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the problem is mainly the supply side. across europe as well as at eu level national and regional governments refuse to cut red tape the one long term solution that could lead europe to the prosperity we now find elusive in a globally competitive world.
i am nevertheless in favour of infrastructure development as a general principle and since this initiative may if well thought through bring some success it makes sense to trial it now with a view to making an evidence based decision on whether to take it further at a later date.
mr president at a critical time for peace negotiations possibly based on the arab peace initiative it is highly inappropriate for a body such as this parliament famed for its anti israeli invective to seek to undermine the honest broker status of the european union and incite further tensions.
the goal should be now to work for an equitable and viable two state solution where israelis live in peace and security while the palestinians have the job opportunities they need to prosper.
rather than apparently coming down so strongly against one side the parliament should take a much more balanced position and not prejudice any negotiations between the parties which i very much hope will resume soon.
this is the only true democracy in the region and it was more like a report than a resolution a litany of condemnations of israel.
any large backlog in any part of the eu justice system is obviously highly unwelcome.
in productivity the number of pending cases continues to rise year on year as we have failed to close the gap with the increasing number of new cases.
the list of structural reforms as we have heard will reduce the restrictions on the composition of the grand chamber allowing holders of the newly created post of vice president to sit in the grand chamber in lieu of the president and doing away with the quite excessive requirement that all the presidents of the five judge chambers be present there all the time.
i am all in favour of streamlining the eu's decision making so that my constituents get better value for money.
this means that we can accelerate the move towards an innovation based economy by fully exploiting the potential of current cohesion policy investment in innovation which is eur eighty five billion as well as its future post two thousand and thirteen commitment to smart growth.
this effort should aim to improve framework conditions and access to funding and to refocus innovation policy.
but what matters most now is time and we must move quickly and decisively from ambition to action by identifying and eliminating factors that still hinder innovation in europe but first and foremost by designing effective new policy instruments.
without doubt innovation can play a fundamental role in reinvigorating growth in the european economy but for this to happen we need a concrete strong and joint public private effort.
today innovation is usually born within a well functioning innovation system in which regions play a key role.
thanks to all those who have helped this to become a reality.
and the promotion on the distribution has been done for instance by the european producers club which organised co producing workshops in china and in india.
for example a cartoon connection between the eu and latin america and canada for training and developing a cartoon specialist.
it is not about big words but about deeds in order to help the professionals to do themselves what they can best do that is to make films to show films to make films travel.
cinemas and one hundred and forty eight cinemas in the rest of the world in order to exchange films between them.
give you some concrete examples of how this can work and how it has already worked.
dolma organised a documentary month in chile the paris project made co produced productions between japan and south korea and europe and europacinema has included a network of two hundred and thirty european
for instance prime exchange a workshop for authors and producers from india and europe to understand better the financing and the marketing elements of films.
we have developed eleven training partnerships with latin america india canada turkey ukraine moldova and georgia covering films tv shows animation documentaries.
here is a very good example of a europe which is not a fortress europe but an open europe a europe which gives which takes which shares.
this is of course a very important economic contribution. it is a question of competitiveness but it is most of all a question of cultural diversity our cultural diversity which is our most precious good and the cultural diversity
so it will create new business opportunities for professionals from europe and around the globe.
we train them together and then we expect those professionals start to work together.
it will improve access to third country markets and build trust and long term commercial relationships this is normal. when you have been sitting together at school training for the film industry with somebody from asia somebody from africa or from the americas it is clear that later on in your professional life you have an impetus to work together.
the first one is training including trainees and trainers from european and third countries.
the concept of media mundus is new ambitious and innovative because it promotes cooperation between professionals which is not done normally by european programmes and unlike existing programmes it is also based on mutual benefit not only for our film makers but also for film makers
that is also why we support the organisation of forums for international co productions.
we have to improve public demand for culturally diverse audiovisual content which will be very important so we have to get the youth the young public most of all to see european films.
of those who live in other continents which is their most special good.
it will bring cultural diversity to european markets by getting more quality films from smaller markets outside europe into europe and it will give a chance to european films on the international market.
so we need the forums for international co productions.
we must help our international partners to eliminate this culture of cruelty from their societies.
is it that brussels attracts particularly bad people?
man is fallen and in every institution you will attract some people who give in to temptation but the real problem is that there is no link between taxation representation and expenditure. european institutions expect the bouquets when they write cheques but not the brickbats when they raise the taxes because taxation is carried out by somebody else.
that is a formula where even with the best will in the world you are bound to encourage a certain negligence or as we have seen in some of the cases cited in this report outright corruption.
the solution of course would be to take the financial decisions more closely to the people that they affect to devolve fiscal autonomy from an eu to a national or subnational level but as we all know in this house that ain't gonna happen'.
this is a huge inconvenience to natives but also to tourists and of course is detrimental to quality of life and leads to increased emissions which is not good.
but thankfully help is at hand because there are genuine plans to eliminate those bottlenecks. i think the cohesion funding and structural funds are playing a big part in that and indeed have played a big part in improving the road network in ireland and across the european union and that should be recognised.
with greece teetering on the edge of euro withdrawal the real elephant in the room is that once greece leaves the european central bank is bust.
under the deal the italians have to lend to the spanish banks at three but to get that money they have to borrow on the markets at.
so what we are doing with this package is actually driving countries like italy towards needing to be bailed out themselves.
it really is brilliant.
we were told that with the euro by two thousand and ten we would have full employment and indeed that europe would be the competitive and dynamic powerhouse of the world. by any objective criteria the euro has failed and in fact there is a looming impending disaster.
with regard to codecision. it is also important to say that there is no final deal before there is agreement between
this agenda. this applies for instance to the case of roaming regulation and standardisation where the council has been able to reach agreement with the european parliament. we are also on track on issues such as venture capital and social entrepreneurship. the june european council will also conclude the european semester through the endorsement of country specific recommendations set out by the commission in its proposal of thirty may. our objective is to guide member states in their structural reforms employment policies and national budgets with the overall aim of ensuring that fiscal consolidation and growth go hand in hand. i would like to thank parliament for the way in which it has offered strong support for the growth and employment agenda as its motions for resolutions confirm. we also need to step up efforts to boost the financing of the economy. i am very pleased that the council and parliament were able to agree on the project bond pilot phase which will start this summer. the commission has also proposed a eur ten billion increase in paid in capital to the eib as part of a new eu growth initiative. furthermore efforts should be made regarding better targeting of structural funds to foster growth and convergence. the commission will report on this issue later this month. another key element to our growth agenda is external economic policy. the european council will discuss how the union can better use a trade and investment relationship with key partners as an engine for growth. the second major item on the june european council agenda is the multiannual financial framework as. you know the mff package is a top priority for us and from the very beginning
for the final agreement which should help lead to the adoption of the mff at the end of this year. the mff dossier constitutes a great opportunity to make the eu budget respond better to today's and tomorrow's challenges and needs. it is also essential that the next mff is fully geared towards growth and job enhancing policies. in putting the box together we have listened carefully to delegations in council meetings. i would also
to the placement of instruments. it does not in any way prejudge the size of the budget or decision making procedures for those instruments nor does it prejudge the expenditure level for the headings in which some of
in the commission's proposal. the point of departure for the presidency is that the proposed amounts for these instruments are transferred with the instruments
has proposed
meeting in horsens in denmark. i was particularly pleased that members of the european parliament were present and gave us very
to place outside the mff. it is very important for me to say today that this proposal on the structure of the mff only relates
useful input in this regard. i noted the emphasis that the european parliament put on ensuring a transparent budget where as many expenditure items as possible are
those instruments are included. therefore the presidency's proposal does not entail a reduction in the budget or in the degree of flexibility
into the relevant headings. just two days ago we had a very fruitful discussion on this proposal for a balanced package and structure at the informal general affairs council
of our presidency we have been aiming to make as much progress as possible on this dossier. we based our work on the mandate given to us by the december two thousand and eleven european council and that is to press ahead with the work aimed at developing a basis for the final stage of negotiations to be discussed at the june european council. we have taken this mandate very seriously. while the aim of the presidency has not been to reach a final compromise on this package all our efforts are directed towards preparing the ground for a first serious and substantial discussion in june and delivering a fully integrated negotiating box containing all the elements
like to take this opportunity to thank parliament's representatives
the council and parliament. in order to ensure further progress in the mff negotiations thereby fulfilling the mandate given by the european council in december the presidency has put forward a proposal regarding the structure of the budget including the placement of instruments that the commission
let me also give a couple of concrete examples of how some of the proposals already on the table can boost employment. first adoption of the energy efficiency directive can create up to four hundred zero new jobs. second new trade agreements with third countries may create about two million new jobs and a reform of the single market will create even more millions of jobs. as you know there are roughly the same number of unemployed people across europe as we have small and medium sized enterprises. if we could only create one more job in each of these smes we would have taken a giant step towards addressing the unemployment issue. the danish presidency has been committed to making progress on all legislative files which have the potential to deliver growth and employment. on a number of dossiers we have advanced well and i would like to take this opportunity to thank parliament for a very constructive partnership with the presidency on
codecision on sector programmes consent on the mff as such meaning a veto for the european parliament a right for parliament to be heard on own resources and on top of that an interinstitutional agreement.
mr president the economic crisis is one of the reasons why a broad majority in this parliament defends the eu budget.
that procedure can be finalised only when we have an agreement on the financial envelopes.
this parliament elected to represent the citizens will not accept that member states' leaders take decisions in areas subject to codecision such as structural funds research agricultural infrastructure etc.
to conclude i agree with mr wammen nothing is agreed until everything is agreed but that includes mff ceilings and legislative programmes as well as own resources.
in this situation we must build bridges not dig trenches.
i therefore very much welcome the broad agreement on my report on project bonds.
i am quite convinced that we will be able to find a reasonable solution as we know how important this is for the future of europe. we simply cannot afford to.
let me focus on the negotiations on the financial framework. they are complicated as several different procedures are involved.
three parliament and council should have fully fledged negotiations on all mff related aspects and programmes before deciding on figures and finalising the mff package.
in this situation we must avoid deep splits between institutions and member states particularly between richer net payer countries and the poorer ones.
without a full codecision procedure.
we are convinced that the budget is necessary to finance strategic investments in the internal market and its infrastructure crucially needed in order to boost jobs sustainable growth and competitiveness.
two the positions on the mff agreed by the european council must be negotiated between parliament and the general affairs council in order to get our consent.
it is the lack of policies to support the monetary union that is the problem.
when we have those policies in place i would recommend my own country to join the euro as well.
for that we need real leadership not self serving nationalistic interests.
secondly we need a jobs and growth strategy that can be implemented immediately at the next summit not some hy brasil at the end of the rainbow.
mr president it makes absolutely no sense to talk about growth if we do not create the instruments for growth.
so when we speak about the eu budget this is not a budget which is spent badly.
you have to fix the systems in the united kingdom.
when we speak about own resources this means that we have to decrease national contributions.
ninety four percent of the eu budget goes back to the member states.
and spain. you have the right of
italy. not setting up a systemic answer a structural solution to the crisis and not building a real firewall that can
union. do it now in the next weeks because i am not sure that on twenty eight and twenty nine june our leaders in the council will agree on a banking union and can agree on a redemption
initiative; you can make things happen and move forward. put your proposals on the table on a redemption fund and put your proposals on the table for a real banking
resist. what do we need? we know
union. there is no real democracy in europe if you only have a parliament with no say in the resources of its institutions. in every parliament in every country in every democratic country in the world the parliament has a direct say on the resources of the country on the resources
even mr klaus regling the head of the european stabilisation fund has been saying that this money has been gaining interest for the countries which are lending and outrageous interest!
mr president does mrs andreasen accept that she is totally wrong when she says that money has been given to portugal greece ireland and the other countries bailed out. this money has not been given;
this money has been lent.
' member states are not sitting there with large piles of cash.
what the commission is saying to them is we want you to add to your fiscal deficit in order to give us more money because somehow our spending lots of money at a european level will solve the crisis.
if i were a german taxpayer i might have one or two concerns about it. as for this issue of the budget that somehow a euro spent at european level somehow magically appears from this magical money tree without any impact on national budgets i just say one thing. it is surely illogical for the commission for mr lewandowski and mr barroso to be saying to member states you have to impose austerity you have to reduce your budget you have to get your fiscal balances under control oh but by the way we want more of your cash taken to a european level to spend on your behalf because we know how to spend it better than you do.
they are all running fiscal deficits.
i accept that for a single currency to work there has to be a whole series of different measures. there have to be significant fiscal transfers from the richer states to the poorer states.
' the problem is not europe in this crisis the problem is that there is not enough europe that is the real problem of the crisis today.
the eur two hundred and eighty five billion is the eu budget that was paid into these member states. this money is not to be returned and it does not earn any interest.
the commission's europe two thousand and twenty document waxed lyrical about europe's talented workforces but that presupposed that the present populations of europe would survive and would not be replaced by immigration.
this threatens the very integrity and unity of the union. four we witness the mounting erosion of the community method with intergovernmentalism and national egoisms resurging.
the people of europe are becoming increasingly worried about centralisation and about the remoteness of those who are gaining more power in the eu by the day.
the commission talks about synergies about investments about added value and the public just sees waste mismanagement and fraud.
if i can use a somewhat crude analogy it is a little bit like wetting your pants at the north pole.
the public just wonders why it is that for seventeen years in succession the budget has been implemented with significantly high levels of illegal or irregular payments.
at first it feels warm and comforting but very quickly you realise just how much trouble you are in fact in.
over the last twenty years the eu has become ever more out of touch with public opinion and that has shown in many recent elections and referendums.
first it would be unacceptable that the measures it is proposed we take should fall upon those who proposed originally to steer clear of this risky venture and second those countries who signed up to join a single currency with one set of governing rules should not now be obliged to join a single currency with a completely different set of governing rules.
make no mistake when we are facing so many different crises on so many fronts we are very fast running out.
to win back public legitimacy and regain trust the eu needs to take reform seriously it needs to respond to the needs of the people and not impose ideas upon them.
in no area is this seen more starkly than the management of the eu budget.
it is bringing more centralisation upon itself in what is an increasingly desperate attempt to get ahead of the crisis which so far it has completely failed to do.
this house in approving this framework is voting for a continuation of the last ten wasteful years.
the mff gives us the chance to completely reassess how the eu spends its money and how we prioritise spending for creating jobs and growth.
our challenge though is not just to find more money but to use what we have more efficiently and more effectively focusing on job creation to ensure that we tackle the huge problem of unemployment throughout the eu.
let us take the chance to shape our approach and seize this opportunity not just to protect the status quo but to ensure we do whatever is needed to give hope to our citizens particularly our young people who sadly have very few prospects in sight.
mr president we all accept that jobs and growth are the most urgent priority for the european union and this multiannual financial framework if it is used as an investment budget presents us with a valuable opportunity to make a vital contribution to resolving the european financial crisis. so we do welcome
investment in research and development in the single market and in cross border infrastructure.
but there are three points which i have to make.
first the budget must be able to demonstrate real added value.
too many of the traditional spends in past budgets clearly have not and we must understand that quantity of spend is no substitute for quality.
second it must be fair we are open to suggestions on new own resources but i have to say that a financial transaction tax would not be acceptable nor indeed would the abolition of rebates. finally this house would be mistaken to assume that we could increase the size of the budget
mr president mr callanan is among those who urge the european union to get its act together. but does he not accept that if the european union is going to be a success as a monetary union without the uk as seems to be the case then it will need to do things which will have an impact on the united kingdom.
therefore it is illogical to call for the european union to sort out the problems which it faces and yet to say that it may do nothing that will in anyway impinge upon the single market.
but surely it is time to recognise that the euro has failed that the european union has failed and that the solution is to start to dismantle both.
why is it you call for more europe when you are surrounded by the ruin of europe.
why are you trying to reinforce failure?
this leads me to the reformed cohesion policy and its founding tools.
we must see that they target the most effective sources of growth. we must ensure that the well established pro catching up capabilities of cohesion policy work for all of europe and we must also ensure that this policy powerful convergence machinery works towards reducing competitiveness gaps between south north and east.
this is something that worries a lot of us and it is something that could cause serious problems in the negotiations. finally concerning own resources speaking for the liberal group and i am its coordinator in the committee on budgets we have some key things we need to be included in order to vote in favour of this and own resources is one of them.
on a professional level however it is clear that governments have much less direct leverage on growth.
in a market economy most productive investments are undertaken by the private sector.