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of course we do not want to repeat ourselves but it really is despite good intentions enormously challenging now.
the commission needs to offer a clear strategy and a clear way forward so this parliament and european citizens can again regain confidence that the european asylum system is working fairly and efficiently and that it benefits both those who genuinely seek asylum and all the citizens of the eu itself.
furthermore it does seem to me lord dartmouth that the progressive view of the british government to those who travel and migrants generally is something that we should be very proud of as british subjects and i am very sorry that you have such a reluctance to admit that pride.
i think that the interventions and the international scene of the british government certainly in recent times have been to try and help humanity to try and actually deal with despots and tyrants which the world needs to deal with and where we need a courageous government to take such actions.
action on migration and asylum within the eu must be complemented with an external dimension. in its resolution parliament rightly points out that external action should be part of an overall strategy in coordination with third countries. given the volatile situation in the eu's neighbourhood
lodged. by delivering operational support to member states frontex strengthens the management of the eu's external borders.
in that regard frontex has the possibility of deploying its own immigration liaison officers who could become an information hub in key third countries.
an example is the pilot project on supported processing of asylum applications.
i would also like to recall its potential role in the framework of the new schengen evaluation mechanism.
easo can provide support to strengthen asylum and reception capacity especially in middle eastern and north african countries.
thus we should in the first place ask the member states concerned what their specific needs are and what is the real added value of the agency's operational support that can be achieved.
it has gradually increased its operational support to member states and has taken a leading role in providing risk analysis.
this is even more important as these migratory flows do not only affect countries on the front line but europe as a whole also due to the large secondary movements taking place.
the relevant working party within the council has discussed the study carried out for the commission on the feasibility of a european system of border guards.
what more can be done by frontex in particular to support member states in the mediterranean? member states remain responsible for the control and surveillance of their external borders and frontex only has a coordinating role in terms of eu operational cooperation.
capable of delivering results.
this will require easo to provide the necessary operational support for instance by coordinating asylum support teams.
it also facilitates resettlement and support for the implementation of regional protection and development programmes.
it is absolutely necessary to enhance cooperation with countries of origin and transit.
finally easo should develop further as a centre of expertise in the field of asylum. by strengthening easo's information and analysis support the eu and its member states will be better placed to address future migratory inflow.
its model of joint operations has also been successfully used by member states and its training activities have contributed to building a common border guard culture across europe.
frontex could also help third countries to manage their borders in a more secure way in accordance with international law standards by providing technical assistance and promoting regional cooperation on borders. in the context of the long term development of
with that focus in mind the council shares the wish of this assembly that easo needs to play a reinforced role in supporting practical cooperation in particular by promoting the uniform application of the asylum acquis through practical and technical support.
frontex could then provide its support by organising more targeted joint operations connecting national priorities and eu objectives strengthening the spirit of operational solidarity assisting with specialised capacities and contributing to building national capacities.
this brings us closer to the ideal of a common european asylum system in which applications for international protection are treated in the same manner irrespective of where in the eu they are
is a major contribution to the tragedy of the mediterranean?
we have a very clear role for refugees.
we have the geneva convention and indeed as i said we should have a proper way for them to enter.
we need to have a european asylum system but i agree we also need to have a way for people who flee for economic reasons who are looking for a better future because that is also something europe is about we want to create a better future for ourselves.
other people also want to have a part of this better future but we do not have any possibilities for migrants to come here.
i think the pertinent issue is that we are not getting the numbers of people who are actually dying and there are thousands of people dying who we never hear of in the mediterranean.
so people should focus on those who we never hear of who die unknown and i think this is the real tragedy of the mediterranean.
i think that the cooperation between the different agencies is one thing.
what we should be discussing here is the kind of activities that we have to build up and which could be an answer to the deaths in the mediterranean.
we took across six trucks of food and medicine and distributed thirty three zero family packs of food and medicine. but i'm sad to say that i am ashamed to look these two gentlemen in the eye and look in the eye of the refugees because in spite of passing three resolutions
and in spite of the fact that we are about to pass a fourth nothing has been achieved.
the eu must continue working to stop the crisis and it must look into other measures if myanmar refuses to uphold the rights of the rohingya.
mr president tomorrow is the festival of eid a time to feast and celebrate with family and friends.
rohingyas are going from crisis to crisis.
the minsk agreement has to be respected and these other countries need help to resist the russian influence.
that is the number of jobs that depend on the steel industry in the west midlands that are being put at risk by the tories. i call on the uk government to reconsider its reckless approach to brexit that is devastating the economy and at least ensure our businesses can fight with equal weapons following the uk's departure from the eu.
that is why i am baffled as to why the uk government has announced that it is not planning to match these protections after brexit making the uk steel sector a sitting duck for cheap chinese products.
as europeans we pride ourselves on our high environmental and social standards but if the commission were serious they would give legal status to process and production methods a world trade organisation initiative to ensure that consumers can have information about the environmental and social impacts of the products they are buying.
to be consistent with the paris agreement we within the eu must use trade restrictions in response. over the weekend thousands of ende gelnde' activists stormed a coal mine in germany calling for an end to fossil fuels. their action needs legislative back up from us as their democratic representatives.
we cannot be pro climate and pro trade simultaneously if we are not willing to introduce restrictions on products relying on dirty coal.
the central role of the wto as the multilateral forum for trade discussions needs strengthening and where progress is not possible the wto should not stay stuck on these topics but instead advance in areas where it can advance and make a difference.
think of what lower prices mean for people on low incomes! the countries that have done best are the ones who did not worry about cheap imports about dumping if you want to call it that.
they took the view that if foreign taxpayers wanted to subsidise their own consumers that was more foolish of the foreign taxpayers and very nice for their consumers and the hong kongs the singapores more recently the australias and new zealands all benefited by opening their markets without insisting on reciprocity.
behind all of this talk about protectionism and anti dumping lies the reality that protectionism is a way of transferring wealth from entrepreneurs to politically connected old companies from start ups to companies with unionised labour from the many to the few and frankly from the poor to the rich.
reaching our climate and energy goals as well as each of the sdgs in a socially just manner is the top priority of the sd group and we shall put these challenges not just here but in all the files that we negotiate for instance the multiannual financial framework is the next step to come.
we expect the commission to take into account the most recent developments and challenges ahead of us like for instance the again alarming results of the ipcc report and parliament's request stated in the resolution on cop.
the governance regulation provides the commission with the tool to integrate and evaluate the national energy and climate plan.
we were not able to maintain that but we can be proud of this result as we had to overcome the resistance of the council and unfortunately also a rather weak basis to work on from the commission.
this again is proof that this parliament is of utmost importance to keep ambitions very high and in that sense the regulation on governance is very important especially given the absence of national binding targets on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
it is extremely important to step them up because as we know the proposals that are in front of us are a first step but are not enough to meet our climate objectives to keep the temperature well below the two degrees and you know that should be.
this package represents the most important work done in the field of energy in this term and it defines the way forward for our energy landscape for the next decade.
twenty four the last but very crucial point for our group is the requirement of combating energy poverty that we managed to get into the energy efficiency and into the government's report. it's the first time and very important that very specific obligations aimed at people living in energy poverty have been enshrined in european legislation.
a higher proportion of domestic abuse offences happen in the county than in places like manchester and forty of all guns used illegally across my constituency are fired in bedfordshire.
bedfordshire has the thirdhighest terror risk in the country and a rapidly expanding international airport.
and behind the statistics are people who live in fear bigger insurance bills and grieving families.
i dare say that the problem is not in the economic situation and not even in the refugee crisis but in the rapid decline in the significance of europe in the world. the population of greater europe at the beginning of the twentieth century was onethird of the world population.
then there will be less surprises and more useful solutions for our citizens.
it means consumers living in decent homes saving on their energy bills and hundreds of thousands of jobs created in the green industries up to nine hundred zero jobs according to the european commission.
some colleagues are referring to realism and reality.
i have to emphasise also that it's not only about climate change and the environment.
but let me clarify that there is no stronger reality in the future than climate change.
a higher ambition is a strong policy signal leading to more business actors to come on board for the energy transition.
the eu should be more realistic and understand that the world's climate debate is coming to an end.
member states should not be struggling to comply with unrealistic eu energy standards. national parliaments should be free to exploit their energy resources bearing in mind the fundamental need to protect their citizens' health and the environment.
the alarmist dialogue about manmade climate change should be replaced by a more realistic attempt at cooperation among national parliaments to reduce the levels of pollutants in europe.
member states should actively monitor the activities of big polluters in their countries and take ad hoc measures to reduce pollution levels. however regarding the eu's clean energy package i believe the commission should not interfere with member states' plans to reduce pollution.
for once i'm not talking about brexit i'm talking about fracking.
the british geological service say that water supplies could be contaminated.
it's hard to imagine the conservatives doing this in their communities in the surrey heartlands but they are running roughshod over the north west of england.
this topic will be part of the discussion at the annual colloquium on fundamental rights dedicated this year to democracy.
these questions fall under the sole responsibility of the member states which have an obligation to guarantee minorities the full enjoyment of their human rights.
any discrimination against national minorities is explicitly prohibited under article twenty one of the charter of fundamental rights. however as noted in your report the european union and the commission have no overall competence to rule on the protection of national minorities.
we have a high level group on non discrimination equality and diversity a group on racism and xenophobia and the national roma contact points network. all this work brings together representatives from member states to exchange good practices and put non discrimination hate speech and hate crime on their national agendas. the commission is also promoting best practices regarding the democratic participation of underrepresented groups.
promoting minority languages is also an important driver for social and economic inclusion.
it's in your interest to make sure that this system can work but then you have to be credible on limiting the worst biofuels palm oil in particular.
i think it cannot be stressed enough that it was really parliament at the core that raised the ambitions on all these files.
on biofuel specifically i think the market signal is very clear we are moving away from foodbased crops and we are moving towards advanced biofuels.
however that was another big fight especially with the forestry countries who do want to sell their biomass all over europe but do not want any european regulation.
two thousand and thirty an energy package that is stimulating on efficiency renewables and also making sure that we have a governance in place that it's not only numbers on paper but that we are really going to deliver.
that market signal is very clear and it was also an achievement of parliament to make sure that the caps we put in place make sense.
i think it is good to realise that for the first time ever we have sustainability criteria in place for biomass use in for example power plants.
the commission was probably forced by the member states to come up with a proposal that was written some time in two thousand and fourteen but i have to say that the commission during the negotiations was helpful and realised that it could step up. it was helpful also in indicating that the numbers that were being used were outdated and that therefore we could do more on efficiency and renewables which we are all celebrating here today.
let me be very clear if the commission is not going to deliver on this the debate on biofuels will continue forever.
evaluations of the existing management framework have concluded that it is ineffective and insufficient to ensure the stocks will be fished sustainably by two thousand and twenty.
improved. their profitability has improved. quotas and management have given
this means that if we do not act or if our action is not ambitious enough notably when we have a stock close to collapse the socioeconomic cost risks being very high.
are not alone. we have north african countries
for example even if effort is reduced by twenty this does not necessarily translate into a twenty reduction in catches or fishing mortality. if a vessel comes across a school of small pelagic fish it can take a large quantity in a short amount of
countries. again this is far from the truth. here we have two stocks which are dwindling. they only concern three of our member states and still they do not want to manage. why? because they want to be different from the fishermen
that we can base our management proposal on individual scientific opinions.
such scientific advice cannot simply be dismissed because the outcome is disliked. let me comment on the escapement strategy.
of the stocks. i would be escaping responsibility if i were ignoring scientific advice and if i were supporting
responsibility. i do not think
stecf has advised that managers consider using catch or landing restrictions as a more effective management tool for small pelagic.
most importantly some amendments would remove entirely the obligation to reach fmsy or any target with a clear timeline would eliminate the need to take safeguard measures if certain biomass levels are not reached and would minimise remedial actions.
i wish to be absolutely clear on this point without the steps taken in the commission's proposals it is only a matter of one to three years before the stock will fail and in doing so we would have most certainly failed the industry and eu citizens.
in the end they were not approved by the committee on fisheries but have been retabled for tomorrow's plenary vote.
finally to end on a positive note there were a number of sensible amendments in the committee on fisheries which had been proposed to address some of the criticisms from the sector on the introduction of tax.
keeping them would result in a makebelieve multiannual plan which would be nothing more than a set of transitional measures that essentially will allow to maintain current excessive overfishing.
unfortunately the majority of amendments voted by the committee on fisheries are of serious concern and very problematic for the commission.
if adopted tomorrow the commission is ready to examine these amendments in the light of scientific advice.
this excludes the secondary sector with five hundred and seventy processing enterprises with at least six thousand seven hundred employees on its own and worth eur one hundred and fifty million. this is why i have put forward an ambitious and serious proposal capable of effectively guaranteeing the longterm viability of these jobs and the benefits for eu citizens.
to be precise the sector employs one thousand three hundred and thirty direct jobs in croatia around one thousand in italy and more in slovenia.
we must act now and not allow a new case of collapse in eu waters.
while there are slight signs of improvement for sardine anchovy has a high probability of collapse within one to three years unless drastic action is taken.
i want to be very clear we need to avoid a collapse of anchovy as we had in the past in the bay of biscay.
having a meaningful plan in place is crucial given the overall dramatic state of the stocks in the area with around eighty five of the assessed stocks being overexploited. in the adriatic the picture emerging from the most recent scientific assessments on small pelagics is crystal clear and extremely worrying. the fishing mortality is too high for both sardine and anchovy and the spawning biomass is at very low levels.
such a collapse is not only about the fish in the sea but also about the jobs on land.
catches are worth around eur eighty five million per year.
we count on your support to take a responsible decision that will allow us to live up to the basic principles and commitments of our cfp and to the standards of other multiannual action plans.
therefore i have to be very clear that these texts are not acceptable for the commission.
finally the report as adopted in committee introduces provisions such as a two reduction of the combined catch level of two thousand and fourteen over the next four years.
this is not enough and this is not what we all promised european citizens when we adopted the current cfp.
amendment forty eight also dilutes the landing obligation which is a central element of the cfp reform.
these concerned notably the introduction of an msy biomass escapement strategy.
if that happened to the human race if over a period of years people declined by four or five inches there would be an investigation and discussion.
i think everybody here wants to see fishermen thrive they want to see fish stocks increase but obviously there is a dilemma in the adriatic which needs to be addressed.
it is crucial for the competitiveness of our industries for future growth and job creation.
madam president i am very proud to have been part of this clean energy package incredibly important legislation that will affect all european citizens.
for every one improvement in energy efficiency three million homes can be properly renovated and seven million people lifted out of energy poverty.
the targets must be seen as a bare minimum not as aspirational. the uk must commit to meeting these targets as part of the brexit negotiations and to staying an active member of the internal energy market for the sake of our planet and our children's future.
we can no longer delay action and europe needs to be a real world leader in combating climate change.
our work means we'll be able to integrate renewables further into our energy mix as well as phase out high polluting biofuels and increase industry's investment in innovative technologies while supporting self generation among consumers and local renewable energy communities.
energy efficiency is a fundamental part of the sustainable transition and is central to achieving our paris goals.
so i urge this chamber what we need now is implementation and we need member states to fulfil their targets and promises.
significantly these targets must apply not only across the eu but in the united kingdom.
the need for the uk to meet our climate change commitments cannot and must not be a victim of brexit.
improved energy efficiency targets will secure a better quality of life for those in energy poverty.
we were able to demonstrate clear progressive leadership on all three files. it commits the european union to renewable energy and energy efficiency targets in line with the paris agreement of at least thirty two and.
this is significant and the fact that we expect the text to be strongly supported in the vote tomorrow is testament to this house's recognition of the importance of the switch to renewable energy and the enormous potential it brings for us all.
now for twenty five years i have tried to behave as a member of the responsible majority. my advice to colleagues is to join the rapporteur in his statement that no single best practice model exists for europe.
we also have the european union external investment plan adopted in september two thousand and seventeen which can support digital solutions for local needs.
so far two projects have been selected for a total of eur one hundred and seventy five million.
well last month ireland had its first test of rightwing politics and while the vast majority of the electorate rejected it we cannot ignore that.
this time it wasn't anti refugee or anti islam but instead he chose to target the traveller community and those on social welfare.
but we must also address the root causes of discontent among those who vote for such candidates. lack of housing insecure work and the politics of pitting one group of individuals against another are simply the outworkings of the neoliberal economic model loved by the so called centrist' parties in this house.
those of us who believe in equality must stand up and make our voices heard in rejecting the politics of hate and fear and we must call it out wherever it manifest itself.
if we really want to defeat rightwing populism then we must defeat centrist politics.