statements (Rule 149) | null |
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | MEP | S&D | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | I congratulate you on your election to the position of President of the European Parliament. Along with all our compatriots, I am proud that for the first time in history, a Pole has taken up this position of honour. This is, for us, confirmation of our role and position in Europe. At the same time, Poland is one of t... | null |
Filip Kaczmarek | MEP | PPE | en | pl | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Inaugural address by the President of the European ParliamentVideo of the speechesPV | This is an important moment in the history of European integration. Thank you for the programme which you have presented. I hope that you will manage to complete this ambitious agenda. I wish you success in directing the work of the European Parliament in accordance with values which are important for all Europeans. J... | null |
Martin Schulz | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, I have no comments on the minutes of yesterday’s session, but instead I would like to comment on an incident in this morning’s session. My colleague, Kinga Göncz, a Member of Parliament in my group and former Hungarian Foreign Minister, was insulted in the debate this morning by Krisztina Morvai from the... | null |
Kinga Göncz | MEP | S&D | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Thank you for this opportunity to speak. I am very sorry that this discussion is being held here in the European Parliament. I would also like to respond briefly by saying that the party represented by Krisztina Morvai set up a paramilitary unit in 2006 and, since then, is using it to intimidate the peaceful public ma... | null |
Zoltán Balczó | MEP | NI | en | hu | 2009-09-15T00:00:00 | 2009 | Approval of the minutes of the previous sittingVideo of the speechesPV | Mr President, according to the Rules of Procedure, I have half a minute to ask a question. This question is addressed to Mr Schulz. Based on the slanderous statements made here by his colleague, how can he dare call a party fascist in this Chamber, simply because it does not agree with every aspect of the European Uni... | null |
President | EUROPARL President | N/A | en | en | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | The next item is the comments of the Council and the Commission on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, to be held on 24-25 September 2009. | null |
Cecilia Malmström | EU Council President | N/A | en | sv | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, it is a great pleasure for me to be here today representing the Swedish Presidency. The Presidency and the Commission will jointly represent the EU at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on 24-25 September. We will hold an informal European Council in Brussels tomorrow to prepare the EU’s common position. As yo... | null |
Joaquín Almunia | EU Commissioner | N/A | en | es | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Mrs Malmström, ladies and gentlemen, this is my first time before the House in this new legislative term. I want to start by congratulating all of you on your election, or re-election in many cases. I am sure that we all share a sense of responsibility with regard to tackling one of the greatest politica... | null |
Corien Wortmann-Kool | MEP | PPE | en | nl | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Minister Malmström, Commissioner Almunia, we are in a global crisis. We have a financial sector that operates on a global basis and we therefore need, as far as possible, to agree binding rules for the sector on a global basis. That is why the G20 in Pittsburgh is so important, though the European Union ... | null |
Udo Bullmann | MEP | S&D | en | de | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first and foremost, there can be no ‘as you were’ in the current economic situation. That will only allow us to make a slow recovery and we shall see a further dramatic increase in unemployment figures, including here in Europe. You ... | null |
Sylvie Goulard | MEP | ALDE | en | fr | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, we clearly appreciate all the efforts that you have mentioned and which have, in fact, already gone quite far, but we want more. We want a number of the G20’s elements and commitments to be formalised. In particular, I would like to draw your attention to the gap between the rathe... | null |
Sven Giegold | MEP | Greens/EFA | en | en | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, I thank the Commissioner for his speech. I have several concerns. The first is that the Committee on Development in this House drafted a motion for a resolution. I quote from that. It ‘notes with great concern that the crisis already bears major human costs, and has devastating effects for the vulnerable ... | null |
Kay Swinburne | MEP | ECR | en | en | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, thank you for the speeches we have had this morning. I was particularly pleased to hear Mrs Malmström’s comments about the G20 Pittsburgh representatives needing to agree to significant coordination in the continued support of stimulus measures, in the unwinding of these support measures when appropriate,... | null |
Miguel Portas | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | pt | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | In Portugal, bank profits grew by 18% in the first quarter of this year. The only thing that rose more than bank profits was unemployment. Portugal is not an exception, but an example of an unfulfilled promise made by the G20, which was that we would resolve this crisis with a new economic and world order. That is not... | null |
Mario Borghezio | MEP | ID | en | it | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, how can the people have faith in financial market regulation when it is entrusted to the high priests of the global financial temples such as Mario Draghi? In the United States, a popular uprising, a new conservative revolution of the people against the financial oligarchies, is tak... | null |
Hans-Peter Martin | MEP | NI | en | de | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, we need democratic revolution. That is clear from this process, which has luckily gained momentum with what is presently the G20, because more may join; one could even imagine a G3. How would it be if the Council helped in establishing a democratic control mechanism, especially given its tradition of con... | null |
Othmar Karas | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the statistics are improving. However, the multiple causes of the crisis – and it is not just a question of loopholes in regulations – are far from being removed. For that, political will, decisiveness and courage must not fail us; on the contrary. Today we are talking about the G20... | null |
Pervenche Berès | MEP | S&D | en | fr | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, one year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the position that the European Union adopts at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh is absolutely critical if we want to prevent a repeat of past events and want the dynamic of change to remain at the top of the a... | null |
Wolf Klinz | MEP | ALDE | en | de | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the fast and decisive reaction of the G20 to the global financial crisis. A great deal has happened. The fire appears to have been put out, but the foundations of our financial system are still shaky. The citizens are unsettled. Profits are being ploughed back for the bene... | null |
Cornelis de Jong | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | en | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, so far the G20 has concentrated on measures for the financial sector. However, everyone seems to forget that the real economy also suffers from greed and an obsession with short-term profits. I have deep respect for small enterprises which, against all odds, try to survive. They deserve to get the loans t... | null |
Krisztina Morvai | MEP | NI | en | en | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the majority of Europeans are not corporate leaders and not bankers but family farmers, small entrepreneurs, state employees. The majority of Europe is completely fed up with the present system, in which global multinational corporations and banks rule the world. They need, and they want, a fundamentally ... | null |
Werner Langen | MEP | PPE | en | de | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, who should regulate whom and how? That will be one of the controversial questions at the G20 Summit. Even if there is unanimity on the fact that there can be no return to unbridled developments on the financial market, the methods and extent of regulation are still the subject of fi... | null |
Edward Scicluna | MEP | S&D | en | mt | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, currently, one of the most popular topics, at least on the news tied to the G20 Summit, is that of bonuses. It is evidently a much talked about issue, yet we have to understand that the actual problem is rather more complex. What has to be said is that if these bonuses are to put the financial system at ... | null |
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides | MEP | GUE/NGL | en | el | 2009-09-16T00:00:00 | 2009 | G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate) Video of the speechesPV | Mr President, the G20 Summit, the main topic at which was bonus management, does not by any stretch of the imagination get to the root of the problem and, unfortunately, is not a step towards improving the present system. The series of proposals to amend the regulations is confined to an analysis of superficial issues... | null |
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