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parliament should be part of shaping this package.
the real priority is how we can act to urgently break down national restrictions and existing barriers to growth and jobs.
we have a global vision where every citizen even those living in the remotest areas has access to high speed broadband.
we have a vision where net neutrality is european law.
we have a vision that includes finally doing away with roaming once and for all.
mr commissioner i look forward to seeing our vision and the package in the next year.
madam president the digital single market and the internet are far greater than one company.
all large technology companies including google must create a level playing field in internet commerce services and search.
they should not use their dominant position against competition and consumers. if they will not do so voluntarily of course the commission should be able to use all the powers in its mandate to compel action.
but let me stress once again that parliament and our member states should respect the independence of the european commissioner for competition.
commissioner vestager must be free to take whatever action she thinks best to protect european citizens and consumers in the digital single market.
she should not take actions based on political pressure from brussels or beyond even from me or anybody else in this house.
the current influx of people from north africa is of course just another beneficial crisis that gives the eu another opportunity to extend its power and dominion.
the new directive is intended to set up a new system for deciding the criteria for asylum seekers who can and cannot enter member states and qualify for refugee status and under what conditions.
the new reception directive is a development of the eu's common immigration and asylum policy as laid out under the lisbon treaty.
it is intended to harmonise member states' asylum policy and give more rights and privileges to those seeking asylum.
this could indeed help to resolve a tricky legal issue that several member states have mentioned. as you know the commission is currently preparing a modified proposal for this directive in order to give a boost to the stalled negotiations in the council.
i find the amendment on safe country notions very ambitious.
today we know that there are lots of differences which is of course very hard to understand in the same european union with the same international conventions and the same european values.
they must help to prevent abuses of the asylum system but fully respect fundamental rights.
i deeply believe that these objectives can be achieved but only if the common rules ensure the same high quality of decision by asylum authorities across the union.
some amendments also aim to provide more flexibility for the member states by introducing certain grounds for accelerated procedures.
it is crucial that the common procedures are fair and efficient.
asylum seekers must as you said madam be offered the same level of treatment wherever they apply for asylum in the european union.
you have shown great resilience madam and a deep understanding of the needs of asylum seekers and of the challenges faced by national administrations.
the vote that you will take tomorrow or on wednesday is a strategic benchmark in the negotiations.
it would significantly restructure the set of rules and change practices in member states. i also note with interest the compromise amendments on free legal assistance.
it has been very clear from the beginning in my contact with the different rapporteurs on the whole package that there would have to be some amendments.
asylum seekers who pass by or through safe countries are migrants of choice not genuine refugees.
people who come to europe simply because they come from unsafe countries might be unfortunate but europe cannot be expected to house the entire population of every unsafe country on earth.
genuine asylum seekers should seek refuge in the first safe country; one that will be culturally religiously and ancestrally related to them. the role of europe and the west should not be to act as a giant reception home for the vulnerable populations of the world. our role should be to stop creating the instability that fuels these vast population movements there must be no more wars such as those against iraq and afghanistan;
skills are very important.
this is of course not sufficient if we look at the very severe imbalances inside the eurozone.
the age limit has been discussed.
it is true that the turin meeting of heads of state and government has been postponed but the italian presidency keeps youth employment and the youth guarantee among its priorities and the attention of the heads of state and government remains very important.
the eu agreed on some key principles and parameters which can be delivered if the financial backing is also provided.
in fact those who have any kind of questions were given a good explanation of how to use these financial resources in march which all the ministers received and some countries take advantage of the european investment bank bridging finance facility to accelerate funding to youth related
it is also very imbalanced.
however the commission has been encouraging all these member states first of all to focus on the generational cohorts under twenty five to introduce the measures very important reform measures to support and improve school to work transitions whether on the education and training
there are some countries which have been performing quite well and we have to help others learn from the good performers this expression has been used widely in this discussion including by mr arnott.
this implementation does not entirely depend on the eur six billion financial instrument because this is a top up fund to supplement the european social fund resources and the national resources that also have to be used.
so the youth guarantee is a major flagship initiative.
he used the word nigger' and should be censured much more strictly.
we need to focus on giving them the skills that the market needs and that they are able to respond to what employers really need so that we can be sure that our young people have sustainable jobs.
in a recent survey of eight european countries one third of employers said that the lack of skills among young people is causing major businesses problems in the form of cost quality and time.
a critical reason that youth do not get the skills that employers need is that education providers young people and employers do not understand one another.
almost thirty of employers reported that a lack of skills was a major reason they did not fill their vacancies.
i would ask the commissioner to ensure that this is a focus not just in my country but across europe as well.
so we need to change the structure of how we teach young people skills.
i mean after all this is supposed to be a flagship project for european union policy and if we are really serious about its implementation we need to take action.
i suppose in many ways it is too early to really assess the progress made by most of these instruments for example the youth guarantee or the youth employment initiative but i think it would be fair to say that so far progress is slow and uneven.
seven five million young europeans between the ages of fifteen and twenty four not in employment education or training and.
it is not simply a question of easier access to finance small businesses do not want to take on new borrowings and there is a problem with adequate working capital so they are caught in a bind.
thirty however we also have to deal with the supply side as well as the demand side and in this context we need to ensure easier access to financing and simpler rules for setting up new businesses.
i am happy that it is included in the country specific recommendations and the national reform projects and that must remain a priority.
some mechanisms have to be found to deal with the overhang of debt otherwise many smes will struggle and are doomed to fail.
obviously i believe youth unemployment needs to be a specific objective within the european semester and also measures to combat youth unemployment.
i believe too that the youth guarantee should be extended to young people under.
six eight million in the same situation between the ages of twenty five and.
before the election youth unemployment was the biggest issue for many groups and unfortunately it still is with.
we have the youth guarantee we have the social fund we have the youth employment initiative the quality framework for traineeships the european alliance for apprenticeships and of course the programme for employment and social innovation.
in this context i think we need a renewed effort from the commission to encourage member states to immediately set about the implementation of the youth guarantee.
the international labour organisation has said it is ineffective.
most of all we need an education system that reflects the needs of industry and twenty first century society.
sometimes the answer is not more europe.
that principle might have worked when all eu countries had similar standards of living but when we have member states with a minimum wage of eighty pence an hour migration to the uk becomes a big issue.
in the uk we need to learn from other countries; we need to learn from germany that there should be no stigma attached to manual jobs. we need to learn that young people should be taught to take as much pride from vocational as from academic routes.
our manufacturing industry which was once the powerhouse of the region has been decimated.
in my constituency of the north east of england almost one in four young people are unemployed.
we have the highest levels of youth unemployment in the uk.
the measures push short term employment and short term internships but when only nine of interns actually go on to get the job this is not effective.
it causes wage compression and it means experienced workers from other countries are able to take uk based jobs and deprive british young people of their first step on the career ladder and what we do not need is misguided european union intervention.
the answer is for countries to work together for national governments to innovate for us to learn from each other to learn from best practice and to learn from the many charitable organisations which have a phenomenal success rate in getting young people back into work.
the youth guarantee has come to mean guaranteed failure.
the free movement of workers which means uncontrolled immigration causes a massive problem in the uk.
the problem we have at the moment is that we are getting more europe we are getting more legislation more red tape strangling our businesses and of course if we deal with that problem then we will be much more competitive.
and on terms of free movement is the whole point not that different countries with different standards of living actually have different needs and that when you try to have a one size fits all straitjacket affecting twenty eight different countries at once then you know that it is not going to work?
in addition eleven out of the twenty eligible member states have officially submitted operational programmes covering youth employment initiative related actions.
the analysis shows that progress has been made across the board.
it can also support activation measures such as job search guidance and assistance as well as further training.
so. last friday the commission organised a seminar to support member states in accelerating the programming and practical implementation of the youth employment initiative.
however there are a number of challenges including strengthening the capacity of public employment services providing quality offers reforming education and training systems and reaching out to inactive young people.
i welcome the efforts made by the member states to put in place the youth guarantee schemes. i recognise that this is not an easy task as it requires strategic reforms.
the commission encourages member states to continue their efforts to ensure swift implementation of the youth employment initiative.
making the youth guarantee happen requires that all available resources are there to get started as quickly as possible and achieve concrete results already in the short term.
on this occasion the commission clarified outstanding issues regarding the programming of the youth employment initiative and had bilateral technical meetings with the member states.
i would like to thank the european parliament for its support both in terms of bringing about the youth guarantee and of ensuring adequate resources from the european union budget.
in order to support the implementation of the youth guarantee the commission launched a european alliance for apprenticeships and put forward a quality framework for traineeships.
in addition when a member state chooses to programme the youth employment initiative under a dedicated operational programme the commission can approve it before the adoption of the partnership agreement thereby speeding up implementation. where do we stand
following the seminar i am sending a letter to ministers encouraging them to ensure swift completion of the youth employment initiative programming.
in recent years. the commission has been adamant about keeping youth unemployment at the top of the eu agenda and launched an unprecedented range of measures combining policy and financial support.
under the youth guarantee all member states have committed themselves to ensuring that all young people under twenty five receive a good quality offer of employment continued education or an apprenticeship or traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed. the youth guarantee is a major structural reform as well as a key social investment.
seven member states have not yet done
altogether eighteen member states received country specific recommendations focusing on one or several of these points i have just mentioned. a total of eight member states were invited to act more decisively to implement the youth guarantee.
we cannot afford to delay the implementation of such a crucial initiative.
all twenty eight member states have now submitted youth guarantee implementation plans as requested by the european council.
the initiative should focus on job creating measures including well targeted wage subsidies and recruitment subsidies apprenticeships and traineeships.
the commission has assessed the national youth guarantee implementation plans as part of the two thousand and fourteen european semester.
we just have to encourage them.
we have seen a trend towards more skill intensive jobs almost ninety of the jobs expected to be created and become vacant by two thousand and twenty require medium or high qualifications and europe's education and training systems are not adapted to the business skills needs that we will need in the future years.
so our job must be to create an environment where businesses can grow and can create jobs and businesses will only create more jobs and recruit more people if the economic environment encourages growth if they can rely on a qualified workforce
i am really pleased that our first proper session of this parliament is concentrating on this really important issue of youth unemployment or youth employment if you want to be positive and i would like to thank commissioner andor for his words.
it is businesses that create jobs.
it is indeed encouraging that mr juncker has put job creation as his top priority but we have to recognise that it is not the commission that creates jobs it is not parliament that creates jobs it is not even the member states' governments that create jobs.
if labour markets are sufficiently flexible if labour costs including wages are in line with productivity if social protection systems make work more attractive and if regulation is proportionate and evidence based.
we need a better supply of science technology engineering and maths skills the stem subjects and those are currently not going to match the increasing demands of business.
there are encouraging signs and companies are bringing jobs back.
our young people need work in their own countries.
in spite of many efforts the unemployment rate remains very high in europe particularly the youth unemployment rate.
so something is deeply wrong in europe.
i do not believe there is a future for europe if there is no future for young people in europe.
we are losing the win win game we should have in europe.
so my question for you commissioner is what ideas do you have about that?
madam president almost a quarter of young people today in ireland are unemployed and the figure would be much higher if we took into account those who have been forced to emigrate.
those who do manage to find work are often expected to accept precarious or part time work which suits the profits of employers but little else.
we must provide our youth with real options for their career and properly paid apprenticeships which give an equal benefit to both parties.
if we are to address youth unemployment seriously then we need a properly considered and funded youth guarantee which will protect our young people against the worst effects of this crisis.
we call for mandatory training of professionals likely to come in contact with victims;
we call on member states to automatically inform persons who get a national protection order about the epo and making the application process free of charge shorter and easier for victims;
i would like to ask all colleagues to help us in our fight and to help to spread the word about this protection instrument so that everybody can exercise their right to live free from violence and the fear of it in our europe.
this shameful situation has to change.
for me it clearly shows that so far neither the commission nor the member states have taken their responsibilities very seriously. public servants who come into contact with victims do not know about this international protection instrument.
the victims themselves have hardly ever heard of the opportunity that they have to take their already existing national protection orders with them abroad when they want to travel or move to another eu country.
we call for free legal aid translation and interpretation into a language understood by the victim;
given the increasing exposure of children and teenagers to violence online we call on member states to include education on gender equality and nonviolence in the school curriculum;
it is one of those eu initiatives that can save tens of thousands of lives and we need to save them today in europe.
one in three women has experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of.
madam president i had the honour of working on the implementation report on the european protection order directive which if it works can save the lives of victims of gender based violence and other forms of interpersonal violence.
we call for a decision on the epo request to be delivered within a maximum of two weeks;
victim protection organisations do not know about this instrument.
two thousand and fifteen how many years do we have to wait until this directive is properly implemented and provides protection for those who need it?
for me as a feminist it is very frustrating to see that there is a tool that could be used but is not.
therefore in our draft report we formulated several pages of demands some of which are the following we call on the commission and the member states to make sure that information about epos really reaches the victims the ngos and the authorities that are working with these issues;
we call for special measures to be implemented by the member states for victims in vulnerable situations or victims with specific needs such as children;
the commission continues to fund activities under the justice judicial training and rights equality and citizenship programmes which can include awareness raising campaigns on european protection orders.
this is quite a useful tool for judges.
it is published on the e justice portal.
we share your view that we have to improve awareness among practitioners about this instrument. this is why we are actively promoting the epo.
this is why it is essential to respect the right of victims and potential victims to enjoy freedom of movement on the same footing as everyone else and to ensure their continued protection when moving.
all these reasons must be dealt with to make this instrument an effective one in a modern world of high mobility without internal borders.
this one concerns the mutual recognition of protection orders.
but they are just part of a whole range of legal institutions and legal instruments that ms may intends to incorporate into english law when britain leaves the european union by means of her proposed new eu security treaty.
instead of retaining these legal instruments and institutions the uk should repeal them all when we leave the european union.
i agree that more needs to be done to ensure that victims victims' organisations and police are fully aware of the european protection order epo. because there is a very strong link between the correct application of the victims' rights directive and the correct functioning of the epo.
we have to stay on course and we must use all means available to ensure the proper implementation of the eu legislation in this field.
the main objective of this proposal is thus to ensure that comparable and reliable data are collected in all member states and transmitted to the commission making it possible to calculate harmonised risk indicators and to measure the progress of the thematic strategy.
thanks to the intense and fruitful trialogue in second reading and in particular to the sense of compromise of the rapporteur and his shadows solutions could be found for all the issues.
the commission would like to take this opportunity to thank the rapporteur bart staes for doing a great job on such a complex proposal for his patience and for the very constructive exchanges he has had with the commission.
an agreement at first reading on this proposal could not be reached between council and parliament for reasons mainly linked to the scope of the regulation and to the publication of results.
the commission believes that the compromise found is very reasonable and meets the concerns of the parliament without creating disproportionate burdens for the national administrations and businesses and it can therefore support it.
with your discretion i do ask for that.
many problems that we have with the current legislation have resulted from differing interpretations in different member states. we need more debate on this and on the other points to ensure that we have absolute clarity and to ensure that this legislation is effective.
the bills that we are not supposed to have.
like parliament like the council we regret very much that agreement was not reached in conciliation on monday night and that we started negotiations in earnest late and could not complete them but we are working very hard to make it possible
for us to facilitate in our position of honest broker the next stage of trialogue so that the council and parliament can agree on amending budgets for two thousand and fourteen that would write off
what we have to do is bring resources to help our people our small businesses our municipalities our farmers our teachers the elderly that rely on social programmes that we fund and this is what it is so important for us to keep focused on.
he spoke to us about the risk that we get so caught up in technicalities in our case it would be margins and ceilings and payment credits and commitments that we lose sight of why we are here and what
i pray we will not put our citizens at risk of the so called provisional twelfths which would mean less money and a much more difficult time in delivering resources where they are needed.
we are not supposed to have unpaid bills in the union and of course we count very much on the member states as well because to come with a credible payment plan we have to work with our member states as well as with parliament.
just focus on the fate of europe.
look at the efforts of the commission and this very parliament which i would go so far as to describe as impressive and try to forget your members' selfish interest.