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the commission agrees that education should remain at the core of our development cooperation focusing on those most in need. the european consensus on development highlights the importance of education for promoting responsible citizenship developing sustainable societies and boosting youth employment.
the commission also welcomes your emphasis on education in times of emergencies and crisis.
we are waiting now for the assessment of the damage because we cannot do the assessment of the damage.
come. it starts now by giving our union the capacity to pave the way for a sustainable
we are working hand in hand but we cannot assess the damage when we don't know how much.
it's part of the job of the italian government.
so let's not be populist.
it is about people who have lost their loved ones and some of them who have lost everything.
mr president some days ago we all received the wonderful news about the supreme court's verdicts as far as the case of asia bibi was concerned.
indeed you made an interaction on behalf of this whole house in a very timely way and in a very constructive way.
bearing in mind that the proceedings are at such a sensitive stage within pakistan at this moment in time i really make a request to colleagues to allow for the matter at this stage to remain in our president's hands because this house is standing completely unified behind the president at this stage and if we are to have a debate on this at such a sensitive time it may be that we in some way end up compromising asia bibi's situation.
so i call on colleagues let's stand united behind our president and allow him to make representations on our behalf at this stage.
greenpeace have claimed that the european union is even choosing to ignore its own advice on biofuels and another expert academic opinion indicated recently the damage to birdlife from windfarms directly affecting negatively the wildlife food chain.
the european union is and always has been a monstrous threat to the environment.
in short the european union's strive for clean energy justified by its obsession with climate change targets has been and will continue to be nothing short of an ecological disaster.
the british government have publicly stated in a british court that john downey was not wanted and the court ruled to that effect.
the european arrest warrant used against john downey follows a campaign to introduce an amnesty for british state forces at a time when the spotlight is on them for their actions.
john downey is an irish republican and a strong advocate of the peace process.
his arrest gives lie to claims by mrs theresa may that the legacy process is skewed against former british state forces a lie which was denounced by even the dpp and the psni.
a lie feeding the british attempts to secure impunity and immunity for british state forces guilty of crimes in ireland. a lie directly linked to a british government currently in hock to a party the democratic unionist party whose leader arlene foster unlawfully blocked the funding requested for the lord chief justice's legacy plan.
we discussed improving educational outcomes in sub saharan africa where many schools are places of crowded classrooms staffed by overworked low paid and often under qualified teachers. dr haler told me about his work on school based teacher professional development and stressed how by making open educational resources teachers gain access to more high quality teaching and learning resources and are empowered to take ownership of them and adapt them to their particular circumstances.
such open models radically reduce costs and have unprecedented scalability and i believe that this house can learn from his work.
but this is also a time when we see journalists facing persecution and violence here in the european union and across the world.
the nottingham branch of the national union of journalists have recently written to me to raise their concerns about the persecution of journalists their colleagues across the world.
i know those concerns will be shared by journalists unions and federations across europe and indeed across the world and they have my solidarity.
we need journalists to help speak truth to power and to help ask the difficult questions.
every journalist everywhere must be able to go about their work free of harassment intimidation bullying and violence.
that's a right that we in this european parliament and in the european union must ensure is upheld everywhere.
madam president in the wake of the alarming un climate reports we are meeting this week in strasbourg to vote on the outcomes of important energy files which will of course affect our climate policies.
but on the energy efficiency directive here we had the opportunity to make some real change.
but as expected the agreement has been battered and bruised through negotiations with the council all the important provisions have been watered down weakening ambition and reducing obligations on tackling energy poverty to nothing but a footnote.
on the renewable energy directive we have an acceptable eu target and even good provisions on making biofuel sustainable.
however that said is it wrong of me to expect a directive on renewable energy to be about climate action rather than paving the way for a liberalised energy market?
it was a clear signal to all member states and the political forces europe is against politicallymotivated violence and against the rise of neonazist ideology. what happened then?
it is absolutely necessary to modernise and shape the energy market that is for sure especially if we want to succeed in global competition but at the same time we need to focus on the other side of the coin reducing consumption. it has dropped but at the same time we have new technologies electro mobility
the aim of this proposal is to establish a framework for the management of adriatic pelagic stocks.
at the same time it should guarantee that this management is based on the most uptodate scientific advice regarding the status of stocks covered and also interactions between species and other aspects related to the ecosystem and fisheries.
they should be flexible enough to react to changes in fish populations based on scientific advice and i hope that the negotiating team will be striving for this during their trilogue negotiations.
education democratic governance and income in taiwan are at the level of japan and south korea.
after decades of tension the political climate between the present taiwanese government and the people's republic of china is positive.
procedurally this is codecision as you know but i am glad to inform you that the council members have already expressed their very broad support for this.
romanian bulgarian and cypriot citizens will be free to travel to taiwan without a visa as from eleven november which is tomorrow so you can book your tickets!
the rapporteur and member states in the council were of the view that these people need prior authorisation from taiwan to enter their own country.
it meets all the necessary technical requirements. the proposal is a result of a periodic review of the visa list and based on suggestions coming from member states. the commission assesses a variety of conditions irregular migration public policy public security reciprocity regional coherence and the external relations of the european union.
other similar developed third countries such as hong kong macao japan south korea and singapore are already visa free.
visa freedom and visa liberalisation is a great way of bringing people together closer to each other students researchers ordinary people the business community researchers and others. this is a very important decision that we are about to take.
it certainly meets the highest standards of safety and security for control and customs procedures.
taiwan is a country that deserves such recognition as it is an important partner of the european union in the east asian region.
i can safely say that our experience in britain particularly in terms of boosting tourism and bone fide business travel since then fully indicates that this decision was a good one. taiwan is a thriving wealthy and modern democracy that shares our values of supporting human rights peace security and prosperity in the region. we can only benefit from facilitating closer business ties with taiwan whose economy is growing again and going from strength to strength and is increasingly a springboard for european investments into china. europe of course is also rapidly catching up with america as a destination of choice for taiwanese university students and graduates wanting to do research.
again the benefits of these exchanges are substantial in every possible sense.
this is an important sign of our support and solidarity with taiwan which under president ma's inspired leadership has sought pragmatic solutions to the international isolation imposed on it by the people's republic of china.
we can all rejoice and hope for even better relations between the people of taiwan and the people of the european union.
it reads using the web in europe costs three pounds a meg'.
whilst many consumers who do travel will like these new caps it would have been much better if the operators could have come to a voluntary agreement on charges because there are risks that operators will pass on the costs of capping roaming to domestic customers through higher bills or that this will limit the funds that these operators have for investing in future infrastructure and boy do we need those investments to fill holes in our rural coverage and for deeper coverage in our cities.
it goes without saying that i also welcome the fact that this dossier has been brought to a successful conclusion and i would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to ms niebler as rapporteur.
it is a sign that the institutions of the european union are working for the direct benefit of our citizens.
at a time when markets and jobs are increasingly global in scale it is vital for businesses and consumers to be able to use a full range of services accessible via mobile phones tablets and other devices irrespective of their location.
it will save them money and increase their access to a wider market.
tomorrow this parliament will vote on the regulation.
it is therefore essential for europe's competitiveness that we create as seamless a market as possible for such services.
it will help ensure lower prices for roaming customers by introducing greater competition in the roaming market.
and the shadow rapportuers for the excellent way in which they have handled these important negotiations.
that means improving the conditions for roaming and bringing prices closer to those of the domestic markets.
it is an important step which will ensure that consumers will enjoy even lower roaming prices while at the same time it will stimulate much needed competition in the area and thus increase europe's competitiveness and encourage growth.
it is important that with close cooperation between the commission the council and parliament we have managed to cover all the key elements in the original proposal including price caps on all the services that are available through roaming.
i would like to express our gratitude to the chair of the committee on industry research and energy;
that is why the danish presidency is investing so much time and energy in the single market and the digital single market including in key areas such as telecoms and the information society.
web access mobile applications and the transfer of data and images are increasingly concerns.
the commitment to ensure that the structural solutions of the new regulations lead to more competition and thus hopefully even lower prices for eu citizens in the medium to longer term;
by way of conclusion i would like to thank both parliament and the commission for the excellent cooperation during negotiations.
further work on completing the single market is a top priority at a time when the eu needs to stimulate growth and create opportunities for employment.
and the need to fully involve the body of european regulation for electronic communication in the technical implementation of the regulation and maintain consistency with other relevant legislative or political contexts such as the regulatory framework for electronic communications or the digital
services provided by modern electronic means of communication such as mobile devices are now straggling the boundaries between telecommunication and the information society.
the need to continue with a price cap mechanism as a temporary safety mechanism for as long as is necessary for the structural solutions to take effect;
this is what europe needs concrete results for the benefit of our citizens creating growth and jobs.
in our view the agreement before us respects a set of essential principles including the need to have an agreed text in place by one july of this year the requirement for the new regulation to be technology neutral rather than to make technology choices which could soon be out of date;
if endorsed it will bring direct benefits to europeans.
they need to be able to access these services when travelling and wherever they are conducting business.
this is something which is particularly welcome to those in europe who depend on cross border information transfer for their businesses and for individual use.
that has to be a positive development.
they are the drivers of those rapid advances in technology which are changing the very way we think about information transfer.
we often talk about removing barriers in europe and i therefore welcome the commission's ongoing attempts to address this issue.
we are promoting competition and lower consumer prices as we have done with mobile termination rates and continue to do in telecoms markets.
too. of course you should not see this agreement in isolation.
injecting competition into the roaming markets will mean for the first time ever a structural and sustainable way to protect consumers because competition is the best guarantee of long term low prices.
the agreement we have in front of us will do this in three ways.
us. we are building a digital single market with consistent rules so that europeans can easily enjoy great content wherever they are and whatever device they are using as we will be doing through our proposals on the cloud data protection e id and many more. i hope with all those we can enjoy a success like the one we are celebrating today.
thirdly also for the first time ever we are extending protection beyond the eu with better on the spot information and warnings about roaming charges to avoid nasty bill surprises when you get home.
people expect to use their phones wherever they go especially across internal borders which are supposed to have disappeared.
it is perhaps one of those examples in which we can prove that together and in a european context in a digital single market we can make it easier for citizens to travel and also take into account everything connected with travelling.
we are talking about a borderless europe.
today we can put an end to them once and for all for voice text and data.
this summer holiday a business person will save more than eur one thousand per
secondly also for the first time ever we are tackling data roaming.
we are putting money back in your pocket and making markets work
year. data prices are kept for the first time so that you can use your maps facebook and videos at a fair
under the new rules mobile users are empowered to pick the roaming provider right for their travel needs separately from their domestic provider.
costs. for the mobile operators the better prices will attract new customers and grow the
we are putting europe at the forefront of the data revolution through access to cheap data as we could also do with our proposals to open up public sector data a great challenge in front of
roaming is just one piece in a much bigger story.
that in this most modern and dynamic market the telecoms market we still have twenty seven different national markets in the european union where in reality we should have just one market able to form the basis for our global leadership.
' given that the european union spends most of its time generating red tape i am pleased when the eu introduces something that makes citizens' lives easier.
bearing in mind the increase in cross border people movement and the important role telecommunications play within everyday life this directive makes sense.
it has made it less expensive for mobile phone users to make phone calls abroad.
the report will cap data use costs abroad and allow consumers to choose their data provider.
i welcome this report and believe the european union needs more initiatives such as this one.
the eu needs to concentrate on making citizens' lives easier.
it must support the aims of the single market by promoting free movement of goods services and people.
as information on everything from bus timetables to important information on over the counter medicines more and more relies on you being able to point a mobile at it for the information rather than it being written that is good for the environment we are all for that but if i am in a different country that should not be costing me a lot of money.
it is my access to information which i think is fast becoming seen as a right of citizens.
i would like to set a challenge to the industry that we should not be here yet again in a couple of years' time for another reiteration of this.
madam president congratulations to my dear colleague niebler. there is no better day in the calendar than schuman day to express the joy that i feel about this agreement on roaming on mobile networks. this is what the european union is all about. we brought the whole of europe under the same ceiling;
we gave the people of europe something concrete that we all can feel in our pockets and we this parliament played a decisive role in bringing prices down for everyone in europe who uses their mobile phone when travelling inside the union.
this is a prime example of how this parliament serves the citizens of the european union and i am proud of it.
looking back at the history we began to regulate prices due to a cartel like situation where complete lack of competition in roaming services meant that operators could set their price levels as they pleased. it is not liberal when the market does not work and the consumers have no choice.
so introducing price ceilings has been a necessary tool to try to bring costs down. however despite some progress prices continue to be significantly higher than domestic mobile prices.
the reason is quite simple the market still does not work.
the price caps might have pushed prices down but it has not increased the competition.
the average mobile roaming prices are pretty much identical to the regulated price caps.
it is not sustainable to undertake a revision every two or three years so we need to break down the barriers between our national telecommunication markets to create market pressure to lower the prices.
we believe that the new roaming deal is a step in that direction the combination of allowing access to independent operators on the big companies' networks and allowing for the separate sale of roaming services will give enough choice to consumers to simply dismiss those operators who demand ludicrous prices.
another crucial element that we fought hard for is the local break out allowing mobile users to access the internet locally on a visited network just like accessing a wi fi hot spot. this is a new technology which can persuade mobile operators to realise that unless they lower their prices they will lose business.
but there is crucial implementation work to be done now to ensure that especially the structural solutions work.
we will be following this process closely from parliament and hopefully we will not see each other here again in four years' time as the market will be doing its job and providing competitive prices for all consumers.
the eu is forced to impose cheaper prices for roaming services as companies keep pricing their services near the level of mandatory price ceilings. this demonstrates that competition is not working;
roaming no longer makes any economic sense and consumers are paying up to four times the wholesale market prices charged by mobile operators to other mobile operators.
we need to make the single market work so that our citizens and businesses can have more opportunities to recover and prosper in europe.
berec now has the responsibility for ensuring that this is done in the simplest and most consumer friendly way. if the solution is over complicated this regulation risks failing its objectives.
the rapporteur clearly believes that it might lead to the development of such an identity but that identity is a prerequisite for and not a consequence of an electoral process.
an arbitrary collection of persons cannot exercise democratic power because a common identity is a prerequisite for democratic cooperation.
the word democracy' means government by the people people' being a singular noun referring to a self identifying whole.
it does not mean government by an arbitrary collection of persons.
only european political parties will be eligible to contest these seats and national parties will be excluded.
instead of wondering whether a lot less europe might appeal to the people of europe mr duff proposes lots more europe an expensive and pointless addition of twenty five extra meps occupying so called super seats'.
the peoples of europe have shown clearly what they think of this great project they do not like it.
a vast tide of economic migrants is starting to overwhelm especially the more prosperous northern countries. inevitably as a direct consequence nation states are reaching for a veritable array of borders customs and immigration checks.
the southern end of europe and ireland are discovering through the imposition of real hardship real poverty and onerous austerity measures just how wonderful europe isn't.
first i am not sure our fellow citizens will understand the need to increase the number of seats.
both instruments would indeed seem necessary and would be put in place after the revised electoral act has been ratified.
fourth the principal elements of the proposed reform would need to be ratified in all member states.
on this point i can announce that commission services are currently working on a draft proposal which should be coming soon.
in any case the treaty requires the european council to adopt by unanimity a decision on a proposal from this parliament so your assembly this is a clear message has the right of initiative on this matter.
moreover the report brings forward the idea of creating an electoral authority to conduct and to verify the results of this election.
i trust you will present your proposal in time for the european council to decide early enough before the spring two thousand and fourteen elections.
another demand addressed to the commission concerns statistics and your wish to improve the consistency and comparability of population data provided by member states.
it also provides for the creation of an electoral role to prevent double voting.
there is no formal role for the commission.
there are many other points in the report.
in the commission's opinion this procedural difference is very significant.
in the present climate of both institutional fatigue and economic austerity any referendum would be risky and the national parliamentary ratification processes cannot be taken for granted either.
but such a discussion would be essential should the twenty five meps be part of the whole number here.
be sure that the commission can only subscribe to principles such as the better representation of women and minority candidates or the respect of democratic rules in the selection of candidates.
in some countries this could even mean a referendum.
this brings me to a specific request addressed to the commission to present a new proposal for the revision of the current information exchange system to encourage participation of eu citizens in european elections in the member state where they reside.
two thousand and two so the commission remains convinced that european lists could help to enhance the transnational dimension of european elections.