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discipline and a common economic policy not simply the poorly coordinated national macroeconomic policies that we have at present.
the crisis demonstrated the acute need to strengthen the effectiveness of the supervision and regulation of financial institutions and to enhance crisis management mechanisms.
however let me underline that this is not about launching a grand new strategy for employment.
i believe that the result of this vote will send a positive message to the other member states and that it will calm down some unfounded apprehensions.
more generally let me recall that the stimulus packages that the union and the member states have adopted since the end of last year constitute major contributions to supporting employment.
after. it is very likely that the european council will discuss follow ups to these events which are crucial for the union's interests in the long term perspective.
this is an ambitious objective and clearly work will need to continue beyond june so it is of fundamental importance that the june european council is able to give a strong signal for the rapid adoption of the proposals to be presented by the commission.
from early morning.
implementing this agreement is still ongoing and i am not at this stage in a condition to go into details.
two thousand and nine in essence this involves giving legal guarantees and assurances on a number of issues of concern to the irish people in return for which the irish government is committed to seeking ratification of the treaty before the end of october. work on
let me emphasise the eu's continued will to demonstrate leadership with the objective of reaching an ambitious outcome in copenhagen.
these are being and will be discussed by ecofin and we have the ecofin meeting today and our objective will be to reach first decisions by the european council.
more generally the june european council will take stock of the situation on the financial markets and assess the effectiveness of measures taken so far.
last december it was also agreed that the process of appointment of the future commission in particular the designation of its president will be initiated without delay after the european parliament elections of june.
we have recently reaffirmed the existing employment guidelines and adopted country specific recommendations.
further to the economic and financial crisis.
we have already begun doing so both at eu level and more globally.
with the social partners in prague that should address these important issues. you will be informed in detail about the agenda of this summit later today during a special debate.
our history predisposes us to be cautious.
minister vondra in his opening statement made no reference to the social crisis we are facing at the moment.
it is a matter for the irish people to decide whether we ratify the lisbon treaty or not.
it has also taught us that solidarity and power sharing with other european states is the best guarantee of our sovereignty and the best guarantee of our prosperity.
i will not stand for that.
i hope we do and i will work very hard to achieve that.
they believe trade unions should prescribe your working conditions.
nothing epitomises the politician knows best' attitude better than the recent debate over the working time directive. conservative meps were pleased last week to be able to see off the latest attempt by uk labour meps to scrap britain's opt out to the directive.
however it should also look at how the eu can assist enterprise in the longer term.
that is why europe cannot be allowed to go down a socialist route this june.
the czech presidency is on the side of the workers in this debate and i congratulate it for helping us to see off this latest onslaught by socialists.
in britain three million people use the opt out.
i urge the june council to sort out this issue once and for all and to make it quite clear that workers not politicians should choose their working time.
for some small businesses this will mean improving access to finance and maximising their opportunities in the single market but for many the answer will simply be for politicians to cut down on red tape and interference.
above all they believe that they rather than the people know best.
the economic downturn has caused the socialists to show their true colours. they believe politicians should dictate how many hours you can work.
he is a committed european and a man who understands what it is all about.
we are talking about who is going to be the good leader and i have no doubt that this gentleman is the real leader of the european commission.
of course it is sovereign but we all believe that the outcome of the game will be positive.
and i would like to call upon the member state governments to fully commit themselves to this initiative.
above all our neighbours in the east need to feel themselves as equal partners that are genuinely accepted as long term associates. i agree that the eastern partnership should be governed by the principles of joint ownership differentiation and conditionality.
mr president we approach the next european council with anxiety tempered by ambition.
one important item on the agenda should of course be the nomination of the next president of the commission but that nomination cannot be seen in isolation.
the president is underpinned by the commissioners and in the light of the lisbon stalemate we are none the wiser on how those posts will be filled.
so when we ask the citizens of europe to choose their new parliamentarians in just four weeks' time we do so on the basis of uncertainty and we run the risk of that vacuum being filled by the opportunism of europe's opponents.
mr daul has expressed his determination that the largest group should propose the president of the commission as was the case five years ago.
the next president of the commission whenever he or she is appointed must know the legal basis and the timeframe for the appointment of the college of commissioners.
the logical approach is to make all the appointments on the basis of nice or all on the basis of lisbon.
that is the kind of certainty citizens need.
those member states yet to ratify the lisbon treaty should act to make that deal easier to strike.
as mr barroso said a number of legislative acts have successfully been brought to conclusion but the headline facts despite the best efforts of you and your team mr vondra and we wish you well are that we have had the first eurosceptic council president and the collapse of a government half way through the presidency.
so when the president replaces the prime minister in the summit chair let him end his term of office on a positive point.
europe's voters are interested less in constitutional questions than in practical solutions to the problems they face and i urge you at your summit to recognise these problems.
my group welcomes the hedge fund proposals from the commission in that regard as a good first step.
europe's environment remains in peril as climate chaos draws ever closer and voters must see that the european union can lead the fight back.
europe's values are undermined by human rights abuses occurring on our doorstep and people should understand that the european union retains its resolve to right those wrongs.
this election campaign must show that europe is up to the task and that europe alone is equipped to do so.
i also visited some of the many families in the community and i got a real sense of what it means to the families who come to have to leave their homes and everything else behind and to start again and also of what it means to a country to have to receive hundreds of thousands of refugees and try and offer education.
namely to increase the humanitarian aid budget for education in emergencies substantially by eur twenty six million.
i am sure there is something more we can do. the message from our resolution was very clear.
mr president i am pleased that we have chosen today to debate this issue because today colleagues we actually have something to celebrate in the midst of all the gloom in the news about us. we adopted the budget today and when we adopted that budget we agreed one of the key demands of our resolution which we will adopt tomorrow
incredibly governments and ngos are taking the view that private education should be discouraged whilst in reality it could be the key in providing more and more disadvantaged children with education.
in developing nations private schools are on the rise due to the failure of governments to provide children with a decent education.
but the quality of education a child receives is also vital.
stop giving failing or corrupt governments our money to provide education for children and encourage the free market and entrepreneurialism in developing nations. proper education will end the cycle of poverty.
in mathare a slum in nairobi one hundred and twenty private schools now exist and some can cost as little as a dollar a week. this is a fantastic new phenomenon which is happening organically.
we all agree education is the foundation for everything else.
future. this is
they do not need just food and shelter.
this must change. we cannot continue with business as usual.
that. i am grateful for your crucial help to secure the necessary funds. let me reassure you from my experience on the
parents and children are not fleeing their homes just to get food and shelter.
ground. this is very important.
in the last few years we have increased our allocation from the eu humanitarian budget to this sector.
thank you so much again.
they are there on the ground they can be significant others and they play an enormous role in the development of children's and young people's confidence.
so it is very important that we recognise the role of these organisations and this would include the role of sport and arts organisations which can develop children's self confidence their sense of themselves their sense of identity and help them to problem solve and to be very resilient in the situations they find themselves in.
corruption is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to expanding the economies of developing nations as it basically takes the wealth from the people and puts it in the hands of corrupt officials and corrupt police officers etc.
indeed we do not know how long people will have to live in camps and so we need to bring them hope.
mr president if someone is named in this house it is their right to reply.
there was another incident and it was not possible to make reference to it before the end of the amendments so i will read this oral amendment expresses its deep concern at the deadly blast that killed one person and injured ten others that took place in mitrovica north on two july during the demonstrations against the opening of the civil services centre and at the attack of five july on an ethnic serb member of the kosovo assembly; strongly condemns all acts of violence and calls on the parties to act responsibly;
we have one side that whips the house and only one side that allows a free vote.
i think it would be a good thing if we had a free vote across this house on issues of this kind.
i kindly ask that you personally get in touch with the council and the commission as soon as possible in order to do this with proper parliamentary oversight.
in a recent documentary by a local tv station some parents confessed to having engaged in mercy killings to save their children from severe suffering throughout their lives.
some also confessed to acts of mercy killing to save themselves from the difficulties of raising a child with a disability. although uganda's legal framework provides for the protection of children and specifically that of children with disabilities only limited initiatives have been taken to avert the practice.
such entrenched social barriers coupled with inadequate support from communities and government as well as families can leave carers with the feeling of having no choice.
we ask the government to address the problem of mercy killings.
parents of children with disabilities need support in providing special care for these children.
the government is encouraged to put in place adequate social services medical care special needs education and other facilities to enable children with disabilities to enjoy the same rights as any other children. the government should furthermore ensure that the perpetrators
i urge the ugandan government to cooperate with human rights organisations and the eu to develop and implement education health and social programmes that will be effective in changing attitudes towards disabilities and supporting disabled people and their families. we cannot allow these gross abuses of human rights to continue.
madam president since its establishment in one thousand nine hundred and ninety three the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia has fundamentally reshaped the role of international humanitarian law and has provided the victims of the tragic balkan conflicts who would otherwise have gone unheard with an opportunity to voice the horrors that they and their families experienced and to seek justice. the icty has shown that no one whatever their position or status at the time of the conflict is immune from justice a precedent that now sees the international criminal court promote respect for human rights across our world.
i thank the rapporteur and i commend these amendments to the house.
firstly that it should be made clear that any proposals for a possible mandate extension should not divert attention from the key task of completing trials and moving towards the earliest possible closure.
difficult process but the icty has made important progress.
yet it was clear that they had to be addressed.
firstly the countries of the western balkans are part of the stabilisation and association process this. process depends on respect for democratic principles the rule of law human rights and the rights of persons belonging to minorities fundamental freedoms and the principles of international law and regional cooperation.
sap conditionality is monitored through the annual progress reports prepared by the commission.
two thousand and nine in addition human rights and rule of law issues including strengthening the functioning impartiality and responsibility of the judiciary system and the fight against corruption and organised crime are key priorities of the eu's european partnership
these are updated on a regular basis. furthermore the council has adopted two common positions aimed at supporting the implementation of the mandate of the icty by imposing an assets freeze on indicted fugitives and a travel ban on persons assisting icty indictees
to evade justice. these common positions are regularly extended and updated.
no contract no agreement no society can be sustainable without justice.
so far it has completed proceedings against one hundred and sixteen accused with very different verdicts.
madam president we need to support to its conclusion the impressive work of the hague tribunal in bringing perpetrators of terrible crimes to justice and not impose an artificial cut off because time pressures would prejudice fair trials while shortcuts would harm the safety of witnesses.
while many lower level cases have been successfully transferred to national courts some of them may be unable or unwilling to conduct criminal proceedings in accordance with international standards which means that transfers are sometimes being resisted by victims and witnesses.
in order to permit the continuation of the icty's mandate we urge the council to encourage the security council to provide sufficient resources from its general budget not least to be able to retain key specialists and highly qualified staff.
the tribunal must leave a sound legacy both as a model for other potential ad hoc tribunals and in order to contribute to the strengthening of justice in the balkan countries. there is a need for increased eu support for domestic war crimes investigations and trials and for the copenhagen criteria to include even more support for a well trained and high performing judiciary
commissioner rehn reminds us that full cooperation with the icty is a condition of eu accession but the truth is as commissioner orban candidly told me last night in the absence of commissioner rehn that there is no unanimity in the council as to what that means. that has led to confusion and a consistent postponement of deadlines.
we cannot afford to relax these conditions.
for the commission it is clear that the international community must maintain its full support for the icty to complete its remaining tasks. there can be no impunity for war crimes and as you well know full cooperation with icty is a condition for making progress in european integration. this necessary condition affects
that is why we must move forward and your report contributes to this goal.
thus an architect based in belgium who works for clients in the netherlands may be subject depending on the situation to the services directive the directive on professional qualifications the directive on electronic commerce and many other instruments.
i would like to present the results of the study to you personally early in.
thus the requirements limiting the choice of legal form or requirements relating to the ownership of capital can be an impediment to the growth of service activities domestically and cross border.
these tests are performed on the basis of case studies in three key sectors construction tourism and business services.
the report points it out clearly. the report also introduces a strong signal with respect to the next steps in developing the internal market for services.
this report is for me an essential contribution to the full implementation and the good quality of the services directive in all member states.
they can prevent the development of innovative business models without even being necessary for the protection of consumers or workers.
the results show that we must take more into account the needs and practical problems of users of the internal market our citizens and our businesses.
this is without any doubt a tool of the future but i agree with you that a case by case analysis is required before applying this methodology to other legislative tools.
we must be pragmatic.
the services directive has already brought a tangible success but the internal market for services is not complete.
the commission will assess the impact on the ground of these requirements and decide by two thousand and twelve if possible whether specific initiatives should be launched. we will also carry out a study of the economic effects of the implementation of the services directive based on the result of the work
such restrictions often apply in sectors with high added value which are an important source of growth and skilled jobs lawyers engineers tax advisers architects and so on and so forth.
your report highlights the importance of fully implementing and operating all aspects of the services directive whether they are legal or practical aspects.
your report shows the importance that parliament attaches to the achievements of such a study.
two thousand and twelve finally concerning the mutual evaluation of the working method we know that it is an essential tool in the context of the services directive;
i welcome your support for the actions proposed by the commission in its communication of january two thousand and eleven on the results of the mutual evaluation process.
in cooperation with national administrators we are currently conducting a performance test or consistency test on these rules.
i would add that there is also an eu requirement for parking operators to provide information about the availability of these parking spaces but member states' compliance with this requirement is if i may say so basically a joke.
the creation of safer and more secure truck parking areas along the trans european transport network the so called ten t corridors is a crucial element of the strategy to increase the security of drivers and cargo in road transport.
existing capacity needs to be optimised by information on the location and equipment of existing parking areas as well as by optimising the parking spaces' specific methodologies.
the use of digitally connected security systems will be a major enabler of the transformation of the current road transport system including the development of new security solutions.
two thousand and sixteen they recorded almost eight thousand criminal incidents affecting hauliers over the five years from the start of two thousand and twelve to the end of two thousand and sixteen with a rise of about two hundred and thirteen between the full year figures for two.
we therefore take the matter very seriously and within the limits of our competences continue to work with member states and transport stakeholders to find viable and lasting ways to reduce the adverse impact of these threats on the critical road transport distribution chain.
accurate up to date statistics are hard to find for criminal incidents affecting the road transport sector across all eu member states.
the delegated regulation indicates the way to collect update share and disseminate the necessary information on the location of the secure parking including the provision of reservation services.
four three of the incidents involved violence or threat of violence against the driver although the figures suggest a downward trend. just over half of the incidents occurred in unsecured parking locations with the majority happening at night.
all relevant stakeholders have been consulted in the development of this toolkit.
we are taking action to help improve security for commercial road transport with a project underway in partnership with the sector to create a comprehensive security guidance toolkit so that everyone with a role to play in securing the road transport chain has the knowledge to better help protect it against a range of security threats and all kinds of unauthorised intrusions
it is important to add the caveat that these figures as they are based only on those reported to the transported asset protection association and some eu member states collect and report on many incidents compared with others. this data can therefore only be described as an indicative sample and the actual number of incidents will be far higher.
zero to the commission earlier this year to be used towards further developing safe and secure parking areas across europe. the commission is using this funding to launch a twelve month study to identify the appropriate location of safe and secure parking areas and the best design for a parking reservation system.
the results of the study will constitute the basis for future work of the commission to eventually ensure that drivers can rest in secure conditions and sleep soundly.
indeed we must also sadly add another threat that has become all too apparent since the summer of last year which is the hijacking of trucks by would be terrorists to use them as a vehicle ramming weapon against crowds of people.
most importantly the study will deliver a concrete roadmap for the gradual completion of the network of safe and secure parking areas including a description of the actions needed and their timing.
improving the availability of secure truck parking is only part of the answer.
using best practice tips and guidance.
the commission was aware then that the security threat to this vital sector was not only from irregular migrants but also from organised crime seeking to steal vehicles and cargo for profit.
the commission believes in taking a holistic rational and proportional approach in order to ensure high levels of security and safety in our road transport system but with minimal disruption.
the commission is now reviewing the delivery of the draft toolkit ahead of publication and dissemination over the coming months. this will include the translation of the toolkit into all community languages and the creation of a website where additional information will be provided.
in these cases the threat to people's lives extends beyond the truck driver as we have seen in numerous incidents across europe this year.