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none of it helps real people.
we must accept that we cannot solve every problem in the world. we should turn our attention and money to solving our own. let us face it thanks to the euro disaster this place is not going to run out of problems.
eu meddling in the holy land is not only stealing money from overtaxed british families;
it might have been once but it is too late now.
combined with even more massive us aid for israel it encourages both sides to refuse to get serious about sorting out their own differences.
worse than that eu policy is based on the false concept that a two state solution is workable.
the two state solution sounds pretty but it is simply not realistic. yet again the eu is throwing money away on a policy doomed to failure.
i would go further than that but i do not think that as a tactic it is the correct method to use in terms of achieving liberation for the palestinian people.
i think emphasis has to be placed on building a movement of the palestinian masses; on taking inspiration from the arab spring the revolutions and the power of ordinary people when mobilised to overthrow dictators to bring about significant change;
and also on that movement linking up with ordinary people within israel.
mr president most of the attention attracted by the arab spring has focused on internal developments and rightly so but from the perspective of the middle eastern region as a whole it is vital to recognise that the arab spring is also transforming the geostrategic environment.
mubarak's egypt was committed to a policy of zero change and this included relations with israel.
at the same time others have mentioned this turkey has initiated a far reaching improvement of its links with the arab world and it has inevitably downgraded its relations with israel.
in an ideal world this should provide an incentive for israel to find a settlement with the palestinians and to do so quickly.
if not it will very likely be coerced into them in much less favourable circumstances.
mr president i am perturbed but not surprised by the lack of leadership shown by the external action service on this issue. i have listened very carefully to the representative of the presidency and there are many issues we agree on principally the need to get back to the negotiating table because it is only there that a full and lasting settlement can actually come forward.
however despite endless meetings and the lateness of the hour we still have no position from the eu.
president obama this week reiterated the us position that if this issue reaches the security council they will use their veto in that forum.
however the representative of the presidency and i hope i quote correctly says that only the eu can play a useful role in bridging the gap.
this agreement will allow preparations to continue for the launch of the visa information system scheduled for the end of this year.
this change to the common consular instructions will also provide a transparent and harmonised legal framework for the practice of outsourcing including the question of the extra fee.
at parliament's suggestion the commission has asked the joint research centre to study the important question of fingerprinting children under the age of.
soon we will have trials in absentia and the common recognition of fines and confiscation orders.
there are many member states in the eu whose citizens should not be allowed into britain without a visa.
this is equivalent to a new city the size of birmingham.
what we do not need is a system devised by the european union.
madam president it comes as no surprise to hear baroness ludford of the euro fanatic liberal democrat party wanting to harmonise yet another area of what should be sovereign national policy.
look at another example of eu legislation championed by the liberal democrats.
in addition to that we probably have one million illegal immigrants.
on current trends our population of sixty one million is set to rise to seventy five million by two thousand and fifty one and is projected to rise to eighty five million by.
what britain needs is a strict visa system so that we can decide who we allow into our country and who we do not.
why on earth would any eu member state want a common system for the application and processing of visas for third party nationals? deciding who can and cannot enter a nation state should be the sole concern of the nation state except that in the minds of the euro fanatics european nation states no longer exist having been replaced by the great eu borderless state.
i expect that its advocates would justify it as merely introducing common criteria and processes to make everything run more smoothly. however it might have some unintended consequences.
england is one of the most densely populated countries in the world more densely populated than india china or japan.
having done that we need to decide which countries' citizens we allow in with or without a visa.
about four million have left leaving a net population increase of over two million. the current immigration rate to britain now results in a net population gain of over two hundred zero people per year or a net population gain of over one million people every five years.
the european arrest warrant means that british citizens accused of a crime by other eu member states cannot now be protected by british courts or even the home secretary even when it is obvious that a grave injustice is being done.
most of these migrants enter legally because they are eu citizens.
we have surrendered the right to protect our own citizens.
the legal basis for the collection of fingerprints when issuing visas is provided for by the visa information system regulation which in our opinion would be a more appropriate place to include provisions specifying both general rules and exceptions.
for us the change of the minimum age for fingerprinting from six to twelve is very important but fourteen would have been even better.
the underlying rationale for separating the proposals was that the commission expected the adoption of the visa code to take longer than the present proposal and they did not want the adoption of the visa code to hold up the launch of the vis.
and member states would have to ensure that the electronic data is transferred physically in fully encrypted form on a cd which has special conditions attached to it.
however during the french presidency we were able to make sufficient progress for me to be able to recommend adopting this compromise at second reading.
in fact fingerprints of young children are subject to rapid change and i have not been persuaded that enough is yet known about the reliability in later years of prints taken so young. despite many requests i was never provided with credible substantive evidence about how fingerprints taken between six and twelve years of age could be the basis for verification or identification many years later without the risk of mistakes.
on fingerprinting the commission proposed to start fingerprinting children at six years old.
of receiving visa applications.
the council's reaction at one stage was to propose fingerprinting young children every two years instead of five years as is the case with adults but that would be hugely inconvenient for families.
two thousand and seven unfortunately we could not get a first reading agreement so in july two thousand and eight i asked parliament to endorse my report;
we had four outstanding issues the age limit for fingerprinting;
we therefore succeeded in writing into the text a hierarchy whereby cooperation by means of limited representation co location or common application centres is the first choice and only where those solutions are not appropriate to cope with a high number of applicants or secure a good geographical coverage does outsourcing come into play.
once adopted this piece of legislation which we are now discussing will become an integral part of the visa code.
data protection and security;
it is my understanding that the central system for the vis will be ready by december this year and could start operating in the first region north africa in early.
i understand their positions and i thank them very much for taking a full part in the negotiations and in the discussions even though as they pointed out they cannot support the outcome.
after all they were in my original report. if he thinks i could have achieved more that might cause some spluttering in the council and commission because i think they saw me as quite a tough customer to deal with.
impact matters not just in commercial terms the impact we know the impact of the product but also in terms of the impact of everything we do in fundamental research.
one. that is our difference because we want to be
i think we have been somehow an example.
no we are not doing enough. i want to do more and i hope that you can help me on that.
this year when ben feringa of the netherlands received the nobel prize he said something that i think we have to keep in mind that the only place in the world today where we still believe in the intuition of scientists is europe.
how can we increase this investment?
it is because we believed in the intuition of ben feringa that he was able to invent something to create something that will change life for future generations and that is why he won the nobel prize.
is it enough in terms of gender?
world. today it has become a political statement and an important
we know that there is no science without openness there is no innovation without openness there is no programme without being open to the
we have to improve but it shows each time i meet with my advisory panels and i see that we have surpassed the fifty mark for women on those panels.
at. thirty seven we have not achieved that target but we will fight for
i support the call for the policies to remove barriers such as low salaries in order to avoid a brain drain.
it is through this programme we can diagnose treat and cure illnesses and diseases or find affordable sustainable ways of meeting our energy needs.
the programme delivers on the priorities of people across the eu stimulating jobs and growth not just now but long into the future.
finally when we do something well we should learn from it build on it and vitally as the commissioner said tell people about it!
mr president i would like to congratulate my colleague on this excellent report.
we must recognise the success of horizon two thousand and twenty and realise it demonstrates the need to allocate more resources to this excellence based research long into the future to protect and strengthen its achievements.
it is also a shining example of how the eu brings added value to all citizens far beyond those directly involved.
so today i want to share with you some of the key findings from the interim evaluation reflected in this report.
so putting research and innovation in one single programme has produced great results. more than half of the participants in horizon two thousand and twenty are newcomers to the programme and we had a sixty five increase in applications per year when we compared it to fp.
two thousand and twenty so as you know we are already addressing a lot of these points the points raised in the report but i think that it is exactly because we are raising these that we have to take action like simplification or eu added value or excellence and many more that we will address during the next two years and that will be streamlined through this idea of the european innovation council.
so next october we will publish a communication on the interim evaluation with the political conclusions from all this work.
we know that eighty three of the funded projects would not have gone ahead without eu funding.
it means that more than eur sixty billion in additional funds would have been needed to fund all these exceptional projects.
i took note of your concern regarding the balance between research and innovation and i think it is not either or' it is both.
thirdly we need to communicate better to explain the results better.
it is also an area where you can help by spreading information about the results and impact of research and innovation and horizon two thousand and twenty in your constituencies.
firstly it is clear that much more needs to be done in value creation in supporting market creation innovation in europe.
secondly while stronger than fp seven there is room to strengthen the involvement of civil society in horizon.
having read the parliament position i wanted to share my observations the complexity the low success rate the decrease in international cooperation and the need for better feed back to applicants just to mention a few.
the programme is also on track to meet its knowledge creation objectives. the excellence of our scientific publication is world class and they are cited more than twice the world average.
i am sure that you will find many of our observations in the interim evaluation interesting and i am ready to continue our dialogue with you.
we share with you these concerns we keep a close eye on these issues and envisage the specific measures to address them in the future.
this shows that the framework programme is value added is eu added value there is no question about it because those eighty three of projects would not have been a reality if the programme was not there. the eu supports projects that produce patents of greater commercial value and research teams that receive eu support grow faster and attract more international researchers than their peers.
the interim evaluation provides a solid basis for the future.
seven however this has led to a serious under funding problem.
we have to have both. you notice also the issues and differences in rates of participation among different member states and again we have to do more with your help.
your report also paid special attention to ensuring better synergy between research and innovation in other areas like structural funds in higher education.
so based on the interim evaluation we have learned some really important lessons that i want to share with you.
two thousand and twenty we have to create and involve end users involve citizens to co design and implement our programme.
these concerns are yours and are mine.
to show people what we do and that we support the future of all of us through these projects in a way that people in the street understand.
on three july pascal lamy will present a report by his high level group with recommendations on how to maximise the impact of using investments in research and innovation.
i am therefore very heartened by your support for allocating more funding to the eu's research and innovation.
i count on your suggestions.
we have to do more and i count on your support for that.
the report includes many recommendations for further improving horizon two thousand and twenty but not only that for further improving the future and the future programme of research and innovation in the future cycle that we are having and that we will have in.
this report will be a crucial input for the preparation of that future fp nine and we have been preparing in the commission our own interim evaluation over the last month and it has been a long challenging and exciting process and it is not over yet.
it will also include a reaction to the recommendations of the high level group chaired by pascal lamy on how to maximise the impact of our next framework programme.
i think it is important to understand that in the global world and the global economy there is no such thing as almost innovating' and there is no real idea of being number two' because that always means that you are losing.
think of tunisia of how many refugees tunisia is receiving constantly. we always concentrate and being of italian nationality i do it myself very often on how many people we are receiving in europe but let us just think about how many people the neighbouring countries are receiving in more difficult situations than those of our european union member states.
happens. obviously we also have to get ready to act if the scenario is the worst possible one. we are working on that
ground. we have to think of the review of the mandate of libya for
you have to have clearly in mind what your potential is and we have a huge potential in all scenarios.
this is maybe because we are all realising that we are running out of time and that this is the last chance for us too for the regional community and for the international community to show some sense of responsibility for what is happening
decision. i really hope that the message from here comes clear and strong to all parts of libya in the coming hours that national dialogue and common engagement need to take
here we have a humanitarian catastrophe an environmental disaster ready to happen as some of you mentioned and a risk of spill over into the neighbouring countries.
what blood soaked european vanity that has turned out to be!
mr president the western led bombing to oust gaddafi was supposed to be a success story for a new kind of warfare. politicians such as cameron and sarkozy wanted us to believe they had devised a surgical military intervention.
more the bombing was supposed to show that european leaders could exert influence in north africa to match america's.
our interference turned loose chaos in libya.
it is a territory of murder and chaos of kidnapping and butchery.
libya is not a failed state.
the conflicting parties should put the national interest above all other considerations and work towards resolving their differences and building a national unity government for libya.
they must adhere to the september statement against interference and play a positive role by pushing their allies in libya towards reconciliation.
they should not be held hostage by a small minority that seeks to win this conflict by military means.
however the innocent victims of libyan sponsored terrorism in northern ireland need to see justice and compensation and we need your support high representative to achieve that.
the gaddafi regime funded a campaign of terror and death in northern ireland with their partners in the ira.
i hope that you can find the time to do this fairly soon.
we of course have seen the results of violent extremism in france in the last week.
however libyan christians have lived with these scenes for a very long time.
they need the support of this chamber and of the european union institutions.
they need your support;
those are dreadful and sad scenes.
finally the issue of the persecution of christians who live in libya.
negotiations between uk representatives and the libyan authorities have stalled during the internal fragmentation and violence that libya is now experiencing.
western influences in the middle east only leads to further distraction and further problems;
and to remain responsible for approximately eighty of the country's oil exports military power is actually being exercised by an ex gaddafi general khalifa haftar in the form of the dignity' movement.
whether one looks to the humanitarian crisis presented by the movement of refugees across the mediterranean the allegiance between isis and some of the jihadist militias particularly ansar al sharia or the potential for wider destabilisation of the sahel region libya is a country that the eu cannot afford to ignore.
i think the whole issue with regard to intervention in libya on the back of what was happening in other parts of the middle east was a huge mistake and yes i believe we did exceed.
would you agree with me that one of the overriding factors of the problems that we see across the world at the moment especially with the rise of terrorism and islamism of an extreme nature has been brought about by well meaning interventions by the west and that madam mogherini has got one heck of a tough job to do this right when every example that we see of western intervention has just made things
there is no alternative to dialogue;
there is no alternative for the international community than to support when and if it takes place any decision to move towards a national reconciliation or a national dialogue. this is a decision which is in the hands of the libyans.
our role can and will be that of supporting a process that needs to start in libya itself.
this is a very bad situation for every citizen but i would like to stand up for one group of them who are only half a per cent of the population but a group who suffers the most the christians.
think of the deepening divides between north and south and between east and west. no. we are in a transformational period and as pope francis said at the beginning of your term of office this is not an era of change this is a change of era. ' the real question which we discuss in our political group is why can't we be more radical? ' why can't we go for a clearer policy change to live up to the change of era. you mentioned migration mr juncker and we wholeheartedly support what you were saying. given that as manfred
to defend our institution. we need to fight against enemies who would like to undermine our democracy cambridge analytica for example and all the enemies from the outside as
europe eighty four is made up of plastic with fifty being singleuse plastic. we simply must be strong in acting on this and we cannot afford to water down the commission proposals.
work. in ireland in two thousand and two for example we introduced a levy on plastic bags. the move had an immediate effect on consumer behaviour and a decrease in plastic bag usage from an estimated three hundred and twenty eight bags per capita to an estimated fourteen bags per capita by. two thousand and fourteen it is important to properly communicate the facts about plastics to european citizens. we must empower them to reduce their consumption of plastics and to understand the significant environmental damage that has been done. i am hosting a public meeting on this very issue this friday in my constituency in county waterford. the people of waterford know only too well the damage that comes from plastic pollution they see it every summer as they clean up what tourists leave behind on their beaches. i look forward to meeting them and reporting back to parliament.
moreover measures to reduce plastic waste
madam president the pension system in the uk is showing increasing inequalities that should alarm us all. there always used to be a tradeoff between working in the public and the private sector. the private sector was the wealth creator. there was high risk but it also provided high rewards. life in the public sector was low risk by which i mean job security but also provided rewards that were far lower than those expected in the private sector.
it is after all the private sector that generates the taxes the price we pay for a civilised society and high grade public services run by first class public sector workers who knew that barring economic catastrophe they had a job for life. now we have a complete reversal of the situation. public sector pensions are protected incredibly generous and yet horrifyingly unfunded. the money has got to come from somewhere and no government has been honest enough to say where or even speculate if these promises will be met. private sector pensions in britain were the gold standard. that was until gordon brown raided them in the early blair years and abolished the tax relief that pension funds earned on dividends from stock market investment. that was the end of final salary and many successful private pensions in britain. those now relying on the state pension can look on and see one of the worst in the developed world and one that they will have to work longer to see. in two thousand and eleven the coalition government introduced plans that were never in any manifesto voted on to increase the retirement age of women. this has brought about the women against state pension inequality campaign a cause i completely support. to rush ahead proposals lifechanging plans without adequate consultation and without
the substitution of materials containing substances of concern as early as the design phase. the council underlines that it is important for end of waste criteria to be implemented effectively and favours the establishment of guidelines that allow a clear