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it should not be viewed as something that has to be done on a fifty fifty basis.
for example i come from wales with a population of three million people.
but we should also recognise the benefits to the european union to individual member states to regions and to citizens which an investment agreement could bring.
we have a cooperation agreement with chongqing province with thirty million people.
that sums up the investment relationship between european countries and china.
europe is deferring current consumption to make china a more efficient producer and of course competitor.
most of the arguments about trade with and investment in and from china have concentrated on the level playing field argument a removal of tariff barriers getting china to improve working conditions paying attention to environmental concerns and ending counterfeiting.
no attention has been paid to the question of whether we should be helping a potentially enormous emerging economy to compete with the developed world for scarce resources compete with our industries and possibly direct its newfound industrial wealth into even greater military capability.
the west insists on being globalist to its own detriment when dealing with china which whatever its lip service to marxist rhetoric is in fact an economic nationalist state.
the problem of statelessness will not go away by itself at least in the foreseeable future.
it is high time they started looking at the eu as a provider of.
but on our side in europe have we met a common challenge with a common response?
they are refugees fleeing wars from outside.
too many governments far from recognising that whether we like it or not we are facing a common problem are trying to pass the problem on to their neighbour. but worst of all there are those for instance in my country who are trying to play political games with this tragic humanitarian situation.
it is of course nothing to do with the eu's freedom of movement.
some of them with a view to our forthcoming referendum are trying to blame the eu's freedom of movement for this crisis.
mr president the refugee crisis is a massive challenge for europe but let us not forget that it is an even bigger challenge for lebanon jordan and turkey.
it is though a situation that would exist as a common challenge whether the eu existed or not.
let me offer a solution.
there are thousands of people on the public housing waiting lists in every one of the thirty three london boroughs.
i am sure that the generous scottish people and their political representatives in the scottish national party would welcome such an exciting and humanitarian policy.
there is plenty of space to build new towns and cities in scotland to accommodate the uk's ever growing population.
england is a very densely populated country.
most people have no chance of being allocated housing or at least they will have to wait very many years.
since mass migration is not going to stop any time soon where are we going to put them all?
above all we need a robust objective definition of tax havens to underpin the list produced by the commission;
we need concrete measures to stop those who use tax havens benefiting from eu funds;
in addition the commission must not create new loopholes with the new loss adjustment mechanism it has proposed.
mr president the ruling by eurostat to the irish central statistics office has exposed the pathetic attempts to impose another tax on ordinary families in the guise of water conservation. having already lost the political and democratic argument irish water has now been deprived of any economic rationale.
contrary to spin eurostat are clear that irish water cannot reach any sort of off book status especially with such a high non payment rate.
the report is a damning attack on the incompetence that has been a hallmark of irish water's existence.
it is now time for the irish government and the european institutions to accept the wishes of the irish people and scrap water tax once and for all.
the goal of the meeting to finalise the implementation of four key agreements has been reached.
both parties agreed on the general principles on the main elements of the association of serb majority municipalities.
both parties further agreed on the implementation of the energy agreement the action plan for telecoms and an arrangement for the mitrovica bridge.
these agreements mark a further step towards the normalisation of relations between serbia and kosovo and provide momentum for the high level dialogue.
the significant progress made in the dialogue ought to be acknowledged.
i believe the time has come to open the first chapter in the process of negotiating serbia's accession to the european union.
tax disputes increased by thirty seven and intellectual property cases by some. eighteen it is essential that the ultimate arbiter of european law works effectively and efficiently in order to provide our citizens and businesses with the utmost legal certainty when transacting across borders.
the introduction of the lisbon treaty and enlargement have all contributed to the increasing backlog that we hear so much about particularly in the general court.
we are working on a very speedy basis moving domestic legislation to allow this to proceed through our houses of parliament so that we can move this here in time for the appointment of the new judges in october this year.
i believe they represent a good first step towards improving the functioning of the court.
we must bear in mind that although procedural reforms are able to alleviate some of the delays it is difficult to deny that structural reforms are necessary in order to properly resolve the burden of cases still outstanding before the court.
also the economic difficulties are adding to the workload. we find an eleven increase in commercial and business related disputes in two thousand and eleven alone.
secondly the modification of the composition of the grand chamber of the court;
two thousand and thirteen let me now turn now to the various elements of the compromise package on which you will be voting tomorrow.
let me begin by extending my thanks to the rapporteur for her constructive and positive approach to these negotiations.
mr president honourable members i am very grateful to parliament for having organised this joint debate on the two reports by ms alexandra thein concerning the proposed amendments to the statute of the court of justice and the draft regulation relating to
the aim of these two proposals is to increase the efficiency of the work of the court of justice as a whole and in particular to allow it to address the increasing volume of cases and accumulated backlog. this is important if we are to ensure
the measures contained in this legislation will enable the court to cope better with the increasing volume of litigation and improve the efficiency of its work.
i am of course fully aware that further work is needed on one important issue. this concerns an increase in the number of judges of the general court.
i would like to draw attention to three elements in particular firstly the establishment of the post of vice president in both the court of justice and the general court who will assist the presidents of each court in their responsibilities;
this is due both to developments in eu law in a range of policy areas and to the enlargement of the european union.
i would also like to pay tribute to the danish presidency which was instrumental in ensuring swift progress within the council as well as the discussion between the two institutions.
and thirdly the possibility of attaching temporary judges to the civil service tribunal in order to cover for the absence of judges prevented from participating in judicial business for health reasons.
the statute amendments will introduce measures to improve efficiency in the work of the three courts which make up the court of justice of the european union.
however we welcome the compromise reached today by the institutions on all the other elements of the reform.
we also take note of parliament's intention to hold a debate in the near future on the merits of introducing the possibility of issuing dissenting opinions at the court of justice.
the commission regrets that a decision on additional judges at the general court is postponed.
the commission is pleased to see that most of the changes it suggested in its opinion in september two thousand and eleven have been taken on board by parliament and the council.
mr hayes must be freed without delay and the issues behind it widely publicised. i hope this helps.
his case arises from his withholding of council tax on a legally based objection that the revenue is being illegally used. mr hayes' imprisonment may well be illegal under english common law.
that evening. no members of the public or witnesses were reportedly allowed at his hearing.
education for women is important. it has improved but not yet enough.
legislation in turkey is rather good at several levels but implementation is lacking especially when it comes to domestic violence against women.
in my report i ask for a new law on political parties and elections which would establish a temporary mandatory quota system ensuring the fair representation of women in electoral lists.
of all these meetings the one that affected me the most was the meeting i had with arzu a woman who was staying in the shelter.
the new system should not jeopardise the successes achieved so far concerning the schooling of girls. the percentage of women in the labour market has risen to around thirty but more needs to be done on issues such as childcare and maternity leave to further increase this ratio.
last week during the launch of the positive agenda commissioner fle once more highlighted the importance of women's rights within the positive agenda as well as the importance of chapter twenty three negotiations on this subject.
there should be vocational courses offered to women in the shelters.
indeed in order to give the eu more leverage in the area of women's rights chapter twenty three negotiations should be opened.
women are not only mothers or members of a family they are individuals. this must be made crystal
the report indicates what needs to be done about violence and stresses that without good implementation even the best laws cannot protect women so i put forward suggestions to ensure that the law is strictly applied. more shelters are needed. the existing shelters should be made safer and the personnel
in order to successfully make the necessary changes a change in mentality is needed.
must be better trained.
clear. the commission is actively engaged in improving women's rights in turkey.
in my report i have made a call for zero tolerance for violence against women.
trade union activities should also be made more accessible for women.
her story has helped me in evaluating the law on the protection of women from violence.
the gender gap in primary education has been closed but there are worries concerning the new education reform.
the issues mentioned here in the debate are indeed grave;
reforms need to be further accelerated.
as i said commissioner fle met civil society representatives and they assured him that they see the european union as a vital source of support for their cause. we have legislation guaranteeing equality;
and that is why the accession process is so important with regard to reforms on vital issues such as women's rights and the implementation of those reforms.
commissioner fle told the minister that steps need to be taken to implement the new law on violence against women and to improve the real life situation of women in turkey as regards political representation and access to education and employment. while we need to combat violence against women as a matter of urgency we also need to keep a focus on all the other aspects and that is precisely what this resolution does.
the legal framework guaranteeing women's rights and gender equality is broadly in place and has been further reinforced by the recent law to protect women and family members from violence and the commission agrees that this is an important step forward.
protecting women's rights in turkey promoting gender equality and combating violence against women remain major challenges.
we must continue to encourage the progress of reform.
we have standards protecting women against violence;
lastly let me briefly touch on the fund's place in the future.
the commission is also contemplating support for start ups and entrepreneurship promotion in the form of investments in capital.
over the last two years two thirds of that amount was granted or has been applied for following redundancies that stemmed directly from the economic crisis. i can therefore say that the fund has been and still is a key component of the eu response to the employment impact of the crisis.
the commission is also proposing that its scope be extended to providing transitory support to farmers in order to facilitate their adaptation to a new market situation resulting from the indirect effect of globalisation.
of the five countries with negative growth three have put in no claims while stronger economies have with denmark the netherlands and austria leading the way and several more this week.
indeed on tuesday in this house the commissioner discounted that.
eu manufacturers will struggle on world markets if euro membership makes their products too expensive ask greece!
the first fund allocation for ireland for instance for the dell workers in limerick has not only retrained the workers but has also succeeded in creating two hundred and forty new jobs.
giving rise to growing eu criticism this successful fund needs to be continued.
however some of the money has remained unspent because of the inflexibility in the expenditure deadlines and because the clock starts ticking from the date of application rather than the date of approval.
this fund the european globalisation adjustment fund must be the last option available to governments after all efforts are exhausted to replace relocated companies.
both the member states and the european institutions involved in the decision making process should do their utmost to speed up delivery of support from the fund.
i believe parliament will fully support this today and the council should be here today to listen to the strong views of the parliament on this. in two thousand and ten ten of all redundant workers accessed funding under the egf.
if you read the commission reports you will see that workers benefit from accessing the funds in many different ways.
five hundred it is very clear if you look at the applications coming in from member states that more and more member states are using this basis article two b.
central to that of course are measures that improve their employability opportunities but there are other benefits too and i agree with you commissioner it is an expression of solidarity but the good thing is that that solidarity is very closely linked to the eu two thousand and twenty objectives.
i believe that we do need to continue with this derogation where five hundred workers can access the fund because if we do not then we are saying to citizens we are not responding to your in times of austerity.
if we look even at the applications in two thousand and nine and two thousand and ten we can see that this is the situation and i like madam bers will call on the council to support this.
as far as i am concerned that is a direct connection between redundant workers and the eu institutions and workers understand that the eu institutions are responding and putting in place a personalised package of services for them.
i was not called. i saw people coming in during catch the eye putting up their hands being called and leaving again.
i was here yesterday morning for the entire three hours with mr barroso.
i am wondering why our current government and our current prime minister who talks about retraining and skills have not applied for this.
i wanted to ask her if she shared my dismay that the uk government has not once made an application for risk funds.
as one former conservative prime minister said it is only asking for our own money back.
this is a eur three hundred and fifty seven million budget so far since two thousand and seven and as the second largest contributor we should have surely got some of that back.
this fund is entirely badly focused. rather than act now we should wait for a full evaluation of the fund.
in two thousand and ten many countries with no growth made no applications including greece.
we must also include this fund in the next financial perspective;
i hope we change our emphasis to the long term unemployed and youth.
i do not support this resolution.
those newly redundant are not those most in need; they are usually skilled and experienced and they are advantaged in the job market. we should be helping the young.
this is where resources should go.
and secondly that it recognises that globalisation wreaks havoc with peoples' livelihoods but the eu does nothing to address the cause of the problem which is globalisation itself.
it would be very difficult to compete with low wage economies without reducing our wage rates to the levels in those countries.
we might hope to use technology in an attempt to compete but our technology is often exported to countries that compete with us or is bought and copied infringing the western manufacturers' patent rights.
the countries of europe must individually or collectively i would prefer individually protect their industries and peoples from ruin and impoverishment.
we are supposed to keep it to five minutes and i have given the floor to seven colleagues.
as it happens you would have been the next one and i apologise that i am not able to call you but there is no other reason than that.
members of the international community including the eu have been observing the trial very closely and i am convinced that the outcome of the trial will allow us to draw some concrete conclusions about the rule of law in russia.
there are new proposals being considered.
it is my strong belief that wherever we begin to look at what we need to do we will end in the conclusion that completing the multilateral trade round the doha round is of vital importance to us.
then there are the indian elections in april or may which of themselves will be the moment for an existing or a new government to return to this subject.
i probably do not need to tell all honourable members that simply within the rules of the world trade organisation if countries moved from applying their tariffs the way that they do at the present time to applying them in the way they are allowed to do under the rules
we would have the opportunity in the european union for new exports diversified in new ways for example in chemicals and textiles and in services there is a potential for eur fourteen billion of trade.
and very important decisions.
we all wait for the new american administration to review its trade policies as it currently plans to do and to reach the same conclusion that we have reached.
i am sure i do not need to remind honourable members that as the developing nations consider the future they are deeply concerned about what will happen to some of the aid that has been available to them so far. so in terms of where we are we know the value of a deal that is now eighty
there is no doubt there is still much to do but it is my strong belief that with political will all these issues can be resolved and the alternative is not an option. for us issues around services are very important and will follow on.
in conclusion we are at the moment at a particular point where the need to complete this round is very obvious and very clear and i look forward on your behalf as well as that of the commission to continuing my efforts to ensure that we do.
we need a positive effect from globalisation to respond to the negative effects of globalisation.
i probably do not need to remind honourable members of what history teaches us about protectionism the importance of keeping our markets open and the possibility for our businesses to be able to trade across the world.
there would be new access to emerging markets in emerging countries such as china;
of the outstanding issues that were left on the table there is the special support mechanism which in the end was the issue that prevented the talks from continuing between india and the united states.
twenty we have one new administration in the united states.
in the mean time we have no choice but to continue to pursue bilateral agreements.
commissioner ashton made the point that in the united states we have a new and from my point of view very welcome administration in that of president obama but we are waiting for a review of trade policy which may take some time.
the current financial and economic crisis is a reason to move forward and not to retreat. commissioner ashton and the commission can try to prepare the ground for a compromise between the united states and india.
europe must continue to emphasise its commitment to development and free trade within the context of ensuring an end to exploitation and meeting the need for sustainable development.
i welcome the progress made in last week's negotiations on the free trade agreement with the republic of korea where i understand we are close to reaching an agreement which again will benefit both sides.
after the election delhi's incoming administration whether new or old must put up or we the eu must move on to those who want not just to talk but to arrive at a conclusion.
the outcome of the indian election may give us another.
it is a big challenge and one of the challenges contained within it is communication making sure people understand.
round. my colleague mariann fischer boel has worked very hard to make sure that the european position on agriculture is secure.
as for the fermentation industry mr rbig i understand these issues are currently being discussed but i will be more than happy to come back to you with specifics.
i could not agree more with that. mr assis protecting our interests not protectionism is absolutely
i am working closely with gnter verheugen to get enterprise and trade collaborating effectively to make sure that we provide opportunities for small businesses to tell us where they need markets to open to support them in helping those markets to open and to support them in trade.
this is about industrial growth and development.
it forms a fundamental basis for all the work that i do in our bilateral regional and multilateral talks to make sure that the best opportunities are provided to protect all of our agriculture in the future.
this is about food production and it is very important in the doha
i think we as europe have to push forward use our influence and make it absolutely clear that we agree with what you said about the critical importance of battling against protectionism.
madam president thank you for providing me with another minute because it is important for my comments about agriculture. there is an impression that european farmers are the only ones with concerns.
however the truth is that at doha the indian negotiators are concerned about their small farmers and the dire consequences that a move to free trade would have not only for individual farmers but also for social stability in their country.
so the issue of agriculture is across all of the negotiating partners and we need a little bit of honesty about that.
the issue of the doha round is not being talked about amongst the people of europe.
it is being discussed in places like this but when i meet people who have lost a job for example they do not say let's do doha'.
so i think there is no connection between doha and economic development despite all of the theory that is advanced here.
maybe it is because i am older than the last speaker who is in my political group that i regard agriculture as rather important because it produces food and is therefore higher up the scale than he placed it.
i think we should remember that.
we voted in this house on a report that i produced about global food security.
it should be an issue that is discussed at the doha level.