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some gmos are known for their potential to contribute to tackling the challenge of global food security and can deliver positive agricultural and health impacts.
on the other hand some gmos can encourage farmers to use even more chemicals that cause considerable damage to biodiversity the environment and especially cause climate change.
the heart of our policy must be an independent thorough case by case assessment of each new gm trait by the european food safety authority.
in this way incentives for further scientific research are preserved and the centralisation of the process ensures the integrity of the single market.
our wish certainly in my party is that the risk assessment for approving these products stands up to scrutiny.
i do not believe it does that at the moment.
this is about member states' ability to choose whether or not they want that feed coming into their country or not.
however we reject the rapporteur's view on gmos as we believe that each member state should have the power to opt out and decide if it wishes to restrict or prohibit the use of genetically modified food and feed in its own country. we do not agree with the restrictions put in place by the commission with respect to the right of opting out.
in particular we think that each member state should have the right to ban a product if its representatives believe that the product could be a danger to human and animal health or to the environment.
i welcome mr ashworth's decision to reject this proposal but as a fellow british mep i would like to draw his attention to the fact that it was actually a british ruse to break the single market and to allow gmos to be registered in particular member states and rejected in other member states in the case of feed that led us to exactly this problem.
well when it comes to marketing and selling your food around the world emotion is important especially when you are trying to sell your products as clean and green and to use the fact that people are concerned about that. that is done.
in ireland if we cannot live up to that image if we are using gm food to feed our cattle etc.
an interesting point was made by the ukip mep mr agnew would we want to stop it in the morning?
do we want to stop farmers feeding this in ireland?
i would like to see that happen.
obviously it cannot happen overnight but i think we should have that goal and that target.
we talk about democracy in here but democracy is about listening to the people and the people of europe have consistently expressed the opinion that they do not want gm foods.
please do not tell me you want to feed the world gm companies want to feed their fat bosses with foie gras and champagne.
they do not give a damn about feeding the world;
they care about feeding their bloody pockets.
the idea is to inform consumers about the cost of driving for one hundred kilometres in an alternative fuel car versus a conventional car. the information will be displayed at petrol stations and via dedicated online tools which we will help member states to develop.
second timely reliable information about the location and availability of recharging points will have a major impact on consumer buy in. we are therefore helping member states in collecting information on the location and availability of charging points.
this is not the case at the moment particularly not across borders.
together all the points of action under this action plan will help to ensure that we have in place a comprehensive easy to use spec on infrastructure for the recharging and refuelling of alternative fuel vehicles by.
our first priority was to ensure that the alternative fuels infrastructure directive is properly implemented in all member states.
with the second mobility package of eight november two thousand and seventeen we delivered an additional policy stimulus particularly with our action plan on alternative fuels infrastructure.
however we don't think that the directive needs to be revised at this stage.
that is why we did not hesitate to launch immediate infringement procedures against those member states not complying with the directive.
two thousand and fourteen the commission shares this ambition. the provision of a comprehensive easy to use infrastructure for alternative fuels is a key prerequisite for the transition to low emission mobility.
but there are also less developed parts of europe where continued support action is needed.
here member states can benefit from substantial cohesion policy support to accelerate such investments.
madam president decarbonising the transport sector and meeting the paris agreement targets can only be achieved by aligning consumer behaviour with consumer attitudes.
it is clear that consumers want the greener transport options but market barriers and especially a lack of green infrastructure are leaving us running on the spot.
i welcome the commission's action plan but the national policy frameworks submitted by member states are lacking in ambition.
it is disappointing that the targets for electric recharging points in ireland's national policy framework do not correspond with the expected number of electric vehicles in the country.
the depressingly low ambitions will get us nowhere and will only set us up to fail wedding ourselves to a future of fossil fuel dependency.
if we want effective use of investment support is crucial in making the uptake of electric vehicles a tangible reality.
certainly after watching the grand tour this weekend it is clear that evs are becoming more efficient and user friendly but many citizens do not have the financial capabilities to change their cars and this needs to be addressed. just as citizens need time to prepare so does the manufacturing industry. they still have forecourts full of petrol and diesel cars.
mr president this report is all well and good if it continues to allow citizens the freedom to choose how they travel.
yet now we are increasingly seeing dramatic change to what forms of transport we are to use.
they are reducing nox and particles which are harmful.
they voted to leave.
while some parts of this report are moving in the right direction it will be up to the uk government and it alone to set the standards once we gain our independence
the uk referendum ballot paper asked should the united kingdom remain a member of the european union or leave the european union?
i hope the house of commons respects their decision.
it is also wrong for the eu to force a change through financial penalties dividing those who can afford and those who cannot.
merry christmas everyone.
two this was a major change to encourage the public to buy diesel cars.
the report also seeks to comprehensively reduce the attractiveness of private forms of transport.
what i do not find helpful is knee jerk solutions that punish the driver before any proper infrastructure is in place.
encouraging the development of hybrids will help aid the transition. uk based jaguar landrover is one company like others who recognised the need to change and should be commended on their projects.
that is also very clear.
if europe had not taken its step on ets a couple of years ago there would not have been a global deal in icao two years ago.
when we were getting to a deal in paris we knew that all the different sectors have to deliver their contribution l and that is not so easy.
looking at all the different sectors what does it mean if you implement paris?
i think that is a very important message in this report as well.
it is nice to say yes to paris it is more difficult to implement it in specific sectors.
i just want to warn my colleagues that there is much more in the report than just that.
i think that is also an important message.
member states and local authorities educational and research institutes as well as producers and investors can all provide much needed incentives.
for instance advancing the electromobility update by encouraging consumers to charge batteries at off peak times through new rules for electricity market design.
a number of speakers also mentioned the importance of addressing aviation and the maritime transport sector.
in order to effectively address emissions from international sectors such as aviation and maritime global solutions are needed.
the process to the low emission strategy will also contribute to making our industry stronger and more competitive and it will help clean up the environment for citizens and improve their quality of life through better air quality in cities and reducing congestion.
yes we need to act and we need to act now. we have already initiated a series of initiatives to support the move to lower emissions.
to speed up the transition to alternative energy the commission has proposed recasting the renewable energy directive. we have a clear expectation that the proposed gradual reduction of conventional crop based biofuels and increase of advanced biofuels will promote the development and deployment of innovative advanced renewable fuels. we are also actively supporting the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructures such as recharging stations for electric
the commission also proposed recently additional measures to avoid empty runs in road freight operations as well as in favour of combined transport and public transport by buses and coaches.
the transition to a modern and low carbon economy is a key political priority for the commission.
we now very much count on your continued constructive support to the low emissions strategy and the various initiatives that flow from
we also proposed additional measures to speed up market uptake and to accompany public authorities' efforts in this respect.
we have already adopted in the past months a series of measures to foster the attractiveness of the most environmentally friendly modes of transport specifically railways and inland navigation.
let me conclude only together can we make the implementation of this strategy a success.
a well defined eu strategy for the transport sector is essential and it must cover all three core areas first higher efficiency of the transport system; second low emission alternative energy for transport; and third low and zero emission vehicles. by making our transport network more efficient we can reduce the energy consumed cut journey times and better serve the end user. there is a massive potential to make this happen by encouraging multimodal transport solutions
oil. this means high emissions and dependency on imports.
promoting alternative energy sources for transport is essential.
and digitalisation.
action is also needed to reduce emissions from heavy duty vehicles and this will be proposed next year by the commission in its third mobility package.
recharging an electric vehicle should be as easy as refuelling a conventional
with the clean energy for all europeans package the europe on the move package and the clean mobility package the commission has already put forward proposals covering a large part of the action agenda of this strategy.
cars with financial support consumer information and standardisation activities.
we need to address this challenge of climate change and at the same time we must strive to extend the competitive edge of our industries generate sustainable economic growth and jobs and drive innovation in clean technologies.
we count on parliament to support those initiatives. on alternative energy however it is not just about transport efficiency.
as highlighted in president juncker's state of the union address in september we should strive to become the world leader in the fight against climate change.
when we are putting a mandate on zeroemission vehicles it is probably you who then reads electric cars'.
maybe that says something about your obsession rather than what is in the report because it is just a mandate on zeroemission vehicles.
anything that can comply with that will deliver.
point out to me where electric cars' is explicitly mentioned. i think it is a bit of a preoccupation with some of my colleagues that they read electric cars' everywhere as if that is the biggest enemy.
i think in the end we have to clean up our air we have to lower emissions and it is possible.
if we do not do it the rest of the world will move ahead and we will start importing their techniques instead of producing them ourselves.
i would like to stress that we really have to be careful not to make that mistake.
for the rest i really would like to thank everyone for the cooperation.
in the end paris implementation also requires the commission to come forward with proposals that really deliver on that and i therefore plead to my colleagues not only to accept this report setting nice targets but when we are talking about legislative proposals that we also really will make sure that they will deliver on what is needed to implement paris.
it is not right to say that.
moving on to the issue of greece so much was said about that and i want to repeat that the commission is open for dialogue with greece on the basis of respect for the greek people to look for common solutions. i have to tell you that i was thinking
that is why i believe we need increased efforts on data protection reform.
so even though there might be a huge debate about the merits of the programmes and the merits of what was done in the past i would not accept a caricature narrative that the people elsewhere in europe have not shown solidarity with greece in the past couple of years.
it is not too much to ask if you look at what the colonels and their regime did to the greek people forty years.
we in europe in the european parliament in european political parties do not accept homophobia as an institutional element in another political party.
we need to monitor where our arms are going.
what i heard from the council and also what we have seen in terms of leaked information by no means meets these expectations.
i also believe that we need to be willing to intervene not only politically in crises that are affecting our security but if need be also in military terms.
this is something that should not be neglected.
lastly we are pleased that an in depth evaluation must be an integral part of the april security package because in the past fifteen years a long list of measures has been adopted but there has never been an evaluation of their effectiveness and of what we have in our toolkit. have the measures been implemented by the member states?
it does not mean that we can stretch the rule of law and fit in all the measures that we like;
alde will not side with the trigger happy cowboys who support any repressive measure without evidence.
colleagues it is not good enough and i am addressing the council in particular to pay lip service to the rule of law in civil liberties because what it actually means is that there are limits.
compromises are never easy or pretty and i hear the greens' criticism but i hope that next time they will be on board when we are negotiating a compromise because parliament unlike the council is able to compromise and achieve results. we need security measures but they must be tailor made and evidence based not based on assumptions ideology or gut feeling.
it means governments cannot have unlimited and unchecked powers and it seems that many people have forgotten that.
we cannot support a system for the massive and indiscriminate collection of personal data without the evidence for necessity and proportionality and without adequate safeguards for citizens' rights.
we are at a very big important historic juncture. and what is at stake is do general elections in our member states count for anything or not? those arguments and those debates are far more important than whether i have written any parliamentary reports or gone native and become part of the system because i most certainly have not.
mr timmermans very briefly touched on greece and many of the speakers ignored the subject.
what i was saying was that there is an atmosphere of denial.
would you not agree that at least part of the problem is the very language that you yourself unfortunately end up using when you talk about the muslim community the jewish community the separate communities.
we established the european arrest warrant and we need to do the same thing.
it would be a huge mistake now to say that schengen is the problem.
the foundation of the european union is not based on revenge.
the data protection directive blocked in the council.
his moral obligation is to work on the future of greece and the european union just as our moral obligation too is to help greece and to work on this future of the european union.
that is not the foundation of the european union.
not to first talk about the debt and then the reforms.
it is very disappointing.
the eurogroup is meeting tonight and will address this question.
there is no alternative to a diplomatic solution to the crisis based on respect for ukraine's independence sovereignty and territorial integrity.
the commitment to boosting investment is a step in the right direction. we need to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms in order to strengthen europe's competitiveness and growth.
the level of public debt in the eurozone in general is very high and it is rising.
in this regard our discussion tomorrow will continue in the presence of mr poroshenko who has been invited by president tusk to the informal meeting of heads of state or government.
we as the presidency are convinced that you understand how crucial pnr information is in detecting travel movements and patterns and in particular monitoring and identifying foreign terrorist fighters and returnees.
all in all we agree that existing agreements should be respected.
we understand that this is a difficult issue for some of you but we are encouraged by the more positive comments made by several members.
we believe that in the digital age a single data protection regulation will strengthen data protection in europe.
at the same time i believe we all agree that greece is facing profound challenges.
obviously the council and all the eu institutions support the ongoing diplomatic efforts and i hope they will deliver progress for the population on the ground in eastern ukraine and in a wider perspective.
i also believe you will all agree that a solution found for greece will have to be accepted by all parties.
if we fail to do this it might lead to incompatible national systems with very different levels of data protection.
the eu is ready to assist in these diplomatic efforts.
divisions of views among the political groups reflect general divisions of views in europe and this is clear evidence that we need to continue our discussions to find a compromise.
one five million refugees internal and external among them people who are suffering.
cases of arms trafficking.
we expect clear orientation from the highest level.
while member states have the primary responsibility for combating terrorism measures taken at eu level will have added value in many ways.
counter terrorism experts have converging views that we need this measure. the presidency is ready to engage in a constructive manner with the european parliament as soon as it is ready to start the discussion.
vocational training job opportunities social integration and rehabilitation can significantly contribute to the achievement of this goal.
yesterday you heard an update from high representative mogherini on the situation on the ground and on ongoing diplomatic efforts.
however recent events have shown that there is scope for stepping up our actions.
in this context let me mention a crucial issue on which all the eu institutions need to proceed swiftly the proposal on a european passenger name record scheme.
we have no time to waste. we must work on efficient measures to protect our societies and citizens from fear from the fear of terrorist attacks from the fear of radicalisation and from the fear of intolerance.
what is needed here is joint action by all member states supported by the eu institutions.
actions taken over recent weeks to fight terrorism and further measures to be taken in the future were discussed yesterday at the general affairs council as i have mentioned and delegations have concrete expectations from the informal meeting of heads of state or governments that will take place tomorrow.
the shockwave has spread far beyond european borders and there has been a firm joint response an unprecedented expression of unity and solidarity and the firm conviction that terrorist attacks should not be tolerated.
this is a complex issue and there are certain reservations but we cannot afford to remain idle.
two thousand and fifteen also the finance ministers discussed further steps to be taken to combat the financing of terrorism and together with the commission adopted a joint declaration with a view to more efficient application of the rules in the anti money laundering package.
later today new talks should start in minsk.
it outlines a further comprehensive set of measures to address the current threat namely prevention of radicalisation information sharing and cooperation between competent authorities prevention of illegal trafficking in firearms and the reinforcement of external borders.
as you know the president of the commission in close cooperation with the president of the euro summit the president of the eurogroup and the president of the european central bank will report to the june two thousand and fifteen european council on their work regarding better economic governance in the euro area.
all relevant ministers justice and home affairs foreign affairs finance culture and others have worked intensely to accelerate and improve our fight against terrorism.
we need to act jointly not only at official level but also with civil society and the private sector. our action must be twofold monitoring and removing from the internet content that promotes terrorism or violence;
we have just marked the first month after the brutal terrorist attacks in paris.
we are fully aware that tomorrow's discussions will not be easy.
we believe that the outstanding concerns on fundamental rights including solid data protection safeguards could be successfully addressed while negotiating the text of the present pnr proposal.
we should have a real democratic deal involving the european institutions with the greek population and we also need to make sure that overall the economic and monetary union is completed in such a way that it becomes a space not of divergence
and most of all we need a big push for good investment projects and job creation.
i believe we cannot afford to be divided internally and we need to strengthen our social cohesion.
parliament has moved swiftly on this so we have shown our commitment today and within a few minutes we will vote on pnr. yes it is controversial because the last terrorist outrage before what we saw on the streets of paris was in two thousand and five in london and we have since produced the data retention directive and we have to learn the lessons of what happened.
it means that the data regulation package which underpins so much of what will happen with pnr must also happen.
that means being unified because at the end of the day terrorism is an attack on our security and an attack on life but if we are united we will have helped our citizens through a profoundly challenging moment in our history. we cannot do that if we do not see the institutions working together.
you do your job council and the commission so eloquently represented by mr timmermans will be there to help us through this through the informal council and through our job.
we need legislation which is worthy of our citizens and worthy of this house and which will stand the tests of time and the european court of justice.
it means that the causes of radicalisation and all the other tools in our toolbox aside from pnr must be our business as we learn the lessons and cooperate. if our citizens see this they will see first that we have learned the lessons and then that we can remain united. we will still have differences this is not a perfect resolution that we will be voting on in a few minutes' time but we will have done a service to our citizens in the end.