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this is why the commission has announced a new security union strategy for the second quarter of this year.
i thank you again for your support and look forward to this debate.
it helps to detect attempts at identity theft for purposes of irregular migration.
it provides information to member states' authorities on new forgery methods and new genuine documents in circulation.
the final political agreement will further improve the functioning of the false and authentic documents online system by transferring its management to the european border and coast guard agency.
it contains thousands of descriptions of authentic documents hundreds of descriptions of false documents covering more than thirty participating countries and more than one hundred and eighty third countries' international organisations.
stepping up the legal pathways and fostering integration into our societies.
strong borders to support the area of free movement which is emblematic for our union will also be a key element of the new pact on migration as announced in the political guidelines of president von der leyen.
as part of the strategy on internal security there will be a focus on three priority areas organised crime which would include drugs firearms corruption trafficking in human beings terrorism and radicalisation and fighting crimes in a digital age.
they expect the eu to deliver in this area as every citizen has the right to feel and be protected. the rise of threats posed by organised crime terrorism and the drug market are poison to our societies.
the new false and authentic documents online system is very useful for border guards when performing border checks.
moreover a well functioning schengen area of free movement requires a common policy on the eu external borders.
every person present in europe has the individual right to be safe.
today we have another example which is the new false and authentic documents online system a european image database supporting member states in the recognition of authentic and false documents.
the need to strengthen our internal security and our eu external borders has led to the adoption of a variety of recent legislative acts for example the european travel and information and authorisation system the entry exit system the regulation of inter operability
security and freedom go hand in hand so we need to create a safe space for all europeans.
this risks increasing structural unemployment creating new inequalities and leading to the polarisation of the labour market due to a loss of intermediate level jobs.
the council also highlighted that social protection policies should be balanced with making work pay policies. in this regard it is important that people in a nonstandard employment relationship can also benefit from collective bargaining.
to conclude technological development is inevitable and should be embraced.
effective social dialogue at all levels and a balance in the bargaining power is indispensable for securing a fair and equitable future of work but it is difficult for platform workers to organise their presentations as they often do not know each other.
the eu stands at the forefront in efforts to ensure that technological developments result in social equitable benefits and in protecting those at risk of falling behind.
at union level a first step has been made with the directive on transparent and predictable working conditions adopted in june last year which notably protects ondemand workers. the recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the selfemployed adopted by the council in december makes explicit reference to platform workers.
working people have access to better tools to perform their jobs more efficiently.
both women and men are needed to fill the shortage in ict skills across all occupations and sectors.
in these fields we also observe a high gender imbalance.
many platforms work with people who are formally selfemployed but who depend economically and organisationally on the platform.
in this respect we look forward to the platform work summit organised jointly by the future german presidency and the commission in october.
collaboration between all stakeholders is vital for the successful management of tomorrow's job requirements.
regarding the platform economy we all struggle to clearly define what is meant by this widely encompassing term.
the council also stressed the need to ensure an effective implementation and enforcement of eu law on working conditions and health and safety including for new forms of work.
today i would like to address three aspects related to digitalisation which we can already see will have a significant impact on our lives first required skills;
the council has already addressed a number of issues related to new forms of work.
it can be an engine for innovation and the creation of new quality jobs.
it is indeed important to reflect on how the union can within its competences help to ensure that an increasingly digitalised europe remains recognisable as the social europe we know.
as with any change however there are also risks which we need to be aware of.
it can also offer new opportunities to people from vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities.
first it increases the demand for highly skilled workers and other workers with the right skills. second certain jobs change significantly or even disappear.
decent working conditions must be ensured for all regardless of changes in employment patterns and where necessary by adapting the national legislative frameworks.
new job opportunities can be created for example for rural populations or people with disabilities.
education and training systems should systematically prevent and combat stereotypes and discrimination.
the social partners play a crucial role in this process helping to maintain the adaptability of the labour force.
to face this we need to take into account the impact of the digital revolution over the whole human life cycle from early childhood to old age. no one should be left behind and well being is an important factor in this regard.
this is likely to get worse if we do not react.
digital platforms bring service providers and their customers into direct contact.
we already observe a skills mismatch today with the skills shortage notably in ict but also in related fields like engineering mathematics science and technology.
on a number of occasions the council has made it clear that workers in new forms of work should also be adequately protected in terms of occupational health and safety irrespective of the size of the enterprise or the type and duration of the employment relationship.
fostering the development of new technologies will give us more control over the direction it takes to make it more ethical and human centred.
it recommends that member states provide access to social protection for all including the selfemployed.
we must decide how we use data for us in the public interest.
do we want google to determine how our children learn or do we want to use data to learn about our children's learning ourselves?
many generations of europeans including those in my country who escaped the fascist horror of franco eighty one years ago saved their lives thanks to their refugee status.
we also celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of the united nations and the fifth anniversary of the sustainable development goals.
gender based violence is a recurrent issue.
madam president honourable members. thank you for including the preparation of the un's sixty fourth session of the commission on the status of women in today's agenda.
the task force on equality with members drawn from all the commission's services and the european external action service will be fundamental for this.
while we have seen some progress we have not advanced as much as we wanted to.
i am looking forward to hearing your views and discussing these ideas.
it also makes economic sense to ensure that women and men girls and boys reach their full potential.
digitalisation can open doors for women and girls but can also be misused to silence them.
we must turn these changes into opportunities.
a stronger ambitious and holistic approach will address the issues identified globally and for the eu.
the unequal distribution of power resources and opportunities perpetuates gender inequalities.
gender equality is a priority for the european commission both in our internal and external relations and actions.
at the same time we are preparing our side events which will be meltingpots for good practices and new ideas on how to take the beijing agenda forward. this is the strength of the csw a place to meet and discuss gender equality which many actors in the field.
women still carry out a disproportionate share of household work and care.
we will continue to develop measures to end gender based violence.
the negotiations on the political declaration and the preparation of the eu statements are ongoing and the aim is that the csw will start with a strong and action oriented political declaration
the session will celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the beijing declaration and platform for action.
female labour market participation was increasing but has stagnated over the last five years.
we will continue to tackle the gender paygap and introduce pay transparency measures.
focused on the implementation of the existing commitments.
i welcome very much the input of the european parliament including your forthcoming resolution on this topic and the parliament's presence during this csw.
the commission will present a new gender equality strategy in march and still in two thousand and twenty launch the third action plan on gender equality and women's empowerment in external relations.
i have read with great interest the report of the un secretary general on the state of play with regard to the situation of women and girls in the world.
as the un secretary general highlighted gender equality and empowerment of women and girls is crucial to an economically uncertain world with increasing polarisation environmental threats and conflict.
next to this new issues are emerging like climate change and digital technologies.
our approach will be based on gendermainstreaming in all policy areas.
gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is not only a question of justice.
gender stereotypes still determine the paths of women and girls.
this is very good timing.
next to this targeted actions on specific genderequality issues will continue.
it is a good nuanced report based on one hundred and sixty seven national reviews and regional review meetings which took place in various regions across the globe.
but last weekend the price was paid back by the irish citizens when fianna fil and fine gael the two ruling parties responsible for that austerity were given an almighty hammering in the election and i think that is the face of things to come.
madam president i was very glad to see madame lagarde here yesterday and very disappointed that i didn't get the chance to put these points to her myself because she is of course a household name in ireland from her role in the imf and the crushing austerity imposed on the citizens of ireland.
the result of that has been in effect a lost decade.
the neoliberalism at the heart of the ecb is something that will not be tolerated by citizens.
sixty four six billion but the human cost is still being paid the welfare cuts the housing crisis infant malnutrition dying family members on hospital trolleys and a generation of young people who left our shores.
the country urgently needs over four hundred extra border guards. out of eur forty million allocated from european aid only seven is earmarked for the support of local institutions in bosnia and herzegovina.
i launch hereby a call for action to invest in digital education for a more competitive and social europe and thus expanding opportunities provided by digital technology so that the children of today successfully shape the renewed digital europe of tomorrow.
what if we established an eu public private fund that will invest immediately and massively in digital literacy and skills based on the principle of social impact investment?
the question is how and the best way we can do this is by literally investing in people this time.
it must be accompanied by concrete action for a bold objective to transform the eu into a champion of innovation in digital.
this is the priority the key priority of today and tomorrow.
the european union is well known as a champion of legislation regulation directives that have brought positive changes alright but this time law is not enough.
alas we are lagging behind. we cannot do this when almost one out of five eu citizens had no digital skills in two thousand and seventeen and the situation is no different now. digital literacy and skills are key pillars of adapting european citizens to a labour market that is constantly transforming and changing our work arrangements.
we need to answer the daily concerns of european citizens by providing them ways of adapting to the new challenges and opportunities to develop new skills and access to the labour market.
we need investments that can bring together expertise and capital from the public private and non profit sectors together in order to ensure the digital transformation that we want to put forward is paving the way for all citizens to achieve a high level of well being and overcome inequalities of technological use at eu level.
we have the private sector recognise the importance of digital education.
the impact is also easy to monitor the measure.
any possible update of the strategy will have to be flexible enough to be future proof as the digital ecosystem continues to evolve with children and young people among the most ardent and avant garde users of technology.
furthermore we will present a revised digital education action plan to equip children with the skills and competences needed to thrive in this digital age. through the current digital education action plan the commission is supporting outreach to schools in order to improve online safety
what we can already anticipate is that work in this area will continue to keep a fair balance between protection and empowerment measures for children and young people in formal and informal education.
the e commerce directive the directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography the audiovisual media services directive and the general data protection regulation all contain provisions to protect minors online.
these include mechanisms allowing users to report flag or rate harmful content age verification or parental control systems and transparent easy to use and effective complaint handling procedures.
the strategy should include actions to protect vulnerable children protect their rights online foster child friendly justice and prevent and fight violence.
i thank you and i look forward to your comments on this.
we will start with a broad consultation to make sure we get the balance right and propose measures.
the preliminary feedback is positive.
as regards the european strategy for a better internet for children the commission has informally consulted the main stakeholders to assess its relevance and role.
the commission has been very active on this issue over the years with actions ranging from funding and coordination with member states to hard law.
children are one third of internet users and an estimated eight hundred million of them use social media.
a strong concern with child safety online cuts across eu legislation.
it has been in place since two thousand and twelve and has successfully brought together the european commission member states the ict industry and civil society to deliver solutions for a better internet for children through coordination self regulation and funding.
we want to ensure children and young people grow up to become confident adults skilled and respected both online and offline.
the european strategy for a better internet for children the big strategy is our framework for making the internet a trusted place for children and young people.
our policy is rooted in the un convention on the rights of the child to which all eu member states are party.
let me also recall that one of this commission's top six political priorities is to build a europe fit for the digital age allowing everyone in europe including children to benefit from technology within safe and ethical boundaries.
making the internet safe for children remains a priority.
these stakeholders include the safer internet centres industry and civil society and member states.
the commission plans to update the plan focusing on digital literacy and aiming at equipping young people and adults with the skills they need for life and work in the digital age.
we will also strengthen and modernise rules applicable to digital services in the whole eu through the digital services act.
we will also work with member states for the full transposition of the revised audiovisual media services directive which includes a new obligation on member states to ensure that video sharing platforms put in place specific measures to protect minors from harmful content online.
any commission decision on next steps will take into account the results of the latest big policy map a study on how the strategy is implemented in member states the results of a new european parliament pilot project supporting cooperation between industry hotlines and member states' authorities for the swift removal of child sexual abuse material online and of course the work on the new strategy on the rights of the child.
as to future plans the commission will first of all be working on a comprehensive new strategy on the rights of the child including their rights online.
the revised directive also ensures that children's data collected by audiovisual media providers are not process for commercial use including for profiling and behaviourally targeted advertising.
the strategy's four pillars and its holistic approach are still relevant despite emerging risks such as disinformation cyberbullying online hate speech live streaming of illegal content and new ways for children to use technology.
media literacy and digital skills.
looking ahead however in spite of the challenges and setbacks there are also causes for more optimism.
together we have made substantial progress in this area including with amendments to the anti money laundering directive and the banking package the european banking authority regulation and in the criminal law framework.
in that report the commission identified concrete problems with the supervision and enforcement of any anti money laundering rules across the european union.
i understand that related investigations are being undertaken including in angola and portugal which now need to follow their course.
indeed there is a sense of urgency shared by parliament the commission and the council and more than that i would say that there is also a shared sense of ambition in tackling the big problem that is money laundering.
additionally our presidency has started a broader discussion on fighting serious and organised crime by tracing its proceeds more effectively.
for one we still have the anti money laundering action plan agreed by ecofin in december two thousand and eighteen which is running its course and which we continue to monitor.
this brings me to the strategic conclusions that the council adopted last december. in these conclusions the council advised the commission to look into ways to increase harmonisation in the anti money laundering area as well as to consider the possibilities advantages and disadvantages of establishing an eu supervisory body.
all these recent rules now need to be implemented and enforced.
damaging not only to the country in question which may have been deprived of essential revenues but also for eu banks if it turns out that not all applicable rules were followed.
last july the commission published at the request of the council a postmortem review of alleged moneylaundering cases involving eu banks.
and i think it is not excluded that we may now see some of these same issues repeated if in fact confirmed.
and let's be clear there's no need for panic in europe but people are quite rightly looking towards their national authorities but also towards the eu for answers.
i want to first of all compliment the european commission for their coordination efforts.
i've seen previous outbreaks that were less coordinated but here for example the initiative taken for the coordinated approach about the repatriation of people deserves our compliments. but i also want to express a warning.
ministers of health tomorrow will be very inclined to underline that health is a national competence and they will be right but people at the moment don't want to talk about the lisbon treaty they want to see solutions.
and therefore for the epp we expect a number of things first of all a capacity check as to the preparedness of all member states and i honestly get a bit worried when i hear the commission say we might have to organise solidarity for the protective equipment in member states where they have less access.
no we need to do that actually now.
we need this capacity check.
we need a common approach on people entering from the region into the eu a clear communication strategy that avoids conflicting advice which we've seen between member states in the past cooperate the vaccine you've said enough about that but also that's my last point uptodate data.
how come officially we have data saying africa has zero cases?
that either means they have zero cases which i find highly unlikely given their contact with china or they just don't check and that would be a worrying thing for a neighbouring continent like the eu.
they will determine how our children will live on this planet.
our societies have to undergo a digital and ecological transition in a socially fair way and we need sufficient funds for this.
the eu budget is more than a membership fee.
therefore a massive investment boost is needed without necessarily increasing member states' resources.
we shouldn't be afraid to go and get own resources from plastic polluters carbon emissions big financial transactions and a fair share from multinationals and kerosene because if we don't find additional money to realise the ambitions of the green deal citizens will feel it.
they will see fewer infrastructure works happening in their region or have fewer opportunities to get reskilled after they have lost their jobs.
madam president if the eu wants to sufficiently fund the green deal clean food production cohesion and maintain peace we should take the opportunity presented by the exit of the uk one of its most militaristic and belligerent members and we should use the opportunity to move away from the mindless militarisation of europe. we should scrap the european defence fund the permanent structured cooperation pesco and other measures that have been brought forward and propelled by those that have been the victim of corporate capture
by the military industrial complex. even the european court of auditors have said that it is a waste of money.
if we want our farmers to move away from the use of chemicals and pesticides and towards the production of clean food we must help them to do so.
it will cost money.
we must stop enriching the bigger farmers that don't need our help and instead fund the farmers that do need our help to produce cleaner food and to survive in the process.
we don't need a bigger budget but we need a much better budget.
and the notion that we are increasing defence spend at the expense of the citizens of europe is not acceptable.
i have decided to vote in favour of these agreements.
while the situation in vietnam is still far from ideal the vietnamese government has taken valuable steps in the right direction.
the fta and ipa with vietnam will not only improve the trade relationship between the eu and vietnam it will also create a platform for continuous dialogue on human rights with the vietnamese that will benefit the people of that country.
our trading partners should keep human rights and environmental standards to the highest level.