Spegazzjonijiet tal-vot (in writing.) - It-tmien leġiżlatura Jonathan ARNOTT
Il-Membri jistgħu jressqu spjegazzjoni bil-miktub tal-vot tagħhom fis-sessjoni plenarja. Artikolu 194 tar-Regoli ta' Proċedura
Ftehim dwar il-kooperazzjoni fil-ġustizzja kriminali bejn il-Eurojust u r-Renju tad-Danimarka (A8-0192/2019 - Claude Moraes) EN
I do not support the role of Eurojust and therefore felt it appropriate to vote against this proposal.
Koordinazzjoni tas-sistemi tas-sigurtà soċjali (A8-0386/2018 - Guillaume Balas) EN
As I oppose harmonisation, I cannot support the principle of coordination of social security systems across the EU. On the amendments, I sought to vote to minimise the scope, and then I voted against on the final vote.
Standards tal-prestazzjoni tal-emissjonijiet tas-CO2 għall-vetturi tqal ġodda (A8-0354/2018 - Bas Eickhout) EN
I remain concerned by the nature of the European Union’s policies in regards to climate change. I still believe that they are not the right ones to achieve the stated aims, and therefore voted against.
Il-promozzjoni ta' vetturi ta' trasport fuq it-triq nodfa u effiċjenti fl-użu tal-enerġija (A8-0321/2018 - Andrzej Grzyb) EN
I remain concerned by the nature of the European Union’s policies in regards to climate change. I still believe that they are not the right ones to achieve the stated aims, and therefore I voted against.
L-użu ta' għodod u proċessi diġitali fid-dritt soċjetarju (A8-0422/2018 - Tadeusz Zwiefka) EN
As this ultimately seeks to harmonise company law across the EU, it is consistent with the principles upon which I was elected to vote against.
Konverżjonijiet, mergers u diviżjonijiet transkonfinali (A8-0002/2019 - Evelyn Regner) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Fond Ewropew għad-Difiża (A8-0412/2018 - Zdzisław Krasnodębski) EN
As I oppose the principle of a European Defence Fund, which would be a stepping-stone towards a fully-fledged European Army, I supported a vote to reject the Commission proposal. I then voted against the draft legislative act.
Skoperturi fil-forma ta' bonds koperti (A8-0384/2018 - Bernd Lucke) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Bonds koperti u superviżjoni pubblika ta' bonds koperti (A8-0390/2018 - Bernd Lucke) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
InvestEU (A8-0482/2018 - José Manuel Fernandes, Roberto Gualtieri) EN
I oppose this for the same reasons that I opposed the EFSI. I cannot support a huge new funding programme; the British people voted to leave the European Union. If it were guaranteed that we would have left before the start of the next MFF, and that this would not affect the UK, I might well have had cause to abstain on the grounds that this is none of the UK’s business.
But that is not so, and I therefore voted against.
Ambjent għal Single Window Marittima Ewropea (A8-0006/2019 - Deirdre Clune) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Divulgazzjonijiet relatati ma' investimenti sostenibbli u riskji għas-sostenibbiltà (A8-0363/2018 - Paul Tang) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Il-pollutanti organiċi persistenti (A8-0336/2018 - Julie Girling) EN
I cannot support: granting additional powers to an EU agency; an increase in EU budgets, which ultimately come from taxpayers; some of the political direction of this agreement.
Therefore, despite believing in strong legislation to ensure public health, I felt obliged to vote against.
L-obbligu tal-ikklerjar, ir-rekwiżiti tar-rapportar ut-tekniki tal-mitigazzjoni tar-riskju għal kuntratti tad-derivati OTC, u r-repożitorji tat-tranżazzjonijiet (A8-0181/2018 - Werner Langen) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Awtorizzazzjoni ta’ CCPs u rikonoxximent ta’ CCPs ta’ pajjiżi terzi (A8-0190/2018 - Danuta Maria Hübner) EN
I cannot support harmonisation; I therefore voted against.
Il-promozzjoni tal-użu ta' swieq tat-tkabbir tal-SMEs (A8-0437/2018 - Anne Sander) EN
I cannot support harmonisation of the financial system. This is antithetical to the principles upon which I was elected, and to the result of the referendum in the United Kingdom; I therefore voted against.
Negozjati mal-Kunsill u mal-Kummissjoni dwar id-dritt ta' inkjesta tal-Parlament Ewropew: proposta leġiżlattiva (B8-0238/2019) EN
This matter was not the subject of a roll-call vote. In the interests of transparency and democracy, I would like to confirm that I abstained.
I believe that, of the EU institutions, the European Parliament should (as the elected body) be stronger than the Council and Commission. I note that the Parliament wants this right of inquiry; the Council and Commission have blocked it for 25 years.
Nevertheless, to vote in favour would still be to imply that the European Parliament should have rights that should only be afforded to genuinely democratic bodies such as national parliaments. It would create a veneer of accountability without actually making any difference.
Furthermore, the report calls upon political parties to write manifestos accordingly. This should not form part of a Parliamentary vote.
Qafas komprensiv tal-Unjoni Ewropea dwar l-interferenti endokrinali (B8-0241/2019) EN
On this vote, I am torn between two conflicting principles.
On the one hand, I do recognise the potential concerns over endocrine disruptors in relation to adverse developmental and reproductive effects.
One the other hand, I oppose the principle of the European Union being the vehicle for such legislation. I believe in national parliamentary sovereignty.
I therefore abstained overall, whilst supporting appropriate amendments in favour of transparency and to provide power to Member States.
Interpretazzjoni tal-Artikolu 32(5), l-ewwel subparagrafu, it-tieni inċiż tar-Regoli ta' Proċedura EN
. ‒ Such proposals have been repeatedly rejected by Parliament in terms of changing Parliament’s rules. I believed this to be an attack upon the independence of the mandate, which cannot be policed effectively. To achieve something similar via a substantial re-interpretation of an existing rule seems to me to be fraught with dangers. I therefore voted against.
Protokoll għal mal-Ftehim bejn l-UE u d-Danimarka dwar il-kriterji u l-mekkaniżmi biex ikun stabbilit l-Istat responsabbli għall-eżami ta' talba għall-ażil u l-"Eurodac" (A8-0196/2019 - Ignazio Corrao) EN
. ‒ As this was instigated by the Danish Government and I am not opposed to data exchanges in principle, I felt it appropriate to abstain on the report.