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we are talking about such terrible crimes that police dealing with these cases take turns on duty and need support.
but implementation is far from satisfactory.
an entire generation that lives on the net.
we cannot lag behind for lack of resources and modern means of prosecution.
we need to mobilise raise awareness and make sure children get justice and support.
we need to ensure that there is no impunity for any child sexual offender.
we also urge the internet industry to take their shared responsibility.
minors must be registered with fingerprints and given a guardian to avoid going missing.
since two thousand and eleven new forms of crime such as revenge pornography and sex extortion affect many teenagers online mainly girls and cyber bullying and grooming have grown.
children must be protected throughout the proceedings.
trafficking is the slavery of our times against the most vulnerable kids.
we care.
moreover thousands of migrant children have disappeared are sold and sexually exploited by organised crime in europe making billions on children's skin.
today we reach out to all children who feel scared ashamed lonely and we say you are not alone.
the time has come for all the member states to fully enforce the anti trafficking and protection of victims directive.
migrant children are particularly exposed to child exploitation. member states must ensure that they enter and remain in the protection system.
perpetrators must be brought to justice.
the technology to detect generate alarms report to the police child sexual abuse material online exists it should be used by all the it industry.
therefore we call on the member states to give adequate resources to police to child hotlines and helplines to enforce the directive in a futureproof way upgrading digital investigation tools to keep pace with technology to remove illegal material at source and block it when it is not possible to remove with faster procedures and safeguards and to increase cooperation with third countries interpol and our great american partner nmec to remove illegal material when the source is outside the eu.
this concerns all children in europe.
interrogation trials must be child friendly to avoid double victimisation and victim blaming. the time has come to break the silence and shift the guilt from child victims to adult perpetrators.
if it is hard for woman to speak up to share her story to get justice how hard can it be for a kid or a teenager?
the directive to combat child sexual abuse online and offline is a historic step forward. we have provided a strong legal framework with stricter sanctions and common standards to prevent and prosecute crimes and protect victims.
any child?
when shown on the deep web the images the cheers of enjoyment among perpetrators i just couldn't sleep at night.
member states must do more better and faster to ensure zero tolerance against child sexual abuse and exploitation.
in particular we must do more to tackle the ever growing issue of illegal content being posted on the internet.
the uk has always proudly led the fight to combat the abuse of children both in terms of strong criminal sanctions and a high level of care for those that are affected.
this is simply not good enough.
whilst this may be more prominent in underground online websites on the so called dark web' it is also a serious issue in our day to day social media outlets.
uk legislation includes a very important law which permits british nationals to be prosecuted under uk law for crimes they have committed abroad. given the prominent rise in child sex tourism overseas our citizens must be able to feel the full force of national law when committing these crimes but more must and can be done by our governments to protect children.
this includes mandatory criminal background checks for persons working with children exchange of information about child sex offenders proactive searches of child sexual abuse material by hotlines and mandatory reporting by internal internet providers of child sexual abuse material detected in their infrastructure.
we issued two extensive transposition reports in two thousand and sixteen which assessed the implementation measures adopted by member states.
in the coming months we will continue to support member states to achieve conformity of their national implementation measures and we will make use of our enforcement powers under the treaties if necessary. we will also support member states in facilitating the development and exchange of best practices in specific areas such as prevention
i therefore welcome parliament's call on member states to further improve implementation because for the children that are affected by this atrocious and inhuman crime legislation on paper does not matter if it is not implemented and enforced properly.
we would like to see more member states integrate such child rights based models building on what has been done in the daphne promise project. we will share information with you on these different elements to the maximum extent possible regarding specific data requested by the rapporteur.
the inhope network of hotlines plays a major role in practice in the transposition by member states of their obligation regarding removal and blocking.
however what matters most are the results not reporting.
these are very valuable suggestions and we will examine them carefully. thank you for your attention and i look forward to your valuable comments.
member states have to remove or block content online linked to child sexual exploitation and pornography.
and intervention programmes.
however this progress needs to be followed up with further efforts. member states still face challenges related to prevention intervention programmes for offenders definition of offences and assistance and support for victims.
for example we recently supported child protection projects such as the barnhuset which is mentioned in the resolution or integrated inter agency and multidisciplinary support services for child victims of violence.
i welcome parliament's report which builds on our work. member states have invested considerable effort to comply with their obligations.
it is important to empower our kids to defend themselves on the net.
we are not going to give up as long as everything that is in the directive and the additional issues are going to be implemented.
therefore we call on the member states to extend the statute of limitation for these crimes.
by the anti trafficking directive.
you said it commissioner and i am glad you are going to follow up on our new proposals for persons working with children. tougher sanctions also for offences against children with disabilities. as regards orphans yes institutions that cover up crimes should be held liable because silence is complicity. on sex tourism i would like to say that it is criminalised
updating registers of child sexual offenders and sharing information on criminal convictions and disqualifications.
let me assure you that together with the intergroup on children's rights whom i would like to thank especially here tonight we are going to continue to be committed and follow up on the commission with the member states.
it is a crime under european law and member states must do more on prevention setting up prevention programmes identifying men at risk of recidivism training officials and education for children and parents on the risk of the net.
i know how seriously she takes this issue and the report shows that. the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and child pornography is a cross border crime which requires an international response.
it is a sobering fact that every nine minutes the internet watch foundation's analysts encounter a web page that shows children being sexually abused.
the speedy elimination of these images and the protection of children from abuse and exploitation must be a priority of the eu.
it is our responsibility to ensure that the victims of child abuse are not forgotten.
to do this we must use developing technologies for the detection and removal of material and the identification of victims.
research suggests child sexual abuse affects girls at a higher rate than boys and we should take this into account.
what is more non consensual distribution of pornographic material including so called revenge porn overwhelmingly affects women and girls some of whom are under the legal age of consent.
i welcome this report's focus on the sharing of best practice between member states.
i further welcome the report's focus on the victims themselves including the identification assistance and protection of those victims.
finally the focus on removal and blocking of images is particularly important.
we know it is jolly serious of course we do and more must be done.
but do forgive the use of the language because we have to make sure that people understand exactly what we are talking about.
it is serious. something has to be done.
children's lives are ruined all over the world and we must all pull together very much to make sure that we reduce the nastiness that goes on so that we can actually protect our children in a better much more sensitive way.
i also want to pick up the points that have been made in that we would hope that the commission's next report will give us fuller details and better data. that is listed throughout the report in front of us today.
as others have said child abuse whether online or not is growing.
it is big money and it is permutating in the light of new technologies and new opportunities such as unaccompanied minors left in isolation and thus vulnerable or children with disabilities.
even children who consider themselves street smart can find their images used or worse.
so i welcome the report's emphasis on raising awareness and empowering young people to help them stay safe and to report.
we learn that boys are less likely to report sexual abuse.
i think this is where hotlines become so important because they offer confidentiality they offer advice and they also bring action.
the crossborder dimension is increasingly important and the commissioner and others have referred to some of the initiatives some of the things that we stressed in this report such as tracking known sex offenders improving crossborder police cooperation through the work of europol eurojust and the eu's role in
again i welcome what the commissioner has said on that. i think many of us are disturbed to discover that many member states still do not have functional notice and takedown procedures.
so again we welcome what the commissioner has said in terms of taking action against those member states in order to facilitate the directive that they should already be implementing.
are ready to play our own part but we all must work together to fight this terrible crime in order to protect and defend our children.
as i said at the beginning it is not only about legislation it is also about effective and immediate action.
i therefore welcome your contributions to keep this very important issue high on all our agendas.
such a crime against children who as very correctly was said tonight are the most vulnerable in our societies is the most atrocious crime and we must fight together until we can manage to eradicate it entirely.
so that is my only disappointment but i hope that in the next six months under the new presidency the italians can push forward that absolute need for a digital market.
i think that it is absolutely unacceptable that some of the member states are saying that this is not their business.
we are talking here everybody is talking about investment the digital world google we need to have an answer to that.
are we not capable today in two thousand and fifteen of making an agreement with the member states on the digital market and on the telecoms package getting rid of the roaming charges installing net neutrality?
secondly we need real structural reforms not only the announcement of structural reforms in the near future.
i think you missed an opportunity to take responsibility for this unsustainable situation.
mr renzi you came along with an ambitious agenda at a time when the financial crisis was still hitting hard on all of the western world.
i wonder would you agree with me that what we have seen from mr renzi today is a virtuoso performance with absolutely wild ideas and arrogance beyond words when describing the people who oppose him?
do you not agree with me mr renzi that the italian presidency will be remembered only for two things the collapse of the euro and the potential exit of greece and italy and of course the luxleaks scandal which has been dogging this presidency?
for example the report suggests that the commission should consider developing a coherent eu wide labelling scheme for producers which would go beyond the current legislation on labelling.
on the basis of the results of this exercise we will consider how best to proceed.
as honourable members will know the revision of the regulation on rural development programmes is part of the revision of the cap. this idea would therefore be best explored within the context of cap reform discussions.
before addressing specific issues let me first express my appreciation for the excellent work of the rapporteur ms paulsen who has produced a balanced report on this complex and highly sensitive area.
considering a european network of reference centres for animal welfare to ensure that competent authorities receive uniform technical information on the way that eu legislation should be implemented and to disseminate expertise research findings and technical innovation;
i do however share the view expressed in the report about improving coherence in our overall approach. animal welfare is a cross cutting issue on which a range of other policies have an impact.
the commission has agreed to make a series of studies including one on this specific issue in the context of the strategy.
the aim of this oral question from the committee on transport and tourism is to remind the commission forcibly of the safeguards put in place by parliament in this directive in the areas of social protection and the delivery and financing of a universal service
therefore the starting point has to be that our postal services are not just about economic bottom lines but they are also a social service that needs to be supported.
and should guarantee a universal postal service to the citizens of europe.
we do not require technical commission speak answers or even quotes from the various treaties etc.
will do nothing to protect postal workers and postal services and will fail to finance adequately the universal service. therefore there are four clear questions requiring four clear unambiguous answers from the commission.
we want to see the studies demanded in the directive on the cost of delivering that universal service or at least a date for their completion.
in conclusion one could ask why this oral question is being placed before parliament at this time. sadly the answer lies in a suspicion even a mistrust that having got after many years full liberalisation of this sector
we as a parliament are not prepared to have the same debacle afflict postal services that has been prevalent in the railway sector.
member states will ignore the social and service provision articles that are contained in the directive and that the commission will allow them to do so.
that simply cannot be allowed to happen.
we want the commission to carry out a full impact assessment on the liberalisation of the postal market and on the effects that it will have across the sector and not just in terms of the economic aspects of that sector.
we require the guarantee of a universal service.
member states must abide by all the provisions of directive two thousand and eight six ec and the commission must be vigilant in ensuring that they do.
it is from this basic starting point that we must judge directive two thousand and eight six ec which will complete the internal market in postal services by thirty one december this year.
modern technology has radically changed the way people communicate with each other but at the end of the day citizens still like to see on a daily basis the postmen and postwomen who deliver our mail.
and to remind the member states that the obligation is on them to protect both of these areas and not as they have done with railway liberalisation just to ignore the law.
firstly there is a suspicion that the commission will not enforce these important aspects of directive two thousand and eight six ec but will act with great zeal in enforcing the economic liberalisation side of the directive and secondly that member states will move at a snail's pace
after being forced to sell off their profit making arm post offices could not stay open without government support.
the eu postal reform says that good quality postal services should be available throughout the union. that is exactly what we had in britain.
now the sector has been broken up along with people's faith in it.
as a consolidated enterprise the service was efficient prices were managed and everyone had access to it.
thousands shut stripping communities of access to vital services.
the commission must guarantee that mail will be collected from and delivered to customers everywhere throughout the union including the most rural areas five days a week in accordance with the legislation.
i take note of the comment by the commissioner in relation to the obligation of national regulators.
postal workers are a great source of social contact for many elderly people and those living in isolated communities.
finally i agree with many of the other speakers that we do need a moratorium on the full implementation of this directive.
yesterday in this parliament we voted through the employment guidelines and we called for decent work.
as a representative of a largely rural constituency i have received many queries about the obligation to ensure the collection and delivery of postal items five days per week.
they are being replaced by precarious low paid jobs and we know that the liberalisation of postal services is driving this agenda.
yet all over europe decent jobs are being lost in the postal service.
once again you have a responsibility in this area.
commissioner you told us that the directive gives leeway to member states when implementing it in order to comply with social requirements but i am asking you as commissioner to make sure that those social requirements are fully respected.
i have heard the commissioner's response and in some respects i am gratified at what i have heard but there is deep concern in this parliament that with the liberalisation of the postal services social conditions and workers' conditions as well as the service conditions that are contained in the universal service will be diluted on the
the second point i wanted to raise is in response to the spokesman from the efd group with regard to the united kingdom and the fact that he was blaming the closure of sub post offices in the united kingdom on this liberalisation process. we need to nail that lie very strongly.
the closure of sub post offices in the united kingdom was a decision of the united kingdom.
it was a decision that came about because the uk government reduced its subsidy to sub post offices and it changed its payments of benefits into a direct payments method.
but i am just wondering how effective it really is and particularly how we can justify that type of expenditure because it is difficult to assess the effect in terms of the twin objectives of poverty reduction and the strengthening of democracy in the countries that are recipients of this aid. i would like an objective view. there are different views but certainly an objective view would be welcome.
in addition the commission will strengthen its risk assessment and management framework with regard to budget support in line with the recommendations of the recent court of auditors report.
with this statement and backed by council conclusions i would like to contest the statement in paragraph one of the report that there have been numerous types of undesirable development and wastage of money.
the role of parliaments civil society organisations and audit institutions in partner countries will be further strengthened as part of a budget support operation.
we welcome it because it invites the commission to continue our efforts to improve the design and the approach of budget support.
issues like human rights democracy the rule of law and the eligibility criteria covering macroeconomic public financial management and the national or sector strategy in the partner country will be assessed in a much more structured and rigorous way as you also pointed out in your speech just now and in your report.
as part of the new budget support policy the commission will develop a closer link between general budget support and the fundamental values of the european union.
finally we would also like to make a reference to the court of auditors report on budget support operations from. two thousand and ten the court there acknowledged that the commission has made considerable progress but noted that there are still weaknesses in the methodology and the management that can prevent budget support from reaching its full potential.
however it is precisely because there are still improvements to be made that the commission will come with a communication in mid october.
the external oversight of national budgets is crucial for domestic accountability and international acceptance.
in the end it does not mean that we should engage less if we just give money to a country it actually means engaging more in policy dialogue etc.
for proper sustainable growth and development we actually need more time;
finally let me be clear that the register is not the only transparency instrument implemented by the commission. other initiatives promoted via the transparency portal include for instance the regulation of public access to documents the registers of experts' groups and comitology and information about recipients of eu funds.
i would like to stress in this context that there is no charge for the regions.
regions can however register their representative offices in brussels if they so wish.
in many countries they have a legislative role to play and are therefore not covered by the register.
these are the challenges that the joint transparency register secretariat supported by all those committed to transparency should address.
on law firms i can say that there are consultations with the council of bars and law societies of europe which reveal that they are open to enter into discussions with the institutions in order to find a workable compromise so that lawyers can sign up to the register.
i do not think that there is jurisdiction to see what they get from other sources unless of course it affects their independence of judgment and the impartiality of the judgment itself.
it seems to me there will always be tension between politicians and lobbyists principally because their objectives both overlap and converge.
lobbyists offer information and politicians can find this useful but that information may turn out to be slanted.
the problems arise when either the information is dubious in some way or when the lobbying becomes intrusive and inappropriate.
not least lobbyists can be in possession of considerable financial resources which can then pressure politicians.
it is to tackle these potential and actual abuses that the transparency register the subject of an interinstitutional agreement seeks to develop a framework that will further clarify practices.
in this connection it would make a major difference if the commission were to take steps to provide a proper legal base for the transparency register.
they should not become fronts hiding whom they are representing and they should not be intrusive.
law firms should declare the identity of clients but lawyer client confidentiality is respected and incidentally regions do not as such fall into the category of lobbyists.
there are carrots as well as sticks. registered lobbyists will be placed in a superior position to those not registered in terms of access and participation.
in all this report represents a very welcome step in the direction of greater transparency.