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and seventeen and two thousand and eighteen the number of people present on the aegean islands increased significantly reaching a peak of over forty zero migrants.
in two thousand and nineteen more than thirty five zero migrants have been transferred but unfortunately this has not decreased the pressure on the islands. further actions are needed.
we are closely monitoring the events on the migration routes and we will continue to do so throughout our presidency. the situation on the greek islands is currently very difficult. in two thousand and nineteen more than sixty zero migrants arrived in greece by sea compared to thirty two zero recorded in.
the humanitarian situation requires our close follow up and we will continue supporting the efforts of greece to relieve the situation.
these new structures will provide housing education food and medical support.
we also take note of government measures to speed up and streamline asylum procedures and manage flows to greece by improving border surveillance.
i would like to stress that the humanitarian situation on the greek islands is a cause of great concern.
and let me also express here our appreciation for the work of all humanitarian partners.
returns are instrumental in keeping the numbers down on the islands and managing the flows.
the greek government has also announced a new scheme to protect unaccompanied minors reaching the country.
it will be important to implement the new provisions as fast as possible including regarding the return procedures.
in a world that is ever more interconnected with problems that don't respect national borders brexit is a backward step. here we have seen democratically elected politicians work together with each other across party across groups across national divides. it is truly inspirational. brexit is the result of an ideological divide in an old political party that should have split decades ago but it won't because of a voting system that is not fit for purpose. the only silver lining in this very dark cloud is that the division caused by brexit could now be the catalyst for something even bigger a wholesale reform of our democracy in the uk which will mean that our country can never again be hijacked by a vanity project that has no basis in reality. we will hold our government to account every step of the way. they have promised us the earth; let's see if they can deliver. we are still europeans.
so that necessary measures can be taken if the situation gets worse.
at this stage we do not consider that the situation in europe constitutes a crisis.
however to make sure we are ready for any developments and we believe it is prudent to enable maximum information sharing among the european partners as well as to our citizens.
the activation of the integrated political crisis response mechanism offers a practical tool to do that.
i assure you that we very closely follow the development of this potentially very serious disease outbreak. there are established eu structures for handling serious health threats i think in particular of the health security committee and the european centre for disease prevention and control which both do an excellent job.
for the time being there is in our view no reason to assume that those structures in combination with increased vigilance from national authorities would not suffice for protecting public health in the european union.
madam president i find and many of the people i represent find the indian citizenship act amendments alarming.
this cannot be dressed up. this is a highly discriminatory piece of legislation which targets a specific religion.
muslims are singled out and the threat that this legislation represents to the secular nature of india should be clear and it's all very well asking the indian government what's actually going on what they think but i don't believe this is necessarily a government they can trust.
i mean they're going to say that it's okay but the reality appears to me to be somewhat different and the reports of violence that we hear from india are on the increase. i think a message needs to be sent to the indian government from the european union because this is a government of hindu nationalism a populist government out of the same mold that we have seen elsewhere in the world.
the message needs to be very clear whether it's kashmir or the rights of citizens respect for human rights is an essential element of the arrangements that this union makes with other partners and without that respect for human rights our relationship as the european union with india
brexit in my view is a historic mistake.
it will come with costs and consequences.
those consequences must not damage the chances and opportunities of the next generation.
we must now do all we can to make sure they don't.
and it removes opportunities for young people in britain.
i thank all of my colleagues here for your lovely kind words today.
we will miss
mobility more smart and effective because of these new innovations.
so much work remains to be done and sinn fin will be a leading voice in protecting ireland's interests in the trade negotiations in calling for mitigation measures from any economic brexit fallout and for presenting the case for irish unity as a crucial mechanism to withstand the worst excesses of british tory policies which once again have no mandate in any part of ireland.
just to say that i did ask colleagues to remove the flags from their desks.
our british colleagues have obliged;
they've left the chamber with their flags.
i would ask that other colleagues please do the same.
i am bound to apply the rules that the president has set.
i'm trying to keep the house in order.
i'm not going to give points of order.
i am not going to physically remove the flags myself but i would ask you to respect the speaker.
i am doing my job on behalf of this house.
the environment but also in social terms so that the transition is fair for all.
but we are not here today only to vote on an agreement;
unfortunately the page that is going to be written today is regrettable.
i wish to thank our british colleagues with great emotion for their valuable contribution to the european project.
looking ahead i want to assure them that we will do our best to negotiate a fruitful future relationship with the uk for the benefit of both parties while safeguarding the integrity of the single market our high environmental and social standards and citizens' rights.
so they were lying. the second thing if they are growing faster than the eu is doing it means that the eu is doing something very wrong. if we are so successful why are we so slow and they are so fast? for the final statement i really wish great parties and celebrations for friday
i am not saying it will be easy but i do think that it is in the best interests of all of
so i really welcome that the vote has been postponed on the resolution.
first it's full of factual inaccuracies.
secondly it is right that we take time to have a proper debate and this house waits until the supreme court has deliberated on this. one thing we have to recognise is that india has a very strong civil society and indians are far more than capable of holding their executive to account without interference from those who know very little
i believe we need to take a holistic approach to well being to ensure our europeans our citizens have optimum physical and mental health.
the who has issued guidelines together with ecdc for travel and i would also like to add here that we really don't have any indications as has been said by some colleagues and by madam montserrat that china is not giving all the necessary information.
in fact the who general director was there two days ago and has already briefed us on what the situation
is. it's obvious that we need to have global cooperation and we need to have constant updates.
we do need to be very careful that we are speaking with one clear voice and this is exactly what we are trying to do in our coordinating role as a commission to ensure that ecdc info and who information reaches the member states. in terms of vaccinations the commission is launching a call to develop a vaccine as we
speak and the european medicines authority can authorise a fast track procedure if this is found.
finally i wanted to say that under the union civil protection mechanism further emergency assistance can be provided if requested including emergency medical corps which can be deployed both inside and outside the european union.
i just want to be absolutely emphatic that we are going to continue to monitor this very closely.
that you need to navigate around for efficiency.
the smooth running of the eu should not come at the cost of democratic agency for your people.
please please take heed.
we love europe;
brexit was never a rejection of europe.
so don't be surprised the next time we sit here to lament the departure of another member state.
britain may be the first but it may not be the
you have achieved your objective.
you enter a new phase the most difficult one and you will have no one to blame for the future of your country especially not brussels. you are
in charge. but trust me if some of you think that the next phase is the weakening of the eu we will prove you dead
wrong. we will renew europe make it better make it stronger learn the lessons from
of the european union. for our young people and future generations keep the faith that one day we can come back.
we have to move away from our obsession with mega projects and focus more on the small things that make a difference in different regions around europe.
what we are discussing this evening with such rapidity is over eur one billion. by comparison the international monetary fund is holding back on its assistance programmes to ukraine precisely because of wellfounded concerns on corruption.
first back in two thousand and fourteen the mfa was a key eu instrument to provide immediate financial assistance to ukraine in order to stabilise its economic and financial situation. ukraine returned to economic recovery and growth in two thousand and sixteen and two thousand and seventeen after two years of steep recession. it is an important success story not only for ukraine but also for the eu.
further mfa assistance will be conditional on progress in setting up a wellfunctioning anti corruption court.
the partnership between ukraine and the eu has grown deeper and stronger. today i am seeking your support to maintain this momentum through the adoption of a further proposal for macro financial assistance a. look at the past mfa operation from two thousand and fourteen shows how important this support is for ukraine.
one thing i pushed very hard for was to make sure that the remote control communication must not lead to automatic fines or penalties for the driver or his firm and i am glad that this is in the final text.
these new tachographs are designed to be much more user friendly for both drivers and the authorities and will feature easy downloading and even remote checking of suspect data.
the proposal was first published on nineteen july two thousand and eleven and since then ms silvia adriana icu has worked closely with the shadows and with the irish presidency to reach the final compromise text that we have before the house this evening.
these new devices as ms icu has said will use satellite tracking technology to make it easier to check and enforce driving and rest times while reducing the number of roadside checks meaning that law abiding transport businesses will benefit.
within fifteen years they will have to be fitted or retrofitted to all eu registered trucks and buses and i am delighted that parliament held out against the council on this point.
they will make it even more difficult and hopefully impossible for rogue operators and fraudsters.
the proposal introduces a number of technological improvements such as a satellite positioning function and an interface for intelligent transport systems.
this will ensure better compliance with rules on driving times and rest periods.
madam president at a time when national governments across europe are seeking to encourage economic opportunity and increase competitiveness it is disheartening that this parliament is yet again considering proposals that will restrict the activity of lorry drivers.
it rests on the very edge of europe and relies heavily on its road transport industry which includes many self employed hauliers. drivers are already highly regulated by existing tachograph rules and the new recommendations would serve to further constrain their work by recording location data at three hour intervals rather than at the start and end of the journey.
inspecting authorities would also be given further powers through remote communication to assess vehicles before stopping them.
this type of intrusion is completely unwarranted.
with an ever expanding demand for air travel these problems can only get worse without proper infrastructure and a new approach.
fifty the coordination would foster growth and competition by allowing for more efficient use of air space.
the current high volume traffic and outdated technology has led to increasingly congested skies with more delays for passengers.
we need to use more generic drugs to lower our healthcare bills.
by using israel's generic drugs the cost to healthcare systems for blood pressure medication for example could be reduced by.
members of the european parliament should be supporting free trade especially in an industry which is vital to the recovery of the eu.
to provide european patients with life saving drugs at lower prices has taken over two years of negotiations even though this is an already established joint commitment with israel.
israel despite its small size is at the forefront of major medical innovations.
ninety two i voted for this report because i believe in free trade.
i would point out that ryanair actually charges passengers a levy of eur two for complying with its obligations set down in the air passenger rights regulation.
a ryanair takeover would reduce actual and potential competition on a large number of air routes from dublin thereby depriving irish passengers of any real choice and pushing up fares.
a survey carried out by the european consumer centre in dublin last year indicated that less than ten percent of irish air passengers have a complete grasp of their rights under eu law.
for these and other reasons i would urge the commission to reject the ryanair bid for aer lingus in the interests of passenger rights.
madam president i very much welcome the bach report on improving passenger rights in the eu and ask the commission to address the various recommendations as soon as possible.
moreover ryanair has a history of aggressively disputing the rights of air passengers.
but of specific concern to irish passengers is the proposed ryanair takeover of aer lingus which if it is allowed to proceed would have negative implications for the rights of those passengers travelling to and from ireland.
the commission's proposed budget for the year was eur one million but in its wisdom parliament has called for a five times increase in this budget.
we simply do not need another european year to inform people of their rights as eu citizens because not only is the eu running out of ideas but it is also running out of money.
we need a more efficient european air space to relieve congestion around airports and also to meet our environmental challenges.
a sustainable future for aviation in europe means that we have to make the right efforts now for our economy for our environment to tackle our capacity constraints to keep our position as a hub in the world but also to remain an environmental world leader. the single sky is one of the alternatives to building new capacity as are the development of multi modality and an increased use of regional airports.
madam president i welcome this own initiative report on the single european sky'; it gives a strong signal from the parliament to the member states and the commission.
it is the member states that now have to deliver on this.
it is costing jobs and is unnecessarily increasing our co emissions.
this is a project where i am quite proud to say the united kingdom is not lagging behind but all member states must do their part of the job.
the commission must also promote more harmonisation between the member states in order to enhance competition which will further grow the economy.
no doubt many of the planned initiatives for next year will be carried out through programmes such as the lifelong learning programme in our schools and institutions and this will pave the way for a more concerted longer term effort to raise awareness about eu citizenship.
fifty eight the purpose of the european year of citizens must be to raise awareness about the rights and responsibilities of eu citizens the role citizens play in exercising the right to free movement and the importance of civic and democratic participation including participation in european and local elections.
madam president this is a very important report but i regret to say that i abstained in the final vote on it for two very good reasons.
i think this is a hugely damaging move.
eu agencies are inefficient unnecessary and unaccountable.
finally we get to the area where i feel all eu bodies are wasting money information and communication.
i feel that they are utter nonsense and it should worry democrats that two thirds of meps supported this motion. i did not. how can we throw money away on such nonsense when the peoples of europe are hurting?
as they are in greece in spain in portugal in france and in my own country.
the eu is clearly hopelessly out of touch with the people it purports to represent.
at a time when angela merkel today is threatening to veto the entire budget summit if david cameron vetoes anything but a freeze this is crazy.
david cameron is trying to do the right thing.
are the peoples of europe in between paying higher taxes in between job cuts and riots turning to one another to say that what we really need is a year of european citizenship?
no absolutely not.
nor am i a citizen of the eu but a loyal subject of the queen.
i would like to take this opportunity to give an explanation of my vote against the discharge for the european food safety authority.
i would like to make it clear that my views on the european food safety authority are not reflected in this vote against in the sense that i find it impossible to vote for discharge on any of the environment committee related agencies due to the fact that the court of auditors
are unable to sign off on their accounts for any of these environment related agencies and therefore i would by default be approving the procedure which i do not wish to do.
but i would like to state on record that the work of the european food and safety authority that i have been involved with has been in every case exemplary.
madam president small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of our economies and drivers of growth and much of this report is helpful. however when it comes down to comments on regulation the report is simply too vague.
to help these businesses we need to do less not more. tiny businesses micro entities should be exempt from vast swathes of european legislation a policy that is now supported by the european commission but this parliament's report sets hurdles for tiny companies to go through before they can get that exemption.
we should have to prove to those companies why they need to be included in regulation and not leave it up to them to prove to us why they can be exempted.
the commission and national parliaments need to be better at assessing the impacts of legislation.
member state governments really have to get a grip here and make sure they do everything within their power to make life simple and straightforward for hard working entrepreneurs who employ the vast majority of the workforce and generate the vast majority of gdp.
legislation coming from brussels and strasbourg also has an effect and we need to be more sensitive to business realities.
finally the problem of access to finance cannot be underestimated.
banks are still failing to lend to the people and businesses that they ought to lend to having spent years lending to people they ought not to have lent to.
the report recognises the need for a clearer definition of passenger rights and of key terms such as extraordinary circumstances'.
defining these rights would make it easier for both passengers and carriers.
the final goal should be a single eu directive that would include all forms of transportation and should be implemented in the medium term.
at which we hope to take a qualitative leap forward with our partners in the eastern partnership.
i agree with those who say that the eastern partnership is a policy not only for good weather in our relationship with our partners but also for bad weather;
an opportune contribution to such a debate.
i call upon the authorities of belarus to take the necessary steps to bring belarus back to the heart of europe where it belongs.
there are many suggestions in the report.
i believe that there is broad convergence between our analysis and visions.
your recommendations will help our further deliberations on how to approach the difficult situation we face with this neighbouring country.
the contrast between our dynamic relations with some eastern european partnership countries and the longstanding stagnation of our relations with belarus is stark. this regrettable situation is of belarus's own doing.
the european union maintains its offer to belarus but it is a conditional one. political prisoners must be released and rehabilitated and there must be progress on human rights.
the ball remains in belarus's court but i am afraid that there is little progress to report.
the last time a political prisoner was given early release was september last year.
seven political prisoners are still in prison and we are receiving most worrying reports concerning their detention conditions including the lack of access to lawyers and restricted contacts with their families.
it is also greatly disturbing that on the european continent we still have a country where a moratorium on the death penalty is apparently far away. and the petty harassment of civil society activists and the oppression of regime critics continue unabated.
so we have no choice but to maintain our policy of targeted restrictive measures.
european union sanctions continue to remind the belarusian authorities that their actions violating basic principles to which belarus adhered in the context of the eastern partnership have consequences.
similarly the lack of respect for human rights and basic freedoms still keeps belarus far from membership of the council of europe.
against this background we will shortly launch our annual review of the restrictive measures which expire in october.
we focus our efforts and find ways of supporting the belarusian people.
during the last two years the european union has strengthened its assistance and engagement with belarusian civil society and with the belarusian public at large.
in particular the european union has intensified its dialogue with civil society including via the european dialogue on modernisation.
this dialogue has the potential to become a channel for communication both with wider belarusian society and with authorities.
since foreign minister makey's appointment minsk has taken a number of diplomatic steps to improve relations with the european union.
these include for example the re opening of the swedish embassy in minsk.
we welcome this and within the constraints we face we are doing what we can to enhance our cooperation in certain areas.
these include for example our technical dialogues on economic and financial issues and also the environment.
however it is regrettable that after two years there has been no reply from belarusian authorities to our offer to launch negotiations for a visa facilitation agreement.
of course as soon as belarus takes the necessary steps we can resume work on our joint interim plan paving the way for the full participation of belarus in the eastern partnership.