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in conclusion as you can see in an effort to find the right balance between on the one hand a sustainable budget in times of budgetary constraints throughout europe and on the other hand financing essential political priorities the council has identified areas where savings are reasonable and necessary.
in those areas that cannot be qualified as top political priorities in the current circumstances reductions in the proposal of the commission have been made in a careful fashion in order not to harm programmes that perform well and are coming up to speed.
subheading one a however has also contributed to the general savings effort concerning some budget lines where the council considers following a detailed technical analysis that the commission has overestimated the real needs.
i think the discussion showed that we may have some different views but in general we are united by the fact that we want to have a workable budget a good budget for european citizens.
for two thousand and seventeen and we want to keep the main focus of these discussions on the two thousand and seventeen budget.
europe can survive in the global economy only as a competitive economy.
if i may just very briefly address some of the important points which were made during the discussion.
i am also looking forward to our cooperation.
one of the issues or challenges we have is that we have too many priorities and too little money and the question is how to use the money in the best possible way.
all the people have to feel our assistance.
we have to stop all supplies of military equipment to the undemocratic governments in the region.
of course we have to be very careful not to support the forces and movements with islamist ideology.
we have to have a united europe in position.
last week on ten september two thousand and nine the commission adopted a communication on stepping up international climate finance which aims at speeding up the international negotiations.
in this respect it is worth mentioning the global partnership on technology which aims at doubling investment in low carbon technologies.
with two hundred and fifty pages of negotiating text on the table the negotiations have not yet gathered sufficient momentum to come to an agreement that is ambitious and detailed enough.
however among most parties there is a sense of urgency and the willingness to focus on areas of convergence.
money will make or break the deal. we need to mobilise private investment and promote the establishment of a robust international carbon market but substantial public funding will also be required.
furthermore we have to strengthen support to the poorest and most vulnerable countries to adapt to the increasing adverse effects of climate change.
there is a daunting task ahead of us with intense negotiations over the coming months but failure is not an option.
we need comparable and more ambitious emission reduction targets for the group of developed countries which in aggregate today offer less than fifteen reduction as compared with.
and it is not only that it is also the other cars that have been cheating and the differences in the different member states such as some of them are mandatory others are voluntary some are only for the national car market and others are different.
how will you do that?
we also have to look to the future and yes we have to care about our car industry but a new era is coming. it will be electrified it will be sharing mobility and if we do not make sure that we do that for our industry if we do not make sure that we have a zero emissions mandate then cars will be imported from china and elsewhere in the world and our car industry will have big problems as will these millions of people.
three million cars have not been recalled yet!
how will the commission make sure that all consumers in europe have the same rights?
we cannot actually restrict access to the eu market for them which could be a consequence of such extensive regulation.
so excessive regulation could really harm the economies of the developing world and could actually cost jobs there.
ten weeks ago the stabilisation and association agreement entered into force.
one political development is that reducing corruption and organised crime and making the judiciary more efficient has been assessed as good by the commission.
a lot has already been said about the magnitude of these rights violations and about the relevance of the topic. trafficking in human beings needs to be addressed with a human rights based and victim centred approach.
victims and vulnerable populations need to be put at the centre of all efforts.
the prevention of trafficking in human beings and the protection of its victims must be our priority goal.
access to justice support measures shelter and education needs to be ensured independent of the victims' willingness to cooperate in criminal proceedings.
the principle of non criminalisation in this regard is also vital and needs to be implemented in all member states.
further demand needs to be tackled as it can be considered a root cause.
accountability needs to be ensured for both offenders as well as knowing users.
for the new strategy i think that financial investigations and action against money laundering need to play a bigger part in fighting trafficking in human beings and to ensure that confiscated assets are used to support and compensate victims of trafficking.
does the commission agree on this and how does it intend to address this in the new strategy?
i am also worried about the trend of trafficking in human beings being mixed up with other legally distinct concepts such as migrant smuggling increasingly addressing trafficking in human beings through a security lens for instance in the context of recent migration policies.
how will the commission counter this trend in its new strategy?
i also call for greater internal external coherence in the fight against trafficking in human beings and to further enhance and deepen cooperation and coordination among all relevant actors.
that would give enlargement a more prominent presence supplementing the usual progress reports for the countries.
therefore i sincerely welcome the commission strategy and the action plan as documents which will officially and permanently put western balkan enlargement back on the european agenda.
it also became clear that we simply cannot wait for all major political issues to be settled before we endeavour to have further enlargement.
all this could provide a strong political backdrop for the difficult work that lies ahead on all sides in order to welcome the frontrunner countries serbia and montenegro as full members in.
additionally i would call on the commission to draw up annual reports concerning the implementation of this strategy and the action plan which should be discussed here in plenary.
it is important not just for the countries of the region but also for the european union itself without providing a credible prospect of full membership for all the countries of the western balkans the eu global role will not be credible because this is our region this is our first commitment.
we need to invest more both politically and financially. yes it is a difficult process because enlargement is a joint effort.
but at the same time there is always an alternative that we should not forget and the alternative is embracing nationalism and populism and creating rivalries and hostilities again.
where there is a will there is always a way and last year the republic of macedonia made tremendous progress towards realising that european perspective.
public violence and hate speech against lgbti people in egypt are rampant and increasing and we have reports on that.
to say that we are passing on the message mr commissioner is just not enough you don't pass on the message about human rights you demand that human rights be respected!
we need a different kind of partnership.
but today i want to raise the specific situation of lgbti persons being persecuted.
it is also a question of when the authorities perpetrate this kind of violence.
we are ready for more concrete cooperation in this field and the partnership priorities are giving us the opportunity to explore new forms of common engagement.
this was the first association council with egypt in seven years so the first since the beginning of the revolts in the arab world.
mr president the ecr group recognises the practical value of regional development funding and supports efforts to ensure it is spent more efficiently. this sixth report clearly calls for more to be done there. it is not a clean bill of health.
i and others in the group are not wholly convinced that there is as full an understanding as there should be this funding is not a revenue substitute nor is it intended to be for more than a third of a century as has been the case.
furthermore i do not believe that part of the agenda behind the in other respects unobjectionable urban policy is desirable either especially and i quote to improve the democratic legitimacy of the european project'.
best practice and cooperation yes.
i welcome those elements;
mr president control free or check free travel within the frontiers of the schengen area is a basic principle and one of the greatest achievements of the european union although recent tragic events have indeed put schengen to the test.
their travel documents are checked at the official checkpoints while not all other european citizens have to undergo such monitoring.
while we must do our best in order to provide security for everyone under current circumstances such discrimination and unjustified violation of the schengen agreement is both unacceptable and unreasonable.
this is exactly the aim of the european year of citizens two thousand and thirteen to mark the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of union citizenship by the treaty of maastricht and to give a new momentum to the debate on union citizenship.
as members of the european parliament the only directly elected eu institution we have a crucial role to play in promoting the aims of the european year of citizens two thousand and thirteen by bridging the gap between brussels and member states communicating the rights and benefits of eu citizenship endorsing citizens' concerns in formulating eu policies and promoting participative democracy.
to enjoy protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any member state in a third country;
all eu citizens must be informed and enjoy without discrimination all the rights granted to them by union law and the charter of fundamental rights i.
in view of the forthcoming european elections we must raise awareness of the legislative powers of the european parliament and encourage citizens to vote so that their voice is heard clearly by eu decision makers.
to address the institutions of the union; to enjoy the free movement of goods and services consumer protection public health equal opportunities equal treatment access to employment and social protection; to enjoy the new right of the european citizens initiative granted by the lisbon treaty and to strengthen participative democracy through access to documents information good governance and administration.
at a time of economic political and social crisis only twenty months before the next european elections putting union citizenship and participative democracy at the centre of the political agenda is absolutely essential.
to petition the european parliament;
that we need to support easo in order that people arriving can have their asylum application properly proceed.
the second point is that we have to change the nomenclature of the amif budget lines because putting integration and return together in one budget line is just avoiding being clear on where the money is being spent.
but of course we have some questions on details. these are matters of tremendous political importance that we need to debate.
i also wonder why europol should receive the same increase in funding and staff as easo.
so you had a very energy efficient aeroplane and then it could fly on solar.
development was lifted to an equal footing with diplomacy and defence.
we have to fight against poverty and promote ecologically economically and socially sustainable development all over the world.
in development policy we have to act in close cooperation with the united states since in this field our basic values goals and interests are very close to each other.
this is also how we can most effectively tackle the root causes of our recent security and migration challenges.
saying a firm no' to fgm for me also means that we have to have protective laws and we have to provide strong support to the grassroots organisations that work on this.
this is a simple three d print that i think every woman should be proud to be in possession of because knowing your body is also a way to take back control to take back power.
today we see the attacks on women's bodies from the likes of trump with his awful gag rule that wants to threaten women's sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
we say no to all forms of patriarchal control over our bodies and we say yes to sexual freedom and choice for women and for proper sexuality education where we can learn about our rights our women's rights and our bodies and about the clitoris.
it has nothing to do with religion but it has all to do with patriarchy.
these struggles are linked.
many people don't even know what it looks like and the dictionaries in two thousand and seventeen still get it wrong.
it is also symptomatic for me that the clitoris almost everywhere has been systematically neglected and erased.
we say no to fgm support grassroots organisations.
as colleagues have said approximately one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty million women and girls have been victims of fgm. fgm is older than christianity or islam.
this is being used by many fgm activists that fight against fgm and it gives us the power to protect it.
colleagues commission our message must be clear.
but saying no to fgm also demands that we say no to all forms of patriarchal control of our bodies.
in past years all our attention was focused on the lowering of co two emissions and particulate matter without devoting enough attention to nox.
with the new proposal we are introducing new real driving emissions tests that are closest to real world use and we will also introduce new type approval legislation that will help diesel cars to become much cleaner but we do not need new agencies for that.
we should use this period to prepare new development plans focusing on new innovative technologies in order to safeguard europe's position as the number one car maker in the world.
we need stronger rules that will effectively deal with the emission problems for diesel cars.
for the upcoming years the classic technologies based on fossil fuels and the alternative solutions will be present side by side.
but at the same time there is still some disappointing information.
as the rapporteur has stated we tackled very important topics like fake news whistle blowers geo blocking and licences always defending freedom of expression which is the crucial and the central point of our concern.
and now we have a decision that for the first time in this parliament has been rejected by all the political groups and all the committees with a huge majority almost unanimity.
i almost feel sorry for the commission.
madam president it is hard to believe that we are sitting here today discussing minor changes to the rules on value added tax when eu countries are facing the worst financial and economic crisis since the great depression.
no doubt the gestures towards european union will continue but democratically elected governments have a primary interest in looking after the populations that elected them.
never mind that prudent government finances are essential to the survival of the euro there is nothing else that these countries can do about their budgets.
probably of even more serious concern is the huge exposure of several euro zone countries to defaulting debts of eastern europe.
i therefore ask the commission to urge the implementation of a local primary health strategy to embrace a healthy lifestyle awareness campaigns and the early introduction of screening programmes across europe so that we can meet our goals of healthy ageing by. two thousand and twenty
bearing in mind the guidelines for colorectal cancer screening from two thousand and ten last week i hosted the conference which launched a white paper setting the standards for the prevention diagnosis treatment and care of colorectal cancer across europe.
if we take so long with a rule of law country like singapore imagine how long we will take with bigger more problematic countries.
with cyber criminals getting better at breaking into protected networks i strongly believe that the only real way to win the battle is to have people with similar knowledge and expertise fighting against them.
mr president even though i thought i got your message that i should not ask for the floor i will do it anyway.
i think that it is actually a fundamental right to have a basic bank account.
governments feel the scepticism of public opinion and try to transfer responsibility to the commission.
the eu is therefore in a hypocritical situation where the council does not approve gmos but some member states cultivate them.
usually our group is a proponent of a community approach but in this particular case we should not have a one size fits all policy.
the inclusion of complementary environmental reasons as well as a list of social and economic grounds for the restriction or prohibition of gmos by member states will make this report more legally solid.
mr president any operator that is responsible for damage to the environment must be held accountable for their actions.
however the determination of the accountability should be down to the member state.
you mention the establishment of a secondary liability regime based upon the systems already adopted by several member states;
this is typical of the eu implementing more and more unnecessary legislation.
the report calls for the consideration of a european fund for the remedying of environmental damage.
so if you propose this fund who is going to pay for it?
implementation of the council decision of twenty six april two thousand and four would greatly encourage turkey to implement the ec turkey association agreement.
as meps i hope that we can send a strong message on behalf of those citizens that we are in favour of a free internet where the privacy of users and their rights are respected fully. today we must stand behind the block of citizens' amendments that have been tabled as the best way of defending those rights of our citizens.
these amendments if passed will restore some sort of balance between end users' rights and freedoms and the rights and freedoms of others including the right to intellectual property protection and indeed the right to privacy.
the aim of this proposal should be to protect those who need protection but also to strengthen the rights of citizens to access information within the law when and where they see fit.
service providers should be made to act in a transparent manner at all times and if in very exceptional cases restrictions to access are required they should be fully accountable in justifying these restrictions.
national powers should have a role in investigating any restriction that service providers impose.
mr president for the moment the cultural cleansing undertaken by daesh at other precious sites they have seized has not taken place at palmyra one of the greatest of all cultural treasures of the middle east.
indeed the destruction of such sites is in fact contrary to islamic scholarship where previous civilisations and the learning and architecture of antiquity was studied preserved often incorporated and in a positive sense used.
as my colleague boris johnson the mayor of london has put it this is not a clash of civilizations;
as a former unesco world heritage site chairman myself the thought that this wondrous jewel could be destroyed concerns me and so many others deeply never forgetting that probably over one zero people have lost their lives in and around the site.
twenty two additionally separate votes on amendment nos twenty six thirty six forty six seventy one and.
eighty two they all concern the same issue that we have now lost so i propose that we vote all of this en bloc.
member states because in the digital single market more and more personal data of people from one member state will be collected stored and used in other member states.
they would have some effect. but i think we need to pay attention to the loopholes.
they collaborate supporting each other.
so in this regard we really would like to see in future a much more proactive and cooperative role from the commission side otherwise it will be very difficult for us to cooperate.
however madam commissioner there was a key measure missing from your proposal.
a unique sense of ownership of the sea and its resources and a real form of rationalisation will be established. i want to call upon all members of this parliament to give this measure some teeth and vote for amendment. two hundred and fifty three this is the main novel idea that parliament
this will allow us to restore levels of fish and increase the income of fishermen throughout the european union by increasing both the quantity and the size of fish caught.
i also would like to welcome the constitutional reform albania has been successfully going through which is a very difficult task we all understand that but we also know that when it comes to judicial reform it is the implementation which is the most difficult and the most important task. if albania engages in this reform process according to its envisaged reform strategy we will be very satisfied with that.
mr president i think that is a very reasonable question. yes of course we cannot only use market based instruments.
i think we should also use other instruments such as regulation for instance.
we have just adopted an energy efficiency directive that will definitely also point us in the right direction.
but because this is a huge massive problem there needs to be a fundamental change in the way we consume and produce energy.
so we need to use what we have now and that is the ets system.
you probably know how busy we are.
four thousand days and nights nearly eleven years.
i am a recent participant in the twitter' site and i have to say that i am more than surprised and impressed at how much information is on that site from the european union. it gives a huge amount of information and i would like to congratulate them on that.
i am sure that this quest for freedom is universal and that the eu has a moral obligation and a strategic interest to avoid more tragedies in the mediterranean by promoting peace security and the rule of law in a firmer and more assertive way in the countries of origin.
while she was thankful for reaching the free world she became really happy only when her homeland was finally freed from oppression and we eventually came back to croatia.
we know that there is a shortage of skilled labour in this area. at the same time there are a lot of people who will lose their jobs and will need retraining.
we hope that we will go all together;
the dsa must improve the framework for digital service providers to stimulate growth but it must also make the fight against illegal content more successful and it must improve transparency and oversight.
either we develop ai based on our own values and with economic benefits or we end up using ai developed on other continents without those values and without a large part of the economic benefits.
a strong riskbased approach offers the best way forward here. these challenges are difficult but i fully support the efforts of all the rapporteurs here today. we are not even close to a satisfying legal situation but these reports are an excellent start.
and some people born in a different time like myself might want to go back to how it was before because it seems like a simpler time.
the future will be more digital not less and it brings incredible progress that we as policymakers should embrace.
also brings dangers that we cannot ignore anymore.