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it was only an internal aspect of our policies. in these five years we have established good partnerships with the countries of origin and transit. we have now twenty six return agreements in place. we have good cooperation with the un agencies iom and unhcr in particular and we have at the same time a sustainable and humane approach with our partners on the external side of migration.
what we do is support the democratic institutions of our partner countries to build institutions that deal with security and defence be they the armies or the security forces on the civilian side and accompany un peacekeeping missions trying to establish peace and functioning institutions in the field of security and defence in very difficult circumstances.
i won't comment on the situation in iran because we will have a dedicated discussion later tonight for those of you that are willing to spend the night in the hemicycle on the security situation around the gulf.
history. we've managed to overcome our own conflicts and crises and on the basis of that experience we are trying to help our partners we are trying to accompany our partners in their search for peace and democracy and human
were it not for the european union men and women in uniform these countries would face probably much much worse conditions on the ground in security
it is a vital interest of security concern for the european union.
granted. it is never to play an aggressive part in a conflict.
we have increased a lot our work with africa not only in terms of development or humanitarian aid but also in terms of partnership political partnership and work on peace and security.
this is an area where also the commission needs to show dedication and it is my hope that the commission will be led by a president who is experienced in the area of security and defence and who has a good understanding of the shortcomings that need to be improved also in cooperation with nato.
ursula von der leyen has contributed to strengthening european defence capabilities and also in the eastern part of the european union. it is also important that she would become the first woman to hold the office of the president of the european commission.
i will support ms von der leyen today because of her experience in security and defence and because she has an understanding and a vision of what is needed to make europe stronger.
cyber exercises and bilateral dialogues but a lot has to be done. i would like to emphasise three points.
firstly the eu should be more active globally acting as the leading force and voice in cybersecurity discussions and actions.
secondly the eu should be more vocal in promoting law and rules based cyberspace promoting in particular the applicability of international law to cyber.
europe must not be more for some and less for others.
no european should leave their region for an economic reason.
on the euro area in order not to be seen as a club for some if countries fulfil the criteria do you foresee the enlargement of the euro area in the next five years?
also every business every entrepreneur and every sme has problems employing prepared and skilled professionals.
shouldn't we be a little bit more ambitious and take decisive action in upskilling our people?
after today it will be very important that we implement the talk and i'm ready to walk alongside you in delivering a stable energy market and a forwardlooking and modernising industry one that embraces technology and innovation in order to make sure that our continent is even more competitive.
i was particularly struck by your commitment to a gender balanced college of commissioners.
that will shake things up in itself.
the scottish government has been gender balanced for five years now.
i commend our experience to you.
and on brexit you are aware that scotland has a particular perspective on this matter but you should also be aware that there are colleagues from across the house in england and wales and northern ireland and elsewhere working hard to bring some sense to brexit.
we are united in the fact that the best brexit is no brexit.
there are members of this house who will make noise. some of us are here to find solutions and i am very glad that you will be an ally in keeping the door open for us.
you're also very welcome to this house but to add another thing to your in tray this house is not complete.
we are missing three members from catalonia not least our group colleague oriol junqueras. the only solution to this intractable problem will be dialogue and you personally are in a position to be an honest broker in that discussion.
this applies also to cyberspace and cybersecurity.
would you support a mandatory european law on human rights due diligence to european companies so that we can shed light on the unethical aspects of the supply chains?
your agenda for europe does not even mention the arctic.
so my question is will you take arctic policy as one of your political priorities for the new commission?
this strikes me this shocks me and i think we can be proud if it was the european union through our work with a contact group with the countries in the region with the united nation agencies to stop any thinking of a military escalation;
i'm proud we have been the ones working with the un agencies with the humanitarian agencies to allow them to enter the country and deliver assistance to the population.
i'm proud we have been and we continue to be probably the biggest donor for assistance to the venezuelan population.
i hope you keep that in mind and i hope i really hope i will be sharing only a few months with this parliament but i really hope that you will have these five years ahead of you without thinking that imagining a military intervention to invade a country is a good option.
this scares me as a european if i can say so.
i think this should be very clear in everybody's mind in europe because we have lived in europe what it means to be at war.
and i think that the value of our work in the world is exactly our history it is full of blood and that has taught us that war is never a good idea.
we will continue and i think that there is large convergence in this hemicycle not full convergence;
second to work for a democratic solution with early presidential elections with all the guarantees that this can be finally free and fair which has not been the case before.
we will continue to support the talks knowing without being naive that in the past previous experiences of negotiation and mediation have proven to be so difficult and also inconclusive but a clear set up clear
perspective i think we have a duty.
the measures that we have in place are targeted against persons single individuals that are responsible for serious violations of human rights.
i think we will need to continue to first of all provide resources.
he was telling me that at this stage the main problem when it comes to humanitarian assistance is indeed the lack of resources much more than the difficulties of access.
so i think that we have a responsibility as europeans to keep and even increase the level of assistance to the population to our brothers and sisters in venezuela.
we have so many ties so many family ties and some of them are sitting in this room that we have an interest a duty to support the people of venezuela and there is no doubt about that.
all of them from mexico to the countries that are part of the international contact group in making europe part of an active solution that is let me stress once again peaceful and democratic.
most importantly it provides us with an overview of these matters we still need to invest in. given the recent developments in the volatile international environment the european union more than ever before needs an ambitious implementation of this strategy.
in order to keep up with the changes and challenges that we are facing this strategy must aim to establish an international order based on justice.
it will help us to share our values together with our interests across the world in order to create a more balanced approach to multilateralism.
mr president by a margin of just nine votes this parliament today has elected on a ballot paper with just one candidate on it ursula von der leyen a euro fanatic basically given the job by backroom deals who is adamant that no matter what the question
the answer is always more europe'. she is open about her desire to build an eu army yet says that we will be committed to nato.
well which one is it?
because you cannot serve two masters.
the uk must never surrender its sovereignty which includes its armed forces.
boris johnson and the tories be warned.
if you give up our armed forces to an eu army the people's army of the british electorate will punish you at the ballot box.
i'm not convinced today but i wish to be convinced by the end of her mandate. if we want to tackle climate change if we want to define the digital age by european standards we need to stop disappointing people by always just enforcing the lowest common denominator.
we need to surprise them with our ambition and we need to surprise them by supporting the biggest common goal the biggest common vision that we all have.
i agree with many of the points that you raised today ms von der leyen but we all know that the main hurdle to tackle them does not lie here or in the commission but most likely in the council and the council does seem to be the one institution that comes out of this entire ordeal strengthened and i do worry about that.
i do worry that we are not willing to talk about the topics and to go there to really reform the european union and to go where it hurts.
i do think that we need to change this and this was the vote that the people cast in may to really reform and renew the european union so that it works better and i do think that it needs to work better for its citizens.
we need to reform and renew the european union because otherwise all the important visions that you laid out today will not come about and i do not think that we have the time for that.
i wonder how he expects to get them across to the high representative if we proceed with brexit.
multilateral rules based order. the eu has invested significant political capital in turning the strategy vision into concrete action especially in terms of the progress made on european defence and security.
unfortunately we are still witnessing numerous ongoing conflicts and in many cases our efforts to pursue peace and security remain unsuccessful.
mr president it is obvious now that the recognition of juan guaid as interim president by a majority in this parliament was not only illegal under venezuelan and international public law but more importantly it has not worked.
for people to come in here and to talk about a humanitarian catastrophe with millions of people fleeing and at the same time argue for targeted measures more sanctions and more hardship the very reason why many of them are fleeing in the first place is beyond hypocrisy.
you are talking about human rights violations in venezuela when you have just concluded a deal with brazil where the president has argued for a shoot to kill policy on the streets.
if you are really concerned about the venezuelan people why don't you ensure that the assets belonging to them which are frozen around the world are released back to them?
why don't you work with the recognised international humanitarian agencies to bring them relief?
starving people into submission has never worked and it is certainly not going to work here.
mr president high representative i welcome the broad emphasis of the third progress report.
but there are many challenges ahead of us which you have clearly outlined.
reforming the international organisation system is key but for me above all sustainable development really has to be part of this strategy and it is a security issue.
it is also of the utmost importance in terms of global strategy that the eu looks beyond europe much more in this mandate especially at china which is a serious threat to multilateralism and is being more and more aggressive on the global stage in africa in the pacific and elsewhere as the us is retreating from international organisation.
at the same time we need to involve india japan canada australia much more in our focus because they are defenders of multilateralism and they share our values.
the system that has put her in front of us is clearly broken but i was placed in this chamber by millions of british people who believe in the european union who demand the best from europe and who want us to stay here.
if i am to support you today this is the price that i ask for your support.
you must reform this broken system.
you must commit real action and not just words to the climate emergency.
you must immediately begin reform of the dublin agreement.
and ms von der leyen the price for me will be to use your influence at every table at which you sit to agree a long extension so that britain may remain part of this european family.
and for this reason you are saying the correct words giving the headlines that we want to hear but as you've heard from many members we need to have the concrete ideas underneath the words.
and i think you dealt with the brexit issue here in a dignified and pragmatic way.
so for this reason pragmatic partnership is the way forward.
eu citizens are rightly discontent with the undemocratic and intransparent decision making in this house and in other eu institutions.
this is the system that was ditched in order to nominate you here.
your nomination just shows that the leaders of the eu ignored the voice of the european electorate and don't learn from their earlier mistakes.
ms von der leyen it is not your fault but you have greatly contributed to this disappointment and this is why many people in this chamber find your nomination unacceptable.
there has been change over the last weeks and i think we have to recognise this change.
i don't think it's wavering i think there is a recognition here that there is a challenge which europe is facing a challenge that comes from those sides which want europe to fail from populists and nationalists who see the frustration and the anxieties that our citizens feel and who offer this feeling of control and the sense that well if we just get back the walls and we divide our countries again then we will recover control and it will be better.
for that reason i think this is the moment when all of us here need to make an effort and say well maybe not everything is there in this package but it's the moment to come together and say no' to populism and nationalism and yes' to a better europe that ms von der leyen is offering us today.
mr president madam high representative a lot has been done but the biggest achievement of the last three years is the building of european defence.
we mainly owe it to you so i would like to start by thanking you for the important work.
the importance of the iran nuclear agreement is beyond any statement here and we must do our utmost to preserve it.
finally when it comes to the role of the european union in the world we cannot avoid bringing up the importance of the multilateral order.
we have to do more to preserve our past achievements and to step up our efforts for the future.
europe is and must stay relevant because it is a strong and credible soft power.
nobody in the european union and certainly not high representative mogherini has questioned the efficacy of nato or the importance of nato.
it is because we want an integrated response to the threats in this increasingly dangerous world that we need both structured european defence cooperation and also collaboration through nato.
the person who has questioned nato is actually donald trump who is closer to your party's beliefs and ideas of populism and nationalism than anyone in this parliament in my view.
i come back to a place that has been humbled and humiliated.
the european council stitchup has rendered this place impotent until today when you've got some real power if you choose to use it.
i have to say from our perspective that in some ways i'm really rather pleased because you've just made brexit a lot more popular in the united kingdom.
she's a fanatic for building a european army but she's not alone.
when it's completed nato will cease to exist or have any relevance in europe at all.
and not to be left out of this french president emmanuel macron on bastille day last sunday stood at the front of an open top car with his nascent european defence force behind him looking for all the world like an updated version of napoleon.
what is there for defence can also be used for attack.
you as a house will have no control over it.
the romanian presidency was starting at the beginning of the very crucial transitional year where the time for real legislative work was very very short but it was well spent it was done very professionally.
for that i really would like to thank you and highlight the fact that you managed this very demanding work despite the fact that it was your first presidency.
i know how much each new member state gains in the form of experience in the form of establishing good working contacts with other partners in the eu and with european institutions and therefore i believe that it was not only investment into the future of the european union but it will also translate into even more professional work
by the romanian civil service and i'm sure that all that experience and all that work which was invested in europe will also be felt back in romania.
whereas next week in britain a new prime minister will take office without the need for any affirmative votes in parliament.
you are asking this parliament after all to back down from one of its principles the spitzenkandidat to which it was strongly attached so you have had to make serious concessions movements to what we in this parliament demand and you have made a number.
and may i add that what you said on brexit is important that you would accept the need for a deadline extension for good reasons.
well let me tell you there is a good reason and that reason is that the british public is changing its mind on brexit.
there i am not yet fully convinced. firstly your proposal for a rule of law mechanism in my view is insufficient. it is weak and too narrow in scope and i also happen to know that it's actually a proposal from mr timmermans that's supposed to be proposed this week as i had a sneak peek' at the leaked version.
secondly i would like to hear you say something about how you are going to fight racism and xenophobia which is a big problem in the european union of today.
thirdly i'm not so concerned about the right policies because i endorse the proposals that you've made but the enforcement of those policies because in the european union we're very good at making rules but extremely bad at enforcing them.
now previous commissions have been very timid.
for me the key question is you are very much the candidate of the member states simply because of the procedure that was followed.
now are you going to be like previous commissions the lapdog of those member states or are you going to be the pitbull that i would like you to be?
that's what i need to hear.
i only heard a statement against the european army so i would skip this blue card.
this is a huge federalist imposition that goes against national sovereignty and goes against democracy.
it is a frightening militaristic and scary prospect to me that the eu dares to suggest it can have a foreign policy.
it is difficult enough if you live in a nation state to control those who run that society from acting irresponsibly in a foreign policy sense but the idea that this chamber would actually have the nerve to argue for a foreign policy with no votes for it is scary and anti democratic and we the brexit party don't support it.
therefore we have to act to do more to preserve the deal and to take all necessary measures to ensure tangible economic benefits while reminding our iranian counterparts to respect their commitments fully.
in spanish we have a saying that when it comes to strategy we don't explain it we implement it!
and if there is a field in which the european union needs to implement a global strategy that is africa.
on environmental human rights demographic and migration issues we need the european union to go global in relation to africa.
the only way out of the deadlock in which venezuelan society finds itself is through a negotiated solution that includes all sections of society.
it is important that women young people and minorities are included in the process as they hold the keys to building an inclusive peace.
i trust venezuelans will find a peaceful solution through the negotiation process currently facilitated by norway. as europeans it is important that we support these talks and oppose any calls for a military intervention. war is not the solution. the future of venezuela should not be built on the use of violence and the talks seem to be constructive. i call on all parties to continue working positively in order to reach the objective of holding free and fair elections with international observers. i want to state my full support for the pre conditions laid out by the eu led international contact group including the release of political prisoners.
today when people move to another eu country and they want to register a birth get married register a house or apply for a residence card the national authorities will ask for certified copies certified translations and rubber stamps such as the apostille.
here we are after three years of intense negotiations with your vote tomorrow the union is about to take another important step.
the regulation covers several areas of immediate relevance to most citizens in particular their civil status.
based on the principle of mutual trust the regulation does away with the requirement to authenticate public documents with an apostille and simplifies obligations with regard to certified copies and translations. it also introduces multilingual standard forms to avoid translation requirements and reinforces the fight against false documents by setting up a system of cooperation between member states.
thirteen of all marriages in the union are international;
parliament has also ensured that the fee that member states may charge to citizens for obtaining a multilingual standard form will be reasonable and that member states will inform citizens of their rights under the regulation through their websites and also in individual contacts.
this early review will allow the commission to consider the inclusion in the scope of additional areas such as educational records disabilities and the legal status and representation of companies.
this proposal will make the life of millions of citizens and businesses easier by removing unnecessary and costly red tape.
this is now over for a whole range of life situations and corresponding documents.
we would all have preferred a broader scope of the regulation covering additional areas for citizens as well as documents useful to businesses.
parliament has been a strong supporter of this regulation from the start.
and we have a balanced compromise.
this is time consuming costly and perfectly unnecessary.
as others have said this is the first phase in terms of birth certificates and marriage certificates and i think we should encourage the commission and this parliament to be bolder at the next phase particularly in terms of young people when it comes to its translation to diplomas and degrees.
we have an obligation to make sure that their passage in those countries is made as smooth as possible.
we know that somewhere between six and eight of european union citizens travel and work in other member states.
certainly for irish people who travel around the european union that can be difficult in terms of the number of documents that are needed so having these standardised documents in a multilingual form makes absolute sense.
it makes absolute sense that we should have standardised forms in a multilingual context and i welcome this regulation as a practical example of making the european union work for ordinary citizens.