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many of the conclusions of the conference are echoed in the report that you are debating today such as the need for a coherent coordinated policy;
in february this year we organised together with the irish presidency the second annual european stakeholders' conference on the bioeconomy bringing together over five hundred people representing a wide variety of different interests related to the bioeconomy.
the commission very much appreciates the clear support that the parliament report gives to this ppp and to the bioeconomy research budget as a whole.
i could not agree more.
of. two thousand and fourteen as you all know just last week the european parliament and council together with the commission reached political agreement on horizon two thousand and twenty the next funding programme for research innovation and science.
let me assure you that within horizon two thousand and twenty there will be a substantial budget for bioeconomy related research and innovation.
and the need for transparent and inclusive dialogue to ensure that the bioeconomy is built on broad based public support.
the thirty members of the panel have been selected and the first meeting is scheduled to take place in september. i am pleased to confirm our invitation to parliament to nominate an observer to this bioeconomy panel.
the need for investments in skills and training;
we have also committed to establish a bioeconomy panel to facilitate discussion joint actions and exchange of experience between different stakeholder groups researchers producers industry civil society and public administrations at regional national and eu level.
we look forward to working with the italian presidency of the eu in organising the next conference in the second half
this will include a significant proportion of funding for a new public private partnership on bio based industries.
this ppp in particular will help to finance pilot and demonstration activities of the kind that the draft resolution calls for. finally i would like to underline that the commission is very pleased that the draft resolution repeats the call to eu member states to develop their own national and regional bioeconomy strategies.
while there is much we can and will do at an eu level the bioeconomy will only realise its full potential if actors at national and regional level understand the opportunities that this presents for them and put in place the appropriate policies funding and governance mechanisms.
this will help to further consolidate the alignment between our two institutions on issues related to the bioeconomy.
a reindustrialisation of europe based on innovation and the latest scientific knowledge;
and the development of new jobs and new sources of economic growth not least in rural and maritime regions.
it will require the positive engagement of many different organisations to make this initiative a success. the commission's joint research centre is already working hard to get the observatory up and running and producing results.
to provide policy makers primary producers industry and other stakeholders with authoritative up to date information about relevant research policy and market developments.
it cannot be right that today in two thousand and nineteen there are people in the european union who do not have access to clean safe affordable drinking water.
none of us should take it for granted when we turn on our taps that that drinking water is clean and safe.
this is about equality and social justice. this parliament should continue to push for a meaningful right to water for all. there is more to do on that but this report represents an important step forward in that regard.
i recognise specifically those organisations concerned with the right to water who rightly campaigned and continue to pressure us to secure that right in a meaningful way.
many different organisations and stakeholders have made contact with us throughout our work on this and i would like to thank them for their engagement and interest.
it is regrettable as has been said that the council has taken so long to reach a position on this meaning that we have not been able to enter into trilogue discussions.
that will now happen in the next mandate and when it does i hope that that parliament whatever its political composition will reflect that commitment that this parliament has made on a right to water.
i'm pleased that the text before us now is stronger in that regard than it could have been and that wording proposed by my group last year was supported on that basis.
the range of stakeholders interested in these issues again reflects the breadth and complexity of issues in the file.
i would also want to thank our staff and our assistants as well who have worked for many many months across the complex range of issues covered in this legislation.
this is what the eu does.
if it is indeed the last piece of legislation i'm able to work on in this place i'm pleased that it is this legislation a directive which will affect every citizen in the european union every single day.
yes we could have done so but i think we need to see what has been achieved through this report as important work in progress and an important step forward.
this goes to the very heart of this parliament's commitment to upholding fundamental human rights and that has been the approach of the sd group through our work on this file.
this file is concerned with science with technology and all those practical measures to ensure that our drinking water is safe and of high quality but it also addresses at its heart a fundamental question of equality and social justice.
well where are the times when we all wanted to wear a nylon shirt?
to the people of europe i say this you are the generation who have lived through the longest period of peace and the greatest level of prosperity ever.
the consequence of that we see today britain as a sad nation divided like never before and a house of commons in crisis.
i want to say thank you to this house for the support you're showing and i want to reassure you that nigel farage does not speak on behalf of that sixty three of the population.
they never defended against the untruths which were spoken and they never took ownership of the decisions that they took in council.
may i add as a comment to the european people that for over twenty five years now no british prime minister ever explained to the british people what europe did what the benefits are and why it matters.
because of that the british press ran a twenty year campaign based on populist mistruths lies and deceit.
a million people on the streets in london on behalf of six million people who have signed the petition and on behalf of sixty three of the british population who did not vote for brexit i want to say thank you to president tusk.
mr president on behalf of the ecr i would like to thank the co rapporteurs and my fellow shadows for the positive and productive way in which we have worked together to agree on a compromise text on this very wide ranging and challenging file.
this is an increase on the ninety two as proposed originally by the commission.
these proposals will see changes to the current relationship between the commission and the european investment bank but i am reassured by the commitment to a minimum level of allocation to the eib as is provided for in amendment.
at a time when political transition continues to destabilise the south as russia seeks to undermine those countries in the eastern partnership and as the enlargement agenda faces challenges in moving forward the neighbourhood has never been so important as it is today to the european union.
given the very strict geographic ring fencing included within the instrument however i do not believe the consolidation will see funds diverted to one part of the neighbourhood to the detriment of others.
whilst i personally welcome the fully consolidated instrument i note that there are significant misgivings in this chamber including within my own group concerning certain aspects and these discussions will now need to continue into the next parliament.
as to the concerns that some had regarding the bringing together of development funds with more explicit foreign policy tools the requirement for ninety five of funding to meet oecd official development aid benchmarks should reassure all of us.
fifty two ultimately as an outgoing british mep due to brexit i'm sorry that i will not be here to be part of the ultimate negotiations for this instrument in the next parliament.
i very much welcome the consolidated instrument now as proposed by the commission and believe that it will contribute to allowing the eu to act in a more effective cohesive and cost efficient manner in the areas concerned.
i also welcome the development of efsd into the much more ambitious efsd and a renewed external action guarantee.
most of all i'm sad that the uk will not be able to participate in something that is yet another reminder of the way that europe's voice and economy of scale is magnified when we are all working together.
they've had enough and they are demanding that we change. i want to ask all of you to support their climate strikes their friday's for future because if we don't listen to them then they will not elect us in the future.
all the projections available today show that this increase at worldwide level will continue at least until two thousand and thirty and in europe no real decoupling between waste and economic growth is expected before.
we come from twenty eight countries here in the european parliament but we share one home one planet earth.
three five tonnes per capita of waste is produced annually including more than four hundred kilograms per person per year of domestic waste.
madam president the overall quantity of waste is increasing rapidly on a worldwide scale.
and if it does lead to job losses how many are acceptable?
you stressed several times in your remarks urgency urgency urgency.
my question is this we all agree that we need to make changes and improve the environment and this is a particularly important issue.
where do we take into account the needs of manufacturers as opposed to the prerogative for change?
thank you sir for the good spirited acceptance of the question.
however manufacturing and production always need time to change.
and used for takeaway food and drinks.
that set up the european parliament's negotiating mandate ahead of the informal trilogue. there was no opportunity to counter the misinformation circulated at the time.
are specific product items and not a whole category of products made from a particular material.
all types of food and beverage service packaging and other items combined including eps products account for just four six of beach litter.
this is fact. in my own constituency two hundred and fifty jobs will be lost by two thousand and twenty one if this goes unchallenged.
some of the eps pieces in this fraction derive from sources other than packaging e.
the eps ban should and will be challenged.
please take notice.
two hundred people will lose their jobs because of this.
this measure rushed through without adequate research will result in companies being put out of business and hundreds of people losing their jobs.
fish boxes and construction products. therefore banning these products is both unjustified and disproportionate.
the benefit to the environment will be virtually nil.
this is the black country.
i would just like to display to you the flag of the area where the jobs will be lost.
extrapolate that across the eu and there are twenty nine businesses directly affected by this and thousands of european citizens will lose their livelihood.
in fact the commission's figures show that thirty one of beach plastics is a make up of mixed plastic fragments of varying sizes including some expanded polystyrene.
eps is the only specific material that has been singled out on the banned list yet the statistics upon which this commission based its proposal do not show that eps food service packaging is a significant problem on eu beaches.
a ban on eps food and drinks containers was included in a last minute amendment announced just before the plenary vote.
we expected kosovo to fulfil its ninety five benchmarks and it did so.
in. two thousand and seventeen it includes literature review modelling and experimental work to define the conditions under which replacing chemical nitrogen containing chemical fertilisers by processed manure in agriculture applications does not entail additional environmental
the fertilising products regulation is part of the circular economy action plan as it substantially contributes to the implementation of circular economy principles in the sector of nutrients for agricultural production.
economy. to conclude allow me to reaffirm our full support for the compromise
found. we count on you today to take an important step in building a circular economy for the eu fertilising products industry and ensuring that these products are safe for our health and the environment.
today. this work is ongoing and a draft study report should be presented in principle by the
and most importantly a win for the health and wellbeing of eu citizens and our natural environment as the risk of food and water contamination with toxic substances will decrease.
at the same time this regulation provides safeguards to protect public health and the environment.
so we're moving in the right direction. the compromise reflects a fair balance of all the diverging interests.
eu. they have an enormous potential to make european agriculture more efficient and sustainable and help create jobs and opportunities for emerging businesses in the
organic fertilisers represent half of the fertilisers' market in the
eu. with your vote today we will bring these products within our european regulation and hence allow them access to the single market.
we strongly believe that it will be a winwinwin a win for the eu fertilisers industry which will benefit from easier access to the single market for innovative products and a more diverse range of costcompetitive raw materials;
this regulation contributes to the implementation of circular economy principles as far as nutrients for agricultural production are concerned. the current eu regulation on fertiliser only covers fertilisers from mineral materials as you have said. the new regulation will introduce a new legislative framework and therefore considerably simplify the current legislative framework for inorganic fertilisers. the new regulation will be a huge step towards opening the single market to innovative products made out of organic byproducts and recoverable waste. of course these products must be produced under strict conditions to ensure they are safe for our health and the environment.
it would also set mandatory limits for contaminants in fertilising products such as mercury arsenic nickel and in particular cadmium. it is good that we will now have a common limit with regard to cadmium and after four years of its application we will assess whether this limit can be reduced.
a win for farmers who can choose from an increased diversity of fertilisers who can supply their own raw material to fertiliser manufacturers and who will be in a much better position to protect their soil from toxic contaminants;
end of. two thousand and nineteen as these criteria concern the use of fertilisers and not their placement on the market they are not affected by the fertilising products regulation and not expected to affect the implementation of that regulation. however they certainly constitute an additional and complementary action to foster an efficient and environmentally safe circular
this is also another important concrete step towards implementing the un sustainable development goals and building a sustainable european future which has become more urgent than ever.
in parallel under a different work stream the commission is working to ensure an integrated and more sustainable management of nutrients to reduce inefficiencies and avoid nutrients pollution which can affect human health and the environment. the processing of manure offers possibilities for more efficient use of nutrients from the agricultural as well as from the environmental point of view. this is why via its joint research centre the commission launched a project
finally i know the importance that this house attaches to the question of defining safe criteria for replacing chemical fertilisers with processed manure.
mr nicholson how thoughtless of me not to respect you as one of the senior members of this house. can i say on my own behalf and i hope on behalf of most in the chamber that i will miss you if you go but if' is the word i underline.
this is a terrifying prospect for the tories as just like a second referendum it would provide a democratic opportunity for people to express their views and show their rejection of the brexit project.
at her grace and favour' chequers home she negotiated with a dozen white men who represent a minority of a minority of her own party.
we look to parliament to send the decision back to us confident in the knowledge that we have the strongest proeuropean movement on our continent and that the country will vote convincingly to stay in the eu.
we can guess what she said to them the massive london march for a people's vote and the record breaking petition to revoke article fifty show that the mood of the country has swung strongly against brexit so vote for her deal now or brexit might be lost and they might also have to fight european elections.
the tories are running scared of the will of the people but we will not be silenced.
we know that balloons are in the top ten list of items found and now thanks to mr liese and his colleagues children are spared the horror of such a labelling requirement and instead will continue to witness the horror of poisoned wildlife.
i call on the member states and on the council to adopt a position as soon as possible so that negotiations can finally begin.
this agreement would also help the eu to promote reforms in third countries in relation to strengthening respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law.
the benefits of a liberalised visa regime are considerable.
this decision will further facilitate peopletopeople contacts improve professional and educational exchange boost economic partnerships and strengthen social and cultural ties between the eu and kosovo.
the visa waiver can even help to discourage people smugglers whose services would no longer be required.
in september parliament voted in favour of entering into interinstitutional negotiations and tomorrow we will vote to keep the position positive so the visa waiver can be finalised during the next legislature.
visa liberalisation would be a fair and natural next step for this country.
so colleagues let's tackle the diktat and curb the appetites of party managers. otherwise we will not be meeting the high standards of the free mandate of meps but will be described by history as mediocre party hacks.
i also said at the very beginning that the people that i represent would never accept a border in the irish sea and that still stands mr barnier i hope you're listening to that. and i also have to say that the backstop would unravel the fabric of the belfast agreement an international agreement which many in this place champion but they wilfully forget
i think we've got to move away from positions of the past and find a better future to which we can all work within.
i have not been disappointed.
i am still concerned madam president that we are still in danger of crashing out.
i listened to him with interest and i say to him he needs a firm hand.
i've enjoyed it and all the people i have worked with through that time.
the principle of consent within that agreement.
there's a very quiet majority of people in northern ireland who also want a good way forward for northern ireland for the united kingdom and indeed for the european union.
to discuss our long term eu strategy.
what we have is not good enough and the right to water movements across the eu share that view.
we are supposed to be the direct representatives of the people of europe and yet we are doing a complete injustice to the right to water petition which received nearly two million signatures and also an injustice to the two thousand and fifteen parliament position.
there is no halfway house when it comes to human rights.
so why is it that the human right to water is so special that it deserves this mediocre outcome?
that demanded an end to the eu's water liberalisation agenda and this is the response that we give the citizens arguments of cost effectiveness or what have.
the petition looked to address the serious problem of water poverty which affects two million people in the eu.
we all know that there are six different states in south eastern europe.
one eight million inhabitants don't have the opportunity to travel freely.
it is only about travelling without fees for families without waiting times which are annoying for families.
there are eighteen million inhabitants and only ten of them.
and to my mind what a waste to lose highly skilled jobs and research capacity from britain.
more cost meaning less investment in research and development and for britain more delays in getting medicines and a rising bill for medicines and so less money for our nhs the opposite of what people thought that they were voting for.
the ema is a jewel in the crown precisely because it attracts businesses and experts. over the past two decades it has been invaluable simplifying and streamlining medicines regulation allowing companies to get a medicine authorised in every eu country in one go.
a medicines manufacturer in my constituency has already set up a new parallel testing facility within the eu to enable it to sell into european union countries in the future.
this declaration of intent was meant to encourage projects and actions aimed at promoting peace in its most universal meaning inspired by the universal ideals of human dignity freedom equality and solidarity enshrined in the preamble of the charter of fundamental rights of the european union and also confirmed by the lisbon treaty in.
the pledge to peace was intended to create the necessary conditions to initiate a broad set of actions aimed at building a world of peace and prosperity.
i'd also like to recall the brussels pledge to peace which resulted from a conference called peace and prosperity founding values of the european union' held on twenty eight november two thousand and eleven here in the european parliament.
two thousand and nine the nobel prize for peace awarded to the european union seals and underlines the importance of actions like the pledge and also this current proposal for a peace facility.
i suggest that all new meps in the next legislature sign the pledge and renew this action.
that's the difference between this place and say the house of representatives which was mentioned earlier in this debate. at least this report does question the latest eu expansionism. it questions suggestions for bigger offices in indonesia ethiopia and new york which last time i consulted a map weren't in europe.
then we come to brexit and this report contemplates various options.
i'm going to blame the european union for a lot of things but i'll tell you what i'm not going to blame the european union for politicians in westminster ignoring the mandates and being unable to decide what to do.
even as i'm speaking here politicians in westminster are still unable to decide whether or not they're going to implement the referendum result.
that much is certainly their fault not yours.
time and time again it doesn't get the change enacted because this place doesn't actually have the power to decide where it sits.
but what i can't support in this report is millions more being spent on propaganda by setting up europe experience centres and mobile installations across europe and hiring an army of fifty new press officers and media managers. i can't support even more money being spent refurbishing mep's offices which last time i checked were perfectly serviceable.
stop these games and shameful political purposes and act now.
this is our message again tomorrow.
you are simply behaving irresponsibly.