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instead it is time we accept the fiscal limits time we conduct a radical and strategic review of the whole budgetary process and time in particular to ensure that we prioritise spending strictly in line with value for money.
the commission observes that the title of article five refers to the participation of the union in the convention whereas paragraph one speaks more broadly of participation in the convention which shall be a joint responsibility of the commission and the member states.
the eu must act to ensure that the israelis return all of the equipment and we must support the tv stations in their efforts to continue broadcasting. finally strong words and resolutions are not sufficient.
moreover the raids took place in area a which is under the control of the palestinian authority.
the fact that the idf confiscated computer equipment including hard drives and other files seems to contradict the claim that the reason for the raid was that the station's transmitters interfered with air traffic signals at ben gurion airport. both televisions were reputable they had been broadcasting for many years and indeed the eu has worked with both stations in the past.
we have an obligation to ensure consistency between our policy resolutions on the one hand and our external actions and bilateral arrangements on the other.
israeli incursions into this area serve only to undermine the nation building efforts of the palestinian authorities and hinder the peace process in the region that we are all striving towards.
i have to take the opportunity to speak about the murderous assault on gaza.
they highlight the attack by the israeli establishment on the freedom of the media.
it is the murder of ayub asaliya a twelve year old boy who lived in jabaliya refugee camp and the killing of at least twenty two other palestinians and the injuring of around one hundred palestinians including children.
it is a conscious policy to undermine the freedom of the media to prevent the reporting of the real situation facing the palestinians on the ground.
it has nothing to do with stopping terrorism and everything to do with the continuation of the military and psychological warfare and collective punishment against the palestinians living within the gaza strip.
it should go beyond words.
again unfortunately very predictable an underscoring of the complicity that imperialism has with the oppression of the palestinians.
from the eu we had the striking of the usual even handed pose an incredible statement by catherine ashton deploring the loss of civilian lives essential to avoid further escalation and urging all sides to re establish calm incredible in the context of a murderous assault on the people of gaza.
and what was the response of the so called international community?
from the us we had the usual blaming of the palestinians for their own oppression and simply a condemnation of the rocket fire from gaza ignoring the murderous bombing raids by the israeli forces.
the eu israel association agreement should be suspended. it is clear that international imperialism will not provide a just solution here.
this was a barbaric murderous assault on the people of gaza.
there must be a condemnation from the eu of this assault.
i personally am still awaiting the return of a laptop which is the property of this parliament and of my own mobile phone which the israeli security forces have now had for over four months. it also illustrates the conscious strategy of the israeli elite in relation to the west bank which is to undermine any prospect of real self rule by the palestinians even within area a.
benjamin netanyahu proudly proclaimed that the israeli establishment has exacted a very high price. let us look at that price.
mr president i agree that the raids on al watan tv and al quds should be condemned very clearly by this parliament.
in this context it is the eu's obligation to ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between this and each other's policies as mentioned in article twenty one of treaty on the european union.
there are no excuses any more.
finally i have to remind you as well that this is not the first time that it has happened.
it looks like israel is considering the assault the israeli defence forces and ministry of communication carried out at the end of february on the palestinian al watan tv and al quds educational tv confiscating equipment and documents and holding journalists and employees for hours on whatever pretext.
in doing so israeli forces not only violated article nineteen of the universal declaration of human rights on the right to freedom of opinion and expression which includes the right to impart information and ideas through any media but israel also committed a gross and glaring breach of the oslo accords. israel must be urged to immediately return the confiscated equipment allow the resumption of work of those palestinian tv stations and compensate them for the losses suffered.
the european union attaches the greatest importance to the principle of freedom of expression and we support a vibrant and diverse palestinian media sector operating in a clearly defined and secure regulatory environment as provided for in the oslo accords.
incursions by israeli forces into palestinian cities where the palestinian authority under the oslo accords assumes the powers and responsibilities for internal security and public order are a breach of those accords and puts in jeopardy the internationally recognised success of palestinian institution building efforts.
we continue to urge both sides to exercise maximum transparency and cooperation in the context of the framework provided by the joint technical committee in order to ensure that appropriate action can be taken in the appropriate timeframe. furthermore the eu believes that the best possible use should be made of the joint technical committee in particular to seek upstream solutions to emerging disputes in this area.
in the light of this incident the high representative has called on israel and on the palestinian authority to use this mechanism to urgently resolve any issues concerning broadcasts by these companies.
the european union has worked with both stations which have been broadcasting for many years. the oslo accords established an israeli palestinian joint technical committee to address any issues arising in the telecommunications field.
the eu delegation in tel aviv is seeking further clarification from the israeli government on this incident and the eu delegation in jerusalem remains in contact with the relevant palestinian authorities and the two broadcasters affected by the seizure of equipment.
madam president honourable members the high representative is concerned by the incursion into ramallah by israeli security forces to seize equipment from the palestinian television stations.
the eu urges both sides to seek a rapid resolution to this matter through consultation and encourages the israeli authorities to return all the equipment seized during the raids so that the television channels can resume broadcasting on agreed frequencies as soon as possible.
palestinians are using approximately one hundred unauthorised transmitters on various frequencies and we urge the pa government's communications ministry to work more closely with the israeli authorities to ensure that the facilities that they are using are within the law.
if i am denied a mandate as the ngos are demanding the whole process will come to a halt and a favourable moment will have been lost.
i would like to add here that the council is well disposed towards these negotiations. it's a significant window of opportunity. you will all have received a massive input from a group of ngos demanding that you deny me a mandate basically because my text does not contain a commitment to holding a plenary debate.
no this is a breach of our internal rule of law our checks and balances.
so i am asking you to vote in favour of my mandate.
there are real concerns about the effect of article thirteen and freedom of expression raised by experts ranging from the un special rapporteur david kaye to the inventor of the world wide web sir tim berners lee and there are real concerns voiced by our citizens.
thirteen in our committee we were able to reach a broad compromise that makes meaningful progress on the value gap while at the same time safeguarding the rights of european internet users smes and startups.
just yesterday i received a petition signed by almost a million people against the juri committee mandate.
to this aim in may two thousand and fourteen the council adopted a second eu work plan for sport under which a set of guiding principles relating to democracy human rights and labour rights is going to be prepared in particular in the context of the procedures for
i would also like to recall that sporting events bring people and communities together and bridge divides.
many sporting events and world championships are being hosted outside the eu and in particular in emerging economies.
this means that issues such as those raised by the honourable member will continue to be high on the political agenda.
in this context future council presidencies will be in a position to decide how best to take forward the role on good governance achieved under the two eu work plans.
i thank you for your attention and i look forward to your views during this very important debate.
however isolation of the country might not be the best response.
indeed i am aware of your concerns regarding in particular the detention of human rights defenders activists and journalists as expressed in this oral question and in a letter that several of you addressed recently to the high representatives and to ministers.
the summit's joint declaration contains all the participants' joint commitment to strengthen democracy the rule of law human rights and fundamental freedoms which are the principles at the heart of their partnership.
work on these principles should be completed later this year.
moreover the summit's participants reaffirmed that people to people contacts are one of the important modalities of the eastern partnership and in this context the leaders looked forward to the first ever european games to be hosted in azerbaijan in june. it is true that there are concerns about the state of democracy and the human rights situation in azerbaijan.
dialogue and engagement are important in promoting human rights.
i hope the period of the baku games can be a window of opportunities for progress in this field.
it has been calling for the fair treatment and release of detained individuals.
i share these concerns.
the aim is to ensure that international sports organisations operate in a way which continues to ensure the support of eu citizens and governments.
as you know the most recent eastern partnership summit took place last month in riga.
as i said during the previous debate sporting events are an important economic activity creating jobs and attracting investments.
the oral question on which i am now intervening is related to the relationship between sport and human rights and this relationship should not be underestimated.
they provide an excellent opportunity to promote democratic values.
azerbaijan to my mind should be commended for the manner in which its muslim jewish and christian citizens have built a largely peaceful society. there are few places in that region with such a record.
is it another european union institution or maybe the council of europe?
they bring status visitors and media attention. but the limelight of the european games cannot and will not overshadow the very troubling human rights situation in azerbaijan where an unprecedented number of people are imprisoned.
opposition leaders journalists human rights defenders and really anyone who is critical risk intimidation and imprisonment and some of the brightest minds have now fled the country.
it is not appropriate to have eu officials participating in ceremonies starting in a couple of days so long as political prisoners are not released.
after all the label european' should mean something. when rights are respected we can build a much more powerful and meaningful partnership between the eu and azerbaijan.
in the meantime we will not forget the political prisoners and we urge the azerbaijani authorities to release them as soon as possible and to allow human rights ngos such as amnesty international access to the country.
mr president i would like to start by wishing all of the individual participants in the european games well. the oral question we have put to the council quite rightly points out that sporting events have a transcending potential and can contribute to nobler causes such as human rights and indeed peace itself.
yet we have seen particularly in the run up to the games that there is a confirmed pattern of systematic deficiencies especially as far as freedom of expression is concerned.
this is a very long list indeed.
the european partnership is a space in which respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms must be guaranteed.
i would like to recall that respect for human rights and democracy is a core value of the eu and we do not hesitate to promote it.
also raised the eu's concerns on human rights issues during their recent visits to baku in february and april respectively.
the eu delegation in baku working closely with the embassies of eu member states is supporting local human rights defenders including by applying the eu guidelines on human rights defenders.
together with like minded partners the eu is carefully monitoring the cases including the court cases of those in detention.
as i said at the beginning of the debate the baku games are an excellent opportunity for the azerbaijani authorities to demonstrate their progressive commitment to democratic values and human rights.
the azerbaijani authorities are being questioned precisely because they want to gain political credit but is it also right to invite what is really a propaganda attack against the azerbaijani government
on the subject of human rights precisely at the time of these games?
historically when olympic games took place hostilities were ceased.
i am sure that in reality there have been more.
the rapporteur's proposals. but this is an important issue indeed an issue of life or death and one that for me is doubly important because i have a particular constituency interest in it.
and because they are so toxic the rapporteur and the committee wanted to ban them even for professional use in order to prevent fatalities.
they are carcinogenic and they cause neurotic effects with nerve damage. under normal temperatures their use causes them to evaporate to dangerous levels. to work safely with dichloromethanes one needs an air proof suit at a cost of about eur two
of course nobody does this even if they know of the harmful nature of the substance.
i am sorry to say that the only member state lobbying hard for the retention of dichloromethane use was the united kingdom which also produces in industrial quantities many such substances.
a complete ban on these products already exists in sweden denmark and germany and i hope no member state will ask for such a derogation.
these products can be used safely industrially in the right conditions.
but there has been an industrial lobby which has created a blocking minority in council and for that reason the rapporteur and the committee reluctantly agreed to allow the member states a derogation for professional
but experts have suggested this would not be a good idea and therefore my group will not be supporting any amendments tabled in that direction.
use. my constituents will become richer with their new technology and everybody will live happily ever after thanks to the excellent work of carl schlyter and his colleagues on the committee on
i have been in correspondence with commissioner verheugen for seven years now on this issue.
it is a water based alternative.
dichloromethanes will come off the market for non industrial
why? because i have in my constituency a company called eco solutions which has developed a perfectly safe alternative to dichloromethanes.
use. however we have achieved not only strict protection for workers using them professionally but also a commitment to control and inspection by the member states.
some members have argued that they should be allowed to be used for the protection of cultural heritage for the removal of paint from old monuments without damaging.
it took me four years' work with commissioner verheugen to get the commission's expert committee even to look at the existence of this safer water based alternative and it has taken three years to get that water based alternative recognised as an effective and useable technology.
it has the same effect even if the process takes a little longer.
zero and to protect one's skin gloves at a cost of eur twenty five or eur thirty which need to be replaced every two or three hours.
there is no effective way to ensure the safe use of dichloromethanes for the public.
over the last eight years the commission has on record some eighteen fatalities from the use of these products and some fifty six non fatal injuries.
i think that this among many other substances poses a high
sought. it leaves the door open to member states that wish to and believe it is right to continue under the tight rules that have been laid down to allow professionals and only professionals to use this in addition to industrial
look at the alternatives that are available nmp has been available for eleven years but only now is found to be reprotoxic;
use. but commissioner you now have a responsibility to go back and do the research on the alternatives.
two thousand and twenty to ensure that our future target is based on the best available information the final compromise calls on the commission to review the legislation by the end of.
first of all i should like to thank the rapporteur mr krahmer for his constructive approach to the commission's proposal and for all his work steering it towards a first reading agreement.
achieving the two thousand and twenty target is therefore a win win win situation a win for manufacturers as they can retain their competitive advantage through building low emitting vans at prices that consumers can afford;
a win for van owners who can very quickly recoup the increased van purchase price through lower fuel bills;
as industry needs planning certainty the final agreement already contains some indications about what will happen after.
launch a consultation on the basis of a communication which will look into the various issues and parameters which would need to be addressed when setting a target for the period after. two thousand and twenty
two thousand and fifteen in this context the commission has already made a statement which has been transmitted to the european parliament services for inclusion in the minutes.
but we also knew how challenging it was to reach that agreement so two years later we did not think that the time was really right to try to go for anything but one hundred and forty seven grams which will hopefully be confirmed here tomorrow.
once again thank you very much to the rapporteur.
as some have been mentioning here there is a challenge with the new test cycle.
this is one of those occasions where we could have had a win win solution where we could have really raised our environmental ambitions and that would have been good for business.
so we gave in i think the council gave in and members here gave in at what is a difficult time for us economically across europe. we gave in to special pleading from the manufacturers.
it would have been good to have heard business europe standing up for the users of vans and saying look if you can reduce the costs that it is good for us and we will stand up for it. ' but no business europe is also the lobby of the big groups the big manufacturers and they came forward with no such proposals.
so i see this as an opportunity missed and i look forward to the commission coming back with revised proposals in the years to come looking at the technology that is then available raising our ambitions and helping us to achieve the genuine win win solution that is good for the environment and good for business.
but beware those who think that taxing london is a risk free game and we mean london don't we?
we know this because we have the same ridiculous fractional reserve banking system the same crooked money printing criminal behaviour at the central banks and so on and so forth.
it plays well politically and we can hit those greedy bankers whom we all hate in public while we shovel money into their pockets in private.
so we know we concede do we not?
luxury cars in germany;
a special tax on sunshine holidays in spain;
financial services account for fourteen of uk gdp and the uk contributes gbp fifty million pounds a day to this crumbling institution. do not kill the goose that lays your golden eggs!
the greedy bureaucrats just want your money.
mobile phones in finland;
high fashion in paris;
zurich geneva new york and hong kong are licking their lips wondering what piece of glorious stupidity we will come up with next. an ftt is a special tax so what next?
however i do not think it is quite going to work out that way. all taxes are passed on to customers at the end of the day sorry everybody but that is just how it works so again it will be the little people who pick up the tab.
that more banks are going to fail.
so nothing has changed. this is another strong signal to bankers and politicians to continue the theft.
even though the negotiations are difficult i would like to encourage the council to take this message seriously and to shoulder its responsibility.
so that means it covers broadly both all markets and all financial instruments.
to encourage long term investments;
that is why we are in favour of an eu wide financial transaction tax. we are aware that the unanimity rule makes it exceedingly difficult for us to advance on such issues.
on the technical aspects of the proposal the success of the financial transaction tax depends on its design which should leave no scope for tax avoidance.
exempting institutions from the scope of the tax could pose systemic risks and encourage risky strategies.
we have introduced two new elements the issuance principle which complements the residence principle and the ownership principle which ensures effective enforcement of the law.
let us keep in mind that the cost of relocation will be much higher than the cost of compliance due also to the very low rates.
let me underline that the clear precondition for an effective financial transaction tax is its wide scope covering all transactions without exemptions.
adopted in various resolutions in the past and finally responded to our call and presented a legislative proposal. i consider it a very fortunate coincidence that we are having this debate in plenary today on the same day as the informal
this is because it can raise significant revenues which can be used for stimulating growth job creation and smart fiscal consolidation as well as public goods such as development goals and tackling climate change.
our challenge is how to reach a global agreement and since europe has the largest financial market in the world it is up to us to make the first step and open the way.
you were also not in critical votes last week where votes were again lost by just one member.
could you explain why your colleague godfrey bloom was not in committee nor were you as his substitute member when this was first voted on in committee two years ago?
mr president we are about to allow the eu to finance itself directly from taxpayers' pockets without negotiations with anybody not even the council.
the different sizes of the financial industry in some member states are not an indication of distorted competition but rather due to historic developmental differences.
of course this house and the commission must know that as long as the ftt does not become a global tax the financial sector could move to other more tax friendly locations.
but they feel the eu can afford the loss of this very important industry.
in addition the legal argument on which this house is trying to base the establishment of an ftt is incorrect.