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one of the aspects of this effort would be the establishment of cultural attachs in major capitals around the globe.
we also share the view that their potential is not fully developed.
the commission is fully and solely responsible for implementing the decisions adopted by parliament and council.
at the same time it calls for a more strategic approach to cultural cooperation between the eu and third countries.
i am pleased to see that our green paper has sparked in europe and within the european institutions a very rich debate on the right environment to put in place to meet the specific needs of creating entrepreneurship in order to seize the new opportunities
ago. that was the moment surely to make the case for the participation of non member states or to make provisions for exceptional cases.
firstly let me underline the relevance of your recommendation on a coherent and comprehensive strategy for cultural diplomacy at the level of the eu institutions.
we agree that the cultural and creative industries are a powerful motor not only for jobs growth and export earnings but also for social inclusion and cultural and linguistic diversity as well as intercultural dialogue within the european union and beyond.
besides the number of places available we must also address the question of quality at european and national level.
the city symbolises some of the darkest episodes in recent european history but also carries our hopes for a better future.
of. two thousand and twelve as part of our preparatory work the commission is exploring the idea of candidate countries joining the initiative after.
let me say a few words about the rules governing the european capitals of culture.
we really appreciate his efforts as well as those of his co rapporteurs in dealing with this very important topic. as the report makes clear the key objective of youth on the move is to help young people in europe to gain the skills and experience they need to succeed in today's increasingly internationalised
our goal is very much to create an environment in which every young person will be able to realise their potential.
knowledge based economy.
this is why the commission has launched actions to support member states in improving the quality and relevance of education and training from early childhood through to higher education.
firstly i would like to reassure you on our approach to improving the transparency of higher education systems.
to achieve this as mr zver's report makes so clear sustained investment in education and training at all levels is necessary and of course europe must play its part.
i am thinking for example of staffing and staff quality the integration of care and education and active engagement with parents who are the first educators of their children.
in the face of repeated conflicts sarajevo has retained its multicultural spirit.
two thousand and nineteen i would also inform you that a number of cities in other third countries have already shown an interest.
i now come to the sanchez schmid report on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries.
offered by globalisation digitisation and cultural diversity.
in two thousand and six parliament and the council adopted the decision on which the initiative is based.
as regards our emerging strategic partners around the globe we have witnessed recently how culture can become an integral part of our external relations.
this conclusion also emerges from the consultation launched by our green paper which prompted reactions from three hundred and fifty public authorities the general public civil society bodies and companies active in the field of culture across europe.
parliament and the council adopted the current decision less than five years
we have no intention of publishing league tables of universities.
if we want these industries to develop fully we have to make progress on various fronts skills adaptation and capacity building access to funding improving the business environment support for cross border circulation and new distribution models
as the report argues our ultimate goal is to improve the information available to prospective students and others on various aspects of institutions' activities and performance. we want to develop a tool to overcome the shortcomings of existing university rankings
the report also makes interesting suggestions on how the european external action service could take up the challenge of developing truly european cultural diplomacy.
two cities have already been selected for two thousand and fourteen and the council is about to confirm the two cities
secondly they are the foundation for lifelong learning social integration personal development and employability later in life.
the commission of course shares your view of the historic and cultural importance of sarajevo.
that the initiative is open exclusively to the twenty seven member states of the european union.
do you not understand that europe is not a single state but a wide and glorious tapestry of attractive distinctive but matching cultural panels and to amalgamate them is to reduce them all to a grey amorphous mass thereby destroying that which you say you admire?
culture has intrinsic value in our liberal democracies.
we must speak with one voice and be aware of the competition from cultural programmes by china and the united states to name just two.
the eu is well known for its cultural diversity and at the same time it is a community of values which apply equally to each citizen. these european values such as respect for human rights democracy and fundamental freedoms are also represented by our cultural products.
european citizens are best able to benefit if the eu acts as a global player on the world stage.
it should be a vital and horizontally integrated element among the broad spectrum of external policies which make up the eu's foreign policy from trade relations to its enlargement and neighbourhood policy and its development cooperation and common foreign and security policy.
we have chosen to emphasise the organisational and policy frameworks that are needed for the optimal coordination of culture in the eu's external actions.
the eu also has important experiences to share when it comes to overcoming conflict and building stability through shared interests and mutual understanding.
europe's cultural industries contribute to european entrepreneurship innovation and business and the eu's diverse cultural landscape makes it the most attractive tourist destination in the world. knowledge and international skills are crucial to education and employment as indicated in the eu two thousand and twenty strategy but culture can also be considered as a vehicle which helps to foster democratisation freedom of expression inclusion development education reconciliation and much else.
the right to cultural development and other fundamental rights is increasingly facilitated by these technologies.
european interests are served when cultural aspects are strategically devised through cooperation and partnership both through cultural programmes and when cultural aspects form an integral part of economic foreign and security and development policies.
it is important that the eu develop a strategy for internet freedom.
people depend increasingly on the internet for access to information and can only express themselves freely when this information and their communications are not censored.
through the sharing of literature film music and heritage doors of understanding are opened and bridges between people are built.
access to cultural content happens through new media as well and the opportunities for global connectivity around european cultural goods and content should be celebrated and facilitated for example through europeana or websites of museums and festivals.
in the development of the external action service it is important to mainstream and streamline the role culture has and should have in the eu's external actions.
this very wide variety of aspects of cultural relations vis vis third countries has led to a fragmentation of policies which needs to change to a more coordinated and coherent eu strategy.
this requires funds to be used more efficiently and we have to be aware of europe's competitive position and the struggle to attract tourists talent artists business and students.
culture also has economic value.
the eu has a number of best practices from the member states as well as from different cultural institutions such as the alliance franaise and the british council.
cultural identity values and the eu's position on the global stage are intertwined.
i have to also say that it is grossly insensitive of the commission to make this ludicrous and expensive proposal for unnecessary cultural attachs at a time of universal economic hardship.
perhaps for once you will forget your own gold plated salaries and gold plated pensions and think of the reality of what these initiatives cost.
indigenous cultures will be displaced and lost. they talk about freedom of expression but are only convincing when they express their intolerance of those with whom they disagree.
they want to promote only cultural values of which they approve;
mr president in recent years academic and political focus on culture and education has increased dramatically with analysis consistently highlighting these areas to be crucial not only in encouraging economic growth and social cohesion but also in facilitating mobility for young people across europe.
unfortunately in the current economic climate with many member states adopting austerity measures and budget reductions necessary to reduce deficits these areas can often appear neglected and i wish this were not the case.
investment in education and culture helps member states to compete globally equipping our young people for the challenges of tomorrow and encourages creativity innovation and mutual understanding.
i am concerned with a number of aspects of the reports we have discussed this morning especially regarding the intrusion on member states' subsidiarity in terms of educational targets and social policy.
it is beyond the competence of the eu to dictate educational reforms to member states and we must ensure that this is respected. in terms of culture the eu can assist member states in getting the best out of their policy priorities through exchanges of best practice and highlighting areas of importance such as early years learning the reduction of early school leaving and the promotion of vocational training.
another key to helping our young people secure opportunities is to allow flexibility in labour markets so that people can learn on the job.
however the arbitrary creation of new projects and organisations to facilitate these goals runs counter to the budgetary realities evident across the eu.
we must be mindful of this sad fact and try to deliver what we can for the real world that we face.
we have a wealth of culture and creativity in europe which needs to be fostered and developed.
the creative industries add greatly to the eu's economy and our cultural experiences.
we need to give them the tools to continue their development and gain the rewards they deserve.
it goes without saying that the more we educate our young people across europe the more the future begins to look brighter in a challenging global environment.
the orchestra rehearsed while the city was being shelled and the winter festival full of arts and culture continued.
the next generation suffers from the wounds of history and we have an important responsibility as europeans to look to the future with them and to include them in the european horizon.
mr president i am very pleased indeed to have the opportunity to present my report on early years learning in the european union which is an extremely important aspect of education that we have not really given much attention to before now.
i would also like to thank all the shadows from the other political groups.
we know why really one of the main reasons is that early years are so important.
early years intervention can make all the difference to children's life chances not only as they go through the educational system but also later on in life. the research which has been done most of which i am afraid is not within the eu shows that if you give children support and what they need when they are young it helps them in later life it cuts down on crime improves health and cuts down on unemployment therefore benefiting all of us. the children themselves
each member state does it differently because early years has grown up within their own systems.
so we have not been looking at a one size fits all' solution but we have looked to establish values and principles and guidelines for member states to develop a european framework of shared goals and shared values and shared entitlements.
so that is what this report is about it is actually about setting the framework.
in order to do that we have of course started with the child.
we have advocated a very child centred approach to early years education and care with the best interests of the child at the heart of this.
so we have covered these key areas and these are what we should be focusing on in future.
we need to think hard about qualifications and qualifications which can be transferred and recognised across the eu.
we also need to look at access so that all of those who need early years education services can get hold of them.
mr president my own constituency has a long history of combining the promotion of the welsh language to the young generation with artistic and technical talents to produce animated programmes like sally mally super ted and sam tn. today this past has been reinvigorated by new productions such as dr who and torchwood so that wales is quickly becoming known as a centre for cultural excellence with regard to film and programme production as well as being home to newer creative areas like the hugely profitable gaming industry. in order for this to continue the most important thing we must now do is to provide the support that our creative industries need to continue to grow.
we must focus on reducing the administrative hurdles that all small businesses face and look at ways to get real added value from the single market via cooperation on intellectual property rights a european patent and realising the full potential of the digital agenda and of course eliminating inconsistencies in existing eu legislation such as in the field of vat.
our eu budget should be used productively to develop the huge amount of creative energy around us into true wealth creating businesses providing sustainable jobs and a prosperous and rich future for our people in wales and beyond.
the overwhelming majority of you with only one or two notable exceptions were very much in favour of my report on early years learning and the other reports we debated today.
i think we have really put down a marker for the future that education is extremely important.
it is not only important for children for the very young children i have been talking about and the young people that my colleague has been talking about but it is also important for the future of europe.
i therefore strongly support what the commissioner has said that member states should now continue to invest in education and should not be using the economic climate to make cuts because making cuts in education would be the worse possible thing to do.
young people should be given the opportunity to acquire without barriers the experience skills knowledge and know how to equip themselves for future career paths and entrepreneurship.
mobility programmes and the benefits of the experience of working and studying abroad must be accessible to all young people regardless of the type of education they have chosen.
it therefore agreed that under subheading one b economic social and territorial cohesion payment appropriations should grow by.
the council proposes to remove the appropriations included in the institutions' estimates related to salary adjustments in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve because it considers that it is not for the eu institutions to anticipate the court of justice ruling on this issue.
they are based on the latest information available and are subject to revision following the presentation by the commission of its traditional letter of amendment in the autumn.
the council as usual did not modify the european parliament's section of the budget.
particular emphasis was placed on keeping administrative expenditure under control in line with member states' domestic policy thereby applying sound financial management.
save for support expenditure the council backs the appropriations proposed by the commission in relation to asylum and migration initiatives in the fields of external borders justice internal security public health and consumer protection.
this heading together with subheadings one a and one b and heading two is subject to a statement on payment appropriations in which the council invites the commission to submit a draft amending budget if payment appropriations in two thousand and fourteen are insufficient to cover expenditure under the headings
two thousand and thirteen in accordance with the european council conclusions of twenty seven twenty eight june the allocation of eur six billion to the youth employment initiative will allow the first disbursements to be made to beneficiaries in eu regions
by acting as a catalyst for growth and jobs and leveraging productive and human capital investments.
two thousand and fourteen close and efficient cooperation is necessary to this end.
the first annual budget under the new multiannual financial framework.
i was particularly glad to note that we all the european parliament and the council agree on the high priority we attach to programmes and actions supporting employment and growth.
are based on a detailed analysis of the probable implementation of the individual programmes and actions concerned and that no general approach or unjustified cuts have been applied.
the council for its part is ready to work constructively and in a spirit of compromise.
experiencing high youth unemployment rates from january.
i very much hope that this common goal will guide us in our discussions over the next few months as we seek to reach an agreement on the budget for.
under heading three security and citizenship the council supports modest reductions to both commitment and payment appropriations taking into account realistic absorption capacities.
it was supported by a large majority of the member states. i would like to draw your attention to three important elements that form the basis of the council's position.
a similar approach was adopted in relation to all decentralised agencies where the council supports comparable reductions in both commitment and payment appropriations in proportion to the number of staff self financed posts excepted.
but we are all bound by the objectives of budgetary discipline and the national targets of bringing down government debts and deficits.
the council has also sought to secure an adequate level of payment appropriations for structural actions.
two thousand and fourteen it is in the nature or flexibilities of special instruments to mobilise them above the ceiling and not within the ceiling so this is not the right justification for leaving the margins for the next year.
we very much look forward to our negotiations in october and november.
i think it is a great moment for the internal market.
then something is not going well.
we need to ask which consumers will benefit from the soviet economics of price caps. given that at most only thirty five of consumers actually roam and that the figure for regular roamers is much lower and as the commissioner herself admitted given that this legislation will mostly benefit a narrow group of privileged consumers such as commission officials meps lobbyists and businessmen let us hope that we are not robbing the poor to pay for cheaper phone calls for the rich.
however when it comes to price capping i still have some concerns.
we now have an average penetration rate in europe of.
it also gives good money to the industry because their traffic is rising continuously.
i think we have managed to get a proposal put into practice in the shortest ever time in the european union only seven months from proposal to implementation.
i think it is very good that we are continuing to bring down the caps so that the competition of the offers can take place under the caps.
the statistics show just the contrary.
that is not the case.
so they are punished when they have to pay an extraordinarily high price with regard to the cost to the operator when they are roaming.
and for data roaming where we believe that this is a future development.
so in order to give this freedom of movement to our citizens we have to get rid of those obstacles.
good we are bringing those prices down so that text messaging will become a normal thing if you are at home or if you are in a neighbouring country.
there are roughly one hundred and fifty million citizens in the european union who use their mobile phone at least once per year for roaming while they are abroad and they have to pay the price.
the value of the revenue from this for the industry is roughly eur eight hundred million.
that is a first of its kind and it is a first of its kind in the interests of the european consumers.
rapporteur whom i would like to congratulate on the swift and efficient work done. we are facing here an obstacle to freedom of movement because if you punish citizens on their phone bill when they cross a border
i am very comfortable that we will have full transparency in doing that.
we just need to make sure that we have a proper way of doing
i can see where one is able to use the requirements of the treaty but recognise the additional skills that we can bring in within what the treaty allows us
that is my commitment and i will do that.
state. i will be doing the same thing again in the autumn thanks to the belgian presidency who are bringing them all together.
i can tell you that they are coming from different parts of the european
this is something that i think is really interesting. the structures that i am planning to set up in the eeas will cover relations with the european parliament but also need to take on board relations with national parliaments. i should mention the famous day when i was travelling between moscow kiev spain and brussels but was not unfortunately in palma majorca at the same
that means for some of our delegations particularly new york and geneva where additional staff would have been put in to cover for each presidency that we are very short of people.
i do not know what else to say other than you have my full commitment to it and within the review you will be able to see if i have done it. what is absolutely clear to me is that we are going to appoint on merit. i have asked people to send me the brightest and
however i think that will give you a sense of where we currently
forward. when they do they are truly excellent but we need more of them. so if you can do more to encourage people particularly women please do so. we will come back to geographical balance in the review. you will be able to judge it properly at that point but my commitment is absolute
i am very well aware of the economic backdrop against which this service is coming into being.
but i have never suggested it.
however even if the economic backdrop were different i would want to see an efficient service operating well and using resources extremely well.
i completely understand and recognise that we have to use resources well.
are. i am also mindful that i am asking staff to operate in a post lisbon treaty era where the jobs that the rotating presidency used to do are no longer done by them.
i think you have before you the text negotiated with parliament which you find in the revised draft on the eeas basic organisation.
my commitment to you is to have an efficient service that is capable of doing the job that we have all agreed needs to be done.
that. i also recognise that there should be opportunities for different people to come into the service.