EMM News Explorer: European Parliament

Sikorski [-said]: The highest circles shaping public opinion in Europe are not convinced that this was a fair trial. And so, I just do not see where we can take enough votes so that the agreement be approved by the European Parliament,

interfax 10-FEB-12

Stanishev [declared that:]: PES does not support the type of extreme censorship as proposed by ACTA , and regrets that the conservative majority in the European Parliament have shut down any opportunity to conduct a clear and fair debate at social and political level

novinite 10-FEB-12

Ojuland [-said]: The European Parliament adopted a resolution last December clearly demanding that new elections are held in Russia,

rian 09-FEB-12

Schulz [ said]: As a result, the European Parliament is behind those who demand that the great financial promises be kept, even in these difficult times,

ansamed 02-FEB-12

Danuta Hübner [said:]: The EPP Group will lead the efforts in the European Parliament to facilitate the use of structural funds that remain to be allocated till the end of 2013 to projects generating new jobs, especially for young people, and stimulating investment of small and medium-sized companies.

di 02-FEB-12

Joseph Daul [ said]: This text, which complements the measures taken with the European Parliament (the so-called 'Six Pack'), will strengthen common discipline in the management of accounts. The golden rule on the balance of public accounts and the provisions to more easily impose fines on those governments whose budgets are not balanced are going entirely in the right direction. The confirmation of the use of the rule of reverse qualified majority is also good news

eppgroup 31-JAN-12

Nicholson [ added]: Throughout this process I have also heard from several businesses in Northern Ireland who were worried about the direction the European Parliament was taking on this issue and I hope we have now largely addressed the industry’s concerns. Following the negotiations, which included input from my ECR colleagues, a compromise has now been reached on this issue which means that Difenacoum should now remain available for use in the UK and across Europe,

farminglife 31-JAN-12

Nicholson [said:]: Throughout this process the industry has raised concerns that amendments proposed by the Green and Socialist members of the European Parliament would have made it more difficult for farmers and householders to effectively deal with pests. Reducing our ability to control pests can have a negative impact on public health.

farminglife 31-JAN-12

Schulz [-said]: 2012 is the year in which we must find a way out of the crisis. The European Parliament intends to play a constructive, committed role in that process,

xinhuanet_en 30-JAN-12

Schulz [ said]: The European Parliament wants to make a constructive contribution to the decision-making process. If it is to do so, however, it must be involved in the first place,

xinhuanet_en 30-JAN-12

Joseph Daul [ wrote]: On behalf of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, we would like to express our solidarity and support to your Cairo-based staff following the disturbing news that they being prevented from leaving Egypt. Unfortunately, this is not the first worrying news we receive, and it seems that the situation for U.S. and foreign NGOs in the country is not improving but rather the opposite. We know very well about the important and high quality work carried out by the International Republican Institute, National D

eppgroup 27-JAN-12

Hübner [-said]: The majority of the Council and the European Parliament want this to be adopted as an annex,

euractiv 23-JAN-12

Denis MacShane [said:]: By any standard of nepotism it is unacceptable that as one Lib Dem MEP flounces out of the European Parliament because she failed in an ego trip bid to elected president of the European Parliament she is replaced by her own husband.

bbc 20-JAN-12

Potočnik [said:]: Today's decision by the European Parliament is good news for health of our citizens, Europe's competitiveness, and the environment. In these challenging times of economic change and rising prices for raw materials, resource efficiency is where environmental benefits and innovative growth opportunities for European industry come together. The waste stream with the greatest relevance in this respect is electrical and electronic waste. Today, the European Parliament has given a great boost to this policy, rais

europa 19-JAN-12

Stanishev [ said]: Martin has been elected president of the European Parliament at a crucial time

euractiv 18-JAN-12

Schulz [-said]: the representatives of the peoples of Europe have essentially been reduced to the role of rubberstamping agreements reached between governments in backrooms in Brussels: the European Parliament will not stand idly by and watch this process continue

egovmonitor 18-JAN-12

Konrad Szymanski [-told]: He is completely unsuited to perform this function, because during his political career in the European Parliament he has been a politician who has been extremely aggressive. Normally, in national parliaments, such a person is not promoted to such a high position. But here, it is part of an agreement,

thenews 17-JAN-12

Schultz [-said]: I intend to carry out the office of President of the European Parliament in such a way that those who voted for me today can take pride in having done so, and those who did not vote for me today are pleasantly surprised. I will be the president of all members of the European Parliament and defend your rights!

novinite 17-JAN-12

Schulz [ said]: The European Parliament has traditions,

europeanvoice 12-JAN-12

Schulz [-says]: Every executive act of the member countries must be legitimized by the European Parliament,

spiegel 12-JAN-12

Kalniete [ explains]: Unfortunately, at our meetings the commissioner has remained deaf to my remarks that, even if both pillars are combined, Latvian farmers will still receive the smallest payments all the same. I will continue to explain the situation in the Baltic countries to my colleagues on the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, and we will offer our solutions, because an all-embracing common agricultural policy reform is needed in all of Europe, that would not be distorting the joint marke

baltic 10-JAN-12

Verhofstadt [ said]: The European Parliament is placed throughout the agreement as we insisted on all decisions being made through the community mechanism, thereby ensuring the democratic control and the role of the parliament,

irishtimes 30-DEC-11

Rompuy [-said]: The perceived deterioration of the quality of democracy and rule of law in Ukraine has a direct impact in our Member-States, in our public at large, and in the European Parliament,

rian 19-DEC-11

Evgeni Kirilov [-said]: There are many cases where the Netherlands participate in decision making. Due to the pressure that comes from there - the government of the far-right party, these things emerge quite clearly. As we know, they are the only country that blocks us for Schengen accession. The case very clearly outlines their behavior along these lines. They post probably will also announce that the restrictions continue, and will be based primarily on political considerations. In the Netherlands, currently there is no problem

focus 17-DEC-11

Saakashvili [-said]: is an important topic at all summits and meetings. Just as it happened in the case of European Parliament resolution ...

georgiatimes 16-DEC-11

Medvedev [-told]: I will not comment on their decisions. They mean nothing to me ... The European Parliament should deal with internal issues because the EU has a lot of problems of its own,

euobserver 15-DEC-11

Medvedev [-stated]: I have nothing to say on this resolution, because these are our elections. The European Parliament has no relation to them. They can comment on anything they want. I will not comment on their decisions as they mean nothing to me,

novinite 15-DEC-11

Medvedev [said:]: I have nothing to comment. This is our election, the European Parliament has no relation to it. The European Parliament should deal with European issues because they [have] got a lot of problems.

europeanvoice 15-DEC-11

Monica Frassoni [ said]: This sends an incoherent message to the European Parliament and EU member states about the Commission's confidence in its proposal for an energy efficiency directive,

europeanvoice 15-DEC-11

Saakashvili [-said]: Now, Poland is the President of the European Parliament. And Georgia gets a chance to become an EU member, and it should do it,

trendnews 14-DEC-11

Jerzy Buzek [ said]: Friends, new members of the European Parliament, stand up, we would like to welcome you,

euobserver 14-DEC-11

Slutsky [-said]: The European Parliament has clearly exceeded its competence in trying to summarize the results of the Duma elections,

itartass_en 14-DEC-11

Lothar Bisky [-concluded]: The elimination of the European Parliament from the establishment of a fiscal union and the fact that the elected people's representatives will merely observe the process of drafting the deal is a disgrace. This is another building block for frustration and growing disenchantment with politics,

gue 14-DEC-11

Chizhov [-noted]: This looks quite strange again, because this is not the first time that the European Parliament has passed a resolution…without trying to analyze its results,

rt 14-DEC-11

Chizhov [-said]: This looks quite strange again, because this is not the first time that the European Parliament has passed a resolution dealing with the summit on its opening day, without trying to analyze its results. But they have their schedule. This is probably what explains this,

kyivpost 14-DEC-11

Clegg [ said]: We saw some pretty intemperate remarks aimed at Britain yesterday in the European Parliament,

dailymail 14-DEC-11

Clegg [said:]: We saw some pretty intemperate remarks aimed at Britain yesterday in the European Parliament.

bbc 14-DEC-11

Damanaki [-said]: The vote of the European Parliament sends a strong message to the Moroccan government that it would need to engage for a better agreement on all these issues,

europeanvoice 14-DEC-11

Barroso [ said]: In fact, I expect that the European Parliament will be also associated to these negotiations, there will be no other parallel or competing structures,

xinhuanet_en 13-DEC-11

Schulz [-said]: The European Parliament has to be the third equal partner alongside the commission and the Council. If not, I can only recommend to the European Parliament not to take any further step in this process,

euobserver 13-DEC-11

Saakashvili [-said]: Georgia is a victim of Russian aggression in 2008 and today this country is trying to legitimize the ethnic cleansing carried out. We are grateful to the European Parliament for the moral position and the adoption of a resolution which recognized the territorial integrity of Georgia, demanded begin the process of de-occupation. We know that initiated the adoption of this resolution is a European People's Party

trendnews 08-DEC-11

Reding [-said]: sets out to a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

Paulo Rangel [ concluded]: And finally, this governance must be, above all, democratic. The European Parliament, as well as the national parliaments directly elected by universal suffrage, should be fully involved in the negotiations on the terms of the European governance and the decision-making process which will follow. The involvement of elected parliamentarians is the basis of our system of the rule of law, the foundation of our parliamentary democracies

ppe 05-DEC-11

Watson [-said]: It is crucial that the race for the European Parliament president is a genuinely competitive one - not the time-old EPP-S&D stitch up,

euractiv 01-DEC-11

Gilmore [ said]: A report from that committee will go to the plenary session of the European Parliament and it's the plenary session that makes the decision,

sligochampion 24-NOV-11

Domenici [-said]: The European Parliament is still waiting to be informed on both procedure and timing of the proposal and on the official and definitive content of the text. The fact that we find ourselves in such a situation on a long awaited proposal is worrying both institutionally and politically,

euractiv 16-NOV-11

Bas Eickhout [ says]: Research has shown that pesticides made by the pharmaceutical industry are a cause for the weakening of bees. But instead of asking them to stop producing those pesticides, the European Parliament now asks that same industry to develop medicines against the effects of their pesticides,

euobserver 16-NOV-11

Marielle Gallo [ said]: We are in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has severely damaged economic growth opportunities. Therefore, the European Parliament, the only Institution directly elected by citizens, must go on with the debate on Intellectual Property that is conducive to improving the EU's economic performance and creating new job opportunities. Intellectual Property is the driving force of our knowledge-based economy

ppe 14-NOV-11

Rogozin [-said]: We can unite our compatriots there, create a civic committee, which will demand the recognition of Russian as the language of the European Parliament,

itartass_en 07-NOV-11

Kazem Jalali [-told]: It may only be that there was more time needed (by Iran) to make the necessary arrangements for the (European Parliament) delegation trip, but there was still time left for the visa to be issued and no need to make premature cancellation,

trendnews 29-OCT-11

Véronique De Keyser [ declared]: The European Parliament’s decision today shows its commitment to, and solidarity with, the Arab world in its fight for greater dignity, greater freedom and more democracy,

pse 28-OCT-11

Cecilia Malmström [ said]: >European Commission - Press release European Parliament supports stronger legislation against child sexual abuse Brussels, 27 October 2011 – The European Parliament today approved the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. The Commission made it clear one year ago that the EU will not tolerate children being used as objects to satisfy the sexual desire of criminals, or traded as commodities. I am extremely pleased t

europa 27-OCT-11

Nigel Farage [said:]: It is scandalous that during a time of austerity that the European Parliament is calling for a budget increase.

express 27-OCT-11

Monica Macovei [said:]: As European Parliament Rapporteur for the 2010 discharge of the EU Agencies, I will make sure that conflicts of interest and cost-efficiency criteria will be addressed and this will determine my decision in granting them discharge or not.

ppe 25-OCT-11

Jalali [-said]: If the negotiations with the European Parliament yield positive results, then, it will create opportunities to further improve the relations,

trendnews 24-OCT-11

Busuttil [said:]: I am proud that both my country and my political group in the European Parliament, the EPP, are four-square behind the Libyan people in this new beginning,

timesofmalta 20-OCT-11

Kasoulides [ said]: Their sense of duty, self-sacrifice, solidarity and altruism are values that transcend the Mediterranean borders of Cyprus, as they are universal and, above all, European values. It is for this reason their memory is being honoured in the European Parliament

eppgroup 20-OCT-11

Jerzy Buzek [stated:]: Whilst we should do our utmost to support the democratic aspirations of our neighbours in the South, we should not overlook the desire for Europe which comes from the east. The European Parliament supports the

euractiv 03-OCT-11

Sidonia Jędrzejewska [ said]: I am glad that major political parties agreed to vote in favour of my report. This shows that the European Parliament is united, when it comes to the political developments in Southern Mediterranean countries

europarl 28-SEP-11

Buzek [-stated]: Bulgarians and Romanians can be proud of their achievements in fulfilling all the technical requirements. On behalf of the European Parliament, I call for fairness and European solidarity. We call on those member states that blocked Romanian and Bulgaria Schengen entry to reconsider their position,

novinite 23-SEP-11

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