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secondly we may not be able to protect other countries in the region from the spread of the epidemic.
it is not only eu twenty eight but it is a very significant part for the uk and i think we should support our science and research community and get the money out to where it can make a difference.
in answer to the second question about italian researchers again i cannot speak for italian researchers.
the uk research community is one of the leaders in trying to solve and help find solutions for infectious diseases that unless cured at source are putting increased risks back on our own communities at home for example drug resistant tb which is back in parts of europe.
no one can find cures to ebola by themselves but this programme enables african partners to work with our own national researchers both charitably funded researchers and private companies like glaxo smith kline which i understand may have the most advanced potential vaccine for ebola.
let us put it to good use and get it to the scientists right now.
i understand that the commission is looking to fast track some of this money into researching anti viral drugs and vaccines for ebola and i hope that colleagues will support this.
how do we make sure that this time we do the research and continue it when the headlines disappear when hopefully we get the disease under control?
we have to get the emergency under control but once that is done we need to reflect on the long term.
why have more people died in this epidemic than have died since the disease was first identified about forty years ago?
they have gone in under very difficult conditions.
why is it that vaccines and treatments have been looked at for many years but we have not had the results we need?
as the commissioner said we need to strengthen the health systems in those countries and if we make that commitment to strengthen them it is a good investment for european citizens because ultimately it will protect us at home as well.
it is pretty clear that we have all been slow off the mark and we need to be asking ourselves why is it that this epidemic is far more serious than ever before?
we need to prevent future outbreaks.
we must boost efforts to develop treatments for ebola and other deadly diseases. too often these diseases are ignored by pharmaceutical companies.
they cannot make money from them.
that is why we must invest public money.
today they have launched human clinical trials.
this was only possible because they have the expertise through eu supported research.
funding for this kind of research is vital.
global epidemics need to be contained quickly. we can only learn to do that through research.
mr president as we have watched this horrifying disease unfold and the problems get worse and worse i think we can all unite in saying how awful the situation is and how we salute the health workers who are there. i think it is absolutely crucial that at this time the politicians give direct answers are honest straightforward and take effective measures and that all of us get behind the people who are trying to deal with this terrible problem.
i think that more than anything we should all be united in sending our prayers our best wishes and all our hopes to those who are suffering from this awful thing at this terrible time and all our hopes are with them that they can come through this.
i think we need to do that we need to contain the problem and get the european and african unions involved in that containment programme.
i also want to ask the commissioner if there is a vaccine or if there is something going on in the united states.
there are also suggestions that eu funding in the future will be contingent upon national acceptance of the european public prosecutor's office and that non eurozone members will have to adopt the single currency.
it has announced its intention to speed up the capital markets union. it has increased the size of the juncker fund by a staggering eur one hundred and eighty five billion and announced the formation of a common defence fund.
i would suggest and ask the eu to very very seriously consider whether some of the announcements that they have made and the demands that are now being placed on member states will actually be counterproductive to what they want to do in terms of stopping populism.
on terrorism we also urgently need answers but i do not think that your recipe of simply collecting more and more data is going to do it.
and yes of course we need to prosecute those who pose a real threat to us and our way of life absolutely but we also need to look further into the root causes of radicalisation so that fewer people become a threat to our security and to our freedom.
but rather than doing that and wasting a lot of money we should make pooling and sharing the rule and not the exception.
i think it is super disappointing that the council has dropped any progress on the issue of solidarity from the agenda and i am afraid that if you cannot even solve that task then i really have a hard time imagining how there can be progress in other areas at least not in a way that will be satisfactory. i think the reason for that is that
we need to strengthen the exchange of data on actual suspects and unknown risk persons so that the tools that we already have today actually serve the security of our citizens.
your answer to conflicts and violence worldwide is just to push for more military spending.
for solving problems you would actually need to tackle their root causes. you would have to look at the root cause for why people have to flee and do something about that.
but i do not really think that that particular industry really needs that extra bit of help but what we are actually doing here or what we would be doing here is actually to make a twenty ninth or twenty eighth sort of defence policy.
this sort of cooperation could actually save us something like eur one hundred billion every year money that is actually urgently needed to tackle all the root causes of conflicts for example in the world.
i wish the presidency good luck with their discussions and i hope that it will defy my low expectations and actually dare to look into the root causes and come up with solutions that actually solve something.
we need to make sure that the upcoming pillar of social rights will prepare the labour market in europe to provide better jobs particularly for young people and we need to make sure that our eurozone will start working for real convergence.
there is a lot of hard work to be done.
we also need to be prepared to open a new generation of trade agreements pushing for sustainable development all over the world.
worldwide starting with africa.
at the same time we also need to build much more powerful instruments to cope with citizens' concerns.
we have just now the revision of the european fund for strategic investments and we need to make sure that this fund will become more powerful pushing for real additional strategic investment projects.
so the defence package just presented by the commission is certainly a very important move and we need to be prepared to have that discussion about the package but we know that lasting peace also depends a lot on permanent systemic action for development
theresa may gambled and she lost and the country is deeply divided.
it is now time to act.
we have to protect our borders.
now we can go a step further.
but the uk government expects to begin negotiations later this month for we have kept you waiting long enough.
because while the deal with turkey appears to be holding for now the council must seek consensus from all member states to effectively tackle the migrant crisis in case that agreement breaks down by getting the basics right processing asylum applications quickly and efficiently returning those who do not qualify to their country of origin agreeing clear criteria for qualification based on the geneva convention
we may be divided on our politics but we are united in not wanting to allow the terrorists to win.
our discussions on the challenges will continue way beyond this summit and future ones but how many times do we have to discuss them before our voters see real progress?
at the international level military cooperation without undermining nato better data sharing between national law enforcement agencies;
while others will call for more agencies the ecr group calls for more action and while others will call for further political integration the ecr group calls for political cooperation for a reformed eu which does less but does it better.
now if that means addressing concerns over civil liberties while drafting new laws to tackle the threat of terrorism to my mind a wider coalition is not necessarily a bad thing.
topics we have discussed before and no doubt topics that we will discuss again;
while others will call for new rules the ecr group calls for the eu to make what we already have work better.
can i also take this opportunity to thank colleagues from across the political spectrum for their messages of condolences and solidarity after the recent terrorist attacks in both manchester and my home city of london.
and by not continuing to pursue a struggling relocation scheme without the full support of all member states.
i hope the council will understand the importance of tackling terrorism at different levels.
but security is just one of the issues facing us. the migration crisis continues as does the eu turkey deal and the ecr believes that the eu should focus on a new relationship based not on the false promise of membership but on an honest relationship based on cooperation.
an election in which the conservative party lost seats but not enough to lose power and where the opposition gained seats but not enough to gain power and ended up fifty six seats behind and just as in any other country for example the netherlands at the moment the largest party will seek to form a government with support from a smaller party.
but each time we have to ask ourselves are we any closer to solutions and real action?
there is now a big push a big drive for us to opt for a norway style option and i have to confess that your chief negotiator mr barnier is right it took theresa may nine months to trigger article fifty and by the time the talks start it will be nearly four months since it was triggered so i do accept that we go into this as a british government with a british prime minister in a very weak position. and she is caught in a bit of a pincer movement because the political class
but that has not stopped a parade of former prime ministers and of former european commissioners from lining up and attempting to get the british government to backslide on its commitments.
would like us to stay in the customs union and to stay in the single market but the people have made it perfectly clear they want us to leave both of those things.
in fact on the morning of the general election seventy of the british public whichever way they had voted in the referendum simply wanted the government to get on and complete and conclude brexit.
but there are five pressing questions that need to be answered on a shortterm basis.
what is the proposal so that the good friday agreement can be kept in place and that no hard border will be created between the republic on the one hand and northern ireland on the other hand?
i am very grateful to the commission for the different reflection papers that they have put on the table but the commission is more than a think tank.
we always say do not waste a good crisis.
so i think the time is now right for us to receive from the british side clear answers to these five questions so that these negotiations can start.
because of the uncertainty that has been created.
the second question is will it be the opinion of the tories or the position of the whole nation? party interest or national interest?
i think the moment is now there when we start these brexit talks to have also legislative proposals on the reform of the european union on defence as you have done and on economic and monetary union.
that is the moment to go forward.
but then six hours later there is no deal and they are still discussing it.
negotiations. furthermore in the light of recent developments the european council will return to trade policy. leaders are expected to reaffirm the eu strong commitment to our trade policy. they will also discuss how the eu can make sure trade remains free and fair for all. to conclude i would like to mention two other important topics. first leaders will show their strong and continued support to the paris agreement on climate change. this is an important point and we will discuss this here later on in the morning and i think that we should expect some strong language
mr president at next week's council there will be a new irish face around the table and a new face of ireland perhaps.
today the taoiseach enda kenny hands over that office to leo varadkar and i take this opportunity to wish our new taoiseach our new party leader well in his work ahead and also to acknowledge the great work of enda kenny as leader of our country in very difficult times.
yesterday there were tributes paid to him and the most remarkable comments were the simplest and nicest ones about his sunny disposition his optimism in dark times and how that is so needed in politics today.
he spoke about the honour that he had of leading our country and i hope that our new leader will carry that same optimistic disposition and work for a united europe.
his last call was to theresa may to warn her about a brexit that would damage the good friday agreement.
we should honour his words his commitment to peace and his commitment to europe.
i salute his work and i wish our new leader every success.
let me use these concluding remarks to make a more general comment.
recently a tangible sense of unity urgency and responsibility has been added to our actions.
this should also encourage us parliament and the council to deliver results more rapidly united by the same objective and showing that we are able to meet the challenges that the eu is facing.
the presidency needs your ideas and your energy.
it needs your flexibility and your sense of responsibility to deliver on the guidance provided by the european council.
we have had many achievements in the past five months but there is much more work to be done ahead of us.
political elitism is a doctrine of servitude but its forces are strong determined and well financed and it is attacking and destroying its enemies one by one.
they attacked and removed the voices of resistance from our radio and tv stations. they attack and abuse the president who was elected in the united states of america yet celebrate the globalist placeman they installed in france.
those who love freedom patriots democrats brexiteers must say no more. we must regroup and return fire.
yes it is public public but that has a spillover effect as we say that it has to be close to the market.
these if successful will have significant implications on the living conditions in that region in those countries concerned.
it took us five years to arrive at the day where we are today where we have a programme which in my opinion is pretty significant in that area a programme that should lead to integration of capacities our capabilities and abilities.
i am a little bit concerned that it was quite difficult to negotiate the budget for this programme it is as if we always have a difference between the ambition and the understanding that we need the means to tackle the issues at the roots but then when we have a programme which has a solid basis we have the difficulties to allocate the necessary financial means. but i think that the outcome is a positive one it is something that we can build on.
how do we solve these issues?
without food and water we cannot make it.
so prima will fill this critical gap.
these challenges are border blind and are often too big to be addressed by a single country.
the mediterranean is a destiny'.
ladies and gentlemen i am personally invested in seeing this unique initiative succeed.
water shortages have a negative impact on crop yields so access also means the health and well being of the population.
water availability and thus agricultural production is of strategic importance for the whole mediterranean sea.
it is an issue because it is the biggest issue that we have in front of us as people as human beings.
prima will seek to ensure two of people's most basic needs today food and water.
our modern concept of northern and southern mediterranean is an artificial distinction. proximity to this sea creates a shared heritage and with that comes shared challenges; and science and innovation must be the tools to tackle those challenges. prima is recognisably the greatest achievement to date in euro med collaboration in research and innovation.
today during this debate we need to keep in mind three things about prima the what the why and the how.
this cooperation would not have been possible without the personal commitment of ms sakorafa and the tireless efforts of the maltese presidency and the hard work of the negotiation teams are a testament of this cooperation.
so i want to seize this opportunity as ms sakorafa just did to thank the european parliament and in particular the rapporteur ms sofia sakorafa but also everyone involved in this work and this amazing team that put all the institutions working together.
it is also an excellent example of successful cooperation between the european institutions.
first the what.
why is this an issue for us?
we have to acknowledge that these issues are the root causes of migration both within and beyond borders.
it means the livelihoods of rural and urban populations and it means territorial development.
it will bundle know how and resources to encourage long term research and innovation cooperation between the mediterranean countries from the north to the south.
i count on you honourable members of parliament to seize this historic opportunity and to help shape the future of the mediterranean basin by adopting the prima initiative in tomorrow's vote.
but we have to put in the means we have to put in the resources.
so no effort can be spared to identify novel approaches to ensure water availability. right now there is an insufficient level of research and innovation and investment in the region. this means a lack of innovative solutions that are adapted to the mediterranean region's geographical needs and that are easily transferable.
as the great croatian writer predrag matvejevi once said and i quote being mediterranean entails more than history or geography tradition or memory birth right or belief.
i think that part of that answer is exactly prima.
but if you look at the mediterranean region with one hundred and eighty million people that are considered water stressed' this water stress was brought on by changing climate patterns but also by unsustainable resource management and demographic changes.
i thank you for that because i think that it took the effort it took the capacity of us sitting around the table all together but we arrived at a conclusion that is really better than what we had before.
mr gambs talked also about the environmental angle of these problems which are definitely part of our ability to solve it or not.
two thousand and fifty what we talked about today was also how we can have water for everybody.
we have to solve this we have to create a technology we have to have the innovation that will change for the better and that is something that we will do together.
ms toia talked about a project of equals which is i think exactly what we want with prima on this project a project of equals in between all the countries with the same rights as partners and peers.
the same manner must also be used when it investigates the alleged use of torture against the moroccan nationals implicated in the case and we must push in this house for there to be an independent criminal inquiry into the matter. we are aware of the challenges that tunisia faces after holding its first free and democratic elections in this period of transition and for this reason we believe that a reform process must be fully implemented in order to establish a stronger and lasting multi party pluralist democracy in the long term in tunisia and one that is based on human rights and the rule of law with an independent judiciary and an accountable police force and most importantly a free media.
tunisia has traditionally prided itself on sharing eu common values in building a modern secular society.
in the light of this recent commitment we must urge the tunisian government to do all it can to make sure that the authorities deal properly with the case brought forward by zakaria bouguira in a transparent manner and in line with the law.
as such we call on the tunisian authorities to carry on reforming the security forces and ending any climate of impunity.
tunisia should do away with these ben ali style practices and oppression.
they can be used to enable free speech freedom of the press and access to information and as this case shows the documentation of human rights violations.
intended and is intended to support those who continue on the long difficult path of transition and the struggle towards free and just societies.
besides respect for human rights the rule of law and good governance we are specifically concerned with the role that technologies can play.
we are in contact with his family and the case has been formally raised with the competent authorities the minister of the interior and the minister of justice. a judicial procedure has finally been opened and we will follow its development. more generally this case shows the urgency for tunisia to move more resolutely towards democratic transition
and ensure the independence of the judiciary a proper reform of the security sector freedom of the media and better democratic governance.
at the political level the eu has expressed to the tunisian authorities its willingness to support democratic reforms and will continue to do so in the future.
we are also determined to translate these political commitments into concrete cooperation activities.
in addition in response to a request from the minister for the interior we are currently discussing the possibility of a peer review of the security sector as a first step towards increased dialogue and cooperation in this very sensitive sector.
as experience has shown in order to succeed a democratic transition needs strong political will from the authorities but also an effective and organised civil society.
we need to recognise this.
this means that we should have from now on more time to reduce public deficits; we should have more room to make public and private investments; we should have better coordination of economic policies to sustain demand
but growth investment and job creation.
and we should adopt another approach to reforms.
we need reforms to create more added values to create more and better jobs and to create a new kind of global competitiveness for europe.
we need capital markets that are liquid all over the european union.
this is the most fundamental task for the european union to preserve and defend peace.
that means that we need to fight red tape to use the new opportunities of having a vice president of the commission responsible for better regulation and fighting bureaucracy.
secondly we need to attract investment into the european union.
the aggression we see today from russia is a threat to the peace order of today.
two thousand and three we must not do it now because it will damage the credibility of the whole of the european union.
we can only attract investment if there is an opportunity for companies to profit for companies to develop.
if we make new derogations for some countries just because they are big we are making a big mistake.
so we need to ensure that our regulation and legislation is not hindering liquidity making and investment. thirdly we need to secure credibility and the stability of public finances in the european union.
the reforms to european economic governance have been instrumental in making this progress possible. together we have changed the way that europe's economies and financial sector are legislated supervised and regulated.