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the eu has so far developed a robust legal framework including specific legislation on combating intolerance and hatred such as the two thousand and eight framework decision on combating racism and xenophobia. in june two thousand and sixteen the council invited member states to ensure the effective transposition and implementation of the framework decision and other relevant hate crime laws at national level.
therefore it gives me great pleasure to announce the marking of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of this crucial legislative instrument organised by the croatian presidency and in cooperation with the european network or equality bodies the commission and the council on twenty nine june the exact date of the adoption of the directive
in addition it asked all member states to develop effective methods to report and ensure proper recording of hate crimes.
all these countermeasures need to be accompanied by anti racist education and youth work and more precisely the need to develop democratic resilience tolerance and conflict resolution skills in the learning process.
the presidency is strongly committed to fighting racism.
at the same time however we in europe must be vigilant in the face of a worrying increase in the number of manifestations of hate speech and racism affecting minorities.
the fundamental rights agency report being black in the eu' released in november two thousand and eighteen revealed the unacceptable challenges black people still face in our countries.
the racial equality directive as the first new generation equal treatment instrument extending legal protection against discrimination beyond the grounds of gender is the key instrument at eu level.
equality human dignity respect for human rights together with tolerance gender equality and the prohibition of discrimination are founding values of the european union.
i would like to start by using this forum to express on behalf of the croatian presidency and of the council my deepest condolences to the family and friends of george floyd.
the events that triggered the recent protests raised first and foremost the issue of police treatment of african american people and more broadly their place in society.
to give you a couple of examples if businesses are being subsidised that are already in europe;
subsidies can help foreign companies to outbid rivals in public tenders and some subsidised companies can even get access to money from the european budget.
right now as we start to rebuild from the damage that the coronavirus is doing we need the single market more than ever.
openness to trade and investments and to a rule based multilateral order they are all being challenged.
module one is a general market scrutiny instrument to capture all market situations where foreign subsidies would distort the single market. the competence would be shared between member states and the commission and if a subsidy is found to distort the single market then redressive measures could be imposed.
and this is what we call the eu interest test.
or if the subsidy investment or economic activity has a positive impact that outweighs the distortion the commission could decide not to pursue it further.
module two specifically addresses distortions caused by foreign subsidies facilitating acquisitions of eu companies.
in this white paper we produce three different modules with three different ways to deal with these situations.
so today the european commission has adopted a white paper which launches a public consultation on ideas for future rules to make sure that foreign subsidies won't undermine the level playing field in europe's single market.
and i think we all realise that the current geopolitical context the global economic environment is probably the most difficult in recent history.
foreign investment is an important source of jobs and growth and very much welcome in europe but when foreign governments give subsidies to support investment and operations in the single market that can affect our level playing field in several ways.
it goes without saying that restoring links must always be coordinated in particular we need to ensure that any measures applied at points of arrival and departure are mutually acceptable otherwise travel will become prohibitively burdensome expensive and in some cases impossible.
these guidelines should be complemented by widespread information about the measures taken so that each european can make responsible and well informed decisions about how to limit health risks while travelling.
what we need to offer citizens is clarity non discrimination and seamless connectivity.
it is in fact the backbone of the single market and economic activity as such. so restoring transport in the eu and beyond must be accelerated while keeping health requirements in mind.
although specific economic sectors do not have ring fenced funding in the recovery package it is clear that those economic ecosystems such as transport and tourism will be able to benefit from several funding opportunities.
we are also proposing an enhanced investeu with an increased budget of eur. thirty one six billion. this will include a new strategic investment facility the investeu's fifth window to support critical infrastructure and the development of resilient value chains including for new clean technologies that are essential for the transport sector.
trust is also built on precedent and the precedent we wanted to defend is that consumers should be protected in the eu at all times.
it provides a unique window of opportunity for funding in transport tourism automotive aeronautics and ship manufacturing as well as all other industries needed to ensure sustainable resilient and affordable connectivity for two thousand and twenty and beyond.
they provide general principles applicable to all transport services and specific recommendations for each transport mode.
in addition to all that resuming passenger transport and tourism requires business continuity for all the sectors. securing working capital funding of operations public support for businesses to maintain investment pipelines are all vital economic prerequisites for regaining connectivity and building a transport system that is fit for the future.
it will accelerate the completion of the core ten t network due
additional guidelines were presented for restoring free movement and for making vouchers more attractive.
the commission's proposed recovery package to kick start the european economy contains an array of opportunities for transport under the eur.
because of the unique nature of aviation the eu aviation safety agency and the european centre for disease control have published additional operational recommendations based on the commission's general guidelines.
the recovery package includes a reinforced budget for the connecting europe facility with an additional eur.
how would we physically go on holiday if no trains boats planes or cars were moving or indeed moving across borders?
acting together is key since transport is by nature a cross regional and cross border activity.
it clarifies that a number of appropriate measures should be taken.
as the summer holidays approach it is clear that we need to consider transport and tourism together.
our guidelines of thirteen may set out a common framework for the progressive and safe restoration of transport services and connectivity.
consumers especially those who have been hit economically by the crisis will only get back to travelling for leisure and tourism if they can rest assured that their travel packages and flights are to be reimbursed if cancelled.
one five billion for the general envelope to stimulate further infrastructure investment.
we have also proposed guidelines on the safe resumption of tourism services across the entire ecosystem such as in hotels and restaurants or for tour operators.
i will devote all my efforts in convincing member states and private stakeholders in using the eu instruments available to increase liquidity and to get firmly on a recovery path.
the commission has therefore proposed a robust and comprehensive package for the recovery of the eu economy.
by. two thousand and thirty it will stimulate the digital and green transition with clear priority given to the most decarbonised modes rail and inland navigation and it will accelerate the deployment of clean technologies such as alternative fuel infrastructure in line with our green deal agenda.
the commission has been clear throughout this crisis that the rights of passengers to reimbursement shall not be restricted.
we all know too well that the transport and tourism sectors have been the hardest hit by the pandemic and particularly passenger transport.
with these guidelines we have all the necessary tools at hand to restart with this important part of our economy as of now well ahead of the economically so important summer of.
i therefore seek your support in adopting this package swiftly.
in this regard we will also continue our good cooperation with member states through our network of transport contact points established at the beginning of the covid nineteen crisis in the context of the green lanes guidelines. safety is not the only thing needed to inspire trust.
however our guidelines and the protocols developed by our agencies take all precautionary measures and provide the best available practices for reducing risks all while making the resumption of passenger transport possible.
however getting the economy moving requires people moving too and that requires trust and coordination.
this means increasing cleaning using protective equipment prioritising electronic ticketing or avoiding crowding in hubs. cumulatively these targeted measures can provide the much needed trust for people to restart travelling.
we have to admit the fact that there are several at national level several schemes of guaranteeing these kind of packages and i think that here this can be shared and lessons learned by member states should include also the fact that we cannot live without having a fund
we are of course in a continuous process of evaluating how all these proposals we have had are actually working.
we have to have them safe in order to have them providing services.
so we had to ask the member states.
then we feared creating an unbalanced situation for the future. but that's why for example we imagine that we proposed the solvency instrument which would be aimed through the european investment fund especially to step in and help including by buying equity those companies which were less helped and they would be in need of better help at the european level because they didn't receive it at the national level.
there are and probably you are right we are thinking about this that by using state aid it might create disparities or imbalances in the competition in the market because of some member states having a larger fiscal capacity to step in and help companies others less.
and i think this is the same for tourism and for the hospitality industry because if the workers are getting sick or if they are not protected it makes it a no brainer.
but anyway our aim is to support those who are not helped and there are viable companies to be helped through this financial instrument at european level.
we are all worrying about how this is going to unfold in the future and how we are going to emerge from this crisis.
and i know there is this idea of a european fund.
we have been thinking of front loading a lot of money at the beginning of next year or so from the mff. so this will be an injection of capital and funds which would translate ultimately into jobs and profitability for the companies in economic sectors.
we had to protect the consumers while we were helping the companies with liquidity.
by the end of the year you will receive our strategy for sustainable and smart transport.
i heard several of you and this is a floating idea going around because it is a lesson learned that what you do with the liquidity issue if a huge amount of reimbursement or compensation would be asked for in case of cancellation.
transport workers are critical and i think from the very beginning from the very first guidelines we put forward we stressed the importance of them being treated as critical workers.
i said in the beginning i gave some hints well you know i'm thinking and i'm sure many of you are doing the same thing that we need to develop a sort of an emergency plan so that next time if
we in all the guidelines we had for each mode we insisted on the protective measures to be taken especially for workers in transport.
so we are advanced and we are engaged with the european financial institutions with the eib to map and see how all the instruments we have put in place which is quite an exhaustive list can be used for various situations.
and then we have to debate the lessons learned and i think this is also something very important that needs to be done very soon.
but it has to be in a budget and of course if the member states would like to put money together for such a fund that's one thing on the other hand with all the complicated discussions we have with the budget with the mff and everything i haven't seen any true appetite for creating new things at the european level.
of course usually when problems occur everyone is looking towards brussels and i would really have wished that we would have had the money to step in but we didn't have the money at european level to step in for the liquidity crisis.
we put in eur one hundred billion in loans for sure especially to support short time work schemes and to help the member states to protect the jobs the employees and the self employed against the risk of dismissal and loss of income.
i would add also resilient. so that will be a great opportunity for us to look to the future. but the future cannot be but sustainable and
negotiations had to go hand in hand with progress in the implementation of the withdrawal agreement.
this means that we will have to remain vigilant as regards first and foremost the preservation of citizens' rights be it during the transition period or under whatever future relationship with the united kingdom.
this covid crisis will change the world. it is a world that will be completely different a world that will no longer be dominated i think by the united states of america who is withdrawing from the international scene for the moment.
between america and china there will be europe stuck between them and if we don't want to be stuck between the us at the one hand and china on the other hand and if we want really the instruments to defend the interests of our citizens we need another european union. this european union is not fit for purpose.
not fit for the future and we all know it.
i have had ten zero e mails in the last month about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership which we were due to vote on a couple of weeks ago in strasbourg that is ten zero interested constituents and millions of interested constituents all over the continent.
we will have had a month by july so please can we have the vote and the discussion next month and not leave it and leave these millions of interested people until the autumn before we bring this back?
so what did we do?
sometimes there are;
the situation is sickening but nobody puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than land.
we do not need more frontex we need more compassion.
one five hundred many of them are in the same clothes for two weeks.
i held a two month old old baby called falestine whose cot is a dirty mattress in a small boxroom which also sleeps six women.
in recent weeks there has been seriously conflicting evidence given to the irish banking inquiry on decisions on the irish guarantee and not burning bondholders.
i would like to repeat that the rapporteur did a great job in emphasising the number of important public policy issues.
and in a longer term perspective a first wave of eight eu funded research projects will start this year and that will certainly create unprecedented synergies of the future.
it will be composed of representatives from civil society industry regulatory agencies universities governments.
it is not a matter of an obligation;
it is about trust and security.
if you are not giving trust then you cannot expect that people will use this phenomenon so it is a circle in which we have to deal with all those aspects and then indeed give an opportunity that is a challenging one for the european citizen.
in conclusion it is all about communication now and it is indeed implementing what we have promised the people.
we need to be conscious of the decisions that we are making and at the same time we need to give researchers and businesses a perspective for medium to long term investments creating a level playing field and a set of common rules.
a study on the environmental aspects of the radio frequency identification is going on and the institutional dialogue is well on its way.
it is a matter of getting an opportunity a challenge so to say and a potential impact.
on the issue of protecting people's data protection is an important point in our digital agenda.
and there are some other actions like governance of the internet of things the right to the silence of the ships privacy data protection standards and security that will require a sustained commitment of time and of collective effort.
so congratulations for the pioneering role in pointing out the key challenges of the internet of things.
i share her view that the european union should ensure a regulatory and a legal framework and i recently spoke in this field of the values framework that protects the european citizen and at the same time promotes public as well as private sector investments in the internet of things.
so thank you for your comment.
my job is not to monitor what members decide to say.
i will insist when i chair at least that members conduct themselves in a civil way with each other and i will try to keep the time as best i can.
my job is to ensure that they say it when they have the time to say it as opposed to interrupting each other and doing so i might add in a rather rude and loud way.
in my view it was shameful that the commission initially proposed a six increase and parliament supported that.
i voted against it because in a time of austerity the eu should show restraint.
it is not a compromise that british conservatives are particularly pleased with and i was proud to vote against eu extravagance.
mr president i want to explain why i voted against the two thousand and eleven budget.
i believe that my prime minister david cameron did a good job in forcing the level of increase down to.
we should be cutting our expenditure not increasing it.
with today's votes on energy efficiency we actually took a step forward.
two thousand and twenty that is why we need the binding target on energy efficiency.
now they need to be implemented.
as this report rightly points out energy efficiency is the most cost effective and fastest way to reduce co two emissions. yet the measures being undertaken in the member states are far from enough. on the basis of our current efforts we will only make it half way to twenty by.
this report contains many of the solutions.
as regards the euro it is absolutely crucial from the point of view of the integrity and the cohesion of the union and from the point of view of solidarity within the european union that we have the common currency and that we do everything possible to protect it.
that annual growth survey will analyse the economic situation of the union including potential imbalances and systemic risk.
last but by no means least we are a community of five hundred million people.
two thousand and eleven the financial crisis is the big challenge and it has to be met head on. i wish the commission well in terms of the goals that it has set out.
we have got to punch above our weight on the european stage and the world stage internationally.
this is essential to europe's transformation into a smart and sustainable economy.
please respect this.
so the concept of intellectual or political freedom disappeared because there were no words to express it.
it now means an entitlement.
i have a freedom to work;
i have a freedom to use the national healthcare system or whatever.
this report on human rights has moved from the concept of rights as a guarantee of personal liberty to a right as a claim on everybody else. instead of guaranteeing our rights to be treated equally it asserts our rights to be treated differently.
there is not a crisis of human rights in europe there is crisis of democracy;
and we do not tackle that crisis by shifting power from elected representatives to unelected jurists.
mr president i believe that the citizens' initiative could be useful because it will allow citizens to speak directly to the commission but the question remains as to how the commission will react to proposals it does not like.
i think we can expect a whole host of initiatives asking the commission to do more asking for there to be more europe and no doubt the commission will respond enthusiastically to that request.
how will it react however to proposals for less europe or perhaps for europe to do things better or to waste less money or perhaps a declaration that there would never be any european taxation?
i wait to see with interest how the commission reacts to those proposals.
if it only responds to the proposals it likes then this initiative will be redundant.
it is very important that we should make them more energy efficient.
one group i want to commend though.
in my own country the schools do fantastic work in the area of the green flag.
when there is a disaster it is absolutely right that aid plays a vital role in the short term but when we are looking at long term development sometimes our aid is misallocated.
surely it is not right for our taxpayers in different member states of the eu to be sending money to governments in africa who are not governing their country in a decent way and that money does not flow down to those who really need it.
the best way to help development is to help the entrepreneurs in poorer countries who can create wealth in their own communities and take their own friends and neighbours out of poverty.
i will cut everyone off after one minute.
must recognise ireland as one island and remove these barriers to animal movement and trade.
furthermore the revision of official control regulations puts food and food safety back on the table potentially ensuring that risks are eliminated.
our animal health strategy is very important and ireland as a whole should be declared brucellosis free by next year.
the derogation would be voluntary for the member states it would not undermine traceability and i would urge colleagues very strongly to support it because it would help us update this legislation in a very productive way for europe's farmers.
the amendment would allow member states to introduce a derogation to only electronically tag the beast as it leaves the holding of birth.
conditions. we also need to adapt our measures to a dynamically changing environment of pests
in the eu. we need a simplified system because in this way we can better detect and control animal diseases in the framework of the farm to fork approach to food chain
the proposal also provides for improved tools for cross border cooperation between competent authorities. this will ensure that cases of non compliance which have effects in more than one member state as usually happens in a single market are actively and effectively
resistance. we recognise that these are
measures. many of these new elements will be accompanied by financial incentives through the regulation for the management of expenditures to which i am glad the european parliament has already given its agreement. the union will co finance costs linked to the early detection of new pests through survey
manner. to achieve this we need to have clear and uniform methods for the calculation and application of fees and stringent transparency requirements.
mean? it means documentary and identity checks on all consignments physical checks based on risk simpler procedures and full use of electronic documents and certificates.
system. what does this