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it is shocking and does not suit the europe i believe in. the problem we are facing is serious and systemic if we consider that out of the seventy six countries worldwide where homosexuality is illegal thirty eight are in africa.
let me also highlight some good news.
in several african countries we see the so called corrective' rape of women who are alleged to be lesbians.
sadly even in the house too many members are unwilling to condemn the murder of other human beings only because of their sexual orientation.
the british international development secretary andrew mitchell subsequently carried out this threat and cut aid to malawi by gbp nineteen million after two gay men were sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour.
mr president last year the british prime minister made clear his support for gay rights when he said that african countries which persecute homosexuals will have their aid cut unless they stop punishing people in those relationships.
this announcement caused quite a stir and it is not yet clear that this will be a completely effective way of aiding human rights on the ground but nevertheless it is the right thing.
today we are concentrating on the situation of women in africa where female homosexuality is legal in twenty seven countries and illegal in another.
all states have the obligation to prevent violence and incitement to hatred based on sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression and to respect the principles of equality between women and men. however the stigmatisation of and the violence against lesbian bisexual transgender and intersex women as well as against women perceived to be so
twenty seven thus i am glad that this parliament strongly condemns all forms of violence and discrimination against lesbians in african countries where this is taking place including extreme forms of violence such as corrective rapes and other forms of sexual violence.
i did not necessarily hear a question. let me just say that over three years of negotiating urgency resolutions on universal human rights there have been countless instances where members of this house have tried to eliminate any reference to lgbt rights and violations of the rights of people whether through discrimination
human rights are universal;
lgbt rights are human rights and that is the end of the story.
i think it is important that we highlight the vulnerabilities in our own community by addressing these important issues.
the european union should counter it by applying conditionality in its relations with such counties in particular with regard to development aid.
we fought for our priorities and there can be some satisfaction with what we reached or what we achieved.
first of all i want to thank all the delegations involved the council and the commission but certainly also my colleagues in the negotiating team most of them are present here today for their efforts and their constructive cooperation during those weeks. it's fair to say that we have been working hard and we needed to work hard because we were faced with a fait accompli.
and let me especially draw your attention to the fact that for eu four health we have been able to triple the budget and we also secured that adequate new resources are available or will be available to honour the considerable future burden of the eur seven hundred and fifty billion
compared to the european council's conclusion of july we have eur fifteen billion extra for these flagship programmes.
additional resources will be available for all those things that are crucial for future jobs future growth future competitiveness and also certainly for the fight against climate change.
eu four health of course.
from the start of the negotiations i emphasised very much that it is very important that we strengthen the future oriented innovation oriented programmes like horizon investeu erasmus.
the july conditions of the council conclusions were untouchable that's what we heard and that's what we had to change because we thought there was a lot wrong in those conclusions.
but yet thanks to the constructive spirit of all institutions including this parliament which i thank we have managed to reach a good deal for our institutions and most importantly for our citizens.
let me just underline that we must also endeavour to translate this ambition into sectorial legislation.
we all know it was not always easy to get an agreement to find a common position but at the end of the day you made it we made it and i think this is something i would really like to honour to salute and to acknowledge.
so i count on your support in translating these provisions into the sectorial legislation.
unprecedented circumstances call for unprecedented responses.
this new context has been very present in our mff negotiations. we are demonstrating that europe is up to the challenge that the european institutions can live up to their responsibilities in the face of this unparalleled crisis.
this will be accompanied by an integrated and interoperable information and monitoring system to ensure the collection and comparability of information on the final beneficiaries to avoid and counter conflicts of interest irregularities issues of double funding and criminal mis use of funds.
parliament called several times for flexibility and this budget will have increased mechanisms to guarantee it has the capacity to address unforeseen needs.
these negotiations have been lengthy and difficult.
the vienna attacker posted a picture with an
same. without the radicalisation awareness network and their job these people would perhaps still be a danger to society.
we need to better share information and to share better information across borders.
prevention is better than cure.
us'. later this month i will launch an action plan on integration and inclusion based on opportunities and obligations.
the commission is supporting member states to increase the protection of public spaces.
but this is what we mean by terrorist offence' international acts which given their nature or context may seriously damage a country or an international organisation.
fundamental rights the eu will defend that includes also the freedom of religion but we will never accept violence in the name of religion.
day. europe commemorates the end of the first world war one hundred and two years ago a war that started with a violent attack the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
last year a far right terrorist attacked a synagogue in halle in germany.
one. when i grew up there was the raf the red brigades the ira
i want us together in the european union to move away from ad hoc police cooperation towards systematic police partnership.
education culture and sport also have a key role to play in
i am planning to update the prm decision to make it easier for law enforcement to exchange dna fingerprints and number plates and in future possibly also photos and police records.
the commission made eur twelve million available to improve security in places of worship.
before the summer we launched an action plan against firearms trafficking.
europol will continue to work with platforms who want to help but voluntary cooperation is not enough.
the objective will be to identify and close security gaps in law enforcement cooperation in the use of technology and information sharing to prevent radicalisation to protect public spaces and to work with member states regions cities and towns and also with key third country partners.
i call on this house this parliament for an agreement on the proposed regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online as soon as possible.
we need to show that our values are unbreakable and that we cannot be divided on this and we need to do more to protect our citizens our societies and our values.
no member state can or should face this threat alone.
his brutal murder was a direct attack on our values rights and freedoms the freedom of expression and information the right to education the freedom of thought conscience and religion. we need to unite and show strong solidarity as a union.
let's be clear these were attacks on our european values on fundamental rights and freedoms.
we need to unite as a society.
my thoughts are with the victims their families and friends.
the vienna attack shows the need to stop illegal firearms.
i'm looking into possibilities to increase this amount.
member states must urgently implement the firearms directive.
ak. forty seven in one month in july this year europol's internet referral unit took down two zero links to terrorist content including tutorials on how to carry out an attack.
member states need to be able to order the removal of terrorist content from any hosting service provider irrespective of its place of establishment with eu wide effects in one hour.
but we also need to look beyond counter terrorism.
eta. the terrorists change their causes change and their methods change.
the commission has started work on an eu police cooperation code. better information sharing also means making sure that it systems can talk to each other. member states need to work hard to achieve full interoperability by. two thousand and twenty three europol is the backbone of european police cooperation and europol is providing concrete and invaluable support to the french and austrian authorities as we speak.
member states should implement the pnr directive.
small actions can make a difference sometimes between life and death.
this reminds us that our struggle is not a new
it's difficult to measure terrorist attacks that are prevented but our police forces with the help of europol work hard every day to do justice. the radicalisation awareness network connects teachers social workers and community police officers. when they successfully lead someone away from violence there are seldom big headlines
everyone who has a legal right to be in europe should have the opportunity to take part in society a society where everyone is protected by european values and fundamental rights and where everyone must respect those same values and rights that includes the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression.
we are working closely with western balkans partners to fight the smuggling of illegal guns. and we need to register all known foreign terrorist fighters in the schengen information system so that we can detect them when they try to cross eu borders.
samuel paty's murderer used the internet to identify his horrible crime and afterwards posted pictures of his victim online.
there are former neo nazis former violent islamists who now reject violence and help others to do the
there were contacts in germany and switzerland.
us'. we can only counter this by offering an inclusive cohesive society in which everyone has a stake where there is no them and
i would also like to take this opportunity to emphasise the major increase dedicated to eu four health.
to block the whole package because kaczyski wants to continue to throw out judges that he doesn't like and because orbn wants to keep lining his own pockets.
just last night the hungarian minister as some colleagues have referred to has put forward new constitutional changes that would make it impossible for the opposition to run in a coordinated fashion.
i visited klub radio which is about to lose its frequency the last independent radio station in hungary.
these citizens do not have the time to wait.
they don't have the time to wait for another rule of law report another dialogue we need to act.
there are thousands of people in poland on the street because they lost the independence of the judiciary.
in poland we have an ecj ruling that this socalled disciplinary chamber should cease to exist but it continues to operate and to put judges out of work.
the polish minister has been speaking of political cultural and economic colonisation and hungary goes a step further as always and speaks of the execution of the soros plan.
i think one thing is pretty obvious that those that are screaming the loudest now about this are the ones that have to fear the most from this new conditionality.
hungary and poland are among the biggest recipients of eu funds. they have profited to the tune of eur one hundred and eighty billion of european solidarity since they acceded to the european union and now at this moment where millions of citizens where thousands of businesses need a lifeline from us and are expecting european solidarity this is the moment that they threaten
mr president while i may be the first woman in this office i won't be the last'. these were the words spoken by the new vice president elect kamala harris in her victory speech.
while this year will go down in history as the year of a global pandemic economic decline and authoritarian power grabs the us election result is a clear symbol of hope for all of us.
joe biden and his vice president spoke about the people rather than about themselves about their plans rather than their egos and they spoke to inspire not to divide.
five years ago we watched in horror as this chapter in american history began on the golden elevator in trump tower.
mr trump has been fired by a majority of the american voters but he hasn't conceded.
we are happy and relieved while we also know that trumpism is not gone.
it is of course worrisome to see that mcconnell and other prominent republicans are doing everything in their power to cast doubt on the fairness of this election and i believe it's time to face reality.
and therefore let's do so by inviting president biden to deliver his first foreign address in the european parliament because there's no better place to start to restart a new transatlantic partnership than at the heart of european democracy.
however it's good to have an ally in the white house again.
mr president let's make it very clear that we are stronger if we work together that the damage done is reversible.
and it's a joy for millions of girls around the world especially girls of colour who in kamala harris have the brightest demonstration that there's nothing they cannot achieve.
we know that things have changed in the last four years and that the eu also needs to take up its own responsibility as a global player.
on behalf of the entire sd group let me congratulate president elect biden and vice president elect harris on winning the most important us elections of our generation.
the next seventy days will certainly be bumpy but they won't change the facts.
the past four years have been tough for our american friends tough for transatlantic relations and tough for the multilateral global order.
on saturday we saw it coming crashing down in the parking lot of four seasons total landscaping.
to every little girl watching she said dream with ambition and lead with conviction'.
our american friends have demonstrated that yes democrats can defeat autocrats yes facts can defeat disinformation and hope can defeat fear.
well almost over.
concerning the content of the mff this is the least ambitious part of the deal.
they could have been more ambitious true but it's also true that they could have not been there at all.
especially when it comes to the post pandemic recovery fund the new own resources and the rule of law conditionality.
my answer to that is stronger.
to the european union united states relationship has to build on this idea of partnership.
it's a busy agenda and our capacity for developing digital strategy partnerships will be more effective if both partners are strong and committed and of course here in europe we speak with one voice when we engage with the new president the new administration and the new congress.
to cooperate in fighting covid nineteen including strengthening the workings of the world health organization and the capacity of the global health systems starting with preparedness and response to emergencies;
to address the difficulties of the world trade organization especially the dispute settlement mechanism;
it's not a secret either that in the past four years things have become complicated in our relations.
this morning at the college the commission took a first look at this opportunity and how we are going to manage this new era of our relationship with the us. all the commissioners participated in this debate and i am happy that the parliament also wants to advance a first approach to this issue.
and i want to congratulate the american people for the largest participation in us electoral history which shows clearly that the american citizens were very much aware of the importance of these elections.
from our end we will also step up people to people programmes a priority that was supported by this parliament as well and one i hope will continue.
to accelerate ambitious global climate action and to invest in harnessing that in a logical transformation; to look at china and iran and our neighbourhood and we will try to reach a common approach with the
we need to invest at all levels and talk to our american friends across the aisle.
i am looking forward to getting back to a frank dialogue.
first of all i think that we have to welcome the clear commitment of president elect biden to restore unity and respect for democratic norms and institutions and work with allies based on true partnership. we are a partner and a capable and strategic approach
he risked his life despite suffering appalling racism.
let me tell you about osama joda a twenty three yearold palestinian immigrant in vienna.
a mayor also tried to block his family from buying a house because they were muslims.
they have come here to marry a european citizen they have come here to work here they have come to do research to study they have come here because they need international protection.
as a matter of fact it is already mandatory but we have to make sure that everybody also complies. we need to share information better we need to share better information and we need to remove terrorist content online immediately. to ms garca prez i would say i fully agree that we need to defend the right of free speech even when we totally disagree with the message
i would say to mr bay migration is not a threat.
he pulled the police officer to safety he took off his own shirt he tied it around the officer's leg to stop the bleeding.
we will never let them win.
today we have twenty two million people in the european union who are thirdcountry nationals.
let me first say to mr weber that i fully agree that it should be mandatory for all member states to insert terrorist alerts in the schengen information system.
they are part of our society.
he was just five metres away when a police officer got hit in this terrorist attack.
the aim of the terrorist is to divide our society is to destroy our unity is to abolish our values and rights.
but we also said that in the european programmes in the futureoriented programmes those programmes which should make europe more digital more modern more competitive the heads of state and government had made cuts and more money was needed.
we will support the allocation criteria and the amounts for each of the countries as negotiated in the council but we want to prolong the programme from three to four years because we now learn that corona is a longerterm crisis and we want to make sure that money gets where it's needed.
and we are also reinforcing the rights and values programme because yes we have an agreement on the rule of law mechanism there is conditionality.
and there is also the recovery and resilience facility and here commissioner i can report that the european parliament is on track.
four four billion more and just two days ago we learned that the european company which received european support from eu money for research is in the lead with regards to discovering a vaccine;
those who breach the rule of law should be sanctioned but those ngos who defend the rule of law they should be supported.
and our negotiators after intense negotiations have managed to achieve a very good result and the number is eur sixteen billion more for the people of europe as a result of the demands and the fight of the european parliament.
we recognised that the allocations which the twenty seven heads of state and government had negotiated amongst themselves for each country was something that the parliament should not challenge.
to better align policies promoting the equal participation of women in the labour market.
thus we welcome the reinforcement of employment and social innovation strands to support programmes and training targeted at advancing women's participation and tackling their precarity on the labour market.
however the greatest challenge is still unfortunately ahead of us.
this is particularly important in times of the covid nineteen crisis which poses a serious risk of rolling back decades of gains achieved in gender equality in labour market participation.
you have now to use it and not wait two or three years before doing it.
there are other things to tackle the lack of a european defence community the unanimity rule and the fact that we cannot elect our own leader.
and what we will do now with this programme is launch nearly one trillion of these bonds on the market and the first bond that has been launched is a huge success.
and my second warning is this let's not stop the reform of the european union.
because we are in fact breaking three long standing taboos in europe.
the first is to the commission.
at times when the epidemiological situation is worsening and economic forecasting is predicting challenging times for our companies citizens and regions.
on the substance of the council and the parliament position i would like to address one issue also raised by state secretary hagedorn last time when we met in this chamber few weeks ago.
the commission doesn't perform these tasks and the pooling of national activities in the decentralised agencies has no impact on the workload within the commission.
while we fully share the objective to ensuring the efficiency of our administration i simply cannot accept the rationale in offsetting increases in posts for decentralised agencies by cutting commission posts.
i hope that this will enable us to swiftly come to an agreement on the two thousand and twenty one budget in the conciliation.
this is critical if we want the union's response to the crisis to continue at full force next year.
this concerns the proposal to reduce one hundred and sixty two posts in the commission's establishment plan of which one hundred and forty posts relate to staff increases in the union's decentralised agencies.
let's make every single day count and work together proactively and constructively.
the amending letter will provide proposals which should meet the main concerns.
moreover it was again the european parliament that insisted on linking european funds to respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights. still personally i think this is not enough in its current form but it is for sure a very good first step to ensure conditionality that after all seventy of all citizens consider to be crucial.
this mff and recovery fund will prevent the european union from going back to business as usual on the contrary it will help the union to become more resilient sustainable gender balanced and inclusive.
as a member of the sd group i'm especially pleased that own resources like a financial transaction tax and corporate tax base ensure that everybody pays their fair share.
mr president it is happening in the us it is happening here in europe it is happening all around the globe.
authoritarian leaders are trying to destroy the basic principles and the very foundations of our democracies.
donald trump does not want to accept the outcome of a democratic election.
some people might think oh well if we just back off a little bit if we just try to see this from their perspective a little bit more it might all turn out to be a big misunderstanding.
they are planning to undermine our democracy our values by spreading baseless conspiracy theories by scapegoating minorities by erasing all checks and balances we have built in hard won battles over the centuries.
that's why we need to use every tool we have available in order to stand up to these attacks.
lastly you can threaten us mr orbn. you can try to intimidate us.
you can send your trolls after us.