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beyond the immediate crisis we are setting out a longer term strategy to address the more fundamental issues of migration in a comprehensive way.
i know they will prompt debate and controversy in member states but it is really not acceptable for people around the eu to say stop the drowning' and at the same time to say but do not bring the people here'.
the commission has tabled a distribution key showing what this intra eu solidarity means in concrete terms for each member state and the union as a whole.
these are bold proposals and they are already attracting debate including among the member states.
our internal policies and our various european agencies should work together.
that means tackling irregular migration at its source and all along the routes.
what the commission is doing today is putting into practice the commitment the european council made last month more responsibility and effective application of our common rules to prevent abuses going handinhand with more solidarity.
the european agenda on migration is about turning words into action. it provides for the measures that are urgently needed to deal with a crisis in the mediterranean and to build a structured response that can be used in cases of extreme pressure on other parts of our shared external border.
if they do trust our asylum policy because it is effective they will be more relaxed about the necessity and possibilities of legal migration.
solidarity can be asked if responsibility is at the same time also taken by all member states.
to help identify register and fingerprint incoming migrants.
everyone who needs sanctuary should find it in europe but those who have no justified claim should be quickly identified and quickly returned to their home country.
people said i had no evidence for
it. well now even the libyan intelligence agencies are saying that isis are not only making money from trafficking people but are also beginning to send us their terrorists directly. we need to have another think. we must not allow our compassion to imperil our security.
what we want in britain is an australian style points system so that we can choose who comes to live work and settle in our countries.
it is time we started being responsible about it recognising that we need to start acting together in europe.
in the past few days since the adoption of the agenda i have heard many complaining that this system is far too oriented to the mediterranean.
one with a common and consistent approach.
we are proposing to act together on the global stage because managing migration is a shared responsibility across the world.
the agenda is about concrete actions and initiatives which are realistic and can be implemented if we all take part consistently in this shared effort.
we are doing so by expanding our capacity to save lives through the tripling of frontex led joint operations triton and poseidon and by adopting an action plan to fight migrant smuggling in order to respond to two fundamental understandable and simple questions that we felt remained open.
fourthly the european union's demographic and skill needs mean that legal migration will be a necessary part of our future.
of this global approach of this global vision.
those who help today will be those who may need help tomorrow.
the second question is what do we do with those that today use smugglers in order to seek the protection they deserve?
i think that this is what solidarity truly means in practice.
this effort is part of the immediate response that the european agenda on migration suggests in order to deal with the pressure in the mediterranean and to give an immediate and solid follow up to the deliberations of this parliament and of the heads of state and government.
thirdly strengthening the shared management of our external borders frontex will be reinforced and more coherent standards will be developed.
i am ready to discuss the criteria retained but let us be clear we should not hide behind this discussion to do nothing.
these two mechanisms will be based on a distribution key developed according to objective and clear criteria.
the agenda we have adopted is more ambitious than that.
it is an agenda that looks at the medium to long term in order to lead the way towards a truly common european migration policy in the european union. in line with the priorities identified by president juncker in his political guidelines we have built around
let me be very clear what we are building today is not only an emergency response to the current pressure but it is also an emergency mechanism to be applied in the future wherever pressure emerges.
let me be clear this is not due to any pull factor'. this is because our immediate neighbourhood is on fire. it is because we are living in a time of instability and europe is seen as a refuge in times of crisis.
it was time for the commission to fulfil its fundamental role as the engine of european integration taking action on the big challenges of our times.
i think we need to go far beyond that.
we need to thoroughly reform the dublin regulation because if a system does not work when it is really needed then it is high time to think about something else.
we need solidarity amongst member states but also with those people who are really in need of protection.
the only thing governments seem to be agreeing on is that they want to send their armies out against smugglers as if that would help.
the only thing that helps against smugglers is to open safe and legal ways of entry for refugees.
is that really all?
in order to manage migration better.
citizens. we need this european agenda on migration.
the important thing is to make a difference and to show that we are able to address the situation together. this agenda is based on the conviction that the european union migration policy is not about opening or closing borders.
the european agenda on migration is about managing migration better so that migration can take place in an orderly safe and regular manner.
this agenda requires political will and commitment and this commission has both.
debate. as i said earlier i count on your support more than ever knowing that parliament shares our ambition finally to prevent and plan instead of only reacting to dramatic
we need their support.
the commission is already mobilising all its resources to implement these actions and will adopt a package implementing measures next week. triggering this emergency mechanism means that more needs to be done together for those who are in need of protection. let me say here that it is not a free ticket to another european country.
but we all know that any action alone will not be enough to solve the situation.
what he was saying was that before making any pronouncements we should understand the commission is in very difficult circumstances. while people are dying in the mediterranean and while we are asking for action we must understand also that the commission talked about the causes. many people are asking why do we not talk about the causes?
it is for us as politicians to convince our citizens that we will talk about the causes;
but we will also talk about many of the mechanisms which we have talked about before.
there is a low political priority of the tough choices a resettlement.
let us have some perspective.
but we have a choice.
that is what we need to do in this parliament.
here we have a commission proposal which is comprehensive.
jean lambert said that we had created an asylum system; all of us here have legislated on this but we have not implemented it.
in fact they mention the causes.
we will talk about all of our citizens and we will do something in the mediterranean and not let people die.
the council has already delivered concrete results and decisions.
the eu csdp operation is part of a set of comprehensive measures aimed at responding to the immediate need to save lives address emergency situations and tackle the root causes of irregular migration as requested by the european council on twenty three april.
we will certainly have another opportunity to discuss the mechanism as decisions on provisional measures may be taken only after consulting parliament.
it will start by surveilling and assessing human smuggling and trafficking networks in the southern central mediterranean and will be conducted as soon as possible.
it will not be easy to find an agreement in the council on such a major and sensitive issue as migration policies just as it is also not easy to find an agreement in this house.
we also took the decision to prioritise the tripling of the resources allocated for frontex and we have decided to establish an eu naval operation.
it is time for deeds.
parliament's contribution is instrumental in finding the most appropriate answers to the challenges we have.
as i have already said at the beginning of this debate as a result of swift action and cooperation between institutions we can already talk about substantial steps taken in the direction of addressing the humanitarian challenge the eu is facing due to migration flows.
given the seriousness of the migratory pressure on the eu all contributions to this debate are welcome in particular if they can contribute to finding a solution to the challenges we are facing. i can therefore promise you that we will take duly into account
in any case this is just the first phase of a long debate.
this is one more step in the continued dialogue between our two institutions on the very important issue of migration which we intend to pursue.
mr president i would like to thank you very much for this very important debate today.
what is important at this moment is that the presidency and the council stand ready to respond to the commission's proposal.
eunavfor med will be conducted in sequential phases and in accordance with the requirements of international law.
we are still waiting for the commission's concrete proposals.
i will be honest.
such criticism is premature as the commission's communication was adopted just one week ago.
the council agrees with the need to have a european solution.
i also welcome the temporary relocation plans and the settlement places.
i am really really upset that my own country is not willing to participate and not willing to step up on this occasion.
mr president civil war deprivation and astounding levels of poverty have driven thousands of migrants to risk their lives crossing the mediterranean to the eu. traffickers and smugglers have willingly exploited the desperation of those fleeing their homes. as a result many have perished. some argue that military action targeting and destroying smugglers' boats despite the threat to migrants' lives will solve the problem. bonkers! it is clear that military intervention in the middle east and north africa has only exacerbated social economic and ethnic tensions in the region.
military intervention in iraq and libya have created both the conditions for further conflict from which people flee and the instability that allows smugglers and traffickers to operate with relative impunity.
we need without doubt a humanitarian approach to deal with the horror of the floating cemetery that the mediterranean has become.
we do not need the search and destroy' operation that is being advocated.
we need eu governments to increase the number of resettlement places humanitarian admissions and visas for people in need of international protection.
finally i want to distance myself and our group from the shameful behaviour of some of the meps in this chamber this morning who play political football with this issue which is without doubt one of the most disturbing issues that we have had to deal with.
i think perhaps it is not. my reaction to it is that i am very proud of what i did when i was immigration minister;
i am proud of the fact that we have a conservative government.
i am also proud of the fact that it is a government which deals with immigration issues by mixing humanitarian approaches with responsibility and security.
were we to have seen a different outcome in our elections recently with any need to concur with some of the more extreme views that certain parties have expressed i would be a very disappointed man and it would not help those who sought sanctuary or those who wish to deal with immigration rules for their benefit.
the commission deserves credit for acknowledging the magnitude of the problem and for identifying both short and long term solutions to address the refugee crisis.
four million people do not want this kind of intervention from people from the outside like you talking about our domestic issues telling us and i will be more pertinent to this discussion than you were about what kind of immigration we can have what we can do with our own borders and then intervening in our own domestic politics and spending a minute and a half of your own time poking fun at us. they do not want that.
mr president a growing proportion of those who cross the mediterranean are not by definition refugees fleeing from persecution but rather economic migrants from western africa and elsewhere. they are encouraged by european maritime activities and our inefficient return policies.
the population of africa is expected to reach four billion by the end of this century so the pressure will not go away.
the question is can europe indefinitely afford economically or socially a massive influx of people for whom the european labour market has very little to offer?
already today we can witness the failed integration in most western european countries.
one may predict that the situation will not improve if the numbers increase dramatically.
face it the dog did not eat your homework the euro killed your growth.
that reminds me of the old line about never letting the facts get in the way of a good story.
how embarrassing it must be for the eu's representatives to turn up to each g seven with yet another excuse for economic failure.
madam president the sad truth is that the european commissioners are going to be excluded from the only meaningful action at the g seven summit which will be more blood curdling warnings to the british not to dare to vote to leave the eu.
let me remind you that the crisis was in two thousand and eight yet recovery has still not taken a firm hold.
it is not a case of the eurozone battling against the global environment so much as the euro dragging down the global economic environment.
the fact sheet hopes to get average unemployment in the eu below ten in. two thousand and seventeen that is not a fact sheet it is a wish list. and it is always jam tomorrow' is it not? as the much loved british sitcom character del boy used to say this time next year we could be millionaires'. it is not going to happen under the euro the euro is a losers' currency.
and instead of facing up to this no doubt even now you will be dreaming up your excuses for the two thousand and seventeen summit predicting that two thousand and eighteen will be your year.
traction in my country is what we put patients in when they have serious fractures.
we are told the economy in all member states will grow next year albeit unevenly that is one word for it.
this time according to the commission's own fact sheet they intend to claim that despite a more difficult global environment the eu's recovery continues.
we will also deliver better news on greece.
international monitoring must ensure that everyone complies.
as the european union we will continue to make the case for a global economy that is governed by rules and an open society that seeks prosperity and security in its exchange with others.
at this week's summit we will continue these efforts.
for those that try to evade their duty to society there must be no place to hide.
this commission has launched a record number of trade defence measures to respond to the dumping on europe's steel industry.
in two thousand and thirteen across the world subsidies for fossil fuels amounted to almost eur five hundred billion.
zero seven of gdp. the stability support programme agreed last summer has laid the ground for long term stable development.
we know that in the short term globalisation produces winners and losers.
only by giving asylum seekers a legal route to safety will we convince them not to risk their lives.
in less than one year it has triggered eur one hundred billion in new investments and delivered finance on better terms to more than one hundred and forty zero smes.
within the g seven the european union has always fought for a global economy that is governed by rules increasingly transparent and as fair as possible.
we must now work with our g seven partners to ensure that this is a truly global effort.
and the best way to restore dignity to those who genuinely need our protection.
this strategy has given us the breathing space to look to the future.
against this backdrop of uncertainty growth will depend on the opportunities we create for ourselves.
this week's agreement on the completion of the first review of the programme only confirms that.
and so our challenge is not only to shape the rules of the game and to ensure that they are respected but also to argue that our long term prosperity lies in openness and exchange.
together with our g seven partners we must now develop a truly global response backed by proper resources and capable of addressing the root causes of migration.
unemployment is certainly still much too high in some member states but across the board it has fallen to its lowest in five years.
until now european investment has often been dominated by a limited number of large expensive projects.
this recognises the collective effort made by the people of greece.
we now have a ground breaking agreement on tax rulings and earlier this year we adopted a new proposal on country by country reporting.
this week's summit of the g seven is the first since the paris agreement. the real work starts now modernising our economy and changing the way we produce and consume.
today the economic data is better than expected.
here once again this parliament has helped to deliver a european strategy that is comprehensive saving lives at sea providing humanitarian assistance strengthening our borders supporting the countries most under pressure relocating and resettling people in need of international protection returning irregular migrants to their home countries and creating safe and legal routes for asylum seekers from outside the european union.
transforming old industrial sites into new offices;
i can assure this house today that the european commission stands by a robust trade defence system.
the g seven has promised to phase out those subsidies
public money is mobilising private finance and supporting structural reforms.
the best of our businesses have read the signal leading european companies are changing their business models and creating new jobs that require new skills innovative processes and investments.
last year we fought hard to keep greece in the euro area.
let me now turn to the global refugee crisis which is rightly high on the g seven agenda. this commission has argued from the start that only global solutions will work.
our fund is helping to find new treatments for alzheimer's disease;
free trade must be fair trade.
we see more interaction between the european investment bank and local institutions. in short we are beginning to see the kind of investment that the market has often failed to deliver.
the european union must have the ambition to be a world leader in renewables the sector now employs over one million people and generates eur one hundred and thirty billion in turnover each year. european companies today hold forty of all patents for renewable technologies.
greece should return to growth in the second half of.
we need investment structural reforms and responsible public finances. we need to stay the course.
discussions on reducing the greek debt burden have now started.
over the last year the european union has taken the lead on tax transparency.
an international resettlement programme is urgent and necessary.
today we are starting to see more local projects which are smaller and more diverse.
today the greek economy can turn the corner and we are confident that international investors will follow.
our message is clear everyone must pay their fair share.
this in turn requires new incentives across the entire spectrum of policy.
you made it possible to launch the investment plan for europe at record speed.
this has helped to fuel populist forces around the world.
this is the best way to break the business model of the smugglers.
the economic backdrop is one of gradual recovery for our economy despite a difficult global environment.
it is generating structural change.
in other words we strive to export our best practices to the global stage.
if our own member states have agreed to put in place central registers of beneficial ownership then our partners must do the same.
let me conclude with climate and energy.
seven and we have a good story to tell.
at the g seven we will argue that offending countries need to produce clear and measurable plans to cut over capacity.
ever. from a slowing global economy to a global refugee crisis the countries of the g seven need to show leadership and join forces.
together with our g seven partners we need to demonstrate that global trade can work for everyone not just for every country but for every part of our society.
we must be equally firm on those countries that do not play by the rules.
bringing energy efficiency into our homes and cutting our bills; and lending a hand to start ups who were turned away by other lenders.
if somebody distorts the market we will take action.
but major obstacles remain.
reflects that. that is a reality and if we look at the agenda the agenda is full and relevant but we already know in advance that it is going to be extremely difficult to agree on the common growth strategies.
the ministers were unable to agree on it. hopefully the summit will do better but on one of the key points on the agenda clearly we are unable to agree or we have difficulties.
that seems to be much more problematic which brings me to the third ingredient namely that it might be key and that might be an opportunity for the eu not just on concrete issues but in general to take up leadership. clearly what the g seven is lacking in recent years is leadership and the outcome of the g seven
but you have also used the word confidence confidence in the markets i would use confidence' in a different context confidence in the g.
that brings me to the third point international trade.
we really had a big conflict of interest because of the visit of his majesty the king but we have made sure that we made notes.
it is still one of the most urgent and immediate challenges facing us.
the heinous terrorist attacks which countries nowadays face are every time a direct assault not only on our security but as we know on our values of freedom and equality and our way of life.
that is why i think it is important that we enlarge our community of nations that work pragmatically but on the basis of our common values on the issues i just mentioned on the basis of their commitment to the rule of law and human rights and very important to solidarity and promotion of rule based international orders.
our actions and financial assistance will be more effective if properly integrated in a global effort to address migration issues and promote international peace and security think about the debates we will have on issues like syria but more generally the transformation in the middle east.
besides that we should honestly address the concerns of the public.
since last year's meeting while the territory which daesh previously controlled has shrunk especially in syria and iraq as the group has come under sustained military pressure the threat it presents to the european union and its partners across the middle east and north africa particularly has grown and we just have to open the papers to see every day what horrific attacks we see in different parts