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let us continue to work together to spur social investment and human capital to lift the remaining barriers and to foster a truly favourable investment climate. furthermore we need to support growth with smart fiscal policies while paying close attention to the long term sustainability of our budgets and debts.
we should stress here that it is a question of ownership for the member states.
environment policy together with greening the economy and greening the european semester can contribute in a very significant manner to the broad policy objective of stimulating sustainable growth and creating jobs.
we must provide our young citizens with high quality education and invest in their skills today.
this is an important issue for the romanian presidency.
the collaborative economy represents a huge potential but it cannot be a reason to backtrack on employment and social rights.
i'm glad we have this opportunity to discuss them with you today and that you have also discussed them recently with national parliaments.
you have identified a number of them in your report.
the council attaches great importance to the semester and i'm pleased to exchange views with parliament on the subject.
boosting investment remains a priority in order to promote a more robust recovery and to secure a healthy growth rate in the long run.
our aim here should be to stand up strongly for our export jobs.
and we should resist any american effort to include agriculture.
let's not forget that eighty eight of the eu companies exporting to the united states are smes.
the european commission should pursue a win win agreement strictly within the scope of the negotiation mandate and respect the july conditions for concluding an agreement;
those who seek to torpedo negotiations with the us are playing poker with the jobs of our people.
madam president trade conflicts begin when one country decides to violate international trade rules to undercut another country's industries. this is exactly where we stand in our relations with the united states.
the report is also right when calling for a higher social ambition in the next budget. yes without social cohesion there is no union of equal citizens.
we need to deliver on the pillar of social rights because social rights are also european added value.
fifteen three of the financial regulation during the last conciliation.
this morning we've heard here in the presence of young climate activists a debate on the need to take action against climate change.
they are complementary but they have a different emphasis and this report as well as the previous two reports from the employment committee i believe contribute to rebalancing the importance of the social and economic issues.
they don't significantly change the content or the tone of the report but they do improve it.
it must contribute to social cohesion social inclusion and decent jobs.
many of the headline figures for the eu are positive and i want to list some of them because they are important the eu economy continues to expand providing a record number of jobs for people;
all of this is positive yet there are very significant challenges that persist.
the share of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion decreased up to;
this report sends a strong message to citizens that we in the parliament recognise the essential need to ensure that our citizens can look to the future with confidence.
we have stated clearly in the resolution that the eu's social goals and commitments are just as important as its economic goals and are not just a means of guaranteeing economic growth but must be a specific target in themselves.
this is a key issue for citizens and for the eu as a whole and i believe it will play a role in ensuring the cohesion and therefore the future of the eu.
while the youth guarantee has certainly helped the issue as regards resources is that it is woefully underfunded.
this perspective underpins our approach to all the proposals in this report on the annual growth survey.
household incomes continue to rise in most member states;
and once again thank you to all who have contributed to this report.
that's one of the reasons why i will be supporting the amendment calling for the banning of zero hour contracts.
yes we have our directive on work life balance but unfortunately on the aspect of carers' leave that part of the directive is weak and allows member states to choose not to make a real choice for carers.
we are making progress on the social scoreboard;
it must be the springboard from which individuals and families can plan their future with confidence.
the economy must work for society.
so first of all can i say how important it is for the employment committee to have its own separate report on the annual growth survey because we have a different perspective to that of the economic committee.
whilst this agreement and the recently adopted banking package reduce the risk in the banking sector considerably and bring the eu a little closer to banking union there are three major reforms that are still needed to ensure that the eu banking sector becomes more resilient.
the only way is to clean up their balance sheet whilst we have a positive economic climate.
this is critical.
non performing loans as we heard are a legacy from the last financial crisis and a decade later the eu has not sufficiently reduced the levels and therefore action is still needed to prevent a worsening situation in the future.
secondly sustainable finance should become the norm not the exception and as banks are still the main financing source of the eu economy they have a big responsibility.
we have taken steps recently in terms of the sustainable finance package but my question to the vice president is how will the commission ensure that banks exercise this responsibility?
it is a pity that the right side of this house keeps blocking this for ideological reasons and i hope the next parliament will address this.
firstly we need a decisive step towards a pan european depository scheme to get adequate risk sharing and equal protection of all eu savers.
therefore i really welcome the improved text from the trilogue because it ensures adequate provisioning of npls in the banks' balance sheets and a more gradual provisioning in the earlier years will reduce the potential negative impact on the real economy.
since two thousand and fifteen npls have declined by only four hundred billion down from one trillion. clearly there is a long way to go and they remain a big challenge facing banks in the euro area.
the european council disagrees with us and has refused to adopt a common position in order to start discussions on this.
it was especially a last minute change of heart by mr macron himself that stopped us france sweden finland and other member states believe that european companies should be accomplices to these crimes and make a little profit as
an agreement with the united kingdom on a withdrawal that would do as little harm as possible to both sides.
are you willing to pay that price?
that would have been the honest thing to do i suppose.
are you willing to sacrifice all those jobs for your pipe dream of socalled sovereignty?
having listened to mr farage and his colleagues and seeing the hubris with which he stands here and the self gratification of his position i sometimes wonder whether he has gone to sunderland and talked to the workers at the nissan plant and said to them
this has been the intention of the commission from the start this has been the way michel barnier has been negotiating from the start and we feel strengthened in our approach by the debates here today.
have they done that?
madam president having listened very carefully to the speakers i come to the conclusion that there is very broad support in this parliament for the way the commission is negotiating on behalf of the european union its member states and this parliament to try and reach
has he gone to oxford to the mini plant and said i know what bmw are thinking if there's a nodeal brexit but i want it so badly this nodeal brexit that i really don't care about your job'. has he done that?
some recent events give us some hope and i am convinced that our work has contributed to creating a more positive climate.
two thousand and eighteen we hope more result driven negotiations will enable all nicaraguans to feel represented find justice and eventually cast their votes freely for the future of their country.
we have called on the authorities to free all political prisoners and ensure due process and decent conditions for all.
second one hundred prisoners were sent home under house arrest.
the european external action service and the european parliament have been working hand in hand showing in practice how different institutions can work towards the same goal.
the change of the penitentiary regime for one hundred prisoners is a positive step but we do not forget the over six hundred prisoners who remain in jail often in inhuman conditions and some of them on hunger strike.
we are ready to use all our policy instruments in response to developments in the country.
we still do not know how serious the government is about restoring fundamental rights as enshrined in the constitution in particular freedom of assembly and expression.
this is why the civic alliance is pressing for prisoner's rights and their release.
we are available to consider technical support to the mediation should that be necessary.
the un the organisation of american states and possibly the european union might be asked to be involved in the process.
i'm glad that you managed to have a full programme of meetings with the opposition civil society organisations independent journalists and families of victims and prisoners to visit inmates without any restriction and to engage in a direct discussion with president ortega and his wife president murillo.
we now expect a negotiating table and further concrete signs from the government side as this is the best way to achieve a peaceful way out of the current crisis.
several of them face charges of terrorism for having taken part in demonstrations. jail conditions for a number of prisoners are unacceptable. civil society organisations and independent journalists are continuously harassed and many have had their legal status cancelled.
the partisan management of the regional elections on the caribbean coast of nicaragua a few days ago did not demonstrate a willingness to do things differently.
these initial meetings led to the adoption of a roadmap setting rules for a negotiation process and identifying participants.
the ad hoc delegation of the european parliament led by ramn juregui accompanied by our head of delegation in managua has greatly contributed to amplifying these messages.
so despite the legitimate doubts that we may have about this nascent process despite the open wounds and the many victims still seeking justice we should all encourage the steps currently being taken.
i hope that a renewal of the supreme and electoral courts in april will not be another missed opportunity to change course.
this was one of the requests that the european parliament's delegation had made to president ortega. finally meetings with the opposition started on twenty seven february.
we europeans will remain vigilant and ready to react to any further deterioration of human rights and the rule of law and we will continue to accompany any positive step towards a political solution to the crisis together with our international partners.
we need to see how far the government is willing to go in opening up to the opposition demands and to engage in political reforms.
although these are encouraging developments compared to a few weeks ago we remain very cautious.
we have urged for a genuine dialogue to be resumed and for political reforms to be enacted.
heavy police presence in managua is maintained.
i understand that many of these encounters were heavily charged and emotional and that it took a lot of courage and stubbornness to organise them but they were necessary and important and we are truly grateful for your work.
first the government of nicaragua held high level meetings with the organisation of american states with some international actors and the business community.
we want to govern ourselves.
i'm sure many of you here would share that sentiment. mr barnier i told you that treaty wouldn't go through the house of commons you didn't believe me it's been rejected and i think you pushed your luck too far.
you don't want to waste another four years.
i have to say i think the gap now between our political class in the uk and public opinion is a gaping chasm because be in no doubt public opinion is hardening.
most of the preparations have been done.
we simply want to leave.
fifty well i've got a solution to all of this.
that is the only neat solution ahead of us.
even if there are a few short term bumps in the road we leave and both you and we can get on with the rest of our lives.
you ask for too much and this morning you find yourself short of gbp thirty nine billion so i'm sure you're feeling a bit sore about that but don't worry help is at hand because the house of commons today will do i'm sure their utmost to betray the brexit vote. they're even going to vote against what article fifty said which is of course that we leave on twenty nine march with or without a deal.
you don't want me coming back here or hordes of eurosceptics coming back here so there is a simple solution and that is that the british request to extend is vetoed at that european summit and we leave on twenty nine march.
there is a greater sense of unity in the country than i've seen for some years.
i'm sure the next instalment of this will be the british prime minister next thursday going to the european summit in brussels and another humiliating display where she begs for an extension to article.
mr president i'm very much hoping after nearly twenty years that this is my penultimate speech in this parliament and that i won't be coming back here again in july.
you've got your plan you want a united states of europe' you want your army you want everyone to join the euro you want to get rid of the nation states we're just a damned nuisance.
that applies to many who voted remain as well because they respect the very principle of democracy.
we've seen the snarling anger towards our country of mr verhofstadt the bureaucratic intransigence of mr barnier the constant stream of insults that come from mr tusk and we're of one mind we don't want to be governed by you.
isn't the essence of democracy that we try to build bridges and to find solutions that can be carried by most people in our society? should those not be the next steps we take in this?
why don't we simply say let's have open borders'?
i give you one example.
we've been bending over backwards and we spared no effort and i do pay tribute to michel barnier to try and reconcile mrs may's red lines and her demands with our firm duty to protect the european union and the integrity of the internal market. the withdrawal agreement is the best and only possible solution to that dilemma and i hope that this is something that will be well understood.
we could never do that.
they haven't disappeared.
i never hear it mentioned.
i did listen to mr coburn and he says liberty is more important'. then have the courage and go to sunderland and talk to the workers in the nissan plant.
have the courage to do that sir.
my pipe dream is more important and i will accept a hard border if that gives me my nodeal brexit'.
sixteen one million are also british citizens who voted to stay.
that's why we have always to protect the integrity of the internal market.
if for some reason the united kingdom would decide to have a trade deal with the united states on their terms and chlorinated chicken would be coming into the united kingdom and we would not be able to check that at the european border then we would not be able to say to european citizens that we could protect them against something they didn't want.
isn't the essence of european democracy that we also respect the position of minorities in our countries?
in line with the paris agreement the eu will submit a long term strategy to the un framework convention on climate change by two thousand and twenty while calling on all other parties to submit their long term strategies on time.
combined with other sectoral policies among others on the deployment of renewable energy energy efficiency co two emissions from cars vans and trucks as well as from fluorinated gases it is estimated that these policies will have an impact on our level of achievement.
based on that guidance the council will continue and deepen the focus of debates in order to contribute to the overall process.
this should be taken into account when preparing long term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies at eu and national level.
technological innovations will need to be scaled up in all sectors.
the preparation of the eu's long term strategy should also take into account the integrated national energy and climate plans of member states which in turn have to be consistent with their longterm strategies.
the communication has already been discussed at the meetings of the ministers responsible for environment energy and competitiveness and further sectoral debates are planned to take place in the coming weeks and months.
to achieve further emissions reductions in line with the eu's commitment to fully implementing the paris agreement major changes will need to be made at society level in our choices investments and consumption and production patterns for the next decades.
the european council will discuss the topic at its meeting next week in order to provide guidance on the overall direction and political priorities.
in particular the rules of the eu emissions trading system were revised to ensure the necessary emission reductions in the industrial and power sector and ambitious binding reduction targets for two thousand and thirty were set for all eu member states in other sectors such as buildings transport and waste.
we are all aware of the scale and urgency of the challenges posed by climate change as witnessed by the lively debates on the issue in both the council and parliament.
it stands firmly behind its commitment to fully implementing the paris agreement and the objective of holding the global temperature increase to well below two c.
the eu also remains committed to maximising contributions in the fight against climate change from other relevant multilateral processes notably in the areas of aviation and shipping.
the council welcomes the communication and underlines the need to focus discussions on different pathways to achieve climate neutrality in line with the paris agreement.
the presidency looks forward to further discussions on the commission's communication including at the highest political level.
indeed the council believes that concerted and transformative action must extend to multiple levels of governance with an essential role for non state actors and regional and local governments in implementing ambitious solutions on the ground.
the debates held so far have highlighted the shared recognition of the need for action and of the importance of developing the eu long term strategy in a comprehensive and holistic manner.
research development and demonstration are expected to reduce the cost of breakthrough technologies significantly but an enabling framework is needed to support them and private investments need to be scaled up and the right signals provided to the markets with the mobilisation of finance from a variety of sources.
let me recall here that the paris agreement recognises just transition as an imperative to ensuring that the consequences of climate change actions for the workforce are taken into account in regions and communities which stand to be particularly affected by them.
despite undeniable challenges the transition to lowgreenhousegasemission and climateresilient economies has already created and has the potential to create additional employment opportunities for example in renewable energy construction and building renovation.
with this in hand both the european council and the european parliament invited the commission to present a proposal for a strategy for long term eu greenhouse gas emissions reductions by early two thousand and nineteen which resulted in the commission's november
in addition robust overall governance rules were recently agreed at eu level to help ensure coherence between member states' long term energy and climate policy plans and to facilitate reporting on and monitoring of progress. however we know that more needs to be done to contribute to the long term temperature goals set in paris.
with the intergovernmental panel on climate change stating that we have only twelve years to solve the climate crisis it is simply impossible to open trade negotiations with a country that is the world's second biggest emitter of carbon dioxide and yet is reneging on its climate commitments at every opportunity.
madam president entering trade negotiations with the us at this time would mean colluding in their attempt to smash up the institutions of multilateral trade cooperation and joining trump in the new global game of bully thy neighbour'.
it would make a mockery of the idea of trade for all and would put the final nail in the coffin of the vision of an eu trade policy based on environmental and social justice.
how can we be considering offering the us improved trade terms a year after they introduced punitive tariffs on our steel industry while failing to make their own steel industry compliant with the paris agreement? rather than feeding trump's ego we should develop a strong industrial policy that defends european workers and supports the move towards a low carbon economy.
i'll give you one example just one example. go back in british history to.
we don't know the history. we are speaking as if the mismatches of the economy appeared with the euro.
it's better for the producers for the workers and consumers much better than slapping additional tariffs on cars and car parts.
i expressed our commitment fully to respect the implementation of the joint statement as it stands and reiterated that future negotiations would not touch upon agriculture.
indeed the negotiations would stop that is clearly provided for in the draft negotiating directive and we would also promptly adopt rebalancing measures.
at our meeting last week we evaluated progress in the work streams of the executive working group and i debriefed him on the process for adoption of the eu's negotiating authorisations.
in that regard i would like to assure you that i have conveyed a very clear message to our counterparts as late as last week and also before that that unilateral trade actions from the usa on eu imports would risk damaging our efforts to strengthen transatlantic relations at a critical time.
the carefully defined narrow and meaningful agenda of the working group can be to our mutual advantage.
we launched consultations with stakeholders last week inviting them to come forward with proposals and we're looking forward to receiving their support for our discussions with the usa in this field.
it would show unity among the eu institutions and unity is our strength.
many industrial sectors on both sides of the atlantic operate with small profit margins due to the size and efficiency of our respective markets.
in contrast and this is important a vote by this house against these limited negotiations would be a vote against the well balanced and proportionate approach of the july statement which we deployed to reduce trade tensions.
especially regarding cars as we have included that in our proposal it is much better for the transatlantic relationship to bring car tariffs down to zero percent.
i am fully aware that some of you here fear we will be negotiating under threat.
i am sure that this house is fully aware of the importance of the transatlantic trade relationship which has been and will remain a central artery of the world economy.