EMM News Explorer: European Parliament

Bowles [-added]: The European Parliament vote today sends a strong signal to Europe's Finance Ministers, ahead of the EU Summit tomorrow, that the time has come to clamp down on tax evasion and tax havens once and for all,

Lewandowski [-said]: This is my call to the regions. Probably if they are pressing their governments, the members of their parliament and also the European Parliament to move, to find a compromise, this is of greater weight than my words and appeals because I have a feeling that we are under the pressure of time in Europe of much more dramatic call for investment-incentives than it was seven years ago,

neurope 20-MAY-13

Creighton [stated:]: This plenary session the fifth of our Presidency - features debates on a number of issues which are core to our Presidency agenda. The agreement on the Single Supervisory Mechanism is a significant achievement and the first step on the path to establishment of the Banking Union. The agreement bears testament to the hard work and constructive co-operation between the Irish Presidency and the European Parliament. Equally, an ambitious trade agenda will help boost economic growth, restore confidence and create

dg 20-MAY-13

Farage [said:]: We are the only UK–wide political party. We’re the only party with representation in Stormont. We have representation for Wales in the European Parliament.

thesun 17-MAY-13

Connie Hedegaard [said:]: The good news is that emissions declined again in 2012. The bad news is that the supply-demand imbalance has further worsened in large part due to a record use of international credits. At the start of phase 3, we see a surplus of almost two billion allowances. These facts underline the need for the European Parliament and Council to act swiftly on back-loading.

dg 16-MAY-13

Valcárcel [ added]: The three-way talks among the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission should now proceed as quickly as possible. They must commit to dealing with any open issues which are of capital relevance for regions and cities, such as macro-economic conditionality and budgetary flexibility,

Cor 14-MAY-13

Martin Schulz [stated:]: This indeed was a crucial meeting on budgetary matters and good progress was made. The European Parliament wants to ensure that the EU's bills for 2013 can be paid. European citizens benefiting from programmes ranging from Erasmus to the European Social Fund must know that the necessary funds will still be available at the end of the year. Key negotiations can now be opened on the long-term EU budget, but I underline nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The European Parliament is working constructi

europarl 07-MAY-13

Isabelle Durant [added:]: Especially now it is important to open the doors of the European Parliament to citizens.

europarl 06-MAY-13

Busuttil [said:]: the party must rebuild itself and prepare itself for the next challenges, starting with the European Parliament elections.

MaltaToday 05-MAY-13

Plevneliev [-said]: If someone wants help, one should work. There are two big issues, one of them is the observation of the 1999 agreement, especially speaking about the last 4-5 years. This is not a big problem; it can be solved in a second. The second big issue is the common history. If someone decides that Gotse Delchev is a hero only of their own, and not ours, too, it is in contrast to all decisions of the European Parliament for sharing the common history, just like Germany and France, which today share their common hist

focus 03-MAY-13

Alasania [-said]: It was a speech where the European Parliament had a chance to receive all the information first hand. I am glad that it was such a successful visit,

georgiatoday 01-MAY-13

Buzek [-said]: As the president of the European Parliament I treated Ukraine as one of my overriding priorities. As a European I feel responsible for bilateral relations between the EU and Ukraine and as a Pole - between Poland and Ukraine, and this will never change,

interfax 26-APR-13

Weber [-said]: Does this serve the interest of justice? No, it does not. This is making a mockery of European democracy. As the European elections are fast approaching, this decision does nothing to increase trust in MEPs and in the European Parliament,

MaltaToday 26-APR-13

Weber [-said]: Without prejudging the outcome of the process, and given that she is facing criminal charges, [Abela Baldacchino] should not have been allowed to contest [Wednesday's] casual election to fill one of the vacant Maltese seats in the European Parliament,

europeanvoice 26-APR-13

Weber [-added]: Her election to the European Parliament means that she will now enjoy Parliamentary immunity and this means that these criminal charges will be frozen unless immunity is waived,

europeanvoice 26-APR-13

Kwaśniewski [-said]: Europa Plus is up and running, is getting stronger... and will run in the elections to the European Parliament in May 2014 and, perhaps, the elections after that,

warsawvoice 25-APR-13

Connie Hedegaard [said today that:]: it's still early days for the European Parliament to digest their own vote.

europeanvoice 23-APR-13

Hogan [-said]: There is, I’m sure, behind-the-scenes discussion taking place to see what modest changes that would be required to bridge the gap and to overcome whatever problems the European Parliament had in the vote last week,

bloomberg 23-APR-13

Omirou [said that:]: EU parliaments can provide substantial support and technical assistance to Parliaments of countries in transition, so as to make them fully effective and to enable them meet the challenges related to promotion of peace and development, both within their countries and in context of international cooperation.

hri 22-APR-13

Yanukovych [-said]: The European Parliament voted for visa liberalization with Ukraine by a simple majority,

forum 19-APR-13

Kalisz [-told]: This will be an association. It will form one of the pillars of a civil election list to the European Parliament, which today carries the name Europa Plus

warsawvoice 19-APR-13

Callanan [said:]: The European Parliament is making a profound mistake.

politicalpress 19-APR-13

Kowal [-said]: We voted for the Visa Facilitation Agreement and we received information from Kyiv that [Verkhovna Rada Chairman] Volodymyr Rybak has appointed the membership of a Ukrainian delegation [to the EU-Ukraine Cooperation Committee], and we can expect that they will find a compromise in appointing its chairman. I can say that it was a good day for Ukraine in the European Parliament, which there was a few in recent years,

interfax 18-APR-13

Hannes Swoboda [said:]: It is no longer acceptable that a group of European citizens is not represented in the important work of the European Parliament. The Cypriot authorities should propose viable and practical solutions on how this representation could be addressed at the next European elections

pse 18-APR-13

Eva Joly [said:]: The European Parliament has today sent a strong signal to EU governments on the need to provide a more balanced and democratic framework for financial assistance programmes to non-Euro EU members. This implies guaranteeing protection of basic social rights under the programmes, as well as ensuring transparency and accountability.

green 17-APR-13

Siim Kallas [stated:]: I welcome the vote and I thank the European Parliament for the hard work done. Groundhandling services are a key function in the aviation chain. They are essential for the 800 million passengers using EU airports every year. I firmly believe that if we want our airports and airlines to remain competitive, quality and efficiency of groundhandling services must be improved in the passengers' interest. I now call on the Council and the Parliament to quickly start negotiations on the Airport package to get conc

europa 16-APR-13

Staes [-said]: What European Parliament President Martin Schulz, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and others would not like to see in the middle of a European identity crisis, is that the dirt of Dalligate comes out,

MaltaToday 16-APR-13

Staes [-also alleged that]: What is even more worrying is that the European Parliament seems to be working along with the Commission to keep the dirt inside. Last week the three presidents of the biggest political groups in the EP decided - in agreement with EP president Schulz - that contrary to an earlier agreement Barroso and Kessler should no longer be heard in the EP. And as expected our call as greens for a special committee was also rejected after delaying the decision for months.

MaltaToday 16-APR-13

Altmaier [-told]: We’re struggling to explain to honorable members of the European Parliament how important it is to provide a signal we so badly need in order to make ETS more effective and to increase its attractiveness worldwide,

bloomberg 11-APR-13

Hannes Swoboda [said:]: The European Parliament has resisted pressure from the British Government and has not accepted more changes to caps on bonuses.

herald 21-MAR-13

Hogan [-said]: We are waiting for the outcome of the full plenary session vote of the European Parliament on April 16 to see how we can advance things after that, but we’re confident that there will be a success,

bloomberg 21-MAR-13

Busuttil [said that:]: the Maltese electorate elected me to represent them in the Maltese Parliament and I feel it is my obligation to give up my post in the European Parliament and serve my constituents in the Maltese Parliament.

MaltaStar 20-MAR-13

Busuttil [-said]: While I will miss my work in the European Parliament I am enthusiastic to contribute in the strong opposition in Malta,

MaltaStar 20-MAR-13

Ciolos [-said]: The European Parliament has supported the main principles of the commission proposals, notably on the capping of payments, the greening of 30 percent of direct payments and a rural development policy more adapted to the diversity of local specificities,

upi 18-MAR-13

Josipovic [-told]: Our citizens will be [for the] first time electing representatives for the European Parliament. These elections have a great symbolical importance,

setimes 18-MAR-13

Coveney [said:]: As we embark on what I hope will be a decisive step forward, I would urge my colleagues to keep the broader perspective in mind. If we want to conclude an inter-institutional agreement with the European Parliament and the Commission by the end of June, we need to agree a Council general approach now. The Parliament demonstrated this week that it is ready to play its part. The Council must now do likewise.

dg 15-MAR-13

Mitchell [said:]: When I first stood for the European Parliament in 2004 I did so at the request of the Party Leader, as Fine Gael only had three Dáil seats out of 43 in Dublin, one of which was mine.

independent 14-MAR-13

Ansip [-said]: The decision marks the beginning of negotiations between the European Parliament and the European Council. What the talks do not mean, is that the budget has been rejected,

err 14-MAR-13

Schulz [-added]: The vote has shown that the European Parliament must be taken seriously as a negotiating partner,

deutschewelle 13-MAR-13

Engstrom [-told]: I wrote a letter to the president of the European Parliament, complaining and saying that I find it completely unacceptable, if the Parliament’s IT support department suddenly decides to block communication from my voters,

rt 13-MAR-13

Engstrom [-explained]: The European Parliament said no to turning Internet service providers into porn police, and they said no to setting up authorities to regulate media,

rt 13-MAR-13

Hannes Swoboda [ said]: Today's vote is a clear indication that the European Parliament has accepted the responsibilities given to it by the treaties and will fight for an improved budget for the EU,

irishsun 13-MAR-13

Schulz [-added that]: There must be maximum overall flexibility and an ambitious agreement on own resources. The European Parliament also demands a compulsory, legally binding and comprehensive revision of the multiannual financial framework decided by qualified majority in the Council.

MaltaToday 13-MAR-13

Tonio Borg [said:]: Today, the European Parliament confirmed its agreement on two key proposals for boosting growth in the Single Market and strengthening the Digital economy. ADR and ODR are a win-win for consumers, who will be able to resolve their disputes out-of-court in a simple, fast and low-cost manner, and also for traders who will be able to keep good relations with customers and avoid litigation costs. It must be stressed that the EU institutions achieved a fast agreement which will significantly improve everyday li

europa 12-MAR-13

Merabishvili [-stated]: The content of the letter is alarming. It was the first time that members of the European Parliament expressed worry concerning Georgia’s European course,

messenger 12-MAR-13

Barroso [said:]: inter alia these relate to the clause on ECJ judgements entailing payment obligations, the issue of advertising campaigns for European Parliament elections, as well as provisions which appear to elevate to the constitutional level certain rules that the Commission has already raised with Hungary as potentially conflicting with EU law.

portfolio 11-MAR-13

Engstrom [wrote:]: It appears that today, on International Women’s Day, the European Parliament is silently blocking all or most emails that contain the word ‘gender’.

independent 08-MAR-13

Nigel Farage [declared:]: Frankly, we’ve stunned the establishment and they are bewildered. They can’t understand it. He promised to use the momentum built in the contest to sweep to victory in next year's European Parliament elections. 'We will take the tremor we have created in Eastleigh and turn it into a national political earthquake.

mailonsunday 01-MAR-13

Cazeneuve [-said]: France is very attached to the respect of the treaties, which have set Strasbourg as the seat of the European Parliament,

europeanvoice 28-FEB-13

Martin Schulz [-said]: The so-called compromise on the multi-annual budget negotiated by heads of governments will have no majority in the European Parliament, we will reject it for sure,

euobserver 26-FEB-13

Staes [-said]: The results of the its work must be given proper political follow-up, with democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament and national parliaments, aimed at ensuring issues it raises are properly acted on and addressed,

theparliament 25-FEB-13

Kwasniewski [-said]: I'm prepared to undertake the formation of this list for the European Parliament. I know this won't be an easy task but I'm sure it's possible

pap 25-FEB-13

Merkel [-said]: Without agreement with the European Parliament, there would be no budget at all. So let's look at common things, not at what divides us,

euobserver 21-FEB-13

David Ho [ said]: This outcome signals the intention of the European Parliament to begin the process of restoring the most cost-effective approach to meeting Europe's energy needs and reducing emissions over time,

alertnet 19-FEB-13

Wainwright [ said]: At the moment the relevant committee in the European Parliament has so far expressed a relatively hostile opinion to that possibility,

euobserver 18-FEB-13

Arias Cañete [expressed:]: The necessary arrangements will have to be performed with the European Parliament (EP) for the deal to be positive and have no surprises like the last time, when the Parliament knocked down a very important agreement for Spain

FIS 17-FEB-13

Wammen [ said]: We hope that the European Parliament will arrive at an agreement as soon as possible, as it's necessary for the whole EU to have the budget passed in the form it was agreed [by European leaders],

spectator 15-FEB-13

Hannes Swoboda [ said]: The agreement of the European Parliament for the figures discussed is not imaginable,

news 10-FEB-13

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