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it describes the current situation in europe as disastrous and considers our society to have come to a point where it is fact no longer possible to trust any democratic government at all.
against politically correct thinking against europe and finally against the european union.
that was the attack of one man. later that day he brutally cold bloodedly shot seventy teenagers while disguised as a policeman.
it was an attack on young people preparing to take an active part in public life in party politics.
i think we have all been impressed by the firm commitment of the norwegian people to stand up for democracy openness and our common values.
but we are all concerned by this attack because it was an attack on democracy on the democratic institutions on our values and on our ideals.
a policeman who in norway and in many other countries is a symbol of safety and protection.
many eminent people have been quoted here today many statesmen writers politicians.
we are just ordinary people.
while many of us find the politics of the far right sickening by standing together as democrats we can ensure that terror and violence will never prevail.
mr president we stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of norway at this time of grief.
we are involved in politics.
may i express my sympathy and the sympathy of my constituents with the people of norway in this tragedy?
we don't deserve to die and that is also why i am writing this post.
that this terrorism should be directed at young people is particularly horrifying.
i think as probably the last speaker in this round it would be appropriate if i take you to the words of one young survivor who explained in her blog how she rushed through the bushes and the rocks to escape the killer i can't even shed a tear' she wrote i can't believe it.
the individual who committed this represented no one no religion no relevant political stream just his own sick mind.
we have united in the past to fight those who stand for intolerance and oppression and to resist those who wanted to destroy our open and democratic society;
in that particular case we quite rightly stressed in the strongest terms possible that although those terrorists carried out acts in the name of religion they did not represent any religion or its followers.
i would like to thank all my colleagues from other political groups who resisted this temptation who showed decency and who displayed once again that there are universal values common to all of us for which we can stand together.
let me express on behalf of my entire group my deepest sadness over the terrible and brutal criminal act of twenty two july.
mr president we might have different views on different issues in this chamber but i hope that we can all agree on one thing that europe is a continent of tolerance of freedom and of pluralism.
i think that we should look at the norwegian tragedy from a very similar angle.
i fail to understand why it is necessary to wait for the new commissioner to be in place in order to progress this directive.
the commission says that the directive will not be delayed but that at the same time work will continue once the new maltese commissioner is in place perhaps delaying it by months.
tobacco kills over six hundred zero eu citizens a year and is a public health scourge which demands stronger action.
i remain unconvinced by statements from the commission that the tobacco directive remains a priority.
i will now move on to what i consider a more serious concern namely the status of the tobacco products directive following the resignation of mr dalli.
dg sanco has finished its work on the tobacco directive and i understand that inter service consultation is complete or nearly completed.
in relation to mr dalli i will not repeat what many of you have read in the european national and international media which merely highlights the fact that many questions remain unanswered.
but now they are facing a simultaneous and massive fightback.
that date fourteen november can go down in history as the day that workers across europe stood up and said no' to austerity.
madam president the nobel peace prize committee clearly either has a devious sense of humour or a fundamental misunderstanding of the word peace' because three years ago they gave it to the drone warrior obama. three years later they want to give it to the eu which is an institution or group of institutions together with right wing governments across europe waging what can only be described as class war on working people.
it must leave the troika in no doubt about the determination of workers to resist and their power to do so and it can be the vital next step in building europe wide general strike action to stop their austerity agenda.
this must be added to by mass protests in other countries across europe.
greek workers have been joined on the front line by workers from spain and portugal with millions protesting across europe in the past weeks.
what would cameron's mythical referendum be and when would it take place?
this unsustainable increase in landings was at first hidden to a degree and the price did not drop significantly because of the unfortunate situation in japan. in conclusion let me say that the commissioner now that she has the tools must take urgent action and implement the relevant provision contained in the regulation which had almost unanimous support in this house bearing in mind that talks to resolve the
that perfectly encapsulates what is wrong with the copyright system when users apologise for interacting with culture in a way that they find most natural to them.
in its unmixed form the song in question has a music video clearly inspired by the hbo series game of thrones which in turn is based on the very famous fantasy books by an author called george r. r. martin. i was struck when i found this youtube video by the user's comments on his own behaviour and by how radically copyright
madam president meps have immunity intended to protect the freedom of expression. however most of us in this chamber would agree that it should never cover immunity on grounds of hate speech.
we know that conflict can only be resolved by engaging with your enemy negotiating a settlement talking and making space for the other moving away from the intransigence of i am right and my enemy my opponent must accept my righteousness'.
given that this parliament emerged from a war from a conflict and aims to build prosperity and solidarity it should without hesitation disassociate itself from any mep whose comments incite hatred.
mep nick griffin's inflammatory comments while in belfast which have resulted in the police service preparing a file for the public prosecution service and his outrageous twitter postings last week putting the lives of two gay men at risk should not be covered by mep immunity and privileges.
two years ago nigel farage pledged complete transparency for the expenses of his meps with statements published and updated quarterly.
he even claims he has lost his receipts.
his deputy paul nuttall has not updated his accounts for two years.
his website details show general expenditure that only accounts for a fraction of what we know that meps actually get paid.
it goes as we all know into the personal bank accounts of meps so maybe we can assume that it has gone into his back pocket unless he can explain otherwise.
ukip has broken its promise.
it pretends to be honest but in reality it is practising a great game of deceit.
next time mr farage stands up and asks questions of the european union maybe members should start demanding some answers from him.
the eu has been in my opinion insensitive to the needs of millions of blind and partially sighted people.
all member states and relevant institutions should make the strongest possible representations to the world intellectual property organisation in geneva in june for a full binding treaty.
however advances in technology are resulting in improved and expanded opportunities being made available to those currently disadvantaged by the absence of suitable print media.
as we all begin to make the transition to electronic formats for our books we need to ensure that suitable devices and computer applications for the blind are also being developed so that they too can participate in this new way of accessing literature.
we need to ensure that appropriate technology is suitably funded so that blind and partially sighted citizens can benefit at a reasonable cost from the new computerised solutions emerging.
the european blind union the european dyslexia association the dyslexia association of ireland the committee on petitions of the european parliament and even parliament itself have all called on the commission and the council to create binding legislation through the world intellectual property organisation yet the commission and council continue to walk the path of soft legislation despite expert advice and guidance from blind persons' organisations arguing to the contrary. put simply this legislation would allow organisations to make an adapted copy of books and therefore make more books available to blind and print disabled persons.
that would be an intrinsic good.
the need for this legislation is abundantly clear to me as it should be to everyone in this house.
commissioner you have no time for discrimination. i have known you for a very long time and i have seen you defend the principle of equality.
therefore i wish to urge you to go further. as you know we need to take positive action in tackling this worldwide book famine for the blind and people who are visually impaired in full respect of copyright legislation.
parliament supports a binding treaty organisations for the blind support a binding treaty as do most countries.
therefore commissioner i urge you to go forward.
your record on the principle of equality of access is second to none but blind people across the world are victims of a worldwide book famine.
i do not believe that the creators of these works stand as a barrier to access.
mr president over the past two years we have heard many debates in this parliament about keeping the rules whether it is the six pack or the two pack or the fiscal compact.
yet when it comes to the rights of persons with a disability or to the petitioners like the european blind union up to now we have been told that soft law recommendations and voluntary licences are a better option.
commissioner barnier you spoke of cooperation of identifying the best solutions and you have said you are open to constructive discussions.
what i hear from you right now is yes but not yet we need further negotiations.
in my own country ireland the national council for the blind tells us that millions of blind eu citizens face a book famine in which only a low percentage of books are converted to an accessible format that they can read.
the un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities the work of the european blind union and the parliament report on unlocking the cultural and creative industries i believe commissioner provide you and the commission with a roadmap.
i think all we are doing tonight is asking you to take that pathway.
the commission also welcomes the recommendations on cybercrime.
we also have the recent cyber attacks directive which lays down common rules on the definition of the most typical cybercrime offences and their penalties as recommended in your report. furthermore we have proposed a directive on network security.
money. finally concerning the cross cutting aspects of organised crime you refer to the idea of revising the current legislative framework including mafia type organisations and for stronger action specific witness protection measures or tailor made investigation
i hope members can join me in pushing those member states to do this as quickly as possible.
the commission also welcomes the very large number of recommendations addressing the issue of trafficking in human beings and that reflects parliament's very strong commitment as regards this horrible violation of human rights. we welcome the focus on the implementation of the eu legal and policy framework on trafficking in human beings and particularly the directive. the deadline for transposition expired on six april two thousand and thirteen and still almost ten countries have not transposed that directive.
as far as images of child abuse are concerned there is already an obligation for member states under the child sexual exploitation directive.
this provides for a strategic approach and contributes to coordinating the efforts of different players.
i am convinced that we need an effective confiscation scheme in all member states and i hope that the on going negotiation on the confiscation directive will soon be completed.
the commission's anti corruption report will therefore look at the end results and the efforts of anti corruption efforts.
the report puts many important issues related to the effective fight against organised crime high on the european agenda.
i am also pleased to see that several recommendations of the report deal with the confiscation and recovery of the proceeds of crime.
it will refer to all forms of corruption in the public and private sectors and it will assess member states' efforts to see what has worked and what has not worked and recommend further improvements and disseminate good practices.
awareness raising at national level will be valuable.
office. that would be a milestone in the process of improving the protection of the eu's financial interests and protecting taxpayers'
tools. we are currently carrying out a study on the effectiveness of the tools that we use to fight against organised crime. this will be done by next year and it will enable us to determine the most suitable measures to be adopted in the
the directive on victims' rights means that all victims of crimes will now benefit from common minimum standards on their procedural rights support and protection throughout criminal proceedings.
so you see we have a very ambitious set of newly adopted actions though for the moment we are not committing from the commission's side to propose an eu action plan on cybercrime.
once this is adopted it has of course to be implemented promptly.
too often we are playing a game of catch up with heavy sophisticated and well organised criminal groups because we are too busy creating wish lists.
my hope is that the committee does not act as a commentary to these problems but brings forward new ideas particularly the need for increased cross border information sharing.
our group has always placed the emphasis on improving information sharing and cooperation between member states and on the need for a serious response to the growing threat of cybercrime.
we are here today because we all know that more needs to be done to fight the growing problem of cross border crime crime which costs eu business eur six hundred and seventy billion annually and causes the loss of too many innocent lives.
therefore we need international partners and global mechanisms in order to fight back.
it will be published next year and i will of course share the results with you here.
we need to harmonise the laws on confiscation and to make it more difficult for the criminal networks.
the commission has done quite a lot to strengthen victims' rights.
we are seeking to strengthen the operational work of europol.
we need to do more to catch up with them. there are many very important suggestions in these reports.
on confiscation and many of you mentioned this why are they engaged in organised crime?
i am looking forward to working with you and to looking at further recommendations in the report to see how we can carry this work forward in order to reach a common goal to fight organised crime corruption and money laundering in the european union.
i know that this week there is a very important trilogue on the confiscation directive.
we need to go for the money.
i hope that all parties the council and parliament will try to find compromises so that we can have this adopted.
because it is so profitable of course.
some of them have been already incorporated in things that we have proposed; some are on their way and some will be very helpful for the future.
as everybody has said it is a hugely profitable business because it is a business.
your support has been very valuable in what we have done so far.
as i mentioned in my introduction we are engaged in a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the tools we have for fighting organised crime.
obviously we need to do something about that. we particularly need to utilise cooperation across all member states particularly at police level.
it is the new warfare and like wars of old we have got to organise ourselves to fight against it.
mr president in my own constituency of northern ireland tomorrow will mark twenty years since ira terrorists murdered nine innocent people in a bomb attack on the shankill road in belfast.
the terrorist was also blown up by his own bomb.
we as a people have seen all too often the result of the relationship between organised crime and terrorism.
recent efforts to combat serious crime in northern ireland and particularly fuel laundering have been hampered by the willingness of nationalist and republican politicians to block the national crime agency from operating in our region of the united kingdom.
this approach has been motivated by self interest and must change fast.
the committee's report contains several positive elements.
it highlights the need to stem the rise in human trafficking tackle new offences relating to cybercrime and ban legal highs.
i welcome the proposal for a charter for the protection and assistance of victims of trafficking.
i am however disheartened by the committee's fascination with harmonising banking systems and national criminal law provision under its planned action plan and its recommendation on an eu public prosecutor.
of course money laundering is not always obviously a cross border activity.
the uk is full of micro and small businesses which deal with cash customers and survive only by divine providence.
indeed the hand of god or at least one of his alternatives must be responsible because the tiny number of customers they have could not sustain them.
the products that they sell in limited quantities are varieties of fast food and taxi rides.
the trafficked products and people that they sell on a grander and more profitable scale are the products and services that dare not speak their name.
in two thousand and nine we had already called for a directive. in two thousand and ten the international women's day event in the european parliament was dedicated to it.
the european union should therefore become the leading international actor in preventing gender based violence and serve as a successful example for those who are legislatively culturally and politically speaking fighting violence against women.
decisive action is needed in terms of signing and ratifying and most importantly implementing the council of europe convention on violence against women and domestic violence by individual states and on behalf of the union.
today's debate is of great importance in addressing not only the rights and health of eu citizens but also regarding the values and principles on which the union is based and the actual financial cost of violence to eu economies.
it affects women and girls in all parts of the world irrespective of factors such as age class or economic background.
we said that there was a need for the commission to present an eu wide strategy to end violence against women including a legislative criminal law instrument to combat gender based violence as requested by parliament in several resolutions.
the svensson report adopted on five april two thousand and eleven called for a new comprehensive policy approach against gender based violence including a criminal law instrument in the form of a directive against gender based violence'.
the istanbul convention is the most far reaching legal instrument on violence against women and has the potential to effectively prevent and combat violence against women in europe and beyond.
the council explicitly called for measures aimed at the prevention and elimination of violence the provision of protection and support to victims and the prosecution of perpetrators.
we need cooperation.
in addition the council has stressed the importance of improving the collection and dissemination of data.
allow me to begin by underlining that the adoption of the istanbul convention was a major step forward in our efforts to eradicate all domestic violence including violence against women.
it is important to remember that in this field the member states are responsible for many of the key policy areas where action needs to be taken.
here we must of course respect the commission's right of initiative as well as the member states' competences in key areas including justice and home affairs.
as for networks communication and support for member states the council has repeatedly invited the commission to consider developing a european strategy in this area.
the council has therefore also called on the member states and the commission to strengthen and support multi agency and multidisciplinary cooperation involving all relevant stakeholders.
the council has already called for action on a number of occasions.
it is pleasing to note that this is an area where the council and parliament share the same values the same goals.
national and european statistical offices will all have a role to play.
as regards the possibility of eu accession to this convention it would be up to the commission to propose such a step. the council would then examine this in accordance with the treaty rules. on the issue of implementation
and we need an unflinching political commitment and will.
as far as ratification of the convention is concerned the council has already called upon the member states to onsider signing ratifying and implementing' this crucial instrument.
the member states and the commission have the key competences and resources.
we have long pursued the same goals.
it asked the commission and the member states to consider designating two thousand and fifteen the european year on zero tolerance for violence against women.
it is a complex and broad ranging issue.
we have established the daphne programme the directive on trafficking the european protection order and the directive on the rights support and protection of victims of crime.
these include women's organisations and ngos which play an important role in combating violence against women and providing services to victims of such violence and their children.
but no one i believe questions the value of european cooperation and mutual learning in this difficult field.
the council also called for appropriate and sustainable funding.
here too we can benefit from cooperation mutual learning and shared practices.
last year the council asked the member states and the commission to develop action plans programmes and strategies to combat violence against women and girls.
this is a first step in its successful promotion.
eu accession to the convention will be possible only in the areas where the eu has competence.
let me assure you that the commission continues to use all relevant opportunities to call on member states to progress with ratification.
we worked well together on the directive for victim support as well as on a civil and criminal european protection order.
this work requires strong involvement and close cooperation with the member states.
the commission is participating in the work of the fundamental rights agency and the european institute for gender equality to get more reliable eu figures.
eleven four million will be awarded for ngos to put in place actions to be adapted to national contexts tailored to the specific needs of the targeted groups.
this is currently done by the daphne iii programme and should continue with the future rights equality and citizenship programme. in the field of prevention and awareness raising the commission launched this year a restricted call for proposals for eur.
it is now up to the member states to implement these measures effectively and in a timely manner.
the commission thanks this house for the support it gives in continuing on this path.