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i think perhaps you need to have a look at the bigger picture and this is the problem.
as long as there is no unity government that can exercise its legitimate authority over libya the situation is likely to deteriorate even further.
libyans want and deserve peace.
regional cooperation should be encouraged in place of destructive interference.
mr president four years after taking to the streets for dignity freedom and democracy libyans find themselves in a country characterised by political division and violence.
the crisis has heavily affected the population with civilian suffering casualties mass displacement and a spreading humanitarian crisis.
today it is high time for an act of courage and responsibility by all parties.
the negotiated text constitutes a fair inclusive and sustainable solution for the country.
now it is up to the parties to demonstrate their real and genuine commitment to a new democratic libya which is able to provide the peace security and prosperity all libyans ask for and deserve.
the european union has always stood ready to provide the necessary support but it is up to the negotiating parties alone to seize this last opportunity for peace.
but unfortunately every single time the end of the tunnel seems to be reachable the final agreement on the unity government does not see the light.
this is not a joke.
the future and the stability of the entire region are somehow connected to how things will evolve in libya.
daesh does not lose time it does not wait it grows and spreads where it finds fertile soil and from there it tries to destabilise the region.
libya is today in the hands of the libyan people and their leaders.
once again there is on the table a peace plan brokered by the un special representative and there is now a new deadline.
this must be the very last one.
madam president this house has repeatedly called for the right to respect freedom of belief and the right to practice one's faith particularly when we are talking about other countries.
member states certainly need to take action to promote respect for diversity in their parliaments in their societies and in their classrooms.
as has been mentioned the european union has employment legislation relating to nondiscrimination on grounds of freedom of belief amongst other grounds and general legislation concerning anti discrimination on grounds of race or ethnic origin.
we are seeing a rise in hate speech in general even against people with disabilities.
given all this it is clear that the european union and its member states still have considerable work to do in tackling prejudice.
we are seeing a rise in anti semitism as the us state department reported today and we are also seeing a rise in anti muslim prejudice of which we hear far too much within this house.
a uk report published today says that muslim women are more likely to be attacked online and in real life than men all of this hate speech and division and these acts of violence work against community cohesion social peace and the quality of life.
there is a bigger effect on society through antisemitism and islamophobia and it is a matter of opinion in this chamber and many will have their opinions as to what has happened in the recent refugee crisis and as to the responsibilities we all have to assume.
that is why in my country there are exemplary sentences for those who commit a crime with racial motivation.
they tell us a very simple truth that while we say we are taking action on the basis of the council framework decision of two thousand and eight we are not doing it in every member state.
behind these questions are some profound truths. we have a very complex situation in dealing with anti semitism and islamophobia and indeed other forms of hate we are dealing with some of the oldest forms of hatred on our continent.
we have the tools to deal with racism.
but equally to think that as a european union a union of values we cannot take action against such a phenomenon would be naive and wrong. so these questions are really asking the commission to update its action to ensure that we are ready for the new forms of expression of hatred
we will not always interfere in what member states do in terms of taking action but we must send the political messages we must educate and most of all we must require member states to take action when they are ready.
no longer are these attacks anecdotal.
we have the tools in the european union.
we have one in three muslims according to the fundamental rights agency in a two thousand and nine survey experiencing discrimination in a twelve month period.
one is that we must deal with the political messages at european level we must deal with education at european level and we must send out clear messages from this parliament and also we must deal with the practicalities.
we see ourselves as a union of values.
our fundamental rights agency gives us the statistics. they tell us for example that forty six have experienced abuse and thirty three have experienced abuse if they are jewish in the european union.
for that victim it was a very painful situation but let me say too that for the people who were watching it was also a very bad situation.
but i repeat that there are two important points here.
we have the tools at european union level to do that.
of antisemitism and islamophobia which we see today. we are not being naive in thinking that there are always common denominators but we do know that something has changed.
we have the tools here in the european union but sadly not all member states have used those tools. in the end each member state will have its own issues and its own forms of expression in terms of how to deal with discrimination.
we have not taken that action and member states must now act and the commission must now act.
and secondly to ask the commission to adopt national strategies with clear goals to address anti semitism islamophobia and other forms of racism similar to the national roma integration strategies that we already have in place in our community.
to deal with such issues and to think that they are simplistic or indeed that in each member state they will be the same is of course naive.
i also think we should be debating them in the wider discussion about discrimination as well.
i think that the overwhelming majority of muslims within our societies are also appalled by crimes of violence.
let me quote once again the hadith and the sayings of mohammed judgment day will not come until the muslims fight the jews.
instead of asking the commission what it is going to do to combat hate crime the authors of this question should ask the islamic leaders in europe to publicly and unequivocally reject these hateful teachings.
now the rise in anti semitism is in direct relation to the rise in fundamentalist islam.
many people have a perfectly rational fear of the followers of the cult of mohammed who subscribe to and hold the views i quoted.
he reportedly described jews as the scum of the human race the rats of the world the violators of pacts and agreements the murderers of prophets and the offspring of pigs and apes'.
jews will hide behind the rocks and the trees and the rocks and the trees will cry out oh muslim oh servant of allah there is a jew hiding behind me come and kill him.
the law must be enforced and laws in the eu prohibit discrimination.
there are many many different reasons which we must understand.
criminal law is here to punish all forms of hate crime.
the colloquium confirmed that anti semitism and islamophobia like other forms of hatred are our common concern. we must not leave the communities targeted or the groups directly affected by hate to deal with it alone because only together can we find solutions.
it fuels fear spreads misconceptions and incites violence. i have started to discuss with it companies and civil society how to address the issue of hate speech as a matter of priority with full respect for freedom of expression.
together with member states civil society and both communities' representatives we will evaluate the added value and the feasibility of dedicated national strategies.
once again let me stress the importance of adopting the equal treatment directive. fostering inclusive education mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue are equally important.
we will continue to support youth student school and civil society projects and networks favouring tolerance and intercultural understanding. for example in two thousand and sixteen the erasmus programme will prioritise projects that promote inclusion in education training youth and sport and prevent marginalisation and the radicalisation of young
people i am also committed to making it easier for small grassroots organisations to identify relevant funding and projects related to intolerance and
we will prioritise eu projects promoting european values and history including holocaust remembrance citizenship education and religious and media literacy.
hate speech currently is the main manifestation of anti semitic and anti muslim hatred.
furthermore the commission will convene a high level eu group on racism xenophobia and other forms of intolerance.
hatred. we also agreed to promote further a pluralistic inclusive and non discriminatory society by monitoring the correct application of eu legislation on combating racial discrimination.
i briefed justice ministers about this at the justice council last friday they shared our concern and appreciated a coordinated approach to
and i can promise you that the commission will play its part.
it is quite clear that the impact that this discrimination is having on both muslims and the jewish community is the same.
madam president we should not debate anti semitism and islamophobia simultaneously because they are not symmetrical phenomena.
in today's western europe anti jewish hate crime be it violence or hate speech is usually perpetrated by muslims not by neo nazis.
the deadly attacks in brussels toulouse and elsewhere are only the tip of an iceberg.
in many european cities jewish communities must spend enormous sums on physical security.
anti semitic hatred is preached in many of the most popular mosques and other muslim institutions in europe as has been revealed by the media and the authorities.
the constant portrayal of muslims as victims only makes islamic anti semitism a sensitive subject which in turn makes it much more difficult to do something about it.
i hold the old fashioned view that we should have the same laws for everybody so if somebody is abused or attacked in the street they should be punished in the same way whoever the victim is and whatever the reason that they are attacked or abused. we should all live under the same law and not differentiate that some crimes are worse than others in this respect because if you are being abused or you are physically attacked it does not matter to you what the reason is it might be the colour of your skin it might be religion it might be the clothes that you are wearing it is irrelevant.
the law should treat everybody equally.
this is a technical amendment that will incorporate the changes to the eu legislation for instance those concerning persons working in two or more member states and that will help determine which legislation applies.
the aim of this second council decision is therefore to continue cooperation in this area through a financial contribution by the eea efta states to the monitoring of union law on such issues.
the second decision concerns the amendment to the same protocol thirty one in order to provide for cooperation regarding the free movement of workers the coordination of social security systems and measures for migrants including migrants from third countries.
the council adopted both decisions establishing the eu position to be taken in the eea joint committee on five june and the eea joint committee adopted the decisions amending the eea agreement on twenty seven june. as regards the decision of the eu swiss joint committee on the free movement of persons agreement
today's agenda concerns two decisions of the european economic area joint committee and one decision of the eu swiss joint committee on the free movement of persons agreement.
the decision is adopted every year and has become a standard procedure since the conclusion of the eea agreement.
it also provides for a financial contribution by these countries based on the same distribution key as eu member states.
the first one concerns the amendment to protocol thirty one to the eea agreement which enables the eea efta states to participate in the eu programme for employment and social innovation and in the european progress microfinance facility for employment and social
this fourth adaptation incorporates new eu legal provisions in order to ensure the consistent and correct application of union legislation and to avoid administrative and possible legal difficulties.
the first one is to allow the cooperation of the contracting parties to extend to social affairs.
the other amendment we are discussing this evening is the amendment to include cooperation concerning the free movement of workers.
as we know this fund was set up to help microbusinesses.
it has given over eur one hundred and eighty two million to over twenty zero entrepreneurs and the crucial point is that sixty of those final users were unemployed or inactive and thirty were women. so it is getting to those who are targeted and from that perspective not only do i think it is an excellent facility within the eu but i am glad to see that it will be extended to
it is particularly targeted at those who have difficulty accessing credit from conventional credit lines.
i am very pleased to see this and to see the good outcomes so far in a recent commission report as to how this progress microfinance facility has worked.
i too am looking forward to working with her and her secretariat for the next number of years.
by doing this we will ensure that norway iceland and liechtenstein will be able for example to access the progress microfinance facility.
my only comment on that is that i like most people in this parliament believe that this is a cornerstone of eu policy and i will be pleased to see that right extended to the countries in question.
it seems to me that the three measures that we are looking at are pretty uncontroversial. they are highly technical.
it is a standard procedure.
i do not really think it is something that this parliament can influence and i agree completely with a lot of what mr mann has already said.
we have often rehearsed the importance of smes to job creation but here tonight i find it rather strange that we are sitting here to debate agreements which i believe have already been agreed in the council and the eea joint committee.
so i am not really sure what our role as a parliament is apart from being informed which of course we have been.
i would suggest that as a parliament we ought to adopt the idea of better regulation to simplify and reduce administrative burdens.
you do not have the freedom to say anything you like anytime you like to anybody.
i would much rather see changes to the fundamentals of this framework decided under ordinary legislative procedures.
however they are useless if we cannot compare them and this report by brian simpson goes a considerable way towards ensuring that the information which is now being collected and will be collected in the future is easily accessible and can easily be used positively for the benefit of the industry itself. i welcome the work that mr simpson has done and as he has said he has the unanimous support of the committee and quite a number of committee members are here now.
but if you look at it you see for example that europe is the number one destination in the world accounting for forty of global arrivals in.
so what we are talking about here is a mosaic of different countries different cultures with huge potential.
i also share his concern about the quantity of the delegated acts the commission wants to have.
we are meps from the different member countries we have our finger on the pulse we know exactly what the situation is in our member states and without in any way showing disrespect to the commission i would say that we are the people who ultimately know what the product is and what the potential is.
mr president in order to make sound decisions in any industry whatever we need to be armed with as much in the way of information and statistics as possible and to ensure that regions are spending their money properly in developing a product that has such huge potential.
both producers and users of tourism statistics have requested this adjustment.
the proposal is very well balanced in terms of data needs and the burden put on respondents and administrators.
all amendments in the report and the compromise text are acceptable to the commission.
the purpose of the proposal from the commission was to update and optimise the existing legal framework for european statistics on tourism.
in particular the council agreed to an additional demand from parliament of having the variable concerning the accessibility of tourist accommodation for persons with reduced mobility included in the regulation.
so the ultimate aim is to provide monthly and annual european statistics on tourism supply and demand using a common framework.
to achieve this permission has been included to collect some parts of the data on an optional basis or every third year to defer the entry into force of certain provisions to a later stage and to exclude the smallest enterprises.
play an important role in giving policy makers a good basis for implementing successful tourism policies. for these reasons the approach that i took supported by our shadows in formulating parliament's position was to strongly support the aim of improving the completeness relevance and comparability of the statistics on offer in this field bringing the statistics more up to date with new trends in the tourism sector to reflect for instance the increase in internet bookings and in short stay trips. we are all agreed that improving the competitiveness of eu tourism is a way to keep visitors coming to europe so it is important that the statistics we collect
keep pace with the changing nature of the sector identifying current and potential trends in that sector and monitoring supply and demand.
in this way the statistics collected can be a useful tool for supporting the decision maker in the tourism industry.
on the one hand it is also important to ensure that the updated statistics are as complete as possible giving a good overview of tourism across europe whilst on the other hand bearing in mind the need to keep the burden down for respondents.
it was for that reason that i was keen to see a final agreement on incoming data collection on same day visits which we now have in the final agreement as same day visits account for a large part of tourism activity.
parliament also pushed for the regulation to cover areas of data collection which until now have not been thought of as relevant for tourism statistics but which we felt needed to be included as part of the recognition of tourism's important social economic and environmental impact. i thought that the collection of data on employment and economic expenditure the so called tourism
the final agreement with council now includes a provision on drawing up pilot studies that will enable member states to show the effects of tourism on the economy and on employment which i hope will contribute to a better understanding of the true size and value of our tourism industry.
the final agreement also sees the inclusion of pilot studies that show the effect of tourism on the environment an interesting avenue to pursue given the need for a sustainable tourism approach. the inclusion of data on accessibility to tourist accommodation for persons with reduced mobility which was the only real sticking point that we had with council is also now an important inclusion.
following parliament's insistence on this point council finally backed down and agreed to its inclusion as part of the basic information collected from tourist accommodation establishments.
together with the agreements that we have reached on restricting the delegation of powers to the commission which i also had some concerns about i am very pleased that first reading agreement has been found with council.
this is true in some respects but it is not because this parliament does not want to do more work on the tourism sector it is because the council and the member states will not let us do any more work on the tourism sector.
we have a very diverse tourism industry from beautiful natural areas to sunshine beaches to our rich industrial and cultural heritage and members know how much industrial heritage is close to my heart.
europe has a lot to offer visitors be they from outside or from inside the european union. i think that by getting this report together it gives us the opportunity to plan to provide a fantastic product for people to come and see and enjoy during their leisure time. i thank all the colleagues and the commission for their hard work and their kind words.
it is not possible.
we have different examples of countries or organisations that want to establish control of the internet for example changing the business model and making it more expensive and less accessible and with more monopolies working on it.
we are going to participate in negotiations in the framework of a un body which is the international telecommunications union.
the internet is a very strong tool nowadays.
we have different countries with different interests participating in this body.
there are many countries that would like to control it because they are afraid of the strength of internet and the people using internet.
this is the end of the current system of multi stakeholders regulating the internet.
some argue that this is actually a contradiction in terms but what is certainly true is that the internet has developed into the fruitful platform it is today without much regulation.
with the help of technology it is easier to challenge monopolies including powers that have traditionally lain in the hands of government and media. at the same time we have to be careful that no new monopolies emerge. revolutionary change never comes without protest from those with a vested interest businesses that want to secure their profitable models;
governments that want to control people. multinational organisations are the new arena for battles of this kind. the international telecommunications union may have been a technical and somewhat obscure organisation dealing with standards but these standards are increasingly being used in political fights and in the re territorialisation of the internet in the grip of nation states
the internet and technologies have changed people's lives around the world empowering them to access information to express themselves freely to assemble and to document human rights violations for example; and for businesses and entrepreneurs too the opportunities are very exciting.
under the guise of fighting spam speech has been stifled; and in the name of cyber security online surveillance has dramatically increased.
law. our resolution addresses some of the most urgent concerns relating to internet governance.
how deep that agreement is.
we all know and it has been said here that the freedom of internet has been a pre condition for the development of the internet as such.
but also to secure that we do not give any excuses for those who would like to intervene.
it is important that we do not give opportunities to block services or accept that this is being done anywhere else because that will always be used by those forces and those regimes that are most eager to hinder the freedom of expression and the freedom of information
we will see the same changes in the future as we have seen in the past and the best way to secure the internet is that we defend it against any regime that wants to hinder its development.