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we should start by defining clearly their scope and nature and then we should establish the qualities and experience of the people needed to fill them.
surely it is logical for the european council to invite formal nominations and to hear candidates perhaps including mr verhofstadt ahead of the decision.
instead the discussion is degenerating into a shabby debate between government leaders who appear only to be interested in sharing out jobs amongst themselves be it from small or large countries north south east west left or right and not whether someone is actually the best candidate to take the responsibilities.
what is worse some have even tried to divide the european union into two classes of citizenship by saying that only individuals coming from a member state in the schengen area and in the euro area should be eligible.
that i am afraid is discrimination which is unacceptable and this on a day of history when we remember all those who have fallen in warfare and in a week when we have remembered the horrors of kristallnacht and the tragic events which followed and where we have celebrated the achievement of all those who contributed to the fall of communism in poland where it began in hungary
in the baltic states in countries throughout eastern and central europe and of course ultimately in berlin.
it is right to fight for freedom and values for all not big jobs for the lucky few.
such a measure would reduce the number of illegitimate traders and illegal activities online. the commission must promote transparent advertising practices that do not track our consumers and users through the
dedicated to the platform based on illegal or sensationalist content must be addressed through privacy and accountability measures such as the know your business customer' principle.
another essential element in my report is targeted measures on online marketplaces and here we have dedicated a whole chapter in our report targeting online marketplaces such as amazon and alibaba.
digital transformation has profoundly changed the functioning of the global economy and of our societies which requires an update to improve the situation in several areas.
the report therefore sets the internal market and consumer protection priorities on how digital services including online platforms and marketplaces should be and must be regulated in the future. the committee recommendations touch upon a range of issues. however some of the fundamental points and measures that the commission must and should introduce in the dsa are as follows.
the imco report is the one that deals with the comprehensive revision of the twenty year old e commerce directive and the firstever internal market exante instrument in the digital sector.
the digital services act will be this first update to the legal framework on online services after twenty years.
the ecommerce directive is one of the most essential pieces of union legislation and the foundation of the digital single market as we know it today.
finally we are also proposing for the first time in the digital sector exante rules to tackle the digital players' uncompetitive practice.
the know your business customer' is a new obligation on platforms to check and stop fraudulent companies from using their services.
first and foremost the shift to distance learning raised significant challenges in terms of equity and quality.
most importantly and most alarmingly the pandemic has affected vulnerable learners most including those from disadvantaged backgrounds and unsupportive home environments.
inclusion and equality are indeed at the heart of the european education area.
the union is resetting its growth strategy with the green and digital transitions as its transformative drivers.
dedicated initiatives in various areas such as inclusion building capacities for the digital transition or supporting teachers are vital to achieve this goal.
while the pathways to the school success initiative will address the risk of dropout and low achievement the proposed erasmus teacher academies will promote cooperation between existing teacher education and training institutions.
the european education area and the digital education action plan together with the emblematic erasmus programme contains the geist of the commission's vision for eu education policy.
it looks at what is needed to enable and foster the development of a highperforming digital education ecosystem and it also aims at enhancing digital skills for the digital transformation.
second the digital skills of learners and the capacity of educational institutions to provide quality and inclusive education remotely need to improve.
the adaptation to the crisis was easier for those member states that had national digital education strategies in place and had made efficient use of relevant eu funds.
third we also learned that the effectiveness of the response at national level was linked to the level of preparedness in terms of infrastructure tools content and teachers.
indeed education is the foundation for personal fulfilment employability and active and responsible citizenship.
last but not least the future more inclusive erasmus programme aims to provide a wide range of opportunities for institutions learners and educators to be better equipped for digital learning and for overcoming social dividers.
education is at the heart of these transitions strengthening the social market economy and democracy with freedom diversity human rights and social justice.
the new digital education action plan also addresses the lessons learned from the ongoing covid nineteen crisis and the more structural challenges linked to the digital transformation of education and training.
as for the lesson learned from this crisis member states managed to switch to online learning quickly but it's clear that there is room for improvement.
schoolleaving exams and enrolment in higher education institutions have also been a major challenge and member states' approaches varied significantly.
regarding your next questions on education policy priorities in response to the crisis the recent commission communication on the european education area takes the lesson learned from the pandemic fully on board.
we have a culture of doing this and we will do it again. this is how we can create an ecosystem of trust so that citizens do not feel estranged to a society that they have seen in the movies and found fascinating but never ever wanted to live
i just read an article in a danish paper in danish about artificial intelligence and part of that article was written by ai in my mother tongue on a rather complex subject and i couldn't distinguish what was written by the authors and what was written by ai.
this is grown from every member state but it needs a european response and this response you have given tonight by a promise that democracy will make sure that we frame this.
for the people who decide not to participate in democracy because of the hate speech online it is as real as if someone has threatened them offline.
it will be the data governance act and the data act and the european digital identity just to mention the most obvious things.
that humans are in control; that transparency responsibility accountability is what we want to work with; that you should know your customer;
back in the digital stone age in the year two thousand of course how could we have known any better?
that it's not just more words on paper but that it's real rights for citizens for businesses in the real world to make the best possible use of digital technologies.
the principle of freedom of fair markets.
that democracy catches up with technology.
in. and obviously as was just said this is a european debate that should be rooted in every member state.
that promise has been given tonight by everyone who has been taking the floor that in our democracy we will shape this for the state for the business community to serve the real asset here which is the individual citizen and that i find extremely promising.
there's been a lot of very nuanced speeches trying to balance that on the one hand there are so obviously things that should not be out there because it's illegal in the offline world while at the same time no one wants censorship no one wants the state to control.
can we have a european model?
neither will anyone just say well let business take care of this'.
there are other models obviously. but the debate tonight has shown with all clarity that no one wants just to leave that to the state.
no one wants to limit a debate that can be free and nurture our democracy and that of course is the thing that we will have to grapple with in the months to come.
we have come from liability intellectual property rights innovation hate speech upload filters consumer protection i think we have shown the width and the depth of the work that has been ongoing here. but the thing is that the fundamental question is answered with a yes'.
obviously the level of complexity is quite high.
otherwise we cannot stand by the promise that the humans are the empowered here and that the machine is a servant. the thing is that now the digital world the online world is not another world.
as we have seen with all the different proposals coming in every member state because this is not just something down in brussels.
for the children who are being bullied it is just as real as when it was in the schoolyard back in the day.
i think that is the core of the debate today and then of course the obvious that the legislation that we will discuss and hopefully decide upon should be implemented should be enforceable so that these promises are not empty
that you should be able to identify yourself to create the trust that people know who they are dealing with and you know that you are in control of the data that you create.
what are the fundamentals?
but this is the time and with this level of complexity what a pleasure it is to see that we then discuss the principles.
maybe the grammar was slightly better by the ai i wouldn't know but it's just to say that when we're in a world where artificial intelligence can write an op ed can write a poem can write music and we cannot tell the difference anymore then it's about time
this is our world and this is now when we went to frame it because it has matured.
this is the opposite of what we are trying to achieve.
i know that we all share the same objective full visa waiver reciprocity. i'm confident that the remaining member states will join the us visa waiver programme and i call on you to give this approach another chance.
in november last year poland entered the us visa waiver programme.
the commission actively supports and works closely with these member states to help them to fulfil all benchmarks and requirements.
this is important. none of them has asked the commission to temporarily suspend visa free travel for us citizens.
my assessment is that as long as we see continuing progress through engagement with the united states full visa reciprocity for all eu nationals can be best achieved through continued diplomatic cooperation.
the member states have a clear perspective of joining the us visa waiver programme once they meet the outstanding requirements.
on the one hand there is the progress achieved so far notably poland achieving visa free access last year and the continued progress made by the other member states concerned.
with the united states we remain engaged in a result oriented diplomatic process towards full visa reciprocity in close coordination with the member states concerned. our communication on visa reciprocity of march two thousand and twenty details our engagement with the united states and shows we've consistently placed the issue high on the agenda.
temporarily suspending the visa waiver for us citizens would be counter productive.
they have all agreed to continue dialogue and to work on the benchmarks.
suspending visa free travel for us citizens would inevitably lead the united states to impose visa requirements for all eu citizens.
despite covid nineteen the commission continues to work with the united states and the member states concerned to accelerate progress on visas.
all four member states want to continue this approach.
on the other hand the expected negative effects of visa suspension for our external relations and visa reciprocity.
according to the legislation we must also take into account the possible consequences for the external relations of the eu and its member states and for all european citizens.
that communication also reported significant progress.
our continued engagement in difficult times shows how important this issue is to the commission.
all four member states have concrete prospects of progress;
we will of course continue to keep you informed.
our approach is working.
these are not arbitrary but set out in us law.
it would be difficult to explain to eu citizens how this were in their interest especially when diplomatic engagement has brought positive results.
at the moment covid nineteen travel restrictions are in force on both sides of the atlantic.
working on the resultoriented process the four other member states concerned have made continued progress.
education is also paramount for fighting ai related conspiracy theories which feed the agenda of those who want to politically cash in on people's fears.
we shall also continue the full implementation of the deep and comprehensive free trade area supporting small and medium enterprises and advancing the ambitious process of regulatory approximation.
we have mobilised over eur one hundred million in bilateral grant support focusing on the immediate need for protective equipment strengthening the healthcare system and supporting socio economic recovery.
our solidarity and assistance in response to the pandemic has been strong and the european union remains the biggest provider of aid.
that's quite a lot vote buying misuse of state resources pressuring voters among others. in the current covid nineteen context it is even more important to ensure that all moldovans are given a free and fair opportunity to vote following a transparent inclusive and credible election process which we will be closely monitoring.
looking ahead we will be updating our association agenda.
this is the purpose of our association agreement and i am very happy to participate in this presentation of your report.
clear delivery on that issue is a litmus test for moldova's fight against corruption.
as an associated country moldova remains an important partner within the eastern partnership framework.
we need to maintain the european union's budgetary ambition in the field of defence including with regard to the european defence fund and military mobility and we need to sustain efforts to ensure coherence among defence initiatives.
this is the case for instance with the project material and components for technological eu competitiveness' which will develop highly technological electronic components.
we will keep working together with the commission with my friend commissioner breton to ensure such coherence and synergies.
in national planning and decision making.
and third and above all to contribute better to the protection of the population of the countries of destination and hence european union citizens.
in this review.
we have seen progress in many areas including on the need to regularly increase defence budgets.
second to maximise the effectiveness of our spending on defence;
of course we are still on a learning curve and there is room for improvement as i stressed in my assessment report this year and as you point out in your recommendation.
the other nine projects are more of an operational nature combining existing capabilities or they specifically contribute to the development of european technological sectors.
at the same time one of the key goals put forward for the next phase of pesco is to focus more on operational projects.
that said i think there is scope for member states to better fulfil their commitments.
governments should not get in the way of a global system that is working well.
nevertheless we must make sure they play fairly with other companies and take a greater role in social responsibility.
we however don't want to force actions where they are not needed regulation for the sake of regulation. artificial barriers to foreign companies and the creation of false european champions are not the answer to a strong digital single market in europe. this is why we call on the commission to keep this balanced approach as we work on the digital services act and the digital market act.
the renew europe group is not against such companies that millions of users use and trust.
because of this we all should want an internet that reflects our european values while being a fair single market for businesses to compete in.
renew europe wants any future european regulation to respect what makes the internet great which is the freedom to speak your mind to upload your creations and to at the click of a button share new innovations and new business models which change the world.
the reason why we have this internet we love is because we set down very basic rules in europe and then got out of the way.
special responsibilities for online marketplaces to guarantee consumer safety;
for all digital service providers;
and this is the idea that we are fighting throughout our report by increasing transparency by increasing consumer protection we must never treat our citizens just as simple products.
the ideas that we are moving forward in our reports are aiming at this target. therefore we are directly asking the commission to be ambitious as we were in our reports by introducing in its proposal these concepts know your business customer principle and know your business customer principle not only for online marketplaces but
stricter controls on targeted advertising and the ai mechanism;
i think that comes from the fact that the work done is truly impressive because it's work that has involved so many colleagues in this assembly so many colleagues who have done the effort to study the subjects to form opinions and to discuss.
even though it will be i think a truly amazing debate today it will in no way do justice to what has gone before this debate because it is truly a thing that includes the entire parliament.
fundamentally we share the same goals.
we want to better protect citizens when they use the internet whether that is in protection against illegal goods services content online.
as it was put we need to make sure that as we feel safe offline we should feel safe online.
also to better secure the freedom of expression online.
this of course as you have heard already is a tricky balance to strike.
to achieve this we need to lay down a solid and impactful euwide accountability framework.
obviously that has to come with enforcement because words alone will not do it;
the balance we will have to strike here is of course that we will have to say to some of the gatekeepers the largest platforms that things will change.
europe is open and we will do this in full compliance with our international obligations also because we would want to work with the rest of the world to set new standards.
in order to do so we intend to break down legal barriers in the internal market and combat unfair practices by gatekeeper platforms.
this will help european innovators small businesses to scale to grow to be able to compete for our attention to compete for our business. with the digital services act i think two things have stood the test of time no general monitoring of user content is one;
and second a wellbalanced system of liability and the internal market as the core.
but things have changed so obviously we also need to set out in law the responsibilities that platforms must have in relation to their role as societal and economic impactors as they are.
this is one of the reasons why we're working on this digital markets act in parallel with the digital services act.
this regulation will specifically target large digital gatekeepers defined by objective criteria setting out a clear list of dos and don'ts' in full compliance again of course with international obligations.
it will also provide for a market investigation framework to address digital markets that may be prone to market failure and prone to the creation of new gatekeepers.
we share the same ambition to create a sound and futureproof legal framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence in europe so that people can benefit from aidriven products and services that are safe and that respect european fundamental rights and values.
for this we need an ai framework that creates new opportunities for european businesses to innovate to scale up.
we ought to be the global hub for ai made in europe and set the global standard for trustworthy ai. we want to fully leverage the potential of ai while mitigating associated risks and i think we all recognise that this is the balance.
that it creates legal uncertainty and disproportionately overburdens businesses or hampers innovation.
we need to form a framework that is futureproof and i expect that we will engage in this very intensely because it is indeed a balance.
we also welcome the report for dealing with liability for ai and here axel voss has done outstanding work.
our institutions also agree on the objective for liability aiming for the same level of protection for victims of airelated damages and victims of damages of other technologies.
i think that is a very sound and straightforward principle.
for what concerns the product liability directive the commission appreciates the parliament report.
on the parliament report on intellectual property ip rights i think that shows the pivotal role of ip rights for the eu to become a leader in artificial intelligence.
without this it will not happen and we want to thank also mep stphane sjourn for his excellent work.
we need an eu ip framework that enables innovations in the field of ai technologies.
companies in the european union must be able to efficiently protect but also to share their inventions in the field of ai technologies.
thank you again also for this groundbreaking work.
last but not least i think this will be an amazing debate.
we have started it i think already in the best possible manner.
one of the delights is to see how there is convergence between the different reports between the thinking of the commission and what parliament is proposing here.
i think that is very strong because that shows citizens that what we want to create is a society where technology serves humans where humans are empowered where humans are in control.
we don't want a society where people feel estranged feel that there is the risk that some machine will take some decision in complete transparency without knowing if their rights are actually being fulfilled.
we have one generation to do this.
i'm looking forward not only to the debate today not only to the proposals but also to the debate that we will have to make sure that we get a strong european regulatory framework that can actually be enforced in real life.
mr president what you and i get to see on the internet is based on what gives big tech companies the highest profits for their shareholders.
their algorithms decide what we get to see based on clicks manipulation and microtargeting.
but the digital services act is our opportunity to rethink and reclaim our internet.
we see now that extreme content is often promoted and queer content is sometimes censored by big platforms but we have no way of holding platforms accountable for these decisions.
we can only protect the freedom of speech and the freedom of information if we know what is actually happening online and we regulate the players who control it.
online platforms must be transparent about what they show to whom and why but also about what they delete from the internet.
we need to take the internet back from big corporations and put it back into the hands of the people.
traffic safety and security in all transport modes automated driving navigation car manufacturing the hostility sector these need access not only to big data but also to standard essential patents sep and other intellectual property under equal and fair conditions throughout the eu internal market.