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the new treaty between the eu and the acp countries will consolidate and give new impetus to our strong partnership and we are happy to learn that we are approaching the final stage of concluding a treaty.
however there are still some problem issues and they seem to concentrate on the issue of migration and mobility and this is why i focus on this issue.
the treaty is based on the principle of equality and shared responsibility.
but if you look at the eu text proposal it applies very concrete requirements on the acp countries such as readmission of migrants strengthening border controls and combating irregular migration whereas in exchange the eu hardly offers any concrete commitment regarding legal migration.
adopting this text would deprive the countries of remittances and other benefits of migration without any clear perspective on labour migration.
regarding shared responsibility i find the only provision on refugees and international protection pretty meagre.
why don't we see a stronger eu commitment to support the protection and reception of refugees through financial means or through resettlements?
that would be shared responsibility and also in line with the un global compact on refugees.
the eu's responsibility for refugees in africa will even grow if this migration cooperation leads to more refugees stuck in transit countries without any access to asylum.
so if this paragraph is still in negotiation please make sure that the eu also delivers on migration mobility and international protection.
but to be successful at the end of your term i think there must be two conditions that must be fulfilled.
first of all i think you have to regain the confidence of the european citizens by strengthening the european institutions including the european parliament.
and i think it would be a good start to investigate some of the suggestions that mr weber has put forward in his oped in politico yesterday.
the social pillar must be strengthened.
not only the minimum wage but wage differences have to be eliminated across europe;
the european project was built on a peaceful one and it would make so much more sense now to look for peace with russia and engage those countries around it make them independent so they don't need the west or russia.
the eastern partnership initiative allowed us the european union a very unique opportunity of creating a zone of partnership and security along our external eastern borders.
for our partners it is a chance to attain prosperity and stability by adopting european standards.
we have learned many lessons over the past ten years including the one that application of programmes without adjusting them to realities needs and the aspirations of concerned countries does not work.
for the next decade of the eastern partnership we need to be more ambitious and instead of inventing projects we should invite our partners to join the ones that we ourselves are implementing in the eu.
our eastern partners must be given a real partnership therefore to be included into our initiatives on climate digitalisation artificial intelligence connectivity energy and social inclusion programmes and priorities.
it is evident that those who put more efforts and present positive results on reforms carried out should be allowed to deepen their aspirations with the european union.
we have several countries which without eu membership are participating in our single market.
ukrainian workers are already important contributors to lithuanian polish and other economies and they deserve to have their labour rights fully guaranteed. it needs to be emphasised once again that democratic criteria especially adherence to human rights and the rule of law need to be our ultimate priority.
they sound like the right ones and we are willing to work with you on those priorities.
but it is also clear that we have our concerns and they have been elaborated before by ska keller.
it is on the rule of law the social dimension of our internal market and on the humane treatment of refugees in and outside the eu.
they are our concerns so that's why we will not give you a blank cheque but as greens we will work with you on the green deal on digitalisation on making sure that in those communications and on the green deal we can expect one in two weeks we can deliver further further on probably the great words that we will hear in two weeks.
but it comes down to legislation to really change our way of life within the planetary boundaries.
that's where we are going to make sure that is the direction europe is going in. and we are going to work on the actual laws that come later and there we expect real action.
one thing for example the climate law next year will be the only and last chance where we can make our ambition higher before paris really starts.
we know russian money is invested in the uk in particular and in london in particular and that should have given us leverage in resisting and sanctioning against interference in our democratic processes.
but the still unpublished intelligence and security committee report which has already been referred to may reveal just how inadequate our response has been.
will it detail russian influence in the narrowly won brexit referendum? we don't know because our government as has just been said by mr moraes quite rightly has tried to silence our national parliament but still refuses to publish this report although we know that no government agency or department stands in the way of publication only the prime minister's political will.
perhaps this is because the report may detail russian donations to our ruling conservative party and to the brexit campaign.
our national parliament is currently dissolved and our government may have been at best asleep on the job but i'm delighted that the european parliament has provided a democratic forum in which we can ring the alarm bell and sound the wake up call and i hope the commission's response will be much more determined.
we all need this commission to deliver.
you will therefore need to work hard to unite this fractured union and win majorities around your agenda especially on important issues like protecting the european way of life ensuring effective solutions on internal security migration management and economy.
and we must lead by example on human rights. we need to increase jobs growth and trade and to protect our environment while ensuring europe can remain competitive.
it is no small undertaking but i hope it can be achieved.
it's a great moment to have a female president of the commission.
my hope is that you madam president and your team will show us every day that you are the woman for the job and for the change and i look forward to working with you.
madam president i was actually very glad to hear ms mogherini talk about europe's continued opposition to the unilateral withdrawal of the us from the iranian nuclear deal and the efforts to attempt to salvage that programme.
but i think we have to go further and we have to acknowledge that the imposition of sanctions to coerce iran has caused immense hardship on iranian citizens and the poor and the vulnerable in particular the very people that we are protesting that we need to defend.
we now have the spectacle of the us attempting to exploit the legitimate and authentic protests in iraq and lebanon in order to target iran.
i think we should be very careful not to fall for that trap.
these are real people with real problems corruption underdevelopment a wrecked economy.
the iraqis are still dealing with the aftereffects of the iraq war.
we should not allow ourselves to fall into the trap of us manipulation. we must work for stability in iran and iraq and lebanon and peace in syria and yemen and oppose the ussaudi attempts to isolate iran.
what we have seen over many years has been an endless attempt by iran to achieve regional hegemony.
if we want to pursue our own eu interests in the region we are obliged to do that.
the report says we must fight energy poverty by working with neighbourhoods and communities to ensure healthy and safe living conditions and ensure affordability.
i want to thank the shadow rapporteurs for their close cooperation and support during negotiations.
we also require integrated renovation programmes a holistic approach from rooftop solar and e mobility from heat pumps to district heating is required.
yesterday weather records were broken here in belgium.
this is a good news story we can create jobs tackle energy poverty improve air quality and reduce emissions in these extraordinary times.
so let's harness the creativity the design skills and the demand for change and let's start with the worst performing buildings and the communities most at risk.
i endorse the president's call for a new bauhaus.
so let's use recovery funds for the renovation way.
let's lift people out of energy poverty and give them the buildings and the homes that they deserve.
it tackles the health crisis the economic crisis and the climate crisis.
we now have a strong and united position on our demands for the upcoming renovation wave strategy.
we must raise national targets and revise the energy efficiency directives and the energy performance of buildings directives and binding minimum energy performance standards are required.
thirty five of heat is not normal and we know that forty of emissions that cause this come from buildings. with the right investment buildings can reduce emissions rather than raise them.
madam president today president von der leyen called for european buildings to become less wasteful less expensive and more sustainable. as rapporteur for this report maximising the energy efficiency of the european building stock i know we can do this.
it was exactly the historic experience of people suffering from war destruction and displacement that motivated europeans in the first place to build the eu.
the common agricultural policy as well as the trade policy finally need to align with the green deal and the biodiversity strategy.
this shameful situation is our collective responsibility as europeans.
for the next seven years we need a european climate budget.
the agreement of july has a lot of shortcomings but the signal of sticking together and finding a solution was very important.
let me finish by saluting the incredible courage that we see by the people in belarus who have demonstrated on the streets of the country in these weeks especially the women.
right now we set the standards for how we will spend the money and what we will spend it on.
these are high standards to live by and it is up to all of us to make sure that we fulfil them.
i urge you commission president to take up the fight with the member states to make it a top priority to help people in need and not to give in to this disastrous state we're in.
there can be no discount on the rule of law not for hungary not for poland not for any other country.
mr president the state of this union today is defined by our failure at the external borders by the fact that we let children sleep on the streets that we refuse to give water to those in need that we send police against those fleeing from war and violence and that we knowingly let people down and drown at sea.
countries like the netherlands and austria told greece not to allow refugees on the mainland and actively wanted to see terrible conditions in order that it might deter people fleeing from war and terror and countries like hungary refused to accept anyone in need.
this is a very shameful state that we're in.
but it is also true that the eu itself has turned a blind eye has not insisted and has given up hope.
these new targets are an important step forward but any greenwashing with creative calculations would render them null and void.
now is the time to bring the recovery fund as well as the longterm budget into reality.
from the freedom fighters in belarus to the environmental activists in the amazon to the democracy protesters in bulgaria they are all looking at the european union to uphold fundamental rights to defend pluralism and to enforce the highest climate and environmental standards both in europe and beyond.
let us demonstrate that we are courageous and that we're wholeheartedly european and we have demonstrated that we can be courageous and lead the way forward towards progress.
eu funds have to foster eu values and uphold the fundamentals of eu treaties.
together the european union will mobilise the means and funds to counter the worst of the economic effects of the pandemic proof that we can be a strong union indeed.
we see you we see your wish for freedom for democracy and to define your own future and your courage is inspirational.
i want to thank you for your strong words on the rights of lgbti people and i would like to ask you to follow up on those strong words with a measure that the commission has in its hands namely an infringement procedure because zones free of the essence of humanity cannot be accepted.
what a sad moment in our common history that we stand idle in the face of so much suffering on our doorstep.
this sounds obvious but unfortunately it is still the case that the eu budget subsidises fossil fuels.
greece has failed for many years to produce conditions in refugee camps that would at least be acceptable.
it is good to see commission president that you have set out a new and higher emission reduction target of at least.
we have an obligation to our voters to our citizens of the eu to deal with these and other challenges the green transition; but also the digital transition they are equal to me they go hand in hand and our foreign policy response that needs to be stronger and bolder in order for the eu to become the geopolitical actor you yourself spoke of last year.
not just to overcome this health crisis and protecting and creating jobs but also by moving forward on other priorities.
i ask you are you up for it?
what is happening on lesbos is unacceptable and we have a european responsibility to put in place a sustainable migration policy so that we can avoid unnecessary suffering and so that we can regain control of migration.
what will you do to ensure the eu remains a credible ambassador for rule of law in the world?
rule of law can never be compromised.
this is not the moment to look away to kick the can that is called migration policy' down the road once more.
' these are your words and i share them.
madam president you and your team started this mandate with high ambitions. but then the world was faced with perhaps the biggest health crisis in our history.
how can we lecture other nations on respect for the rule of law when the rule of law is no longer respected in part of our union?
this is the moment we have to decide.
i am glad to see the commission will present proposals next week.
now that we have overcome the first shockwave of this pandemic we have to pick up our momentum again.
last year you said in this house our greatest achievements have always come when we are bold.
yes here europe must deliver too because this injustice is a stain not only for spain but for the whole of europe.
madame president it's not me who should be addressing you right now.
but the eu also has to deliver when conflicts on democracy and self determination arise inside the union.
it should be oriol junqueras elected mep and one of the catalan political prisoners shamefully behind bars for now almost three years.
thank you for your ideas your initiatives and your proposals.
we must put in place own resources as early as the year two thousand and twenty one to help pay back for the costs of the crisis and to help deliver to the people what we have promised.
this is why i kindly request that you stand with us stand with the european parliament to equip the union with an ambitious budget with a strong budget so we can deliver what people are expecting from us.
it means that we can deliver on what people are expecting from the european union.
now is the time to start further strengthening the union further building the european union making it fitter for the future a union which is open which is inclusive which cares for those in need and in which we can all strive;
to achieve this we need the right tools.
the proposals made by the european commission over the course of last year and adopted by the european parliament have saved lives in europe have helped care for people in need treat people affected by the virus and helped overcome the crisis.
a union in which we are all winning in which people can strive in which enterprises can innovate can develop in which countries are helping each other.
madam president one year from now on we will all remember the hard times but we will be judged by our actions.
own resources means that we can finance the traditional priorities of the european union and we can also finance new priorities of the european union we can invest in research in innovation we can help farmers we can protect all of our borders.
now is the time to equip the european union with own sources of revenue own resources. own resources mean a stronger a more stable a more solid european union.
without an ambitious budget all our commitments on greening digital helping young people helping farmers better protecting our borders remain only empty words.
the main tool in order to achieve our objectives is the budget of the european union.
the same member states are still responsible for a disproportionate number of people. we need to give humans at least the same importance that we in this house give to our fish our seas and our crops.
our approach must be permanent and not ad hoc.
we must now be able to respond faster to shared challenges and we must have common solutions and protocols that work first of all to preserve our single market under the schengen area to ensure joint procurement becomes the norm to safeguard our environment and fight climate change and to protect and create jobs and opportunities for a new generation looking to us for direction and to repair decimated sectors of our economy.
the bottom line must be every member state showing meaningful solidarity in a system that is fair with those in need of protection firm with those who are not eligible and harsh with traffickers.
over the last year our systems have been tested like little else before.
the new migration pact must finally make us a union of shared responsibility.
you shouldn't do it.
i urge you to work with the member states not with the ideologically driven campaigns masquerading as political groups in this house.
it is not what those governments do because they don't do anything objectionable but what they are.
mr juncker will forever be remembered as the commission president who lost britain.
the european institutions want to switch off the democratically constituted institutions of the nation states. they instigate internal conflicts by endorsing some parties rather than other parties.
this is not your business.
do not open the door for more instruments of the tyranny of the majority as you promised you would do.
i'm sorry to say it but this is a bad argument.
what you are proposing is a great leap forward in a situation in which the future is more precarious than ever.
the only way to show people we mean it is to maintain budgets that we set aside for eu for health and horizon europe.
how will we reassure people that there will be an affordable vaccine for all of us who need it?
but the most important call that i want to strengthen is of course to redirect investments towards a green economy. innovative companies are showing the way forward to a more circular economy and sustainable product design as well as a socially just transition.
mr president covid nineteen is still omnipresent in our daily lives but also in the political debates. in the eu we tend to focus a lot on economic recovery but we must not forget that the health of every european citizen is even more important.
let's keep our targets sufficiently high.
european citizens worry about the future about their health about their jobs about the climate and about their future. this is the moment when we as europe have to show that we are ready to help them and that we're on their side step by step.
these flagship programmes are crucial for the next generation of europe and we will fight for them.
how will we convince people that we will coordinate member states' policies better during the next health crisis?
the more we reduce now the more relaxed we will be towards.
because credibility means that we have to speak with one voice in the
we can never accept another lost generation in today's european union. when we insist on a five g network for europe and a project to fight against cancer and the idea of a new battery technology it's not just about showing eu flags on billboards and how much money we spend it's about delivering on jobs. you can spend
really big. it makes no sense to negotiate a future agreement in the face of a british prime minister who is throwing out of the window the agreement that he himself
rules. no money from european taxpayers in the pockets of state owned companies from
market. and credibility means that the recovery fund must protect and support european interests and let me be frank not chinese
mediator. we have to be close to our friends in cyprus
of values. and finally on brexit here too the need for credibility is really
you spoke about this.
signed. great britain you are losing your credibility on the global
minsk. lukashenko said in an interview a few days ago that if belarus falls russia will fall. i say it in my words the idea of free people is going to the east and no one can stop it neither lukashenko nor putin. we are credible and the people out on the streets in minsk see that europe is on their
each other. so the upcoming months will be extremely
your state of the union speech today marks the end of the first year of your mandate and the mandate of all of us.
i'm very glad that the amendments have been carried. i hope that the final vote will carry too as this is a very important topic if we look at the co two emissions from maritime transport.
both will test the european union our society our economy and the faith of our citizens.
this is why we need strong leadership now a strong eu that helps citizens and keeps europeans and european businesses safe something that citizens have been waiting for since the spring.
there is a change of course;
so we thank you for that.
but of course now it comes down to action.
we are still supporting subsidies for fossil fuels we are still not strong enough on the rule of law and we are still not fighting to make sure that refugees are being helped on this continent.
these issues now need to be taken care of.
after the words the real work has to start and we are willing to do that together to make sure that this europe becomes a green and a social europe.
mr president president von der leyen you said it yourself now is the time for implementation. now we had the announcement of which we share many of them but of course the important task is to put all of that into life and i want to thank you for your strong words when it comes to human rights be it on the human rights of refugees of lgbti people also human rights in russia and in china.
the question is what are the consequences of those words?
i think it's very important to make sure that our policies are coherent so that we're not exporting weapons and then are surprised about refugees that were not subsidising fossil fuels and then wondering about climate change and that we also don't put profits over human rights when it comes to our external relations and i'm thinking about relations with china where there's lots of important talks going on but also for example when it comes to russia.
we didn't. a community that does not follow its own rules has no credibility.
what europe needs now is immediate tariffs on chinese imports following the example of the united states to save its own industrial production and european way of life.