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we look forward to working closely with you on that.
i believe that there are grounds to go towards meeting some of parliament's concerns;
i would like to simply thank members once again for your attention and for a very stimulating debate.
these are therefore important contributions to an important debate and provide a very strong basis for further reflection and engagement over the period ahead. it is clear that strong economic governance arrangements must go hand in hand with stronger democratic legitimacy and that is a principle which the irish presidency holds very dear and will continue to promote.
two thousand and thirteen the value of the euro will not allow the countries of the south to emerge from recession.
failing; in spain we have a lost generation for the moment with an unemployment figure
moment. we do not need to abolish the first track of fiscal discipline that would be a huge mistake we need to put a second track in place as fast as possible and the second track is solidarity is growth is investment.
rules. finally in ireland we are entering into the sixth year of austerity.
term. no what we need to recognise is that we need a second
what i see is the following.
track. we do not have a second track for the
it is crystal clear!
where is this magic money tree that the socialists keep telling us all these resources will suddenly appear from so that we can spend our way to growth?
that we should just ignore the fact that we are spending ever increasing amounts of money that in many countries twenty five or thirty of their budget is borrowed money? do you not agree that this money has to be paid back eventually?
in no country in the world are there examples where excessive amounts of public spending and public borrowing lead to long term growth.
i have already said that in my view this deal is far from perfect.
it comes from having the right economies and the right policies in place at the right time.
finally let me turn to the positive growth agenda for tomorrow's european council meeting.
my group can accept some of the requests being made today such as a mid term review of the budget provided that it is done under unanimity for greater flexibility between the headings.
if every small business took on an extra member of staff europe would have no unemployment crisis.
of course while we cannot override the rules of procedure it would be a clear and unambiguous statement that the majority in this house want normal democratic procedures to apply to our vote on the mff.
it would be devastating for europe's economy if we allow this house to raise taxes to fund whatever pet projects the green's have dreamed up today.
some in this chamber like to claim otherwise but the state of european public finances across europe is still extremely poor and so whether we like it or not austerity cannot be avoided.
if we are not accountable for our actions in one of the most important votes that we will take in this mandate how can we claim any kind of democratic legitimacy in the future?
when describing the eu budget you can of course use words like investment' if you like but really spending is spending and the money has to be found from somewhere.
you said regarding a possible secret ballot on turkey in two thousand and five we believe that europe's citizens have a right to know how members of the european parliament are voting'.
with more for new member states and less on administration.
no one should be allowed to get away with the idea that we have to somehow choose between austerity and growth.
that is why in my view the mff deal is so important.
this is reflected in our motion that will be voted on shortly.
nobody pretends that the deal reached by our leaders was perfect but it is a compromise between many competing demands and so our position is of yes but' rather than no unless'.
we need a financial framework that respects the sacrifices that are being made in the public finances in many of our member states.
i am pleased that the initial frenzied posturing from many in this house is now i think beginning to come around to a grudging acceptance of the budget numbers.
i know that many speakers here such as mr cohn bendit and mr hughes have said that they are tired of austerity and that they want a quick return to the spend spend spend mentality of the past when governments tried desperately to win popularity by bribing their electorates with their own money or in fact worse still by bribing them with their children's money with excessive borrowing which of course eventually has to be paid off by future generations.
on this occasion i agree with you mr president.
it is simply extraordinary that many in this chamber seem to think that our member states should raise more taxes or borrow more money just to hand it over to the eu so that they can have a bigger budget and we can spend even more.
the house will know that normally in these debates i like to quote my conservative heroes of margaret thatcher and ronald regan but today mr president i want to quote you.
across europe borrowing was out of control caused in many cases by easy access to cheap credit because of the introduction of the euro. but even if things seem a little bit calmer at the moment we must never forget that the underlying problems have not gone away.
that is why for the resolution today my group has tabled an amendment calling for a transparent decision on the mff so that all those members who have contacted me about it can put their feelings on the record in public.
let me turn to the idea raised by you mr president of a secret ballot.
it is therefore in my view only right that the eu should play its part.
i respect the rights of members to ask for a secret vote in some circumstances but that provision was never designed to allow members to hide from the democratic scrutiny of their decisions on legislation or on the budget.
i would have preferred to see a budget designed for twenty first century priorities with more support for rd and perhaps less on agriculture.
that is why we welcome the initiative from the commission to publish a list of the ten most burdensome laws affecting small businesses.
but we continue to oppose new own resources.
we need a reform agenda which places the creation of jobs and wealth by successful businesses at its very heart.
twenty six it is quite tough in european politics these days to tell who the comedians are. what is absolutely clear is that eurozone membership is completely incompatible with nation state democracy.
those countries are wracked with corruption and organised crime.
it is not just us the mayor of duisberg in germany has now publicly said that the massive influx from romania and bulgaria is causing huge social problems. ladies and gentlemen we have to face up to it.
all of that is true but it is being caused by the euro and that is what the eu is failing to recognise.
the eurozone has been a complete economic disaster.
so right at the very heart of the european project and the eurozone project there is a disaster coming down the track.
we should not be in political union with romania and bulgaria.
they should never have been allowed to join the european union and i want to make it absolutely clear we in ukip do not believe it is right and fair to have total open borders from next year for unlimited numbers of people from those countries to come to britain to work but also if they want to claim benefits.
as the results in the recent eastleigh by election showed the british electorate are increasingly saying that enough is enough.
mr daul talks about youngsters struggling to be fed by their families in greece.
mr president the air is thick with denial in this chamber this morning. there has been a major political event that has happened since we last met and no one has mentioned it italy had an election.
you can do what you like to take away the powers of national parliaments but people will go on voting and there is a trend developing right across europe towards euro sceptic parties getting and stronger.
by needlessly driving the eurozone into two extra years of recession you have caused enormous damage to our future growth potential.
the first is the challenge of competitiveness where again you home in on the structural reform agenda.
the cost of that is estimated at a staggering eur one hundred and fifty three billion a year. how much does the mff allocate to the youth guarantee? eur six billion.
there. that has not proved possible for a number of reasons.
rehn. however this is no laughing matter. the human misery being caused is enormous. president barroso if you were a prime minister and olli rehn was your finance minister and he was getting things so consistently wrong you would reshuffle him out of the way to stop this
i do not blame the commission for the funding decisions on the youth guarantee but i do blame you president barroso for the damaging policies inflicted on the european economy as a result of mistaken economic projections.
the second thing i want to focus on is youth unemployment.
virtually without exception the figures they give us show yours to be unreasonably optimistic.
tragically that will push unemployment up still further perhaps beyond thirteen next year with thirty million unemployed.
i do not think it is any longer simply a case of the commission pursuing wrong headed economic policies but more a case of unjustified needlessly destructive policies based on groundless economic optimism.
i cannot see how we can trust the commission's figures any longer.
the loss of investment skills and human potential dwarves the gains you look for from structural reform.
it seems clear that we will experience another year of recession this year with at least.
two thousand and twelve germany the netherlands austria and finland are all set to experience very low growth this year.
the commission could well become a laughing stock.
look it up. it is devoted to the consistently wrong economic projections coming from the office of olli
the ilo estimates that at least eur twenty one billion will be necessary to fund the guarantee.
but we sincerely hope president barroso that you will take the opportunity in your speech to the council to condemn the developments in hungary which so undermine our fundamental values.
more likely two thousand and fourteen will see a very limited recovery if we are lucky.
damage. we think that is what you must do now or maybe take full responsibility for these matters yourself.
i put it to you president barroso that your policies are today one of europe's worst competitiveness problems.
i want to come to two points you highlight in your letter.
we in this group and the liberals wanted to have a separate debate on the deplorable developments
we can also note the progress in terms of overall economic confidence with consumer confidence for the euro area improving by thirty basis points over the last months and business confidence by.
competitiveness is an indispensable element to underpin growth and jobs. efforts at european level can never be an alternative to national reforms and investments. in terms of productivity we see that the best performing member states are twice as productive as the lowest performers.
that is why in spite of all our difficulties or precisely because of them we need the confidence that is indispensable for the process of recovery.
the proper functioning of the emu requires that its governance structures are completed in particular in the area of economic policy coordination and support to structural reforms.
just yesterday the commission adopted a package of measures on making effective the youth employment initiative and has amended the relevant legislative proposals for the european social fund and the common provision regulation on structural funds.
we also need an mff for the next seven years to ensure the investments europe badly needs and since our trade policy is part of our growth agenda i would also like to once again underline the significance of the decision to start negotiations with the us on a transatlantic trade and investment partnership.
in each and every member state political opinion is passionate public expectations are high and rightly so.
there are other very important ones.
with this initiative i hope that new momentum can be generated at national and regional level to give hope to our young people.
our efforts towards competitiveness and growth are of course about the economy about urgent social needs but also about our position and influence in the world;
we can see that the reform efforts for competitiveness are starting to bear fruit correcting very important imbalances in the european economy most importantly in the programme countries.
on top of that the commission has presented its blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union offering a vision of future developments and integration.
we will need such new sources of growth just as we will have to further unleash the potential of our internal sources.
we all knew that the process of adjustment would always have a negative effect in the short term.
it is important that the european council strongly endorses the priorities and actions outlined in the commission's annual growth survey for two thousand and thirteen pursuing growth friendly and tailor made fiscal consolidation in all member states focused on restoring normal lending to the economy and modernising public administration.
unemployment figures are unprecedented and simply unacceptable.
i want to stress that there should not be any contradiction between the social and the competitiveness agenda.
in fact we are correcting those mistakes and we have reason to show more self confidence over the progress europe has made so far.
in particular the political push to fill the gaps in the single market should be maintained because there are still too many and too significant gaps in the single market;
let us also not forget why we are in this situation we are still feeling the effects of a sorry state of affairs that was fuelled by unsustainable public debt and private debt and by irresponsible behaviour by many in the financial sector.
we guide and support them towards closing the gap but the real groundwork has to come from the member states themselves.
let us be honest we need short term measures to reinforce the perspectives for growth.
indeed we can see that the most successful member states in the european union indeed some of the most successful in the world are those member states with the most effective social protection systems but this is possible because of their high level of competitiveness and we should be equally committed to both goals.
however we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past accumulating new debt and leaving structural reforms for competitiveness for later.
the structural reforms for competitiveness and the measures against unemployment in particular youth unemployment deserve special attention in the design of the national reform programmes.
but now we see an improvement in terms of financial stability since their high point in two thousand and nine budget deficits have come down by half and they are expected to get down to the three limit by the end of the year while the interest rates paid by a number of member states have gone
the position we took in the mff discussions consistently made the same point that the european investment agenda needs also to focus on solidarity and growth aiming funds at those who need our support the most.
at this point in time when the crisis is particularly hard on them we cannot and will not let our youngest generations down.
about our values and how we support them internally and internationally about the european way of life.
growth as an eu average was lower than expected at the end of last year and will be close to zero this year.
indeed the example of ireland the country holding the rotating presidency of the council is a good demonstration of this point.
it is crucially important to be aware of the debate taking place across europe about the state of our economy.
current account imbalances are being corrected and exports in some of the least well performing member states are reviving.
we must do everything possible at all levels to help them out of the crisis.
reforms that we know are necessary and that will form the basis of future sustainable growth.
the commission agreed the draft negotiating mandate yesterday and we will continue to push hard to bring these economically very promising talks to a successful conclusion. we would like to receive the mandate of the council as soon as possible so that we could start negotiations by the summer.
over the last months and years through consistent and courageous efforts at both european and national levels we have come a long way to fight the root causes of this crisis and to pave the way for a sustainable future.
the single market is just one but a fundamental source of growth in the real economy;
let me say that when i see the situation in some of our member states it is clear to me that some of the costs paid by the most vulnerable in our societies are becoming simply unbearable.
i was the one that demanded a secret ballot on the issue of strasbourg and of course the reason mr daul was so that your members could vote for a single seat without fear of retribution from you.
so this is not the final decision on the next mff and it is not a matter of prestige for the european parliament to negotiate.
mr president colleagues the council conclusions on the financial framework from february in their current form are not acceptable to my group.
it would undermine the credibility of the union.
we must also avoid a budget deficit.
finally for all of those reasons i welcome the opening of negotiations.
we must also provide the union with a budget which is flexible enough to rapidly and sufficiently respond to unforeseen events.
what student what private company what university what researcher will ever apply for or participate in an eu funded project if there is a risk that they will not get paid at the end?
now more than ever we must provide the european union with the necessary and well targeted means to invest for the future in research and development in infrastructure climate and energy policies improving education fighting youth unemployment and promoting the eu's role in the world.
this would not only be illegal but would hamper the implementation of important eu policies like research and education for example the erasmus programme.
this is a budget for the next seven years and nobody knows today what circumstances we will be facing in two thousand and sixteen or. two thousand and nineteen therefore we must have a legally binding mid term revision of the mff to adapt ourselves to future challenges.
we now look forward to serious negotiations in order to be able to agree a deal as soon as possible and i very much welcome the message from minister creighton on this point.
we do not even challenge the overall level of the budget proposed by the council in spite of the fact that the proposal is insufficient to ensure a successful implementation of the eu's most important policies.
and financing the political priorities of the european union for the next seven years.
let us back that call for more investment by agreeing that the eur four billion increase for our administration should instead be used to invest in creating jobs and opportunity for our young people.
that would show that this parliament is willing to put its money where its mouth is.
surely though our most important task is to find more money to invest in jobs and growth. every member in this debate has said that must be the priority.
gentlemen your party has been the largest party in this house since; one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine it has dominated the council in most of those years so why has it failed to do all of these things?
under mr santer we had valetudinarianism at best. i suspect that mr barroso has never really believed in your party's catholic communitarianism.
mr president i think we do not need to consult our citizens we know what our citizens want.
when we use terms like growth competitiveness solidarity who can be against those terms?
confidence is returning in terms of investment but this is going to take time.
we need growth even a small amount of growth to get out of this mess;
i never hear the word stimulus being used.
we do not need the european council to look at a whole list of regulations. we need a european council meeting to deal with one issue stimulus.
what do we have a european investment bank for? what worked in the past?
maybe we have to wait until after september for this to happen but the european economy and our member states need stimulus.
stimulus works when countries are working when people are paying taxes we can refund.
so let us stop this business of consulting people let us stop being book keepers.
let us give some leadership and above all let us have a meeting dedicated to the word stimulus.
could you explain and if that change has not been made can i urge you to consider why this ridiculous state of affairs has been allowed to continue?
mr president once again europe's leaders will meet for a late night supper.
the real conversation over the foie gras will be how to save your beloved political project of european federalisation.
british people know that problems come from europe and they pay for them with cold hard cash and the reduction of essential public services.
british people are getting more and more fed up with the european union. may i take this opportunity to thank mr barroso for helping with this. despite mr cameron's attempts to knock a referendum into the long grass the british people demand a referendum on our membership now.
we are building too many bridges to nowhere and we need to focus more on innovation.
the budget deal unravels the orthodoxy of the ever closer union. there are limits and we have run into them. look at the eurozone. the crisis was supposed to be over and it is not.
europe needs more flexibility less one size fits all.
we need to identify the core tasks of the european union and also the european tasks member states can do better amongst themselves.
mr callanan as you said austerity cannot be avoided. pray tell us we know that austerity can work in a boom it has worked before but austerity in a recession? we now have an experiment lasting for six years in several countries.
pray tell us an example of austerity during this recession leading to growth.
i should say that labour is split on this issue.
in wales where they form the government they are actually opposing the cuts.
our membership of the eu has helped us to build our economy and like other countries we need that support and solidarity to help us to overcome the crisis and build a better future for our young people.
especially as regards the regulatory procedure with scrutiny or the position that the parliament may wish to take on delegated acts in other legislation.
one forty six billion is less than we had hoped for but better than the result we might have feared as national and european budgets continue to suffer.
it will create new synergies foster innovation and ensure higher visibility. at the same time the separate sub programmes for culture and the audiovisual sector will ensure that we recognise the different needs of these sectors.
creative europe will thus add an important value a european value to the many actions and initiatives that member states undertake for their cultural and creative sectors.
in short i firmly believe that creative europe will be an effective tool promoting our cultural diversity and strengthening competitiveness and cohesion across europe.
for all these reasons the cultural and creative sectors play a vital role in both our society and our economy.
to overcome europe's national and linguistic fragmentation and operate transnationally reaching new audiences and also access the funds that cultural professionals need to finance their activities in order to grow and to internationalise.
i would like to thank the rapporteur silvia costa the shadow rapporteurs and all the members who showed their strong commitment not only to the programme but also to the place of culture in our society.