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since the conclusions the council adopted in march on securing free and fair european elections which welcomed the commission electoral package and the joint action plan against disinformation much has been done both by the eu institutions and in individual member states the organisation of regular meetings of the european election cooperation network in which member states share expertise and good practice and jointly identify threats;
the enhancement of strategic communication on european values and policies;
in this context our presidency places particular emphasis on strengthening the eu's capabilities in countering hybrid threats and building resilience in the eu and member states.
continuing that work one of the top priorities of our presidency is to enhance the resilience of our democratic societies against foreign interference through coordinated and coherent action across all relevant policy fields in order to strengthen the comprehensive security of our citizens.
we attach great importance to this subject as has been repeatedly underlined by the european council including in the new strategic agenda.
no major interference campaign was identified but factcheckers and academia have nonetheless flagged malicious activity from foreign sources to influence turnout and voter preferences.
before the end of the year we expect the commission report on the two thousand and nineteen european parliament elections which should pay particular attention to preparedness and resilience geared to withstanding interference in elections.
we should make sustained efforts to raise awareness increase preparedness and strengthen the resilience of our democracies to hybrid threats including disinformation.
the evolving nature of the threats and the growing risk of malicious interference and online manipulation associated with the development of artificial intelligence and data gathering techniques require continuous assessment and an appropriate response.
however we must remain equally wary of measures that can also destroy the very foundation of our democratic societies.
it is far too valuable to be defined by online platforms and upload filters.
mr president disinformation campaigns hybrid threats information warfare the modern conflict is being led in new fields and liberal democracy and our free and fair elections are being used against us by foreign forces with an increasing intensity and efficiency.
equally technologies that allow behavioural prediction and manipulation on a mass scale are threatening the very basis of free and fair elections and we must update our legislation to safeguard european citizens but with regard to the very democratic principles we are trying to protect.
we must create a functional system of deterrence as part of our defensive strategy.
provisions to protect the amazon rainforest are part of the agreement reached between the eu and mercosur and it is in everyone's interest that such provisions are enforced.
finally all of us have a responsibility in helping to change current consumption patterns which are harmful.
it's a carbon sink that can mitigate global warming. if the amazon rainforest were to die the large amount of greenhouse gas it would release would speed up the climate change process.
it is estimated that these fires alone have produced about one hundred million tonnes of co.
of further concern are the hundreds of fires that have been recorded this year in the arctic and subarctic.
two but this is a vicious circle if the international community and the european union does not step up its work to cut greenhouse gas emissions the rate of global warming will not slow down and these fires will continue to spread.
the amazon matters to us because it matters to the global climate.
in the same spirit rich signatories of the paris agreement who pledged to pay developing ones to plan and plant carbonconsuming trees have to do so.
this insecurity climate puts more pressure on already overstretched social services.
that jihadist groups are now targeting both security forces and civilians with a clear strategy to force local antagonism and create a circle of vengeance between different communities.
i would like to start by expressing our solidarity with the people of burkina.
the european union is today closer than ever to the people of burkina faso.
coordination between security and development policies is one of the essential challenges and this was one of the main messages that the high representative delivered during her visit.
international coordination is also crucial and the eu is willing to engage even more with the whole region.
security is vital but it is not the only answer to the challenges that the country is facing. linking political security and development issues will be more and more essential.
it is crucial that all ethnic communities in burkina feel that they are part of a common national family.
the recent national dialogue is an important building block for national cohesion.
the fight against terrorism can only bear fruit if security forces respect the rule of law and human rights.
we europeans have stepped up our support to stop this escalation to stabilise a crucial region for our own security and to help the people of the sahel take their future into their hands.
as the terrorists incite hatred and inter ethnic tensions the state should push in the opposite direction and invest in a shared sense of belonging for all its citizens.
let me just mention that during her trip to burkina the high representative also visited an eu funded school because education is the foundation of any country's strength.
we are glad that the g five countries have committed to adopting an integrated strategic framework precisely to synchronise their efforts on security and on development and to identify priority regions for their actions.
they are trying to incite a war of religion in a country that has a long history of peaceful coexistence between faiths and communities.
the country is currently at the heart of our action in the sahel.
the number of internally displaced persons is now reaching three hundred zero people posing a serious challenge to the delivery of food health or sanitation services but also in terms of social cohesion.
but if they're going to do this work effectively we also need the platforms to play their part.
we've pushed the big internet platforms to sign up to a code of practice on disinformation as has already been set out.
then we are going to work with a number of third party consultants to deliver an independent third party review of performance against those commitments by the middle of october.
second over the past two years in fact we have mobilised a community of fact checkers researchers and civil society to help detect and analyse disinformation campaigns and to discuss how we design our responses.
overall i think i'd have to say that we've done some good work.
it's a fact of our modern political life and if the platforms can't figure out that thousands of coordinated accounts with random two letter names are suspicious then we have a problem.
we encourage the member states in these efforts and stand ready to assist where we can.
as commissioner jourov as i and as commissioner gabriel have said on a number of occasions should the results prove unsatisfactory we think that we need to look or be ready to look at further actions including if necessary the possibility of regulation.
first as has been mentioned we've established a rapid alert system bringing the eu institutions and the member states together to work to spot and tackle coordinated disinformation campaigns. we're working to reinforce this mechanism.
in addition to the point that's already been mentioned if confirmed it's in the programme the president elect has said that she wants to bring forward legislation for a coordinated european approach on the human and ethical implications of ai which would be very relevant to this debate and she's proposed a new digital services act to upgrade
we need to do more to work together to close down the space in which hostile and bad actors are trying to do this disinformation and to build our resilience to make it harder to do and to allow us to resist its impact.
indeed there have already been a number of proposals legislative and otherwise put forward in various member states.
the initial signatories facebook google twitter mozilla trade associations from the advertising sector have i'm glad to say now been joined also by microsoft.
and these efforts combined with the others that we have been discussing are going to be absolutely key if we are to ensure a prosperous safe and democratic digital future for all our citizens.
they took together a list of commitments fifteen different commitments and we are monitoring the performance against those commitments.
many of these likes and shares came from a cluster of eighty zero suspicious accounts with random two letter first and last names that each mutually liked hundreds and thousands of pieces of content.
there are well researched reports that show that online promotion for one of the german parties represented up to eighty six of all party activity on facebook.
but that does not mean unfortunately that those elections were a disinformation free zone.
there are myriad reports from across europe of different sorts of disinformation.
for example to take an example from another member state let's take an example from germany.
as we've already heard fortunately during the recent european parliamentary elections there was no large scale coordinated disinformation attack.
four times the comments six times the shares of all other political parties combined.
we finalised that work in september last year.
so this is a serious group of people.
we're doing a series of consultations at the moment to enhance how we do information exchange between the member states the institutions and with the platforms as well as civil society researchers and to build a strengthened hub for research and analytics of disinformation.
liability and safety rules for digital platforms services and products again very relevant to this debate.
for example the uk government has set out its intentions in the online harms white paper while in france there's a push for a framework to make platforms more accountable.
to boost the impact of this work of this community we will soon deploy a new european online platform to bring together thirty eight fact checking organisations from across seventeen member states working on this platform funded through the connecting europe facility programme.
we've come some way but frankly there remains a lot still to be done which is why like vra jourov i'm very pleased to see that the incoming commission the incoming president elect have underlined the importance of this work.
i don't know about you but i don't think we can accept this as the new normal.
fourth and finally we have worked to empower citizens including by promoting as we've heard media literacy and increasing awareness across society on the positive impact of eu policies union values to strengthen our citizens' resilience against the negative effects of disinformation.
building on those reports we'd expect to communicate our overview of where we are on implementation of the code before the end of october. then the final step our full assessment will come in the form of a commission communication which is planned to be published at the beginning of next year after further consultations with independent experts as well as member states in the european regulators group for audiovisual media services.
we need them to provide secure access to data for these trusted fact checkers and researchers to enable them to do their research to enable us together to unlock better responses.
all the time of course making sure that we respect the necessary ethical and professional standards which brings me to the third point we've been working on.
they accelerate global warming and increase the overall temperature of the planet.
we need to strengthen our own civil protection response and boost our ability to deal with natural disasters. we have to be ready to complement national capacities when they are overwhelmed.
no country in the world can handle them on their own.
four hundred europe cannot be on the sidelines when other countries suffer from disasters and need help.
the number of global fires increased compared to last year and that has happened exponentially.
it's not just about forest fires;
it's about people it's about their future.
no country in the world is immune to such disasters.
it is essential to have concerted action to stop and recover from these calamities.
i have seen both leave campaigns for brexit face numerous court cases and accusations long since debunked.
like the boy who cried wolf before calling foul check your facts or you become the problem not the solution.
my own party at the whim of an embittered ex prime minister claiming we received foreign money had our offices raided only for that investigation to be terminated because no evidence was found.
it's patently clear to me that the biggest threat to democracy is opportunism and the gender driven conspiracy by politicians themselves to discredit campaigns that they don't favour.
a young campaigner in the uk was threatened with prison for two years before charges were dropped.
mr president online payment systems social media and informal campaigns do indeed open doors to people who want to abuse democracy across the political spectrum but something else is also afoot an appetite to spread conspiracy for political ends and a desire to delegitimise election results because the loser doesn't consent.
it's irresponsible it's feckless and it creates mistrust between the voter and the result laying fertile ground for extremism.
in clean industry and clean mobility;
it closes the first four year cycle of the high level
mr bolsonaro if you burn this rainforest you will burn brazil's chance for good relations with europe.
the uk parliament has been shut down but this parliament still gives us a voice.
these rainforests are the lungs of our world which we all need for an atmosphere to breathe. the indigenous people who live there want only the basic human right to be left alone and these fires are destroying their homes.
it is not necessary to burn the forest to make wealth;
brazil's economy is growing gdp per person has grown by almost a quarter in ten years and indeed whether the mercosur agreement can survive this inferno will be in question.
the solution to kashmir will come when state sponsored terrorism and global misinformation by pakistan ends then dialogue will follow.
pakistan may talk the talk but it does not walk the walk when it comes to human rights and it beggars belief that it has gsp status. and i say to those colleagues concerned about the rescinding of article three hundred and seventy you are focusing on one part and ignoring the other issues that are dear to the hearts of many of us. not only will this improve the rights of lgbt people women and minorities it will also improve environmental and other protection
let me be clear the solution to kashmir is not going to be found in this chamber.
when they gave away territory that wasn't theirs to china we didn't speak up. or when sikh and other minority women are abducted and forced to convert we don't speak up.
certainly we don't know whether there would be a majority because it hasn't been tested.
we have to work together as groups.
i think that parliament can play a very strong role because it is our role to step on the toes of the new commission if they don't take sufficient action and if they are not prepared to step up to the goals we have already agreed upon for two thousand and thirty which we all know will not be sufficient for what we all want to achieve.
his development policy rests on making indigenous people leave their ancestral lands.
these fires were not an accident they were deliberately set to make way for agriculture mining and other developments.
we must therefore continue to use our economic power but also our foreign policy tools to defend human dignity biodiversity and our planet.
these three hundred and fifty ethnic groups of which sixty remain largely isolated strongly rely on the rainforest's incredible richness but their living conditions are in steep decline.
the protests of hundreds of indigenous activists against these discriminatory policies have fallen mainly on deaf ears and we must amplify their voices.
neither is it accidental that the number of forest fires increased sharply since president bolsonaro took office.
governmentsponsored intruders looking to capitalise on the rainforest's resources are destroying their ways of life through logging fire and farming.
mr president on friday thousands of young people will march across scotland just as millions of others will do across the world to demand that we their elected politicians implement ambitious climate action now.
the eu has a moral duty to lead that process and to stimulate the global ambition that we urgently need and you'll have scotland's support in doing so.
as a member of the delegation to the un climate summit we must take to it the strong message that we across the eu will meet the challenge laid before us and take bolder actions that will get us on track to meet the paris agreement and achieve the.
that is what is expected of us and that is what we must deliver. my country scotland has already declared a climate emergency.
we are taking bold and meaningful action to end our contribution to climate change and we will end that within a generation. we need all countries across the eu and beyond to step up to the plate.
they are looking to us to stand up and deliver policies that meet the needs of our planet.
madam president contrary to the position of some members of this parliament we consider that it is of the utmost importance the fact that ms lagarde pledged to maintain the current monetary policy of the ecb particularly the non traditional instruments adopted in these last few years and also as recently as last week.
we do need an active monetary policy of the kind we've had from.
but in the long term more has to be done.
two thousand and fourteen however as the candidate for president of the ecb referred it is also time for fiscal policy to do its part. countries with strong macroeconomic surpluses have to do more on the eve of a possible stagnation of the european economy.
we need to swiftly complete the banking union and need.
in the statement we encourage the lifting of the remaining restrictions temporarily imposed and to maintain the rights and fundamental freedoms of the affected population.
ms mogherini reiterated the call to avoid an escalation of tensions and stressed the importance of steps to restore the rights and freedoms of the population in kashmir.
on both sides the issue of kashmir resonates strongly with internal political dynamics.
we encourage india and pakistan to seek a peaceful and political solution respectful of the interests of the kashmiri population on both sides of the line of control.
this step has been accompanied by restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms.
the high representative conveyed these concerns to the indian minister for external affairs mr jaishankar during their meeting in brussels on thirteen august.
there have been arrests of political leaders activists and human rights defenders.
we remain concerned about the situation on the ground with its restrictions on fundamental freedoms.
in both conversations the high representative underlined the importance of avoiding a further escalation and stressed that dialogue between india and pakistan through diplomatic channels is crucial.
the european union has been following the situation closely since the early days of this escalation of tensions. in early august high representative mogherini spoke on the phone with both her pakistani and indian counterparts.
it is crucial that freedom of movement and means of communication are fully restored as well as access to all essential services.
this remains the only way to solve a long lasting dispute that for too long has caused instability and insecurity in the region.
the indian government has deployed a significant number of additional military and paramilitary troops in kashmir and along the line of control.
the minister debriefed the high representative on the state of play and on the security situation.
the eu has also raised the situation in jammu and kashmir at the human rights council meeting in geneva in an item two statement on ten september.
in a moment of rising tensions in different regions around the world no one can afford another escalation in kashmir.
i am very pleased to see that the commission president elect seems ready to take more action and that all new commissioners should contribute to the sdg goals but we need a broader commitment if we're going to succeed in reaching the sdg goals and therefore i
as a medical doctor i know the cocaine industry has a very real impact on people's lives not just in colombia or south america but here in europe too.
it has merely removed one group and replaced it with others.
mr president colombia has been in a state of continual conflict since before the nineteenth century involving many parties with vested interest.
this provides almost unlimited capital for these groups further entrenching their positions provoking further conflict and crime in the region.
other militant groups and factions have emerged keen to exploit the gap in the market particularly in cocaine.
mr president freedom fairness and transparency these are the foundations on which democracy is built.
the chair of the house of commons digital culture media and sport committee has said that i quote our democracy is at risk and our electoral regulations are hopelessly out of date for the internet age' and this from the so called mother of all parliaments.
big money and the digital age have particularly fuelled the far right unleashing propaganda campaigns that have no place in a modern inclusive and progressive society.
these untruths have plunged my country into a constitutional crisis putting the rights and well being of millions of people in the uk and beyond on the line.
but in recent years these principles have come under attack.
we can't sit in this elected chamber and turn a blind eye as the very fundamental values of this institution and all our parliaments back home come under siege from characters who want to disrupt our democracies for their own political or financial gain.
mr president india is the largest functioning democracy in the world. there are two hundred million muslims who live peacefully with others in india and it's also a member of the g.
there are forty of them.
according to indians there are forty new laws that will now apply to kashmiris a ban on the triple talaq divorce that is terrible for women prohibition of child marriage protection of women from domestic violence etc.
the indian supreme court is independent and does a really good job.
cross party letter to commissioner malmstrm signed by many people in this parliament and it drew attention to bolsonaro's ecocidal policies and said that we should not sign up to the trade agreement unless there were legally binding environmental and human rights standards.
at that point members of the liberal group did not sign up to that letter and so i would like to ask mr hook is he ready now to pledge to vote against the eumercosur trade deal as long as it does not include legally binding provisions on environmental protection and human rights?
people are asking for more action; people are asking for politicians to listen to science and we're not doing that.
i think that there is a bit of change with the new commission potentially but i think it's also very important that we do want to know what exactly they are going to say what exactly are they going to do in that climate law?
ten years to make sure that we are preparing for a new economy and we have to deliver on that.
this friday will be the start of a week of action a week of global action of many citizens on the streets and they have been referred to many times already but they are asking for much more action than the world is taking right now including europe.