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it sets out faster and clearer procedural rules for pricing medicinal products.
i hope the commission will use the report as a basis for a new proposal that will ensure the effectiveness of the system.
madam president i make this explanation on behalf of my group the ecr group. this motion for a resolution addresses the issue of violence against women and includes a wide range of actions which constitute violent actions against women sexual abuse rape domestic violence trafficking of women and girls
violence against women in conflict situations genital mutilation and forced marriages. the motion for a resolution strongly condemns all violence against women and girls and strongly states that member states and the eu as a whole must do more in this area.
to these ends the resolution calls for a directive laying down minimum standards.
the ecr group opposes the development of any further legal instruments in this area.
we were also reassured by commissioner reding's comments regarding the adopted victims package.
we already have legislation in place and now member states must implement that directive.
the commissioner does not plan to include any more legislation in this area.
the ecr believes therefore that the issues raised in the resolution are of value and importance to all women across the european union and hence supports the resolution overall.
our message must be zero tolerance in this area.
just because noise pollution is unlike other types of pollution and cannot be seen tasted or smelt does not mean that it deserves less of our attention.
i voted for regulating certain types of motor vehicle because action must be taken to diminish this growing problem.
madam president i share the committee's desire to see vital eu medicinal products reach those who need them most in the fastest possible time.
as in other regions people living in my constituency in northern ireland should have access to the most successful and specialised medicines available.
it is therefore necessary to reduce administrative barriers to trade. a balance must be found however between making the national procedures that set prices for pharmaceuticals more efficient and ensuring that products are judged solely on how effective they will be in meeting health demands.
i support the plans to reduce the time limits for decisions on pricing and reimbursements for generic medicines.
i also welcome provisions which would compel decision making bodies to make public the names of their expert members as well as the reasons for their judgments.
of course we should all continue to strive to mitigate further noise from vehicles and i think that goes without saying.
the resolution on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls;
however i want also to express a real desire as this reform process now enters into a detailed negotiation phase between the eu institutions that we will secure meaningful changes on many of the issues that have been central to the process mainly discards and the issue of regionalisation.
i am aware that the council still have to settle their position on this issue particularly the issue of discards.
while i fully agree that a lot of work has been done to raise all of these issues up the political agenda regretfully i have to inform the house that i find myself with no alternative but to abstain from the vote on the overall package.
this is the fourth cfp reform process since the united kingdom joined the then eec and we still have to wait for positive change for the united kingdom's fishermen.
so i am delighted that we are taking action to reduce vehicle noise but we must recognise that this is only one small part of the issue of vehicle noise.
we also have issues with tyres with road surface levels and with many of the parts of the road changes that are supposed to be for road safety but actually mean that cars have to slow down and speed up.
when you are talking about a resource like fish in the sea long term planning is essential particularly to preserve stocks and to allow them to grow into the future. it makes absolute sense.
however we need minimum procedural requirements in order to ensure the proper functioning of the single market as well as legal certainty and transparency for national authorities.
the names and declarations of interests of the experts involved in the decision making process should be disclosed they should be published and made available.
madam president i was happy to vote for mr gallagher's report on technical conservation measures since aspects of this report are very important for sustainable fish stocks and for the measures which the industry might use to ensure this goal.
however it is deeply regrettable that despite delaying this report as a negotiating tool on the issue of long term management plans there has still not even begun to be an end to a resolution on the issue.
these plans are essential to preserving fish stocks and the future sustainability of the industry yet we find ourselves in a dispute between three european institutions over the issue of competence.
madam president i am pleased that level heads have prevailed and a sensible schedule for reducing sound levels has been adopted.
noise pollution is a serious issue which can lead to hearing damage sleep disturbance and even cardiovascular disease.
i believe it is in our interests to reduce sound levels of vehicles.
a gradual reduction of over seven years is a sensible approach which will both improve the quality of life for our citizens while ensuring the car industry has sufficient time to make the necessary changes.
introducing a sound generator on all quiet hybrid and electric cars can prevent thousands of collisions and protect vulnerable road users.
the reason i am delighted is because what it has proven above all to me we can all talk about the fishing facts and the issues around discards all of which i am very pleased with but what it has proven most of all is the power of the people of europe.
most particularly i would like to pay tribute to those people in the united kingdom who have worked tirelessly to bring this whole issue up to the top of the agenda.
in these days when politics is full of very difficult economic choices that we all have to make and we have very difficult foreign affairs issues going on all around the world it is a huge achievement to have ensured that the issue around fish and the environmental sustainability of our seas has remained at the top of the agenda.
i would like to use this opportunity to congratulate all of those people.
two thousand and nine ahmadinejad is no better than gaddafi and we need to invoke similarly harsh measures to protect human rights in iran.
let us hold accountable a system that allows de facto imprisonment of opposition leaders.
while the international community is rightly focused on libya and seeks ways to end the violence gaddafi and his collaborators inflict on citizens let us not allow iran to be snowed under in our political agendas. a massacre is also happening in iran but it happens in slow motion.
we also need to provide technologies for citizens to communicate freely and to access information and the eu needs to be a safe haven for free thinkers.
a list of eighty names has been leaked and attributed to your office. i want to ask whether this is a sign of your inclination to move ahead with this important measure.
vice president high representative let the eu lead on efforts to hold accountable individuals who rape women before execution so that there is absolutely no chance they may end up in heaven as virgins men who shoot dead unarmed youths from rooftops while they walk in the streets and the judges who convict human rights lawyers for defending juveniles and women.
one execution every eight hours since the start of this year and systematic repression torture rape and censorship have been rampant during the islamic republic and in particular since the elections in.
some might argue that sanctions are in place but these only focus on the nuclear issue without yielding the desired results.
many honourable members have raised specific cases and the terrible record that this country has and we need to do as much as we possibly can and i think we can do better if we do that together.
i simply ask you to recognise that there is a limit to the amount of hours i have got in the day and the number of things i can do.
ms paulsen asked me whether we could find space in the i think the word was glittering' new building to be able to have people working on the issues of concern in human rights. can i just say that i was delighted that madam hautala the chair of the subcommittee on human rights wrote to me to say that she was pleased with the design
however i am only moving people into one building to remove them from eight buildings where they are currently scattered around brussels believing as i do that enabling people to work together will make us more effective.
i will not comment on what currently is being dealt with specifically because i want to present this when we finish the work but we are talking to human rights activists and to organisations as well as considering across the twenty seven member states what might be a more effective way of being able to address this issue and to put as much pressure as we possibly can.
therefore i hope when you see what we do that the word glittering' will be a nice word and not a word i fear that suggests i am trying to do something that i genuinely am not.
i am very well aware of my own background in terms of being a leader of a house of parliament and not being elected but i was very privileged to be elected by this house and of course to be invited into this role by twenty seven heads of state and the president of the commission.
it is for them to choose.
me; and that shows very clearly to iran that we are totally united in our approach and i pay tribute to all those who work with
me. they have to show the political will to do what is necessary;
of how we plan to deal with human rights within the new organisation.
we will have to squeeze them in because i am also trying to save money on the way.
i do hope that you will feel able to contact my office with issues of concern and indeed to attend the meetings where i am able to come and speak.
of course we are supporting the resolution in geneva for a special rapporteur on iran. we do raise these issues directly as well; it is really important that we all stand together in pushing forward on human rights in iran.
as i have said to them it is not difficult what they have to do is be open and transparent to allow the inspectors to do the job they are supposed to do and to do the confidence building that we have ofttimes explained to them in great detail.
i am more than happy to try and do more;
while the situation is currently deteriorating women's rights activists in the country have continued taking the lead in opposing the current repression and denial of civil liberties and human rights.
the eu has to take into account the aspirations for democratic change of the people of iran and the unacceptable situation that iranian women have to face.
we know that there is discrimination and even political and social repression affecting women in this country and we should echo these unacceptable facts when considering our approach towards iran.
iran has deceived and obstructed the international community time and time again.
it would be tragically ironic if a tyranny such as iran became the main beneficiary of the desire for greater freedom that we have seen so dramatically expressed across the arab world in recent weeks and in a most sickening example of hypocrisy i am just finishing mr president president ahmadinejad has told the egyptian people that they have the right to express their own views about their country.
iran's nuclear weapon programme is cause for enormous regional and international concern.
iran has become a source of extremist doctrine it carries out and sponsors acts of international terrorism has a dangerous influence on populations of young shias in the gulf states in iraq and in lebanon and does not hesitate to ally with sunni terrorist groups in gaza and beyond. it has helped train and arm terrorists that have attacked nato forces in afghanistan and it is a human rights abuser.
as honourable members know iran's nuclear programme remains a serious concern for the european union and for the international community as a whole.
honourable members will know that these proposals would bring immediate benefit for both sides and could pave the way for a process to address concerns and gradually build mutual confidence.
the objective remains to engage iran in a phased approach of confidence building leading to meaningful negotiations on the nuclear programme.
the first step is for iran to put itself into full compliance with its obligations. we will continue our efforts engaging iran but at the same time our efforts to increase the pressure first of all through a strengthening of the implementation of existing sanctions.
it was not ready to discuss our proposals unless we first recognised iran's right to enrich uranium'.
the information we have suggests there may have been around one hundred executions since the beginning of this year. in line with our longstanding and firm position on the abolition of the death penalty i have called for a halt to all pending death penalty cases.
as for the right to enrich' the non proliferation treaty is careful to balance rights and obligations.
i urge the authorities of iran simply to grant them the freedom of movement to which they are entitled.
to ensure that the iranian people like others have their basic rights respected.
the continued and systematic oppression arrests and harassment of lawyers journalists and others who are exercising their rights is totally unacceptable.
dr salehi told me they were considering their response and i urged them to be positive.
we have seen very long prison sentences and restrictions on the right to work and travel for up to twenty years for some of the people convicted.
like this parliament i share the views of so many on the issue of human rights in iran.
both the execution and the process leading up to it were shocking.
despite our efforts to secure verifiable information it remains unclear whether they are under house arrest or otherwise imprisoned.
let me finish my intervention by mentioning that my services together with member states are discussing how we can be more effective on human rights issues in iran using public and private messages working bilaterally and through multilateral organisations working with member states and with international parties all with a single purpose
we all want to see our talks come to a successful conclusion which in accordance with the security council resolutions would mean the sanctions would go.
the report also underlines the seriousness of the increase in executions in iran.
i look forward to this debate.
that was the path we were trying to go down.
i want the death penalty abolished whatever the method.
i see no value in re writing or re interpreting it in any selective way.
i have also written to dr jalili who led the talks on behalf of iran to restate our offer and to invite him to respond.
at the second meeting i led on behalf of the e thirty three china france germany russia the united kingdom and the united states in istanbul i presented to iran our proposals for concrete confidence building measures including an updated fuel supply arrangement for the tehran research reactor as well as other transparency measures.
mr belder's report touches on a broad range of issues and reflects the views of many different interests but i will concentrate on two issues the nuclear programme and the human rights situation in iran both of which the report deals with extensively.
for the european union we remain determined to work towards a diplomatic solution on the basis of our double track approach combining pressure with dialogue.
both the un security council and the board of governors of the international atomic energy agency in vienna have adopted a series of resolutions requiring iran to take the steps necessary to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its programme.
she will listen to our speeches come up with some rambling pre prepared statement and then go home.
eu member states need to understand the importance of a united and impervious approach to iran's machinations.
finally because other countries like turkey or even egypt after but also during transition are powerful competitors to iran's ambitions.
of course iran can always derive a degree of influence through proxies but that would probably not prove decisive in gaining control in those countries. paradoxically the only way to derive an advantage would be to look at the current developments as an opportunity to start reinserting iran into the international community.
it would be a long road but the only sensible one for iran.
the cost of borrowing is in fact the most expensive it has ever been for my country.
we will get through this but only with the help of the ecb and through political stability that would be helped by an immediate change of administration back home.
the commission had to take action as this bank was endangering the future of my very country.
i was happy that commissioner almunia recently effectively insisted on closing ireland's ultimate zombie bank anglo irish.
mr president it does not give me any pleasure to know that as i stand here tonight in front of you the eu is watching the economic developments in my home country of ireland extremely carefully.
it is an insult to the law abiding and the victims of crime that those who break the law should also have the right to elect lawmakers.
i can say one thing with absolute certainty which is that in the next manifesto of the uk independence party there will be a commitment to repeal any such law.
why do you not commissioner denounce the german government which is actively slowing it down to suit its own electoral calendar?
commissioner rehn commission assume your responsibility stop hiding behind the troika.
often very critical remarks.
the support group will rely on expertise from across the commission services. the immediate priority is to identify the relevant resources available from the current structural
the support programme will enable cyprus to restore the health of the economy and to create a more sustainable economic model.
times; we are committed to help cyprus to get through the tough times and overcome the current difficulties.
of new sources of economic activity and to alleviate the social consequences of the economic
the commission as the guardian of the treaties is closely monitoring the impact of capital controls in cyprus.
the cypriot authorities the member states and the european institutions had to find unique solutions to exceptional problems.
this marks the beginning of a joint effort to bring cyprus onto the path of sustainable growth and job creation.
according to the russian minister of defence the force will require shore facilities.
these losses should not be socialised.
let me draw your attention also to another aspect mr commissioner.
in the march issue of jane's defence weekly as we know a reputable publication it is reported that russia is going to set up a navy taskforce in the mediterranean.
the cost of saving banks should not be carried by taxpayers but by stakeholders above the deposit threshold of eur. one hundred zero those who have a stake in a bank hoping for profits in return should also carry the burden when losses are made.
it is important to emphasise and for us to note i think that the situation in cyprus was and is exceptional. a combination of a number of factors including the size of the financial sector the nature of the risks assumed and other issues including supervision issues left the country particularly vulnerable to financial market turbulence. when two of cyprus's largest banks ran into trouble
so as i do not speak for the eurogroup i am clearly somewhat constrained in the contribution that i can make to this important debate.
to resolve an exceptional situation country specific measures for a macroeconomic adjustment programme were agreed by the troika and the cypriot authorities and subsequently by the eurogroup.
i feel it is important at the outset again to recall that i am here as a representative of the council and i am happy to be here in that capacity to discuss this matter.
in adopting that focus our presidency has followed the lines of the priorities outlined by the european council.
above all this has meant working on banking union work in which we would want again to acknowledge the central role and constructive engagement of the european parliament.
the setting up of the supervisor will also pave the way for the european stability mechanism to take on the direct recapitalisation of banks.
as the presidency as you know our focus has been in advancing the measures which are designed to redress those shortcomings.
national procedures required for the approval of the european stability mechanism financial assistance can now be launched.
it will also help to break the link between sovereigns and banks and to foster the reintegration of financial markets.
to date the capital requirements directive proposal has been finalised and the agreement on the single supervisory mechanism is currently being finalised.
during the irish presidency good progress has been made on the banking union dossiers.
political agreement on the ssm was reached at the informal ecofin council in dublin last week where ministers also reaffirmed their commitment to the urgent completion of all the agreed elements of banking union and this will continue to be a major priority for us in the weeks and months ahead.
but this should not prevent us from recognising that these measures however difficult grant real assistance to cyprus assistance which is absolutely necessary both to allow cyprus the chance to get its public finances and economy back on a sustainable path and to safeguard stability inside the monetary union.
i understand that what is now envisaged is that a final agreement by the esm board of governors should be reached by the end of april and that the first esm disbursement is scheduled for mid may.
while the news in recent weeks may have been about cyprus it is true to say that the wider difficulties we have faced in a number of euro area countries have taken place against a backdrop in which financial turmoil has exposed significant weaknesses in our monetary union.
the eurogroup has since been able to welcome a staff level agreement between cyprus and the representatives of troika institutions on the policy conditionality underlying the macroeconomic adjustment programme.
banking union is important because it will reinforce confidence in europe's banking system and its supervision.
this effort goes to the heart of the union's efforts to restore stability.
the remaining elements of the banking union package include the bank recovery and resolution proposal consideration of which has been accelerated by the irish presidency to meet the june deadline which was set by the european council for its agreement with the european parliament.
the cost of recapitalising them was such that cyprus was left with little alternative but to seek assistance from other euro area member states.
i do not intend to comment in depth on those measures but elements of the programme include a restructuring of the banking sector an audit of the anti money laundering framework fiscal consolidation and economic restructuring.
i think there is very little if any disagreement that the situation in cyprus is extremely regrettable and the human consequences of it for the cypriot people are the most regrettable elements of all.
however the discussions surrounding cyprus were not conducted under the stewardship of the irish presidency but rather under the stewardship of the president of the eurogroup.
i must say the message this sends out to investors is very loud and clear get your money out of the eurozone before they come for you. what you have done in cyprus has actually sounded the death knell of the euro.