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many of you will know that those spikes in food commodity prices have been linked to famine in some countries pushing millions of people into poverty.
charities religious groups and many businesses support rejection of this technical standard because they are concerned about the impact of speculation on food commodity prices.
there is an expression in the english language which is called squeaky bum time'. i think we have lived through that today and yesterday and for several months.
and finally if you want to help your friend in need do not humiliate him.
without unity on greece we will wake up in four days in a different europe.
it is not so that the creditors are bad and immoral while the debtor is the innocent victim. thirdly it is simply impossible to keep spending
today we need unity not because unity is a beautiful idea but because it is indispensable in order to take concrete decisions.
especially when they are unable to help you.
over a long period of time much more than one earns.
either one or the other ladies and gentlemen.
in greece eu relations we have witnessed a number of final rounds of talks and we know that the word final' does not mean final it means something else.
in the other direction there are only those who preach irresponsibility. they have been failed by successive governments including this one and an eu too entrenched in the dogma of austerity.
please put your egos aside all of you and provide a solution now a solution that does not let down the greek people.
no more brinkmanship no more games.
so what happens now?
they look one way and see people who only care about austerity.
despite hostility and interference from president martin schulz who has behaved like a self appointed dictator or the cowardly behaviour from a sturdy poster boy of the eu irish taoiseach enda kenny the greek government has stood up for greece stood up for ireland stood up for spain for portugal for europe more than any government has ever done.
however creditors are inflicting poverty and deprivation on greece refusing debt relief and investment.
even the imf which is not a friend of the left confirms that greece needs debt relief.
this deserves a political discussion.
that is why we need to create a political governance of the eurozone.
this is a very important development.
terms a real european compromise.
it. they will give you no more these people they cannot afford
this is not just greece we are talking about today the whole of the mediterranean now finds itself in the wrong currency and yet virtually nobody in the political arena has got the courage to stand up and say that. i feel that the continent is now divided from north to south there is a new berlin wall and it is called the euro'.
just listen to the way that the german leader of the christian democrat group this morning attacked mr tsipras.
mr tsipras your country should never have joined the euro i think you acknowledge that but the big banks the big businesses and big politics forced you in.
so your moment has come.
and when the bailouts began they were not for the greek people.
that the north and south of europe would converge;
mr president what we are seeing in this chamber this morning and indeed across the whole of europe is an irreconcilable cultural difference between greece and germany a split between the north and the south of europe.
those bailouts were to bail out french german and italian banks they have not helped you at all.
these years of austerity these years of high unemployment of increasing poverty none of it has worked.
well in one respect we did not lack vision we understood that the countries of europe are different and that if you try to force together different people or different economies without first seeking the consent of those people it is unlikely to work and the plan has failed.
and frankly if you have got the courage you should lead the greek people out of the eurozone with your head held high get back your democracy get back control of your country give your people the leadership and the hope that they crave. yes it will be tough for the first few months but with a devalued currency and with friends of greece all over the world you will recover.
goldman sachs the german arms manufacturers they were all very happy.
the old enmities have been resumed.
i think it was absolutely disgusting but it shows the way north and south now feel about each other.
it would be madness to continue on this course.
nobody in this room will recognise that but actually the peoples of europe are saying we were never asked whether we wanted this this has been foisted upon us.
these will be on the basis of the more for more' principle in related areas such as development aid.
everyone has their own perceptions. it is necessary at this stage to move
if anyone has any illusions that it will not be so they are
the european council chose to keep to the voluntary approach agreed at the special european council in april.
two weeks later there is now a race against time to re build trust.
lose. our inability to find agreement may lead to the bankruptcy of greece and the insolvency of its banking system and for sure it will be most painful for the greek people.
in the context of international terrorism and other security challenges leaders tasked the high representative with preparing a new european union strategy on foreign and security policy for june next year.
it was the first step in a longer process that will also end at the european council.
over the next days leaders asked the eurogroup to accelerate discussions on a last minute proposal by greece.
quo. i call on all leaders to try to find consensus that can be our common success with no losers or winners. if that does not happen it will mean the end of the negotiations with all the possible consequences
yes the discussion was difficult and at times divisive.
there is a very challenging six months ahead and i look forward to the closest cooperation possible.
to my mind it was the first time european leaders have had such an honest exchange on the refugee question.
us. we asked prime minister tsipras to present his government's ideas for sustainable growth and prosperity in greece.
week. all of us are responsible for the crisis and all of us have a responsibility to resolve
all sides in the negotiations share the responsibility for the current status
we also agreed to use eu funding to support collective efforts to invest in the future of european defence.
we will come back to this in december.
leaders also highlighted the importance of building a digital single market and noted the commission's new work plan in this respect.
nave. the stark reality is that we have only four days left to find ultimate agreement.
there is a balance to be struck between national sovereignty and action at european level in this matter.
i will not discuss the rights and the wrongs of the greek referendum.
i have no doubt that this will affect europe also in the geopolitical sense.
is. the only possible way is that you come forward in the coming days in the coming forty eight hours with a credible reform package. that does not mean you saying yes i want to end clientelism' and so
problems. but it has to be done
very simple. how do you want to
people. we do not have legislation. put legislation on the table to open at least ten professions which are still closed in your country. finally let us propose ending the privileges in your country the privileges of the ship owners the privilege of the military the privilege of the orthodox church in your
that is the problem today.
administration. that is the choice to be made and i know what your
as well. but first things first you need to come forward with your reform
of the people of the extreme right at the end.
people want. eighty percent of your people want to stay in europe and in
sector. you have to open the markets and the professions for young
reality. you are using the
my conclusion. the choice that you have is
in that way. you can do it because there has never been a prime minister in greece who had such a strong mandate
six years ago we were in a similar position to greece.
people lost their houses;
but now thankfully because we took the hard medicine we have the fastest growing economy in europe at. four. eight that is because of good leadership. i say to mr tsipras leadership is about giving leadership and taking the hard decisions not going around europe giving interviews to every newspaper television station and radio station as we have
people lost their children to immigration.
seen. i would suggest to him that he go back to greece bring his colleagues together for two days and come up with a sensible reform package.
people lost their savings;
they have been ill served by a corrupt political class who spent too much and borrowed too much for far too long.
greece was allowed to join the euro because it was always a political rather than an economic project.
nor are millions of young people in greece and across europe.
greece is bankrupt and it would be best if the eurozone states admitted this to their taxpayers. mr tsipras your behaviour suggests you know greece has to leave the euro but you do not want to admit it. you are waiting to be kicked out so you can play the martyr.
why have you extended the negotiations to the edge to the limit?
why have you not reduced and changed the fiscal system?
the greek crisis is not just a problem of greece.
let us handle that future with care. greece can only overcome the crisis if we offer a fair and viable solution that gives security to the people and space for manoeuvre for the reforms that you have mentioned reforms not austerity.
the returns from those reforms also needs to stay within the country to give new prosperity to people.
they should not be spent on years of debt repayment only;
we need to have debt reduction on the table.
it is our common future that is at stake.
two last year the cites standing committee came very close to endorsing the recommendations agreed by the working group that flag states should be responsible for export certificates but at the last minute brazil and the oceania region brought up the question of chartering
they wanted special provisions for chartering vessels fishing in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
the issue is now on the agenda for the upcoming standing committee of cites which is supposed to endorse the text and refer it to the conference of parties next year for adoption.
we are dealing here with the whole question of who does what when catching fish in international waters and then landing them in a port particularly in respect of marine species listed in cites appendix.
just when everyone thought that the issue was now closed the new provision of giving the flag state the responsibity of issuing certificates for marine specimens caught by another flag state the chartered one is now being seen as highly risky.
i am not reassured by what i heard commissioner potonik say at the opening of this debate today and i hope the commission can give us some further reassurance that they are taking this matter very seriously.
the concept of chartering state' does not even exist in international law;
this would totally undermine the iuu regulation.
is it that a few countries so called chartering states' want to facilitate their administrative burden when they have to issue catch documents on a few hundred tonnes of endangered species of sharks that are on the cites annex two list?
the confusion over who bears responsibility when it comes to oil spills or dumping of toxic waste is already at a maximum with ships owned in one country flagged to another operating in a third and landing in a fourth with a crew and beneficial owners in a fifth.
lobbying extremely hard to have exemptions from this rule in order to let chartering states have the right to issue catch documents.
too many countries would immediately use the argument that cites allows this exemption as an excuse to introduce the same logic in the rfmos allowing chartering states to issue catch documents.
where are we now in those discussions?
the eu has always been at the forefront on this issue and that will continue to be the case.
this is vital not only for marine biodiversity but also for fishing operators who depend on healthy stocks for the future of their economic activities.
the issue is on the agenda of the forthcoming cites standing committee meeting on twenty three twenty seven july and subsequently on the agenda of the conference of the parties in march.
the eu therefore wants to make sure that any solution within cites is compatible with the eu policy against iuu fishing and is respectful of flag state jurisdiction.
the eu will pursue its ambitious policy in those organisations pressing for the adoption of sound measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks and for their strict implementation by all the parties.
i am strongly against the proposal relating to the practice of chartering which has emanated from the conference of parties of the cites convention.
currently as we know the flag state has responsibility for controlling the activities of a fishing vessel no matter where the vessel operates.
the commissioner made reference to international law and the necessity to abide by this but i understand that international law supports flag ships.
the flag ship state has the primary responsibility for preventing deterring and eliminating iuu fishing.
the alternative is that the coastal state that charters the fishing vessel would be responsible.
often coastal states charter vessels to exploit fisheries but not in a sustainable way and of course to expand fishing activities so many coastal states lack the will and ability to control illegal fishing.
such a move by cites is difficult to comprehend and even more difficult to justify and would certainly threaten the sustainability of fish stocks particularly on the high seas.
the commission must adopt a position. there is only one position to adopt and we all know which one that is.
the commissioner says that parliament will be kept fully informed.
the eu position on this.
in finalising the position several elements will have to be considered.
these elements need to be put together in the best possible manner in developing the position of the european union ahead of the cop in march next year in full coherence with our efforts to combat illegal fishing.
so thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to listen to your input to this debate.
more countries and organisations should join the initiative to save the life of hundreds of thousands of women and girls in developing countries.
we are at the crossroads.
including sexual and reproductive health and rights.
as the us seems to withdraw support for multilateralism europe should renew its support for the united nations and international cooperation.
we firmly condemn the recently reinstated global gag rule in its most extreme form yet expanded to withdraw funding not only from reproductive health services but from an organisation's entire health budget if they provide information about interruption of pregnancy.
we europeans are not going to abandon the thousands of women and girls depending on those donations.
more women and girls are going to die in birth and complications.
we need to ensure access to school for all girls and keep them safe and empower them then promote women in the labour market in particular women's entrepreneurship;
we cannot miss this opportunity to join forces and stand up together for women's dignity worldwide to combat stereotypes and any form of discrimination going beyond rhetoric with concrete actions.
we want to give a voice especially to the millions of women that are excluded marginalised vulnerable women women with disabilities migrant and refugee women.
much more needs to be done everywhere to empower women and girls and achieve gender equality.
first of all we have to prevent and combat violence against women with a zero tolerance policy to domestic violence honour killings trafficking sexual abuse and exploitation female genital mutilation forced marriage.
this will encompass all the united states' global health funding from africa through asia to latin america.
there is an outcry a chorus of concern turning to europe for help notably from the united nations other aid agencies children's rights ngos research institutes foundations charities.
it will increase mortality.
as the us seems to be turning its back on women and girls' health europe should show leadership in gender equality and women's health.
eliminate the gender pay gap and ensure equal pay for equal work and more representation of women in decision making everywhere. we need to work towards shared responsibility a life and work balance between men and women in the care of children and ensure that women and girls have universal access to health care
as the us seems to be retreating from global responsibility europe should step in.
the un commission in march is an important opportunity for europe to show the world that we are responsible and credible in women and girls' rights.
i welcome the initiative of the dutch government to mobilise funds in order to compensate for the us funding and the belgian initiative to hold a donors' conference on two march.
well here is to these people we will not shut up we will not get tired and we will not stop defending women's rights because they are fundamental rights.
and the more that these people put pressure on us the more we will unite not only here in this parliament but in the streets all over the world.
we will demand concrete actions from our governments.
the. eu is officially represented in the crpd by the commission so this was the first time that members of the european parliament the directly elected representatives of citizens across europe participated in the event. i was particularly pleased to listen to my empl colleague dm ksa make a powerful speech about the participation of people with disabilities in the political process.
as signatories to the convention the eu has a responsibility to ensure that everyone can participate in the electoral process.
in this session entitled nothing about us without us' we also learned about the practical steps that some countries are taking to ensure that everyone can vote mobile polling stations taking the election to the voter in hospital portable polling booths that can enable a wheelchair user to cast their vote in private.
two thousand and ten two thousand and twenty in addition in the two thousand and seventeen citizenship report the commission prioritised the promotion of citizens' participation in the democratic life of the eu including that of vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities. the data available shows that given the opportunity people with disabilities actively participate in politics.
for its part the commission actively promotes the identification and exchange of best practices in order to enhance the participation of persons with disabilities in elections.
we often discuss the european elections these days and this debate gives us the opportunity to emphasise that the right to vote both in law and in reality should be enjoyed by everyone.
let me also refer to the commission's two thousand and eighteen report on local elections which examined the policies of the member states to support turnout among underrepresented groups including persons with disabilities.
the commission will continue to use its network of member state experts in electoral matters to identify and promote best practices in this area as it did in april this year. the commission has also launched a study on remote voting solutions. in addition the commission has given funding to several eulevel disability organisations in order to collect information on barriers to voting
good practices include braille templates for the ballot paper audio recorders at polling booths and the possibility of early voting as well as voting in retirement homes and hospitals.
the commission also highlighted this issue in its recent recommendation on enhancing the european nature and efficient conduct of the two thousand and nineteen european elections.
let me recall from the outset that the practical organisation of elections in the eu member states including the rules that apply to people with disabilities falls within the competence of each member state in compliance with eu law.
and every impediment to disabled candidates putting themselves forward for election should be removed. the eu should focus on this and not on transnational list nonsense or undemocratic thresholds.
member states need to ensure that election registration and all communications are totally accessible polling stations need to be equipped to facilitate persons with reduced mobility;
brexit will mean the loss of the eu representation and rights for persons with disability and threatens funding for support services infrastructure and carers.
this includes the right to participate in public life.
brexit makes matters worse for us.
postal and proxy votes should be available everywhere;
in order to uphold this right elections have to be accessible.
both the eu and its member states are parties to the united nations convention which has to be implemented according to their respective competencies. council directives ninety three one hundred and nine ec and ninety four eighty ec on the electoral rights of mobile eu citizens apply the principle of equality and non discrimination between nationals and non nationals in the exercise of the electoral rights associated with eu citizenship.
however they must respect eu law including the charter on fundamental rights and the general principles of eu law which include equality of treatment and non discrimination.
we have already started working on the new strategy after two thousand and twenty because i think that it is important to have a proper solid strategic paper which will cover this very important topic.
i can only repeat here what i indicated at the beginning the commission's actions support and supplement national policies and programmes to promote political participation and the exercise of the electoral rights of under represented groups including persons with disabilities.
system to enable people to take part in the electoral process.
colloquium on fundamental rights because we will organise this high level event on democratic participation with a special focus on increasing the participation of young people and vulnerable and under represented groups.
we didn't speak about the use of proclamations.
i think that we are all members of political parties and we should take it as our homework as well our personal homework to go to our political parties and to speak about the need for more diversity.
this year in april i met the electoral commissioners of all the member states and we discussed how best to promote the electoral rights of under represented groups.
this is not just one of those events where we speak with the same group of people within some bubble.
we have very good feedback from the widest possible society.
this is a very open event and i very much hope that this will be the right place where we will discuss the possible sharing of best practices including the possibilities of using digital voting tools and some other concrete measures which the member states could and should introduce into their
now let me touch just briefly upon the right to be voted.
as i said this debate will take place in the framework of the fundamental rights colloquium dedicated to democracy.
i am personally involved in several campaigns enhancing the participation of women and the participation of representatives of minorities.
also last year the commission adopted its third report on eu citizenship. it envisages that this year we should promote best practices which help citizens vote and stand in eu elections including citizens with disabilities.
we spoke about those concrete actions and the needs of people with disabilities which you have mentioned here as well. this was the first step and this debate with the electoral commissioners will feed into this november's
we didn't speak about general stuff.