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corruption. the latest foreign affairs council showed once again a strong consensus on continued european support and i am sure that we can count on this parliament's political backing for
release. a reverse positive trend is
hundreds of civilians have been forced to leave their homes. critical infrastructure ensuring the delivery of water electricity heating and gas has been affected and many civilian homes have been damaged. the dire humanitarian situation has been worsened by the current harsh winter conditions. today the level of fighting has decreased somewhat. the citizens and the authorities of ukraine have mobilised together with humanitarian actors. this has
on the situation in ukraine.
crisis. we will continue to call on russia to use its considerable influence over the separatists it backs to meet the minsk related commitments
it. russia bears a direct responsibility in helping to achieve a solution to the
and the upsurge in fighting in the avdiivka area has claimed the lives of numerous people on both sides.
removed. this also means that as long as the agreements are not implemented the sanctions will remain
in full. we also remain deeply concerned about information on the presence of russian military equipment and personnel in separatist held
needed. the granting of full safe and unhindered access for the osce special monitoring mission and then ensuring full humanitarian access in accordance with international humanitarian principles must be a priority. we have said this and will continue to underline
died. tens of thousands have been injured and over. three eight million people remain in need of humanitarian assistance.
for them. at the same time we consider the new government action plan for citizens in non government controlled areas as a major step forward. we are accompanying ukraine's reform agenda seven days a week particularly on the social and economic measures and in the fight against
our efforts. the people of ukraine need the european union to be at their side to help end the conflict of course but also to show that a better country is already in the making with tangible improvements better services and a better and brighter future for all of ukraine.
we should all put pressure on all the relevant actors to respect the ceasefire grant access for humanitarian actors to the areas not under the control of the government and ensure the free movement of people and goods across the contact
mission. we are preparing a substantial new programme for government controlled areas near the contact line and we want to support economic development social cohesion and job creation. this will be followed up in the two thousand and eighteen two thousand and twenty financial assistance programme to prepare
crisis. they have our constant and full support along with our support to the efforts undertaken within the normandy four format. after two and a half years we still see that the minsk agreements have not been fully implemented. a high number of ceasefire violations views of proscribed weapons including artillery
this issue with you.
presidents juncker and tusk met last week with prime minister groysman and commissioner stylianides will travel next week to the eastern part of the country.
strand. ukraine was also at the core of the high representative's talks with the new us administration last week in washington.
it is our moment of truth. europe should not let down the people of ukraine.
as russia is testing the us reaction the eu should show leadership and firmly condemn russia's attacks.
this escalation started just after president trump's and putin's phone call.
ukraine is a hostage to the relationship between the west and russia with the eu divided and the us unpredictable. with the new us administration we are at the crossroads.
secondly we should call on the european council to prolong the existing sanctions on russia and to consider their further extension and widening in order to show that there can be no tolerance for aggression for war in europe.
let us call things as they are.
the escalation in fighting would not be possible without the military support and strategic direction that russia provides.
courage and devotion to their national values.
i salute them for it and welcome the fact that the government in kiev continues to press forward with the necessary reforms despite this very fragile security situation.
we remain united in our response to russian action in this country.
this means the eu will maintain sanctions against russia until there is a full implementation of the minsk agreements.
eu funding has been instrumental in generating a robust pipeline of innovative tb vaccine candidates as the commission said enabling their early stage development by phase one and phase two a clinical trials.
we have vaccines but it is vital to demonstrate the safety and the efficacy necessary for licensure.
is the commission considering the introduction of competitive funding mechanisms for the late stage clinical development of innovative new vaccines that address the neglected diseases such as tb?
i now welcome the fact that the commission has said that it is bringing in additional funding but will the rules for any new edctp budget provisions permit funding to be directed to the development and building of clinical trial sites including epidemiology studies?
unfortunately and this is the problem currently funding mechanisms including the european and developing countries clinical trials partnership allocate very limited funding to the very costly late stage clinical trials phase two b and phase three which are vital to demonstrate vaccine safety.
i know you share our concerns.
one six million to two million people die annually from the disease.
it is quite right that tb is a significant global health concern and as we know is the second leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide.
we need a system of clear binding rules and sanctions particularly on issues such as workers' rights and gender balance.
i am concerned that the report that we have in front of us while it is welcome does not go far enough.
the process has started and needs to continue but equally there needs to be a complete overhaul of the entire corporate governance framework.
when confronted with corporate governance scandals too often the response is that these were isolated cases things are different now but sadly this is not the case.
making good corporate governance is not an optional extra.
mr president in financial services failures by directors to hold their employees to account and failures by shareholders to hold those directors to account compounded risk taking led to corporate collapse and taxpayers' bailouts.
corporate governance is really important. this report recommends best practices shared through principles established in each member state and coupled with a comply or explain' regime.
as regards women's quotas yes i would like to see more women in senior positions but my priority is to get the right people the best people with the best skills and in banking that means the balanced approach.
please remember that the chief financial officer of lehman's was a woman.
a survey released today by the bundesbank a normally risk moderate institution suggests that in banks women are bigger risk takers than men.
please be careful of jumping to decisions.
previously member states have taken different approaches in how they promote good corporate governance often as a result of their different company law. it is time to establish best practice across the eu to improve corporate governance for all companies. best practice is constantly evolving and setting prescriptive rules may hinder the development of new methods and techniques that improve the overall corporate governance of companies. this is why we welcome mr bodu's report which has achieved broad cooperation and support for the principle of comply or explain'.
many of the issues in the field of corporate governance are not black and white and overly defined rules could lead to a tick box approach which could take us back many years.
we want better qualified directors and more actively engaged shareholders to ensure better run companies across europe. the ecr does not support mandatory quotas on company boards but does support the many voluntary moves that are currently under way to encourage more diversity not just on boards but at all levels of management of companies.
and a plea to the commissioner forced diversity often does not bring the same benefits that the voluntary schemes provide in terms of overall cultural change especially in changing how business leaders choose to manage their companies.
light touch and self regulation approaches have proved disastrous in the financial world with consequences we will have to live with and suffer through for the foreseeable future. the conspicuous absence of proposals from the commission on employees' representation and engagement with stakeholders is most regrettable.
gender diversity is not only an imperative in terms of equality but it also makes economic sense as it has been demonstrated that companies with a significant female presence at executive levels fare far better than average.
simultaneous membership of several company boards is patently incompatible with diligent work and flies in the face of the outrageous astronomical remuneration levels enjoyed often regardless of performance. in the context of countries currently assisted by bailouts we must work to prevent the misuse of public monies due to poor corporate governance.
in future parliament should consider changing its rules of procedure to pre empt these large spectacular and hasty revisions of important base legislation as with connected continent.
we now have security by bureaucracy rather than security by transparency which would otherwise be universally supported by research.
we repeatedly express our concern for there to be competitive equal opportunities on the european markets and we support innovative start ups which can create a european digital sphere.
the european union must find ways of combining successfully the european political principal of distributed equal cooperation with the internet technical principle of distributed equal cooperation.
an important step in this direction is safeguarding net neutrality.
the lack of strategy and leadership from the commissioner has caused confusion.
we could consider not adopting first reading positions on proposals less than one year after they were tabled.
together with my colleague jens rohde i tabled amendments to safeguard net neutrality and to define specialised services.
i hope she understands the needs of many european citizens as regards guaranteeing net neutrality.
by ensuring clear rules of the road for the eu digital single market and the open internet competition innovation and internet users will benefit.
i strongly believe that ict will be the one key answer to our economic and social challenges driving higher productivity and growth.
safeguarding the open internet for everyone.
many have spoken on the issue of net neutrality.
we are on the same page more european thinking for the resources that matter to our future on the vast majority of this package.
on the new opportunities european citizens will miss
to you. tomorrow you can safeguard an online world for our citizens borderless open connected.
ahead. this is not the end of
issue. it is not acceptable in a decent society.
new safeguards and powers will ensure that specialised services cannot come at the expense of the open internet.
it will create an innovative fast forward internet and that is completely different.
page. our proposal and the committee's amendments represent a balanced approach that would safeguard innovation without discrimination.
if the possibilities are there there is an opportunity and a challenge to offer specialised services.
so there must be no blocking of specialised services as long as they are not blocking the open internet and the quality guarantee.
for horrible things like child pornography that are illegal in national laws there should be no obstacle to joint efforts to identify and block such
innovation;
this is irresponsible and dangerous and that amendment must not be allowed to go through.
mr president this package does have some good parts for example removing excessive roaming charges will be very popular with some consumers but it potentially has some very bad parts.
this makes sure that child pornography is taken off the internet and as a result serious crimes are prevented.
i know why we must not block services in general but there are some services that need to be blocked.
the amendments tabled by the left the greens and the liberals particularly amendment two hundred and forty three would stop them being able to do this.
i am all for a free open internet.
you know that i stand and i fight for freedom openness and innovation as we all
we cannot tell european businesses that they cannot have the network they need for high definition video conferences. you do not want to tell citizens that you would not let them enjoy quality
now it needs to be founded on connectivity and spectrum otherwise we are going to fall behind.
so what does it actually mean?
all those things depend on enhanced quality of service.
that is why we need rules for a connected continent. in six short months we have made tremendous progress on this file.
today with your vote you can change all that.
that is why ten months ago i stood before many of you and promised new telco proposals looking at the whole ecosystem and making a difference to the life of every person you represent.
we could kill the internet with words.
blocking strangles innovation and despite what you may have been told in the last few days that is what some of the plenary amendments will do block specialised services.
our citizens depend on them and expect them. let us not wait until they demonstrate in the streets.
i am glad we all agree on that and i agree that we need safeguards for specialised services. they must never be an alternative to the internet never slow down the internet for everyone else and never be forced on users against their will.
we are not here just to come out with nice slogans.
digital resources are crucial resources especially for the twenty first century.
innovation means no more blocking or throttling services on the open internet.
let me address the issue of openness and innovation online and of net neutrality. freedom underpins a rich vibrant online world.
that much is clear.
you have suggested a number of changes i am aware of that but it remains in line with our objective. the market is not functioning and you and i do not accept that.
it is time to liberate the billion devices in europe.
i want to save it with actions and i imagine you do too. so let us take up our responsibilities and do the hard work.
once we founded a community on coal and steel;
we are all involved in the whole operation of removing borders and barriers boosting our economy and showing every european what europe can do for them.
many europeans will join me in thanking you for that.
i think that we have come up with a much better solution which is to incorporate those reforms into changes to the existing directive for which my committee was responsible.
we will have better provisions for independent price comparison.
we could not see any logic in having an overriding regulation and we think our proposal would be much better for consumers.
they will be able to have predefined financial limits for their data.
i am always struck by all those who want to block it from one side or another.
i think the important thing is that the internet must be free.
that does not mean that everything is free just because it is on the internet. we need to be able to buy products pay for services pay for media pay for a number of things and we must be open minded about new services.
i do not want any operator to block or discriminate against services on the internet because then you are discriminating against the users but i do want an opportunity for all those service providers to contribute to the development of the internet.
then we are reducing it we are reducing the freedom of the internet because it is a two way issue those who deliver and those who use and we must meet on an open and free internet but with the ability to invest and purchase new things.
i want us to increase the capacities and the speeds because that is the main issue but i want us also to be firm that all new services be they specialised services or the services that we know are emerging all the time shall have the freedom of the internet. but it is not free if we are blocking the new services and that is why i think this compromise is of huge importance.
mr president we would do well to remember that telecoms were created by private individuals like bell and marconi.
the world wide web was invented by tim berners lee and presented by him as a great gift to society at large.
given that the internet is global there is a clear need for a degree of mutual recognition and regulatory convergence but there is no need for massive regulatory interference from brussels.
at a time when our liberal colleague sir graham watson is proposing an eu propaganda programme funded by taxpayers' money there are credible fears that eu control of the internet will lead to control of content if not downright censorship.
even the british and german governments have recognised the dangers inherent in this excessively complex proposal and have called for a much simpler and more streamlined approach. they are right to do so. if the answer is more heavy handed eu regulation then we are asking the wrong question.
i think that is a crucial element of our resolution.
the indcs that are being collected now because we all know that if we add them up we will never stay below the two degrees centigrade as the commissioner has already said.
in our own parliament's resolution we do mention it.
apparently there was no agreement yet when the climate ministers came together in september among the ministers of finance for this very crucial finance.
one of the crucial elements again will be international climate finance and it will maybe be the sole case that can make or break the agreement in paris.
we set aside a number of allowances from the emissions trading scheme to create a fund an eu international climate action reserve that will raise revenues in a fair way and will create a fund independent of national governments.
madam president i think we all know the immense importance of the climate summit in paris even the ecr mr duncan and it is absolutely crucial that we reach a very ambitious legally binding comprehensive agreement there an agreement that goes beyond
as mentioned before in november the ecofin council will come together and i urge our ministers of finance to seriously look into the suggestion made in this parliament's resolution.
such safeguards on environmental and social impact but unfortunately the clean development mechanism does not have any.
in this respect close to one hundred organisations and several meps have written to the cdm board to make sure that they will put in place such safeguards on human rights in their policies.
that is why arguments that we can wait for another century or so to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are totally unacceptable to me.
climate change is a global problem with grave implications its worst impact being felt by the most vulnerable and poorer countries and whilst technological advances will help each and every one of us has the strength and power to change things.
as president hollande told us last week in strasbourg paris is make your mind up time.
the poorest are already paying the price of climate change in many developing countries and as charles goerens has said we must help them pay for adaptation. therefore i welcome the words in our resolution on climate finance.
it is not clear that the rise in atmospheric co two is anthropogenic or that atmospheric co two has anything like the effects postulated by the ipcc. nor is it clear that the climate policies we are pursuing will have any material effect on levels of atmospheric co two or indeed on the climate but it is absolutely clear that we are utterly unable to predict future changes.
it is time to question our hysterical obsession with the new religion of climate alarmism.
all the predictions so far have been falsified by the data and it is clear that our climate policies will do far more economic damage than anything that could be conceived as a result of climate change.
madam president good science is
the long term evidence is of oscillations to patterns lasting thousands of years and the pursuit of this chimera is costing jobs and investment but only in the uk and the eu as the climate change theories export them to china and other developing countries.
the developing countries will laugh at us refuse to sign our agreements and profit at our expense.
i support the report and i ask people to support green amendment.
by creating decent jobs inspiring people to innovate and transform their own workplaces and communities whilst ensuring social security in times of change we guarantee the public trust and support needed to tackle dangerous climate change.
this opportunity must not be lost.
we know that the mandate for climate financing will be determined by the ecofin council in november.
in that text there is no mention at all of the international maritime and aviation sector which is something that needs to be corrected and i am counting on you commissioner to correct that in the negotiations in bonn or later on in paris.
but i have not heard the commission very clearly endorsing that.
i also think that it is very important that in this own initiative report we are addressing very clearly the aviation and maritime sector and directly related to that i have a question for the commissioner because next week in bonn there will be negotiations on the new text that has been published.
it is also a scientific necessity if we want to limit climate change to two degrees.
still there are some important considerations to raise.
madam president today we vote on our report concerning the climate agreement in paris. at the moment when the environmental credibility of the european institutions has been shaken by scandals within the car industry i find it extremely important to send a very strong signal with this report. the report itself is a strong
being ambitious is not merely a question of restoring europe's credibility;
the green climate fund is absolutely core and we support that.
we recognise that the emissions trading scheme must be part of a global endeavour not solely an isolated continental movement. the report is both original and good.
unfortunately the original parts are not good and the good parts are not original.
i have too many problems with the report as it presently stands to give my consent to this particular report.
that pains me because i believe we should speak with one voice in paris.
i believe we are stronger when we can do so but i cannot do that.
right now we see again commitments put into this report that need not be there that seek to divide us when we could be united that indeed seek to put forward an agenda that need not be shared by all of us and yet there is much that we do share. so i cannot endorse the report as it was drafted but nor will i vote against it. i will ask that my group abstain on this.
that saddens me because i think that in reality we could have been stronger and i think we could have done more.
yes mr gerbrandy even the ecr agrees with this.
but given that this motion calls on the president to forward it to the unfccc with the request that it be circulated in paris to all non eu parties this causes confusion.
it is one thing to communicate to the commission whether parliament takes a different view but i believe europe should approach paris with one voice.
my group cannot support calls for binding targets on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reductions beyond those already agreed.
i do not think it is helpful to have a position that prescribes the earmarking of ets revenues as this report requires when this is not agreed.