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many member states already include fingerprints in their id cards or may be planning to do so but only an obligation at eu level can make sure there is no weak link in our area of free movement without internal border controls.
thanks to parliament's efforts the text makes clear that member states are fully responsible for the safe handling of citizens' data.
regarding biometrics i know there have been intensive discussions on whether id cards should contain a chip with the fingerprints of the holder and whether this should be compulsory for all member states that issue id cards.
the inclusion of biometric identifiers and particularly the inclusion of fingerprints renders documents more reliable and secure and having secure and reliable id cards is in the interest of citizens.
but i don't get that impression here at all; it's just going to be business as usual post brexit you continue to plunder our fishing grounds just as you have done for the last forty years.
a whole society an industry has been wrecked by this european union and we really did hope when this referendum came up that there would be a change.
but those cheers are absolutely in vain.
you have no intention do you of getting out of our waters?
maybe they're going to use it to pay some rent to the british government for the use of their fishing grounds or maybe they're going to use this fund to compensate spanish fishermen and other fishermen who are no longer going to be able to fish in british fishing grounds'.
they campaigned so hard they had flotillas going down the east coast up the thames and when the referendum result came in they cheered and cheered and cheered.
at last we would be able to get our fishing grounds back.
climate change is an obvious example.
we should continue with our efforts to convince china to address these irritants.
two thousand and eighteen china has raised new issues and has backtracked on others.
the european council also discussed this issue at its meeting in march.
the conclusion of these negotiations will help ensure mutual recognition of geographical indications in each other's markets.
this includes assuming its responsibility in the wto to contribute to a comprehensive collective effort to wto reform in line with its economic weight.
a decade ago our main focus was on how to improve access to the chinese market and deal with the different barriers that exist.
it has achieved this through massive market distorting subsidies resulting in a dominant position of state owned firms through forced technology transfer industrial policies and non tariff measures that discriminate against foreign companies through poor protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and through strategic investment
the us has been clear in its view that china has benefited massively from its wto accession and thus it now needs to meet its commitments.
in addition the eu is being kept out of the chinese market in sectors where the union is strong while china has wide ranging access to the eu market such as in the area of foreign direct investment or public procurement. unfortunately in aiming at realising its global ambition china has no intention or constraints to play by the same rules as other players.
it will be a crucial tool to level the playing field rebalance our investment relations and secure equal treatment for eu companies operating in china. provided the substance is there we would like to see the negotiations on this agreement concluded next year.
it is therefore important for us to reflect on how the eu can seize the opportunities that china provides while at the same time addressing the numerous challenges in the relationship.
bilaterally the eu is currently negotiating a comprehensive investment agreement with china.
china is the eu's second biggest trading partner after the us and the eu is china's biggest trading partner.
china's engagement to reform the wto in certain key areas is therefore to be welcomed.
these negotiations have therefore become an important tool to help push regulatory changes in china.
these imbalances in the level playing field are not unique to euchina relations as observed in the current uschina standoff on trade.
this is reflected in the recent dynamics of highlevel eu china meetings.
indeed euchina trade relations on which i will concentrate today are part of a wider political and economic relationship with china touching upon issues relating to competition industrial policy and internal market rules.
the upcoming eu china summit on nine april will be a good opportunity for the eu to push for its core priorities notably in terms of trade and investment human rights global challenges and foreign policy.
the situation will inevitably have an impact on the eu and we will need to remain vigilant.
we also need to remember that china is indispensable as a partner if we are to deal with global challenges which can only be addressed together.
this agreement is meant to be ambitious and comprehensive.
generally both economies are closely interlinked including a fast evolving presence of chinese companies in europe.
the negotiations on a bilateral geographical indication agreement with china are now in their final stages.
in key sectors in the eu or other third countries.
the negotiations also come at a crucial moment when china is revising its domestic laws on foreign investment.
we therefore urgently need to look at the eu toolbox to address chinese behaviour in the area of trade and investment.
today the challenge of china's state capitalist economic model is far greater as it creates systemic competition with liberal market economies.
this had led to a lack of reciprocity and the absence of a level playing field in our economic relationship with china which is pursuing its ambition to become the world leader in a number of key sectors including key technologies.
we also need to see how best to navigate between uschina rivalries and steer the dynamics of the triangular euuschina relationship.
we need close trade and investment links for our own economic growth and prosperity. at the same time our economic relationship needs to be more balanced. here we come to the heart of the matter.
in this regard i hope that the euchina working group devoted to wto reform will start delivering quickly.
we therefore expect the upcoming summit to provide additional momentum with respect to both the comprehensive agreement on investment and the geographical indication agreement.
clearly we cannot ignore that china is and will remain a very important strategic market for eu exports of both goods and services as well as for eu investment.
forced technology transfer policies are another aspect that we would like to see effectively eradicated.
it is disappointing that progress has stalled despite the commitments made by china at the last euchina summit to conclude the negotiations by the end of october.
and now some more key facts.
there is no free movement of people between china and the eu.
nevertheless china has access to the eu's single market.
and worse still the effective regulatory annexation of the province of northern ireland. well may the representative of the commission snigger away.
so there you have it.
a great idea but one question does the eu want let alone seek the same good trade relations with the
uk? it certainly does not seem that way.
it is as if the eu was asking of china the same regulatory annexation of the province of sinkiang.
and this is in return for access.
far from it.
from this debate it seems that the eu would like good trade relations with china.
china has full access to the eu's single market. by comparison the eu demands of the uk for example payments of gbp thirty nine billion that the uk does not even owe the supremacy of the european court of justice which should really be called the european court of injustice
this deficit was roughly equivalent to the entire economy of romania if you would pay attention.
perhaps this is permitted because the eu has a trade surplus with china?
this gigantic figure is roughly equivalent to the entire economy of nigeria.
indeed access enough to sell these goods in this massive volume.
china is not in the eu's single market. there is no customs union between china and the eu. there is no regulatory convergence beyond those goods that china actually sells in the eu.
china does not have a trade agreement with the eu.
i can't understand why there should be any problems but i hear from the gue group the genetic defence of moscow is always there and the extreme right which is not at all right.
why shouldn't we apply the same rules regarding competition?
they are against it all the time.
see to it that germany does the negotiations as it shall and see to it that we can get an outcome which makes the european gas market transparent and full of competition.
why should we see it as some sort of diplomatic action? we apply the same rules to everyone to the big producers and the big distributors and the small producers and the small distributors.
how to decouple production from distribution as for all other actors on the european energy market?
mr president first of all i think it's quite obvious that the russian energy policy is a part of its powerful reaction against europe.
thank you very much to everybody for taking part in it and this time i'm rising up to thank the romanian presidency for seeking to stop evictions all around europe.
last week this parliament celebrated this beautiful week with roma week.
these statements are part of the final compromise and the commission will submit these statements for the minutes.
when i look back to two thousand and sixteen when we embarked on the path towards sustainable fisheries in the mediterranean with our medfish four ever declaration in catania i realise the long road travelled to get the multiannual plan adopted and the tangible increase of ownership and awareness generated.
another step forward is the integration of recreational fisheries and comanagement into the plan the latter being very popular for managing fisheries at the local level in the mediterranean.
from the entry into force we will have a threemonth closure for all trawl vessels and more closures are to follow in the coming years.
the agreement reached between both colegislators on four february is a historic achievement for the mediterranean. it is the first eu multiannual management plan in the region.
for the first time control measures for the fishing effort regime will fully apply as from next year.
it will introduce a limitation on fishing time per day and provide for a progressive reduction of up to forty during the first five years.
this should bring us closer to sustainable fishing by two thousand and twenty five from which point in time fishing limits will have to fully respect maximum sustainable yield.
based on the common fisheries policy this plan provides a balance between environmental and socioeconomic aspects.
this will ensure protection of nursery and spawning grounds for demersal stocks such as hake.
i'm very grateful to see such great progress and that the final result the multiannual plan forms a comprehensive package of measures that will contribute to restoring demersal stock and ensuring that fishers have the necessary tools to address the transition towards better profitability as in other sea basins.
the plan serves as an important testimony of the possibility to progress in the mediterranean when there is a political will to do so.
i am confident that this new plan is the right way to go.
can i suggest that you and the presidency think whether or not this house should continue to give a platform to these wreckers for their poison?
he does not speak for the people of the united kingdom he barely speaks for his own party such as it still exists.
this will help us to detect potential danger and act before people become part of statistics.
that brings me to the point where i want to make a link with the general safety regulation the second important proposal from the third mobility package. i am glad that our negotiations managed to reach a preliminary agreement last week on which i want to congratulate you as well
with the new text we agreed to target specifically primary roads where we are recording thirty nine of fatalities. here i have in mind especially national roads with really heavy traffic.
this is why i am counting on you to ensure the adoption of the text as previously agreed at the trilogue on twenty one february. i understand that any changes resulting from the linguistic review that will be carried out over the summer will need to be formally endorsed by the european parliament hopefully as early as september.
this is what we're here for and this is why it's worth cooperating in order to deliver on this very clear result.
i am proud of the result and i think you can all be as well.
indeed the infrastructure directive and the general safety regulation are two sides of the same coin as the latter can only unfold its full potential and its benefits if the road infrastructure is ready to accommodate those new technologies that vehicles will have on board in the future.
in other words this will be used as a criteria for investment.
we have laid the basis for making our road infrastructure fit for purpose for accommodating new driver assisted technologies and later on for autonomous mobility.
network wide safety assessment will also bring transparency and will focus investment on where the returns are the greatest.
with the text as it stands now we will deliver concrete measures that will without any doubt be a major improvement compared to the current road safety situation and what really counts at the end we will save lives.
second we are also moving towards a more proactive approach to road safety with a network wide assessment.
in this way we expect the directive to be published and to enter into force by october of this year. this would be great news for our citizens and the commission will do its part in the followup. we will establish the working and expert groups very quickly some already in may this year as we promised
they were very constructive in this process and strived for an ambitious result.
it will therefore be of the essence that the new provisions of the road infrastructure safety management directive can be implemented as swiftly as possible so that the revised legislation delivers its benefits quickly.
it means that the european road network should be assessed proactively and the stress is on proactive activities to identify potential risk sections for example black spots on our roads and ensure appropriate follow up.
we don't want to wait for accidents to happen.
i would therefore like to use this opportunity to thank you all for the excellent cooperation and your continued support throughout this process.
thirty this is why i am very glad that we are together taking concrete measures to address the road safety situation in europe.
it is of little comfort to know that we are by far the safest area in the world because none of us want to be part of the statistics.
handle this. those who can stay in our country will be integrated in our society as soon as possible but they need somewhere to live. they need a job eldercare
is that the future labour market?
us. creating this huge market gives us a possibility to compete with china with the united states with india and all the big players. but that other purpose must be to improve people's daily lives.
so this is about a morally right thing but is also economically smart.
and do our best; we will contribute
the second is what kind of job do we want?
now we can combine that and we have a treaty to adhere to as well.
asylum. but we have ahead of us now huge investments in our country in schools in eldercare in our health
otherwise we're on the wrong path. so i think that we can definitely work with social rights in a balanced way
one is to make sure that people get a job in the first place given that the unemployed would be the most desperate people the longer the unemployment the greater the desperation.
everything. we can handle that. but when i say that i cannot also tell them look at least fifty of the space we have for future reforms needs to go to brussels in increased fees to the european union. that is not possible. we are eager to work to develop the european union
do we want jobs in which workers are supposed to compete with one another with lower wages and bad working conditions?
no it's not. so therefore it is in our mutual interest to make sure that things also move in the right direction with the national decision making. nothing has changed. and the third is social security in a broader sense. is that too much to ask? this european union in my opinion is made for the people.
the market is very important for
and if we have a workforce that is not in favour of change then we will slow down in our economic development.
give mrs may an extension without any conditions so we maintain a chance that they stay in the european union.
i think i know the reason.
lagom is a lifestyle and a habit of mind.
have. we have ensured equal pay for equal work in the same place.
ahead. this is why the commission has set a long term strategy to be climate neutral
state. and we are investing in skills to help people get on the job market or find new opportunities in today's rapidly changing world of
eu level. but fighting climate change takes more than targets and it will not
sadly this is not a freak event or a one
for all. it is good for people and it's good for the economy and for me that is what european leadership looks like in the twenty first
it means tackling the big issues by being open to compromise and finding balanced solutions to common challenges.
deliver. this is why we have focused our proposals for the new multiannual financial framework on areas where european action can have the biggest impact. to respond to the future challenges the commission has proposed a modest increase in our long term budget to an equivalent
they tell us that every year of their lives has been one of the warmest recorded.
in. two thousand and seventeen it is a shared and futureproof commitment to support a fairer and more equal society across europe.
politicians at least european politicians are listening to the young people.
sweden has also been at the forefront of efforts to make our union more socially fair for all an issue which is second nature to your country.
century. the world expects and we must
in this spirit i want to commend the prime minister and all of sweden for the way they responded to the migration crisis
every single local authority area in scotland voted by majority to remain and yet westminster continues to ignore scotland's interests in this process.
and to date we have seen the london government and parliament failing even to make a negotiated settlement amongst themselves let alone an international one.
there is a democratically endorsed way for the eu to do both yet you are ignoring the solution.
of course the eu needs to protect its single market.
it never has and it never will. so if in the event of a crash you choose not to advance our democratic pathway back into the eu then at least do no bloody harm.
madam president what the british government could not do to ireland during the conflict member states the twenty seven of you must not even contemplate doing during peace. our peace process is too important so don't even try to contemplate to reinforce partition by hardening the border in ireland.
and as for erecting two borders the solution is to remove borders not to add borders.
if you think by constructing two borders in ireland you will encourage the british back to the negotiation table after a crash you know little about the british establishment because it doesn't give a hoot about the people of ireland.
however the eu must also uphold its treaty obligation to do no damage to an international agreement the good friday agreement.
no what i'm talking about is the lost potential to coastal communities the lost opportunities for future generations and the continued decline rather than renewed growth through our reclaimed fishing industry.
yet the british establishment along with the democratic unionist party are riding a horse and cart through the good friday agreement.
we have done everything in our power to protect the rights of people in the north of ireland because no one knows perfidious albion like we do.
we warned you that the british government would take negotiations right to the wire.
when the british government legislated to remove the charter of fundamental rights we sought legal advice which demonstrated that the british have an international obligation under the good friday agreement to uphold the rights of people.
instead she just sinks lower into tragedy and farce.
has the whole brexit process fiasco been an elaborate conspiracy between mrs may and the eu or is it just due to her monumental incompetence?
as seneca said a nation cannot survive treason from within and treason it is.
you have done what philip of spain what napoleon what kaiser wilhelm and hitler couldn't do you have brought britain to its knees without firing a single shot.
but britain is still nominally a democracy and the vote is the only weapon that ordinary people have.
mr juncker if i heard you correctly you said that there will be no extension to article fifty beyond twelve april and if there is no agreement on the withdrawal deal then we leave by default and go on to wto terms.
no compromises and no surrender.
ukip will stand on the policy of unilateral and unconditional withdrawal.
good let's bring it on.
they have betrayed it by means of delaying and impeding with the intention of finally overturning it altogether and setting aside the decision of the referendum.
i think that's one of the few things you've said i actually agree with.
and ukip will carry forward that policy into the next general election.
but if britain is forced to take part in the european elections on twenty three may then ukip will field a full complement of candidates in england scotland wales and northern ireland. there will be no deals or alliances with opportunist parties and their daily allowance grabbing candidates.
we stand for a complete and total exit from the european union.
seventeen four million people in the uk who voted leave now believe that their vote is pointless.
those. seventeen four million people can still vote for brexit and they can make a start on two may when the uk independence party is fielding candidates up and down the country in the english and welsh local elections.
every time mrs may gets up to speak we think that she may say something to resolve the situation.
but you could not have done any of these things without the connivance of the traitors quislings and collaborators in the british parliament and british establishment.
now she's handing the brexit hot potato to jeremy corbyn and apparently the european union will decide whether we take part in the european elections or not.
it addresses the longstanding calls of the member states for support to finance adequate and modern soft detection equipment to control goods crossing the eu's external borders.
the proposed customs programme is indispensable for the work of the customs authorities.
we regret that these efforts were not able to materialise in an agreement despite the significant progress made and while an agreement was within reach the negotiations could not be finalised.
today's joint debate gives us an opportunity to have further discussion and hopefully ensure that we will equip the european union with the programmes of the highest quality.
these authorities are constantly faced with new challenges arising from rapidly changing technologies increasing volumes of trade and persistent transnational crime and security threats.
i am replacing commissioner moscovici who was not able to join us for the debate so please accept his apologies.
this can only be achieved through a deep and operational cooperation between the national customs authorities.
the customs programme and the new customs control equipment instrument.
we are here today to discuss the two commission customs proposals that will support customs authorities to answer these challenges.