kfajdsl/voxpopuli huggingface dataset:
given the broadness of the study we have enough guarantees to assume it will go in the direction she assumes as well.
so i would just encourage her to keep watching this and then to take it from there when the draft study is ready.
for the rest i just want to say that this is good for farmers this is good for small and medium sized enterprises this is good for the environment and most of all this is good for our health.
so this is one more step forward and we will keep following the issue so that we can take further steps in the future but the vote today already takes us in the right direction.
that might be a bit too much for this step.
because yes it is absolutely great to really reduce singleuse plastic but we all know that the big amounts of plastic are in the packaging.
i hear this phrase throw it away' and it's a phrase that has to be tackled.
when we say throw it away' in many cases we think it's in the bin it's brought away by the rubbish truck and then it's gone away'.
the reality is that it has not gone away and we've got to look at absolutely every item we use and ask ourselves the question when i throw it away where does it end up?
but we shouldn't just have to ask that question.
the companies who produce this stuff should also have to ask that question and they should be forced to ask the question.
we should also praise our grandmothers and our great grandmothers who knew about recycling and knew about the environment before the words were invented because they lived it.
madam president first of all i very much regret the decision of the president of the parliament because what it will lead to is that next week we will have the same amount of amendments tabled again.
yes we have a large number of amendments but those are intentional.
this is what it is about and many of you have confirmed it today because you say let's postpone it'.
you will never ever take responsibility mr farage for the mess that you have landed your country in.
you are responsible for the national humiliation we see today.
it's high time that you and every other brexiteer took responsibility for the lies and the misleading campaign that you have consistently led in our country to bring it to its knees. i say to you mr tusk thank you for your message of solidarity.
it is very well heard and very well received.
there is a mass proeuropean movement in britain and we are not going anywhere.
we want to defeat these people.
we are on the right side of history and we are proud to have you with us.
that kind of language is completely unacceptable in this chamber or in any chamber for that matter and he should apologise.
all the elements of the negotiations are on the table now and it is time to vote.
it will provide a level playing field for companies by having uniform rules improved working conditions for drivers and enhanced control possibilities.
it addresses many of the known problems in the sector today and what is more absence of new european rules will likely lead to a further deterioration of the situation in road haulage with wage and social dumping fragmentation and protectionism all rising.
the professionalisation of van operations with light commercial vehicles which will be submitted to similar rules in international transport;
for drivers the package will also bring important benefits posting rules will apply to them with minimum wage and employment conditions of the host country;
the regular return home or to another private place after a maximum of four weeks will be guaranteed; the conditions for regular weekly rests and obligations of employers to pay accommodation will be clarified;
and better resting conditions will be ensured to avoid fatigue and prevent endangering road safety.
the package will finally provide for better enforcement with much earlier deployment of smart tachographs with geo localisation to control posting and driving time; with reinforced administrative cooperation between national authorities;
actually we note that many among those important measures are in principle largely consensual within your house. on all other outstanding points we strongly recommend support for the reports of the rapporteurs which are striking the right balance.
i cannot stress enough the urgency of securing a positive outcome on the mobility package i ahead of the european elections.
the state of the road market in the union the working conditions of our drivers and the environment in which our companies are operating are far too serious matters to be left at an unsatisfactory status quo for an as yet unknown period of time.
again on behalf of the commission i encourage you all to vote tomorrow in favour of the political agreement on the insolvency directive reached in december. as far as we're concerned we will work to ensure that once the council completes the procedural steps the directive will be swiftly and effectively implemented by member states.
indeed work is already ongoing in some of the areas highlighted in the report for example ensuring that future transfers of sensitive equipment take place in compliance with international law as well as with the relevant eu rules. this is something to which i assure you we will attach the highest priority.
we also fully agree that the european parliament needs to be kept fully informed on a regular basis about the use of this facility. that is a commitment that we happily make.
so thank you again for all those who've engaged on this subject.
thank you for this report.
it is also a concrete demonstration of the eu's broader commitment to the un sustainable development goals.
never before has a natural environment that sustains humankind been under such strain.
never before has it been so important to put sustainable development at the very heart of everything we do in europe and globally.
the new directive on single use plastics will help change the way we design consume and manage plastic products and waste.
it will significantly reduce the negative impact of plastic pollution on the environment in particular the marine environment.
it was just as ms ries said just over a year ago when we announced in the european plastics strategy that we would come forward with a legislative proposal on single use plastics.
today this house is about to take a final decision. the prospect of this new legislation has already boosted more sustainable business solutions changed consumer behaviour and become a leading example in the world even before its entry into force.
a positive vote by the european parliament will deliver a positive change in line with our shared circular economy in plastics strategy goals.
it will stimulate innovation and investment in new products and promote new circular business models.
the measures will also significantly reduce littering and plastic pollution in our marine waters.
as she said just now we worked on this together three institutions people on three sides who all believed this could be done when people outside were saying it was almost impossible.
madam president having been involved in discussions on this topic for the fisheries committee for some time i'm very pleased that we have this debate with a resolution here this afternoon.
so all these things need to be tackled and i'm delighted that we're particularly honing in on things we can do pretty quickly getting rid of singleuse plastics that can be replaced with some other product.
definitely we have to do everything we can to bring about an end to plastics pollution of the environment as soon as we can.
we did try and address some of the issues that have been raised by some of the groups this evening.
i think that the outcome strengthened by the scrutiny and input at the european parliament is a good outcome.
it is supported in the council so it isn't against the member states.
but most importantly for me it is strongly supported by those on the front line the policemen the border guards and the immigration officers who we need to help to do their job which is to keep us safe.
mr president it is high time that the eu and in particular its member states stand by the commitment to allow kosovan citizens to travel without a visa to the european union.
kosovo is a young country that has made significant efforts after the most appalling ethnic violence to get in line with the requirements of the european union to obtain visa liberalisation.
may i say that it was not a level playing field with ukrainians gaining liberalisation quickly because it suited us for political purposes.
through regular contacts with numerous members of kosovan civil society particularly with women and youth and with entrepreneurs i've seen that citizens aspire to be part of the european project.
by blocking the visa liberalisation process the council is sending the wrong message.
hope of ever being a part of this european peace project is fading for them and we need them to be part of our peace project.
well i abhor some of the language that i have heard from some members in this house this evening.
as a british mep i have kosovan constituents living in manchester and there is a peace park in kosovo that is called the manchester peace park.
this is equally about stability and security in this region.
one cannot keep moving or pushing the finishing line;
otherwise we risk kosovo and most importantly its european minded citizens turning their backs and running in the other direction. i very much regret that it was not possible for an agreement to be found
' hopefully that meeting of minds can be achieved this week in the house of commons.
above all we hope that the house of commons can take a decisive decision to avoid a crashout at all costs.
if that could be avoided then we could live with anything else be it a withdrawal agreement an extension or whatever.
we started by asking those on the front line how we could help what they needed.
and they replied that there were some issues surrounding the handling the use of information.
in particular there was a challenge surrounding picking up identifying people who were using multiple identities.
we've heard that that led to some horrible terrorist attacks.
one of the reasons that those on the front line felt occasionally frustrated was because of the way that they used our eu wide databases and the way our eu wide databases security and others interacted or in some cases didn't interact effectively.
we replied that we would take steps to try and help them to help them to do their jobs to keep us safe to provide police officers and border guards with efficient access to accurate and complete data making the best possible use of the information that we had in our systems and finding ways to eliminate
some of the silos some of the gaps and some of the blind spots.
many of them i think assumed that we can do it already which is why it's so important that we've been able to get to this point and take this step.
but all of us who have been involved knew from the outset that there were many complex and indeed sensitive issues that had to be managed if we were going to make a success of this.
that is why i think we can rightly recognise as all the speakers have done so far that we got to this point by working effectively together.
for me this is another positive from the work we've done around this subject.
we have shown that we can integrate all of those different stakeholders from the very beginning of our work and we've shown that we can do effective security policy integrating the input from the data supervisor and the fundamental rights agency from the outset.
and then again later on in the process give them an opportunity to check that the work is effectively respecting those key fundamental rights.
the work that we've achieved together will improve the management of the schengen external border.
it will enhance the internal security of all our member states. law enforcement and border guards will have easier access to the information that they are entitled to use.
they will be better able to determine when someone has been registered with multiple identities picking up those who are hiding behind multiple identities but at the same time facilitating travel for legitimate travellers.
in doing all of this we have been very careful to maintain purpose limitations and safeguard those fundamental rights.
data processing will be limited to what is strictly necessary and proportionate.
no new kinds of information will be collected for the purpose of interoperability.
indeed if i may say so the scrutiny that the european parliament exerted around this file has further clarified the protections and safeguards for example around the right to information.
and that is something personally that i very much welcome.
the result is a strong piece of legislation that addresses security needs of our member states makes use of innovative technologies but includes safeguards needed to process data in full compliance with our fundamental rights.
i know it's not the usual custom here but can i just take two seconds to thank the commission team as well who worked very very hard on this putting in many long hours.
together we got to this result and once the legislation is adopted it will be for all of us to make sure it's implemented effectively starting with eu lisa an agency which i know enjoys the full support of this house.
we're going to have to make sure that all of these measures that we have now agreed are put into practice.
the innovations that we've set out that you have underlined will only make a real difference to security on the ground if and when they are fully implemented collectively at eu level and in each and every member state.
for our part the commission will provide support as well as funding and where necessary we will not hesitate to use our enforcement powers to make sure that the member states live up to the commitments that they have taken.
again this agreement is good for the eu it's good for the security of all of our citizens.
certainly i agree that there is chaos in westminster at the moment we expect our politicians in westminster to actually take some decisions and to take a lead on the brexit that people voted for.
as far as the travelling circus between brussels and strasbourg is concerned i suppose my point is simply to say that the system is broken when a parliament does not even have the basic democratic power to decide where it meets.
i think we are all heeding your warning because i think you said it with deep emotion and affection for your country.
madam president we are now only two days from the date when brexit was supposed to happen and we still do not know when how and even if brexit will happen.
however it also says a lot about the lies and fantasies the brexiteers sold before the referendum.
these have now come crashing down against the reality and tradeoffs that leaving the eu was always going to entail.
the uk parliament decided to step in and take back control of the brexit process.
we now need to see what they do with this control.
we have always said that the political declaration can be reviewed to pave the way for a closer relationship between the eu and the uk.
we can do this quickly and this is not only possible but is something we would welcome.
if the uk decides to ask for a long extension of course this cannot be to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement which is closed and will not be re opened.
but if the uk asks for a longer extension to rethink brexit to offer a closer relationship or to provide for election or a referendum then of course we will support it.
but if the uk does not leave we shall celebrate and we will never do anything to prevent this possibility from happening now.
the european union has become a very good mechanism for taking wealth from the general population and redistributing it to people who are lucky enough directly or indirectly to be part of the system.
every system of government has that aspect to it.
but what is unique is the way in which by extending the difference between the people contributing and the people spending it maximises the inefficiency that comes from a remote government.
the fundamental role of any legislature is to hold the executive to account but that dynamic doesn't apply in this assembly because for the sake of greater european integration this parliament ends up always lining up with the commission against the taxpayer in the cause of greater and greater integration.
mr president as a co signatory of the resolution on tax avoidance and tax evasion and on behalf of the greek delegation which has a flight to catch i would like to kindly ask you if the chamber agrees
how can this possibly be out of scope?
that is absolutely not true.
please think again and if nothing good comes back that is not our fault it is your fault.
however the main point that we are making to you pretty much all of us here is that this proposal has no added value.
i think it is important to remember that thousands of people in europe die each year as a result of lorry crashes and so it affects both the drivers and the people on the roads. for example in two thousand and eleven the european transport safety council highlighted that four three hundred people died. now you tell us commissioner that what we are asking for is out of scope.
you also said there was an issue of legal certainty. again i cannot see how that can be correct;
there is ample evidence that driver fatigue and abusive employment practices and exploitation not taking safety seriously and illegal cabotage more generally lead to very real safety risks and will not enable us to meet our road safety targets apart from anything else.
poor income in bulgaria and romania does not even give a monthly wage which is as good as the uk's minimum wage.
a single market based on freedom of movement can only work when there is something approaching a common standard of living.
we know there is widespread corruption with licences that can be bought on the internet.
let me make a couple of points clear.
the end result of this type of legislation punishes the hard working lorry drivers of great britain.
this has led to some unqualified drivers on our roads.
saying that five hundred million people are a single market does not make them one.
this means that the lorry drivers of the uk simply cannot compete and earn a decent day's living.
i listened to all of them very carefully and i can assure you that they will all be analysed with respect. but please just allow me one clarification.
illegal cabotage is a serious infringement in the context of fair competition.
however it is not part of this classification where seriousness of infringement is defined on the basis of risk of fatalities or serious injuries.
i would also like to point out that when assessing good repute member states should however also consider infringements against the national social rules including those on pay and employment conditions.
nevertheless we should all keep in mind that this is just one step.
we already made clear that the agenda of this commission includes addressing social dumping which has no place in the european union but we will do so in consultation with social partners and with adequate tools at our disposal.
but it is now time for you to decide whether you want the exchange of information to start now allowing for better enforcement or if you prefer to delay this further.
but at the same time please allow me to thank you for your very positive and very constructive comments and for offering to help with very good cooperation in the future to make sure that transport stays safe and competitive
everybody wants to have greater harmonisation of standards.
we want to improve the professional standing of transport and prevent unscrupulous firms from exploiting workers.
we are fully aware that it is also of paramount importance for this parliament.
it is an obligation for drivers and operators to respect and apply these rules.
daily enforcement is primarily the responsibility of member states.
this proposal on common classification of serious infringements is there to help member states to improve compliance and thereby increase safety on european roads.
its adoption would provide member states with a common basis for assessing the good repute of transport operators in the event of infringements.
the commission has worked for over two years in order to come up with a balanced proposal on classification.
this work should not be wasted. i know that some of you would wish to be even more ambitious and extend the scope to other infringements in particular those of a social nature.
others evidently believe it goes too far.
but this proposal is clearly in line with the objectives and within the limits of the mandate this parliament as co legislator gave to the commission.
and whatever your decision is i will continue to work with parliament on this subject.
but let me stress one more time that among the negative consequences of possible rejection we would face legal uncertainty for enforcers unequal treatment of drivers and operators as well as ineffective or even non existent
exchange of data on serious infringements between member states for quite some time to come.
please keep this in mind when you vote.
please also note that we will always continue looking for new opportunities to keep our roads safe and working conditions fair.
finally i would like to confirm again that the commission is committed to continue the work on better enforcement of this acquis and we hope that we can do so in close cooperation with you.
is a thing of the past.
i am interested too in how this report will impact on our discussions on the reform of agricultural policy. the commissioner has said that he intends to deepen cross compliance in agriculture through the water framework directive and i wonder how that will be done in a positive way in terms of agriculture and the environment because sometimes when we legislate we create difficulties
for farmers.
integration is the true point of the prevention concept.
as you all know there is a quantity and quality side to the issue quality health nature protection and so on but in a way we should understand that these are two sides of the same coin.
it is truly a complex issue.
cross compliance is fundamentally an issue of prevention instead of cleaning up when the mess has been
to make we are now in the process of the review of the eia directive and this issue will be considered also in that
these bans are bad for business and are putting local people's jobs at risk.
i am pleased the rapporteur has addressed the issue of leaks in his report.
mr president the water framework directive has set ambitious goals goals for reducing pollution goals for improving the water environment and goals for promoting better use of water.
twenty five until recently in fact my constituents have been forced to suffer a hosepipe ban during what has been even for london a particularly wet summer.
another major theme of your report that i would like to cover relates to addressing gaps in water policy.
the blueprint will also address this for instance by highlighting ways to remain within sustainable leakage level and to finance water infrastructure through the cohesion policy.
in addition to implementation your report acknowledges integration as another major focus of action to be covered by the blueprint.
in this respect i am pleased to see that our ideas converge as the report focuses on issues such as the importance of water accounts ecosystem services and minimum water flow for environment water pricing and cost recovery.
i am happy to see that you have identified the same gaps as well as the necessity to improve our water infrastructure and reduce leakage.
implementation of the blueprint's proposals will be supported by the innovation partnership on water recognised in your report as a tool to help deliver win win solutions for the environment and the economy creating green jobs while finding innovative solutions to our water challenges.
the blueprint can translate the green potential of the commission proposals into concrete possibilities but this will only happen if you and the council lend your support to the essence of the ideas that we have put forward.
our assessments show that there are limited but important gaps that we need to fill.