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the management board of efsa will also include two members appointed by the european parliament.
the positive outcome of the interinstitutional negotiations on the commission's proposal for the regulation on the transparency and sustainability of the eu risk assessment in the food chain is an important step.
two thousand and twelve the commission will be transmitting a statement to the european parliament regretting this deviation.
this disclosure is more closely linked with two other proposed actions public consultation on submitted studies and the notification of commissioned studies to support application for authorisation in a database that will be established and managed by efsa. these measures will ensure that efsa can access
you will know about this in brussels and of course through our experts on
we immediately deployed eight eu humanitarian epidemiology and hydrology experts to the ground to conduct assessments and support the response in the three countries including to the recent cholera outbreak unfortunately.
so we are facing an election that the tories and the dup did not want;
madam president nothing has changed london violates the good friday agreement dublin continues to leave the north behind six more months of uncertainty as the british push back on what they agreed in december.
two thousand and seventeen their brexit violates and involves stripping people of their rights including the right to vote a demand that was at the core of the civil rights movement.
we attach great importance to this subject which has been recurrent on the agenda of the european council in recent months.
mass disinformation campaigns and malicious cyberactivities including attacks on the electoral infrastructure are increasingly aiming to discredit and undermine the electoral processes and our democracies while polarising our societies.
it requires concerted efforts by the eu and the member states but also from civil society and industry online platforms.
in addition it is a particularly important period for our national authorities as more than fifty presidential national local or regional elections are due to be held in member states by. two thousand and twenty when setting out our six month presidency programme we identified as a priority the need for streamlined and sustained action to protect free and democratic eu elections.
if some attacks were to be successful in one member state it would most likely have a domino effect and affect the democratic processes in the other.
to contribute to the efforts of countering disinformation the presidency launched a mapping exercise to identify the actions undertaken at national level which demonstrated the significant efforts made by member states to combat disinformation.
the enhancement of strategic communication dedicated to european values and policies;
the strengthening of the european media ecosystem by facilitating networks of independent factcheckers;
in february two thousand and nineteen the council and its member states adopted conclusions on securing free and fair european elections.
all strands of action and all actors should be connected. to achieve this objective the conclusions identified actions to be taken and which indeed have been implemented in the last month the holding of regular meetings of the european election cooperation network in which member states share expertise and good practices and jointly identify threats;
they also welcomed the joint action plan against disinformation.
a comprehensive approach is our motto.
in the same vein the european council in march called for the full implementation of the code of practice;
the assessment of cyberthreats in the electoral context and measures to address them and preserve the integrity of the electoral system in this regard
and finally among this set of actions cooperation with relevant international actors.
they welcomed the commission package which included a legislative proposal amending the regulation on european political parties and foundations which was in the meantime adopted by the colegislators.
honourable members i take this opportunity to thank you for the good cooperation which allowed for the swift adoption of the new rules to prevent the misuse by european political parties or foundations of personal data in the ep elections. the council conclusions set out a comprehensive approach to protect the european elections from interference such as cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns from inside and outside the eu.
our response is comprehensive with a focus on both the internal and external dimension of the threat.
we do not want to leave any loopholes.
the settingup and launch of the rapid alert system where national contact points in member states share information rapidly on disinformation campaigns;
the promotion of media and digital literacy and awarenessraising activities to protect the integrity of the electoral process together with the private sector and civil society;
as elections take place in all member states during the same period of four days they are particularly sensitive from the point of view of the risk associated with cyberattacks and disinformation.
the eu institutions and member states have indeed an important and complementary role to play each in the remit of their competences in the protection of the democratic processes.
combating disinformation and increasing the eu capacities to deter and respond to cyberattacks were also regarded as key elements in view of securing the electoral process.
mr president honourable members next month the european elections will take place in a very different political context than the previous ones.
i would like to thank all of you the parliament for the support for this initiative.
we will have the unique opportunity to stop unsafe and non compliant products before they are put on our european markets. the regulation will improve sharing of intelligence between national inspectors and customs authorities as well.
secondly the regulation will improve cooperation between authorities and businesses. preventing non compliance is even more important than policing the market i think that we share this view as some businesses act in good faith but they are ignorant about the rules.
further for many product categories there will be a business representative in the eu.
first of all it will give authorities better tools and powers to investigate products sold online.
this will make it easier for authorities to obtain the information they need to verify compliance and to resolve non compliance cases.
the regulation gives inspectors the power to deal directly with the new business actors in digital supply chains such as fulfilment centres and online market places.
it also requires national inspectors to work closer with customs authorities. there will be eu wide cooperation through the eu product compliance network. only one element is missing the money especially for cooperation through the abovementioned product compliance network. the money needs to come from the single market programme.
the regulation requires member states to help each other in crossborder cases.
the regulation provides businesses with very clear channels for obtaining information on eu product rules. thirdly and perhaps more importantly it will improve cooperation between all authorities in the european union.
it is also a major step forward.
as all of us know there are things that we would have liked to see differently so on the first point we will prepare a declaration on the legal basis of this regulation. on the second one more positive we will commit to working towards more uniformity of controls at the external borders as they are very important elements of this regulation.
what i said at the beginning and i know that the commissioner will agree with me when he finally sums up is that we're not talking just about free speech which is the most valuable thing that we are protecting;
when that interference happens our whole democratic structure is unstable and many of the things like free speech and the things that we hold dear are then made unstable. that is my answer to you that i hold free speech as dear as you do but unless we can have integrity in our elections through these online and offline checks we will have nothing.
we're talking about interference in our sovereign elections by foreign powers.
why can't we manage this institution by taking turns fourteen auditors for one period and fourteen for another?
i am not going to say that we the politicians are unsuited or incapable to carry out other professional work.
i hereby call on the member states to listen finally to the calls of this parliament and propose always two candidates to achieve a gender balance and follow the irish example that means having fair public competition to select those people in the spirit of article two hundred and fifty five in our european treaties.
in this context amending european regulations on the statute and financing of european political parties and foundations aiming at protecting the electoral process from online disinformation campaigns based on misuse of voters' personal data introducing financial sanctions on european political parties or foundations that infringe data protection rules deliberately to influence or attempt to influence the outcome of european elections as well as the commission's actions to build strong cybersecurity in europe support and awareness at the level of the member states all that can help citizens to make their political choices in fair secure and transparent elections.
to fight against cyberthreats and ensure that the cyberenvironment is safe we need a societywide approach as well as international cooperation.
for us elections are an important element of democracy. compromised cybersecurity in elections can lead to the loss of confidence in the electoral system in democratic processes and in leadership. europeans are increasingly aware and worried about all aspects of electoral security.
president juncker's call in september two thousand and seventeen was followed by a commission proposal as early as march of last year and intensive work by this parliament together with the council in arriving today at the point of agreement in record time.
moreover it must become the guiding light for achieving superior competitiveness of european businesses on the basis of fully fledged social partnership collective bargaining and environmental sustainability.
let me end by urgently inviting all of us here and all those concerned to turn the launching of the european labour authority this autumn into a high profile event and to recommit to building a truly social union with vigorous welfare states as the only possible way to provide citizens with a life in dignity and security
it is of vital importance to endeavour to make the european pillar of social rights everyday living reality for each and every european citizen no matter from which member state he comes.
the lure for business to succumb to short termism and the wages race to the bottom not only entails severe exploitation and abuse of mobile labour but also undermines the very foundations on which citizens base their allegiance to the union and what is more their willingness to engage in highly productive and efficient work.
and the union with a promising future in this ever more challenging world of ours.
so i want to thank all of those involved in this effort.
your acceptance of the responsibility of avoiding no deal is in sharp contrast to many politicians in the uk particularly conservatives who have lied cheated and prevaricated.
i'd like to say to you i have had so many letters and emails and texts asking me to come and shake your hand and say thank you for what you've done for the uk.
i'll be working with change uk brave westminster colleagues who put country before party and we will make sure that we deliver a result which will make sure that we indicate it's time for that second referendum and that referendum can take place in september and by thirty one october
madam president i'd like to thank everybody here for their patience and statesmanship at the highest level and i'd like to single out mr tusk.
we'll use this opportunity to make the case for eu membership.
indeed this seems to be an essential element of their cv for party leadership and to be the next prime minister.
let's not throw all of that away.
it will also be clear to them that there was no point the commission proposing anything on this because the ep will take an unrealistic position which will mean that in the end we have no deal.
if we passed that amendment you would have to do this for every single product in the eu millions upon millions of them.
the council and the commission have made it clear that they have given all they can and they've given a lot.
it is also not possible to pass this amendment and go back to the negotiating table;
so i ask my question again which is the best product?
that is why we managed to achieve a lot on it.
please tell me who has to lose the product they like in the industry that they have?
this is a ground breaking agreement for dual quality but what i don't understand is why colleagues want to kill the whole agreement including everything because we didn't get an impossible demand through.
there are different taste preferences in different countries different raw material availability and it is not always worse because the ingredients are different.
i understand that your worry is about eastern europe. well in the coke case it is isoglucose which is produced in eastern europe and is also the same thing they use in the us.
there will be no negotiating table.
it is just not possible.
the time has now gone.
who is being discriminated against?
and then we will lose all of the following what we did achieve on dual quality on ranking transparency on the block to the changes to the right of withdrawal on banning bot selling on marketplace transparency on banning fake reviews on price comparison services transparency and on the ability to levy penalties.
however to facilitate the ratification process the eu twenty seven is ready to reconsider the political declaration on the future relationship if the uk position were to evolve.
i didn't respond at the time but today in front of you i would like to say at this rather difficult moment in our history we need the dreamers and dreams.
i know that on both sides of the channel everyone including myself is exhausted with brexit which is completely understandable.
in fact since the very beginning of the brexit process the uk has been a constructive and responsible eu member state.
and that we want to defend it together.
we should approach this seriously as uk members of the european parliament will be there for several months maybe longer. they will be full members of the parliament with all their rights and obligations.
we must continue to deal with brexit with an open mind and in a civilised manner.
i know that some have expressed fear that the uk might want to disrupt the eu's functioning during this time.
i hope that they will use this time in the best possible way.
but the eu twenty seven didn't give in to such fear and scaremongering.
it is clear to everyone that there will be no re opening of the withdrawal agreement.
term. i hope to have the opportunity to meet most of you after the elections.
because whatever happens we are bound by common fate and we want to remain friends and close partners in the future.
and so we have no reason to believe that this should change.
third this flexible extension delays the possibility of a no deal brexit by over six months. thanks to this millions of people and businesses have gained at least some certainty in these unstable times. one of the consequences of our decision is that the uk will hold european elections next month.
i am speaking about this today because i have strongly opposed the idea that during this further extension the uk should be treated as a second category member state.
therefore i also ask you to reject similar ideas if they were to be voiced in this house.
second this extension allows the eu to focus on other priorities that are at least as important like trade with the united states or the new eu leadership.
last week the european council changed the logic of granting a much shorter extension than requested by the uk to giving an extension that is much longer. i proposed such a change as in my view it has a few advantages.
you have served us well and i hope you do not completely forget about european politics.
because in the long run that means lower prices for patients.
secondly on the date of application all three institutions showed flexibility.
this date respects the dual imperative of being both legally sound and economically useful.
i welcome the flexibility shown by the council and also by the commission in accepting this inclusion.
the robust text that you have agreed with the council will allow eu companies to take part in and become leaders of the emerging global market in generic and biosimilar medicines on the basis of a level playing field with manufacturers based outside the eu delivering upwards of twenty five zero net new jobs in the pharmaceutical sector in the eu over the years ahead. and ultimately reaffirming europe's position as a hub for pharmaceutical rd and manufacturing.
it is also important in the context of europe's rendezvous with its citizens next month.
a positive message on strong industrial property protection and a positive message on access to affordable medicines for citizens.
delivering for our citizens and being seen to do so is important.
it was explicitly called for in the report by ms lara comi in two thousand and sixteen on the single market strategy. a positive vote tomorrow will send a strong and clear message to europe's citizens and to the business community a positive message on eu competitiveness
the final compromise is robust and transparent. exceptions will be accompanied by important but proportionate safeguards. these include appropriate notification rules which come on top of the new classified medicines rules that entered into
it reflects a good balance between the various political views and between the sometimes competing interests of stakeholders.
stockpiling will be allowed during the final six months of the spc in order to better ensure day one entry of eu produced generics and biosimilars after the expiry of spc protection in the
the second group will be those who vote to rebel against further eu integration and in favour of returning democratic powers to the nation state.
but these elections will divide people into two distinct groups not just in the uk but across europe.
one thing that we can be sure of is that eurosceptic meps will return in big numbers and their voters will be voting for a return to democratic accountability an end to austerity measures and for their economies to be run in their interests and for their benefit.
and a vote for ukip on twenty three may will send a clear message to her majesty's government leave on wto terms immediately.
they will be voting for parties that want to preserve their cultures and their civilisation.
whatever the political parties say the voters' choice will boil down to voting do we remain in the european union' or do we leave the european union'.
voting conservative or labour is truly a wasted vote because nobody including them actually knows where they stand on this issue.
the remainers should vote for the liberal democrats.
it was the electoral threat of the uk independence party that brought about the referendum in the first place and ukip will continue to fight to make brexit happen. ukip meps elected on the twenty three may will continue the political struggle to set britain free from the european union
there will be a great populist vote across europe. in the united kingdom we have the simplest choice vote to remain or vote to leave.
they will be voting to end mass uncontrolled immigration.
it is one of unilateral and unconditional withdrawal.
one group will be voting for freedom and independence. the other group will be voting for subservience and submission.
one group will be those who consent to be governed by a foreign power the european union.
we always hear about freedoms here.
in my opinion there is nothing greater.
look at the bbc in the uk one of the largest if not the largest distributor onto the internet highly biased in favour of the state.
mr president so we have to protect ourselves from these evil russians who are controlling the internet do we?
what we're looking at here is very very dangerous.
of course facebook and other profiles need to weed out bots and so on and so forth but if you give the state power if you give laws rules and regulations this way to clamp down who is using them?
there are many people if not most people in this room who i disagree with but i would be the first to man the barricades and fight to defend your right to express your opinions however you choose to do.
if that were to happen and they suddenly clamped down on the free speech on the internet of people protesting against them how would you feel? is it not conceivable that we should allow people the right and the freedom to express themselves.
the power of the establishment forces over the mainstream media is unparalleled.
what's more important than the freedom of expression and freedom of speech?
but we don't worry at all about the fact that actually what this could lead to is censorship and control of free speech.
third the european labour authority will provide a forum for mediation between national authorities in case of disputes. by promoting dialogue and out of court settlements of issues we aim to facilitate swift responses to disputes which involve cases of individual citizens or companies.
no doubt this will significantly contribute to the creation of a common enforcement culture to efficient exchanges and mutual trust.
when moving across borders they need to know what their rights and obligations are. ela will ensure that member states comply with their information obligations for example in the area of posting of workers and it will manage the daytoday activities of eures the european job mobility portal.
the authority will thus enable member states in crossborder contexts to fight social fraud abuse of workers' rights and undeclared work more efficiently.
always considered this regulation to be the final piece of the agenda of this commission for fair labour mobility in europe.
i would like to thank the rapporteur jeroen lenaers for his extraordinary commitment and his extremely efficient handling of the negotiations on behalf of the parliament.
today seventeen million european citizens are living or working in another member state than that of their citizenship.
second the authority will facilitate and support cooperation between national authorities that enforce eu legislation in the areas of labour mobility and social security coordination.
building on the examples of eurojust and europol the european labour authority will bring national experts together under one roof in order to facilitate information exchange and cooperation.
first it will facilitate access to information and services to companies and citizens.
i know that two years ago when we started referring to the possible establishment of the european labour authority some had doubts about the added value of another european agency.
our proposal already made clear that we wanted to set up an authority with operational tasks that were not yet exercised at eu level and this is exactly what this regulation has done.
with institutions democratic movements civil society and other efforts crushed state resources systematically robbed at the cost of education to sustain the security apparatus.
two that dealing with dictators in the eu's shortterm selfinterest for for example managing migration is a bad gamble against the young people of north africa and the african continent;
i think we need a stronger europe in the world more today than we did five years ago and i wish you all the best.
as one of the demonstrators salma ali said to the new york times we've cut off the head but the body is still alive.