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it is quite clear that they have a right to be heard they have a right to a procedure and they have a right to an appeal. they are processed regularly.
that has happened and a lot of work has to be done in practice to improve the plight of the people in the reception facilities and also to get this new system of readmission started.
we are also combining this with getting more of a grip on who is coming to the european member states for protection and who is being offered protection in the region and in turkey.
be very aware that there is a risk of other routes and that we have to work hard to find solutions to prevent those routes from leading to a large influx posing member states with a lot of issues and to put it most horribly having the refugees and the migrants whether regular or not putting their lives at great risk
we also commend the hard work being done on the turkish side to improve the situation of the refugees they harbour they harbour millions there so it is a lot of work and also the legal safeguards and the legal position of those people has been improved by turkey which helps us enormously in making this agreement work and having a better solution than we had before.
so we are seeing improvements every day but we fully realise as member states and as the council that we are not there yet and a lot has to be done.
i think that is the biggest benefit we can already see from this agreement.
of course other member states have to do a lot as well.
let me say from the council perspective and the member states' perspective that this is not a perfect solution but it is the best solution that we can find right now.
unfortunately for the time being it seems to me that we are not on the way to reducing this uncertainty.
brexit is an unfortunate reality but we have to move on.
we i think i should rephrase that most of us believe in a future europe that upholds the fundamental value of solidarity on issues like migration and in a europe that strives to guarantee the safety and security of its citizens.
we must use as a basic platform the established principles respect for human rights and dignity freedom equality and rule of law.
any progress registered on the future of europe must be followed up and translated into action.
having spent almost nine years myself in this institution i know how crucial and meaningful parliament's continuous role and participation is in this defining moment for the future shaping of the european project. colleagues we need to draw on this momentum and galvanise and energise our forces to forge a stronger better union.
we believe that success belongs to those who can harness positive forces that unite rather than divide.
current indicators show that we have once again started to register successes. we believe that the union should be should be robustly positioned to shape and manage better globalisation not merely react to it.
this could pave the way for the eventual erosion of unity.
a strong europe is needed to bring about the right balance in a world order which is shifting.
some options to me seem to be more attractive than others and who knows there may be other options which have not yet been brought to the table.
we must face up to the reality that europeans' horizons have shifted.
having said that reform does not mean a whole redesign of europe.
we have a fragile balancing act to perform a balance between flexibility which is not so loose as to threaten the meaning of a real union and intransigent rigidity which would undermine the whole process of the european project.
we believe in creating better conditions for growth jobs and higher living standards through the union's single market.
these are the values that reflect the soul of the union and form the core of any future europe.
yes we are living in times of extraordinary unpredictability and it would be a big mistake to underestimate the major setbacks and challenges but it would be an even bigger mistake to fall into a negative mind set and resign ourselves to doing nothing.
the european union is not about brussels it is not about strasbourg nor is it about the institutions to which many of us involved in today's debate belong.
never has there been a more important time for member states and the institutions to remain united never has there been such a crucial time for all of us to focus on the big picture and shut out potentially distracting unnecessarily divisive issues.
it has nothing in common with the democracies of europe and therefore turkey should never ever be allowed to join the european union.
but they were men and women of their time as it is a treaty of its time.
because what began as a noble economic plan has morphed into a political monster egged on by successive eurocrats who are hungry for ever more power and determined to destroy the nation state.
what continues to amaze me is that you never learn.
you talk about an existential crisis but you say what is needed is even more eu. you are fiddling whilst the treaty of rome burns. so what i will say is simply this i urge caution when you are celebrating next week because brexit could trigger a floodgate whereby other countries leave that same treaty you are celebrating next week.
' to dawit isaak and his family i just want to say that you have many friends in this parliament and we will not stay silent until the day dawit isaak is back home in sweden in safety.
dreaming and peacefully acting for democracy must never be a crime.
for nineteen years his wife and his children have tried to do everything they can to get him released.
there is something rotten in the world when people can be jailed and in the worst cases be deprived of their lives just because they dream of a better society a better world.
mr president first and foremost i want to thank all my colleagues for the good cooperation that has made this resolution possible an urgency that talks about real people's lives because oppression and injustice are not only words.
martin luther king wisely once said in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
furthermore the council's legal service has been requested to provide an opinion and the presidency is now waiting for this opinion before continuing the discussions.
madam president i would like to thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to deliver on behalf of the commission a statement on the nord stream two project. i know that this continues to be a subject to which many of you attach a high importance and which we have discussed already
three different approaches to the mandate can be distinguished at this stage in the council.
a number of times.
first there is a significant number of member states which are clearly in favour of the mandate.
efficient in our support. let me touch on a couple of things the commissioner also said about it.
this is combining help on one hand for emergencies as the commissioner said and prevention for the future.
support for people and also for the future.
there can be a combination of those tools.
i think the biggest thing is that we are enabling things to happen.
we need to share info and for that we need all the platforms where we can easily share information and also where we can share the big data which is very important with the ict.
that should be understood.
it was an incredibly complicated time.
so instead of blaming and criticising especially personally some people at the ecb we should appreciate what they did for the way our economy has got out of the crisis for the jobs they saved actually improving the situation in europe.
mr president in may two thousand and ten parliament voted for the single market to be perceived as a holistic unified project finding an equilibrium between an open sme friendly economy and a citizen's social and basic rights.
however this proud place comes with responsibilities.
we need to look further we need to address the major large scale political question as well.
they haven't got a clue. they don't have a plan. they will continue giving billions of our money to the eu and are completely split on whether to carry out the result of the referendum or not.
the tories have agreed to hand nearly gbp forty billion over to the eu as a punishment for having a democratic decision to leave.
the tories have had two years to come up with a position on brexit and show us a blueprint of what an independent britain would look like.
the recent commission statement of estimates showed that the uk will be handing over eur.
this citizens' charter would clearly outline citizens' rights and obligations within the single market especially for european citizens who want to move sell shop and work across borders. the urgent need for such an initiative was confirmed by the commission's study on citizens' top twenty concerns
the commission must now address these concerns by presenting the top twenty solutions as soon as possible to restore the crucial variable of credibility among citizens to the market.
these measures would correct consumers' and smes' negative perceptions of the single market thereby boosting their participation in the market and reassuring the citizens that the eu works for them.
there is no way out and if he says well perhaps a month or two later' i will not accept;
the situation in the drc is indeed terrible and it has been this way for quite a while and i am deeply concerned about the handling of the current issue with regard to the kasai province.
prepare the elections properly.
i think we should not accept anything unless there's really a broad consensus with all political stakeholders.
i would like to see the high representative despite her comprehensive explanations and the commission take on an even more prominent role.
and of course we took the decision in september two thousand and fifteen for the package of about eur four hundred and twenty million and of course it was done to directly support farmers and to see how we can leverage the supply and demand. member states and commissioner hogan will probably say something about it
it is also clear that it should be a joint effort a joint effort by the council the european parliament the european commission but also by the producers themselves.
the situation in the agricultural markets in many of the member states is very difficult and severe especially in the dairy sector and the council is fully aware of this situation and shares the concerns of the farmers who have to cope with these difficult problems.
that will be on the agenda of the june council to be discussed by the council member states and the commission.
are still implementing those measures.
in march we took sixteen additional measures together with the commission and the council and those measures relate to intervention measures they relate to promotion measures to exports as well as the possibility for member states to give additional state aid.
but also at the last council it was clear that many member states have stated that if we are again going to take additional measures they have to be linked to a reduction of milk production.
you see an average increase of milk production of about between five and six but that is not the case in every member state so whilst stating that we need a european answer at the same time we need flexibility for the member states to implement measures which are suitable for the national circumstances.
mr president i would like to thank all the members of parliament for their remarks but also for their suggestions and certainly the presidency will take them with us to our next discussion in the council of june because there we are going to discuss again the very severe situation in the dairy sector as well as the need for additional measures.
i would like to reiterate what was said by commissioner hogan that the commission and the council were not resting on their laurels.
many measures have been taken not only in september but also in march and of course we see some effects of those measures perhaps not enough but there are effects of those measures and the situation could have been worse if we did not have taken those measures.
and yes i would like to reiterate that we need a european approach.
and it is clear that the council also stated that we do not want to go back to a quota system. i agree with what was said by mr huitema that we have to improve the situation of the farmers in the supply chain.
we have to give them a fair price for their products.
therefore the work of the market taskforce installed by the european commission is so important and in the june council we have the first report of this taskforce and hopefully we get some interesting and creative ideas.
but at the same time of course we have to support those farmers and see how we can help them balancing supply and demand.
it is not the dutch model of the dutch government but it is also the dutch model of the dutch dairy producers and they are looking into niche markets into improving quality into new market concepts.
but they are also now at this moment discussing possibilities of reduction of the milk production in the netherlands on a voluntary basis and i think it is up to the council in june to see how we can support those initiatives of farmers' organisations to reduce the milk production.
that's always appreciated and i believe we have come up with a good report.
because the patronising attitude that we've had in the past has made us look second or third in line in terms of preference of many recipient states and that effects the notional validity of the partnership was well.
in one of my amendments and supported by the rapporteur refers to the fact that member states europol and eurojust are not granted the possibility to communicate data to non member states and third countries because of the absence of sufficient data protection in those countries.
in my opinion the review of the customs information system as reflected by the report is necessary in order to adapt it better to the control services' requirements and to allow a limited number of users to carry out analyses of the information contained in the system.
the review will also increase the effectiveness of the cooperation and control procedures of the customs administrations due to the joint automated information system which will assist in preventing investigating and prosecuting serious contraventions of national laws.
sometimes i have the feeling that there is a little too much of this innovative energy. we in the green group believe that the report is an important one; the aim of it is a very legitimate and crucial one for the time.
had it been about unleashing the full potential of the lisbon treaty in the field of security and defence we would have been in full support.
it would be an agency without transparency parliamentary oversight let alone control. we are in full support of centralisation; it makes sense in this field but not in this way without any accountability whatsoever.
secondly we believe that before committing large amounts of fresh money to defence and security we should explore the full potential of efficiency gains through cooperation and only after this should we consider additional funding that might be available through the european union budget or from member states.
these are the main reasons why our group is unable to support the report even though we are committed to a stronger european common defence and security policy and there are many very good ideas in the report in general.
and aggressive fiscal planning.
they have the potential to enable us to solve many of the critical problems confronting us.
in order for it to be effective bridging the digital divide has to be mainstreamed into every other policy area in accordance with the united nations sustainable development goals.
digital technologies have huge potential in terms of reducing poverty increasing the competitiveness of the economy and creating employment opportunities.
the private sector needs to get involved and play a role through its expertise and innovation know how.
at the same time a huge increase in mobile services is securing across the planet and the numbers of mobile users are now surpassing the numbers of people having access to electricity sanitation or clean water.
in the european consensus on development which is a crucial document on development policy of the eu and its member states we can find the bold statement that they will continue to support information and communication technologies in developing countries as powerful enablers of inclusive growth and sustainable development.
we are all aware of the fact that in this area of developing cooperation public funding will not be sufficient for a truly transformative digitalisation process.
according to the two thousand and sixteen world development report on digital dividends six billion people lack access to high speed internet and four billion still have no internet access at all.
in order to realise these goals both developing countries and developed countries as well as all actors both public and private need to maximise and join their efforts.
special attention has been given to supporting digital literacy and skills to empower people especially women and people in vulnerable and marginalised situations to promote social inclusion and to facilitate the participation in democratic governance and the digital economy.
whereas digitisation is rapidly growing globally our partners from developing countries continue to lag behind losing the opportunity to fully utilise their human capital towards the achievement of the sustainable development goals.
at a time when digitisation is growing fast this lack of access is a major challenge to development as it continues to widen gaps and inequalities in the world.
if this potential is to be realised then we must find ways of turning these technologies into a resource for all people despite the challenges they face within their communities. what does it mean?
for this very reason there is a need for public private cooperation based on development principles.
it does not work and i very much hope that we can take away the last exemptions allowing airports and harbours and so on to use these inefficient methods that make people feel bad.
so i think this report is important.
and how can you say that you will have a high level of protection when people leave cds with twenty million people's data on them lying in cafs and when we know how easy it is to hack into computers? i did it myself as a kid actually.
then you look at the anti terror legislation with profiling and you see it creates insecurity and it creates problems for people living their daily lives. you cannot combat terrorism with anti terror laws that create the same feelings of insecurity.
we can see that it is neither efficient nor legal.
the german surveillance scheme on eighteen forty year old muslim men in germany was not efficient.
the council needs to adapt its logic and spend the resources efficiently targeting specific individuals and focusing the time on them instead of going for ethnic registration which is in complete violation of any human rights standards.
this matter is extremely important because from europe we can make sure that the latest technology impacts on the usefulness and efficiency of road transport in all its forms.
we need more data on the windscreens so that we can sort out our own salvations in a more effective and efficient manner.
so often as elected members we journey round our constituencies and find ourselves in traffic jams and so often we have to make phone calls to find out what the situation is ahead.
i wish mrs jensen and the commissioner every success.
madam president i speak as a civil engineer and my son has a transport surveying business stretching right through the united kingdom.
give it to the chinese?
sell it?
this is the key point when we talk about cohesion.
this is exactly the moment when the governments should step in and some of them do but some of them do not.
apart from that it does not make sense to repeat wrong things it does not make them more true.
we will definitely not be financing military operations out of our budget in the future.
rightly so this remains with the national budgets and with the national governments and parliaments. but we have to become more efficient.
this exercise is primarily a more efficiency' exercise because if we plan together if we procure together if we train together that makes us more efficient in the tasks ahead.
well in nato he could block everything if we had to rely on nato any veto from any member state would definitely block our access to nato resources.
we need a certain amount of strategic and operational autonomy as the eu in order to be able to do what we deem appropriate.
finally sanctions are part of efficient eu policies. i propose that we should make these more efficient targeting concrete individuals responsible for breaking international laws and human rights violations
protection procedures are simplified;
i would like to ask the commission and the greek government to continue the implementation of the approved legislation. full implementation of eu law will generate convergence in the quality of the interinstitutional framework with the best european countries.
delayed payments regulation is a case where the greek economy would have big dividends to avoid future generation of non performing loans when the next crisis comes.
it would also be good to understand how revenues from income tax have been lower in two thousand and seventeen than in two thousand and sixteen even though the economy of the country is growing.
during the crisis under the threat and during the very limited time a new framework including the fiscal compact that we are debating today was created.
spending money that people do not have is not a good policy;
as the consequence countries soon after suffered with substantial difficulties and people have suffered.
just looking at the data i would observe that in the eurozone from two thousand and nine every year there was a decline of deficit to gdp.
secondly what is the state of play on the member states' competent authorities?
mr president the roaming like at home' rule was one of the most significant success stories of the eu this year.
now we have to take it one step further by expanding it to the western balkan candidate states already during the accession negotiations.
this would be beneficial to the economies too through market integration and better services.
these include the sexual exploitation of syrian refugees by those delivering aid on behalf of the united nations and other well known international organisations.
several countries including the united kingdom and the netherlands have announced investigations into the funding they provide to these and other international organisations and that they intend to make measures to prevent similar situations in the future.
through its external financial instruments and the european development fund the eu provides billions of euros in assistance to third countries through international organisations among other channels.
i therefore have a few questions for the high representative on a response from the european union.
first of all will the commission or the high representative order a thorough investigation to determine whether eu funds have financed either directly or indirectly the organisations where sexual abuse has been established?
secondly what is the response by the commission and the high representative to the abuse cases that have recently come to light?
in order to combat and prevent sexual misconduct within international aid organisations is there room for guidelines within the eu's external financial instruments that would make funding strictly conditional upon respect for principles oversight guidelines accountability and regular reporting from beneficiaries on this issue?
last but not least will the commission and the high representative consider working with member states such as the united kingdom and the netherlands to set up contact points in third countries including in crisis zones for victims of abuse?
they showed that with a more ambitious proposal the fuel saving would be much greater than the cost of a new vehicle the relative cost of the increase of the new vehicle.