Activities of Nick GRIFFIN
Plenary speeches (66)
Religious freedoms and cultural diversity (B7-0365/2014) (vote)
Syria: situation of certain vulnerable communities
Situation in North Korea
Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - EU comprehensive approach and coherence of EU external action (debate)
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and Internal Security Fund (general provisions) - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund - Internal Security Fund (Police cooperation, preventing and combating crime and crisis management) - Internal Security Fund (External borders and visas) (debate)
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and Internal Security Fund (general provisions) - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund - Internal Security Fund (Police cooperation, preventing and combating crime and crisis management) - Internal Security Fund (External borders and visas) (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Programme of activities of the Greek Presidency (debate)
Detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Energy roadmap 2050 (debate)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (debate)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (debate)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (debate)
EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
Electronic identification of bovine animals (debate)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (debate)
Follow-up to the LIBE delegation visit to Sicily and Lampedusa (debate)
Women and climate change (debate)
Competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 (debate)
Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products (debate)
Iran and its nuclear programme (debate)
Iran and its nuclear programme (debate)
Follow-up to the Durban climate change conference (debate)
Economic governance
Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography - Children's rights in the European Union (debate)
Rio+20 earth summit (debate)
State of play of the Middle East peace process (debate)
Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)
EHEC outbreak in the EU Member States (debate)
Annual report from the Council to Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) in 2009 (A7-0168/2011, Gabriele Albertini) (vote)
Explanations of vote
Nuclear safety 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster (debate)
2010 progress report on Iceland
Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (debate)
Outcome of the Climate Change Conference in Cancún (debate)
A new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020 (debate)
Preparations for Cancún Climate Change Conference (29 November-10 December) (debate)
Explanations of vote
Long-term plan for the anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay and the fisheries exploiting that stock - Multiannual plan for the western stock of Atlantic horse mackerel and the fisheries exploiting that stock - Prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound - Use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture (debate)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
EU action on oil exploration and extraction in Europe (debate)
Import of Laogai-made goods into the EU (debate)
Security of gas supply (debate)
Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) (debate)
Explanations of vote
Priorities for the 2011 budget – Section III – Commission - Budget guidelines: 2011 - other sections (debate)
EU policy on Arctic issues (debate)
Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation - Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures - Reverse charge mechanism: goods and services susceptible to fraud - Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters (debate)
Outcome of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
Recent earthquake in Haiti (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparation of the Copenhagen Summit on climate change (debate)
EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate)
Iran (debate)
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 153 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the greening of Pillar I in order to make income support for farmers legitimate bymore effective as a means of ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climate change ; welcomes the Commission's CAP reform proposal that provides for a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should include crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, not the 7 % proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 192 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Requests the Commission and Member States, taking into full account the opinions and needs of the remaining communities living and or working in the area concerned, to take advantage of the phenomenon of land abandonment in various parts of Europe to rewild large parts of the landscape as major wilderness areas, providing new socio-economic opportunities for rural development whilst preserving Europe's biodiversity;
Amendment 202 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission's proposals for the reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP), which should guarantee the implementation of the ecosystem approach and the application of updated scientific information serving as the basis for long- term management plans for all commercially exploited fish species and non-target species affected by commercial fishing; emphasises that only sustainable fishing offers a future for the fisheries sector;
Amendment 216 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the aim of eliminating discards of less valuable target-species, and discards and by-catches of protected non- target species, especially cetaceans, should be incorporated into the CFP and implemented as a matter of urgency; Harbour porpoises are particularly vulnerable to gill nets and dolphins are susceptible to by-catch. Both have low reproductive rates, so the special risks to these mammals need to be highlighted and addressed;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas intense resource use, physical and geological restrictions on supply, and dramatically increased global consumption are pushing up prices of raw materials, with real commodity prices having increased by 147% since the turn of the century; whereas the EU is likely to face severe challenges in securing access to, and the uninterrupted supply of, key resources;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and Member States to develop and use clear and measurable indicators for economic activity that take account of climate change, oil depletion, biodiversity and resource efficiency by the end of 2012;
Amendment 235 #
2011/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture, particularly in view of the potential impact of Peak Oil on industrialised food production, and of dietary changes to reduce animal protein intake and diminishing imported land use;