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i support the demands of the workers in arcelormittal to nationalise that company to save the jobs and i think the trade union movement across europe must in the context of unemployment and the context of the crisis wage a campaign to have any major corporation threatening job losses taken into democratic public ownership and run under democratic workers' control.
it is part of a trend of profitable corporations using the crisis as a cover to throw thousands or tens of thousands of workers onto the scrapheap in order to maximise already healthy profits and push them up even further.
this represents a failure of right wing governments and their policies and their fawning over these corporations the creation of taxation policies to suit these corporations and the giving of subsidies to these corporations.
the response of the commission reminds me of the response of the irish government which is mere lip service crocodile tears for the workers who have lost their jobs but a continuation of the policies that got us here.
however we must recognise that this acquis is still largely unknown to economic and social
its objective will be to disseminate and apply the good practice across europe in the field of anticipation preparation and socially responsible management of restructuring.
second employment is a major concern.
europe. in spite of extremely adverse market and financial situations companies and their workforces throughout europe have by and large engaged creatively in restructuring processes that were constructive effective and instrumental in limiting job
indeed recent projections showed that growth in many countries across the globe especially in developed countries is strongly decelerating. the eu economy is no exception to this trend.
measures supporting the reallocation of resources across firms and sectors are strongly
the eu can also provide specific support.
finally there is increasing social unrest as a result of the deterioration in employment the implementation of severe austerity measures and wage cuts in the context of persisting inequality.
indeed there is an increasing perception among europeans that the cost of the crisis is not equally shared with the poor suffering the most and as we have seen this is a potentially explosive situation.
if it is not possible to keep the jobs and the workers are made redundant belgium or romania in this case could apply for support from the european globalisation adjustment fund if the fund's criteria are met.
first contacts between the belgian and romanian authorities and the egf services of the commission have already been made. more generally i would like to highlight the main challenges that we face.
break. these recommendations provide specific guidance on labour market functioning tailored to each member state's situation and covering a wide range of labour market reforms including payroll taxes childcare education systems wage setting mechanisms and retirement patterns.
needed. they include employment protection legislation and business practices related to corporate restructuring which do not hinder the reallocation of resources across sectors towards higher value added and faster growth activities.
first it is becoming increasingly clear that growth is at risk in the eu.
losses. the commission wants to encourage permanent business adaptation to swiftly changing economic circumstances while maintaining a high degree of employment and social protection.
crisis. furthermore our next annual growth survey will present further proposals focusing on how to promote a growth enhancing agenda that helps to create and maintain jobs in
players. furthermore the commission considers that it needs to be reviewed in the light of the economic
this means that labour market recovery cannot rely on public stimulus measures and it cannot rely on gdp growth pulling the huge numbers of jobseekers back into the labour market.
the commission will be using the knowledge and experience acquired over the past few years including through the restructuring forums studies and seminars.
job matching should be more efficient; and existing jobs will need to last longer and be more productive.
the problem for romanian workers is that a unified european market allows nokia to operate successfully or unsuccessfully in romania while romanians face a restricted labour market.
that was fine from a cost reduction perspective but it was not a guarantee of increased quality in a very competitive market. cheap is not enough.
that would not be very smart.
this is a first reaction about compensation.
these are new ideas we are going to promote.
i would like to say that the commission is already facilitating some cases this is in answer to mrs wallis.
yes this is true we do not have a common policy;
but it is also true that the commission has come up with a proposal.
so please let us work together.
we have to work together if we are to find a way out of this crisis and that means that we have to enhance all the procedures of cooperation between the commission parliament and the council all the procedures in order to have a harmonised approach to very difficult issues such as financial policy
european legislation has placed unforetold pressures on businesses and industries and makes it more viable for multinationals to shed european jobs or relocate to asia.
the free movement of people was designed to alleviate labour shortages not create overcrowding in the job market.
yet due to legislation coming with freedom of choice migrants flock to certain countries to find there are not the employment opportunities they envisaged.
because they are entitled to welfare support they stay increasing unemployment and competing with domestic applicants for posts.
perhaps the commission should instruct companies to open up opportunities to other eu applicants only when there is not enough domestic competence to meet an industry's needs.
that fiscal multipliers vary across countries across time and across economic contexts. from this standpoint i want to particularly focus on three issues where the analyses and conclusions by the imf and the commission
i believe that there is a lot of helpful analysis of how to manage public finances which i hope my welsh regional government will pay some attention to. in the current climate of fiscal consolidation and enhanced scrutiny of all public expenditure governments at all levels should be looking very hard at what they can justify putting public money into.
while this report raises a point about spending on expensive military equipment i would ask that my own welsh government think long and hard about spending tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on purchasing their local cardiff airport.
when a private company that successfully runs airports in stockholm london and orlando cannot make it operate sustainably how can the welsh government and their civil servants think they can do a better job using taxpayers' money?
i am not entirely sure how purchasing a poorly performing airport is going to prove a wise investment of public funds.
as this report suggests instead of pet government projects wasting scarce public funds we should instead be spending this limited public money wisely and investing in jobs and growth for our future.
high levels of public debt do not provide scope for more fiscal stimulus.
consolidation should be based on cutting government over spending rather than on increasing taxes.
consolidation should also go hand in hand with structural reform like more flexible labour markets.
i congratulate the french employers association medef on its leading role.
unfortunately there are some weaker points in the report probably as a result of too much compromising to the left.
these include a role for the eu budget to reduce macroeconomic and social imbalances and more importantly the european youth guarantee which would only introduce more rigidities in the labour market and more thresholds.
it is very difficult to promise jobs that do not exist.
it will produce a counterproductive impact.
it is a typical unintended consequence of a good intention and therefore my group prefers to abstain.
to achieve this objective the main groups of this parliament believe that spending cuts are more effective than tax rises if they are growth oriented.
i am happy that we have achieved the right balance for this year.
in this regard the point of departure will be that rules are set for all twenty eight member states and we will have the same rules in all of the union.
it establishes the berlin principle which means that banks' shareholders and creditors will be the first to face the losses from a bank failure.
thank you elisa wolf philippe vicky and all of your staff;
and i think when we take an overall view of all this we will see that we have achieved a lot and now it is time to see how it works.
i am proud of the result of our work.
i think this is an essential thing to think about in the future because the strength of the european economy and european financial markets is their ability to act in a unified way and mobilise all the resources we have in our different markets making them into one financial market.
i think we could also take a look at some of the other things that we will need.
i think it is fair to say that we are now laying the ground for a stable banking sector but also with opportunities for dynamic decisions because we are underlining the need for responsibilities in the management of each bank. when banks and bank owners can no longer
it also lays down the framework for how the authorities of home and host member states are to deal with one another clarifying the responsibilities of the different authorities.
this new legislation stipulates what has to happen when a bank needs to be resolved that is wound down in an orderly fashion with the minimum impact on taxpayers and financial stability.
the brrd the banking resolution recovery directive also lays the foundation of banking union and the forthcoming single resolution mechanism.
on politics right across the european union.
it is not the first time and i thank you for using those words in this chamber about the banking sector.
in the irish context and remember our taxpayers took the hit which we said from now on will not happen in the future the amount was eur sixty four billion. the agreement which the leaders reached in june two thousand and twelve to break the link between the banks and sovereign and to address the legacy debt for ireland needs to be honoured.
i am pleased about your work commissioner and you talked of ethics and morality.
let me explain lest we forget the figures.
madam president i should like to thank colleagues gunnar hkmark marianne thyssen corien wortman kool and others across the political divide for this excellent work today. commissioner you used the word that this was a violent' crisis. and violent is how it was in terms of its impact on families on society
together with stronger banking supervision and stricter capital requirements we will now have rules for the orderly winding down or restructuring of our troubled banks.
i wish we had done it sooner and that the member states had allowed it to go further.
i believe it is the most important piece of legislation that we will have passed in this term of the european parliament.
likewise we in the uk cannot watch the city of london a global banking hub be trammelled by the eu's hopelessly complex and time consuming requirements.
the hubris and obstinacy of elderly eu leaders their refusal to face the collapse of their flagship project is devastating the economic prospects of a young generation across southern europe.
but there is a broader problem a series of measures bailouts haircuts banking regulation have been applied to the euro crisis but they are no more than sticking plasters. the underlining cancer is the euro itself a failed political project that never made economic sense.
madam president the proposals before us today are inadequate for the eurozone and inappropriate for the wider eu.
we can have the orderly wind down of a bank with creditors not taxpayers paying the bill and depositors that is ordinary men and women who have money in ordinary bank accounts will be protected. the financial world will be a safer place.
it is quite right that banks and not taxpayers should pay the bill and some countries have chosen to do this through the deposit guarantee fund.
i understand why because of the eurozone situation some of those countries wish to do that but the uk and many other members of my group are not part of the eurozone so i am glad that the intergovernmental agreement makes it clear that we are not paying the funds and we do not share in the liabilities because that puts up a firewall between those in the eurozone and those who choose not to participate.
i am glad that we have not chosen a one size fits all approach because different approaches can work and it is right that we have respected that.
if we can have international agreements where they are needed respect different national approaches where appropriate and understand that although some countries want ever closer union others do not then perhaps those negotiations will go well in the future.
we have difficult negotiations ahead.
others like my own have chosen to take a levy.
the second bit of work is about deposit guarantees.
and this is largely thanks to g twenty work led i am glad to say by the bank of england and now adopted here as part of a new global framework.
in the past when a bank faced failure authorities either had to choose between a messy uncertain bankruptcy or a taxpayer bailout but now the recovery and resolution work changes that.
i am reassured that the srm and brrd will enable europe to make a significant leap ahead on the financial stability front which is as we all know equally important as a precondition for growth.
as she told us in her words i quote we have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.
hatred xenophobia and extremism have extinguished a bright spark in our political life.
jo was a former staff member here in the european parliament and colleagues remember her for her compassion her openness and her determination to campaign for progressive change.
while jo was a member of our political family she would work across the political spectrum and so we should all take a moment to remember jo cox and the ideals for which she stood.
yesterday he was moved by the british conservatives into a jail which has a high number of muslim inmates.
this trend can be seen in the treatment of many religious minorities including christians muslims and falun gong practitioners and most notably in the prc's attitude to tibet.
in fact the systematic and sometimes brutal suppression of tibetan culture has kindled the fire of tibetan identity and awakened the world's conscience to the plight of the people of tibet.
the inspirational leadership of the dalai lama has ensured that tibet's future remains very much at the forefront of public debate notwithstanding the huge efforts made by the prc to admonish those like the former president in office of the council nicolas sarkozy who dared to question beijing's point of view.
pro china voices on the other side of the house will have their say in this debate but for too long the people of tibet have been denied their voice and we must speak for them.
however we recognise that our commitment to certain values human rights democracy the rule of law and freedom of conscience cannot be seen separately from the undoubtedly important strategic economic partnership that the eu is developing with china.
we in this parliament have always taken a strong line in defence of the autonomous rights of the people of tibet which does not automatically mean the right to self determination or independence.
the traditional tibetan culture which was isolated for hundreds of years has now been heavily diluted by the actions of the government which has been at pains to prevent any sense of tibetan nationalism from resurfacing.
minorities wishing to express themselves in any way other than the mainstream party sanctioned way are routinely marginalised and persecuted.
while individual european leaders have met with him in various but usually religious contexts meetings in a political context are not our policy.
that is why a more substantial dialogue is in the interests of both sides.
it is also the best way to avoid frustration and violence among young tibetans.
we are concerned about the plight of the one hundred million migrant workers who have moved from country to city and who have the most limited access to health and education.
frankly it is becoming counterproductive.
the dalai lama was here only in december speaking on behalf of tibet in the plenary.
the problem is it is beginning to be resented elsewhere within china.
china has done an enormous amount for tibet in terms of providing infrastructure like the new qinghai lhasa railway and higher levels of social provision than elsewhere in rural china.
tibetans still want a degree of cultural and political autonomy far beyond that which china is prepared to grant.
there is nothing new in the resolution.
why is it necessary to revisit the issue again?
i along with elmar brok philippe morillon and other members of this parliament had the opportunity last summer to visit lhasa.
i agree with the commissioner it is through dialogue and engagement that we will find a way forward not through shrill endlessly repetitive rehashed resolutions such as the one we have here today.
as i said at the time china needs a dialogue with representatives of tibet to find a solution that grants that autonomy while protecting minority rights of ethnic and religious groups in the province. the alternative is that impatient young tibetans will turn to violence and terrorism.
but the problem is to quote the beatles money can't buy you love'.
the dalai lama himself recognised the reality of the situation when he threatened at the time to step down as a living god.
as some individuals and groups in their desperate attention seeking continue to up the ante with today a demand i think for the first time that member states should abrogate the one china policy and recognise the tibetan government in exile.
as i wrote afterwards the reality was that peaceful protests and we support peaceful protest turned into race riots when shops homes and han chinese were attacked and burned with dozens of deaths.
at one time the chinese authorities paid heed to our resolutions but no more.
while we recognise that the situation has improved significantly over the last ten years there are still many areas where human rights are still not properly or adequately protected.
it is right to criticise china for its human rights record as we criticise the united states for its use of the death penalty guantnamo and extraordinary rendition but we do not have to do it every part session.
we would certainly highlight the failure to allow free trade unions to operate within china.
before i come to the many issues you raised in the tabled joint resolution let me also have a quick word on our bilateral relations with china.
our strategic partnership is strong and this permits us to tackle all issues including the most sensitive ones.
we have constructed an impressive framework of high level interaction where we regularly address all the global changes that our citizens are facing without neglecting the issues where we may disagree.
about the fact that tibet has remained largely closed for the international media for diplomats and for humanitarian organisations for almost a year now;
and about the stalemate in talks between the representatives of the dalai lama and the chinese authorities despite the three rounds of talks last year.
we have endeavoured to find common understanding with china on this delicate subject and we have been very clear whenever we have addressed the situation in tibet with them.
let me again mention the eu's position which does not leave any room for misinterpretation. firstly we support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of china including tibet.
secondly we have always supported a peaceful reconciliation through dialogue between the chinese authorities and the dalai lama's representatives.
this dialogue has to be constructive and substantive and of course we therefore regret that up to now this dialogue has not brought really substantive results.
we have always said that the dialogues should address the core issues such as the preservation of tibet's unique culture religion and traditions as well as the need to achieve a system of meaningful autonomy for tibet within a chinese constitution.
therefore we would welcome it if these issues were to be addressed in china's future national human rights action plan.
for us tibet is a human rights issue and has therefore invariably been approached as such.
we have made every effort to understand the position in a spirit of mutual respect but human rights are universal and the situation in tibet is therefore rightly of international legitimate concern to the whole international community particularly the european union.
this fact is of course emphasised by the existence of instruments of international law for the protection of human rights over half a century.
as you all know at the last round of talks following the request of the chinese government the tibetan side submitted a memorandum on genuine autonomy for the future of tibet.
in my opinion the paper contains some elements that could provide the basis for future talks.
i am also encouraged by the fact that for the first time in a written document the tibetan side has expressed its firm commitment not to seek separation or independence.
i think this is important in order to bring this dialogue further.
i am also pleased that the dalai reaffirmed before this house last december his devotion to the middle way approach and to dialogue as the only means for achieving a mutually acceptable and lasting solution.
let me conclude by sharing with you a personal conviction.
therefore i wish to appeal to china and to the dalai lama's representative to resume this dialogue at the earliest possible opportunity with an open spirit and a view to achieving a durable solution in tibet.
thanks to this report banks will no longer be able to give preference to investment banking but must now at least place equal emphasis on retail banking and granting credit to smes.
as i said previously it will allow smes increased access to credit and will make this a banking priority as it should be.
this new set of rules will make it necessary for all european banks to finance the real economy.
it is also in the interest of the acp countries in question to conclude their negotiations as soon as possible for the benefit of their own economies.
i firmly believe the economic partnership agreements are a vital factor in supporting development across the world by promoting regional integration into the global economy as well as by supporting reforms that boost developing economies.
however i must stress the importance of making sure these negotiations make real progress. not only is the current situation incompatible with wto rules but it is also unfair towards countries that have fulfilled the criteria and ratified their agreements as well as those countries that are not acp partners.
there is already concern at some of the so called de industrialisation in europe where companies are saying we will no longer abide by these rules and we will simply emit this pollution elsewhere'.
it is quite clear that this would have a massive impact on the market overall and cause major concern.
nevertheless overall because of the bonus issue which may well impact negatively on the city of london which i am proud to represent and the ignoring of several other basel committee requirements i abstained as did my delegation.
however the crd iv rightly aims to increase to one capital and liquidity levels which is important and eventually to introduce maximum leverage levels and also various buffers as well as good governannce rules on bank management.