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if however a person infected outside europe would be discovered late the risk of secondary transmission would be high so we need to remain vigilant.
that is why we adopted the asylum and migration integration fund which provides for relocation provides for reunification of families and provides for protecting children.
it is our responsibility.
at the moment we have four confirmed cases in france four confirmed cases in germany and we also have information that a case has just been confirmed in finland.
we as the commission provide all the support to member states.
so we need to continue to monitor this situation very closely.
on monday the eu's health security committee met to discuss preparedness and needs of member states and response options on the basis of the updated risk assessment from the european centre for disease prevention and control.
readiness for clinical diagnosis and management of cases;
we hope that as soon as possible eu citizens will be able to come back to europe.
capacities and guidance for management of points of entry;
an important topic is the repatriation of eu citizens from china the hubei region more precisely where the epidemic is concentrated.
this ensures essential and immediate information exchange and a coordinated europe wide response which is of course the commission's primary responsibility.
should the eu council presidency decide we would support a decision to organise an extraordinary health council but i understand this is not imminent.
this takes place via the eu's early warning and response system where information is exchanged in real time as well as discussions with member states in the health security committee which has met three times.
if the situation deteriorates we will consider all other tools to strengthen our support to member states and this would include emergency funding to support outbreak response and of course research where our supercomputer centres stand ready to sequence and simulate the evolution of the virus which can help researchers develop a vaccine.
i'm also in regular contact with the director general of the world health organization and its regional director in europe to coordinate next steps at a global level.
this means that the commission is monitoring the situation very closely and has taken action to support national measures and coordinate the response of member states.
for the time being we will continue to offer all our support.
guidance for travellers;
and guidance for healthcare professionals and the public on how to deal with suspected cases.
i am in continuous contact with the french italian german and croatian health ministers and i am assured that the necessary steps to contain the virus have been taken.
i have been reassured that the vast majority of european countries reported a high level of preparedness to face the coronavirus in europe including access to laboratory diagnosis networks;
on tuesday france activated the eu civil protection mechanism.
ladies and gentlemen the vast majority of cases have been identified in china but last week cases have also been confirmed in other parts of the world including europe.
it's clear that rapid communication sharing of information and close cooperation are paramount to tackle this outbreak effectively.
the details are being coordinated as we speak and the eu emergency response centre is supporting the efforts of member states.
know how but as we learned from your parents surrender is never an
much. so i warn you as i look forward to the eu's prospects for two thousand and twenty i see negative interest rates the start of qe once again and a state of the economy.
thrive due to crony capitalism. its attitude to business in general startups innovation in the sciences and technology and the sheer scale of regulation have been anti competitive anti growth and job destroying. so as we leave the eu i believe the economic consequences will be hugely positive for the uk not least through regaining our regulatory autonomy and the ability to do our own freetrade
deals. we should strive to become singapore on terms the eu fears so
what do we want from europe?
we don't need a european
and you may loathe populism but i'll tell you a funny thing it's becoming very popular and it has great benefits no more financial contributions no more european court of justice no more common fisheries policy no more being talked down to no more being bullied no more guy verhofstadt.
it isn't just undemocratic it's antidemocratic and it puts in that front row it gives people power without accountability people who cannot be held to account by the electorate. and that is an unacceptable structure. indeed there's an historic battle going on now across the west in europe america and elsewhere.
union. it's a simple as
so i became an outright opponent of the entire european project.
power. and i can promise you both in ukip and indeed in the brexit party we love europe;
we're going we will be gone and that should be the summit of my own political ambitions.
in two thousand and five i saw the constitution that had been drafted by giscard and others.
well the irish did have a vote and did say no and were forced to vote again. you're very good at making people vote
again. but what we proved is the british are too big to bully thank goodness.
i'm not particularly happy with the agreement we're being asked to vote on tonight but boris has been remarkably bold in the last few months and ms von der leyen he's made it clear he's promised us there'll be no level playing field. and on that basis i wish him every success in the next round of negotiations i really do. but the most significant point is this what happens at eleven p. m. this friday thirty one january two thousand and twenty marks the point of no return. once we've left we are never coming back and the rest frankly is detail.
and i saw you in these institutions ignore them bring it back as the lisbon treaty and boast you could ram it through without there being referendums.
i want brexit to start a debate across the rest of europe.
we just hate the european
it's a bad project.
it is globalism against populism.
if we want trade friendship cooperation reciprocity we don't need a european commission.
court. we don't need these institutions and all of this
democracy at national level.
the island nation began a shining movement that cannot be stopped.
and this would be the role of the european union to add and support the missing links.
of course road safety has to be at the core of our activity.
because as was mentioned by several people here there are so many elements which together constitute the environment for safety in transport.
but these are all things we are looking
listening to you all it also becomes very clear that there are baskets of measures for each mode. there is not merely one solution for everything and we have to carefully blend and balance several measures in order to achieve smoothly the best possible outcome
this is something we are working
systems. all these are there we are looking into them. and you are right that the danube commission which is seventy years old or something similar you know would know better has a different regulation.
i hope i can assure you that for example the single european sky is something i'm trying to lobby for and promote in each meeting i have with any representative of the member states.
said at the beginning for this strategy to be successful we need to have everyone on board.
many of you stressed the importance of the ten t infrastructure.
at. a lot of you talked about implementation.
needed. so thank you very much for the suggestion.
we have to push forward so that the council will have a general approach hopefully by june.
we know that we need to do more there in order to help create the missing links which are not necessarily economically sustainable.
we need to very carefully look into them and into the market and the volume of this kind of fuels on the market so that they could have an important uptake.
the negotiations are about to start.
on our side we'll seek the best for industries and farmers across our continent who ask for predictability.
and let me say that just days ago some of the largest business associations in britain particularly in the car and aerospace industry asked their government to retain eu standards and rules.
we both understand that it takes very little power to break a fragile balance and turn it into a full blown conflict but that the true power lies in putting the pieces back together.
and we'll seek the best for all the researchers and scientists who want to explore the unknown and work for common solutions together in the european union as well as in the united kingdom.
and it's very clear the trade off is simple.
you have our gratitude and our respect even more so for your resilience in the last.
and here too we should join forces.
for all these and many other reasons we want to forge a close partnership but we also know that we have to sort out how to deal with the united kingdom as a third country.
we will miss you but we will always keep up our friendship with you and you can count on us as we know that we can count on you.
but the precondition is that european and british businesses continue to compete on a level playing field.
they will always stay part of our family.
this would be unique;
we will also be vigilant on the implementation of the agreement in northern ireland.
the story is about old friends and new beginnings and we have a lot in common.
and i believe that the united kingdom and the european union have a mutual interest in the closest possible partnership.
there's still scope to address these risks but the window of opportunity is closing.
and to our british friends and many perhaps not all but many of our british meps here in the room i want to use the words of the famous british poet george eliot.
and just to be very clear i want the european union and the united kingdom to stay good friends and good partners.
this is about jobs it's about common solutions for the world market.
the power sharing agreement in northern ireland gives us hope that the spirit of cooperation will continue to mark relations across the border.
we both believe that climate change needs to be fought as a matter of urgency.
we will devote all our energy twenty four seven to come to results.
we will certainly not expose our companies to unfair competition.
mr president honourable members as president of the european commission first of all i want to pay tribute to all those british people who contributed so much to almost half a century of british eu membership. i think of all those who helped to build our institutions people like commissioner arthur cockfield who was known as the father of our single market or roy jenkins president of the european commission who did so much to pave the way for our single currency. i think of these thousands of european civil servants of british nationality who devoted their lives and their careers to europe and have done so much to build our union.
no other free trade agreement offers such an access to our single market.
honourable members in the last plenary session we discussed the issues of citizens' rights.
she said only in the agony of parting do we look into the depth of love. we will always love you and we will never be far.
the more united the united kingdom does commit to uphold our standards for social protection and workers' rights our guarantees for the environment and other standards and rules ensuring fair competition the closer and better the access to the single market.
and i think of all those years so many british meps have contributed to making this parliament and the union strong.
and therefore we both believe in the power of development cooperation and we know that our security is interlinked.
when it comes to trade we are considering a free trade agreement with zero tariffs and zero quotas.
from now on it's about our new partnership with the united kingdom.
honourable members no new partnership will bring back the benefits of being part of the same union but we have a duty to seek the best for the british and for the european people in a post brexit world.
and i think this is in our mutual interest.
so let's join forces in protecting our planet.
we will seek our best for young british and young european students who want to study and who want to live across the channel.
brexit is now inevitable but i don't believe it will be permanent.
nevertheless of course we also know that the european union and the united kingdom will not be married any more starting on one february but we want to be friends.
so we need to work on a good future relationship and we need to recognise that a close relationship is a good relationship.
so the image that the bombers my father cherished almost killed my mother is something that brought me into politics in the first place.
it will always be this image that keeps me going and that will keep me being a bridge between these two countries a bridge over troubled water' at the moment as art garfunkel would
two thousand and twenty i am probably not the only one who keeps awake at night thinking about these people and the conditions they are living under. but of course nobody will be helped by me being awake at night.
we discussed measures as to how we can help greece more and what also the greek government and the greek authorities are planning.
or being a mother in a totally other country knowing that your teenager your teenage boy is alone there as unaccompanied minor.
system. in lack of that we need voluntary support from other member
not. we need to do
years. we are not in
this. i support all solidarity efforts between member states especially when it comes to children.
we will continue to support greece with our funds.
crisis. we need to support them and the most effective thing that we must do is to find a common solution that can unite member states and parliament in a new pact for migration and
we support the greek authorities with our european funds.
i think that the greek government shows the right emphasis on this very difficult situation and i welcome that the greek government are committed to improve the living conditions for migrants bringing them to new centres reforming the asylum system and also starting returning those that are not eligible for international protection.
states. i call on member states to speed up the necessary procedures to reunify children with their families as soon as possible.
the commission is supporting the greek authorities with finding shelter for unaccompanied minors on the mainland.
we also need the support from the member
we will continue to support greece and relocate people from the islands to new centres new centres that will meet the minimum european standards for humanitarian intervention.
but the commission alone cannot do everything.
states. we are lacking a common european asylum and migration
crisis; we do not have a migration crisis in europe. but there are at least forty zero individuals on the greek islands and they are in
i welcome the appointment that the greek government has done to appoint a national coordinator for unaccompanied minors.
we will continue to work closely with the greek authorities to help facilitate all voluntary solidarity efforts by other member
i call on member states to continue to help greece to continue voluntary relocations and we the commission will do the financial support.
honourable members we talk about migration policy and the migration situation in
these conditions are not acceptable this we can't stand having in the european union in.
states. greece has asked for the relocation of unaccompanied minors and i strongly support
but i also know that it is the end of an era for myself for my uk colleagues and for my country.
as i said recently in my last meeting of the committee on international trade we require much good will and good faith in our negotiations for our future trading relationship aiming for a successful outcome which will benefit both the uk and the eu and i have every confidence that good faith exists and that a successful outcome will indeed be achieved.
even those supportive of brexit know that much has been accomplished through our membership of the eu and as we look forward to the new opportunities of the future we should at the same time always remember the achievements of the past.
my own view is that this is not the end of the uk's relationship with europe but rather the start of a new and enhanced one.
so support for indigenous people's rights will remain high on our agenda.
to responsible business conduct.
our offer of cooperation was positively appreciated by the brazilians and as a positive follow up to this dialogue brazil invited the eu special representative for human rights mr gilmore to visit the country during two thousand and twenty as a mid term review of the joint work carried out in these areas between annual dialogues.
it includes provisions on human rights indigenous peoples and cooperation on sustainable development.
the last edition of the eu brazil dialogue on human rights was on nine october two thousand and nineteen and it included a focus on indigenous peoples human rights defenders labour standards businesses and human rights and children's and women's rights which already also were mentioned here tonight.
indigenous peoples feature prominently also in our comprehensive and sustained contact and cooperation with brazil for instance by regular visits by the eu delegation in braslia to different regions and indigenous communities regular visits by the eu special representative for human rights as well.
these include specific mechanisms for eu mercosur dialogue and exchanges between parties including at the level of parliaments and civil societies of both regions.
of course we can always do more and we can always do better.
i will make some remarks now on the eu approach on human rights in brazil within the future eu mercosur agreement.
and in particular we voiced our concern on the situation of indigenous peoples and human rights defenders.
the eu follows closely the situation of human rights in brazil particularly human rights defenders indigenous peoples and all those working to protect land environment biodiversity and climate.
in the trade part a trade and sustainable development chapter provides for binding commitment to the effective implementation of the multilateral environmental agreements including the paris agreement ratified by each of the parties.
the eu mercosur association agreement would serve as a valuable tool to further promote the protection of human rights and to address environmental issues in brazil and the region.
it will provide for upgraded mechanisms for enhanced political dialogue and cooperation between the two sides of these issues.
and let me reiterate the high importance that the eu attaches to reversing the negative trends that we are currently seeing as regards the enjoyment of human rights by indigenous people.
with regard to the issue raised by ms santos business yes may indeed have impacts on the rights of indigenous people and the commission is ready to consider the issue in the ongoing reflections on the policy related
when the moment comes for scotland to rejoin the eu i hope this parliament will welcome us in that same spirit of european solidarity.
but that's not on our plate today.
and yes there is a lesson to learn from it and this lesson dear colleagues is not to undo the union as some are arguing
us? let me say it maybe a little more punchily what is in fact threatening britain's sovereignty most the rules of our single market or the fact that tomorrow there will be maybe the planting of chinese five g masts in the british isles?
that. but that doesn't mean that we don't have a responsibility to make sure that the union to which they will return will be another union effective and more democratic.
at the beginning of this debate mr president i want also to pay tribute to our british colleagues well at least the overwhelming majority of them. i have to say to them that they have always
you didn't give enough to mr cameron when he came to brussels and when he requested new exceptions for britain exceptions on free movement exceptions on the question of the political union.
i mean culturally i mean economically i mean politically even its own blood in two world wars.
and it's also the moment colleagues that the discontent about europe started.
everybody has an opinion about it.
late. and it is in my opinion this lack of effectiveness that leads to even more discontent.
but colleagues what does sovereignty' in fact mean today in a world that is completely dominated by powerhouses like china like india like the us; in a world where we have to challenge transnational problems like climate change
that's the issue.
and the digital supremacy tomorrow of china today of the
some people are saying well look they are simply afraid the brits of losing their sovereignty.
that's not on our table and not the issue today. it is indeed a sad issue sad to see a nation leaving a great nation that has given all of us so much.
i think that i can say in the name of all of us from all groups i can only say we will miss you in the coming time and in the coming years.
all these exceptions all these vetoes make a union in my opinion not capable to act effectively always acting too little too
it's in fact sad to see a country leaving that twice liberated us has twice given its blood to liberate europe.
here; no this lesson is and we have to learn this from brexit to deeply reform the union to make it a real union in the coming years.
how is it possible that more than forty years after i think an enormous overwhelming majority of nearly seventy voted to enter into the european family how forty years later they decided based on their sovereign rights
it's like a self fulfilling prophecy with members one leg in the union and another leg outside the union only looking for the advantages not for the obligations.
and i have to tell you for once normally it's easy for me but this time i don't know what to respond because it's not in our capacity to decide
i will be very honest with you if we could stop brexit by voting no' today i would be the first to recommend it.
it. it's all about migration that brexit is happening migrants working in british hospitals migrants working in british universities migrants working on construction sites in london.
it's also our failure we have to recognise that in this debate.
the cruel reality that we have to consider today in this debate is that european countries lost their sovereignty already a long time ago and that europe is just the way to regain that sovereignty in the coming years.
up. that's why i say to you remember your history in nuremberg that law was also passed and that was legal'. just because a law is passed in a parliament doesn't mean it is legal. learn from our history. i am taking his home with
we cannot change it but i have to be clear again it is a huge mistake. i want to thank also like my previous speakers our british colleagues and all the staff members who served in this european parliament.
face the same global challenges and stand on the same ground our european way of life.
i was in england as an eighteen year old boy with interrail.
stopped. that is not the idea of our european
that is simply the outcome of the decision of the british
period. we have always shown understanding and flexibility but we will not allow the eu to be put under pressure and reach a rushed final agreement.
to avoid another brexit debate in one of our member states we need a european union that is ready to act results outcomes positive contributions to the daily life of our citizens is in the centre of our work and that's why again to the colleagues who will leave us in my group it was julie girling it was
the british irish history is not an easy one but it was clear during the last three years dublin and leo varadkar were strong due to the membership in the european union.
base. we tell for example norway and switzerland that they can only have access to the single market if they respect also the freedom of
markets. we only will grant them access to our market if they respect the european