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we have a referendum coming up at some point in the not too distant future in britain. there is one thing that would convince the british voters to vote to remain part of a european union and that is a fundamental treaty change that says we no longer have to accept untrammelled access for countless millions of people from across the whole of europe.
ever. as for the rest of the eu i suspect the next five years will bring endless misery for the southern mediterranean eurozone countries.
it all looks like a bit of a stitch up to me.
today. it was the usual dirge like dull looking back to a model invented fifty years
so. are we going to win twenty eight nil in the council of ministers? i do not think
my god isn't that awful! some have even said that he drinks endless cups of black coffee which is why he looks so old.
to come back to ms merkel she was quite clear after the summit when cameron challenged the principle of ever closer union and she very gracefully said that we are all allowed to move at different speeds towards ever closer union but we must continue in the same direction.
dave obviously misunderstood the mood.
group. and what have we seen in the last forty eight
coming from the uk we did not even realise that these elections were seen to be significant as far as the next commission president was concerned.
and the support for us simply melted away.
are you going to help britain to end the free movement of peoples? i do not think
the programme that has been agreed at this meeting for the future direction of the union is good in its headlines but the devil is in the detail.
but none of them can get their way in this context without agreement from all twenty eight prima donnas around that table. so i would like to pay tribute to president van rompuy for the way that he succeeds again and again in getting at least some sort of consensus out of those twenty eight prima donnas.
please do not go down the line of reform proposed by.
mr president the european council is the most difficult of all the european institutions to be president of because it cannot agree anything on policy matters without consensus from twenty eight very different presidents and prime ministers many of whom are used to getting their own way in a national context.
however those consensuses are sometimes good and sometimes less good.
let us leave behind a parliament of intolerance towards minority views that challenge the conventional wisdom.
let us build a parliament of passionate debates and stimulating ideas and let us build a parliament that seeks fresh approaches and new solutions.
if you want to deliver real change in the eu we look forward to cooperating with you.
we welcome the reference to different paths of integration recognising the diversities of our interests and our traditions in our different member states a flexible europe of nation states cooperating where there is mutual interest and public support rather than that old dream of a one size fits all european super state.
they need not be repeated again today because we are a group that wants to look forward not back.
we will work with all of you who want to succeed by embracing the challenges of the twenty first century.
that is why to all those new and re elected meps across the house i make this plea let us turn our backs on the parliament of the backroom deal and the division of spoils.
our group will work together and form coalitions with others based on ideas for reform and we take the nomination of mr juncker in the same spirit.
europe has to change and that change has to start now.
let me ask you to consider the real loser the status quo.
a europe which embraces the future not one that lives in the past;
mr president i stand before you as the third new leader today the third virgin on the front row if you like but the leader of the third largest group here in the european parliament. they take a bit of time to warm up.
so as the leader of this new exciting growing force i want the ecr to become an exciting hub for new ideas for reform ideas that make the eu fit for the challenges of the future in an interconnected global economy. but so far this week we have seen too much of the politics of the past the type of politics that voters rejected in may.
much has been said about the winners and losers in the recent european elections.
they do not believe that the choice is between more europe or no europe they want a better europe a europe that allows our nation states to cooperate freely and not a one size fits all european super state;
for a growing number of people believe that europe cannot go on as it is.
that is our belief and our mission.
our concerns about the process are well known.
if you want to defend the status quo we will urge you to embrace change. if you want to look back to the past we will confront you with the challenges of the future. and that is the real division in this parliament today between those who want to prepare the european union for the two thousand and fifty s and those who cling to the ideas of the one thousand.
let us turn those ideas from the european council statement of exploiting the single market of creating a climate of entrepreneurship of opening trade of enhancing energy security and efficiency of supporting our neighbourhood and of cutting bureaucracy let us turn those ideas into the building blocks for reform.
instead let us build a parliament based on tolerance and respect.
let me give you all this pledge.
austerity plus growth is necessary inside the union.
however the substance of these priorities in fact spells out an approach that is more or less business as usual with a certain amount of flexibility. this is the opposite of what the people of europe sent us to this parliament to achieve namely change that delivers on the premise of a social europe a pledge enshrined in the treaties.
aiming at full employment and social progress.
regarding jobs and growth the strategic agenda states as the first priority the need to fully exploit the potential of the single market by completing the internal market yet article three of the treaty on european union directly links the establishment of the internal market with the sustainable development of europe based on a highly competitive social market economy
mr president the june european council has agreed a strategic agenda purporting to define the key priorities for the next five years.
if you want to be considered as the leader of a european political group then make speeches worthy of a european political leader.
what are you doing here?
the reason why you are speaking here is that you have enlisted continental europeans into your group just to be able to boast as a british citizen who wants to get out of the european union.
if you want to hold that kind of speech get elected there.
what you are going to have to get used to all of you is the idea that across the political spectrum there are now more eurosceptics in this parliament than there have ever been and many of them do not subscribe to ever closer union they do not subscribe to that flag and they do not want a european anthem.
i will tell you this mr lamberts do not worry too much about my presence because within the next five years i will not be here all right?
they expect us to prioritise jobs and growth and they expect us to address some of the absurdities of the eu such as travelling here once a month. i have no doubt that a majority of us in this parliament are ready to take on those challenges but we must ensure that the new commission president is up to the job of making the reforms we desperately need.
yes we need reform;
it is clear to everyone that whatever cameron does is not really about trying to change the eu for the better but rather to appease certain sections of his own political party.
it is not about the british national interest; it is about the interests of the tory party.
two for someone who has staked britain's membership of the eu on reforming europe he is certainly not very good at making friends and influencing people.
in order to achieve real reform you have to build alliances and work together;
grandstanding posturing and threats get you nowhere. europe started off divided over mr juncker but cameron's total incompetence has united europe against him to the detriment of the british people.
it is no longer a community.
it is a union for bankers and big business but certainly not for the smaller person.
i did not think i would ever come in here and say that but sadly this union has proven that we are for kicking not for anything else so it seems.
this was meant to be a community;
i was a supporter of the european union but since we had bank debt socialised and put on our shoulders to the tune of eur seventy billion the irish people have woken up to the fact that this union is no longer a union of the people.
as i said i was a supporter of the european union but no more. when the act of union between britain and ireland took place lord byron said the following there is only one relationship between a large state and small state and that is the relationship between a boa constrictor and its prey'.
let me also of course congratulate president martin schulz on his unique re election and i am looking forward to continuing our close cooperation.
and reinforcing our global attractiveness as a trading partner.
expressing my warmest congratulations on your election.
it is important that all institutions organise their work accordingly and also that national parliaments are kept closely involved.
depend. the council will assess the situation and should it be required adopt the necessary decisions.
this awareness remained very much with the presidents and prime ministers in ypres on thursday.
this means prioritising key goals like the digital single market strengthened economic coordination smart regulation and concluding the ttip negotiations
our countries are leaving the worst economic period in a generation or more a period for our union in which solidarity and responsibility have been put to the test like never before and in which for the first time we have experienced the true extent of our interdependence as european nations.
the euro and with it the union has been saved from the existential threats of the financial crisis and as president of the european council i am grateful for the constructive work of your predecessors in legislating for a more solid monetary union.
and leaders also stressed the importance of addressing overdue investment needs in transport telecoms energy innovation education by mobilising means and fostering a positive environment for long term investments. second priority societies that are able to empower and protect all citizens.
but about how it could start about the mindless march to the abyss the sleepwalking and the millions killed on all sides.
besides being a great opener of opportunities' the union must also be seen as a source of protection.
but as europe re emerges there are many challenges to be met. a thirst for hope for tangible results that was clear again in the results of this european election.
by. two thousand and fifteen it also means finding the right balance between fiscal discipline and the need to support growth something which the inbuilt flexibility of our stability and growth pact rules allows.
the current context shows clearly the importance of reducing our energy dependency on notably russian
and it is with this goal in mind that last week the european council set out the union's priorities for the years ahead.
this is why the focus must be on fairness and life chances for all on unlocking skills and talents on safeguarding freedoms and on tackling abuses and fraud which not only affect societies but undermine trust.
on migration more specifically it is important that our countries keep attracting talent and skills through legal migration whilst dealing more robustly with irregular migration notably through better cooperation with third countries.
together you reflect the changed experiences of the people of europe who voted for you.
this is one of the union's major projects for the immediate future.
world. maximising our global clout engaging our global strategic partners especially our transatlantic partners and developing security and defence cooperation these are all issues on which we as a union must keep working these coming years. but the most pressing priority will remain being a strong
making the most of the single market;
change. let me conclude therefore by wishing you
we want to build an energy union to guarantee access to affordable secure and green energy.
partner in our neighbourhood. to our east friday's historic signing of association agreements with georgia moldova and ukraine has opened up an ambitious path of cooperation.
the european council leaders are committed to reconvening at any time for further significant restrictive measures.
working for the recovery is our biggest task restoring confidence and preparing our union for the future.
all of these were key points during our discussions last week not least as part of the european semester;
gas. energy will be a major topic of our october european council when leaders are expected to decide the union's two thousand and thirty climate and energy framework. last week we took stock of progress and i am confident that we will achieve a good result in four months' time in line with the union's ambitious agreed targets
it was an extraordinary meeting in many respects not least because leaders met on thursday in ypres at my invitation to commemorate the outbreak of the first world war beneath the menin gate. it was not a ceremony about the end of the war
third priority a secure energy and climate future.
fifth and final priority effective joint action in the
this will be vital work.
indeed we live at a time where many things can no longer be taken for granted. politics and prosperity at national and european level as we knew them jobs borders geopolitical stability and the european idea all have come under pressure.
the recovery is now slowly but solidly under way and growth is returning to all our countries.
people expect europe to defend their interests and keep threats at bay but also to respect their identities and sense of belonging.
in this field also cross border issues call for cross border solutions whether on organised crime justice matters or migration flows. european citizens increasingly work study do business get married or divorce across countries.
four generations have passed but the memories remain untouched of where we as europeans come from of what we have overcome what we must build and what we must prevent.
this message was also at the heart of our review last friday of the strategic guidelines in the field of freedom justice and security as required by the treaty.
even compared to two thousand and nine you all carry with you new expectations and new viewpoints on their behalf.
promoting entrepreneurship job creation and investment;
on a programme of priorities for the next five years to guide the action and planning of the eu institutions over that period.
on friday after speaking with president poroshenko the european council laid out a set of urgent and concrete steps on which our next decisions would
after the european election he came forward to say that a number of things had to be changed that mr juncker could not be nominated. so in my opinion this is real european democracy these debates and this public opinion.
mr president the recent european elections delivered a stark message to these institutions across europe people went to the ballot box not to commend the eu for work done but to express disillusionment and to call for radical change in how brussels operates.
that genuine desire for a better europe must not be ignored.
in the united kingdom but not solely in the united kingdom the consensus is that europe is not working.
people see an eu that has lost its way that is obsessed with ever closer union rather than what it was intended for trade cooperation and friendship.
after the european summit and the anointing of mr juncker and after listening to the tone of this debate i fear that the european establishment intends to answer the people with more of the same.
more of the same economic and monetary union which has brought record unemployment and a generation of young people condemned to long term unemployment and loss of hope.
colleagues it is time for change. sadly the tone of this debate suggests business as usual.
eurosceptics are people who think who may have doubts about europe. however that is not actually the case because over there i see a collection of people ranging from downright anti eu to anti immigration homophobic and anti semitic forces they are not just middle of the road eurosceptics. applause
it is indeed time for change. it is not the time to paralyse the eu even further or to dismantle
it. we need to make it stronger and better able to act and respond adequately to the expectations of our citizens in particular the ones who are going through very rough times at the moment.
we need more democratic legitimacy not less. therefore i would like to take up the words of mr kamall and say let us work together in this house with the commission and with the council across party lines and across borders to make europe stronger.
that message unfortunately has been ignored by the recent european council meeting.
the austerity agenda that has been championed by european institutions has inflicted hardship on many families in ireland and throughout the member states.
instead the council concentrated on a carve up of top jobs in the european institutions and ignored the impact of their austerity agenda.
it is difficult to see how we can do this without a strong europe.
we need to look forward to reform and ensure that the association agreements are met with commitment and openness that we reform for competitiveness and that we are opening up the internal market and the digital agenda with clear proposals and legislation in this house.
traditional small scale occupations run by micro enterprises are not allowed protective breathing space. there is a refusal to recognise that state entrepreneurship can be a valid tool in peripheral regions by which to promote new economic activity or to sustain old and dying activities.
all this is unfair and is mistaken.
relatively marginal activities in peripheral economies which account for a minimum percentage of overall turnover in the european single market should be exempted from state aid criteria when investment and commercial measures are being taken in their favour. but decisions are increasingly relying on one size fits all methods.
hundreds of thousands of them are internally displaced.
returnees refugees and internally displaced persons face shortages in food health services basic household items clean water and shelter.
when used in garments for example as trimmings such materials are currently not subject to mandatory labelling;
most consumers are unaware of this and may not know the exact make up of the textiles they buy.
eu legislation providing for this already exists for footwear and it makes sense to provide our consumers with the same level of information when they buy their clothes. allergy sufferers in particular stand to gain from this proposal as fur is potentially hazardous to their health and the commission must also study the possibility that potentially hazardous materials and chemicals used in textiles may lead to allergic reactions.
the commission welcomes the emphasis placed on the importance of the principle of national delegation.
though the problem of access to standards should not be limited to the price of standards the commission welcomes the call on national standards bodies to reduce costs through special rates by offering bundles of standards at a reduced price and by investigating additional ways of improving access especially for
we appreciate that the report recognises this potential and stresses the need to move into new domains of standards development such as services.
as pointed out in the report the new european model must contribute to european innovation and sustainable development.
again i would like with your support to include our condolences to his family in the minutes of these proceedings.
i do not accept it when you say that i am waging war on hungary.
i do not accept that.
i was just checking we have had debates in this chamber on human rights violations in a number of countries including eu member states.
in return when i express my views i do not want to be accused of being excessively ideological and attacking or being part of a left wing conspiracy as i keep reading in the hungarian media.
it is true that we have talked about the situation in hungary before but that is because the situation gives reason for concern.
is hungary the only country where we have reason for concern?
i think that it is very important that we have this debate because this is as important for the future functioning of the european union as the debate on the stability pact.
finally to be fair something was brought to our attention last weekend and that is the entry ban imposed by the united states against certain unnamed hungarian government officials.
i do not think that is the way and i think that this also calls for a response from the commission and the council because we europeans are responsible for what happens in europe. we are responsible for safeguarding civil liberties fundamental rights and the rule of law.
i think i can have a conversation with any colleague i like including yourself without having to explain myself publicly before you.
yes in a democracy you can actually have a peaceful conversation with people who do not share your views.
this may be new to you but that is the way we like to do it in the european parliament.
this is one of the reasons why we were particularly glad and proud to have them back.
christian democracy is liberal democracy and only a liberal christian democracy is compatible with european democracy.
i am not opposed to letting anyone experiment with models of governance but as soon as we are confronted with a model of governance that is willingly and wittingly going beyond the acceptable borders of what we consider to be european rule of law there is need for debate.
the future of a flourishing energy intensive industry in europe.
you answered that this is now up to the council.
i agree as regards them joining this parliament as full members but i am not sure that this is the case when it comes to their status as observers as an introduction to actually becoming full members.
i interpret the decision we took recently on david martin's report on our own internal rules so that we are actually free to let them start working as observers as soon as they are elected and their election confirmed by their member state and that we as a parliament can decide ourselves on the conditions for their position as observers.
it would be unreasonable if new members who are already elected and whose election has been confirmed by the national authorities have to wait for months and months before they can actually start working.
there is no final decision yet about the number of new seats and from which country they should come.
it has been clearly shown that the lack of transparency in this field can cause the build up of unknown risk in our financial system.
however mr langen's report also recognises that derivative products also serve the opposite purpose of dispersing risks for businesses small and large which are going to be the foundation of economic recovery in europe.
it deals with the main points related to the eu's comprehensive approach in crisis management.
the very concept of the service that the high representative is putting in place points in the same direction as the one suggested in the report in particular through the inclusion of the structures of the common security and defence policy in the external action service. we fully support the development of civilian capabilities in order to have a proper balance between resources.