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mr president i would like to thank the rapporteur mr cofferati all the shadow rapporteurs the slovak presidency and the previous presidencies for their hard work and the excellent collaboration on this dossier. the journey was not always easy. however thanks to the determination and willingness to compromise by all the parties involved a political agreement was reached in december last year. it is time to adopt this important directive which will foster more longterm
transparent and sustainable capital markets in europe.
the compromise proposal on the table today represents a balanced outcome.
let me refer to some of the main aspects.
first i welcome the agreed approach concerning transparency of institutional investors asset managers and proxy advisers.
it will encourage institutional investors and asset managers to look at the long term perspective and also consider environmental social and governance factors when they invest.
this is what our economy needs.
second the proposed solutions on remuneration will ensure more transparency and better oversight of directors' pay not only for shareholders but also for companies and the whole society.
how directors are paid influences how they conduct business.
third the proposed compromise will also ensure more efficient communication throughout the investment chain.
in this way it will enable listed companies and their shareholders to communicate more efficiently.
therefore it is a crucial step to encourage more shareholder engagement.
i note that the level of ambition in this respect has been reduced from what the commission initially aimed at.
it builds on lessons learned from the financial crisis and aims to foster sustainable growth.
as research suggests that more than a third of big companies fail to comply with the uk's currently voluntary code she might do well to look to europe for a progressive blueprint.
this legislation improves the long term commitment of shareholders in listed companies and strengthens the link between directors' pay and performance showing the eu's progress towards a more transparent and responsible economy.
details of how their pay has increased will be published so that it can be compared with the pay of employees and the company's performance something that last year's whitehall proposals tiptoed around. disappointingly public country by country reporting was dropped from the final legislation despite support from the parliament and commission.
as greens we will push hard to ensure that this most important weapon in our ongoing battle against corporate tax avoidance is advanced as rapidly as possible.
will commit to a proposal to suspend the agreement.
we did so reluctantly and we had very serious worries.
therefore we ask this house to modify the item on tomorrow's agenda on surveillance and press freedom to include a statement by the commission on this situation asking the commission whether it considers that these facts constitute a clear breach of the agreement and if so whether it
between ashraf or the decision of the conference of presidents.
mr president can i just endorse my colleague's comments about procedure and also on the situation in camp ashraf?
so our plea is that we should debate this vital issue.
hostages have been taken and we have no information about them.
my understanding was that a group can reject the conference of presidents' proposal and therefore put forward its own idea which we have just done and that we vote on that first.
we need to cherish and defend our european values to maintain europe as a resilient assertive player standing firm on its pillars of liberal democracy an inspiration and an example of a better way for people to govern themselves.
our administrations are healthier when democratically accountable.
we need a robust and vigorous civil society and active citizens not just consumers to join us in our vigilance against authoritarianism and the efforts of authoritarian powers to interfere in and undermine our democracies. we need to nurture our democratic institutions and our citizens' confidence and trust in them
they say it requires the rule of a strong leader and they offer simplistic solutions to complex problems.
yet especially in times of uncertainty there are those who peddle old lies and play to the insecurities of people.
we wanted to come back to europe and i am convinced that it was not in search of material goods. it was especially in search of its freedoms. to live in freedom was a dream we all shared in europe but in the east it has become a reality later than in the west and the south.
we live longer we can educate ourselves better and we have immensely better choice.
living in freedom requires a process of adjustment not only to the immediate benefits of individual liberties but also to the meaning of individual responsibility and the constant process of debate and compromise discussion and change
our societies are now wealthier.
the accession of two thousand and four allowed us to reconcile our continent's geography with its history and a collective wish to share its future together.
democracy is an invincible ideal but also a fragile system and it is certainly not a given.
they point to a past that never was and promise a future that will never come.
and in us as part of these institutions. the greater our institutions' resilience an independent judiciary law bound and accountable legislators and executive and also of course free media and civil society the stronger will be our democratic and selfconfident europe.
it has no end and it needs constant maintenance.
with humility we should accept that as politicians we cannot protect the values alone.
it is naive to believe that the democratic change we made after the revolution is irreversible.
through that and the checks and balances assured by independent justice the rule of law and fundamental rights we live in a fairer more just society built on common values which provide liberty security and stability for its citizens and therefore a better life.
we cannot fix a problem caused by capitalism with more capitalism.
it's not about encouraging consumers to make environmentally friendly choices;
we need an emergency level response outside the framework of encouraging behaviour change.
the truth is climate change isn't caused by people it's caused by an economic system that drives inequality and rewards environmental destruction. we cannot fix this with neo liberal policies.
if we continue to allow the liquid natural gas units to be built around europe to facilitate american frack gas then we are not serious about it.
we need to change the system not the climate.
it was a war crime and a crime against humanity and a russian probe against both the prosecutors and the judges is absolutely unacceptable.
innocent people killed;
fourteen people killed;
we've also followed up with all of the other free trade agreements in relation to poultry and other lines to ensure that a similar situation doesn't happen in those particular respective ftas.
no product comes into the european union without meeting eu standards.
as you know one of the priorities of the new commission is to establish this position of the chief enforcement officer and this person will operate under dg trade and will have a very important role in ensuring the implementation and enforcement of all of the ftas that we have to date.
three million tonnes of an increase in consumption of poultry has been happening over the last three years in the european union. that's not to say that there are some producers in some countries where we have a high concentration of poultry which we certainly have to be conscious of.
if you want the thousands of jobs in wexford to continue in the food sector we have to continue exporting and at the end of the day you will be doing so on the same level playing field as the eu standards.
an attack on the independence and integrity of the prosecutorial roles of any democratic state in the european union is an attack on our basic fundamental principles and freedoms.
but the idea that we now can have the russian federation intimidating and threatening a judiciary which went about its lawful duty in one thousand nine hundred and ninety one in the context of shooting of innocent civilians is an outrageous attack and it does indicate that we must be forever vigilant in ensuring the rule of law is upheld and we must never be afraid to call it out even if it is when threatening neighbours and bigger countries are trying to bulldoze and bully smaller countries. i want to stand here in solidarity with the lithuanian people
it must be supported and upheld.
i remember in one thousand nine hundred and eighty nine it was a huge historic moment in the context of the berlin wall falling coming down and the hope and aspirations of millions of people on the eastern side of that wall being fulfilled.
my colleagues in this parliament but as importantly with the rule of law across the entire continent.
we have heard their appeal to implement the paradigm shift to climate proof the circular economy that our economies and societies urgently need in order to mitigate the most catastrophic consequences of climate change.
cop twenty five will test the willingness of all parties to finalise the implementation of the paris agreement.
it resulted in a number of major announcements by governments and private sector leaders including at eu level on the reduction of greenhouse gas production climate finance and carbon neutrality.
moreover there is growing awareness and concern about global warming and its effects.
the eu has taken the lead in implementing the paris agreement.
it's therefore essential that the transition must be just and socially balanced and that no one is left behind.
the eu's core position in this respect is to agree on rules on internationally transferred mitigation outcomes that encourage ambition and progression in ndcs guarantee environmental integrity avoid double counting and provide for the closure of the kyoto protocol mechanisms.
all over the world active civil society coalitions citizens and the youth in particular are calling for decisive action that will determine the future of the planet and humanity.
by promoting this positive example we can inspire all parties to the paris agreement to raise the global ambition. it is in that spirit that the eu actively prepares for cop. twenty five we call on all parties to update their ndcs and to increase their clarity transparency and understanding.
the climate action summit in september demonstrated the political will to step up collective ambition.
five as part of the collective developed countries
the eu has successfully decoupled economic growth from emissions.
i have heard all the excuses that you can imagine about definitions about paragraphs and about anything that you can think of.
not out of jealousy or because there is a family drama behind it or any other reason but because of a murderous toxic violent understanding of masculinity that simply needs to be stopped. in this debate we very often feel powerless.
the istanbul convention has been drafted by legal experts scholars politicians and psychologists because they did not want to wait any longer.
we feel like we cannot change this overarching problem but actually we can.
i do not want to wait any longer.
every three days that would mean today this thursday and then the following sunday and so on.
i tell all the member states of the council of europe here today and especially the members of the european union ratify this convention now.
it's time for the european union to take a leading role in the full implementation of women's human rights.
mr president it's nearly two decades into the twenty first century and we still find ourselves in the situation where gender based violence and domestic violence are an everyday experience for many women in the eu.
gender based violence and domestic violence are gross violations of human rights and we must do everything to stop them including the accession of the eu to the istanbul convention.
both you and i have been working for several years on the topic and i would like to make sure that we are properly prepared for a decent debate.
what needs to change is that this house needs to change its own behaviour.
we can declare climate emergencies but the people on the streets are not asking us for declarations they are asking us for actions.
we can't even say that the two thousand and fifty climate neutrality target will be embraced by the eu for example because in the czech republic a renew prime minister is not signing up to that.
that needs to change instead of declarations.
that's the crucial point.
so finnish presidency can you now put forward a question to all the heads of state asking that we finally stop the nonsense of the travelling circus of this european parliament. then we will be taking action.
we have had enough of empty declarations. we need action.
we need all countries across the eu and beyond to step up to the plate and to come to glasgow next year with serious climate commitments.
but in doing so it is absolutely essential that we commit to taking bolder and urgent climate action in response to the deteriorating situation.
i would urge the commission to ensure that its plans for a new european climate law and a green deal recognise the urgency and scale of the climate emergency that we face and have at their heart the wellbeing of people and planet because we must also ensure that the transition to net zero is just and fair and leaves no one behind.
we must send a strong message to our citizens and to the rest of the world that europe will lead and will implement effective policies and actions to meet the.
when will this parliament end such hypocrisy over the environment?
try explaining that to your grandchildren.
speaker after speaker says that the lives of our children our planet and our existence are at risk but we're not prepared to end our own pollution by stopping this stupid twinparliament structure of strasbourg and brussels.
no i would like to thank you for your personal contribution your good relations with the other key players the big players in worldwide climate policy and the personal commitment you have shown.
as we prepare for cop twenty five in madrid everyone has to be determined and i can assure you that the european union is.
i would like to say that in terms of climate policy the european union is at its best.
i can assure you that the presidency will spare no effort to ensure that the eu will play a leading role in the work of the conference.
the discussion reflects the priority that the fight against climate change represents for all of us.
i'm not saying this just because you happen to be the climate commissioner.
with the great support from the european parliament with the unanimity of member states and with the tireless work of the commission we have been leading global climate action and still we know that we need to do more much more and we need to do it faster
of the twenty eight eu member states seven member states have still to ratify the convention.
mr president we've heard the stories here tonight and we have to ask ourselves what is happening in our democracies that we still have this endemic level of violence against women.
we need policymakers law enforcement officials judges social workers sisters brothers.
no one person no one institution is going to change this.
we need male ambassadors who will work to make sure that we eliminate the violence that we're hearing about tonight.
it's about many many actors coming together to work to make a difference.
what's absolutely clear is that people are still ambivalent about the convention and we hear the projections onto the convention.
right across every member state and indeed across the world we have to do everything we can to call it out.
the convention is about interrupting violence against women and using whatever means we can.
yet even if a fifteen fold increase of imports of batman chicken cuts' may have followed the letter of the agreement it was not the intent to put our domestic poultry producers under such sudden strain.
therefore i welcome this reasonable and negotiated settlement.
we believe that trade is a lever for economic development and can thus help to put a chicken in everyone's pot.
the commission will continue working with civil society organisations and the council of europe to rectify the misunderstandings and misconceptions spread during these debates.
so my message is of course it is extremely important to put pressure on those member states which have still not ratified the convention but we also have to be critical of those that already have because some of them did it only on paper.
instead of moving forward instead of exchanging and implementing best practices we seem to agree that even those member states which have ratified the convention or at least some of them do not take it seriously.
i have to underline that according to the police women only seek help after being beaten thirty six times. what reconciliation can we speak about?
madam president i'm all for celebrating freedom and democracy but it strikes me that we're very selective in our celebration.
so i think when we look at our history we have to look at it in a fair and balanced way and learn the lessons correctly.
i wasn't here last year but i doubt very much there was a fiftieth anniversary celebration of the revolution in france or the civil rights movement in ireland or the anti vietnam protests yet week after week in here we have the uprisings of the people of eastern europe being used to justify a narrative of the poor victims of eastern europe being freed from the big bad wolf of communism and brought into the loving arms to live happily ever after in the european union.
let us remember here when we have a balanced view of history that according to the lancet a million adults died prematurely as a consequence of the imposition of capitalism in eastern europe.
action must be taken and one of the first steps that we should take and what the european union should be doing is to get its partners the greatest economies of this world back on board and get them to take on the responsibilities that they agreed to when they signed the paris agreement.
all these countries were basically already stating that they live the reality of a climate catastrophe and a climate emergency.
it has to bring back the united states.
it has to bring the g twenty countries back on board and remind them of their responsibilities.
what we are only talking about here now is already reality there and they are fed up with our talking and our extremely longdistance targets and the declarations that we are making.
thanks to our previous generation we live in a free society and we managed to integrate well into the european structures.
twice this year more than two hundred and fifty zero people gathered in letn park in prague to express their willingness to defend our democracy and liberties in the biggest demonstrations in the czech republic since.
however the current generation needs to address another difficult task to cope with the misuses of the tools the digital era brings and to ensure that our state works for everyone equally and is not providing benefits only to a few.
the member states of the eu when acting together have a strong voice at interpol and we should use it to make sure that the system of red notices is used only for its legitimate purpose that is to help us arrest dangerous criminals not political opponents.
continuous efforts in this direction are of great importance to protect the rights of our citizens ensuring that an effective redress mechanism is in place to prevent the abuse of red notices for political reasons.
we all remember the case of journalists with dual nationality who were arrested in two thousand and seventeen on the basis of interpol red notices.
the issue of the possible abuse of interpol alerts is not new.
the issue was regularly raised and discussed at the half yearly meetings of the eu justice and home affairs senior officials with interpol with the aim of exploring possible improvements to the then existing interpol systems and review mechanisms. a number of steps have been taken by interpol since then including the creation of a dedicated law enforcement task force to review the red notices.
i understand you will express your concern on the issue in a resolution later this week.
all that said it's clear that we must keep monitoring this issue.
so i ask all the people in here how on earth are you going to fund all the precious public services when you are subsidising renewables?
secondly the actual product itself that you're replacing the hydrocarbons with either solar or wind is intermittent and requires huge taxpayer subsidies.
the third point is that you're losing tax revenue from hydrocarbons which in the uk is gbp forty billion a year and replacing it with a subsidy.
this is something that just a few years ago would have been unimaginable.
there is nothing to be scared of though. the istanbul convention is a significant cornerstone in the protection of women's rights.
the convention gives us something very important security that there will be no downgrading of the rights of women.
talk about a limitation of freedoms and re education of our children and it works. just last week our colleagues in the czech parliament received a letter calling for the immediate stop of the convention.
it shall be a guarantee that nowhere in europe domestic violence and violence against women are tolerated.
the european pirates are extremely happy to support this document.
governments change and even in the visegrad group we see calls from conservative circles to push women to have more children or to limit their rights to decide about their own body.
for them the existential threat of climate change is already here storm surges saltwater intrusion and coastal destruction have resulted in failing crops water shortages and an uncertain future contributing in turn to migration.
as a member of the acpeu joint parliamentary assembly i'm in regular dialogue with parliamentarians representing vulnerable communities.
i was proud to sign the green new deal pledge and join millions of people all over the world in the global climate strike.
we share it and we must protect it.
now our young people are taking action and i applaud them for their efforts.
nearly onethird of all citizens in small island developing states live just a few metres above sea level.
meanwhile areas of the uk such as cumbria in two thousand and fifteen and yorkshire just a few weeks ago are experiencing unprecedented floods leaving thousands of people homeless and destroying businesses.
as a result of the military aggression fourteen civilians were killed and more than eight hundred were injured.
no replies have been received or requests were rejected.
we understand how the political system is being attacked. we must understand and state openly that we see how the judiciary of the eu is being targeted.
by giving consent to this agreement the european parliament is once again protecting the interests of our agricultural sector. once parliament has given its consent the council will have to adopt a decision on the conclusion of the agreement.
we have been doing our best to encourage the ukrainian parliament to proceed quickly with the ratification and i hope that they will do so when parliament reassembles in ukraine next week. in view of this likelihood and given the continued urgency of this issue we are encouraging the european parliament to give its consent this week so as to allow the completion of the ratification process from the european union side.
it is unacceptable and i invite you to support the resolution and to vote in favour of it.
we have to protect our own biodiversity;
it's like throwing oil into the flames.
we in europe are not doing nearly enough. our own targets are not enough and we are still putting billions every year into subsidising the use of fossil fuels.
then we can demand more from the others as well.
our own emission reduction targets have to be increased;
and we all know that these figures do not represent the full picture of this unacceptable violation of human rights.
but we need to do more.
if we do it right.