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last but not least on the rule of law the commission will intensify its preventive work for example with its first rule of law report which will assess the situation in all member
in these packages twenty eight initiatives will be legislative allowing sufficient time for their adoption and implementation.
the commission will also review that economic governance framework and provide an overview on how fiscal rules have worked in recent years.
we will also present a new security union strategy addressing both the digital and physical aspect of security as these are two sides of the same
for others we will reflect on more efficient ways to fulfil the objectives in consultations with this house and the council.
by the end of two thousand and twenty we will present the european democracy action plan to address disinformation political campaigning free and independent media and freedom of speech.
in consultation with social partners and all the relevant stakeholders we are working on an initiative to guarantee fair minimum wages for workers in the eu while respecting the specific situations of each member state.
the completion of the banking union a strong and credible framework for preventing and fighting money laundering the unemployment reinsurance scheme and the european youth guarantee remain our priorities as
care. i will also refer to the joint exercise of the three institutions and in close cooperation with national parliaments and our partners to organise a conference on the future of europe.
a binding climateneutrality target for the eu
soon the digital services act will reinforce the single market for digital services and help provide smaller businesses with legal clarity and a level playing field by updating the legal framework including by updating the corporate tax system.
finally under the regulatory fitness and performance programme refit we identified forty four significant pieces of legislation proposed for re evaluation or revision.
with regard to fundamental rights technology needs to serve the people not the other way around. therefore the commission will update the charter of fundamental rights to address emerging issues such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition.
as regards our economy we prioritise social fairness at the heart of the twin transitions the green and digital ones and as a part of this we will refocus all our policies including the european semester by incorporating the united nations sustainable development goals.
we are in the process of building the scope and the structure.
some of them do not mention the new commission's political ambitions;
in this perspective it is equally essential to reinforce the rulesbased multilateral order and as a part of this the commission will put forward proposals to update and reform the
we have also examined all proposals that are currently awaiting decision by the parliament and the council and after taking the suggestions from your house into account.
under the same headline ambition of promoting our european way of life we will present an action plan on integration and inclusion.
to this end i have already established a strategic foresight network within the european commission and i am fine tuning together with eu member states and partners our coordination on
we will soon propose the two thousand and thirty biodiversity strategy to preserve and protect the natural environment and set out our ambition for the negotiations at the coming conference as well as the farm to fork' strategy the new eu forest strategy and a comprehensive strategy for sustainable and smart mobility.
it took me a little bit more than ten minutes but i wanted to demonstrate to you that we are really delivering on what we promised to you an ambitious yet realistic agenda of our shared priorities for the first year of this commission.
we adopted yesterday our five g communication and will soon present a new european data strategy and a white paper on artificial intelligence.
we want to reassure you that we have committed to the maximum level of transparency as regards the negotiation process towards the european parliament. together with my colleagues in the commission we are looking forward to working together on our special partnership of trust and turning our agenda into concrete
first because it will not just be the basis of our work for the first year of the mandate but also because it sets the vision direction and pace for the next five years and beyond.
the contribution of the european parliament your contributions at every stage were being taken into consideration.
we came we loved we hoped we fought we lost.
there is no brighter dawn.
my parting gift is this small ring of verse.
eight but soon they'll find their britain's lost its great'.
is this the taking back control they meant? the vandals sought to smash the.
mr president today i participate in my final debate as a uk mep and as a green it seems sadly fitting that this is a debate on solidarity within this union in response to a disaster in spain and i'd like to express my personal sympathy and solidarity with all those affected. floods such as this can no longer be called entirely natural disasters because as we know climate change is making these disasters tragically more frequent and more severe. in my seven months in this chamber i have pushed hard for stronger and faster european action to address the climate crisis. today in the gallery i am joined by twenty eight young people from the west midlands.
we must take faster and stronger action on the climate and ecological crisis.
although i will no longer serve in this house due to brexit i return to the uk to push for that strong action in my own country and i urge you my european friends and colleagues to increase your level of ambition in this area.
their voices and their generation's voices have been heard loud and clear.
this is how the european commission presented its proposal.
i believe that starting the constructive work on this joint ambitious programme would be the right first step forward to meet these ambitions.
human right which is so important for europeans on our continent.
therefore i think that her question on how to respond to the challenge of yesterday is clearly that we have to build an even better europe which would be more efficient more competitive greener closer to the citizens.
i would like to reassure her that it's already in our commission's work programme for.
on enlargement i think that we have been very clear on making sure that we will come with a new methodology.
we just simply will not have more patience to wait for the continuation of avoiding paying proper taxes on the european territories.
as you know we will have an extraordinary summit where this would be the item on the agenda so let's hope and let's make strong arguments towards our heads of state and government that we need an agreement we need it very soon because every month that we are late with the mff we are already putting our programmes in serious danger.
but on top of that we want to make sure that the european education area becomes a reality by two thousand and twenty five and we will work with equal intensity on our skills agenda where we are going to present our programme and proposal already this year.
what happened in spain is unfortunately a foretaste of what is to come as a climate change continues.
spain provided an important information update on this disaster only this week and an advance payment of
besides prevention we also focus on preparedness with support for equipment infrastructure and training for civil protection units.
fed by a network of sensors and satellites they provide reliable information about the development of extreme meteorological events improving the prediction of the impact of events such as floods.
this is why in recent years the commissioner has been putting an increasing focus on prevention climate adaptation and the risk management policies.
the spanish authorities are well familiar with the conditions and procedures of the fund but of course the commission services stand ready to provide further guidance and assistance as required. we are currently in the process of assessing an earlier spanish application received in november which includes the autonomous region of valencia murcia castilla la mancha and andalusia for
finally we offer flexibility in our cohesion programmes.
however the solidarity fund is no emergency instrument and it takes some time to mobilise
in particular our deepest condolences go to all those who lost loved ones. europe stands with the people of spain.
this is the essential condition for a successful solidarity fund application.
it. most importantly the european parliament and the council must approve the activation of the fund and the budget resources once the commission has assessed the application from the member state.
for cohesion policy disaster risk management is vital because local and regional authorities are the first to face the impacts of disasters because it is a costeffective investment in preventing future losses and also because it contributes to sustainable development.
these systems also enable the emergencyresponse community to monitor and share reliable information to prepare to respond and to better coordinate response efforts.
this includes a broad array of support.
european money also supports the development and improvement of the eu early warning and information systems.
actions to improve the modelling of risk early warning systems preparation of strategies and guidelines awareness raising grey or green infrastructure for flood protection sustainable land and forest management et cetera.
the commission also provides guidelines and it encourages member states to compile national risk assessments which are an essential and necessary tool to fight the impact of floods.
the eu solidarity fund brings welcome support after disasters have happened but we must be more proactive.
we have to make it clear that women as james connolly said are the slaves of slaves'.
finally i just want to thank everyone who has supported us and we continue our work for wales across the world.
the eu will be weaker and not complete without the uk.
it's up to the majority of this parliament to decide on those issues.
king. he is a parliamentary president. we are in the european parliament.
all he had to do is to decide whether it's admissible or not and in the amendment there was nothing no names nor any other out of scope information that would have been inadmissible. let me state this the decision follows the path of politicising the behaviour and the decisions of parliament regarding credentials especially regarding mr junqueras.
i would really encourage you not to go along with that route because that would mean more hotspot situations and lengthy procedures with lengthy detention.
this was important it was about building democracy and the uk played a very important part in that and i want to thank our uk colleagues for their contribution.
nobody knows the shape of the uk after brexit we await that to see how the uk will fare. but now is the time to build new relationships in that new context and i hope that those negotiations will be approached in a way that will allow us to reach a deal and that the uk will not diverge from the very standards that they played a key part in putting into place whether it's about food safety the environment and so on.
madam president we saw here this morning and yesterday the depth of feeling amongst many other countries and members at the loss of the united kingdom from the european union.
that was genuine and it was genuine because it brought to an end forty seven years of membership forty seven years of peace building forty seven years of cooperation and partnership forty seven years of breaking down borders and barriers.
we don't lose our old friends but we forge new relationships and make new resolutions for the future. in the coming months there will be intense negotiations and they will dominate the commission's work programme to a great extent.
may our new relationship be everything it should
please do not put them through any more suffering.
it. so i'll mention only one thing that's so close to my heart.
this will be unfortunately the last time i speak in this place and i bid you all a fond farewell.
there's so much i could say but so little time in which to say
i ask in the spirit of cooperation one simple thing of the commission and the british government which is of vital importance to me please do not use the fishermen of the uk and of the european union as a bargaining
all of the rights including the measures on equal pay and the pensions gap have been a real pleasure to be able to vote for. looking to the future johnson must own the negative outcomes of brexit now. wales will take its place within the uk europe and the world and it will grow because we have common values rights and solidarity with the peoples across
the european union and the world.
and whether or not they will be whittled away in time after the future agreement is agreed. so i want to put on the record here today that i have genuine worries that irish citizens who want to remain european who live in northern ireland will have their rights and entitlements diminished if we do not ensure the continuation of the principles of the good friday agreement
we urgently need a sustainable european approach to migration to regain control.
but we did our homework and now it's time for the commission to
act. the transformation of our economy into a competitive green digital and innovative powerhouse is another main priority for
madam president today many many hundreds of thousands of uk citizens are grieving their loss of eu citizenship. i pray this house finds a way to be generous to them to us.
i warn you all of the dangers of populism.
we are the first victims;
do not let there be more.
i could not vote for this disgraceful agreement.
it is of course better for the eu than it is for the uk a fact which the uk seems to be blind to.
i would like to assure you mr president and honourable members that the new commission has geared its political objective and the work programme to meet this challenge headon in the years to come.
the only thing i would like to make clear here as well is that we all have to act much more swiftly because you know that the rules which have been approved by you require that first the application comes as quickly as possible so we can act very quickly in the commission and mobilise the necessary funds. i want
to reassure you that we would not delay it by one day once we get the application we act very quickly but unfortunately the mobilisation takes time because it needs approval of the european parliament and also the council.
we must be more solid. we do need an economy that works for the people and we need to complete economic and monetary union.
but for all of this to be of any relevance we need to put our money where our mouth
is. no more time for beautiful words.
and there are plenty of challenges today and we need to address them together.
and that's why it's so important this week also to discuss the work programme.
this work programme will be the chance to prove what we are worth.
commissioner you mentioned in your speech the climate crisis which is indeed a huge challenge that every state and every continent is affected by and it's high time for urgent action. we're very happy that this commission puts an emphasis on initiatives tackling the climate crisis as well as the dramatic loss of biodiversity on our planet.
it is of course way too early to say if they're going to be sufficient;
that will depend on the details of your proposals.
but also it will depend on whether a majority of this house will support ambitious climate legislation not to mention the member states as well which we need to have on board.
therefore it will depend on all of us how much climate action the eu will undertake and how much the eu will contribute to the global efforts to save the planet after having contributed actually a lot to its destruction in the past.
the commission is also the guardian of the treaties and you mentioned some action in that regard to make sure that member states don't deviate from the rule of law and it is time to put our common commitment into action.
it's the best of a bad lot.
anthem. finally thanks to those of you who have listened and been open minded on
brexit. thanks to those of you on the left and right who value national sovereignty and democratic accountability.
that's fine with me. the problem is that we cannot hope for an outcome of these discussions that will be satisfactory for us. some oecd countries will be against it. well one thing that we can do is make
as well you must now accept full responsibility for what happens next and what follows from here. i genuinely now believe and hope that a path can be charted a path can be trod that makes this work somehow for our country but i genuinely fear that is an impossible challenge an impossible
us. ours is a great nation but we are greater in the
fruit wine was redefined from being a spirit to a wine so it suddenly fell within the eu's directives on bottling.
he was trading like the majority of small and medium enterprises in a fairly limited radius of where his business was situated.
this guy who employed i think eight other people suddenly found that they had to change not just his bottles but his labels the cases the prices and everything because he was using one hundred and forty cl and seventy cl bottles rather than the mandated one hundred and fifty cl and seventy five cl bottles.
this well reflects iceland's own merits its advanced stage of integration with the european union as a member of the european economic area and the proper functioning of the established enlargement methodology.
i would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate the rapporteur mr preda on his comprehensive report which in my view is right to the point and well balanced.
two the commission together with the icelandic authorities and the danish and cypriot presidencies is working to build on this momentum to open as many chapters of the acquis as possible in. two thousand and twelve all the screening reports have now been presented to the council with the exception of the one on fisheries which is close to completion.
most opinion polls indicate that the majority of icelanders are in favour of continuing the accession talks and are willing to exercise their right of decision on a final deal.
iceland was among the first countries to undergo the detrimental effects of the financial crisis and has imposed a number of austerity measures.
in doing so we will always privilege quality over speed.
two thousand and twelve iceland should be commended for these efforts.
we hope to open up to four chapters at the next accession conference on thirty march.
the taiex instrument is fully operational in a wide range of acquis related fields. we are also providing the pre accession support for information activities.
there is a need for a well informed and balanced debate about the accession process within the european union and in iceland.
let me briefly mention the pre accession financial support measures that we are providing to iceland.
let us be clear two thousand and twelve will be a decisive year as we are getting ready to start as soon as possible negotiations on some of the core chapters such as on fisheries agriculture food safety and environment.
thanks to its effort the economic recovery has continued over the last months with an estimated growth of over three for.
let me now briefly turn to issues of particular interest that were raised by christian preda in his report.
the centre will play an important role in enabling the icelandic population to make an informed decision on their european future.
since the official opening of the negotiations with iceland in july two thousand and ten eleven chapters have been opened out of which eight have now been provisionally closed.
let me also point out that the most recent internal market scoreboard of the european free trade area members of the european economic area shows that iceland is transposing the relevant acquis much better than the average member state.
compare that with the former uk fishing grounds now in eu hands. lost and ruined.
established fishing communities die when the eu boats move in. my message to iceland is obvious. if you join you will lose your fish your freedom and your currency and there is no regard for quotas or regulations in the eu.
for the love of cod do not do this.
the uk's european dream turned into a nightmare.
i would also like to add that iceland benefits from a very professional administration and a very committed and professional negotiating team also at political level.
on five december last year the council welcomed the commission's progress report on iceland and took good note of its findings and recommendations.
in a large number of policy fields iceland already lives up to or is very close to the acquis.
two thousand and twelve the process of screening the acquis is almost complete and there is good momentum in the negotiations.
i made it very clear that we want to continue this process in a very constructive dialogue.
let me move on to the state of the actual negotiations.
but with the current economic outlook we are convinced that iceland will be able to cope with competitive pressures and market forces within the union over the medium term.
we hope to open at least three new chapters concerning competition policy energy and foreign security and defence policy and also to provisionally close some of those chapters.
i am convinced of the commitment of all parties to bring the negotiations forward.
also due to this iceland successfully completed its imf programme in august two thousand and eleven and has just recently seen itself upgraded by the rating agency fitch.
this is a task that we can only achieve with the support and cooperation of the member states the commission and not least this parliament as this debate will show.
it is clear to all that there can be no shortcuts to membership for any countries and that iceland will of course have to satisfy the same criteria in the enlargement negotiations as the other candidate countries.
some more challenging negotiations such as those on fisheries lie ahead of us.
your continued commitment to enlargement is vital to its success as is of course your particular role in promoting popular support in the eu for this cause. the resolution on iceland and its endorsement in plenary is indeed a forceful political and strategic message.
as for the negotiations of the thirty five negotiation chapters eleven chapters have now been opened and eight have been provisionally closed thanks to the efforts of previous presidencies.
the council has already received and dealt with all screening reports except those from the fishery chapters.
this is a remarkable result which underlines iceland's very high level of preparedness for membership.
as the presidency we take this mandate very seriously and will push those negotiations forward as much as possible within the merit based approach.
all in all we expect negotiations to continue at very good speed this semester.
let me also on behalf of the danish presidency and the member states thank this parliament and in particular your rapporteur mr preda for the work done on this issue.
the accession conference at ministerial level planned for june will confirm the results of the accession conference in march and sustain the momentum in the negotiations by opening and provisionally closing a further number of chapters.
this impression was strongly confirmed when i met with the icelandic leadership a short while ago.
however given the commitment and focus from the icelandic side we are very confident that with the right amount of goodwill and political determination substantial progress can be achieved in these areas as well.
this is not least due to responsible macroeconomic policies and tough decisions on structural and welfare reforms.
this should allow us to take stock of progress and send clear signals as to iceland's and the eu's shared commitment to uphold momentum.