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that's why we have decided on separate mandates for buses and heavyduty vehicles in order to make sure that the level playing field remains equal for all the players in the market for new technologies.
this means that we know that if in the transport sector we are not reducing our emissions enough reductions will need to come from the other sectors that fall under the effort sharing regulation being housing or agriculture. if we don't go for the costeffective reductions that are possible in transport it will mean that agriculture needs to deliver more in those countries where they will have difficulties in meeting their reduction targets.
all the analysis shows that a co two standard on cars and heavyduty vehicles is the costeffective way to reduce emissions in those sectors that fall under the effort sharing regulation and that's what we're doing here.
once again i thank everyone for the discussion.
so if we have one mandate you are giving very clear priority and a benefit for those who are producing both because in buses we can move faster and the market is moving faster.
in the cars we had super credits and now later on the commission is stepping away from that in cars and comes up with super credits again in this regulation.
clearly a solution needs to be found to the problem either by saving the existing agreement or producing something new.
the united states are not the enemy and they must not be treated as such.
an agreement was struck and the sanctions were lifted.
this is obviously extremely concerning.
after all you do not have your own eu army yet to enforce your ideas.
he understands how these people think and he acts in what he believes to be the best interests of his country.
it not only impacts trade and business but of course on the humanitarian level as well.
the eu must forget about posturing power politics and allow the usa to get on with its own foreign policy.
madam president you may or may not be a trump fan but at least president trump does not allow politically correct thinking to muddy his vision when dealing with some of the world's worst tyrants.
the iranian president has even suggested that the country now faces a war situation and air defence drills have been taking place.
iran is considering abandoning the terms set out in the deal as it sees no economic benefit from adhering to them a very worrying development.
it would be wise to remember the many great sacrifices the american people made during the twentieth century in order to promote freedom and peace in europe.
again the eu must work alongside the us to solve this iran problem.
agriculture rural development and cohesion funding to take the hit.
we are moving from a common plan to feed ourselves to a common plan to go to war.
the proposed increase in gni contributions from member states is something i cannot support because the soup it creates contains ingredients that are indigestible when it comes to ireland's neutrality.
also what is going to take a major hit is the sovereignty of our treasuries moving to a system of ownresources for the european union.
it puts fighting before feeding.
a sleeping beauty is born all right and now we are going to have to pay for it.
a twenty two times' increase in defence spending to pay for this.
awarenessraising and a legislative proposal allowing to sanction the misuse of personal data for electoral purposes.
we have seen the spread of fake news or disinformation coordinated on an unprecedented scale including from outside the eu. we have learnt of hacking of candidates and cyber attacks on elections around the world including in europe.
recommendations on greater transparency in paid online political advertisements and communication;
in june this year the european council tasked the commission and the external action service to develop an action plan on tackling disinformation. this action plan which we are currently working on will outline specific proposals for a coordinated eu response to the challenge of disinformation.
and we have to protect our democratic processes from new ways of manipulation by third countries or private interests.
eighty one are in favour of online social networks being fully transparent about political content online and about who is paying for them;
cybersecurity;
it will also build on the work of the hybrid fusion cell as well as the european centre of excellence for countering hybrid threats.
the commission and the european external action service are working hand in hand to define and implement an appropriate euwide response.
the commission is monitoring closely its implementation.
but others are learning from russia.
data protection and hybrid threats.
addressing disinformation also means that we need to improve our ability to make our voice heard to pass our messages and to tell our story.
the commission has written to the member states urging them to set up their national election networks and to identify appropriate single points of contact by the end of this month.
this means for example improving media literacy access to quality journalism supporting independent fact checkers and working with online platforms on how to prevent disinformation campaigns online without and this is important to mention restricting freedom of expression and freedom of speech.
the results of this important conference which was organised mainly by julian king who is here today with me will feed into the two thousand and eighteen colloquium on fundamental rights which commission first vicepresident timmermans and i will organise together in november and which will be dedicated this year to democracy in the european union.
investigations are ongoing into allegations of dark financing from undisclosed third country sources.
we need to improve our analytical capabilities to detect analyse and expose disinformation campaigns in cooperation with eu member states and with the intelligence community working on hybrid threats.
the recent election package adopted by the commission includes several concrete measures.
they are the establishment of elections cooperation networks at national and at eu level;
the most cited source of activities interfering with elections in europe is russia.
allow me to give you a quick overview of our followup actions.
in the short term our priority should be a coordinated response to the threats against the upcoming european and national elections.
we will have elections to the european parliament in may two thousand and nineteen and fifty various elections will have taken place by. two thousand and twenty we have to adjust the protection of the integrity of our elections to the digital age.
guidance on the application of data protection rules in the electoral context;
we have observed other countries and private interests increase their capabilities for election interference.
given the very nature of our union electoral interference in one member state affects the eu as a whole. national authorities cannot address these threats by working in isolation nor can private sector selfregulation solve it all.
an important part of their work is showing who is behind the disinformation attacks that are aimed against eu interests.
we will convene the first meeting of the european election network in january.
in the long term our objective should be that our respective societies all become more resilient and capable of defending themselves against disinformation.
in the area of cybersecurity the commission organised in october a highlevel conference bringing together for the first time seventy representatives of member states national electoral and cybersecurity authorities.
already now i can share with you that it shows that europeans are worried seventy three are concerned about disinformation or misinformation online in the pre election period;
this network will facilitate the fast exchange of information and best practices but also provide support to member states in addressing the main areas of concern which are coordination of all relevant national authorities involved in the protection of elections;
we will build on existing initiatives such as the work of the east stratcom task force which was created in two thousand and fifteen to address russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns.
eighty are in favour of online social networks making clear the amount of money they receive from political parties.
the commission welcomes that the leading online platforms and representatives of the online advertising sector have agreed on a selfregulatory code of practice to address online disinformation.
i encourage the colegislators to complete their work on it as soon as possible so that it is in force before the elections.
crucial electoral rules have been breached or circumvented in particular existing rules on the transparency of campaign financing.
strengthened cybersecurity; diligent enforcement of existing electoral rules;
however this is not enough.
the facebook cambridge analytica scandal showed how personal data can be misused for the profiling and targeting of voters and how valuable our new data protection rules are.
heavy goods vehicles delivering heavy loads to construction sites with steel and concrete brick and block are a major cause of emissions in our major cities around the world.
eighty an eighty reduction in heavy goods vehicles delivering steel and concrete brick and block to building sites around the world replacing it with wood would make a considerable contribution to tackling climate change.
however if we were to build in wood which is up to five times lighter than concrete steel brick and block we could drastically reduce the number of deliveries to our construction sites by as much as.
if we are serious about tackling climate change we need to build in wood.
mr president climate change is the biggest threat that we all face whether we live in a rich country or a poor country and emissions from heavy goods vehicles are a major cause of co two emissions.
but more generally we need to work for transparency traceability and the accountability of cyber criminals which is why it is so important that we make progress on eevidence.
we need to build our resilience through longer term actions as many of you have said on education independent media and building critical awareness but also through some shorter term more immediate actions not least with the upcoming european parliamentary elections
we need to maximise our preparedness ahead of the series of elections that are coming up.
as well as those steps we need to tackle cyber manipulation and on that building on the measures we presented last april in our communication on tackling online disinformation we have as has been mentioned now agreed in what is actually internationally a first
a code of practice on disinformation with the big social media platforms the big news platforms.
we will do that work as a number of you have asked as we prepare the action plan for early december.
there should also be greater clarity around algorithms as has been mentioned in this debate and information on how they prioritise the content that that we see.
i think it is high time we followed that example.
so we are pushing for early agreement on the cybersecurity act the package of measures that we have proposed to try and build our cybersecurity and resilience.
as we've said before in these debates raising awareness is the first line of defence but in itself it is not enough.
repeated in a number of languages and on a number of occasions.
foreign domestic sometimes criminal actors have without doubt sought to break the rules sought to interfere in our democratic processes and raised questions about our democratic institutions.
as a number of you have also observed unfortunately it is not only russia.
we also agree that we need to call out examples of interference.
we from the commission side agree with those of you who say that we need to take action on a number of fronts we need to build our cybersecurity and our resilience against cyberattacks we need to tackle cyber manipulation through dis and
misinformation and we need to tackle the misuse of mined personal data.
make no mistake that does represent a security challenge.
these activities basically reflect a public russian military doctrine which openly advertises the use of false data and destabilising propaganda as legitimate tools.
i want to join those of you who have praised the excellent work carried out by the eu's east stratcom task force which over the last couple of years has now gathered more than four zero cases of pro kremlin disinformation contradicting publicly available facts
i note that in the us congress they've just acted to create a us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency.
from the commission side we very much welcome your strong engagement on these issues.
this needs to be combined with tools enabling users more easily to discover content and access new sources representing alternative points of view as well as to report disinformation.
we need to press the platforms now to deliver granular measurable objectives that we can hold them to account against.
without fast and effective access to electronic evidence it is very hard to hold cyber criminals to account.
we've asked those platforms to restrict targeting options for political advertising to ensure transparency around sponsored content to step up their efforts to identify and delete fake accounts and to establish clear rules around bots.
we still hope that we can see sufficient progress by working quickly together on a voluntary basis but we've been clear that we reserve the right to consider our options again if we don't see the progress that we need.
we're also acting to tackle cyber criminality. we will continue to support europol who have in ec three an internationally recognised centre of excellence in tackling cyber criminality.
we are committed to working with you with member states and with the private sector better to secure the foundations of our democracy free speech freedom of expression and indeed the right of all of those who have spoken today including those who attacked the commission.
others are going down this route as well which is why we also need to tackle the underlying vulnerabilities.
we need to go further.
we have brought them together representatives from each of the member states those responsible for running elections those responsible for cybersecurity and those responsible for data protection and we will build an effective europeanlevel network so that those experts can share best practice and support each other and we can build our collective resilience.
secondly let me repeat that the commission neither comments on developments in ongoing national judicial proceedings nor assesses the impact of court decisions that are not final and irrevocable.
the annual esgab reports have always covered the principle of professional independence and illustrated the progress achieved at national and eu levels.
related to the performance of their duties.
it's important to highlight that the commission has actively supported greek statistics on several fronts.
the commission has consistently confirmed this in previous public statements.
the support has led inter alia to amendments of greek law to further enhance the statistical authority's institutional operational and financial independence. other legal amendments have provided for the indemnification of current or former statistics officials for legal expenses incurred in the context of trials following lawsuits or criminal charges against them
on the basis of the commission's and esgab's monitoring the member states have identified and implemented improvement measures that contribute to maintaining the confidence of users and particularly their trust in the independence of statistics.
commission officials have also contributed extensively with their expertise to strengthening the statistical processes in greece and we continue to do that as we do in other member states too.
this code aims to enhance the professional independence integrity and accountability of european statistics and of the european statistical system.
by cooperating with our european neighbours and partners on challenges of an ageing population in cambridgeshire on women's professional development in norfolk and on food waste in bedfordshire these are just some of the one hundred and twelve projects that european funding for cross border projects interreg have supported.
i would like to thank the commission for leaving the door open to britain to continue to participate in interreg and i call on the british government to help protect jobs businesses and the environment in my region by negotiating our continued access to these important programmes.
they represent tens of millions of pounds of investment that would not have happened were we not in the european union.
because if you look at heavyduty vehicles this is one of the sectors in europe that is fast increasing and where co two emissions are also fast increasing.
to conclude i would like to thank all the shadows for all the good cooperation.
i want to stress that this is important because in some of these markets the truck producers also produce buses and if you have just one mandate and mix them all you can create an unfair market.
we are also putting forward a specific mandate for buses.
that's to be expected.
therefore it is important to have separate mandates for buses and trucks because we know that on buses we can move much faster we can than on trucks.
let me say very clearly that we would like to stay very close to the commission proposal because if you lower the fine to such a level that it's easy for the producer to pay it what you are putting in place is just an additional price factor a cost factor of production and i don't think that is what we want to do.
we have been proposing a zero and lowemission vehicle mandate to push the market into new technologies.
in october two thousand and seventeen the political and security committee agreed on implementing guidelines outlining the measures as part of the framework and decisionmaking procedures.
therefore it should be our common goal to ensure that technology used in electoral campaigns safeguards these basic principles and guarantees the legitimacy of electoral outcomes.
work is also under way in the council in response to the commission communication on tackling online disinformation a european approach' and the package on securing free and fair european elections.
finally the european council in its conclusion last month calls for measures to protect the union's democratic system and combat disinformation including in the context of the upcoming european elections in full respect of fundamental rights'.
in addition we are looking forward to the action plan for a coordinated eu response to disinformation which is being jointly developed by the commission and the eeas.
they emphasise the need to enhance the eu's capacity to prevent deter and respond to cyberattacks.
in the last two years we have seen numerous initiatives measures and instruments in the area of cybersecurity seeking to enhance the resilience of our systems and networks.
with the number of users expanding at such a rate it comes as no surprise why social media have become a highly attractive target to cyberattacks capable of impacting electoral campaigns and thus destabilising the democratic basis of our societies.
in june two thousand and seventeen the council agreed on a framework for a joint eu diplomatic response to malicious cyber activities.
the ambitious cybersecurity package presented by the commission in september two thousand and seventeen was followed by a set of council conclusions and an action plan for the continuous monitoring of their respective implementation.
criminal misuse of the internet is a serious concern for the council. it bears the risk of violating the privacy and fundamental rights of our citizens attacking the integrity of information and seeking to disrupt the credibility of the internet.
this year it addressed both in june and october questions of internal security including cybersecurity and disinformation also in the context of the upcoming european elections.
on the latter the council is engaged in strengthening the eu regulation on the statute and funding of european political parties and foundations and is examining the nonlegislative part of the package in order to adopt conclusions from the council and member states as soon as possible.
the protection of the european parliament elections and of the democratic basis of our society including cyberspace is our paramount task and joint responsibility.
it is our firm commitment in line with the call to ensure rapid examination and follow up of the recent set of measures proposed by the commission on election cooperation networks online transparency protection against cybersecurity incidents unlawful data manipulation fighting disinformation campaigns and tightening the rules on european political party funding.
it should be relevant both for eu institutions and for member states as well as for international partners and should propose concrete measures and resources to respond to hostile information operations in a coordinated and comprehensive way. in two thousand and eighteen the number of social media users world wide reached
member states have seen repeated their wish to continuously improve the eu's ability to respond to diplomatically to malicious cyber activities in order to influence the behaviour of potential aggressors in the short and the long term.
the improvement of our resilience and preparedness to counter cyberattacks including targeting electoral campaigns requires our full immediate and constant effort.
it creates an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion and adds uncertainty in international relations i am thinking in particular of the launches by north korea iran and syria.
the treaty has made a crucial contribution to international peace security and stability over the past fifty years.
the eu has a long history of supporting the universalisation and effective implementation of the hague code both diplomatically and financially both the immediate contact point in the austrian mfa and the rotating chairmanships benefit from eu funded support programme.
so we are justified in declaring that the inf treaty has not only contributed to the end of the cold war but it also constitutes one of the major pillars of european current security architecture.
the current disarmament and non proliferation architecture needs to become more universal as a guarantee for all. we europeans are working at all levels to promote the universalisation of existing agreements such as the hague code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation.
the tools for waging nuclear war were not only removed from our continent but irreversibly dismantled and destroyed.
last year it was poland this year sweden. but let me stress that politically binding confidence building measures like the hague code are not a substitute for legally binding arms control and disarmament agreements like the inf treaty.
while neither the european union nor any of the eu member states are parties to the treaty we do have a very high stake in its preservation and continued implementation.
we have asked the united states to consider the consequences of its possible withdrawal from the inf on its own security and on our collective security and we expect the russian federation to address the serious concerns regarding its compliance with the inf treaty.
it is about an entire category of ballistic and cruise missiles regardless of their warheads.
we as the european union stressed the need for concrete progress towards the full implementation of article six of the non proliferation treaty especially through an overall reduction in the global stockpile of nuclear weapons. the states that possess the largest nuclear arsenals which are the russian federation and the united states have a special responsibility on this.
in recent years the development test or use of ballistic missiles has been a destabilising factor in regional and international security.
this happened under the mutual supervision in the form of one side inspections.