
El Jerzy Buzek This important moment has finally come. It is the last phase before the new European Commission will start its work. In the European Parliament we are fully prepared. The hearings will be an open and transparent procedure fully accessible to the general public.
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On the eve of the hearings of the Commissioners-designate, the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek said the following

El Jerzy Buzek In Spain today, the next six months are crucial for the set up of the EU's new legal framework. It will help us strengthen our institutions in order to deliver concrete results for citizens.
Jerzy Buzek on the Spanish Presidency: "The next six months are crucial for the set up of EU's new l
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Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament will travel to Madrid tomorrow to participate in the event marking the start of the Spanish Presidency of the EU.

El Jerzy Buzek This is not the first time in recent memory that a Member of the European Parliament has been denied entry into Cuba. Like in previous cases as in this one, the European Parliament considers the action of the Cuban authorities to be a big mistake and an uncooperative attitude towards the elected representatives of the European citizens.
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The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, after receiving the worrying information that a Spanish Member of the European Parliament, Luis Yáñez Barnuevo (PSE, ES) was denied entry into Cuba on Monday by the authorities, said:

El Jerzy Buzek I am profoundly and personally touched when I think that this very respectful 82 year old woman spent the night of New Year's Eve under Russian arrest. I call on the Russian authorities to release her immediately.
Buzek: The EP appeals for the release of 2009 Sakharov Prize Winner Lyudmila Alexeyeva and other Rus
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Following the detention of the human activists in Moscow on 31 December 2009, including Lyudmila Alexeyeva the 82 year old Sakharov Prize 2009 winner, the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek said:

El Jerzy Buzek Spain will hold the EU Presidency at a very important juncture for the European Union. The Spanish Presidency is the first that takes place fully under the new Treaty. I would like to wish José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Government every success on the eve of their important mission to lead the European Union.
EP President Jerzy Buzek urges Prime Minister Zapatero: "Seize the chance to strengthen the European
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The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, wishes the Spanish Government every success, prior to their Presidency of the Council of the European Union as from 1 January 2010. EP President Jerzy Buzek said:

El Jerzy Buzek Buzek: "Liu Xiaobo should be free. The EP is profoundly shocked by outragous sentence in China."
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After the decision of the Beijng court, the President of the EP Jerzy Buzek said: "It's absolutely unacceptable that the leading Chinese activist was sentenced to eleven years of prison on the charge of subverting state authority for posting outspoken articles online. ...

El Jerzy Buzek In Kyiv I expressed loud and clear the solidarity of the EU with Ukraine in these difficult times of financial turmoil. I also took the opportunity to stress the necessity of free, fair and transparent presidential elections in January. Adapting those principles in this ballot will be important for the future of Ukraine.
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Today, Tuesday 22 December, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek concluded his official visit to Ukraine. He was invited to Kyiv by his counterpart the Speaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Mr Volodymyr Lytvyn.

El Jerzy Buzek 2009 was a challenging year for us; a very intense one. Europe struggled with the economic crisis. Every one of us has been looking for solutions. Let me be clear: Here in the European Parliament in 2010, we will do our best to be sure that you will not continue to be affected by the crisis.

El Jerzy Buzek I congratulate the Polish police. It is important now that the perpetrators face justice.

El Jerzy Buzek Friday 18 December 2009 may go down in history as an important day for our common planet?
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Time is against us. The European Parliament and its delegation will do all its powers to reach a binding global deal. The EU has led the way in the negotiations, and I recall our conditional offer of a 30% reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

El Jerzy Buzek Today I was honoured to award the Sakharov Prize to MEMORIAL and all human rights defenders in Russia.
Speech by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, at the ceremony awarding the 2009 "Sakh
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There are days when I am particularly proud to sit in the chair of the European Parliament as President. Today is such a day. Today we are honouring the winners of the 2009 Sakharov Prize, the prize for freedom of thought.

El Jerzy Buzek The 13 December attack on Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was "no way to conduct a political dialogue", said EP President Jerzy Buzek opening this week's plenary session in Strasbourg. "This is no way to conduct political dialogue" said President Buzek, strongly condemning the attack on Prime Minister Berlusc...oni and wishing him a swift recovery.
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The 13 December attack on Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was "no way to conduct a political dialogue", said EP President Jerzy Buzek opening this week's plenary session in Strasbourg. ...

El Jerzy Buzek My speech to the European Council on 10 December. On climate change, I called on you: 'Put a figure on the table!'. We demanded this in the European Parliament resolution in November.
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I would like to congratulate the European Council. When we met last time, we did not have the nominations. I would like to express my congratulations to you.

El Jerzy Buzek Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More than ever before, we Europeans must stand up for human rights.
JOINT DECLARATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN R
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More than ever before, we Europeans must stand up for human rights. 61 years after the birth of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights we still live in a world where basic human values are challenged on a daily basis across the globe, even sometimes within our own countries and societies.

El Jerzy Buzek I am honoured to receive this prize from North Rhine-Westphalia.
President Buzek to receive prestigious prize from North-Rhine Westphalia - prize money to be donated
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On 8 December in Bonn, the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek will be awarded by the Ministerpresident of North-Rhine Westphalia, Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, the prestigious annual award the "Staatspreis".






















