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this important step should be applauded but at the same time we cannot overlook the fact that china holds the record for the highest number of death penalties the true number of which we do not even know due to a lack of transparency and the fact that certain people are qualified as non people.
china is beaten only by iran when it comes to the execution of juveniles and killing children cannot be justified under any circumstances.
a celebration of culture reminds us of the essential freedom of expression but too many people across the world are subject to the death penalty and a fear thereof as a result of the words that they have expressed.
the eu should also step up its responsibilities in providing shelter for people from countries that practise the death penalty.
mr cameron it is important that you continue to veto such a proposal.
one five billion a year at a time when our hospitals are understaffed our schools are closing and pensions are being sacrificed.
if they did i would be worried i was doing something wrong'.
it is consumed by greed not just for money but for talking.
the city of london our financial capital is being attacked and undermined through financial taxes.
these words came to mind when i heard president barroso state in relation to the eu budget that it would be the greatest surprise of my life if member states starting supporting me.
it is unjustifiable that any increases be proposed at this time of austerity across member states. uk contributions to the eu are to rise by eur.
this is wrong as you have always claimed with regard to the european development fund being outside the eu budget.
they are all in the governments that are against this.
on the contrary they vote against it.
i know the countries that will be against it.
the present multiannual financial framework was supposed to support the lisbon strategy which would make europe the most competitive economy in the world and look where we are.
indeed they will burden europeans with yet more taxes even if they try to convince the public that they are only making the naughty banks pay.
ah but this time the eu is proposing to tax us out of the crisis.
moreover the proposal has been presented in a misleading manner in which at least half of the increase is disguised by keeping it out of the budget lines as is the case with iter or the globalisation adjustment fund for example.
this time in addition the commission's proposal lacks transparency and definitely cannot be relied upon.
that is the proper response of the european union looking at times of austerity across the whole of europe to say to people that we share your pain we realise that times are hard in public expenditure.
in none of our member states are the public calling for more european taxes and frankly nobody believes you when you say that more european taxes will result in fewer contributions from member states.
your own court of auditors has refused to approve the eu's accounts for the last sixteen years in a row.
we believe that a freeze is the right way to go;
this mmf proposal is yet another wish list by a european elite that everyday becomes more and more distant from the concerns of ordinary people. and it is not just david cameron calling for a budget freeze;
i think he wants to start on his own political family.
so perhaps he wants to talk to his own group before he tries to convince the rest of us.
the public have long since stopped believing that more europe is the answer to all of our problems.
in no country in europe that i am aware of do they want more europe perhaps they want a better europe perhaps they want a more efficient europe but nowhere not even in belgium are people calling for more europe.
he talks about a pr campaign to convince people of the necessity of a rise in the budget.
the two largest components of his group the german liberals and the british liberal democrats are both part of governments the last time i looked that were calling for a freeze in the european budget.
listening to mr schulz mr verhofstadt and others it is sometimes hard to imagine that the supporters of the so called european project actually want it to succeed because they seem to me by their proposals to be doing their very best to discredit the whole idea of the eu in public opinion.
it should have been proposed in the first place.
mr barroso there are plenty of opportunities for savings in the european budget.
a thousand of your civil servants earn more than the british prime minister.
mr barroso you should be looking for cuts for reductions in the european budget and this should not be too hard to find.
people believe that they will be paying more money towards europe and frankly with some of the speeches that you make it comes as no surprise to any of us that that is what they believe.
let us preserve the climate of cooperation aiming at an agreement that could be equal to financial peace for europe for seven years. this is a
this is the essence of a multiannual perspective.
there is a second reason why i consider this proposal a good basis for our negotiations.
this is what citizens expect from us. for the two thousand and fourteen twenty multiannual financial framework this means a focus on investment. looking at the commission's proposal from this perspective i see that it generates new space for future oriented policies investing in growth based on advances in knowledge innovation resource efficiency and skills. at the same time it proposes to modernise existing policy instruments and harness them more effectively to achieve the
it can gain and it can cut money in the different member states of the european union.
that is in fact a democratic advantage that we create with a system of own resources.
this will be to finance regional policy that should be carried out by member states which know best how to spend their own money;
to carry out unnecessary social engineering with their absurd politically correct social targets;
to put sticking plasters over the fragmentation of our national societies caused by third world immigration experiments;
to pay for propaganda in member states and candidate states to carry out the impossible task of making the eu even less repellent; to provide bribes to so called neighbourhood countries to seduce them into the web of eu membership; and lastly the ludicrous claim that the new budget will strengthen the management of our borders and tackle serious crime and terrorism.
it is proposed that the eu should be given the right to levy a tax so called own resources on taxpayers in member states.
only sovereign states have the right to levy taxation;
madam president i welcome the commitment to use this budget to create jobs growth and competitiveness and i am particularly pleased to see the plans to invest in the single market research and development and the environment.
in that respect the commission is absolutely right but in demanding a bigger budget to do so it is absolutely wrong.
mr barroso you chose to ignore the advice of five heads of government to freeze the budget and you have declined to take those tough spending choices.
you could have started by looking to impose the kind of austerity that every other national government is having to introduce at this time. you could have looked to cut waste.
you could have been prepared to reassess and reform traditional priorities such as the common agricultural policy and you might even have shown a willingness to tackle the issues raised by the court of auditors.
you could have but you did not.
instead you are asking for a bigger budget and more tax raising powers.
mr barroso your instincts are right but your actions are wrong.
at this time of crisis you should have been setting an example for the rest of europe but by demanding a bigger budget you are demonstrating yet again that you are out of touch with the real economy and out of touch with the real people.
mr president i am not taking lessons in democracy and power to the citizens from mr verhofstadt the person who forced through the lisbon treaty without any referendum.
i want to conclude by saying that the commission will make full use of eu competences to support the member states in this respect.
the possible added value of such an initiative would also need to be carefully assessed by the commission because we have already developed a range of preventive actions such as awareness raising activities exchanges of good practice and project funding at grass roots level activities to prevent violence against women.
the commission is now guiding and monitoring member states in the effective implementation of this legal framework at national level.
in the commission we have participated very actively in the work of eurostat the fundamental rights agency and the european institute for gender equality to improve eu data collection based on reliable national data.
you can also count on the commission to use the new rights equality and citizenship programme to keep supporting awareness raising activities and regular exchanges of good practices and to provide funding to governments ngos and the networks working in this field.
regarding accession to the council of europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence we are examining the legal and policy implications of a possible eu accession in the area of the convention where there might be eu competence.
mr president every day women and girls are humiliated beaten sexually abused and killed only because they are women
we in the commission have shown a dedication to making full use of the eu competences and supporting the member states in preventing and combating all forms of violence against women within the eu and also in our work with the rest of the world.
together we have put in place a comprehensive legal framework at european level to protect women against all forms of violence. this framework includes the directive on trafficking in human beings the directive against sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography the directive on the european protection order applicable in criminal matters a regulation setting the european protection order covering civil matters
this strong legislative framework is in place.
as you know the commission has recently adopted a communication on eliminating female genital mutilation and has committed itself to monitoring and taking stock of progress on an annual basis.
in this context an additional eu legislative instrument as suggested by parliament on preventive measures on violence against women would require a careful analysis of how exactly it would fit into what we currently do in terms of the division of responsibilities between the
it is not about ideology it is about the right of women to be protected against violence for the benefit of society as a whole.
but more important is to keep calling on the member states to sign and ratify the convention.
the annex proposes a regulation based on article eighty four of the treaty that provides for the exchange of best practices information and training of officials involved.
the eu should therefore become the leading international actor in preventing gender based violence and we should ensure that a life free from violence becomes a reality for all women in the eu.
today in the eu there is neither a legislative act establishing measures to promote and support the action of member states nor a comprehensive strategy to combat violence against women.
violence against women is a severe violation of human rights in the form of gender based discrimination.
it is the root cause of gender inequality and it is an obstacle to women's full participation in economic social political and cultural life.
there have been a number of calls by parliament to the commission to come forward with an eu wide strategy including legislation to combat violence against women.
it also proposes that the commission take the first steps towards establishing a european observatory on violence against women building on existing institutional structures such as the european institute for gender equality.
the outcomes and levels of protection of women and girls within the twenty eight eu member states differ widely.
it also insists on the need for a coherent system for collecting statistics on gender based violence and asks the commission to propose a new action plan on fgm addressing several issues like prevention and protection.
we have also learned that while strengthening the eu internally is of course key for the health and functioning of the union itself at the same time to be and to appear strong the eu also needs to remain engaged and open to the outside world.
so not only better paid jobs but also better access to these jobs.
as we grow europe's data economy and enter the era of the internet of things cyber security becomes a matter for everyone.
the eu's transformative power is still very much there.
thirdly we must keep looking for issues initiatives and ways that unite us and not those that pose a risk of dividing member states.
the commission has gone a long way with its reflection paper on harnessing globalisation and deserves to be commended for that.
estonia a country that was deprived of the advantages of european integration during its first forty years feels that particularly deeply.
thank you president juncker for this proposal.
that is our compass especially while we are performing the duties of the presidency of the council of the eu with the wind in our sails.
the free movement of data is one of its cornerstones.
and of course we are confident that an inclusive and ambitious permanent structured cooperation in the field of defence can be launched by the end of this year.
as with the eu's other freedoms free movement does not mean freedom from rules.
work on the external dimension is going well and maybe for the first time the union is using all the tools in its foreign policy toolbox at the same time assistance development trade military operation and even enlargement policy.
the eu heads of state and government will address these key issues at the tallinn digital summit on twenty nine september.
cybersecurity is a challenge that cannot be tackled by any member state on its own. we all need to fulfil our responsibilities by fully implementing the existing eu legislation and must deploy all parts of our toolbox working on the new legislation and engaging with the private sector.
the eu also has an important role to play setting international norms pursuing cybercriminals standing up for european values such as freedom and privacy guiding the development of the global market for secure products and services and reacting to states that sponsor and support malicious cyber activity.
first that we who care for our union must have the courage to make the positive case for the eu.
in the field of trade the eu must perform a tough balancing act.
on security we are ready to engage with the parliament on ets and hopefully on sis initiatives.
we need to ensure that european citizens and businesses are able to benefit from data and that we create no new barriers to the single market.
the eastern partnership summit in november is an opportunity to reconfirm our commitment to our neighbours' positive transformation.
fourthly of course we must keep developing the eu further but doing this we must not forget that this time around in two thousand and seventeen it is not the institutional setup that is most important it is important of course but reshaping the institutions must go hand in hand with providing concrete benefits for our citizens. our citizens must be at the centre of our attention and delivering concrete benefits for citizens
we of course welcome the message that we can now proceed with the free trade agreements with australia and new zealand and to expand the network of liberal trade relations in this globalised world.
ladies and gentlemen the speech by president juncker and the debate we have had so far shows us once more that in our union there is much more of what unites us than what creates tensions.
next year new eu personal data protection rules come into force and we look forward to starting work on the commission's new proposal on the free flow of data.
with regard to the proposals on investments and the multilateral investment court as the presidency we will make our best efforts to proceed in the best possible way to build a consensus among the member states in a manner that will enable the eu to continue its leading role in trade policy.
that is the compass while we act as a member state;
we are a model to a number of countries in our neighbourhood and we should not forget it.
we should look for initiatives that balance things and build bridges. for instance it is much easier to talk about the eu social pillar something that the estonian presidency will duly take forward when we simultaneously take real steps in deepening the single market in particular in the field of services.
we welcome the renewal of the eu cybersecurity strategy proposed by the commission.
member states have repeatedly emphasised that legislation in this area is necessary.
at least the eastern european countries have got the right idea.
the message is very clear brexit has happened full steam ahead. so new plans there is to be one powerful president for the whole of the european union;
a stronger european army in a militarised european union with a stronger and perhaps more aggressive foreign policy too;
a finance minister with fresh powers to as you say yourself intervene as and when he sees necessary;
and more europe in every single direction and all of it to be done without the consent of the people. your plan to fight the next european elections with pan european lists funded by the european union but not as you said to fund extremists means that what we will find is that genuine democratic parties of opposition will not be able to compete in elections on the same playing field.
if you had given cameron concessions particularly on immigration the brexit vote i have to admit would never ever have happened and yet the lesson you take is that you are going to centralise and you are going to move on to this new i think very worrying undemocratic union.
indeed the way you are treating hungary and poland must already remind them of living under the soviet communists when you attempt to tell them how they should run their own countries.
seventy three of our citizens want more european action on the side of migration;
it means that we create a european asylum system so that we can finally get rid of this broken dublin system because that is the real origin of the problem.
let's not make the mistake of thinking okay the war is over we have won a few elections in a number of countries and now the wind is blowing in the right direction.
that is the reality so why do we continue to do
the same number want a european army and at the same time even more europeans want european capacities and capabilities in the fight against terrorism.
of for a number of years.
and there are a number of examples of
so it is true jean claude that the last three years were not easy it was mainly crisis management but i completely agree with you that now is the moment now or never i should say as in the song to build up the european union that the people are asking for and that we together have already been dreaming
and what does this mean?
but there is one thing on which i have a little difference in point of view with you and it is the institutional problem.
and yes to autocratic leaders worldwide a beacon of openness a beacon of freedom and a beacon of hope in the twenty first.
and why do we want to do
that will never be the example in whatever member state in the european union.
we are more than that we are in fact a democracy on a european scale and also to defend our values and our principles outside the union but also inside the union.
seventy five want more european action against climate change.
no what the people want is not to continue with this europe.
dublin is not european.
let us forget the five scenarios.
one final remark president juncker i am not offended that you have forgotten the czech republic as a country that will also be a hundred years old next year.
but i understand that we will find them in the report.
social policy is not occupied by the socialists frankly speaking it is an issue for all of
there is no debate about this.
but we have to be frank.
only last week in romania the hungarian minority language catholic high school of trgu mure ceased to exist because of the systematic harassment by various authorities where hundreds of minority language speaking children were insecure until the last moment about whether they would be able to attend their school again.
still european citizens belonging to national autochthonous or language minorities can be treated very differently depending on where they live.
more than sixty million citizens expect acknowledgement of their existence by the eu institutions.
what do the parents of these children who are interrogated by the romanian anti corruption agency for enrolling their children in the school feel about the rule of law that the eu is supposed to guarantee them?
mr president i would like to say to mr juncker that when it comes to jobs security and freedom a europe that protects cannot be a europe that is protectionist. the ecr group believes that the eu needs to create more opportunities not more regulations and more agencies. many of our citizens tell us that they feel as if they have little say in the decisions we make about their lives their countries and their futures.
when it comes to their concerns over migration security and jobs they prefer an eu that complements their national and local governments not seek to overrule them.
speaking as both a future neighbour who wishes to see a prosperous eu trading and cooperating with a prosperous uk and speaking today as one of the leaders of the ecr group with meps from across the eu being critical of the policies of the eu should not be seen as an attack on the eu but a genuine desire to see an eu which regains the trust and confidence of its citizens. as a liberal conservative and a passionate believer in free trade i welcome the emphasis on open trade in your speech.
but modern open trade needs countries to shed the cloak of protectionism.
modern open trade needs to be open to the latest investment in technology to allow frictionless borders.
modern open trade needs faster broadband networks to allow smes to trade securely online with the rest of the world.
and for our businesses and economies to thrive let us prioritise the refit agenda.
let us train our workers with the skills demanded by modern digital economies.
but also let us unleash the spirit of free enterprise in our young people to create their own businesses and let them be allowed to try and try again if at first they do not succeed.
because just as soviet five year plans did not create creative economies eu growth plans do not create jobs it is businesses that create jobs.
we must also remember that our economic prosperity depends upon global stability and we cannot show disunity in our dealings with russia or other unpleasant regimes.
we must maintain sanctions and show in words and in action at the eastern partnership summit that for countries like ukraine nato the eu and the west can offer them a better stronger and more stable future than turning to face the east. mr juncker no one expects there to be a quick fix to all the challenges or for you to have all the answers by the next time we meet.
but the people outside of this building want to know that the people inside this building will continue to steady the ship and not set sail into yet more storms.
so no matter what side of the argument or what side of the channel all our countries need to prepare to face the global challenges from a position of optimism from a position of strength and from a position of honesty with our voters.
it is to make europe not only a single market or a eurozone but also a political entity able to respond to the new world in front of us.
we need the european union to be a big democratic power supporting our way of life and making sure that we have the means to deliver our values and our way of life.