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addressing the management of waste containing substances of concern. the council encourages member states to make use of all possibilities under the ecodesign directive or other product specific legislation to promote the circularity of products and to support voluntary methods and approaches regarding
agreed provisions of the revised waste framework directive that complement existing reach obligations for suppliers to inform their customers when articles contain substances of very high concern.
distinction between waste and product status to avoid the need for operators to comply with two sets of rules. efforts to harmonise these criteria should focus firstly on the most important waste streams. finally the council calls urgently on the commission in particular for concrete actions to be taken to remove technical financial and market barriers preventing recycling and the uptake of secondary raw materials. effective measures are needed to avoid remove or reduce the presence of substances of concern as much and as soon as possible to ensure non
can lead in setting new global standards. these concepts are well reflected in the draft resolution prepared by mr ujhelyi which supports more action including at eu level in this field. allow me to specifically address three important topics raised in the report.
becoming increasingly clean connected and automated and ultimately driverless and zeroemissions. this opens the possibility for vehicles to become an integral part of multimodal mobility providing first and lastmile service and inclusive solutions for the elderly disabled and young people. before we get there
we are engaging with stakeholders to address some very important enabling topics such as security data protection fair
and equal access to data liability and ethical implications integration of automated vehicles into existing traffic public acceptance global standard settings and many more. this is why we proposed to bundle all efforts and create a single platform the connected and automated mobility where all stakeholders
and cyclists. this will make sure that all road users will be able to benefit from the latest developments in technologies. that brings me to the third topic one platform for connected and autonomous mobility. citizens' mobility demands are growing and their attitude to mobility is indeed changing. they want to shift seamlessly between different transport modes and enjoy easy access to travel information. meanwhile vehicles are
approach and a new social model. today's europe cannot be united and cannot be called united as living conditions in the european union are still not equal. that's why i think we have to do more on common living conditions and living standards in the european union. finally a people's europe is a europe which is strong at global level. you showed in the oval office that we are strong economically a giant and we also
and croatia in the same way. all three countries must have the right to join the schengen area immediately. i want to underline this again. a second point for a people's europe is a europe of democracy. that's why i thank you for the initiatives to make our european elections safe. neither
which you shared with us in your final remarks. thank you jean claude juncker. but there is still a lot to do and that is the main message of today's state of the union speech.
again. the crisis times are over. now it's time for a more united europe for a more democratic europe and for a more ambitious europe.
it's now time to act. i ask the romanian government to stop the risks regarding the fight against corruption in romania because they are harming the decisionmaking process towards bulgaria
and criminals. their data exchange is key for europe and i also want to underline that the schengen area brings more and not less security. that's why we ask the council to take further steps to include bulgaria and croatia inside the schengen area. they have waited
we all share these general ideas fair taxation contributions by the digital business sector to the future of this fair
billion for cef between two thousand and twenty one and two thousand and twenty seven which for the first time will also include investment in road safety. i hope
this topic. i hope they will be as invigorating as today's debate and i count on your continued support. together i am sure we can make a real and urgently needed difference.
this will allow us to accelerate technological innovation. of course our connecting europe facility will also continue to support the deployment of new modern infrastructure equipped with intelligent transport systems and for the use of alternative sources of energy. we have proposed a budget of eur. thirty six
i heard some ideological views from the left that we don't but we do. we have a totally underdeveloped personal pension area when it comes to private pensions in europe. the market is currently worth about eur seven hundred billion. that could double in the next ten years if we get it right and that's about ensuring some certainty for savers proper tax treatment when it comes to encouraging people to put money aside and also auto enrolment as they have in the netherlands and other places which encourages people to put money aside from a very early age. we should encourage people to save and that is a personal responsibility but it also makes sure that the mix of public policy is right. we have this vast difference from member states east west north and south; we have a vast difference when it comes to occupational pensions. anything we do should not undermine or diminish the existing savings in member states that have good pension coverage systems in place. we need to tread carefully in this area to make sure that we give protection to savers and protect people who are putting part of their income on a weekly or monthly basis aside.
anyone looking for assistance will be guided towards the service that is most suited to help. let me conclude by saying that users are at the centre of our interest. users should not be asked to adapt to public authorities but the other way round. this is what this regulation will ensure. with this regulation
of confusing rules complex procedures and endless paperwork. a survey has shown that more than eighty of businesses see administrative complexity as the number one problem for them in the single market and this is exactly the problem we want to address with this regulation establishing a single digital gateway. let me go through the three points that i think are the most important.
the regulation will also ban any discrimination against cross border citizens or companies who want to make use of national procedures that are already online. they will no longer be blocked because their phone numbers
first we want to inform people better because most people and businesses are really keen to respect the law but imagine yourself settling in another country even for a very short time and think about how difficult it is to find out which rules you have to comply with let alone in another language. two in every three small enterprises say that finding out about applicable rules is a huge challenge for them for exporting.
as we all know the single market is a cornerstone of the european union but we observe that when crossing borders many european citizens and companies still experience a jungle
council at its meeting on eighteen september will have an exchange of views on the basis of the commission's letter of intent which was issued only yesterday. we also look forward to continuing the fruitful dialogue among the three institutions on priorities particularly on the implementation of the joint declaration on the eu's legislative priorities for two
european asylum system. we hope as far as possible to find common ground and to bring things forward. the european council in june also reconfirmed the need to bring our cooperation with africa to a new level. a visible expression of this aim will be a high level forum which we are currently planning to hold in vienna at the beginning of december. as far as the proposal on summertime is concerned we are planning
there is much talk about euroscepticism and concerns in this respect ahead of next year's european parliament elections. yet at the same time we have seen positive signs on renewed trust and higher levels of support for the union. for our part as the presidency we are confident that there is enough unity and determination in europe to tackle these challenges ahead and to transfer them into opportunities. our motto is a europe that protects' and this is what we are trying to contribute. i think this motto could also apply to a series of elements of president juncker's speech today. europe has emerged stronger in many ways from the crisis we have faced in recent years but now we need to act swiftly and determinedly on the economy migration security and digital europe especially cybercrime. the increasing number of cyberattacks and the crucial questions on cybersecurity must be discussed diligently. we will strive to use the effects of digitalisation at its best on the one hand but on the other hand we have to deal carefully with the possible negative effects. the goal must be a secure stable single digital market and the highest trust from the consumers of this service in europe. addressing you in this chamber in july chancellor kurz presented to you the priorities of our presidency namely security and the fight against illegal migration securing prosperity and competitiveness through digitalisation and stability in the
this is particularly important in this period as we near the end of the parliamentary term. as president juncker mentioned we have a lot of work to do
but his considerations deserve careful examination. obviously he touched upon issues that are at the centre of our attention. but let me turn to something else at the outset. i would like to stress that i fully second what president juncker stated at the beginning of his speech.
european neighbourhood. i will not go through these principles and priorities again. they focus on achieving tangible results through demonstrating to european citizens the eu's indispensable added value for its citizens and member states.
it was already discussed at the european council in june and it will be a main topic for the discussions at the informal heads of state or government summit in salzburg. yes the strengthening of frontex is in our view a precondition to establishing a resilient and wellgrounded
to put that on the council's agenda very soon. given the specific political context before the end of the current parliamentary term there is indeed a need to concentrate on the delivery of pending proposals and on the effective implementation of legislation. be assured that the austrian presidency's energy and determination is fully focused on this. in recent months there have been developments which may on the surface seem contradictory.
thousand. and eighteen and two thousand and nineteen results can be delivered in a focused and targeted way through our joint programming. let me reaffirm the council's commitment to this process and assure you that the presidency
artists journalists must get fair remuneration for their works that are copyrighted otherwise we are all complicit in stealing their work. somebody asked a question of a group of us who here works for nothing? there was silence and that silence was more powerful than any words.
mr president i voted in favour of the copyright directive. today was one of the most difficult and complex votes for me at least. i don't believe we have the perfect outcome in fact i'm not even sure there is a perfect solution but i believe we have established a balance between the rights of creators and a free internet and we have sent a strong political message that property rights must be enforced on the internet as well as everywhere else. creators
digital era and this house stands ready and the sd group stands ready to add the missing piece to this protective
europol after long debates continues to have its own set of rules. however it is our understanding in the sd group that the future europol reform will rectify this problem thus helping to create legal certainty and uniform rules including for the processing of operational data. together with and on behalf of our shadow miriam dalli we would like to congratulate the rapporteur cornelia ernst. together
framework. we want to start negotiations on the e privacy regulation with the council now.
sum up with the regulation for data protection in eu institutions we are taking another important step towards ensuring fundamental rights in the
january two thousand and seventeen and parliament adopted its position in october. but ever since then the file has been stuck in the council. member states are unwilling to make a bold step towards protecting fundamental rights online despite the fact that the current eprivacy rules do not even cover main players such as facebook or whatsapp and this
we as the sd group would very much have preferred to have one set of data protection rules for everybody including the eu institutions. however the commission chose a different approach. the data protection rules for eu institutions that we will be voting on tomorrow is therefore the third step in our endeavour to secure eu citizens' fundamental right to
in this context we agree that an independent supervisory body should be set up to ensure the protection of fundamental right to data protection in the eu institutions too. i find it regrettable however that eu agencies are not fully covered by this new regulation.
of those data.
of the charter of fundamental rights it meets the operational needs of union institutions and bodies. the legal text meets the quality of law requirement as formulated by both the luxembourg and strasbourg courts. the new rules will abolish unnecessary bureaucratic requirements such as for instance prior checks. supervision has also been reinforced in line with the general data protection regulation.
work of law enforcement agencies needs to be recognised and interoperability between these eu agencies and member state authorities needs to
security and defence policy from the scope of the regulation as this creates a gap which will need to be filled with additional legislative instruments.
for the rights and freedoms of people. the agreement modernises data subject rights in particular by introducing the right to data portability an explicit reference to the right to be forgotten and the need to provide the data subject with more information. article twenty five providing for the possibility to use internal rules to restrict data subject rights strikes the right balance. while respecting the requirements
the european data protection supervisor will now have the possibility to impose a pecuniary fine on a union institution body office or agency which is an unprecedented power in eu law. finally a word on the issue of scope which has been the subject of many discussions. the commission welcomes the balanced result which has been reached after intense negotiations. the commission has always called for a coherent data protection regime for all institutions bodies offices and agencies to avoid unnecessary fragmentation. at the same time the specific nature of the
africa and
in europe. we have a number of authoritarian leaders. yes thank you for
supporting me! we have leaders like mr kaczyski and like mr orbn who is in fact hijacking our european
it is well known that all plastics create fragments as they degrade but we know that fragments of ordinary plastic could accumulate for decades and perhaps for as long as one hundred years as micro plastics before they become biodegradable. new plastic goods therefore urgently need to be modified at manufacture so that if
british innovation. the commission has at least gone through the motions of asking for a scientific study on this but with the greatest respect to the rapporteur mr demesmaeker neither he nor his colleagues in the committee on the environment public health and food safety are polymer scientists.
at the very least voting on this topic should be delayed until a scientific report is to hand. in my own speciality of uk agriculture hundreds of hectares of land are covered in plastic as a frost protection. it can be heavily contaminated with soil when it is removed a few months later making disposal a major problem. if it was oxo degradable it could be removed to a building and allowed virtually to disappear.
is wrong. finally hungary seems to have been singled out for political reasons. similar cases could have been made against other nations and yet they are not. mr president i opposed invoking article seven because this is not the right way to do it because
with this motion you are using the power of the european parliament improperly to interfere in the daily life of the hungarians and how the hungarian government rules their country. to invoke article seven in this way is the act of a self serving bully. like those aristocrats you have learned nothing and you have forgotten nothing.
this parliament and the commission. but you just can't help yourselves.
sadly much the same could be said about this chamber.
into northern ireland for consumers and the manufacturing process comes from great britain. customs are regulatory barriers which put jobs and families at risk.
framework. great britain is northern ireland's largest market place where we sell more than in the republic of ireland the rest of europe and the rest of the world put together. equally seventy of everything that comes
the confidence of voters. but many people in many eu member states feel that the eu has lost its way that it has failed to deliver on issues such as jobs. it has failed to deliver on their concerns over migration; it has failed to deliver on them feeling safer in their home countries and on the things that they care about. so when politicians here talk about winning back their confidence it rings hollow to those that are still willing to listen as they feel that they have heard it all before. i remember only too well in two thousand and fourteen as president juncker addressed this chamber full of freshly elected meps he declared it to be a moment to be a new start for europe and said that we should play as a team with common policies. yet voters have seen attempts to push
we agree. so the ecr calls on the commission to start delivering the kind of european union that people want and deserve. not an eu which increasingly replaces national governments not a european union that is dismantled and destroyed but a reformed european union that mr juncker promised to deliver here in this chamber five years ago. with vital elections next year this is the eleventh hour for the eu. it is time to move on from the one thousand nine hundred and fifty s model of a federalised eu an outdated vision of yesterday and it is time to deliver an eu shaped by the wishes of its peoples those who want a better tomorrow.
bilateral horse trading won't work and nor will a new narrow eu us deal on tariffs and quotas. meps dismissed attempts to conclude a transatlantic trade and investment partnership lite' in two thousand and sixteen and i am pleased that today's report has reiterated this firm position but it's worth noting as we're about to leave the european parliament how the atmosphere in our eu us relations has changed in my time in politics. much
mr president i voted in favour of this report because we need a new settlement with the usa not just because of trump's politics and the way he is attacking the eu and our steel and aluminium industries but also because we don't have the global rules and governance we need to tackle the challenges we all face from sustainable development to security without the usa at the table. so we need to do more than just talk to them.
and if we are going to be realistic about combating this global issue then this should be one of the first places to start. i want to thank the rapporteur for her work and her cooperation with our committee on this issue.
you that the austrian presidency attaches great importance to the circular economy and treaty related files such as the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. but we still have to do more and i agree with many members who mentioned that. thus the council looks forward to the results of the commission's public consultations addressing the interface between chemical product and waste legislation which is still ongoing until twenty nine october.
that it must have been one of the rare debates where all the members of this house are of the same opinion no matter for which reason or from which political party they belong to and i also want to thank you for this very fruitful discussion.
via the articles eleven and. thirteen it is an awful situation when a number of fellow united kingdom meps voted to support a directive which will penalise a thriving industry base and sector in the united kingdom brexit immaterial in this situation and they ought to be ashamed.
mr president today there were seven hundred and three meps in the chamber and four hundred and thirty eight voted to support this copyright directive. i voted against i was one of two hundred and twenty six and although i understand the concerns of libraries creators and authors because there were lots of contacts that came in i simply could not afford to support a directive which violates the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and individual liberty particularly
and oceans each year. but i have to ask the question and we should all be asking the question somebody has to put that plastic there for others to take out so there must be a serious educational problem somewhere along the line since we are not getting the message across. the commission may want to consider further action in pursuit of a circular plastic economy by introducing the recommended new provisions reducing hazardous substances in plastics. in that way we can increase plastic recycling without increasing the risk of emitting hazardous substances into the environment. this is one cause of the problem.
if it is not possible to get it through i really hope that member states could look at it as a national solution. taxation or levies can create healthy incentives to the economy. if we start taxing something it will create incentives to change behaviour and if we put a levy on unrecycled recyclable plastic it is a good incentive for changing our business models. so once more i want to thank you for your contribution. let's continue our good cooperation.
opportunity policies targeted at women and men of working age inter alia through promoting the work life balance and equal distributions of caring responsibilities and addressing labour market participation and career opportunities work intensity and career breaks. last but not least this debate closely ties in with discussions on the future of work. an increasing number of people do not work in regular full time employment any more. we must make sure that our social security systems including pensions are not
and adapting accrual conditions to diverse work patterns. this can help more people build up adequate pension rights. in conclusion ensuring the long term sustainability of public finances is particularly important given the ageing population and the debt levels in the eu. it is also of utmost importance that we do not leave our
rights. to this end member states are working hard to ensure that the gender income and pay gap is closing. it is well known that the gender pay gap is amplified in
a. one nine million decrease in the number of old people at risk of poverty or social exclusion since two thousand and eight in the eu despite growing life expectancy. despite these improvements there is no room for complacency as was rightly highlighted by the two thousand and eighteen pension adequacy report endorsed by the council in june this year. the european