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two thousand and twenty two and to respond to ms rivasi's contribution it is true that the fusion will not be commercially available before the second half of the century and therefore does not enter into the portfolio of low carbon technologies for our climate mitigation strategies up to.
two thousand and fifty from that perspective fusion does offer attractive prospects for sustainable low carbon energy strategies for the second half of the century when fusion could come to represent a suitable complement to renewable energy sources.
i am very proud that in my political group we take that seriously and we put it at the forefront of our work in the socialists and democrats group.
i do think i should answer because the fight for women's rights is a fight for all of us.
however it will not have gone unnoticed by anybody living in the twenty first century in the days that we are experiencing that president trump is the most arch conservative leader that we have seen in decades and that his influence on right wing forces across the world means that women are not even keeping pace with the level of equality that we had before. somehow or other president trump has normalised the kind of inequality
he is a conservative and it is the conservative forces like that that we are now fighting against.
i strongly regret the slow and inadequate progress in the implementation of the recommendations of parliament's resolution from two thousand and seventeen such as mandatory training for meps and staff on preventing sexual harassment and the setting up of a task force of independent external experts to examine the situation of sexual harassment in the european parliament and the functioning of its two harassment committees.
this report calls for an active inclusion of the rights and the wellbeing of the lgbtqi community. the european parliament must pay attention to the rights of all gender identities.
as the standing rapporteur for the gender mainstreaming report i therefore encourage the european political parties and their party members to ensure a gender balanced representation of candidates for the elections of this year's european parliament election by means of a zipped list or other methods such as parity lists.
gender mainstreaming involves ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all and i would really would like to reiterate this activities policy development research dialogue legislation planning implementation and monitoring of spending programmes and projects themselves.
although women constitute fifty nine of the staff of this parliament they are still under represented in all ranks of management and the number of women in senior management positions has even decreased since june two thousand and seventeen while the number of women in middle management roles increased only slightly.
we need to change the conceptual and behavioural attitudes towards a culture of equality. moreover the european parliament must live up to its values and promote inclusiveness.
i regret that female representation in parliament's key decisionmaking positions at political and administrative levels still remains low and i urge parliament to work towards a gender equal distribution of decision making positions. i am very confident that the pool of very capable women eligible for such posts is in fact big enough to successfully fill the vacancies when they arise.
on the fight against sexual harassment the report emphasises that sexual harassment is a serious crime an extreme form of gender based discrimination and one of the biggest obstacles to gender equality.
in this context i would like to stress once again that gender equality is not just a women's issue.
these realities are very well reflected in the report prepared by mr van de camp which supports more action including at eu level.
we must act now to shape this change and to make european mobility more sustainable safer and more accessible.
with the adoption of the commission strategy on cooperative intelligent transport systems we have reached an important milestone.
vehicles become increasingly clean connected and automated and ultimately driverless with zero emissions.
i have noted and i thank you for your support on this as well.
vehicles can become an integral part of multi model mobility providing first and last mile services and inclusive solutions for the elderly the disabled and young people.
they want to shift seamlessly between different transport modes and enjoy easy access to travel information.
creating a single platform for cooperative connected and automated mobility where all stakeholders come together to advance our ambitious agenda.
and our skills agenda.
second financial support for a sector wide approach to research and euwide deployment.
with mobility package iii in addition to our fresh safe system approach for road safety we proposed a strategy that should help make the eu a global leader in automated mobility.
the second pillar is setting up a joint undertaking for this cooperative connected and automated mobility combining public and private efforts to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative mobility solutions.
to progress on all these issues i would like to highlight three elements for the many actions we have defined.
third we propose to revise eu rules on vehicle safety and provide the relevant eu framework for the approval of automated and connected vehicles.
but before we get there we need to tackle issues related as you mentioned as well to security data protection fair and equal access to data liability and ethical implications and the integration of automated vehicles into existing traffic public acceptance
at the same time citizens' demands in terms of mobility are growing and their attitude to mobility is changing.
as you can see the future of mobility and the place of the end user in it are at the centre of our thinking and our actions. we must remember that mobility is the cornerstone of freedom of movement for people and goods and it is fundamental to the smooth functioning of the european union.
not so long ago vision zero no road fatalities on european roads by two thousand and fifty seemed an ambitious but distant vision.
our commitment to fighting climate change thus requires the decarbonisation of our mobility.
action is necessary if we are to make european industry more competitive and european jobs more secure.
it means our defence forces can be real peacekeepers in un missions and that we can use our own experience of enduring colonisation and occupation to advocate the resolution of conflict rather than the creation of war.
being part of the aggressive eu militarisation policy actually makes us less safe inevitably connecting us to the worst actions of the forces that are part of it.
irish neutrality if valued and respected actually allows our country to play a positive and constructive role in international affairs.
this fund supported by members of fine gael will subsidise the same defence industries that are fuelling wars and humanitarian crises in yemen and syria as well as deeply oppressive state surveillance techniques by some of the most brutal regimes in the world.
as the report emphasises in order to achieve our common vision we have multiplied training for our staff both in brussels and delegations.
since the elaboration of the eu guidelines on freedom of religion or belief in two thousand and thirteen this has been a constant goal for our action.
i can reassure you that in two thousand and nineteen we will continue to honour this commitment.
in different parts of africa faith leaders have led reconciliation dialogues.
both the eu special representative for human rights and the special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief have been actively promoting this right worldwide.
faith cannot be imposed and it cannot be prohibited. the report stresses that these violations also undermine a society's resilience.
in all our dialogues we stress that all human rights are connected and that freedom of religion and belief must go together with freedom of expression freedom of association and peaceful assembly but also with women's rights and lgbti rights.
they hamper development and they foster instability and war. for these reasons in the past year we raised our concerns about violations of religious freedom in more than twenty human rights dialogues with countries from the middle east and north africa and from several parts of asia.
for instance we have seen in two thousand and eighteen some prominent freedom of religion and belief defenders freed from jail.
as many of you stressed here these are first and foremost violations of fundamental human rights embedded in the universal declaration that was approved just over seventy years ago.
the report calls for stronger interinstitutional cooperation.
as we fight against the violations of freedom of religion and belief we will also continue to support these signs of hope all across the world.
the report underscores the necessity to keep working actively within the united nations system and praises the current eu engagement.
in line with the report's recommendations we will keep engaging actively with religious leaders scholars faith based organisations nonbelievers and human rights defenders.
they both conducted several missions to engage with governments and religious actors.
the best way to foster coordination is to have a common understanding of the tools available and the challenges we face.
i have just returned from diyarbakir where the imprisoned hdp mp leyla gven is in a critical condition after refusing food for sixty seven days in protest at the inhuman policy of isolation that turkish authorities have long imposed upon kurdish leader abdullah calan in imrali jail.
leyla has been imprisoned herself for nearly a year awaiting trial because she criticised turkish attacks on afrin which we also did here in this house.
but is the world listening? i call on the media to shine a light on these cases and provoke outrage amongst decent people.
madam president going on hunger strike is a decision not taken lightly yet there is increased use of this desperate measure as a form of ethical protest.
today i have written to the five chief constables in south east england urging that they ensure that harassment of members of parliament is not tolerated and our democracy and rule of law is protected.
madam president recent weeks have seen increasing attempts at intimidation of members of parliament in the united kingdom.
those involved appear to have direct links to far right groups associated with stephen christopher yaxley lennon a convicted violent criminal who now goes under the alias tommy robinson.
the metropolitan police have now arrested one of those filmed harassing anna soubry mp a prominent conservative opponent of brexit.
together with the chaldeans syriacs assyrians friendship group we call on the us administration to slow down the departure of us forces until the security of the christians and all other people has been secured.
this plenary has already taken an initial view on the revision of the law on hired vehicles but it is right now that we reconsider the matter urgently not least in the light of the controversial mobility package proposals.
we must put safety environmental concerns and consideration for truck drivers at the top of our list of priorities for this sector.
the s d has tabled a number of important amendments and these are supported by many meps from other political groups.
despite repeated attempts to find compromise solutions on issues such as the training of drivers the environmental impact of hired vehicles or on the level of liberalisation of the market the rapporteur has shown little willingness i'm afraid to accommodate different views leaving us with a weaker text.
i would urge everyone to support our amendments in the vote tomorrow in order to tackle the deficiencies of the proposal and provide a good basis for negotiations with the council.
it is essential that we ensure that hired vehicles are in compliance with the most applicable emission limits laid down in union law.
in the light of safety considerations and different circumstances in the member states it is right they should be allowed to decide whether or not to continue hiring restrictions on the heaviest goods vehicles.
penalties applicable for infringements of this directive should be adequate effective and dissuasive.
and finally breaches of the law regarding hired vehicles should be regarded as serious infringements of eu road transport legislation leading to potential action being taken against the licences of infringing transport operators. given these concerns madam president the s d group cannot support the current text
however this debate has shown once more how heated and how intense the discussion actually is here in this house when it comes to gender issues.
mr president the eu's approval process for plant protection products is one of the most stringent systems in the world yet to read the pest committee's report you really wouldn't think so.
despite hearing from a range of experts and authorities the report has been prepared in a very selective manner with many of these experts' contributions being intentionally disregarded.
the content doesn't reflect the opinions we heard instead it regurgitates the same beliefs and myths that we heard at the start of the process even when these have been clearly and unanimously dispelled by experts a supposed weakness of the rapporteur member state system allegations of plagiarism in assessment documentation
apparent failures of the zonal system.
yet many of these remain deliberately uncontested in this report in order to provide a platform for campaigning meps ahead of the elections in may.
so the report is very disappointing and it reflects poorly on our institution and that's why we have presented plenary amendments to ensure that colleagues will be able to vote to support the real content of the committee hearings and not just the selected opinions of certain parliamentarians.
we should support a fact based and science based approach to policy making and i hope that this parliament will see the value of this approach and support the amendments presented by the ecr.
our current system isn't perfect it can be improved.
we can act to improve transparency which the commission has already done in its proposal to revise the general food law.
we can encourage innovation.
we can support the development of new farming techniques which reduce pesticide use and new active substances which will make older more persistent chemistry obsolete.
the invited expert from greenpeace said at the final hearing that it's not flaws in the legislation that we need to address but rather it is improvements to the implementation that are needed.
so this report must strike a balance of opinion which reflects the objectives of the regulation and the breadth of the expert testimony even where this is inconvenient for some political groups and campaigners.
on behalf of the european commission i welcome this initiative.
i agree with parliament's analysis that and i quote public administration in the member states is fundamental to the implementation of the eu budget and when it works effectively can help to deliver modern systems that improve prosperity and welfare in the eu'. we also fully agree on the importance of well coordinated support exchange of best practices and close cooperation with the member states.
the commission has already recognised several suggestions in parliament's report and is working to follow up on them.
for example by appointing the structural reform support service as policy coordinator for public administration and governance we will be able to ensure an even higher coherence of the commission's work in this area.
the service will also work on a benchmark for administrative quality on pooling and disseminating knowledge and good practices and on a closer dialogue with the member states in this area.
the commission is managing and will manage a number of technical support activities and reform projects in the area of governance and public administration.
specific support is also provided under cohesion policy to improve the administrative structures of the member states for the management of the european structural and investment funds.
i believe we share a common interest with parliament and indeed with the member states to support the development of modern and quality administration throughout the eu.
first of all there is an extensive case law that indicates that this agreement is against international law and it's important that members take an informed vote.
secondly the report is based on the previous rapporteur's ms lalonde's work despite serious allegations of conflicts of interests. thirdly parliament's legal services have refused to state that the agreement would comply with international law or european case law.
so i would appeal to everyone that we will have this debate and i would particularly ask mr verhofstadt to reconsider his opposition to a debate because he's a forerunner of transparency and from the conference of presidents i've been told that you were not in favour of an open transparent debate on this matter.
i didn't think there was any need for such an instrument to address the citizens' initiative on glyphosate a subject which is aired with monotonous regularity in this chamber and we've talked about it probably more than any other subject when it comes to chemicals for agriculture.
undoubtedly it's very important i absolutely agree and i've certainly never sought to diminish the importance of making sure that we have a good system but it is fairly universally acknowledged that the eu system is pretty much the best that there is.
and indeed not wishing to sit on our laurels we know that the commission and our commissioner put forward under the general food law proposals some proposals which very much address the issues that so many of the members of this house have spoken of this afternoon.
my fundamental problem with this report is that it has taken a huge amount of effort and energy and i commend our rapporteurs for the work that they've put in but in doing so what actually do we gain?
running parallel we have a legislative report on general food law which pretty much looks at almost all of the issues which are raised here certainly all of those which fall within the sensible remit of this parliament.
that is not to say that we didn't get an awful lot of amendments that were a little bit how shall i put it idealistic' but most of those have been subsumed into the sorts of compromises that we are so very good at here but which actually in the end don't lead us any further forward.
i think it should go forward as a monument of how we are very very good at establishing ways to waste our time and i look forward to dealing with the general food law which is a far more important piece of legislation.
this does of course depend on the united kingdom clarifying its own position.
the joint european torus jet based at culham in my constituency is the place the only place that has actually made fusion happen and it is an essential source of expertise.
before mr sam gyimah the uk's last science minister resigned over the mess that is the government's brexit negotiation he announced the expansion of the culham site with more uk investment and more jobs.
our problem madam president is that we see that the country doesn't function with these rules. we don't want to adopt them here because neither we will function.
two thousand and nine at that meeting the council agreed in its conclusion to invite the commission to keep parliament and the presidency of the council fully informed about problems related to sis ii and the way forward. this parliament has asked whether the problems identified to date
ii on the technical basis of sis i evolution.
a number of operational difficulties have led to specific problems in getting sis ii up and running.
i am sure that the commission will be able to provide some additional information in response to the questions raised.
because of the negative results of the original tests on the system further tests were conducted in november and december. two thousand and eight the final results of these operational system tests were only known in the second half of january.
ii management approach involving member states working together with the commission.
at its february meeting the council endorsed the implementation of the sis ii analysis and repair plan which will allow for the identification of all issues and their immediate solution as well as the evaluation of the technical architecture so as to ensure a stable and flawless sis ii system.
the council will assess on the basis of this report the progress made on sis ii development and as far as the alternative scenario is concerned will examine the prospect of achieving the objective of sis ii as set out in the legal framework governing the establishment operation and use of sis
the presidency wishes as you request to be completely transparent with you about the history of and the background on this issue.
this is an important issue as you all know well.
as far as an alternative to sis ii is concerned the jha council in february welcomed the completion of the feasibility study serving as a basis for creating a workable alternative technical scenario for developing sis ii based on
it was also agreed that measures would be taken at a subsequent jha council which took place on twenty six and twenty seven february.
while substantially mitigating the social costs resulting from downsizing.
in the past ten years a number of commission initiatives have contributed to the eu level debate on this matter.
all relevant actors is needed to minimise the social impact of the crisis.
in particular the european social fund and the european globalisation adjustment fund have a proven track record which shows that if used well they can make a real difference on the ground.
in the past months a number of restructuring processes have been announced in many industrial sectors throughout europe.
this would of course make it more difficult for the eu to play a relevant role in addressing the restructuring challenge.
in recent initiatives such as the employment package the youth employment package and the updated industrial policy communication specification actions are envisaged to improve timely anticipation of skills and training needs and facilitate the necessary human capital investment.
these cases amount to a net job loss of more than seventy four zero thus showing a reversed situation compared to the pre crisis one.
more than ever good anticipation of change and responsible management of restructuring with the involvement of the social partners are crucial.
these figures actually reflect a structural change in the european economy and the labour market.
evidence shows that timely anticipation of skills and training needs within companies intelligent investment in human capital also supported by eu financial instruments and fully fledged social dialogue can significantly add to companies' competitiveness and facilitate intra company and labour market transition of workers
this requires a clear policy action.
of possible further actions on the basis of the green paper.
in this context i remain concerned about the tendencies to weaken those instruments in the next mff or even to scrap them as with the egaf.
the commission has followed the debates on this issue in the european parliament with great interest given the importance and topical nature of this subject. the report is very timely coming as it does at a time of severe economic and financial hardship across the european union with a heavy impact on society. the commission shares the view that a renewed dynamism from
for this the eu can provide a wide range of support including through policies and also through funding.
before the crisis in the third quarter of two thousand and seven for the same number of restructuring cases there were six six hundred net job creations less than one tenth of the current figure.