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the second question is related to what was mentioned already in this house which is that the recent recommendations on the two thousand and eleven semester were toned down by the council in some cases.
thirdly the european semester and the economic dialogue should be regarded as elements of the eu institutional framework and most importantly should promote the community method involving the union institutions at all stages of the decision making process.
firstly i would like to stress that the formalisation of the european semester should in no way jeopardise the prerogatives of the european parliament as provided for in the treaties.
the commission here should play an independent and even stronger role in the process.
secondly institutions should cooperate in order to enhance the semester's legitimacy and to clear the remaining legal ambiguities which otherwise may lead to institutional conflicts in the coming years.
we are very aware that the need for a settlement is much greater. however that decision rests with the member states.
today before this parliament i would like to ask you to join us in urging the member states to do more and to show solidarity with those countries where there are people in extreme need of help and resettlement.
as for the joint eu resettlement programme there is disagreement over the procedure.
the commission is as you know not directly involved in the process of resettlement itself.
ladies and gentlemen this year we are celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the geneva convention. during the commemoration in geneva in december this year state commitments will hopefully be made.
as an incentive member states can receive eur four zero from the refugee fund per resettled refugee coming from any of these countries.
it is our long term goal to build up an asylum capacity together with these new governments so that the improved international standards can be in place.
that also included an evacuation process from places such as misratah the establishment of refugee camps and assistance with registration and reports.
of this number so far seven member states have accepted three hundred and three refugees for resettlement;
the pledging of resettlement places must take place by june each year and that means that any amendment to the refugee fund decision must be finalised very soon to ensure a smooth operation.
together maybe we can achieve something so that new commitments could be made.
the european refugee fund is as you know quite a large and complex mechanism and is run according to well defined rules.
in may this year i organised a meeting with the ministers a pledging conference on resettlement of the stranded refugees.
this is intended to speed up the sometimes very slow process.
when the crisis began the commission immediately called for a meeting between member states the commission the iom and the unhcr to discuss the situation of the refugees stranded in libya and to get an assessment of the resettlement needs.
the regional protection programmes in north africa were created to increase the protection space in the region.
in parallel the commission financed humanitarian assistance to be provided to all refugees leaving the country.
what the commission can do is quite limited. we can encourage member states through financial support from the european refugee fund particularly for the regions where there is a regional protection programme in place.
we also called for the member states to pledge resettlement places for refugees coming from the region.
this is also part of the mobility partnership that we are seeking with these countries.
three hundred this is good but is clearly not enough.
i can assure you that the commission is working hard to develop better and more flexible ways to fund eu resettlement and that will be part of the post two thousand and thirteen financial instrument. we hope that increased funding combined with new flexible rules will result in more resettlement from eu member states.
it is deplorable that in lampedusa a refugee reception centre has been razed to the ground by tunisian refugees protesting at their imminent repatriation.
under the new democratic leadership stability has been restored in tunis and the country is once more on the road to prosperity.
therefore a clear distinction must be drawn between genuine asylum seekers and economic migrants leaving tunisia and other north african countries coming from further afield who are arriving on the eu shores in very large numbers;
they should face the criminal justice system if they have blood on their hands.
so there is a more urgent situation today than ever before and with the elections also coming the political pressures on tunisia are extreme.
they can be resettled.
of course this is the story of all refugee camps in extreme areas but i think all of our colleagues would agree that what we also saw was extreme generosity by the tunisian people by the army. these are people of whom many are living on the poverty line yet they took refugees into their own homes and we witnessed this story.
i spoke to the unhcr last week and it has identified five two hundred and ninety one persons in extreme positions who could be resettled.
parliament has also proposed supplementary funding for any new resettlement countries and this could give the incentive that is needed to involve more member states in resettlement.
we will join you in doing it.
they are very modest numbers but they are highly symbolic.
norway had resettled refugees the united states had resettled refugees canada had resettled and of course we in the european union had lagged behind.
we must put that right.
we must get the political message right and the humanitarian message correct.
it is crucial also that the joint eu resettlement programme is established before the new multiannual financial framework.
in the shorter term unblocking the resettlement programme will also allow the european asylum support office to take up its role of coordinating cooperation between eu member states and in supporting those that are new to resettlement but the political message is very clear resettlement does not involve huge numbers;
what it means for us is a contrast between that and a more urgent situation today.
they have been checked.
on a daily basis children women and men face extreme heat sandstorms limited access to clean water inadequate sanitation and hygiene facilities.
we are in a situation where we know the figures we have done the organisation and of course the tunisian border will now be closed because of the sheer number of sub saharan african refugees people who have been rejected by the rebel forces in libya who are now coming since our visit to the area.
if i can travel there i cannot see why anybody cannot travel there if that is the nationality of origin of these individuals.
we cannot accept economic migrants in unlimited numbers in our countries.
resettlement is of course an extremely important life saving measure for the most vulnerable people but it is also a way to show solidarity. we have all rejoiced at events as the people of tunisia libya and egypt have risen to throw out their dictators and call for freedom and democracy.
many of these people have gone to libya.
many of these people have been able to return to their home their country of origin with help from the european union we must remember that.
some people might still be able to go home and some as was said could maybe go back to libya when the situation becomes a bit more stable but there are people who cannot return.
what will happen to me? ' they cannot go home they have no state to go to because that state is a failed state or they are persecuted.
we must help these people.
member states have done a lot.
some have offered resettlement.
i think we should also thank the us australia and canada because they have taken a lot but dear friends it is our neighbourhood.
we are the european neighbours of these countries.
we could do much more and i hope that we can after this come together even more ask member states to do more to take responsibility.
we are certainly willing on the commission side to do our part.
we have called for pledging meetings.
we have asked the member states we have put resources at our disposal we are even offering transport support for these people to come to the european union but member states must also now live up to their promises and their nice words about solidarity.
therefore we have to build success stories models and good practices concerning ppps to encourage our companies to go there. we also have to create things like one stop shops or user friendly platforms.
we all know that massive investments are required in developing countries in terms of infrastructure energy supply or access to
i think that this report could play a positive role in
that. it just urges the eu institutions to take the necessary steps on the existing playing field to promote the participation of eu companies in ppp projects.
point. i think that we can create synergies with our development objectives by pursuing ppp projects.
water. a substantial part of this funding will need to come from the private sector where ppp can play a crucial
other non european markets.
madam president public private partnerships in third countries will have many positive effects on job creation competitiveness and productivity in europe.
the legal framework for public partnership programs should be reinforced with a view to establishing a clear predictable and legitimate institutional framework supported by competent and well resourced authorities.
the commission welcomes the report's call for improved transparency and fair competition in public private partnerships in international trade relations. we will continue to strengthen efforts to include public private partnerships to the greatest extent possible within the government procurement chapter of international trade agreements. indeed there are many points expressed in the report with which the commission fully agrees and certainly welcomes. i want to give you some examples. firstly that public private partnerships can foster innovative solutions and mobilise long term private finance facilitating complex projects in the public interest notably in the infrastructure sector or other capital intensive sectors.
secondly that cooperation between the private and public sectors can foster innovation research and development through increased competition.
thirdly the importance of facilitating the participation of smes in publicprivate partnerships.
finally ppps give opportunities abroad which can increase european companies' market access in government procurement in countries outside the eu and redress the asymmetry between eu and other countries' levels of openness in government procurement.
at the same time these represent great opportunities for developing countries to create wealth and develop the infrastructures that are needed for business.
the populists are winning elections kicking out the old guard the very people who wrote this resolution.
the resolution is a federalist's delight and it is business as usual here yet all around you rome burns.
you're a protectionist racket. that's what trump told you and that's what wilbur ross told you and that's what you are.
literally!
across the southern eu states there is horrifically high youth unemployment.
give some more autonomy over their immigration and let's keep them in the european union.
what surprises me is that almost everybody except the brexiteers to my left here hate brexit but there is nobody in this house trying to stop it.
by the way eur thirty seven billion will be the cost to the remaining european countries. in other words it is very clear brexit remains a lose lose situation.
he made it very clear that if the ten zero trucks going in and out of dover everyday are only held up by two minutes because of brexit there would be a seventeen mile queue outside dover and equivalent chaos in dunkirk and calais.
we hear support from donald tusk support from manfred weber so they tell us but i hope it isn't just support because it suits them now because we didn't get support from you in the past.
we need this to work.
we need to be positive. statements such as you will regret it' from mr juncker i hope you mean that from the point of view of you won't make them regret it but you think they will regret it because we need this to work out.
i'd like to hear more positive stuff as we heard from mr gualtieri that we need to reduce the negative impact as much as possible.
we were bullied for years by britain then bullied by the eu on lisbon and nice bullied again on bank debt.
we need you all to grow up stop fighting and support people.
it is only in this scenario can we get the best possible deal for ireland both north and south.
the customs union also is a vital question when it comes to the northern ireland border.
colleagues the single market and the customs union are precisely the tools with which our countries have organised frictionless trade across europe.
i think they want to send harry potter to find some solution to this border.
no there will be deadlock i fear in these negotiations which will continue for so long as we have a government in britain that is divided internally that has no majority in its own parliament and which continues to lose public support on this issue.
they respond in fact to the ambiguities and the contradictions in that government's position.
all of us are waiting with bated breath to hear how you can turn that border into a customs border but not have any customs controls.
no wonder they wanted to keep those figures quiet and how embarrassed they were when they leaked out.
you cannot walk out from them abandon them and still have frictionless trade.
the biggest ambiguity of all is the idea that you can have frictionless trade with the rest of europe while leaving the customs union and the single market.
at the same time there are no indications that the united kingdom's red lines have changed since last year. all this explains why the draft guidelines due to be adopted by the european council on twenty three march are not more detailed.
we need real and sustained progress in order to meet our deadlines.
the same logic applies to governance the closer our relationship the stronger its governance should be.
the uk set itself the goal of getting the transition agreed in march with the shared understanding that this is a part of the overall package that is to be finalised in october.
this is why in the proposed guidelines you see provisions on police and judicial cooperation as well as on security defence and foreign policy.
our commitment to seek such a partnership is shared by the parliament as reflected in your resolutions.
this holds true for the unity of the twenty seven member states but also for unity among our institutions.
in that sense the partnership we have in mind largely covers the same four pillars of possible cooperation suggested by your resolution.
of the uk position. in that respect we have in fairness acknowledged that even though over the last fourteen months there has been a succession of speeches outlining the uk's view on the future of our relations we still need more concrete and more operational proposals.
are also envisaged.
in fact even the very first guidelines adopted by the european council already indicated the desired scope and nature of this partnership. it is also clear at least from a negotiation perspective that the understanding of the framework for the future relationship which will be reflected in a political declaration accompanying the withdrawal agreement cannot be more detailed than what we know
trade facilitation elements such as customs cooperation addressing barriers to trade etc.
two important sectors are also pointed out in the guidelines fisheries and aviation along with the basic principles that should govern cooperation on them.
looking beyond the transition period we are determined to build with the united kingdom a broad and close partnership.
let me conclude by recalling that more than ever our unity matters.
the guidelines make it clear that a key point in this context is also preserving the autonomy of decision making of the european union.
in this respect i am very much reassured by the broad convergence of the priorities set out in your resolution and those flagged in the guidelines due to be adopted by the european council.
we also need to outline the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom. it is particularly important for us that there is no backsliding on the commitments from the joint report especially with regard to the three key withdrawal issues namely citizens' rights financial settlement and ireland.
this will hopefully provide the political space for broader dynamics of the negotiations with the uk.
securing fair competition between businesses on both sides of the channel is an important task if we want a properly functioning and ambitious fta.
in fact respecting the rights of the citizens who live there our eu citizens and on the opposite side also respecting the rights of uk nationals living on our continent because this is in any way something that we have to achieve. both sides uk nationals and eu citizens cannot be the victims of this whole brexit in and outcome.
you cannot have the rights of norway and then the obligations of canada.
for every one of these four pillars what we do in this resolution is give the principles what are the fields where we can cooperate what are the different principles we have to apply and anyway what is the advantage of our proposal and i hope that the council will also recognise this in the coming days is that we create one overall governance structure.
well i have to tell you that i don't think that we have ever presented that proposal to the uk side.
i think that the uk side has to understand that the opposite is also not possible.
it is not an inflation of bilateral arrangements as we have with switzerland which will be a good basis for that special partnership but one overall governance based on association.
he understands that when you are leaving the internal market you're leaving it. when you are leaving the common legislation you are leaving it.
what is best for the united kingdom in spite of a disoriented government and political establishment;
let's have that in mind.
we are not only part of the negotiations we are responsible for the future of europe.
of informing us that he now understands the consequences of brexit.
when you are leaving the cooperation for security you are leaving it. i must say it doesn't take a mathematician to understand the consequences of that.
this will be damaging for the eu and a disaster for the united kingdom.
mr president as the resolution recognises the logical consequences of the uk conservative government's red lines are customs checks and delays at dover and elsewhere which will seriously impact the supply chains not only of uk businesses but also businesses in the eu.
it will be ordinary people.
it is high time this government dropped its red lines and negotiated with an open mind.
none of this seems to bother the uk conservatives who seem to have abandoned uk business entirely but it will not be their wealthy chums who suffer from this.
and that there will be no new regulatory barriers within the united kingdom is a trilemma that cannot be solved.
the end of that transition should also be the cut off date of any change in the status of citizens and we do welcome as guy just did the very significant progress made over the last few months in that respect.
indeed arguing that the united kingdom will leave the single market and customs union;
our key concern is that no one ends up losing rights. if we want to be creative we should consider basing citizens' rights on residence rather than on nationality which may provide at the same time certainty and simplicity.
therefore it has to be or in.
taking into account your long relationship with us and the fact that of course the uk would then have to apply eu law without being a part of the decision process it would be fair to establish a privileged channel for your country to express concerns and suggestions.
twenty seven it has everything to do with the stubbornness of facts.
and i agree with you that we have to tailor the transition period to the practical imperatives rather than align it with any pre set dates.
if regulatory divergence is real it creates a border and no magical thinking can ever erase it. therefore one of the three elements has to give and i cannot imagine the british government giving up on or taking any risk with peace in northern ireland.
ever since you became prime minister i have carefully listened to you on brexit. i do acknowledge your wish to make the best out of the inconvenient situation the referendum has put your country in but i am still perplexed by the inner contradictions of your government's positions.
this has nothing to do with the alleged stubbornness of the eu;
a few issues remain to be tackled however the non reversibility of rights the rights of european residents with disabilities the status of future spouses the rights of third country nationals as well as voting rights.
that the united kingdom government will stand by its commitment to the good friday agreement;
prime minister one recognises a stateswoman by her ability not so much by being strong facing the other camp but by confronting her adversaries in a round camp.
it is time for ms may to stop confusing the brexit negotiations with conservative party management and to start developing a credible and serious negotiating position.
instead ms may again limited herself to empty slogans carefully drafted to hold together a divided cabinet and a divided tory party still desperately trying to present brexit as a win win situation while asking for many more cakes to have and eat and many more cherries to pick.
where is the sense of reality?
i am glad that this house today states that that is a completely unacceptable position.
her speech last week was an opportunity after two years to provide and to paint a realistic picture.
let's get on with that.
ms may wants to take back control of laws money and borders but at the same time she speaks of the most comprehensive trade deal ever with frictionless trade and no border in ireland.
no more money to the eu no more eu laws imposed upon us no more open borders. brexit must mean exit.
we will not accept subservience to the eu.
we want full independence and the return to our former status as an independent democratic nation state.
our future relationship with the eu will be one of trade friendship and cooperation something that ukip has argued for for the last twenty five years.
we offer europe friendship and cooperation but be of no doubt there will be an independent free prosperous british lion off your shores.
we are your friends your powerful friends but do not push us too far.
be of no doubt that will not happen.
we are offering you tens of billions of pounds in aid to plug the holes in your budget just as my father and grandfather endured rationing in order that food could be sent to a starving mainland.
you will not chain us. do not be fooled by political has beens coming from the uk like blair and clegg desperate for publicity acting as some sort of third column trying to stop brexit or worse still agree a deal that will leave the uk so weak we come back cap in hand in decades to come.
deficit with the eu of your goods and we employ.
the city of london is very important in funding eu businesses. i have heard none of this today.
but as we get to the end point of this process we see what the reality is.
but i assure you your fight is not with the european union.
that is our starting point and that is our domestic issue but we will be in touch.
you were told by serious people like david davis that there was no downside and a considerable upside to voting leave.
to the people in england the people in the united kingdom i say as a friend of both who voted leave i get it your anger is justified your anger is real;