Common system of value added tax, with regard to the obligation to respect a minimum standard rate (A8-0124/2018 - Roberto Gualtieri)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ This report extends the temporary 15% minimum VAT rate set by the EU. UKIP does not support the EU collecting taxes from British taxpayers and accordingly voted against.
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Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (A8-0056/2017 - Krišjānis Kariņš, Judith Sargentini)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ The EU should stop repeatedly changing the rules on anti-money laundering, which adds cost to business compliance, but UKIP are not against the prevention of money laundering and so (on balance) abstained.
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Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (A8-0048/2017 - Daniel Dalton)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP MEPs voted against this legislative report concerning motor vehicles and their trailers. UKIP opposes harmonisation of rules, as we believe that Member States should be allowed to act on their own initiative.
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Organic production and labelling of organic products (A8-0311/2015 - Martin Häusling)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ We oppose this legislation because it fails to recognise that how you farm, including whether organic or not, and what you eat are matters for individual choice: instead, again, the EU proposes massive, often counter-productive bureaucratic intervention at taxpayers’ expense.
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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0140/2018 - Miroslavs Mitrofanovs)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP voted against this legislation. We firmly defend Member States’ right to define their own domestic legislation. Any interference by the Commission is an erosion of Member State sovereignty, which we are firmly against. We do not necessarily take a position on any of the suggested policies within the report, it is ultimately up to each Member State.
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Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2019 – Section I – European Parliament (A8-0146/2018 - Paul Rübig)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report, as it concerns the spending of EU funds, which we are against. We voted in favour of amendments that wished to reduce the budget and which aim to make Parliament more transparent. We voted against amendments that wished to increase the budget, for instance in allowing APAs to accompany Members on missions, which is a waste of public funds.
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Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová (B8-0186/2018)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this non-legislative motion for resolution. UKIP firmly support the work of investigative journalists and are appalled at the details of this murder which was clearly motivated by the need to silence a whistle-blower. This resolution, however, clearly oversteps the EU's mandate in this field. UKIP reject any attempt by the EU to establish a directive on whistle-blower protection and strongly oppose calls for the EPPO to be established.
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A European values instrument to support civil society organisations which promote democracy, rule of law and fundamental values within the European Union (B8-0189/2018)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs have voted against this non-legislative motion for resolution. UKIP firmly opposes taxpayers’ money being given to organisations in the EU to promote the values of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental values. This is a clear attempt by the EU to increase funding for organisations which hold a favourable opinion of the European Union who will inevitably disseminate propaganda to the citizens of Europe.
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The violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey (B8-0194/2018, B8-0196/2018)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP abstained on this non-legislative and non-binding resolution. UKIP have long been concerned by developments in Turkey and have opposed their integration within the EU. We are especially concerned at military developments and Turkey’s increasing opposition to the West and international norms. However this resolution implies a role for the EU institutions, to which we are opposed.
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Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning national Parliaments (A8-0127/2018 - Paulo Rangel)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
This non-legislative own initiative report is generally supportive of national parliaments and doesn’t call on the Commission to act (other than to grant national parliaments more time in which to prepare ‘reasoned opinions’ objecting to EU legislation), but UKIP does not support the right of EU institutions to determine the rights of national parliaments and accordingly UKIP abstained.
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Annual Report on Competition Policy (A8-0049/2018 - Ramon Tremosa i Balcells)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
This non-legislative own-initiative report calls on the Commission to act in various areas, including energy, retail financial services and transport; accordingly UKIP voted against.
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Vaccine hesitancy and drop in vaccination rates in Europe (B8-0188/2018, B8-0195/2018)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP believes in the importance of vaccination and cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases. However, we would like national parliaments and not the unelected EU Commission to impose programmes on this issue.
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Implementation of the European Protection Order Directive (A8-0065/2018 - Soraya Post, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs have voted against this non-legislative report. UKIP fully support the right of citizens to be protected in their own country and when travelling abroad and welcome the fact that all countries in the EU have their own system of protection orders. With such a limited amount of EPOs having been issued since the directive was enforced, it is clear to see that this is a poor and ineffective piece of legislation. For this reason, UKIP voted against this report.
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Implementation of the Bologna Process – state of play and follow-up (B8-0190/2018)
Date : 19-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this non-binding motion for resolution. We support the principle of the Bologna process as non-EU, voluntary group discussing education amongst its members. However, we disagree with the call for the EU Commission to become more heavily involved, using it as a platform to promote itself and its own education initiatives.
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Fixing the period for the ninth election of representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (A8-0145/2018 - Danuta Maria Hübner)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted to abstain. This was a procedural request for the period of this legislature to end within the five year term. UKIP voted to abstain on this matter as it does not affect the UK.
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EU-Australia Framework Agreement (A8-0110/2018 - Francisco José Millán Mon)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP voted against giving consent to this procedure. We do not support the development of an EU foreign policy or believe that the EU is qualified to negotiate agreements with third countries as if it were a state. UKIP is extremely supportive of closer relations between the UK and Commonwealth countries, including especially Australia. We look forward to improved relations between our two countries when we finally, fully leave the European Union.
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EU-Australia Framework Agreement (Resolution) (A8-0119/2018 - Francisco José Millán Mon)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP voted against this non-legislative and non-binding report. We do not support the development of an EU foreign policy or believe that the EU is qualified to negotiate agreements with third countries as if it were a state. UKIP is extremely supportive of closer relations between the UK and Commonwealth countries, including especially Australia. We look forward to improved relations between our two countries when we finally, fully leave the European Union.
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Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (A8-0131/2018 - Helga Stevens)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP's do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Protocol) (A8-0132/2018 - Helga Stevens)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP's do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Packaging and packaging waste (A8-0029/2017 - Simona Bonafè)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs object to the creation of new EU legislation. UKIP is in favour of protecting the environment: reusing, recycling and recovery materials. However, UKIP believes that legislation in this field should be independently established by Member States.
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End-of-life vehicles, waste batteries and accumulators and waste electrical and electronic equipment (A8-0013/2017 - Simona Bonafè)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this legislative report. UKIP object the creation of new EU legislation. UKIP believe that Member States should repel the Waste Framework Directive, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and the Landfill Directive and regulate autonomously these fields.
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Waste (A8-0034/2017 - Simona Bonafè)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs object the creation of new EU law on this issue. UKIP are in favour of protecting the environment. However, UKIP believe that the legislation in this field should be independently established by member states.
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Landfill of waste (A8-0031/2017 - Simona Bonafè)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs object the creation of new EU law on this issue. UKIP are in favour of protecting the environment. However, UKIP believe that the legislation in this field should be independently established by member states.
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Procedural rules in the field of environmental reporting (A8-0253/2017 - Francesc Gambús)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs abstained on this legislative report. UKIP are in favor of the removal of EU legislation to avoid overburden to people, organisations and Member States and agree that any legislation that does not serve its objective should be removed. However, UKIP are against the overreaching amount of EU environmental legislation produced since the 1970s.
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Integrity policy of the Commission, in particular the appointment of the Secretary-General of the European Commission (B8-0214/2018)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted for this motion for resolution regarding the appointment of Martin Selmayr to Secretary General of the European Commission. We supported this motion due to its criticism of the manner in which the Commission conducted the appointment, the lack of action taken to resolve the situation, and calling for a reassessment of the procedure and more transparency. However we feel the motion could have been far stronger in its criticism.
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Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees (B8-0184/2018, B8-0185/2018)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this non legislative motion for resolution. UKIP MEP's believe that the 'UN compact on safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees' has the ultimate aim to make illegal migration legal and to facilitate it in greater numbers. UKIP believe that the Dublin Agreement already sets out a fair system for refugees; the problem is that it is not being enforced effectively which has led to the current migration crisis.
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Implementation of the EU external financing instruments: mid-term review 2017 and the future post-2020 architecture (A8-0112/2018 - Marietje Schaake)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this non-legislative and non-binding report. We do not support the propagation by the European Union of its foreign policy through the use of these funds that either interfere in the domestic policies of third party states or that are used to support the further expansion of the European Union. In particular we are concerned by the changes made to the Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace that allow it to fund military actors in third countries. We believe this contravenes existing Union law and its disregard is further evidence of the militarisation of the EU.
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Annual reports 2015-2016 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0141/2018 - Mady Delvaux)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
This non-legislative non-binding report emphasized that subsidiarity is a "fundamental principle of federations" – for this reason UKIP voted against
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - Commission and executive agencies (A8-0137/2018 - Joachim Zeller)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this. The Commission is unelected, unaccountable and has the sole power to originate EU law. Its executive agencies, as well as consuming vast amounts of taxpayers’ cash, are unaccountable and have powers far in excess of what such bodies should have. We note with concern, as noted in the report, that EUR 900 million was spent on management costs and fees. We also note the concerns expressed about corruption in Pre-Accession Funding, especially in Turkey.
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Discharge 2016: Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2016 Commission discharge (A8-0130/2018 - Joachim Zeller)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this. We share the concern expressed in the report that projects in the Natura theme were unsustainable, and that a serious ‘audit gap’ has opened up between Member States. Most seriously, we note that the Courts of Justice of the European Union denied access to auditors of certain financial documents, a move we find at best incompetent, and at worst, suspicious. We also note with concern a trend towards auditors not being drawn from accounting professions due to a professional competency, but being drawn due to allegiance to the EU.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs (A8-0123/2018 - Barbara Kappel)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP’s do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Parliament (A8-0105/2018 - Derek Vaughan)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this. The EU Parliament is little more than a talking shop, and lacks the legitimacy and powers of the British Parliament. The EU Parliament has shown a political vindictiveness and lack of maturity around Brexit, epitomised by the appointment of arch-federalist Guy Verhofstadt as EU Parliament negotiator. Despite our alleged ‘influence’, British MEPs account for barely 10% of the total, placing us totally at the voting mercy of our ‘partners’ and thus making it impossible for British interests to be defended. We note with satisfaction our imminent departure.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A8-0116/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this for several reasons. One key reason, as identified by the report, was the lack of transparency identified in the report, and we feel that this alone would be grounds for rejection. We also feel that the EU Council, with its unelected EU President is not a legitimate organ for EU law making, and we not the ‘President’ is appointed in secret under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, which EU citizens were denied a promised referendum on.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - Court of Justice (A8-0122/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - Court of Auditors (A8-0089/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee (A8-0097/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European External Action Service (A8-0128/2018 - Marco Valli)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this discharge procedure. UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money. In particular we are concerned by the EEAS spending to attempt to influence media within the European Union and its censorship activities. As such we supported Amendment 3.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Ombudsman (A8-0100/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor (A8-0099/2018 - Ingeborg Gräßle)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP’s do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: Performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (A8-0115/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP does not approve of EU spending and so voted against the discharge of the 3.4bn budget relating to 2016 for EU agencies.
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Discharge 2016: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (A8-0074/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) (A8-0106/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (A8-0068/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) (A8-0098/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP’s do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (A8-0066/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (A8-0083/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted in favour of postponing the discharge of the EASO. UKIP are highly concerned with both the significant budget increases for the agency and the fact that so many payments are listed as irregular. UKIP MEP’s also supported the accompanying resolution as it highlighted the issues as to why, until the OLAF investigation has concluded, it cannot discharge this agency.
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Discharge 2016: European Banking Authority (EBA) (A8-0067/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (A8-0085/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2016. UKIP MEPs support the noble objective of this Centre. However, UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (A8-0086/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2016. However, UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: European Environment Agency (EEA) (A8-0090/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) (A8-0107/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (A8-0091/2018 - Indrek Tarand)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2016. However, UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (A8-0087/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (A8-0088/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (A8-0096/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Medicines Agency (EMA) (A8-0103/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (A8-0081/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) (A8-0078/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) (A8-0114/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) (A8-0079/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Training Foundation (ETF) (A8-0080/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) (A8-0111/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money
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Discharge 2016: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (A8-0084/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) (A8-0102/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) (A8-0092/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: European Police Office (Europol) (A8-0109/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP's do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (A8-0093/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP's do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) (A8-0108/2018 - Bart Staes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this technically legislative resolution. Whilst UKIP fully support the need to tackle and prevent terrorism, UKIP MEP's do not support harmonised definitions and minimum sentences to be established by the EU.
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Discharge 2016: Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI) (A8-0071/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. The report grants the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (A8-0070/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH2) (A8-0073/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It grants the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (IMI) (A8-0075/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy Joint Undertaking (A8-0095/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this report. It approves the closure of the accounts of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2016. UKIP are against the financial expenditures related to this project.
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Discharge 2016: SESAR Joint Undertaking (A8-0077/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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Discharge 2016: Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R) (A8-0076/2018 - Brian Hayes)
Date : 18-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against granting discharge and closing the accounts for EU agencies and institutions. UKIP is opposed to all EU institutions and agencies as they are not democratically controlled and waste billions of taxpayers’ money.
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EU-Lebanon Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: participation of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (A8-0352/2017 - Sofia Sakorafa)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP MEPs voted against this report. UKIP do not oppose scientific cooperation in the Mediterranean area. However, UKIP MEPs oppose the huge financial implications of these projects (Horizon 2020 funding).
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EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0053/2018 - Norica Nicolai)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
. ‒ UKIP oppose this consent for the EU to share in despoiling other people’s seas, in this case Mauritian tuna.
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EU-Norway Agreement concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (A8-0126/2018 - Tiziana Beghin)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted in favour of this report as it was/is in favour of increased free trade in agricultural services between the EU and Norway. We support free trade between nations, and look forward to being a key player in free trade once Brexit is finalised, and we can sign our own free trade deals.
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A European strategy for the promotion of protein crops (A8-0121/2018 - Jean-Paul Denanot)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP oppose this non-legislative report as it proposes unnecessary, long-term market intervention which is bureaucratically burdensome, potentially expensive to taxpayers and, likely, counter-productive.
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Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this legislative report. UKIP are sceptical about the existence of man-made climate change and believe that EU energy and climate policy have damaged our economy whilst bringing jobs and industry offshore.
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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (A8-0208/2017 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this legislative report. UKIP are sceptical about the existence of man-made climate change and believe that EU energy and climate policy have damaged our economy whilst bringing jobs and industry offshore.
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Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (A8-0373/2017 - Mercedes Bresso, Rainer Wieland)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP is against public funding of political parties because it provides establishment parties with a stranglehold on purse strings that enables them to vastly outspend emerging political parties and suffocate opposition.
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Implementation of the 7th Environment Action Programme (A8-0059/2018 - Daciana Octavia Sârbu)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEPs voted against this non legislative report. UKIP object the implementation of existing EU law on this issue. UKIP MEPs are in favour of protecting the environment. However, UKIP believe that the legislation in this field should be independently established by member states
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Gender equality in the media sector in the EU (A8-0031/2018 - Michaela Šojdrová)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this non-legislative non-binding report. Although there were aspects such as incitement to hatred, violence against women, cyber-bullying with which we fully deplore; we did not support this report as we oppose gender quotas and gender mainstreaming in policy, with which this report calls for. We believe equality can be achieved through other means. Furthermore, we oppose the call to unblock the ‘Women on board’s directive’, which too called for obligatory gender quotas in listed companies, calling for sanctions on those who breached the directive.
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Empowering women and girls through the digital sector (B8-0183/2018)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP voted against this non-legislative non-binding report. We are for equal opportunities for all, both men and women. Whilst we support pushing for more women and men to be involved in the digital sector, to improve opportunities in the labour market and to reduce the gender pay gap; we believe it does not need to be achieved through gender mainstreaming within policy. The EU should not interfere with the National curricula of Member States with regard to digital literacy, this is the prerogative of National governments; as is the empowerment of all, which too, can be achieved through National Governments and not at EU level.
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Implementation of the Development Cooperation Instrument, the Humanitarian Aid Instrument and the European Development Fund (A8-0118/2018 - Enrique Guerrero Salom)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference :
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this non-legislative motion for resolution. UKIP do not support these EU instruments which send millions of taxpayers’ money overseas with minimal scrutiny. UKIP believe that any decision to provide foreign aid money should be made solely by the Member States.
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Enhancing developing countries' debt sustainability (A8-0129/2018 - Charles Goerens)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference:
UKIP MEP’s have voted against this non-legislative motion for resolution. Whilst UKIP support some of the principles of this report, for example that money should not be loaned to corrupt governments, we reject any suggestion that it is the right for the EU to legislate in this field.
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Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0138/2018 - Marc Joulaud)
Date : 17-04-2018 Reference:
UKIP MEPs have voted against this non-legislative, own-initiative report because it concerns Cohesion Policy and the spending of EU money, which we are against. We have also voted in favour of Amendment one, because it is critical of EU spending and the economy, reiterating rights for sovereign control of these areas.