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if there is one issue in the uk that they think we have to do together it is about european defence.
it would create resistance in every member state were you to make such a contractual arrangement because it would be seen as an intrusion from europe in a specific national reform.
there need to be convergence directives that are applicable to all twenty eight member states of the union and to all the seventeen member states of the eurozone. naturally these convergence guidelines will have different consequences in these and other member states with different reforms.
it gives the impression that the european union and specifically the commission is in fact intervening and imposing a special national reform while it is still member states who are responsible for that.
we shall see exactly the same as what happened in japan that is a long period of economic stagnation.
banks have to pay based on their risk profiles.
nevertheless we see that if you carry out a poll in europe in all the member states of the european union public opinion is in favour of european defence a majority in favour of european defence even in the united kingdom.
how can the union respond in a comprehensive manner to the rapid evolution of europe's strategic and geopolitical environment and address new security notably energy cyber and maritime challenges? how can the union assume its responsibilities as security provider for maintaining peace and security together
contractual arrangements and related solidarity mechanisms should facilitate and support the reform process.
furthermore creating a more competitive and integrated european defence industry will also stimulate job creation innovation and growth.
significant progress in delivering key capabilities can be achieved through pooling demand harmonising requirements coordinating defence planning and development of capabilities and ensuring interoperability including with key partners organisations such as nato.
contractual arrangements will be built on existing procedures and next week's european council is expected to decide on the principles which will underpin these arrangements.
following the adoption of the single supervisory mechanism further work is needed on the completion of the architecture of the banking union.
to achieve this we must improve the synergies between civilian and military research and national and eu research.
year. i know that you share our assessment of the importance of this file and the need for us to reach agreement by the end of the end of the current legislative cycle as
the union's ability to bring together in a coherent manner policies and tools ranging from diplomacy security and defence to finance trade development and justice can still be improved.
secondly to enhance the development of defence capabilities.
this will also help promote greater access by smes which are a key driver for growth to these markets.
these are of course issues which are key to delivering a return to prosperity and creating employment. the european council will also return to the issue of migration in the mediterranean following the tragic accident off the coast of lampedusa.
next week's european council is likely to identify a number of priority actions built around three axes.
but there is a need to enhance the effectiveness of the coordination of the economic policies of the member states and in the euro area by increasing member states' commitment and ownership when implementing the country specific recommendations and the reforms towards competitiveness growth and jobs that these entail. for this reason the december european council will focus its attention on
our technological and industrial base is fragmented.
as you are well aware over the past three years the eu economic governance framework has been substantially reinforced with the active support of this parliament.
let me conclude on this point with a few words on the social dimension of emu and the completion of the banking union.
the reports will serve as a further impetus to continue our work in the energy sector which is key to european competitiveness growth and security of supply.
term. it also decided to consider migration issues from a longer term perspective next june when it will discuss the area of freedom security and justice.
defence budgets are shrinking and our fragmented european defence industry is struggling to remain competitive.
the example of air to air refuelling is particularly striking.
it comes four years after the entry into force of the lisbon treaty and takes place against a background of some disillusion about the value of europe.
it presents us with an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the added value of europe or to put it differently to highlight the cost of non europe. and i know that this is of particular concern to this parliament which together with national parliaments contributes to the december two thousand and thirteen european council debate.
no single member state can afford on its own to maintain an adequate refuelling fleet.
if member states harmonised their requirements for military capabilities they would be able to use their resources more efficiently. if they could decide on a shared approach on the use and maintenance of assets they would benefit from much greater capacity than is available at the national level.
there is a heavy agenda with a range of issues covering defence economic and monetary union and economic and social policy.
on the social dimension of the emu the european council is expected to confirm the decision on the use of the scoreboard of employment and social indicators in the joint employment report.
through close cooperation among ourselves but also with our partners notably nato we can increase overall capacity reduce costs and be more efficient. this is equally true for the european defence industry.
however conditionality and monitoring based on observable milestones are essential when designing instruments for financial support. it is intended that the european council will agree on the main features of both the contractual arrangements and solidarity mechanisms.
week. i should add by way of conclusion that the european council is also expected to look at enlargement issues as is usual in december and to welcome two energy council reports on progress to create the eu internal energy market and on developments since two thousand and eleven regarding strengthening the external dimension of eu energy policy.
next week's european council will take stock of the operational decisions identified following the work of the task force and the discussions by justice ministers last
firstly to enhance the effectiveness visibility and impact of our common security and defence policy.
i have already mentioned that cooperation between member states is crucial.
the lithuanian presidency is working very hard to reach a general approach on a single resolution mechanism by the end of this
finally to strengthen our defence industry.
our objective is to enhance ownership effectiveness democratic legitimacy and accountability.
this is a top priority since it will help restore normal credit throughout the union and prevent credit crises in the future.
we can also reduce costs harmonise demand and enhance interoperability by developing defence industrial standards and certification procedures without duplicating already existing ones.
however the analysis of social indicators should not dilute the aim of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure as a detection prevention and correction tool for macroeconomic imbalances which is significant for the functioning of the
if europe wants to maintain strategic autonomy and ensure the security of supply action is needed at european level.
next week the european council will come back to the issue of economic and monetary union and will carry out an assessment of the economic situation in the member states and the euro area on the basis of the two thousand and fourteen annual growth survey published by the commission on thirteen november.
although economic reform is in the interests of member states the long term gains are sometimes difficult to assess immediately.
now in relation to common defence policy could i say that it seems to me that in times of austerity if there were better coordination between the twenty eight member states rather than twenty eight separate defence budgets on their own we could actually save money and use that money to assist those who most need it in our economy?
some of our neutral member states have not provided for the defence of their countries and it is exacerbated by the current austerity measures' because defence spending has been cut.
so we need to use the money we are spending much more effectively.
first of all can i say that i find it a little bit hard to take a lecture from a sinn fin mep on the use of military resources because we have had to spend a lot of money on military resources in ireland paid for by the taxpayer counteracting military resources used by sinn fin sponsored organisations also paid for by the taxpayer
it will be a protocol. it will give those countries the option to opt in or opt out and in that way we would have the prospect of bringing about the best solidarity and common defence which is a two way thing.
mr president i have already put on the record some of my thoughts on recovery and growth but i would like to say a few words today about two issues common defence policy and common defence coming as i do from a militarily neutral country.
and on the issue of common defence i think there does need to be solidarity. that solidarity needs to go both ways but there are concerns about sovereignty and i think the way to deal with this is to say that for those neutral and non aligned countries that want to sign up for a common eu defence the article five type commitment of nato or the weu which happens also to be article five will not be automatic.
let us be very clear about this.
that is what we are meant to do defend the interests of our citizens and provide security.
thirdly the irish economy is being turned around despite having the sinn fin monkey of doom and gloom on our back constantly and i think we need to pay credit to the irish government and people for the efforts they have made to turn around that economy.
first defence has not been addressed since two thousand and eight and second it is defence which is bearing the brunt of fund cutting during the current crisis.
with that i come to the economic situation.
he said build shelters for the people who have to be thrown out of their houses.
this is not acceptable for us and we will fight for the freedom of the people who are demonstrating in the country of ukraine for european values because that is what they are fighting for.
yet still today we have to struggle with the commission and with a majority in the council to have that social union implemented and to have strong social criteria in the economic and monetary union of the european union. instead of establishing a social union some of the member countries and i look for example to the british government but not only the british government want to restrict
we cannot be the old forgotten continent.
in. two thousand and thirty three that is the reality.
goods. but there is another vision of the european union which includes the freedom of labour and the freedom of movement for everybody.
with the banking union again nationalism and intergovernmentalism come into play instead of having a common european economic and monetary policy. let me also look at the social aspects of the situation in europe today.
as the commission vice president said synergies and better cooperation in the defence sector can also help us to save money in our national budgets but at the same time increase our defence efforts.
instead of having a common strategy to fight against poverty we fight against citizens from our member countries.
that is their business. but we have to change the policies.
so we need more defence efforts but of course we also need more social cohesion and economic development in order to have the support of european citizens.
again we speak about foreigners when we mean our co citizens inside the european
but unfortunately there is no change in the policy of the commission and of many of the council.
this is the reality in some of the countries like greece and this reality is not acceptable for
in europe it is not as rosy as the commission and the council described it today.
would the socialist policy be to further burden our member states with debt service payments to condemn our children to the debts of their parents to apply to europe the policies of gordon brown and zapatero and hollande?
its success will be founded less on the bricks and mortar of a military hq than on the building blocks and cement of a shared purpose.
it will use the tools of finance trade development aid and justice.
mr president this house should welcome the belated commitment of the european council to craft a common security and defence policy.
a maritime security strategy a cyber defence policy and a satellite system must be priorities.
the european council should not relegate energy policy to the status of a footnote.
the switch from fossil fuels to clean energy is essential for security against the impact of climate change and for independence from russia.
that policy should build on the good work of the council's political and security committee.
as for drones let us ask first how much they really enhance the security of the usa.
a credible and effective policy will be anchored in the building of a technological and industrial base using horizon two thousand and twenty funds.
it will reshape nato by rebalancing the transatlantic alliance through a trade and investment partnership.
mr swoboda in that case liberals relish the forthcoming election campaign.
on four may two thousand and ten on the daily politics show you said that britain should issue two hundred and fifty zero work permits each year.
just now you referred to romanians being responsible for atm crime in london. in fact you could be more specific.
first i would like to thank you all for your very clear statement on ukraine.
of the importance of the freedoms and values we have got so used to in the european union that we just take them for granted.
but at the same time i think we also have to acknowledge that this is a process of putting the system together which would take years and now i think we have to overcome this very important hurdle.
but i would say one thing.
energy cyber and maritime threats including organised crime and terrorism threats are not being adequately addressed by the council which despite the rhetoric is not investing in the industrial and technological base necessary to build an autonomous and common security and defence policy just the opposite.
look at the strategic energy production and distribution sectors put by the tracker privatisation programme under the control of the chinese communist party.
do you want more glaring evidence that the eu council and the commission are failing the csdp are failing europe's security?
however this negative impact hits us much more because of the very poor coordination and cooperation between us europeans.
our group strongly believes that our security at home depends on the state of common european i repeat common european defence.
we urge them to make european industries more effective and creative through greater coordination.
we need a european semester for defence issues.
what we do not need is research development procurement and export of armed fully automatic and autonomous drones that are apt to kill without human involvement.
mr president if we are to make europe work we must show it has a very clear future role including internationally.
the eu could be a real force for peace if we address all the threats that face people.
an effective security policy has to be integrated with policies on poverty the environment energy trade food and water resources and so on.
we must refocus on building peace and what better way to do that than to enhance not the military but civilian work a civilian peace corps to defuse tension foster understanding and prevent conflict working with the united nations.
now is the time to invest not in arms but in people especially young people to create jobs recover and rebuild and enable all the peoples all the nations of europe like wales flanders scotland and the basque country to play their full part in doing that.
ukip is not against immigration.
we welcome immigration.
we want immigration; but we want an immigration system based as the australian one is on saying we want people who have got skills to bring to our country.
we do not want people who have got life threatening diseases.
we do not want people who have got criminal records though of course in australia in the old days that was a prerequisite and we want to make our own decisions on who comes to britain.
we are not discriminatory we are not scapegoating we just want to control our own borders and live in our own democracy and we cannot do that as members of this european union.
britain could of course ironically use the lisbon treaty to avoid tendering on the ground of protecting its national interest as poland has done to its great credit. the commission will tackle what it calls market distortions which will probably take away the rights of member states to protect their national interest in this area.
defence is too important to the national interest to allow free market competition.
whilst another european war is we all hope unthinkable our world interests might diverge;
mr president first of all regarding growth and jobs i think it is important to underline the fact that those member states who have applied a policy of spending have got themselves deeper into the crisis while those who have used a policy of reforms are either out of the crisis or slowly coming out of it.
that is the strength of the european union;
a political strength but also some of our fundamental values that we need to safeguard.
third discussing the most fundamental important values of democracy stability and peace in europe i think it is worthwhile to underline that just now in one of the european capitals hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating for the european union. it is important to
remember and to respect because they see the promises of stability rule of law freedom democracy and transparent societies they are demonstrating for that.
it is a formative time and we need to respond to that.
mr president my message to the people of other programme countries is simple when you are told how successful the irish programme has been do not believe it because it is a case of not letting the truth stand in the way of a good story.
mass unemployment and immigration increased poverty and the devastation of communities and public services are the legacy of the troika all facilitated by a government which enthusiastically embraces the cuts proposed by the commission and willingly continues the failed policy of austerity.
not content with devastating the economy of ireland and other programme countries the european council is turning its attention to destruction on a far more ambitious scale.
the noises coming from this chamber about increased military spending and strengthening of the eu military capacity are truly frightening.
the euwide ban on mistreatment and suffering of animals; to study the animal health dairy cattle standards against our own and correct any differences found;
what we need is better implementation.
that is why any new strategy should urgently and loudly call for a comprehensive and clear animal welfare legislative framework law which improves animal welfare standards and does not dilute them.
there are too many elements of the proposed resolution to talk about in the time allowed but special mention should be made of calls to embed the sentient status of all animals;
it is a concern of ours that when some people talk of simplification of rules it is a dilution.
and finally to review the transport of animals and the regulations and how they are implemented.
particularly welcome is the checklist on the existing strategy where it is noted that only nine out of nineteen actions that were called for have so far been implemented by the commission.
now we move on to another subject and that is wild stray dogs in romania which are apparently being shot and killed one way or another.
i realise that this has been in the legislation there have been amendments about it but as yet as far as i know there has been no concrete legislation that says british taxpayers' money must not be used for this not that i suppose that would ever happen.
i mean i would not put this past anybody because it goes on in south east asia.
but i should just warn you that there is a referendum coming up in britain fairly soon on eu membership and there is nothing that makes europhiles squirm more than being reminded that they with their taxes are supporting bull baiting and bullfighting.
but these dogs carry rabies;
because in mediterranean countries they still find it fun to watch bulls fighting one another and bulls being baited.
that is an animal welfare issue but i am more concerned about what happens to these dogs once they have been killed in whatever ways they are being killed.
well that would upset the eu because of the environmental rules about burying dead animals.
i am looking forward to the resolution of this parliament.
the new animal welfare strategy should be a starting point to introduce european framework legislation on animal welfare supported by a one stop shop for animal welfare within the commission the only guarantee that animal welfare issues will be dealt with in a coordinated and efficient manner.
only having realised this basic truth can we address the most pressing animal welfare issues across the eu and beyond to improve the welfare of farm animals to end live exports to third countries and to curb the illicit trade in puppies and exotic pets.
madam president more enforcement in coordination of the regulations that we already have is key to improving the welfare of animals.
it is vital for animal welfare that we continue to support european meat production and do not promote what i call animal welfare leakage' by putting our own farmers out of business and ending up with more imports.
many members here have suggested that there is a lot of talk about animal welfare and little action.
we have the highest standards in the world. let us stop talking ourselves down.
this idea is a philosophical and ethical principle which we usually do not mention namely this we have to protect animals because they have rights.
i raise also comments about exotic pets and particularly the threat that any legislation could have to ornamental fish in the uk and to thousands of jobs including some in my constituency which could be affected.
i suspect that with those comments she offended meat eaters and smokers alike.
there is no point in having another animal welfare strategy unless we recognise that the existing rules are widely ignored and that they are often only given lip service in many member state ministries.
we see this problem across animal welfare legislation for example in animal transport rules where spot checks have shown that the reality is miles away from the legislation. the case of puppy smuggling is another example here existing regulations to prevent unhealthy animals being transported across europe are not being respected and the pet passport scheme is being abused.
we do not need new legislation;
more new legislation which we cannot enforce will just make a mockery of all animal welfare legislation.
we need existing legislation to be properly enforced and to do this the commission needs to be much stronger with those reticent member states;
we need to share best practices between member states;
and we need to foster a culture of animal welfare throughout europe.
the way to create the best outcomes for the welfare of animals is to have a sensible and workable strategy that is not implemented in a burdensome way for producers. we need to recognise the practical implications that exist for producers and be wary of unintended consequences which can ultimately have a