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therefore the eu considers that cop twenty three should result in a clear proposal on how the two thousand and eighteen facilitative dialogue should be prepared outlining the work for next year.
twenty three the dialogue will be the key political moment at cop twenty four and the first opportunity after paris to take stock of our collective efforts towards achieving the objectives of the paris agreement.
the eu will continue to support climate action in partner countries and is fully committed to the implementation of the two thousand and twenty climate finance roadmap.
the upcoming conference in bonn will be an important occasion to demonstrate the collective determination of the international community on climate action.
we remain committed to scaling the mobilisation of climate finance as part of a global effort to assist developing countries to implement their low carbon sustainable development and in particular their ndcs.
in this respect non party stakeholder contributions will be key in terms of presenting policy options approaches and technologies with high potential experiences and lessons learned.
this should include making substantial progress on the work programme with a view to finalising it next year and to preparing for the implementation of all provisions of the paris agreement comprising mitigation adaptation means of implementation support and the transparency framework.
it will help inform the preparation of subsequent nationally determined contributions or ndcs.
with regard to the transparency framework it is important to have comparable and robust methodologies to track progress and make sure that the chosen policy instruments have the desired impact in terms of reducing emissions or increasing resilience.
despite the political changeover in the us we are encouraged by good news from other countries moving forward on climate action.
further action by all parties individually and collectively will be required to reorient and make finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilient development.
but the dirty coal and oil lobby will also be there and they have an economic interest in trying to delay water down and prevent those solutions.
we need strong rules on conflicts of interest if we are going to be able to limit emissions so that we can stay below.
farmers apparently are going to have to improve the world weather by emitting fewer greenhouse gases. there are two of them that we it emit where we find ourselves in total contradiction to eu dogma.
if we are seriously going to reduce that on farms we're going to have to reduce our tractor usage and that means we must go to no till agriculture which means using glyphosate and adopting gm crops.
yet we are told by the eu you must grow more leguminous crops' because they will substitute for all the gm soya beans coming in from south america.
this is the precondition for a successful implementation of flexicurity.
while the common principles and the four components of flexicurity remain valid their substance needs to be further elaborated in the light of the new circumstances resulting from the current economic crisis including higher unemployment budget constraints the development of the new forms of employment faster and more complex transitions and more diversified job seekers' profiles.
i also agree that there is a need to update our thinking on flexicurity in the light of the current crisis.
this commission proposal to be adopted in november will aim to create conditions for modernising european labour markets with a view to raising employment levels and to ensuring the sustainability of our social models.
i am therefore very grateful for parliament's input.
mr president it was good to listen to authorities like mr harbour and commissioner barnier here today and even though mr barnier spoke for thirteen minutes and seventeen seconds well beyond his five minute allocation it was good that he was allowed to do so because he had a lot to say in creating the picture of where we are and where we are going to go.
mr president this act purports via a package of measures to boost assistance for small and medium businesses yet i fear once again it is nothing more than comforting words to give the appearance of action.
first of all we must cut taxes secondly we must have a bonfire of the regulations thirdly we must dismantle the reckless and failing experiment of monetary union and finally we must adopt a rational energy policy and abandon our lunatic obsession with the myth of global warming.
i come to the house today with good news.
challenged to find even one good thing to say about the european union most british conservatives will cite the single market.
they seem to believe that it is a free trade area and they think that free trade is a good thing.
it is a customs union and it is a bureaucratic nightmare of regulation and red tape.
it is possible to create growth and jobs and prosperity and investment and recovery in europe but to do so we will need to do four things.
we should certainly thank him for his efforts but he falls into an error common amongst british conservatives.
you will recall that all the economic studies that have been done show that free trade areas are generally much more efficient than customs unions.
if you wish to point out that it is in fact a customs union with the addition of massive and excessive regulation i will be the last to disagree with you.
i want to ask him to pick up two points first of all would he confirm that the antique data he uses attributed to mr verheugen was actually the total burden of all regulation on european industry not just eu legislation but the whole of the national member states' legislation?
it is a fundamentally more advanced and open economic area than anything else in the world.
i want to thank everybody on the committee for their deep engagement and knowledge about this subject.
i think the resolution that we produced in response to this and marking out the road for the next phase of the single market act is really important and i hope the house will pass that with a very substantial majority tomorrow.
we have been worried that it has not been transposed quickly enough and we are pleased now that you are now going to put some real pressure on the member states to ensure that those rights are properly delivered. that is not just about business;
however perhaps the most scandalous aspect of the single market at the moment is that when citizens use the online tools they have on the internet they cannot actually buy services cross border.
they cannot buy goods cross border in many cases because they are refused access to other websites and in some cases they are even offered different prices for the same service depending on where they are making their enquiry.
you said quite rightly commissioner that the whole single market package must be subject to the deepest level of so called smarter regulation better policy making.
this is not just true for the single market;
it is true for everything we are doing in this house.
i like others strongly welcome the support of the epp under the leadership of simon busuttil for this resolution.
i agree of course with mr busuttil that family marriage laws are a national responsibility but there is an eu dimension when a gay married couple moves to another country where they lose their civil status and legal rights including parental rights.
but for all too many lgbt people in europe and even in the eu the discrimination and prejudice they face is crudely homophobic nasty and brutish to the point not only of hate speech but violence and murder.
madam president i was delighted that ilga has rated the uk as the best country in europe for respecting the human rights of lgbt people.
the mere fact of having exercised the right to free movement does not imply that same sex couples would acquire more rights in the host member state than those guaranteed to their own nationals in that member state.
this means that all member states are obliged to grant the right of residence to a union citizen's spouse regardless of sexual orientation but the host member state is under no obligation to recognise the marriage under its national law.
it concerns the link between the free movement directive and the mutual recognition of same sex couples.
such recognition is immaterial for the purposes of the application of the directive.
article twenty four of the directive ensures that same sex couples who exercise their right to free movement have the same rights within the scope of the treaty as same sex couples in the host member state.
you know that the free movement directive provides for the right of entry and residence for union citizens and their family members regardless of the recognition of same sex marriages or partnerships.
there was however one question which i have already answered several times in written form but which i think it is important to answer in this chamber in order to make things clear.
they need simply to grant entry and residence to the couples in question and to their family members including spouses and partners irrespective of their sexual orientation.
and to explain how without making a big fuss we can intervene in the application of the law in a member state in order to have that member state change a practice which is not in accordance with our european rules.
the question of recognition of marriages does not fall within the scope of the free movement directive.
healthcare education and access to goods and services including houses.
no one should suffer discrimination because of their sexual orientation.
it is about freedom including the right to speak freely to march to demonstrate and to express oneself in public.
the fundamental rights agency is deepening our understanding of discrimination based on sexual orientation and the eu also seeks to project its values in the wider world through its external actions.
the council directive on establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation is an important one.
a glance at the newspapers is enough to confirm that homophobic incidents are still all too common in europe and beyond.
changing attitudes is a long term process and i recall with satisfaction that five years ago the values shared by the council and the parliament were given embodiment in the two thousand and seven year of equal opportunities for all which was set up to remind our citizens
the eu has led the world in affirming lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people's rights and we must continue this process together. this is a shared responsibility of this house the commission and the member states and it is a shared responsibility for all our citizens in the eu.
the council has been examining the text since.
this is about defending and putting into practice the values we have enshrined in the un charter and human rights instruments such as the convention on civil and political rights in treaties in the charter on fundamental rights and in eu legislation.
thus it is already illegal for employers to discriminate against someone just because they happen to be gay or indeed heterosexual but of course discrimination does not take place only at work.
we need to be constantly vigilant in combating discrimination.
two thousand and eight we need all member states to agree before we can adopt this act.
this is not only about sexual orientation and identity.
european citizens also expect to receive equal treatment at school when seeing a doctor when renting a house and so on.
another tool at our disposal is awareness raising.
legislation is of course the bedrock of human rights and equal treatment but it can never be enough in itself.
the european parliament plays a crucially important role in defending sexual minorities who are not adequately protected by politicians and the law.
that all people are entitled to equal treatment irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin age sexual orientation and so on. we need to continue this work.
as you know only too well the negotiations on this proposal have not been easy.
no one should face harassment and bullying. the council is currently examining a commission proposal for a new directive that would extend protection against discrimination to areas outside employment areas such as social protection
as a legislator the council has already taken steps to protect european citizens against discrimination.
that is why the commission is fully committed to combating this phenomenon with all the powers at our disposal.
the commission has made a legislative proposal to extend this prohibition to cover access to goods and services social protection and education.
on that occasion i made a statement on behalf of the commission and i would like to reiterate here in front of the elected representatives of the european citizens that homophobia and transphobia are an unacceptable violation of human dignity and that they are completely incompatible
as explained in the recently adopted annual report on the application of the charter the commission ensures that this principle is respected in every eu action and by member states when they implement eu law.
hate crime against lgbti persons remains a source of concern as shown by the recent homophobic murder of the young belgian ihsane jarfi.
a crime has happened but also a mapping of where crimes happen in order to understand more about the trends in this domain.
and every time she visits a country outside the eu she recalls these principles in very strong language.
on top of that of course you have to stay vigilant and the commission remains vigilant following up closely every petition and parliamentary question that alerts us to discriminatory practices on grounds of sexual orientation whenever they concern matters falling within eu
the eu has repeatedly condemned such measures and repeatedly called on the authorities of those countries to respect their international legal obligations on human rights including the principles of equality and dignity.
in parallel the commission is continuing its awareness raising actions across europe in order to fight discrimination and to promote equality and diversity. in particular as you know we support civil society organisations and national authorities in combating discrimination
on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. what we do in europe we also do outside europe. the external action service is very much aware of the difficulties faced by the lgbti community in third countries like russia ukraine and moldova
as eu commissioner for justice i will continue here in europe to do my utmost to uphold the fundamental rights upon which the european union is founded not only on the international day against homophobia but on every day of the year because homophobia has no place in europe.
that is also why the commission has asked the agency for fundamental rights to conduct a specific survey on hate crimes and discrimination against lgbti persons in all member states and in croatia because we need to have evidence not only the evidence once
unfortunately this text needs unanimity in council and that is the reason why it is blocked but it is clear also that there is a vast majority of member states who would back it.
discrimination based on sexual orientation is also prohibited in our directives for instance in the directive on employment.
as vice president in charge of fundamental rights and non discrimination i have the task of ensuring that the principle of equal treatment remains valid everywhere and for all.
mr busuttil i very much welcome the support and the cooperation of the epp group because i think that the cross party support for this resolution sends a very strong signal to our own countries' governments as well as to the governments of the countries mentioned russia moldova
it contributes to a climate of hatred intolerance and violence.
if we tolerate discrimination and unequal treatment we send a signal that some people are less equal than we are and that justifies homophobia. so colleagues i ask everybody to wholeheartedly endorse the resolution tomorrow.
i am actually very glad and proud to be a member of this house which has really become a champion of lgbt rights and i very much welcome the first ever resolution dedicated to homophobia.
they do not get the same protection and services from their governments so perhaps we should not ask them to pay the same.
personally i believe that the eu has a limited role in social policy but it is a stark reality that some european nations have moved faster towards equality.
our progress towards building a more tolerant society should not be allowed to go into reverse gear.
however i believe that it is important that we stand united today to say that it is a fundamental value of our continent that all people deserve humanity dignity personhood and rights regardless of their sexual orientation.
nothing less madam president is acceptable to.
as people begin to fear for their economic security it is important that we do not allow those fears to grow and manifest themselves in discrimination or in the dehumanisation of any group of people.
as a lesbian woman myself and one who has lived through times when things were not at least in some parts of this continent as easy as they are now i know how it is to live a life of fear of being afraid of walking hand in hand with your loved person in the streets or of kissing her or him goodbye at the train station.
much as things have improved in many parts of this continent there is reason for serious concern.
earlier today all the political groups of this chamber sat down together around one table to draw up a common resolution in order to be able to speak against homophobia with one voice. since this issue stirs up a great deal of emotion and controversy the epp wants to keep the debate focused on the real issue that is homophobia.
firstly we must clearly keep in mind the limits of our competence that is what we can do and what we cannot do.
we must respect the principle of subsidiarity which is a basic principle of the european union.
this means that matters that are within the competence of national governments should be left to be handled at national level.
secondly we must avoid condemning individual countries especially in cases where it is not the government of a particular member state that is responsible for a given initiative or incident.
homophobia is unacceptable and we have to make sure that it is eradicated in europe and beyond but to do this in an effective manner we must be credible we must make sober rather than emotional assessments and we must respect the limits of our mandate.
i hope that we can all as one house vote in favour of denouncing homophobia.
homophobia blights and destroys lives;
it destroys the lives of those who actually practice it as well as those who experience it.
madam president it makes absolutely no sense.
two twins born to proud parents grow up looking the same behaving the same but one wishes to declare that she or he is homosexual and the other heterosexual.
for that simple reason the child that was loved and protected by that state and by its institutions is immediately denied the equal protection and support of the state.
there are people in the european parliament and other parliaments and presidents and prime ministers.
but no we suffocate people with oppression and take away information and education that can help them become the unique individual that they were born to be and the unique individual that deserves to love and to be loved.
yes mr busuttil i absolutely agree with you that we must respect the limits of our competence.
i do not want us to start amending what we have agreed but we must not limit our aspirations for other member states.
i do think that if we do not name these countries we cover them in a cloak of anonymity and we encourage others to join them by bringing in laws which are homophobic and which seek to treat people unequally.
madam president madam commissioner let me finish on this.
i can see at least one person sat in this house who has experienced homophobia.
i too as an openly gay man have experienced homophobia but very very rarely.
because i was given the benefit of a family and a society and education that supported me so that i could become who i am and to be proud of who i am.
that aspiration and that opportunity must be given to every individual of the european union and beyond.
thank you for your indulgence.
my response to that is that the coalition government i am pleased to say is going to use its relationships with other countries to push for unequivocal support for gay rights and for uk civil partnerships to be recognised internationally.
it is also currently consulting on how to introduce same sex civil marriage.
you will vote on the amendment to the creative europe programme that will ensure annual funding to the orchestra until the end of this financial programme in.
ensuring better independence and transparency in decision making also demands better involvement of the cultural sector in the assessment and implementation of creative europe.
i'm very glad that a temporary solution was found to sustain the work of the european youth orchestra as it is the only organisation of its kind that brings together young people from all twenty eight eu member states every year to work together culturally and artistically at the highest levels of excellence.
the amended regulation aims at ensuring the financial survival of the orchestra until two thousand and twenty given its unique institutional nature and its history. however it is important for the sustainability of the organisation that it diversify its revenues and increase its visibility and ensure full transparency and greater geographical balance in its selection process.
yet another illustration of the loss of cultural influence that brexit is already bringing to the uk with the capital of culture scheme sadly excluding uk cities.
since its formation the orchestra has provided a route to employment for thousands of europe's young eu musicians and attracted a global reputation for its excellence.
we must also ensure that we use this opportunity to debate the role of arts and culture in europe's development and that we design stable and coherent funding schemes in the future creative europe programme.
and i hope commissioner that you will revisit the list of concerns that i brought to you personally last year from culture action europe.
even tiny babies are getting it.
this leads to complications such as blindness and kidney and heart disease which are both devastating and expensive and account for a lot of those costs.
in fact some do die directly from diabetes but many more die early from the devastating side effects that i have just mentioned.
an exclusively horizontal approach does tend to ignore type i.
i think we are going to need a lot more and we need to push the commission firmly to actually develop a diabetes strategy in the form of an eu council recommendation.
while the onset of type i diabetes in children and teenagers is quite sudden type two diabetes is often not diagnosed until it has been present for some years.
it. the presidency is convinced that these events will not only bring together experts across a range of fields they will also support the reflection process on chronic diseases underway in the council.
this amounts to about eur eighty billion which does not even include the cost of treating associated illnesses or complications.
the european union has only limited competence in this area but that clearly does not mean that we are inactive.
i am also pleased to announce that the european diabetes leadership forum will take place on twenty five and twenty six april this year.
work is ongoing and is being managed at senior level within the appropriate council bodies.
it invited member states and the commission to identify options to optimise the response to chronic diseases and spur cooperation among member states. this process is carried out in close cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and will result in a reflection paper.
it will be on the agenda of the informal meeting of health ministers in horsens in denmark this april where the question of patient empowerment will be in focus.