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i would like you to agree with the following changes to point b of the resolution mehman huseynov who is due to be released in march two thousand and nineteen has been facing a possible additional five to seven year prison sentence
madam president we had a very good negotiation on this resolution among colleagues from all the groups who signed all together the resolution but i have to present to you two oral amendments which are technical amendments but we want this resolution to be correct.
in addition the new charges are clearly politically motivated.
i believe this principle should not remain only on paper.
as the european parliament we really must call on the commission and the external action service to do their utmost if the azerbaijani government wants to have an evercloser relationship with the eu they must unconditionally and immediately free the political prisoners including mr
is this a country that as a republic is also entitled to protect the freedoms and rights of its citizens?
i feel that we have a very special relationship with this country because our own grandmother was born in baku.
we must respond with sanctions until the oppression stops.
and finally mr president it is high time to impose eu targeted sanctions against those responsible for grave abuses and we should review our bilateral cooperation
the right to freedom of assembly association and expression must be guaranteed in accordance with international law.
the international community should take measures against the actions of president bashir.
the international community must stop turning a blind eye to human rights violations by the sudan regime in order to stem migration flows.
mr president the recent political developments in sudan are deeply concerning.
it began as a riot over steep hikes in bread prices caused by the government's cut in wheat subsidies.
it provides the flexibility to look for a programme that doesn't necessarily fit into what was there before.
we have a single regime of governance and we have thirteen services being brought together in a single point of contact.
it's a fund providing investment that direct commercial investment cannot.
the prize is the investment that that will leverage eur six hundred and fifty billion is the commission's estimate.
that simplification also provides some flexibility.
as a result of this report we've got a reduction in the acronym soup that we have to deal with.
it is really time for the government of azerbaijan to take our demands seriously.
i demand the immediate and unconditional release of mehman huseynov and all other human rights defenders like lawyers youth activists political opponents anti corruption activists independent journalists and bloggers in azerbaijan. these people have been arrested and are being tortured and imprisoned for exercising their freedom of expression and for criticising their government.
that is not a crime.
to the azeri officials i would like to say that it is a right.
some of these people are serving prison sentences for ten years just because they have investigated or protested against corruption in the government.
we cannot accept the random arrest harassment torture and ill treatment of lgbti people human rights defenders and political prisoners.
if these demands are not met the eu should take measures such as sanctions against the responsible azeri officials.
the european commission and financial bodies should suspend all financing for azerbaijan state structures enterprises and joint ventures.
may i perhaps on behalf of the peoples of europe request that you be less aggressive with the hammer on reducing people's time?
it's really not necessary today really not necessary and you should know better.
madam president the oral amendment reads the prevention and the sanctioning of tax evasion and the proper functioning of authorities contributing to administrative cooperation in tax matters' that is deleting words and tax competition'
mr president commissioner malmstrm over the past mandate of the european parliament i was given the chance the opportunity to be a member of an electoral observation mission in sudan and it was compelling to see live and first hand the massive exercise of democratic will of the sudanese people through a long day of voting and scrutiny.
so it's only sad that again we see ourselves here in the european parliament discussing massive violations of fundamental rights in sudan under the pressure of president bashir who has just been prosecuted by the international court of justice and promoting a constitutional reform which leads to illegal detentions of those activists
so the usual thing is that we have these discussions with high representative mogherini but it makes sense that it is you commissioner malmstrm the one in charge of trade who secures that there will be sanctions to this kind of behaviour which is completely unacceptable for the international community and for the values of the european
the turkish authorities to ask for the reasons for her expulsion since no other reason was given than vague security concerns and links to terrorist organisations and to once again highlight the concerns of this house when it comes to press freedom in turkey.
the authoritarian government of azerbaijan has virtually closed space for independent anti corruption activism critical journalism and opposition political activities through prosecution arbitrary arrests and unjust convictions. this is not the first time we pass a resolution on azerbaijan in this house and i believe it is time to say enough is enough'.
the eu has to take a clear stance here and stick to the principle of freedom of speech and respect for civil liberties which stand at the very foundations of the eu itself.
month after month year after year the progress that has been made in ensuring that a strong partnership between the eu and azerbaijan emerges can be measured in leaps and bounds.
the european union as a champion of democracy human rights and free speech across the globe should not and must not ever turn a blind eye to the mistreatment of any individual by any government.
no matter how exciting and no matter how extensive the progress in international agreements may be we must not abandon the individuals they are designed to benefit.
with these individuals in mind there is much in the resolution that is in front of us today that our parliament must reinforce in its message by calling on the commission on the european external action service to seek and indeed azerbaijan to provide adequate protections for those accused of these crimes
guarantees of medical assistance access to legal counsel.
family visits must be found as a priority for all individuals listed in this resolution.
indeed the strong relationship that we have built with azerbaijan has already paid dividends here and the granting of access to the eu delegation to visit mr huseynov is a positive precursor to resolving the situations flagged in this resolution.
the area of banking union is not the same as schengen it is not the same as eu but now after all these crises we've been surviving some are proposing that we should have a differentiated integration.
as somebody who cares about the eu despite its obvious big problems i would warn against that idea because first being a member of the european union is to learn how to make compromise.
very precarious continuing to deny fundamental rights and freedom.
the eu should also intensify its efforts to promote freedom of expression through its external policies and instruments and to further strengthen financial support to human rights defenders and civil society organisations in sudan mainly under the european development fund.
this has been an important driver for many countries in their economies including cambodia and myanmar and their economic growth over the last years.
but there are safeguards in built here and there are conditions.
we think that the measures that we now have decided upon represent the right balance between defending our interests but we are also saying that we still have a commitment to help the poorest countries through trade.
the human rights issue that many of you raised has a parallel track to this. this is not to punish the two countries for breaching human rights.
the commission has initiated the procedure for possible withdrawal of these preferences in cambodia and we have notified myanmar that it might happen there as well.
mr president let me start with the comment that it is not for the commission to comment in detail on the internal procedures of the council. the commission has however always been committed to enhancing the transparency of the legislative process in general which is a shared responsibility.
the commission came to office with a commitment to enhance transparency.
for example commissioners their cabinets and directors general only meet with interest representatives who are in the transparency register.
we are also publishing information on these meetings and on commissioners' mission expenses.
we have adopted new rules on commission expert groups with stronger transparency requirements and we have provided unprecedented levels of access to information on ongoing trade negotiations and also during the brexit negotiations.
based on the commission's proposal this parliament and the council agreed with us on new interinstitutional agreement on better law making which includes a joint commitment to enhance the transparency of legislative procedures including as appropriate trilateral negotiations
and to improve communication to the public.
as your report notes work is continuing between the services of the three institutions in developing the joint legislative portal which we together committed to set up.
it will be a user friendly way for non specialists to access information about ongoing legislative proceedings.
a lot of information is already available if you know where to look but this is not always easy to find for non experts.
if either the parliament or the council wish to publish additional information compared to what is presently made public this would be a logical place to do so.
madam president the political chaos of this week leaves two groups of people with continued and real uncertainty about their futures eu citizens who live and work in the uk and uk citizens who live in other member states.
these people are doctors and nurses builders and plumbers teachers academics public servants business owners and entrepreneurs.
this is not an abstract set of issues so i call upon this house the european union and the uk government to resolve this to safeguard these people's rights without delay.
madam president just as we are supposed to be raising points of order before this house and indicate which point of order it is which paragraph and in order that we don't delay proceedings.
we're told this on a regular basis just because i have similar interventions like the previous speaker could the house indicate to me what rule of point of order that previous speaker spoke on so that i'm able to use the same in future?
considers that membership negotiations with turkey should be suspended until turkey terminates the visa free agreement which it signed in two thousand and nine with the regime of the president of syria bashar al assad'.
now we have the chance to show again our commitment to its abolition and we want this to happen in a clear transparent and decisive way.
if the sd group does not accept that i would ask members to vote against it because the issues are covered in paragraph.
this agreement was reached on twenty four february in the dialogue with pristina and was one of the key reasons serbia was granted candidate status on one march. pristina sent the official and signed copy of the agreement to mr cooper while belgrade has not yet done so. implementation of the ibm is of utmost importance;
i call on the serbian government to hand in these documents and thereby keep its credibility and demonstrate its commitment to implementation of the agreement.
david cameron did not even try to gain concessions on immigration in his socalled renegotiation with the european union.
there is nothing in his famous reforms that takes back any control whatsoever over migration.
the report states that the eu treaty gives a legal basis to implement the principle of solidarity in the area of migration.
this is part of a common immigration and asylum policy which britain cannot avoid if it stays in the european union.
this was not done by accident. the eu has a commitment to endless mass uncontrolled migration both within its borders and from without.
if the british people want their government to have any control on migration whatsoever then they must vote to leave the european union on twenty three june.
eight thirty listening to the debate and you refuse to give me the floor just because i do not belong to one of the party factions. this is very unfair.
two thousand and fourteen on dublin we know that there is an upcoming legislative process but we have put forward one option whereby the establishment of a central system could be considered and the country of first entry' principle should no longer be applied.
only thirty six of those who were ordered to leave the union were actually returned in.
this is simply a prerequisite if we are to save our celebrated schengen zone.
this year already more than seventy seven children have died.
if we are a union of shared values we must now truly become a union of shared responsibility.
security fears do exist among our citizens and states must fulfil their obligations at the external borders if these fears are to be in any way allayed.
when it comes to safe and legal routes we want a binding legislative approach for resettlement.
the way forward is to have a two way process and while yes everyone's rights must be protected and yes we must do more to keep families together it is also fair to expect people to respect the values upon which our union is founded.
this means that europe must help build capacity in third countries which can eventually allow people to seek protection also in safe countries outside the eu.
it is clear that we still need to do more to prevent loss of life at sea and we call for a permanent union response in search and rescue.
what we are saying here is that we must shift our thinking no more emergency solutions to emergency situations. we want a sustainable long term vision.
any holistic approach to migration must also necessarily contain measures aimed at criminal networks and our report also tackles this point. this is crucial.
so we highlight that when it comes to labour migration for example it must be the member states who have control over the labour market and that they and the union must see how best to fill any possible gaps in the market.
we draw differences between those who are in need of protection and those who come to europe for work because we understand that while people fleeing war and persecution have a right to protection it is true that this does not equate to an inalienable right to migration.
when it comes to frontex and the european border and coast guard we acknowledge that frontex and naval operations such as operation sophia have played their part in saving lives but we need to go further.
our departing point is that solidarity must be the point of principle upon which any action on migration is based.
what we wanted to do is look at every single aspect and come up with an all encompassing plan and i would like to thank cecilia and everyone who cooperated so well to get us to this stage.
we also talk about tackling the root causes and understand that greater commitment is needed to solve the geopolitical issues of our time.
in conclusion.
on security we cannot bury our heads in the sand.
relocation is a move in the right direction but the numbers of people relocated from italy and from greece are very disappointing.
we cannot allow ourselves to become desensitised to the fact that migration is above all a human issue. these are real people with real lives and we must all do better.
this is the magnitude of the situation we are facing and as politicians all of us have a duty to take a stand to ensure that these are not just nameless statistics.
when it comes to beneficiaries of international protection we have come back again and again to the issue of relocation.
we want a new approach on integration.
we know that not everyone who arrives in europe is in fact eligible for protection and we understand that the return of those who are not eligible must be carried out.
it is already difficult to cooperate among member states and even more difficult with third countries but we have achieved some important progress.
fewer people are putting their lives at
member states are deploying officers to the greek islands.
many of you mentioned the eu turkey deal. let me be frank with
implementation as i said before is difficult.
let me be clear here however we do not want a cosmetic reform.
this not only means changing legislation it also means putting the necessary human and financial resources together to effectively address the structural deficiencies of our migration and asylum system as a
this is why resettlement is a responsibility not just for the european union but for all international partners for the united states and canada to the gulf
it is clear that the asylum system as it stands today is not functioning. europe has to adapt its migration policy to provide orderly and safe pathways to the european union for those who need protection and those who can contribute with their skills and talents to the european union's economic development. we
this brings me to what many of you have mentioned during this debate. relocation yes has to work. the numbers were mentioned before.
i believe in building bridges not walls.
basis. as some of you have rightly said this is indeed a global challenge and requires a global response.
more generally the current crisis has shown that the present system is not working and many elements are reflected in your report.
face. we will propose a reform of the blue card scheme for highly skilled migrants as well as measures to attract and support innovative entrepreneurs.
beginning to tackle the issue in a comprehensive way. in this framework i welcome the fact that many constructive proposals can be found in your report which shows our common understanding of the challenges and potential
we all agree that the time has come to replace chaotic irregular and dangerous migratory flows with organised safe and legal pathways to europe.
and attract skills to support our economic growth. we cannot work on one of the aspects and ignore the others.
in this scenario responsibility for an asylum claim would be decided from the very start and for every case on the basis of distribution between member states.
we are doing so with the greek and the turkish governments as well as with international organisations and ngos to ensure that the european union and international law is fully respected.
as a result the first promising steps have been taken.
we have started to finance projects to support turkey in hosting millions of refugees.
this is why the commission will present complementary initiatives in order to achieve greater convergence in the eu asylum system and to limit secondary movements across the european union.
mobility. most importantly we have started realising that we can only face this new reality united and based on our common values of respect for human rights and it is true that this parliament was the first to show the way ahead and this commission's mission was from the
i also want to emphasise that we are working on an action plan on integration for all third country nationals.
both options would provide the much needed solidarity and fair sharing of responsibilities between member states.
this is neither fair nor sustainable as we have seen in the last months.
i think the so called refugees on our borders need to be repatriated to muslim countries as their values are clearly incompatible with our liberal western democracies. this will avoid the current clash of cultures that denigrates the achievements of western civilisation and flouts the protection of women the gay community and vulnerable children who are being attacked by muslim gangs and migrants who deplore our way of life.
compare that to a country that i visited last week lebanon where a thirty ratio is facing the everyday life of the lebanese people there we are talking about a great influx and a big big problem. i am convinced that the vast majority of european citizens want to see a fair system that grants protection and dignity to people fleeing persecution and war and at the same time they want member states to share the responsibility in a fair way
the crisis in europe demonstrates the complete failure of our national governments to set up a functioning asylum system fit for the world of today but unfortunately national leaders have played the rhetoric up to such a level that they manage to convince both themselves and parts of the electorate that we cannot do anything about the crisis.
today i hope that we are going to send a clear message to the citizens of europe that this european parliament has the vision for such a system.
as the rapporteur for the reform of the dublin regulation i am especially proud of the joint commitment from all major political groups in this house to real reform of the dublin regulation which will enable us finally to see a centralised european system where applicants are distributed fairly among eu member states.
i consider this report an important blueprint for how the eu could create a common well functioning asylum system fit for today.
where each country gives its contribution and shares the responsibilities.
thank you for taking the question.
we need to ensure the proper reception redistribution and integration of refugees across europe and we need to build up a real european border.
the ecr group supports much of the european agenda on migration but parliament has not focused on getting the eu's asylum system working properly.
combating human trafficking returns readmission third country cooperation agreements detention conditions fingerprinting sharing of resources external border controls and integration policies are themes that are merely touched on but absolutely key to finding a way forward.
despite this i look forward to working in the coming months on many of the commission proposals which my group can support.
this is an important area and we must get it right.
women and girls are targets for smugglers and traffickers and are at risk of being sold into prostitution and domestic servitude.
many of these are underage girls travelling on their own as we have heard from one of the other speakers.
mr president the shortcoming of the solutions proposed by both the commission and parliament is that they focus on the question of how we could make irregular immigration more regular.
this is what we mean when we talk about creating more legal pathways into europe.
this approach does not address the core problem which is that there are more people coming than europe can absorb.
for a very long time europe has failed miserably to integrate thirdworld immigrants as shown for example by the no go areas in european cities religious radicalism and the horrible crime and unemployment rates.
you talk about international law not being implemented and you talk about pathways.
what we need instead in the european union is legal and safe passage for people in need of international protection because even the best asylum system does not do its job if we close access to that asylum system.
far too few governments in the member states are willing to welcome refugees but it is our duty and our international obligation to open the doors to those people in need. we need common standards for asylum rules but we also need better standards for asylum rules. the review that will be proposed by the commission should lead to better standards because current procedures are very often taking too long. they are not very transparent and legal advice and legal security for people is not there. accommodation is in many cases horrendous.