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it protects freedom of movement the schengen area and crucially public confidence.
greater communication between the agency and national authorities an efficient returns system and an emphasis on preparedness and prevention are crucial ingredients in bringing much needed stability to our present crisis.
here we have a good result and i extend my congratulations to the rapporteur and all involved. i hope this regulation is another step towards making the eu's response in the area of asylum and migration both credible and effective.
it is critical that the agency is properly supported and enabled to coordinate operations and mobilise resources.
in doing so it can help protect refugees in distress and facilitate the movement of goods and people within the eu and across borders. as a member of parliament's committee on transport and tourism i am confident following our debates that the agency will take account of the need for good transport logistics and infrastructure links across borders
including in relation to maritime routes.
in these difficult times we must not forget the socio economic benefits of our eu policies in promoting a connected europe and the added accountability of the agency to parliament and member states through this proposal is welcome.
reaching a political agreement on the european border and coast guard is a tangible success of effective cooperation between the european institutions.
we have achieved a balanced agreement accommodating the concerns of both co legislators.
these elements are comprehensively addressed in other commission proposals currently on the table.
to balance the expanded mandate of the agency we included a stronger mechanism guaranteeing the observance of fundamental rights. we took into account the views of the european parliament in developing a complaint mechanism in our proposal and your amendments strengthened it even more.
this will help to deal with possible violations of fundamental rights in the course of operational activities led by the agency.
on which the commission has some concerns namely the provision for appointment of the executive director which deviates from the common approach on eu agencies agreed by the three institutions.
i look forward to hearing your views on our common achievement. more importantly i invite you dear colleagues to confirm tomorrow the political agreement on this major measure.
it is equally clear that if we want to overcome this crisis we must improve the way in which we manage our external borders because in an area without internal borders the effective control of external borders is a legitimate matter of concern to all.
that is why last december the commission presented a proposal for a european border and coast guard and why we have made clear that the rapid adoption of this proposal is indispensable for a return to the normal functioning of the schengen area.
it is for these reasons that i am very pleased that parliament and the council have been able to reach a political agreement on this important proposal in only a little over six months.
i would like to thank and congratulate all those who contributed to this result in particular the rapporteur mr pabriks and his team all the shadow rapporteurs and also the dutch presidency.
the agreement reached achieves all of the objectives we set out.
it will lay the ground for effective and integrated management of our external borders with a strong focus on prevention.
it will be based on the principles of solidarity and shared responsibility.
it will ensure that all our external borders will be managed according to the same high standards without affecting the primary responsibility of each member state for the management of their part of the external borders.
of course the putting in place of the european boarder and coast guard is only a first step.
i know we have much more work to do but the constructive and results focused way in which we have worked together on this proposal makes me hopeful and should be a model for the future.
i therefore call on you to lend your strong support to this important proposal so that we can start implementing our new approach as quickly as possible this summer.
the beefed up frontex should be an operational tool to support member states in saving lives fighting smugglers and traffickers registering migrants with fingerprints sharing information and now also assisting member states in return operations.
that is why i am pleased that today we have this proposal in front of us on a border agency with more authority more means and more power to intervene in the event of disproportionate pressures at our external borders.
that is the problem.
what they are saying is more unity common action.
we heard your words we heard the words of the commissioners but words are like smoke they tend to blur in peoples' memory. we will wait for your performance.
we count on your success not on your failure.
the future is in your hands.
there are some limitations.
you just cannot deliver certain goods.
you cannot reduce youth unemployment much as you would like to because you do not have the instruments to do so.
you did not mention innovation which i think is to your credit because the european commission or european parliament do not have the instruments to boost innovation.
do not be over active.
you are a representative of christian democracy a noble political tradition long dead but worth reviving.
act like a good christian democrat.
do not think that you can appease them.
believe me they do not take prisoners.
finally whatever the difficulties and they are real serbia should not lose sight of its eu membership goal. it should keep focusing on fundamental reforms with continued eu support and i really appreciate that the european parliament is on the same page.
however delays have been building up in important areas and concrete results are still difficult to demonstrate.
mr president honourable members state secretary i would like to congratulate first and foremost david mcallister for his outstanding report on serbia. this is a balanced and accurate assessment of serbia's progress on its path to the european union. it's also in line with the findings of our own report of april this year and the commission's assessment since then.
the union is by far serbia's most important partner including on assistance and without any possible comparison with other global players.
in addition and this is particularly relevant for this house we have concerns about the process of adopting legislation in the serbian parliament.
let me stress once again that both sides need to resume dialogue.
the continued use of urgent procedures as well as other practices limits legislative scrutiny and debate.
there is no alternative to this if they want to make progress on their european paths. no country can join the union without having resolved outstanding bilateral issues.
this needs to be put up in lights.
serbia has adopted some important pieces of legislation and carried out necessary institutional reforms.
how can we introduce flexicurity?
i think that is in response to some remarks given by good colleagues here that is one of the reasons because you asked me which is right the eurobarometer or the people's consultations i think that's probably the secret why the danes are still so open minded towards this idea of european cooperation and the single market it is due to our
the fact that we perhaps better than many other countries have managed to redistribute what we have achieved from being a part of this more and more global economy.
i think that's exactly why both figures are right.
social model.
i think that should be a lesson learned but not necessarily something we should then reinvent in a european context because countries are different. but it should be something that should inspire each of the twenty eight unfortunately soon twenty seven
how can we secure sound fiscal policy?
it is possible that the new deal will be rejected.
i think one thing we can learn from denmark a democracy which ceases to learn ceases to be a democracy.
you mentioned that there were numerous referenda in denmark that there were special deals for denmark there were opt outs for denmark.
so it increases the chances of a second referendum.
mr prime minister this would be your hour because you could lean on brussels and make sure that brussels offers britain a new deal.
there are hundreds of millions of people suffering only because of their faith.
so we must do more.
we must not fall into the trap of returning to national protection measures and new regulatory barriers such as gold plating european legislation.
it is something to treasure and to protect.
i do share your conclusions your regret that after twenty five years the single market is still not complete.
the daily benefits of the european union can be found in the single market.
the four freedoms especially on services are not fully implemented.
our citizens need to understand that it is the single market and trade that supports jobs and growth it is not isolationism in the form of new barriers.
from cheaper and safer products to the right to work freely in any member state the four freedoms of the single market are the crown jewels of the european union.
i believe the european council must commit to a new pledge to further complete the single market by two thousand and twenty five including a new binding timetable for action as european leaders did in one thousand nine hundred and eighty five a new pledge based on a proactive movement towards strengthening the single market and away from a defensive national focus.
the single market is responsible for income gains in the uk between two and six that's up to gbp three thousand three hundred a year per british household.
it gives uk businesses access to the world's largest market of five hundred million people generating about gbp ten trillion in economic activity.
mr president the single market is vital for the prosperity and economic well being of citizens in the uk and the eu.
leaving the eu and the single market means that we will gbp one hundred billion worse off a year with our economy reduced by.
it is therefore a tragedy that the uk has agreed in principle to leave the eu and the single market.
it's obvious that the uk's best interests would be served by remaining as a member state and continuing to be a part of the single market enjoying all four eu freedoms movement of goods capital services and people. eu countries trade twice as much with each other as they do with third countries.
to fight corruption has to be also a high.
second because everyone in this room knows that the single market and the freedoms of the single market are really under threat today.
we recently for example found out that forty of websites do not allow customers from other member states to conclude purchases online. geo blocking our geo blocking regulation enters into force next week and it needs to be implemented very swiftly.
but still the statistics are stark.
these areas are as follows first we need to adopt the proposals on the table.
we need to look more at how the single market supports our trade agenda and we need to reflect more on how to be much more consistent and ambitious on enforcement and how this fits with our competition rules.
i understand that they take political courage and they need strong leadership but time and again i hear representatives of different institutions and different member states declaring their belief in the single market outside the negotiating room.
first and most obviously because this parliament has six months left in this term and this commission has just under one year.
we have four months to remedy this.
we have to be more precise on how services become more important because they complement products or replace products.
secondly we need to ensure that the rules deliver in practice.
we have four months to find truly intelligent compromises.
of course there are more reasons why we decided to and why we needed to put this out right now.
we also need to agree on some key proposals for our digital single market for example copyright e privacy and platforms to business just to name a few.
when the european council addresses or discusses the future of the single market next month i hope that the leaders will renew their commitments not only in words but also in deeds and i hope that they will show true leadership on this.
citizens and for businesses not just in terms of jobs not just in terms of more growth but also in terms of freedoms and opportunities for people's lives. it shows also three main areas where we really need to do more.
for instance out of sixty seven proposals from the commission directly relevant to the proper functioning of the single market forty four for now have still not been agreed by parliament and the council.
we need to shift the narrative from the traditional completing the single market to the new one the single market as a tool to improve the lives of our citizens raise our industrial competitiveness to boost our standing and influence in the world.
in march maybe some of you remember the european council asked us to present the state of play of the single market.
montenegro was then a newly independent state with an uncertain future.
with such achievements however come greater responsibilities.
can i also take the opportunity to thank the shadow rapporteurs and the many other colleagues over the years who helped me compile my annual reports on montenegro.
it's prospering economically and it's the front runner amongst those countries wishing to join the european union. so my report highlights montenegro's strong overall progress and is positive about its general direction of travel and excellent regional neighbourly relations with its western balkan partners.
when i first became the rapporteur for montenegro in september two thousand and nine it was a very different country.
if you see the new single market programme of the commission the word employee' doesn't occur anywhere. so no money for the workers whereas we also see commission proposals for mobility of companies. but where is the voice of the workers?
apparently the european army was discussed there because at least the dutch minister of the interior said yes in the long term we are in favour of a european army'. is that true? do you share that opinion or what was the outcome of that meeting because there's a lot of confusion about it.
my question there again is there still discussion on the euro?
do you think you will have another referendum shortly on this issue and what is the general opinion these days on that?
i think that we can safely say that the single market as such brings economic benefits but the point is always to whom?
it would be nice to know if there is a difference between how the rest of europe will deal with british citizens after brexit and how denmark will deal with them or is this just not a problem?
to go through them one by one you have opted out of eu citizenship.
i'm just curious how you see this.
it means climate proofing the entire budget.
we have to do things differently not in an incremental way but in a quite radical way. in that sense it's essential that we build the trust of citizens as my colleague ms van brempt emphasised but also the private sector.
we have to be focused we have to be united and our policies have to be coherent.
that means not just mainstreaming a part of our budget like we're doing now.
i would argue that it's the most radical transition of our economy and society in one hundred and fifty years and that is quite something. it means that climate change is not business as usual.
my plea is that the commission should launch a climate proofing exercise of the next two thousand and twenty one two thousand and twenty seven budget proposal.
the commission should also look again at its plans for sustainable finance because just sustaining a very small part of the financial sector will not be sufficient for this fundamental change of our economy and society.
it has demanded a tremendous amount of energy and no other single european country would accept to change the name of a country which is so deeply connected with identity.
we socialists and democrats remain concerned about the situation regarding freedom of expression and freedom of the media.
at the same time i have to repeat and i will never stop saying people in belgrade the ruling coalition should treat the opposition fairly and should work with the opposition in their country's best interests.
farmers can reduce water vapour emissions by maintaining large areas of bare soil preventing transpiration.
the green lobby hate gm and glyphosate even more than they hate co two so the alternative is to abandon some land and reduce food production.
this significantly raises the costs of producing meat milk leather and wool.
this is possible without reducing productivity if gm seeds and glyphosate are regularly used to establish crops.
the green lobby do not like bare soil because of erosion risk.
the green lobby cannot have it both ways.
my friend paul rubig mentioned what we can achieve when we work together particularly in relation to the roaming charges which has been hugely beneficial to businesses and indeed individuals probably knocking fifty off their phone bills every month.
denmark as a small country like my own has a lot to offer to the european union.
we agree with you when you say that this is a place where more european action is needed. but under your party's leadership denmark is now joining hands with those who want to make europe a fortress slamming its door shut to those in need.
but we can do much more to fight climate change to have a fairer global economic system and to promote democracy and the rule of law instead of supporting tyrannies notably by selling them weapons and buying natural resources extracted with little respect for the local communities.
on the contrary we are convinced that no monetary union is viable without strong financial solidarity both in the private and public sectors.
but it is now increasingly using this development budget to force beneficiary countries to lock their borders and take back migrants who might have escaped.
it also means a full banking union that eliminates the doom loop between states and their banking systems.
it is an environmental imperative a social necessity a geopolitical aspiration but also and you mentioned this an economic opportunity not to be missed. one could expect denmark to share in that aspiration towards leadership and listening to you i tend to believe this and we praise you for pushing europe to the most ambitious standards for instance on co two emissions for cars.
indeed mutual trust is badly affected when these rules are breached.
mr prime minister we share your european ambition.
thank you for that as well.
speaking of which mr prime minister such breaches sometimes come from unexpected quarters like when danske bank is exposed as one of the worst money launderers in europe.
i'm not sure that we agree on everything but i'm glad to see denmark engaging.
it. we are disappointed that your country is now joining the camp of the naysayers who deny reality by claiming that the euro is safe and viable just by applying the current rules.
prime minister when people forcibly leave their country it is because they are fleeing wars persecution climate change natural resource exhaustion or their social and economic conditions.
let me conclude with a point that you didn't tackle the euro.
of course europe cannot solve all the world's problems.
on the second point migration we believe that the european union should assume its part of the responsibility in facing the asylum and migration challenge.
but these rules need to be based on sound economic science which is not always the case far from it and protect the general rather than particular interests.
when you speak about tackling the root causes of migration you are only focusing on the smugglers.
your country also gave us margrethe vestager the most impressive competition commissioner for a very long time a real liberal fighting rent extraction even when it gets in the way of sweetheart deals given by governments to multinationals.
you had four points.
we need to ensure that all societies operate within the boundaries that our planet has set for them.
mr president i would like to welcome the prime minister to the european parliament. when denmark comes into the conversation many good things spring to mind the global champion of renewable energy a world leader in development aid a country that has the guts to confront russia's power plays by saying no' to nord stream two and
let me start with the ecological and just transition.
he was violently taken off stage by the organisers including members of the national parliament of estonia. democracy supposes that we can peacefully exchange different opinions different points of view and different perspectives on society.
for us it is also important to work on immigration through a strong action plan in africa.
i am very worried about the gruevski case.
never in the history of the eu has a member state organised such an extraction operation.
we urge hungary to reject the asylum request and immediately return mr gruevski.
this being said i want to tell you something else.
two thousand and fifty we are talking about human existence on this planet so we cannot risk missing this contribution to curbing global warming at.
we cannot cross our fingers with techno fixes when it comes to the climate.
if it's lived up to it would be a step in the right direction but is the strategy really safeguarded given that it is so dependent on the strong political will that we need across the board in every single member state.
one five celsius rather than two we have to make sure we are providing a realistic chance to achieve this.
if we want to be serious about curbing global warming at.
we firstly need to avoid factoring in reliance on technologies that are not even proven yet.
secondly to ensure that this target is actually achieved and that we don't miss it has the commission considered any pathways looking at reaching carbon neutrality already by? two thousand and forty taking account of the eu's huge responsibility for historical emissions logically we should be aiming for zero net emissions before.
finally let me also recall our appreciation for the constructive contribution of parliament and in particular of your rapporteur david mcallister to advance serbia's accession process to the eu.
we encourage serbia to continue sustained efforts to strengthen good neighbourly relations and to resolve outstanding bilateral issues.
we stress the importance of regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations.
we hope to keep up the momentum in serbia's accession negotiations under our presidency by opening further negotiation chapters.
special focus should be put on tangible results and a sustainable track record notably as regards the fight against corruption organised crime and money laundering. the lack of progress in the area of freedom of expression raises increasing concerns.
this also needs to be further demonstrated by serbia's commitment to reforms because progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights chapters as well as on the normalisation of serbia's relations with kosovo as set out in the negotiation framework is essential and will continue to determine the pace of accession negotiations overall.
serbia also needs to pay particular attention to full respect for fundamental rights including the protection of the most vulnerable groups as well as the non discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout serbia. guaranteeing the rule of law and fundamental rights would also contribute to improving the business environment in serbia and underpin the current positive economic developments and the continuous progress made in this area.
as you know this year the western balkans have been in the spotlight of the european union highlighted in particular by the eu leaders meeting with the western balkans leaders in sofia in may and the adoption of the council conclusions on enlargement and stabilisation and association process in june.