194 Plenary speeches of Simon BUSUTTIL
European Refugee Fund for the period 2008-2013 (amendment of Decision No 573/2007/EC) - Minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (recast) - Application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by third-country nationals or stateless persons (recast) - Establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints (recast) - Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office (debate)
Explanations of vote
Common Immigration Policy for Europe: Principles, actions and tools (short presentation)
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Explanations of vote
Future of the European Common Asylum System (debate)
Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (debate)
Worrying situation in the retention centres for immigrants, especially in the islands of Mayotte and Lampedusa (debate)
Explanations of vote
Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Explanations of vote
Evaluation and future development of FRONTEX EUROSUR
Outcome of the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 - French Presidency’s term of office (debate)
The Misleading Directory Companies report (short presentation)
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment - Single application procedure for residence and work
Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 (debate)
Explanations of vote
Citizens' petitions during the year 2007 (debate)
Evaluation of the Dublin system (debate)
Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (debate)
Adoption by Slovakia of the single currency on 1 January 2009(debate)
The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (debate)
Misleading 'Directory companies' (e.g. 'European City Guides') (debate)
Order of business
Negotiations between the European Union and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (debate)
Illegal immigration, external action of the European Union and Frontex (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Draft general budget 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Question Time (Council)
Application of the Schengen acquis - Application of the Schengen acquis in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (continuation of debate)
Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2006 (debate)
European Ombudsman's activities in 2006 (debate)
2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
Membership of Parliament
Immigration - Legal migration - Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (debate)
Presentation of the programme of the Portuguese presidency (debate)
MEDA and financial support to Palestine - evaluation, implementation and control (debate)
Decision-making in the common European asylum system (debate)
Roadmap for the European Union's constitutional process (debate)
Management of Europe's maritime borders - European Solidarity and protection of migrants' rights (debate)
Council Question Time
EU strategy for reform in the Arab world (debate)
Rapid Border Intervention Teams (debate)
Regional policy (islands and natural and economic constraints) (debate)
Illegal bird hunting in Malta (vote)
Explanations of vote
Euro-Mediterranean relations - Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (debate)
Illegal bird hunting in Malta (debate)
Order of business
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Imposition of the death penalty on medical personnel in Libya (debate)
Meeting of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2006 – Activities of the Finnish Presidency
Preparation for the European Council (14-15 December 2006) (continuation of debate)
Order of business
Draft general budget for 2007 (Section III) – Draft general budget for 2007 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII)
Recovery of Community funds (debate)
Informal summit in Lahti and EU-Russia relations following the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya (debate)
Freedom, security and justice – Immigration (debate)
2004 discharge: Section I - European Parliament (debate)
Albania - Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Albania(debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Mutual information procedure Integration of immigrants in the European Union European Union immigration policy (debate)
Protection of the Communities' financial interests (debate)
Explanations of vote
Human rights in Tunisia (debate)
Flood assessment and management (debate)
Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)
The refugee camps in Malta (debate)
Euro-Mediterranean policy/preparation for the next meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (debate)
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (debate)
Services (continuation of the debate)
European Neighbourhood Policy
Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report – 2004
The Barcelona Process revisited
Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status
Basic guidelines for sustainable European tourism
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Legal and illegal migration and the integration of migrants
Protecting the Community's financial interests and fight against fraud
Organisation of working time
Budgetary discharge
Area of freedom, security and justice
Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 22-23 March 2005)
Pollution from ships
Constitution for Europe (continuation)
Annual report of the Court of Auditors – 2003
Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission
Future of the area of freedom, security and justice
Dutch boat belonging to the 'Women on Waves' association
Statement by the President-designate of the Commission
Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (debate)
Breaches of Schengen rules (debate)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA (debate)
Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (debate)
Fight against homophobia in Europe (debate)
Internal market scoreboard (debate)
Internal market scoreboard (debate)
Visa-free travel to Canada for all EU citizens and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (debate)
Discharge 2010 (debate)
Follow-up to the LIBE delegation visit to Sicily and Lampedusa (debate)
EU-USA agreement on the use and transfer of PNR to the US Department of Homeland Security (debate)
EU-USA agreement on the use and transfer of PNR to the US Department of Homeland Security (debate)
Biometric passports
Situation of migrants in Greece (debate)
EU citizenship report 2010 (debate)
European Refugee Fund 2008 to 2013 (debate)
Addressing the EU diabetes epidemic (debate)
Family reunification of third-country nationals living in the EU (debate)
Family reunification of third-country nationals living in the EU (debate)
Third-country legislation and EU data protection laws (debate)
Recent political developments in Hungary (debate)
Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (debate)
Single application procedure for residence and work (debate)
Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography - Children's rights in the European Union (debate)
Question Time (Commission)
Question Time (Commission)
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)
EU support to refugees in Tunisia (debate)
EU position and commitment in advance of the UN high-level meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (debate)
Situation in Libya (debate)
Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (debate)
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) (debate)
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) (debate)
EU counter-terrorism policy: main achievements and future challenges (A7-0286/2011 - Sophia in ’t Veld) (vote)
Situation in the Arab world and North Africa - Situation in Yemen - Situation in Syria (continuation of debate)
Changes to Schengen (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (24 June 2011) (continuation of debate)
Misleading business directories (debate)
Revised Hungarian constitution (debate)
European Arrest Warrant (debate)
Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (debate)
Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)
EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular, in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)
Southern Neighbourhood, and Libya in particular, including humanitarian aspects (debate)
Situation in Egypt (debate)
Media law in Hungary (debate)
State of European asylum system, after the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (debate)
Immediate EU measures in support of Italy and other Member States affected by exceptional migratory flows (debate)
Situation in Albania (debate)
Eavesdropping scandal in Bulgaria (debate)
Situation in the Mediterranean, in particular in Tunisia and Egypt (debate)
Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (debate)
EU-Libya Framework Agreement
Cost of examining asylum seekers’ applications in Member States (debate)
Violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (debate)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - Effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (debate)
EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (debate)
Creation of an immigration liaison officers’ network (debate)
Single application procedure for residence and work (debate)
Extension of the scope of Directive 2003/109/EC to beneficiaries of international protection (debate)
European Ombudsman's activity report for 2009 - Special Report from the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 676/2008/RT (According to Rule 205(2), 1st part) - 26th Annual Report on Monitoring the Application of European Union Law (2008) (debate)
Presentation of the Commission work programme for 2011 (debate)
Upcoming EU-US summit and Transatlantic Economic Council - EU-US Data Protection Agreement (debate)
Transatlantic relations: USA travel fee (debate)
Situation of the Roma people in Europe (debate)
Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)
Agreement between the EU and the USA on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data from the EU to the USA for purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (debate)
Annual report of the Petitions Committee 2009 (debate)
Israeli military operation against the humanitarian flotilla and the Gaza blockade (debate)
Rights to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (debate)
European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 (amendment of Decision No 573/2007/EC). Migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008) - Migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (amendment of Decision 2008/839/JHA) - The establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme (debate)
Stockholm Action Plan (debate)
SWIFT (debate)
Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate)
Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office (debate)
Schengen Borders Code with regard to surveillance of external maritime borders
Internal Market Scoreboard - Consumer protection - SOLVIT (debate)
Movement of persons with a long-stay visa (debate)
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
Second European Roma Summit (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Agreement between the EU and the USA on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (debate)
Key objectives for the Conference of the Parties to the CITES (debate)
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as modified by the Council (all sections) (A7-0083/2009, Vladimír Maňka) (vote)
Explanations of vote
Conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council on the Middle East peace process, including the situation in eastern Jerusalem (debate)
Preparation of the European Council to be held on 10 and 11 December 2009 (debate)
Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 regarding the area of freedom, security and justice (Stockholm Programme) (debate)
European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) - Rules on the confidentiality of Europol information - Implementing rules governing Europol’s relations with partners, including the exchange of personal data and classified information - List of third States and organisations for Europol agreements - Implementing rules for Europol analysis work files - Accreditation of forensic laboratory activities (debate)
Order of business
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Evaluation mechanism to monitor the application of the Schengen acquis - Establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis (debate)
Agreement between the EC and Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Barbados on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Antigua and Barbuda on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and The Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver (debate)
Agreement between the EC and Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Barbados on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and Antigua and Barbuda on the short-stay visa waiver - Agreement between the EC and The Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver (debate)
Progress of SIS II and VIS (debate)
Freedom of information in Italy (debate)
Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate)
Statement by the President-designate of the Commission (debate)
Presentation of the work programme of the Swedish Presidency (debate)