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over. one four million vacancies in europe and nearly thirty one zero registered employers across the european
too slow. we must speed up work on the single market act proposals on the digital single market the internal energy market and the european research
instrument. we will soon present a report on the social dimension of the emu which is an essential complement to fiscal and political integration.
from reforming labour markets to reinforcing public employment services from shifting taxation away from labour to improving education for the low skilled or supporting programmes for training and apprenticeships.
scheme. on top of this we will boost the mobility of young workers one of the unfulfilled promises of the internal market so far by reforming eures which already gives access to
well. so now thanks to the increased flexibility that the european commission has always supported and that was finally agreed by the member states the total amount spent on youth unemployment over the seven years can be estimated at above eur eight billion.
area. time is running out so i hope to be able to count on your persistent and powerful support to push through as much of our growth and jobs agenda as possible by the end of the term of this parliament.
future. our proposals aim at fully exploiting the joint potential of the structural funds together with loans from
teams. since we set them up early in two thousand and twelve these teams have helped eight member states reallocate around eur sixteen billion in structural funds to the most pressing needs to the benefit of about one million young people and fifty five zero
come. but ideas are not
field. following the increase of its capital that we were the first to advocate the extra eib activities are expected to increase its lending activity in the eu by at least forty between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fifteen with a particular focus on innovation and skills sme financing resource efficiency and strategic infrastructure.
the latest. the next step is a single resolution mechanism on which the commission will present its proposal in the next two weeks and i hope that we can make swift progress
january. two thousand and fourteen it was also agreed to accelerate the implementation of the project bonds pilot phase with nine projects in six countries in the pipeline already of which the commission will present its assessment later this
of initiatives of joint issuance of debt in the form of a redemption fund and eurobills the members of this group chaired by gertrude tumpel gugerell a former member of the executive board of the ecb combine impressive expertise with a varied
without it everything we are trying to do for growth for investment for the regions for young people for employment and for research would be put at risk.
the extremely challenging dynamics of the negotiation process unanimity in the council consent by absolute majority at parliament mean that nobody was able to reach all of their objectives.
emu. but sometimes we receive conflicting signals on the political will to move
to continue on the path of structural reforms the younger generations need to see a future for
now we have to make our common efforts to work to tackle some of the social and economic challenges we are facing together youth unemployment especially. most of the groundwork to turn this economically untenable and socially unacceptable situation around must be done at national level. therefore the commission has proposed specific recommendations on youth unemployment for nineteen countries
to smes. we should always try to lighten the load of regulation where possible without lowering our standards or losing sight of the agreed common european
the commission will also address this issue in the context of the working group of experts that is being set up by vice president reding and commissioner malmstrm together with the council presidency on the european union side and with us attorney general holder on the us side to exchange information on intelligence collection of information and get clarity notably on the prism programme.
as i said to the european council last week the crisis is not over.
union. later today in the margins of the worldskills competition in leipzig the european commission will launch another important initiative following the grand coalition for digital jobs we set up earlier.
i was delighted that both president schulz and taoiseach kenny holding the presidency of the council were able to accept my invitation and strike this political deal without prejudice to the final decision of this house and the formal decision of the council.
the european institutions are there to guide and support this effort in particular through the structural funds we will speed up the youth employment initiative and front load the funds so that the initial eur six billion is invested in the following two years and not spread thinly over the full seven years of the mff period.
union. one of the main reasons why we have been able to overcome the existential threat to the euro is that the european institutions and member states have signalled their determination to learn the lessons of the crisis to complete the emu and to make it irreversible. we cannot backtrack on that
that is the point it is a one sided political debate and it is all about the power of brussels and the greed and vanity of politicians in member states.
in the three years leading up to the referendum we did not have to give away any money.
i am paid by the european parliament and what i am doing just as the scottish national party do and just as the irish nationalists in the nineteenth century did is using that money to expose the waste the fraud and the extent to which our countries are now governed by these chambers. the sooner i get the opportunity sir to be the turkey that votes for christmas i will do so!
and you will notice that there was something called pre accession aid we can call it bribery if you like that was poured into croatia and there was a prize.
the day we stop taking a measured step by step approach to the problems will be the day that europe will fail.
so i would say to all of us in this house who have families children parents and who have responsibilities do not to be led by the noises of the extremists.
unemployment in the south is caused directly by a euro that is over valued for those countries but the european council is determined to keep on expanding the zone. the european council wants to improve growth and competitiveness but the eu's energy policy pushes up energy costs making industry less competitive.
immigration two thirds of it from outside the eu in the case of the uk is giving our jobs to people from outside.
increasing globalism will make industry in the eu try unsuccessfully to compete with emergent economies. the european council does not so much have a cure for the recession it is part of the problem.
we were fighting to the bitter end to get more money.
mr president having rejected the council's initial proposal for the mff we pushed as far as we could for more funding to address a mounting unemployment crisis particularly amongst our youth for investment in training regional development and infrastructure and for more flexibility in the use of funds in order to address our priorities at a time of recession.
in the face of conservative austerity bent majorities across the eu institutions we find ourselves forced to settle for a minimum.
at the same time the council continues to drag its feet on a resolution mechanism for broken banks to release the public purse from the vice grip of toxic banking debt which was let us not forget the foremost cause of the economic crisis we face.
the austerity experiment goes on ignoring the fact that the root of the problem public expenditure on public goods social services and welfare support did not bring us to the brink.
if you had simply encouraged us to be present i certainly would have respected your authority and your leadership.
we have influence over this very debate on e identification but if we leave if we walk away from our closest neighbours and closest friends we will have no say in this debate and yet we will still have to pay to have the privilege to trade.
so why does e identification really matter?
in my own constituency there are two hundred and fifty zero jobs reliant on exports to the european union and i do not want to see our workplace rights jeopardised.
what we are doing is creating one set of rules that covers twenty eight countries covering five hundred million people and together we can tackle these challenges.
but to involve our people it is extremely important.
once again single digital identity based on biometrics is needed.
if somebody wants to make business for example here in belgium but he is coming from some other countries then how those local people they know who has mandate to represent this company here in this country?
we have implementation acts.
and cross border by default.
we have in all the countries digital prior business registers but it is very difficult to get information in a digital way in a trusted manner from another country from those business registers.
people they will use those solutions.
it is important by the governments to provide their citizens with a single digital identity and this identity has to be strong because this is all about trust.
it is so easy theoretically to get information from business register but in real life paper is needed.
as we know just recently it happened so that one of those terrorists was able to change his identity in the european union even seven times.
in the twenty first century paper is still needed for that.
but i absolutely agree with those people who say that the european commission has to lead by example and we will try to do that. so e procurement it is a real challenge for all of us.
given that from september two thousand and eighteen all member states will be required to recognise all notified national e id means what will be the concrete actions taken to ensure that this is implemented in time but also that member states have the online services available for their citizens?
so many member states have already developed means of online identification but in some countries citizens are not even aware of this because they do not have any online services that they can use e identity for. so what is the incentive to do it in the first place?
e id will be the key to address challenges of privacy and cyber security and to the growth of digital economy.
therefore i have two questions for the vice president.
public administration shares this data internally with due respect for data protection rules so that there is no additional burden for people or businesses.
the commission strongly supports this kind of collaboration as well as the private sector's involvement in jointly creating online solutions.
together with the digital by default and once only' principles this will guarantee less administrative burden for people and businesses. this is good for the digital single market and it is good for european growth and competitiveness.
i would like to conclude by emphasising the need to support the use of e id.
all activities and initiatives led by the commission will be prepared in line with our better regulation standards.
all of them will help to remove these digital barriers.
it is now time to utilise this joint work so that we create a new generation of egovernment services that will help to create growth and jobs the digital single markets and to rebuild people's trust in governments.
this plan can be the political instrument to advance the digital transformation of public administrations across the european union.
the european commission is promoting this through awareness campaigns and also through public and private sector grants for its implementation.
it is essential for ensuring a high take up of digital public services.
since open data is essential for developing such services the commission recommends that the public sector make its data available electronically.
this also applies to collaborative service creation and the private sector's provision of services based on open public sector information.
one of them is of course e identification supported by interoperability and proper standardisation.
how can we develop public services accessible all over europe without a digital identity?
how can we develop ecommerce without user friendly digital identity which is key for speeding up and scaling up the business processes but also for the trust and for avoiding cybercrimes at the large scale?
discussing the digital content services regulation we are trying to find various forms for the verification of the identity.
if it is postponed we will lose a lot of momentum for security of supply.
if the wind is not blowing off the irish west coast the sun will be shining in spain or the wind will be blowing off the west coast of north africa as well as the sun shining there.
yes our challenge is to build a new energy economy an energy economy built on renewable electricity.
our national regulators will breathe easy as their only job as of now if to keep the lights on and our homes and offices heated at peak demand.
that includes an hvdc line to north africa smart electrical networks over europe and north africa.
winning the energy security battle in the us and at the same time saving the planet i ask myself what are we still debating? we know the answers.
having had the opportunity last week to experience first hand the exciting solar thermal operations in grenada and seville and having read over the weekend harvard professor michael mcelroy's views on freeing the united states from its usd seven hundred and fifty billion annual bill for importing oil
we can no longer allow our citizens to be hostage to either energy politics or volatile oil prices.
in short what the sun is to spain wind is to the west coast of ireland.
and infrastructure.
with smart building smart lighting and smart transport.
two thousand and twenty five we have already thanks to european research gone one step forward.
in particular the issue of land use needs to be addressed.
that how critical it is that we do something about our energy mix and our energy insecurity.
we need to reduce that dependency we need to develop our indigenous resources and as i have already mentioned improve our efficiency.
telling children to turn things off is just not the solution.
tonight's debate is a massive one it is about our climate change agenda security of supply solidarity between member states and also economic growth and that is an issue for us at the moment and how we can achieve a better use of our energy resources.
so all of the issues that are part of this report and the oral question are extremely important for us.
the commission's rtd funding programmes aim to exploit this potential in the systems and infrastructures for services too. the most significant results are expected in areas such as electricity distribution
we hope this work will be achieved by investing in research. the second level is ict as an enabler across the board and in all sectors of economic activity.
if we do not measure we will not have results and that is why we need a baseline against which improvements can be measured.
firstly we have been working on a communication on a comprehensive strategy for ict to address our energy and climate problems.
this strategy will be accompanied by a recommendation in which we set the tasks the targets and the timeline for actions in the ict sector actions by stakeholders and by member states.
that means we have to measure what we have now and what we do better.
the challenge of measurement and of quantification will be at the heart of our proposal.
the rapporteur is right you need to have cross sectoral participation in those projects.
buildings transport logistics and lighting.
sixty per cent of our electricity is generated from imported gas whereas the eu average is around.
the inclusion by the commission of the electricity interconnection between ireland and the uk as a priority area for funding under the european economic recovery package is a very welcome development in this regard.
that is the energy future that europe must champion.
energy is on the agenda and our side should make clear that we cannot tolerate a dispute between russia and georgia evolving into a european gas crisis in the depths of winter.
there is an appetite in this chamber to work fast to work together in search of a lasting solution to europe's energy crisis and we must harness that.
the german aerospace centre estimates it would cost eur forty five billion to build but it also says that it would save consumers many times that amount in reduced energy bills over the next thirty five years and the investment would create thousands of jobs.
the french presidency cited it as a possible operation project for our new european union for the mediterranean.
that is why this week a small group of us including mr hammerstein who will speak later will launch a cross party pamphlet making the green energy switch at a time of crisis.
transported through energy efficient high voltage direct current cables that power could be fed into a european supergrid taking renewable energy from across the eu tidal power from coastal regions wind and wave power from windswept north western europe and biomass and geothermal power from wherever they flourish.
the issues raised are highly complex but we can boil them down to this europe needs an energy policy that gives us sustainable affordable and secure resources of energy.
mr president last year's energy review was a timely update and i congratulate anne laperrouze for her rigorous report on it.
assurances should be sought but notice should also be served. this has happened before and it must not happen again.
of all the potential plans to open up a new energy era one stands out it is called the supergrid or desertec.
this view is shared by members of all groups in this house who should unite in leading the charge to make it happen.
a number of members including ms harms recently visited southern spain to see the technology in action solar thermal power from north africa and sun rich land in southern europe harvesting energy from the sun generating the equivalent of one and a half million barrels of oil per square kilometre per year.
i am grateful to all members who contributed their ideas and i am startled by the degree of consensus that exists.
upfront there are costs.
this is a bold project for an energy future that is sustainable affordable and secure.
and secure by freeing european citizens from dependence on unreliable or monopolistic suppliers. this friday a group of commissioners will meet prime minister putin and his team of ministers.
infrastructure projects that receive support at eu level should first and foremost contribute to the real diversification of sources and routes of supplies to the member states and to the eu as a whole.
investment in ukraine seems to be of special importance for us.
the reason for such a step on our part is very simple.
in terms of energy relations ukraine identifies with international standards.
madam president in all the discussions on the energy crisis there is one aspect which my colleague anne laperrouze does mention but which generally receives insufficient attention.
controlling demand takes pressure off the supply side and is crucial to reaching energy independence in europe.
i want to make two specific points in the context of the oral question on the use of information and communication technologies.
in some countries digital displays are available to show consumers how much energy they are using which is helpful but a proper smart meter does much more than that.
it allows two way communication detailed analysis of consumer demand and proper measurement and payment of electricity supplied by micro renewables.
they are crucial to the task of transforming buildings from being energy consumers into being net energy producers.
secondly with regard to lighting i trust we are about to go ahead with taking the most inefficient domestic lighting off the market and the same needs to happen for office and street lighting.
we should however already be looking forward to the next technological steps such as wider use of smart lighting systems using sensors which measure movement and the degree of natural light so that lighting can be reduced or indeed switched off when necessary.
consequently the report is more attuned to reality trying to increase our internal solidarity and expedite the implementation of the plan in front of us thus capitalising on the lessons of the last crisis.
personally apart from support for the diversification of transport routes for the import of gas i consider the appeal to expedite the achievement of internal market energy in the current legislature and the necessity to revisit the entire problem of gas storage as major contributions of the report. however the recommendation to fully open the nabucco project to russia is questionable since everyone knows that nabucco was conceived as an alternative to russian gas and that consequently russia is already doing everything possible to kill it.
let me also inform you that we are currently looking at how to further rebalance and better target our aid for civil society.
we must continue our engagement with belarusian society as a whole promoting people to people contacts.
however the member states are striving to make optimal use of the flexibilities offered by the visa code to waive and reduce visa fees for some categories of belarusian citizens or in individual cases.
last week the council adopted conclusions and decisions regarding the review of restrictive measures the so called rollover of the existing sanctions. both express our concern about the internal situation in belarus as well as the state of play of the european union's bilateral relations with the country.
the main drive behind our policy is our commitment to strengthening engagement with the belarusian people and civil society.
and the discontinuation of restrictive measures while at the same time reaching out to belarusian society. in the current situation where there are few signs of progress from minsk we can however look at how to invest in the future and at the same time
we have an interest in keeping a working relationship with minsk.
from our side we continue to stress to the administration that we would welcome their constructive participation at technical level.
the european dialogue on modernisation with belarusian society is an important part of this engagement and an essential aspect of our policy providing a rare positive element in this overall sombre picture.
the day after the election the high representative and vice president ashton and i issued a joint statement expressing the european union's regret that belarus had missed yet another opportunity to hold elections in line with international standards.
this assessment is also reflected in last week's council's conclusions and i expect will also be mirrored in your resolution.
it also notes that while there was an increase in the number of candidates put forward by parties prominent political figures who might have played a role in this context remained imprisoned or were not eligible to register due to their
things are not getting better and the grip on civil society is being tightened.
there is no sign of willingness by the belarusian authorities to address our core concerns respect for human rights the rule of law and democratic principles.
it will not come as a surprise to this house to hear me state my disappointment at the way they were conducted.
we therefore share the assessment of this house expressed both in the statement by president schultz chairman brok and other members of the european parliament regretting the undemocratic nature of the parliamentary elections.
the participation of the belarusian authorities in the dialogue is an issue. it is needed because their absence raises questions about the viability of the dialogue.
the european message should be brought to as many ordinary belarusians as possible including through our assistance projects. this is a priority.