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i think some members in this house would do well to remember that in certain member states it would actually be a criminal offence to offer shelter to somebody in an irregular situation.
that is another situation we should be changing in terms of european law.
the european union can do more.
we can use the common european asylum system that we have much better.
for example the dublin regulation does not mean that you have to return people to the country of entry.
mr president i would suggest that the word despicable' is thoroughly unparliamentary and should be withdrawn.
however the number of those is mercifully small compared to the number of islamic extremists committing the most bestial acts on a daily basis right across that region.
this policy has no means and no way of filtering out extremists in favour of people fleeing in genuine fear of their lives and as such we are making a massive mistake.
let us follow the example of australia let us do everything we can to reverse the hypocrisy of groups like yours that have voted to make africa poorer.
let us do those things but if the message is that anybody that comes will be accepted we are headed for disaster.
you cannot be serious.
where are the safe and legal access points for refugees?
where are the real answers from the heads of state?
it was unfortunately a waste of time.
by the way colleagues from the epp president juncker was your candidate.
i would just like to remind you that many of the terrorist attacks that your united kingdom has suffered were actually acts by your nationals not imported terrorists but people who were home grown.
we shall try and clarify the issue of speaking time and we will come back to you with clarification on that.
i will announce at this point and give a warning that we will take no more blue cards.
madam president search and rescue operations are not a long term solution as they only encourage more people to take the sea journey and thereby lead to new tragedies.
europe cannot afford economically socially or politically this kind of immigration in these kinds of numbers.
the vast majority of refugees will in any case remain in conflict zones and refugee camps often in miserable conditions.
i lament the fact that our opponents seem more worried by the vote count than the body count.
in my country when all parties come together to sing the royal naval hymn eternal father' our lament should be a united one for all at risk oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea!
the australia system was also referred to and it is an australian system that suits australia for migration.
but we knew it before. why did we as a european union not react before?
how could russia get the fifa games of two thousand and eighteen after the sochi olympics that were fraught with corruption environmental destruction and grave human rights violations in the country?
as a colleague has said how do we expect girls and boys who love to do sport to abide by the rules if the adults in sports organisations do not?
if there was a limit as we have of three years or five years then you would be getting new blood coming through.
one of the things we do in our organisation is to limit the term of office. i think that is the key here today.
to fail to do so would be complicit in the corruption that seems to be at the heart of fifa.
many lovers of the beautiful game will require clear evidence that change will take place before they can put their trust in fifa to take that game forward.
it has emerged that the football association in the republic of ireland received five million euros in a secret deal to buy its silence following controversy during a two thousand and ten world cup qualifying playoff match.
i would also call upon decision makers in the football association of ireland to immediately pay back this money.
hopefully mr blatter has now realised that you cannot just throw money at a problem to make it go away.
if they have any integrity they will do this.
the details that have emerged are shocking but not altogether surprising as for too long fifa has been able to dodge allegations of wrongdoing under the guidance of sepp blatter.
what has unfolded is appalling but fifa has the opportunity to redeem itself and this will only happen if it becomes fully transparent.
i welcome the fact that sepp blatter has resigned but much more needs to be done.
but it is only now that the fbi has acted that we begin to know the full truth.
how do we persuade them to play by the rules not to cheat and to respect referees when the guardians of the global game do not play by the same rules themselves?
they had a similar scandal before the salt lake city olympics in two thousand and two they put athletes at the core of their executive committees.
i think fifa should be looking at exactly the same thing trying to put athletes at the core of the decision making process.
millions of children play football every day.
blatter needs to go now not at the end of december.
i congratulate the fbi for acting. i think they have done sports fans around the world a favour. now that the rotting core of the once beautiful game has finally been exposed the ensuing fallout will undoubtedly expose others and it is entirely necessary.
but we need root and branch reform of fifa as others have also suggested.
fifa is subject to our regulatory rules.
for all that we endeavour to raise the profile of the game of football what we have here is the top body setting the worst possible example especially for aspiring young footballers.
for decades we have heard rumours of bribery and corruption at fifa and yet this man who has stated that he is more important than many heads of state will still be at the helm and will have a major influence in choosing his successor. therefore i have little confidence that any reform at fifa will actually happen. the commission has to take urgent action.
we cannot just abdicate our responsibility and leave it to the us again. the reform that is urgently needed is greater transparency in accounting an independent audit of the last ten years and the adoption of watertight procedures to tackle corruption.
i am sure it is nothing to do with the qatari investments in their country.
it is said to be the only truly international language.
for all these reasons it is important that trust be reestablished.
of course the global fight against corruption requires much more action and many more steps as illustrated by the recent revelations on fifa.
it is also an economic activity creating jobs and attracting investments.
these principles identify the key elements necessary to ensure public and stakeholder confidence in the organisations responsible for sport.
the eu can also facilitate the promotion of principles of good governance in sport beyond its borders with both the sporting bodies and the public authorities of third countries.
as far as the eu is concerned the lisbon treaty introduced a new specific competence in the field of sport.
in the context of the recent g seven meeting in germany he said i am really satisfied that some leaders want to use the summit to discuss corruption including the recent fifa scandal. we do not need empty declarations against corruption but we have to be ready to fight against those who were corrupted and those who corrupt.
regarding the information accompanying transfers of funds.
indeed following an agreement between our two institutions we strengthened rules to prevent money laundering.
however given the importance of sport to citizens and of football in particular it is clear that standards of governance in international sporting organisations are an area of legitimate concern.
we need to fight corruption in all its dimensions no matter how powerful the authors of these disgraceful practices are.
the anti money laundering directive will strengthen eu rules and ensure consistency with the approach followed at international level based on the recommendations of the financial action task force. and the funds transfer regulation introduces further requirements
it established an expert group to address the issue of good governance which agreed a set of principles of good governance in sport'.
even if the role of the eu is limited to facilitating exchanges of good practice transfers of knowledge and networking of stakeholders at national and international level the eu institutions have a role to play in ensuring that good governance principles adopted at eu level are recognised and implemented in all eu member states.
the council and its presidency have been following the recent developments within football's governing body fifa with great attention and concern. the context in which we must address this issue is important.
as in every economic sector a sound and transparent basis is needed.
we highlighted in particular cooperation with the group of states against corruption as well as progress on the anti money laundering directive.
it is clear that the issue at the heart of the debate has left no one indifferent. we all agree that there must be a change and that we have to give a red card to cheating doping match fixing corruption
however we should not over regulate.
we must remember that only true will and commitment can bring these rules into practice.
many of you have correctly pointed out the principle of autonomy in sport.
fifa is at the centre of a criminal investigation and this is worrying.
we hope that the investigation and trial will be fair and speedy.
indeed the responsibility for good governance and the proper functioning of sports organisations lies with the international sporting organisations themselves.
third justice does not arise from injustice.
the council here expressed surprise at the scale of the corruption but i think most people in this world were not surprised.
it was happening right under our noses but we have to ask ourselves why did the us have to come in and clean up our mess?
what has europe done?
what have the member states done?
commissioner you rightly talked about the application of the competition rules to international sports federations.
this comes with new challenges and fifa clearly has proved unable to address them. fifa needs action from the outside world to clean up the organisation.
it is now time for the public authorities to take the necessary steps to make sure the organisation applies an effective anti bribery programme and that those in power are held accountable. this time fifa cannot pretend that the problem is a few corrupt officials.
the fact that sepp blatter has been re elected even after the serious allegations of corruption around him shows that national federations must take responsibility.
they need to be part of the reform process.
uefa has a role to play in paving the way towards more transparency but the reform must be global.
sepp blatter should stand down now and an interim president should be appointed.
the selection of russia and qatar as hosts of the forthcoming world cups should be subject to re examination.
if there is any proof of misconduct in the qatar and russia decisions these decisions must be immediately reversed.
this resolution is a strong political message from all political groups addressed to fifa and its partners.
i usually enjoy talking about sport but today's subject troubles me deeply.
football often dominates the news and conversations all over the globe.
it is the most popular game in the world and european clubs and our national teams are at its heart.
but the last two weeks have revealed an uglier side of the beautiful game.
european fans and our own football associations have shown clearly what they think.
fifa needs a fresh start a complete overhaul of the organisation's culture and institutions.
it needs to take responsibility to become a new transparent organisation that meets the highest ethical and moral standards.
clearly this is not an area where we should be legislating or creating new instruments.
our job in the eu is not to organise sport but we will support and encourage those who are serious about reform.
the commission has already been working for some time with a group of experts on good governance which developed recommendations looking at transparency and accountability in decision making democratic structures and processes inclusive representation and effective auditing.
the expert group is now working on ways to take these recommendations and principles forward.
we are looking at how the rights to organise major sporting events are awarded across the single market and taking into account the realities of the digital age.
building on this i now want to look at how to promote the implementation of principles of good governance by all the sports organisations including football.
of course it is not for the european commission or the european union to run sports organisations. they have to take responsibility and implement good governance standards themselves.
we can signal to those sport bodies which want to play ball that we are ready to help them. the autonomy of sport free from government interference is fundamental;
but like other organisations that play a public role and which fail to respect the highest ethical standards our sporting federations must face greater scrutiny.
competition in our single market must follow the rules.
at the commission we work closely with member states and sports organisations to achieve a real change in sport governance. we will not stand by silently when sports federations fail to do their job.
we must be ready to share the thinking we have done in europe with others who now face the challenge of reform.
mr president it is increasingly important to fight corruption in any structures international or national but it is even more important for us to send a clear signal to the football authorities that the corrupted decisions should be revisited.
particularly with qatar we have some time and proper procedures to follow.
the very first limit is the principle of subsidiarity.
that means that we have no room for legislation on sport at european level but we have to support foster and encourage closer cooperation in sport issues. the other one is the autonomy of the sport. let me make this clear fifa is not a european organisation.
we can help those member states those associations and those players that are interested in rebuilding fifa and fifa's role.
it is a powerful message with strong words.
as rahmon enjoys his fourth term now as president and he has acquired the right to stand again without limits the fruits of his leadership are not those that we would have hoped for in a more democratic society.
as a member of the eurasian union which is stagnating economically right now and economically so reliant on the remittances sent back home from workers living and working in russia we see little hope of tajikistan moving in a western direction in terms of democratic political and economic norms.
arrests and detentions of political opposition figures disappearances in collusion with moscow clampdowns on journalists and civil society the list is not an enviable one. we also see at the geopolitical level tajikistan falling more closely back into the orbit of russia.
mr president like many post soviet states tajikistan experienced a traumatic and deadly birth as a country.
an open and inclusive law making process is most likely to prevent radicalisation and political extremism.
this is emphatically not in our interests. our policy seeks political stability and economic prosperity.
our most prominent concerns are about political participation and political prisoners.
lawyers must be able to represent their clients freely in front of the courts.
we cannot turn a blind eye to the increase in the number of detentions and arrests of people allegedly on criminal charges when in fact they are political prisoners human rights lawyers for example or political opposition members and their relatives or to restrictions on media freedom internet and mobile communications and to limitations of religious expression.
mr president tajikistan is the poorest of the five central asian countries and we have to continue to support social and economic developments in this country;
but we also have to remind the country about the obligation on the grounds of the partnership and cooperation agreement that our cooperation must be based on shared values.
we can conclude that the human rights situation has steadily deteriorated.
so we have to support the rights of peaceful opposition parties and civil society to continue to act.
we are particularly worried about discrimination and harassment against jewish youngsters who are more likely to experience anti semitism in schools and universities.
the commission welcomes any useful tool that helps to prevent anti semitism.
let me also inform you that i have asked the eu fundamental rights agency to conduct a large scale survey on the experience of jews with anti semitism.
all of us collectively and individually have the duty to fight against intolerance and hatred and reject all expressions of them.
particular areas of attention include hate crime training empowering and supporting hate crime victims and improving recording as well as data collection and methodologies.
we expect the results by early next year.
a hostile environment in schools will put the next generation at risk of exclusion.
there was more than one incident a day in austria and three incidents per day in the united kingdom in two thousand and sixteen in both cases the highest numbers ever recorded.
they wish to cloak their arguments in islamophobic rhetoric in order to attack europe.
i have sat through this debate and listened to some of the most corrosive divisive and cancerous language that i sometimes hear from time to time.
it particularly interests me that those colleagues here today who decided to speak about another one of our great religions in the way that they did actually share one thing in common and that is a hatred for the european union.
you attack one of us on any basis whatsoever and you attack as all.
it amazes me how we can be the best of parliaments and sometimes the worst of parliaments all in the same session.
however let me stress that all these countermeasures will be in vain if we forget the important role of education and youth work.
more precisely it is crucial to know the history of our continent to understand the value of tolerance and to be able to counter anti semitism when confronted with it.
the eu has adopted specific legislation on combating intolerance and hatred namely the two thousand and eight framework decision on combating racism and xenophobia. this decision outlaws holocaust denial and anti semitic hate speech inciting violence.
it is the duty of our continent and our shared responsibility to remember and not to let it happen again.
in the context of hate speech the council supports the commission high level group which seeks to develop together with the member states concrete practices and tools to improve responses to racism xenophobia and other forms of intolerance.
we have different tools we have knowledge we have education we have counter narratives but we also have condemnation of any form of anti semitic violence hate speech or discrimination.
what can be done to address anti semitism?
experts from member states international organisations academia and civil society agreed that there was no single perfect remedy for hatred.
has experienced verbal or physical violence.
let me start by expressing my deep concern about the current situation in europe.
it is difficult to believe and understand that so many in our society reject the fundamental values of tolerance respect and liberty and instead choose to hate.
evidence from different sources including the eu agency for fundamental rights and the council of europe shows an alarming increase in intolerance and hatred. there exists specific data collected by the fundamental rights agency confirming that every fourth jew in europe
as is often the case we need a complex response that starts with education data collection and analysis and ends with condemnation and criminal sanctions.
this issue was discussed in more general terms during the conference on positive narratives against hate speech which the maltese presidency organised in april this year.
accordingly the responsibility rests with all of us politicians teachers students parents and if need be also judges and prosecutors.
furthermore the council asked member states to develop effective methods to report and ensure proper recording of hate crimes.
let me start with the measures i mentioned last condemnation and criminal sanctions.
in the context of awareness raising and policy advice we are grateful to the european fundamental rights agency for its continued monitoring of and research into discrimination and anti semitism and for offering evidence based solutions and suggestions.
in this city brussels four people were killed in a terrorist attack against belgium's jewish museum.
unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed to feel with them one cannot understand. ' i just need to say paris two thousand and fifteen' four persons dead in a terrorist attack against a jewish kosher grocery store.
this resolution we are discussing today shows that we the elected members of european countries and citizens in this institution do not tolerate anti semitism in our continent.
to do this is to accept the resolution.
these works are full of exhortations for discrimination hatred and violence and not just against jews but christians too. these hateful passages are being propagated by imams in mosques paid for by saudi arabia and other islamic countries.
second end the mass immigration of muslims into european countries.
the second is the dramatic growth in the number of muslims in europe over the last fifty years a growth that is now spiralling upward.
the passage that always sticks in my mind is the one from the hadith which says judgement day will not come until the muslims fight the jews.
these are not extremist forms of islam these are literalist forms of islam.
any future migration from islamic countries should be on a highly selective basis only and only those migrants prepared to make a solemn and binding pledge that they reject the passages of hatred and violence should be admitted.
the muslims will kill the jews and the jews will hide behind rocks and trees. the rocks and trees will cry out oh muslim oh faithful servant of allah there is a jew behind me.
the problem is that many muslims take literally what is written in their works of fiction.
' if european governments were serious about combating this problem they would do two things immediately. first stop all overseas funding of mosques and imams.
the first is the anti semitic content of the islamic tracts the qur'an the hadith and the sunnah.
however this historical background should not make us blind to what is going on today.
the new rise in anti jewish hatred and violence is linked to immigration from muslim countries.
unfortunately these communities together with the so called liberals have been very successful in portraying muslims as victims and victims only thereby placing them beyond justified criticism.
the left with their pathological anti israel agenda is not very helpful. it is not enough to condemn antisemitism in general terms.
i have spoken many times in this chamber and beyond about the ways that israel a beacon of freedom across the globe has been attacked from all quarters.
but i am afraid that the definitions in this motion have caused me grave concern my concern is that they will enhance those who wish to do the jews and israel harm.
in particular i am concerned about the adoption of the definition from the international holocaust remembrance alliance.
' the author of this quote would have to be imprisoned if we adopt this definition.
there have been hundreds of politicians writers and philosophers who have opposed violence but who would be caught by this definition.
that is why i would ask you to reflect.
crimes motivated by racism and xenophobia affect not only the victim but also society as a whole. in the name of the council i have followed this debate very closely and paid particular attention to the views expressed.