Activities of Timo SOINI
Plenary speeches (20)
A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (16-17 December 2010) - Establishing a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area (debate)
2011 budget (debate)
Forced evictions in Zimbabwe
European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas (debate)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)
Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (debate)
EU policy on Arctic issues (debate)
Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate)
Outcome of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
Preparation of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate)
Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
Statement by the President-designate of the Commission (debate)
Presentation of the work programme of the Swedish Presidency (debate)
Shadow reports (2)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage Label PDF (308 KB) DOC (443 KB)
REPORT Report on public service broadcasting in the digital era: the future of the dual system PDF (174 KB) DOC (100 KB)
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative
OPINION on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 55 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 69 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights against this background the specific mission of public service broadcasting in the digital era to bring media content to as many European citizens as possible and to maintain a public sphere with the aim of overcoming audience fragmentation;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds Member States of their commitments to these European standards and urgerecommends them to provide appropriate and stable funding for public service media to enable them to fulfil their remit, guarantee their political and economic independence, contribute to an inclusive information and knowledge society and avoid a division between information haves and have-nots;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that transparency of ownership of private broadcasters is not guaranteed in all Member States, and calls on the Commission to monitor and support progress to this end;
Amendment 149 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to launch an initiative on a possible legal framework for content aggregators under which search engines would contribute to content creation, ensuring wide representation of current topics from Member States;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of helping young people in starting their own business, and recommends an EU information campaign, in education institutes, covering mainly entrepreneurship, start- up capital, taxation on start-up business, continuous training support;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers essential the establishment of partnerships between the education and work, and calls for the improvement of the mobility of students, teachers and employees; encouraging employers through well-defined incentive programmes;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers the development of internships extremely important as they are an opportunity to start working with only some previous experience and training; considers that internships are a useful means to combine education and work, as certain schemes show a job; welcomes proceedings towards instertion rate of 70% following a successfulnships with fair financial compensations for internship;
Amendment 44 #
2009/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a closer monitoring of the trainees' activities and their working agreements in order to prevent any abuses, such as those regarding the traineeship's duration;