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this type of business is best left to the private banking sector as the eib is not needed there.
we are satisfied with the progress achieved on the future external lending mandate under the two thousand and fourteen two thousand and twenty multiannual financial framework and we welcome the very constructive approach of parliament on this important project.
this is largely due to the involvement of the commission and the eib which proves to be crucially important to investors in terms of project deliverability.
the timely conclusion of the legislative process will ensure that the eib operations outside the eu will continue smoothly following the end of the current mandate on thirty june two thousand.
we are currently working with the european parliament and the council to complete the legislative process for the capital increase by may.
as regards eib external activity a substantial level of eib involvement in the pre accession and neighbourhood countries is essential in line with the eu's political and strategic priorities.
china is a superpower and it should start acting like one responsibly.
it also serves however as a reminder to the international community of the need for reform in china.
i remain painfully aware of the situation of dhondup wangchen the tibetan film maker who suffers from hepatitis b and is in need of urgent medical attention in prison. the decision to award the nobel peace prize to liu xiaobo must be considered as strong support for the struggle for freedom of expression in china.
even chinese premier wen jiabao has warned that china may lose what it has already achieved through economic restructuring if there is no consequent political restructuring and colleagues he was censured by the chinese media.
it is imperative that he and all other human rights defenders in china be released immediately.
in addition pressuring countries to stay away from the peace prize ceremony shows that china has not yet matured into an international actor.
we want to congratulate the nobel peace prize committee for its courage in making this award.
what we have seen in the last few weeks in diplomatic terms is a car crash organised by beijing.
the sense of unity being displayed by council and commission and by the diplomatic representatives in oslo concerning the ceremony which may take place on ten december is encouraging.
but at the heart of this lies the clash between the free world and what remains a dictatorship.
madam president this debate in a sense catalyses several years of effort by many members who are present here and others to try and focus attention on the real
i have seen a list of more than three four hundred people who in the last ten years have died under torture in that regime for their religious convictions.
i hope that in oslo on ten december should the ceremony take place we have the most muscular presence on behalf of the european union standing by its foreign policy priorities of human rights and democracy.
i went to china personally on behalf of this house and saw that there are people ready to enter into dialogue with us on issues of labour rights and corporate social responsibility. but the fact remains that when this parliament's human rights subcommittee sought visas from china no reply was ever given;
the truth is that five socially conscious individuals who make up the awards committee in norway have arguably done more than this european union the us or the rest of the international community to put pressure on the chinese government to reform.
all who wish to express solidarity tonight with liu his wife liu xia and all prisoners of conscience in china should recognise that the rest of the world has too often put trade interests with china before our mutual obligations on human rights.
banned from teaching sent for re education and now imprisoned for seeking to exercise freedom of expression the chinese called liu xiaobo a criminal whilst the rest of the world awards him the accolade for peace.
this is exemplified by british prime minister david cameron who this month took a forty eight strong trade delegation to beijing but failed to include anyone to represent an interest or expertise in poverty reduction environmental degradation or labour rights.
this is not serious.
those of us who enjoy the most basic freedoms of free speech and free assembly and democratic politics have a duty to speak out on behalf of mr liu and those like him.
mr liu wants nothing more for china than those basic freedoms and civil rights that we take for granted.
the values that he espouses are the best hope for freedom peace and democracy for china and the world and it is fitting that he has been awarded the nobel peace prize in recognition of his efforts and his sacrifices.
he wants nothing more than democratic reforms and the end of one party communist rule in china. it should surprise no one that the chinese communist party prevents him or his family representative from collecting the award.
the chinese communist party is a party of murderous gangsters that has no more purpose than the continuation of its own existence.
china is a big and powerful country and it is inevitable that our governments must maintain political diplomatic and trading relations with them.
the chinese communist party warns foreign governments not to attend the ceremony.
our governments should send representatives and show their and our support for mr liu and the chinese democracy movement as a whole. i represent many chinese exiles in london and i am pleased to offer what small support i can by speaking out on behalf of mr liu and their democratic aspirations.
any amendment to the fund decision must be finalised in the coming month to ensure that pledging by member states could take place next spring under the new rules.
it is very frustrating to be discussing formalities when the most vulnerable people in the world are waiting for us to make a decision.
the problem is that it raises some important legal and institutional concerns most specifically regarding the establishment of a procedure outside the treaty which would nonetheless legally bind the commission.
some would say too well defined.
i can assure you that we are working hard and we are willing to work even harder to find a flexible way to fund eu resettlement in the future.
we are committed to making every effort to work with the council the co legislators the rapporteur and parliament to try to finalise a compromise that could establish an eu joint resettlement programme under the present financial perspective.
we need to find procedures to overcome this so that we can put the programme in place as soon as possible. i know that the polish presidency like the hungarian presidency tried to find a compromise but it did not gather sufficient support. we are aware of the informal counter proposal put by the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs.
this is obviously unacceptable and we fully expect the council to inform us of its position on delegated acts in a way that is credible and on all the positive aspects of this report.
we are frustrated in parliament across the parties and i think we will continue to push this issue because it is a managed and humane way of dealing with some of the consequences of the arab spring.
in order for the eu better to respond to such situations the european parliament adopted this codecision report on the european refugee fund as far back as may.
we therefore wanted this debate today because we need answers.
two thousand and thirteen secondly member states will not receive the extra funds allocated by the european refugee fund; and thirdly of course the emergency mechanism provided for in this codecision which we could have used in the context of the arab spring will continue to remain inoperative.
parliament has put proposals on the table aimed at finding a solution to the delegated acts issue but this has met with silence from the council.
however victims when they get the opportunity very quickly become perpetrators. we have seen this behavioural transition in libya recently.
rebel soldiers representing the victims of gaddafi have been found to be as keen as mustard to deal out arbitrary beatings torture and summary execution to gaddafi and his men when they fall into rebel hands.
when we give sanctuary to people from countries that routinely dispense injustice are we importing the very behaviour that we condemn and from which asylum seekers are supposedly fleeing?
it all depends on whether you see distinct peoples as the product of distinct cultures or you see distinct cultures as the product of distinct peoples.
effort to alleviate a very difficult situation in our neighbourhood or elsewhere.
we can do more in the european union.
as someone mentioned the us and canada are doing a lot more and we should do more to take up this challenge.
hopefully member states will join.
if they see that there is a regional resettlement programme that really works more member states will join in and it will have even more effect.
the problem is of course political will.
if there is no political will we can have the best system and programme in the world but that will not help.
but hopefully that political will will also exist.
we have funding from the european commission and within the regional protection programme there is also a possibility to assist the most vulnerable. we should do everything we can to have this programme in place so that in the future we are better prepared with a more flexible but still a rapid programme that could efficiently enter into force when there is a need.
it is a sad reality that because of conflict or repression and other factors some people simply cannot go back to their countries of origin.
my country the uk is one of the eu member states that already engages in resettlement.
it does this in cooperation with the unhcr and with ngos.
however i question whether it is really necessary for the eu to produce these new plans.
surely asylum and immigration issues should remain primarily member states' responsibility.
participation in united nations programmes like that for bosnia should continue and i would invite a continuing generosity in connection with these programmes on what is a very sensitive issue.
eu member states are often subject to cyberattacks by either state or non state actors for political economic or security purposes including attacks on critical infrastructure cyberespionage and disinformation campaigns.
pesco and the european defence fund are the latest initiatives with the necessary scope to facilitate co operative projects in the cyber domain.
the eu can provide a platform for european cooperation and ensure that the new endeavours are closely coordinated at an international level and within the transatlantic security architecture.
cybersecurity threats are real they can be very damaging and may bring about lethal consequences.
in two thousand and sixteen at the nato summit cyberspace was recognised as an operational domain together with land air and sea.
it is important to increase the availability of virtual cyberdefence training.
also private companies have a great role in preventing detecting containing and responding to cybersecurity incidents as well as in stimulating innovation.
so in conclusion we need to continuously update european cyberdefence capabilities. we need more cooperation at the level of member states the eu nato and other like minded countries by building trust training more experts having more joint exercises and improving accountability.
on civilian military cooperation again trust is a key issue.
as regards international norms and rules i am glad that the un group of governmental experts would agree on some of the concepts concerning cyberspace.
we need to broaden cooperation with nato in cyberdefence by increasing operational cooperation and coordination and expanding capacity building efforts intensifying joint training for staff building trust and conducting joint exercises.
we have a huge deficit of cyberdefence specialists.
like minded strategic partners should also be taken into account.
while there are already some initiatives in this field that need continued support like the military erasmus programme and some others we see the need to do more.
however it is necessary for the eu to assume a leading role in the ongoing and future debates on international norms in cyberspace.
it was agreed that international law applies and should be enforced in cyberspace.
this needs to be developed further between companies and defence and civilian end users.
it is therefore also imperative that there is more cooperation with the private sector.
this was a big step at the time.
we need to create wide ranging technical platforms and establish a community of eu experts to develop a platform to facilitate the pooling and sharing of training and exercises.
member states must cooperate closely and this is where the eu can be of help.
as we have all seen with the development of the european defence policy over the last few years so too has the cyberdefence domain been developing.
therefore urgent reinforcement and development of european offensive and defensive capabilities is needed.
one can only imagine the effects of a successful cyber attack on a nuclear plant on an air traffic control facility or on a hospital.
madam president the internet should be a force for good a common space that promotes quality education and inspired learning better communication creativity and intercultural dialogue.
one way to improve cyberdefence is to improve internet governance and the annual internet governance forum is an excellent example of multistakeholder engagement in a pressing issue that concerns us all.
i'd like to particularly commend the work of the youth igf a network of young people in developed and lessdeveloped countries who are active in their local communities and in the online space.
the internet should support fair and sustainable trade and uphold human rights and it should most definitely not be prey to those wishing to hijack democracy such as was evidenced by the cambridge analytica aig and facebook scandals that were behind the trump and brexit campaigns and the kenyan presidential election in august two thousand and seventeen which was subsequently annulled by the supreme court.
i want to stress that i believe it is imperative that toplevel exercises are also held every now and then to bring the matter closer to the leaders of our countries to make them realise the problem is not going away.
each and every country must do their utmost each on their own but of course also together.
the eu institutions together will work with the member states with partners and with international organisations notably nato as many of you have underlined.
we will work to bring together the civilian and the military dimensions of this challenge and the public and the private dimensions of this challenge.
we need to develop our capabilities and we need to continue to drive and focus our research and development to reinforce our cybersecurity.
a number of you mentioned other detailed points that we can look at.
overall i want to say how much we share the thrust of this report.
we need to be ready.
in recent years as he said the cyberthreat landscape has changed dramatically underlining the need for a strategic approach to cyberthreats and challenges.
that includes the need to look at the defence dimension.
the best way we have to face such a rapidly evolving series of challenges is to join forces and to mobilise all the resources we have. to protect our cyberspace we need better capabilities more research more training and exercises on how to respond to eventual attacks and in the last few months and years i'm glad to say we have joined forces across the institutions the european commission and member states the external action service and the european defence agency
all in close coordination with our partners at nato.
the report we are discussing today provides an excellent strategic vision and puts forward a series of very realistic recommendations.
the report will help further reinforce our ongoing efforts to support member states' capability development for cyberdefence and deterrence.
cyberdefence of csdp missions and operations cyberdefence education and training international norms applicable to cyberspace civil military cooperation publicprivate partnerships and eu nato cybercooperation.
we are working to build the eu's resilience to cyberattacks provide for better defence capabilities and to build a credible cyberdeterrence.
indeed these were the key elements of the commission's cyber package brought forward in september last year.
in taking this work forward we need to remember that most cyberinfrastructure is in civilian hands so an important part of strengthening our cyberresilience making ourselves harder to attack involves strengthening civil cooperation which is why we proposed transforming enisa into an eu cybersecurity agency
and developing an euwide certification framework for cybersecurity.
we also need to send a clear message to those who wish to cause us harm and in this regard we welcome the reference in the report to europol's role in coordinating the law enforcement response to cyberthreats.
i'd also like to draw your attention to the recent commission proposals for facilitating access to eevidence.
but we also identified the need to further invest in the development of dual use cybertechnologies and cyberskills.
earlier this year the european defence agency led by the high representative set up an eu cyberdefence education and training exercise evaluation platform.
it will help advance training and educational opportunities within the member states to cover the full range of cyberdefence training.
this initiative will also bring together civilian and military training needs. the eas and the european defence agency have in fact been engaged with member states for some years now to develop capabilities for cyberdefence.
in march this year they conducted a survey of the member states on their cyberdefence requirements in order to update the eu cyberdefence policy framework.
that survey showed that some member states are already very advanced in terms of structures and doctrine and that all of our member states have at least minimum cyberprotection capabilities in place and are building their national cyberdefence systems.
we've identified several areas where the eu could support these efforts further such as investment in research and technology providing training and education opportunities and facilitating civilmilitary cooperation.
the funding through the european defence fund should be focused on delivering these capability priorities.
some member states as has been mentioned have also agreed to invest together in cybersecurity through the new permanent structured cooperation on defence. member states have set up to cyberrelated pesco projects.
one of them focuses on the sharing of cyberthreat intelligence through a network platform with the objective to strengthen national cyberdefence capabilities the second aims to set up cyber rapid response teams to respond together to cyberattacks.
in order to strengthen cyberdeterrence we continue to step up eu response to malicious cyberactivities and incursive cyberoperations in the framework for a joint eu diplomatic response to malicious cyberactivities.
this sets out several eu measures to prevent and respond to cyberattacks by state and nonstate actors.
in this respect we work closely with member states to develop a strategic framework for conflict prevention and cyberstability promoting adherence to existing international law and implementation of cybernorms and confidencebuilding measures are and will remain a centrepiece of our efforts.
finally we are working to deepen eunato cooperation on cyberdefence including against hybrid threats.
we will continue to foster interoperability through coherent cyberdefence requirements and standards to strengthen cooperation on training exercises to harmonise training requirements and to mainstream cyber aspects into crisis management.
the report also makes some recommendations on institutional reinforcement such as developing cyber aspects further in a white book for security and defence to invest more in cyberdefence in the next mff to strengthen the eu intelligence and situation centre and set up a new cyberdefence council. i want to assure the rapporteur that we will consider all of these ideas
very closely. further investment in cyberdefence has already been highlighted in the current discussions on the next mff.
in conclusion we've made considerable progress in the past few years on this range of issues connected to cyberdefence.
we will continue to work to strengthen member states' capabilities and reinforce civmil synergies.
we will continue to strengthen deterrence by bolstering our resilience and stepping up diplomatic responses to cyberattacks.
thank you again for focusing on this issue and i look forward to our discussion.
we see attacks on critical infrastructure electoral systems and really matters of democracy and peace at stake.
with this global phenomenon it only makes sense that we engage in the defence of the global open internet and all its users at eu level as an integral part of our foreign and defence policies.
we must certainly avoid fragmentation of steps taken between member states.
we need resilience of our networks safety of devices but also ways to attribute attacks when they do take place.
this does not happen often enough and if the rule of law should have meaning online there must be consequences to attacks.
the cybersecurity of the internet of things the use of software vulnerabilities and the commissioner mentioned the development of dual use technologies but we are still exporting harmful ones to dictatorships and that cannot help our cybersecurity.
the eu should lead on the basis of values and aspire to achieve global norms here too.
it has been a pleasure to work with him and the other shadows on this serious issue. the report recognises that cybersecurity and the defence of europe's cyberspace is one of the most important challenges that we face now.
it also emphasises that there needs to be an integrated policy response with cooperation between civilian security and military stakeholders. the threats we face are multiple coming from individuals criminal gangs and states.
in the uk last year our health service was severely affected by a cyberattack launched by north korea.
that was not the only statesponsored attack which the eu has suffered.
it is essential that europe stand united against attacks such as wannacry and notpetya.
cyberattacks whatever their source do not respect national boundaries making it all the more important to work together at an eu level.
as the report makes clear there needs to be more investment in cyberexpertise emphasising the need for more experts in the cyberdefence domain and the facilitation of cooperation between existing experts.
we also need to develop our capabilities to ensure better attribution of cyberattacks enabling a stronger coordinated response to those specific attacks that impact all of us across europe. the eu should also fulfil the role it plays so well in other areas namely leading the development of international laws and standards in this field.
our job as parliamentarians is to build a safer more secure eu.
i believe the recommendations in this report are fundamental to delivering that safety and security to our citizens.
in peace and war and the somewhat blurred border between both at a time of hybrid threats because cyber' is part of this also in the division between civilians and the military
therefore we need an international legal system tackling cyber' and also an international humanitarian system referring to cyber' if we consider the cyber domain as an operational domain as defined by
i welcome this report but i stress once more the necessity to cooperate between likeminded countries and societies because the problem is so complex.
we have seen continuous arrests a referendum to authorise undemocratic constitutional changes and farreaching censorship of the media.
i believe that the situation in turkey can no longer be ignored.