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we also considered the post brexit economic situation in the presence of the european central bank president who reassured us about the cooperation of international financial institutions. however it was also made clear that brexit means substantially lower growth in the
for the second day of our summit the leaders met informally without the uk prime minister to discuss our common future.
now it is around fifty per day. given this significantly lower influx we can now efficiently manage this part of our external border.
the leaders understand that some time is needed to allow the political landscape to settle in britain.
the leaders recalled during our debate that for decades europe has brought hope and that we have a responsibility to return to
even in the uk referendum campaign few questioned the fact that economic integration among member states benefits europeans as it creates jobs.
now our attention will focus on the central mediterranean route where flows of predominantly economic migrants remain too high although there has not been a significant rise in numbers compared to the last two years.
we hope to have the uk as a close partner in the future.
there is a petition to parliament started by a leave supporter which has had over four million signatures asking parliament not to trigger article.
' but then you face a tariff barrier on every british good sold in the single market. so when the government or the future prime minister comes off the fence and chooses one of those two options there will be people in britain who voted to leave who will say hang on a minute that is not what we were told that is not what we voted for.
others in the leave campaign said no no leave the european market.
there is no agreed position in britain on what it should seek as an alternative.
of course when he said it he thought the result would be the other way around.
others are just shocked at the number of leave lies that were told in the referendum campaign the number of issues where those wishing to leave simply told and repeated blatant lies.
however the reality is beginning to show with companies leaving britain what has happened to the pound and what has happened to the economy and in these circumstances it is not surprising that many people wish to reconsider those who voted to leave crucially.
' and i will not be surprised at all if you see leave supporters asking for a rethink.
there are even people perhaps surprisingly challenging the result of this referendum.
there are economic problems with the pound falling and the aaa rating lost.
fifty there are demonstrations.
allow me to speak as one of the forty eight who voted to remain who regret this decision and who will be sad if britain leaves this union that we have helped to build over many years.
why do you think there are challenges to the result of a democratic referendum?
we need quick resolution and quick implementation.
some of them may lead to more integration; some
also the uk will have less and less influence on how the eu will evolve and one day it will have zero influence. i do regret it but it is a matter of fact.
we are here again intergovernmentalism federalism whatever.
we do not see a message we do not see a signal we do not see a direction we do not see the issues that are on the table five six imminent;
we need to have a good agreement but i am still waiting for the message.
the conclusions the resolutions of those.
less. that debate is the debate of the past. that discourse belongs in the past. we need the issues and here we need the solutions.
the outcome of this referendum is clear.
i am not here to hector but merely to tell you that it is in both our interests to get the best deal possible.
as an elected representative i have a duty to ensure that the will of our people is fulfilled.
therefore it is imperative on so many levels that we are good healthy trading neighbours.
we owe it to the citizens of both the uk and europe to conduct these negotiations in a grown up manner so we can get the best deal for everyone.
but we will take back control of our borders our own laws and our own money.
the last thing any of us want in my country or here is a tariff war which will be mutually destructive for both our economies.
millions of jobs on the continent are dependent on british trade. we are the french farmers' biggest marketplace purchasing thirty five million bottles of champagne last year alone.
we the british have a huge trading deficit with the european union gbp sixty billion alone last year.
we want access to the single market like the united states like china like russia and many other countries around the globe.
the uk and europe are joined by geography culture history and trade and that will not change.
i want to look forwards and not backwards because what is needed is some fair and equitable negotiations that will ensure that the best deal is struck both for the british people and for the european union.
ms harms i am not going to rabble rouse in any way shape or form because i am sure that things were said in the heat of the moment in the aftermath of brexit which many people regret not only certain people in this chamber and in the commission but also in the uk itself.
we in the european parliament should put aside the language of conflict and as elected representatives work towards a viable and prosperous future together.
the british people want to leave the european union and also cease being a member of the single market which entails freedom of movement of people.
we've been overwhelmed by the support from friends across the eu who wanted us to stay but i'm heartbroken most for the young who will miss their opportunities; heartbroken for the entrepreneurs who see doors closing;
this referendum campaign was packed with exaggerations threats and downright lies.
as a liberal democrat i am a pro european will continue to be pro european and will fight for that.
but it was all lost.
but we must move our politics into the twenty first century and we must have a general election soon we cannot allow one single party to decide the leader of our country.
for businesses for farmers for bankers and for the rest whose future is now so uncertain.
the british referendum was lost for the want of education and information especially in our media to fight the anti european propaganda of years and years especially by foreignowned media bosses. for the want of governments that recognise the widening gaps in society the haves and the havenots and the left behind.
heartbroken for scientists who see horizons shrinking;
i'm heartbroken.
in the uk we must mend our politics it is chaos and embarrassment and packed with hate.
you have your own work to do to adjust and to go forward but this was not just a wakeup call for the uk.
we need to sort out our relationship with the eu.
for the want of all these things and more the referendum was lost and i like the forty eight who voted to stay in am heartbroken.
i am not here to gloat but to say that i came into politics to get my country out of the european union and vote brexit and they did.
and of course we condemn all the attacks on european citizens.
after all over eur two hundred and eighty eight billion of eu trade is with the uk.
he has also proved over the past few weeks that he is unable and unfit to lead these negotiations.
european businesses will recognise that they need to continue to trade with us.
our commonwealth partners the us south korea and others are queuing up to do free trade deals with us.
they deliberately talked our economy down.
i am the. fifty two i believe the victory of national democracy will encourage my friends in other nations to fight for their right to determine their own national interests.
many of those who voted for the uk to leave the eu did so for principled reasons some of which i agree with but i think it would be dangerously politically naive to ignore the fact that within the current wave of inarticulate hostility against the european union there are forces whose intention is not to reform our institutions but to undermine democracy itself.
i have no doubt that we will return to a state of stable democratic governance but in the meantime i offer some reassurance to those who are unsettled by recent developments.
as greens we will fight to ensure that eu citizens already living in the uk will be allowed to stay and we insist that they are treated respectfully.
finally we will ensure that our decision to leave the eu is not used as an excuse to launch a race to the bottom in terms of environmental standards taxation and workers' rights.
we should not take our democratic rights for granted and i am shocked by the instability and divisions that the vote to leave and the campaign itself have caused in my country.
we will also do our utmost to achieve an electoral system in which votes are translated into seats fairly so that nobody feels their voice is unheard and politicians act as true representatives.
as a result of the vote to leave the eu my country is left without a government or opposition and with a frightening increase in the number of racist attacks.
as individuals please wear the safety pin to show that we stand together against the tiny minority of racists whether you voted to leave or to remain.
the democratic unionist party's leave campaign was reckless and it was wrong and the political football was set up in order to get stronger links with britain harder borders and damage the all ireland economy. i say to you the people of the north of ireland voted to remain
we have farmers smes women's groups the community and voluntary sector universities foreign direct investment construction workers and twenty three zero cross border workers and students who cross the border every day. brexit will turn the north into an economic basket case.
in the eu it is for the respective national governments to decide how best to respond to a national referendum.
the british referendum was just the latest wake up call for the eu and many rightly respond by calling for more reform.
so my plea to all of you is listen to those who want the eu to meet the challenges of the future.
whatever the challenge more europe' is not always the answer.
donald tusk was right to say that people are disillusioned with grand utopian visions of the future and just want us to cope better with the present.
decisions are not always made by all seven hundred and fifty one meps from across the continent.
listen to those who want politicians to start addressing their legitimate concerns even where we may disagree and listen to those who want their leaders to focus on creating jobs and growth rather than creating political utopias.
increasingly decisions in the eu are not necessarily being made in an open and transparent way especially in this chamber.
politics is about perception and there is a perception that decisions are increasingly made by five men sitting in a room and cutting deals among themselves.
some in brussels draw different conclusions and instead of wanting to get on with a friendly relationship with the uk foster hope that maybe a part of the united kingdom can remain in the eu rolling out the red carpet for the first minister of scotland.
who knows maybe one or two of them are in this chamber here today!
this is the case even now where the netherlands has been given the space to decide its response to its referendum in march.
in terms of making it clear that people will not be moved people are protected by something called the vienna convention which predates even britain's membership of the european union.
as i say i want us to be good neighbours;
i do not think that you understand what is happening. it is not only a brexit referendum.
fathers. that is what we have
forward. we are not going to talk you can be sure about federalism integration deepening widening coordination implementation and all these other buzzwords that are at the centre of our discussions.
the only reaction i have heard from the council was that we should not change anything and that it is just a question of implementing the existing european policies.
future. so let us not
that is what the citizens are asking for
do you know what the results
what are you waiting for?
homework. parliament will be ready in october with a global plan based on three reports on the way
the starting point is the concern expressed by european citizens when they ask how we can get control of our lives and in fact there is a choice to be made about this.
we need instead to build up a real european border to host refugees and to manage migration with the origin countries.
in the face of the problems we have regarding global challenges we cannot just play with our little economies.
we need to build up a more effective european trade policy and global strategy;
this means the single market and the eurozone provided they are really able to deliver quality jobs and more economic and social convergence.
so what we need is not to go back to national borders.
the range of views on what should be the future of europe was indeed widely debated in britain and there are many views on the future of europe but let us remember the basic rule book of the european union the treaties are laid down by agreement among all the member states.
so the idea that the union could go off in a direction that was unacceptable to one or another of those member states and that could be imposed on them against their will was just one of the other leave lies that were put about in this referendum campaign.
my example is mr verhofstadt who is a european federalist integrationist and his strongest argument in here seems to be that if you do not stay you will be a dwarf.
we see it cannot work.
the big issue here i would contend is contagion.
i do agree that there was some entirely reprehensible language used about other europeans and this has led to racist attacks against people in my country.
i do think that came from one side. i think there was a mobilisation of racism by some elements of the leave campaign.
i also believe it revealed how thin the veneer of civilization is in all our communities and how we must all stand up against racism and fascism as soon as we see it and give it absolutely no houseroom.
the absence of political leadership from westminster is absolutely shameful in these circumstances. the uk government has no plan and even those who led the leave campaign have no idea what to do next. perhaps we should not be surprised given that their campaign was based as many have said upon lies
but also that it seems that they did not expect to win. i am glad that colleagues have recognised that the uk is not one country.
the result in scotland my country was a clear majority in favour of remaining in the european union.
the remain campaign in scotland was based on the positive outlining the many benefits which derive from eu membership and with a vision for the future.
i think that the negative result in england was based on decades of failure by uk governments decades of halfhearted approaches to eu membership decades of blaming brussels for anything that seems unpopular and decades of failing to underline the fact that it is elected governments and meps who make the decisions in the european union. by contrast the scottish government and nicola sturgeon with a cross party mandate
seek to achieve and give effect to what scotland voted for and in the coming months will be working hard and positively to that effect.
are you aware of how british parliamentary democracy works?
you say the brexit side has no plan but the brexit side is not the government the government has to change to allow someone to be prime minister who will actually carry through the will of the people.
in the past few weeks i must have spoken to thousands of voters in the uk.
those who voted remain voted for economic and political stability and recognise that there have been many mutual benefits from working together.
they were concerned about the five presidents making decisions that they felt they were not in contact with. they saw the unemployment on the edges of the euro and were scared.
they were fearful about migration.
they won and we need to listen to them.
i hope we can have a mutually beneficial agreement for the long term but we need to take time. so please will you be calm.
the truth is they never expected to win and the truth is neither london nor brussels had a plan has a plan and they now have to go and construct that plan.
the uk decision must in my opinion be respected.
there will be many twists and turns on the rocky road ahead that we now have to travel.
i have to say to you mr tusk that you have a massive responsible role to play here.
can i say to this house that it was a massive mistake to send david cameron back to fight the referendum with one hand tied behind his back?
do you agree nonetheless that most racists did vote leave and the leave campaign organisers went after that vote with some notorious posters seeking to get support from the extremes on the right wing fringe?
we now have an awful lot to do we have to repair our politics of abdication and chaos where everybody has run away because it's too difficult to sort out.
they want to be as close to the internal market as possible and the internal market would not have been possible without the european union so they are dreaming and hoping to be as close as possible to the internal market because of its fundamental importance.
be proud of what we have achieved a reunited europe an internal market a common policy on climate energy and the environment that is what we are that is a good delivery.
it is fully understandable that the events of the past days have produced a lot of negative emotions but we cannot give in to these emotions. we have to preserve the ability to make sober assessments and rational decisions.
first i would like to stress that the eu is ready to proceed with an amicable divorce with the uk even today.
in this process we will stand firmly on the grounds of the treaties which have prepared us for such a situation.
and one thing must be clear the treaties have left the decision on the initiation of the divorce proceedings to the member state that wishes to leave the eu.
in other words we cannot effectively force this decision on the uk.
secondly before launching the divorce proceedings we will not undertake any negotiations on the future shape of relations between the eu and the uk.
future relations will be based on a balance of rights and obligations.
i would like to reassure you that wherever there may be a conflict of interest we will act in the interests of the eu and we will do so effectively.
thirdly today we have heard a lot of severe and critical comments aimed at member states.
in the current situation attacks on the eu institutions including the commission and parliament can only deepen the confusion.
the national capitals must make an effort to stop accusing the eu and its institutions of weaknesses and failures.
taking responsibility for one's own words applies also to the representatives of eu institutions.
today we must combine all our efforts to agree on what our common interest is as opposed to constantly demonstrating our individual importance in some kind of perpetual vanity fair.
having said that ireland is fully committed to the european union a european union of equals and that is why we have to ensure that there are no more special meetings of the original six.
the country remains divided.
but we cannot continue in the same style.
we need to address the fears and uncertainties of millions of our citizens and provide clear answers to questions about their identity cultural continuity economic justice and defence.
the council plan for accelerated practical cooperation with nato is to be welcomed.
in the new situation it is especially important to remain united in our common approaches toward russian aggression in defending the credibility of our own values.
as regards the concrete grounds being considered i certainly welcome the fact that they are largely inspired by the list that the commission developed at the request of the member states at the environment council on twenty december.
i understand however that specifying these grounds in the proposal itself would enhance the proposal.
but it should be made explicit that these environmental reasons or policy objectives are distinct from risks assessed according to the gmo legislation.
while we could consider in an overall agreement some of the amendments modifying other articles there are two particular amendments that warrant careful attention.
i want to emphasise that the proposal aims to give member states a choice not to cultivate.
eighteen ec other than the proposed new article twenty six b. in its proposal the commission favoured a targeted amendment to deliver specifically on member states' requests for an opt out clause.
need to continue working in an effective and productive manner to build bridges between opposing views on gmo cultivation.
where there is an identified risk it is not a matter of choice but instead there is an obligation to act at eu level and the existing legislation provides for precise and restrictive measures. a number of amendments concern articles of directive two thousand and one
as with any other grounds these would need to be substantiated in line with the reality of the territory in question.
i can therefore support this approach.
two thousand and ten a fundamental point for discussion between co legislators is the formulation of environmental grounds.
the draft report reflects the important work undertaken during the last months. i certainly welcome your efforts towards clarifying the grounds on which restrictions on cultivation may be justified. the possible grounds to be invoked are by definition
that is why in order to avoid restricting member states' flexibility the commission's proposal referred only to grounds other than the assessment of adverse effects of gmos on health or the environment.
i believe that we have the competence but naturally the processes need to be strengthened and are always susceptible to being strengthened.
this is as you all know what we are doing now.
on the other hand we have to understand that efsa's decisions are not instructions or edicts requiring member states to cultivate gmos. they are statements on safety from the health and environmental perspective.
therefore we need other processes when it comes to cultivation.
ms grossette said that the commission through this proposal is avoiding its responsibility and passing it on to member states.
i would suggest that it is completely the opposite. cultivation comes at the tail end of a process which starts from the authorisation phase.
i believe that having this provision implemented would put more pressure on the biotech industry to persuade consumers and their representatives about the benefits of their products and to ensure that risks are reduced and benefits are increased.
the objective of responsible innovation which we are pushing is not an economic benefit but it is a citizens' benefit.
may i remind you that the proposal addresses the long standing demands of some member states for more subsidiarity on gmo cultivation.
the swift work of parliament gave us additional impetus to work hard with the hungarian presidency towards a compromise proposal which could have been the starting point for discussions and a possible agreement.
unfortunately despite the substantive progress achieved under the hungarian presidency it was not possible to open discussions with parliament before today's vote.
whilst many member states continue to emphasise the importance of the commission's proposals others keep asking for extra time and further clarifications.
i remain committed to working with parliament and the council on the clarification and possible improvement of the proposal to reach an agreement as soon as possible.
this report has been significantly changed from the commission report.
i am very happy to support member states' discretion on most grounds but not on scientific grounds.
it is our duty as co legislators to open up debate and make decisions based on evidence.
they form the basis of reach plant protection and many other regulations.