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it is good to hear therefore that the commission shares our concern and that it is pushing for cooperation between member states and again looking at cross border cases and trying to inform citizens and companies.
that was the best advice i could give her.
these scams do not just damage small businesses which are threatened harassed and bullied into paying fees for something they believed to be free;
it is the mantra of the european commission after all to think small first' yet i have been raising this issue as many colleagues have said for many many years and yet no direct action has been taken why not?
so given the nature of these scams and their eu wide and cross border nature will the commission consider introducing a form of legal aid to assist smes in tackling these scams?
in my constituency in scotland it is the elderly and people who run bed and breakfast establishments or self catering holiday cottages that fall foul of this criminal activity.
this is a cross border criminal activity.
these companies give their identities and they give their addresses.
we have to track them down close them down prosecute them and protect the citizens of the european union.
they never hear another thing.
while paying these outrageous fees may put innocent companies under severe financial hardship the victims are often too small to afford the legal costs of bringing actions against these directory companies.
this creates legal uncertainty for the victims as they often do not know what the legal status is of such contracts in another country.
whilst the commission has clearly stated that the directive on misleading and comparative advertising outlaws the misleading practices of these directory companies it must also look at the transposing of that directive by the member states in order to clarify whether citizens are protected equally across europe.
the fact that this directive has been transposed by member states does not necessarily mean that these measures are either comprehensive or in conformity with one another.
but now everyone needs to compromise and this is the important question to address in the european union because if we always stay at the position of considering that others are not doing enough
things will not get easier if there is a delay.
the community method is not just about stating positions it is also in the end about compromise.
this has helped us to make sure that the council moves from its december position on some key points some points that have been considered very important by the european parliament.
on this; the need to keep the momentum on
catastrophe. in fact i think that not only that company but generally speaking the industry have to draw lessons from it. they gave me assurances that they are taking all the necessary steps to ensure that their operations particularly those in and around the european union are undertaken with the safety of citizens and the environment as a corporate priority. we are currently reviewing applicable
i know that some of you are not happy.
in fact there are considerable improvements and i would like to ask you not to underestimate the potential of these improvements. the fact that there will now be national reform programmes and specific national targets makes it possible to monitor in a concrete manner not only what is being done generally by europe but what each country is doing in all those matters.
of finance. the ultimate decision on this issue will be taken in the next few days. we are as a commission playing an important part in
all the institutions. the european council has also an extremely important
working on this. i believe that a hasty or premature regulatory response to events in the gulf should
commission is taking. i am coming now to the last point made by mario mauro i want to reassure him and the parliament that of course the commission will take all its initiatives in the spirit of good cooperation with all the other institutions. as i said before and in another meeting yes the commission is the economic government of europe in matters that
to be struck. i also believe that the result should ideally take into account the most recent development in sovereign
september. i think that will be the moment to engage in a broad discussion about the future of our financial perspectives namely some of the ideas that have also been suggested in the preliminary discussions with the parliament.
i would also have preferred a higher level of ambition in terms of the monitoring of the strategy.
globally by. two thousand and fifteen we believe that this is possible if all partners demonstrate firm
in canada. some of you also asked about stress
of safety. much depends on the attitude and practices of the industry itself. however the commission will not hesitate to propose changes in europe if the current analysis namely the investigation in the gulf of mexico reveals weaknesses. we are intensifying our contacts and dialogues with national authorities
the result of the last european council went beyond simply adding up national approaches.
and finally by entering the g twenty meeting in toronto with a strong and united european union position.
you know that the commission set out some ideas in its communication of twelve may a european semester to bring together surveillance of structural and fiscal policies;
the second key area where we reached important agreement was financial services. we all know that the job here is not complete and we all know how important it is to have the right regulatory basis for sound responsible financial services to give confidence that we have the bulwarks in place against future pressures.
i would like to underline this point because as you know it was not evident at the beginning that the member states should also agree to share their action in terms of what are mainly national competences but which we can put together in a coordinated manner at european level. with this the twenty seven heads of state and government have made far reaching commitments.
ensuring that national budgetary frameworks are set up in the right way to respect treaty obligations;
i was delighted that the european council took up the target in our two june communication to have the next phase of financial services proposals agreed by the end
service. the commission very much welcomes an agreement which clearly makes provision for a service which is part of the community system and largely follows the proposals that catherine ashton has put forward in agreement with the commission working alongside the institutions and with the same rules of accountability as any other part of the european public service. i would like also to tell you that the commission worked hard with this house and the other institutions to ensure that the european external action service will be up and running as soon as
as i did with heads of state and governments last week in the european council i would likewise appeal to you to make every effort to ensure that the proposals on financial supervision are adopted before the summer break so that the new arrangements can be in place for next year. the same urgency is there for alternative investment fund managers and capital requirements.
i also believed that it was particularly important for the european council to agree on a proposal for an effective and coherent approach on the stress testing of banks.
case interventions are necessary.
with this in mind the commission will next week put on the table some ideas for concrete further action and we are already working on the detailed proposals.
we now have a european consensus that this is the way forward.
again. i also want to thank the president of parliament because in the first part of the work of the european council he made it clear with strong european conviction how important it was to reach agreement on those matters.
years. this comprehensive economic approach gives us the strongest of platforms for the g twenty meeting this week a clear and united position which can offer the kind of leadership we have been able to offer to the g twenty
the next steps are for the task force chaired by the president of the european council to take this consensus and translate it into detailed action.
it could not and should not be seen only as a strategy from brussels or from strasbourg.
tax. but it was in fact important that at european level we have reached a consensus on those
broadening economic surveillance to tackle macro economic imbalances and comparing those problems in the internal market so as to cover the full range of key issues and not just look at the budgetary dimension.
the strong and positive political impetus given by this parliament was extremely helpful in reaching this positive result and i want to thank you once
large. this will be a real common effort for the coming months and
the commission will be coming forward with the flagship initiatives to drive the european dimension of the strategy and working closely with member states to develop the national reform programmes.
when we face a new challenge we should resist the temptation to rush to set up new mechanisms new structures those kinds of institutional debates that never end. we should rather have confidence in the institutions we have give them our support and have confidence in our ability to deliver in just the way we saw last
making the results public on a bank by bank basis is the right way to use transparency to fuel confidence and prevent the speculation which distorts the markets. we will know exactly what problems still exist and exactly how they will be tackled and as i said in the european council the commission will stand ready to make whatever examination may be needed under our state aid rules in
a reality. the european parliament can count on the commission to defend community matters as being the best way to deliver the results our citizens expect
another central strand of our action and i think probably one of the most important conclusions of this european council was of course europe.
of. two thousand and eleven issuing these proposals will be a major focus of the commission's work this autumn and i am sure that parliament will be ready to give the speedy attention needed to this very important initiative.
possible. this was one of the important innovations of the lisbon
i am reassured that it has been possible for this approach to be agreed so quickly and in particular that we have been able to agree the five headline targets including on education and fighting poverty.
we will have these on the table by the end of september because i believe time is also extremely important here.
in fact we now face the hard work of putting the strategy to work engaging people at all levels of society and in all parts of the economy.
we have action under way and we have a clear timetable for the future. that is the challenge we can take to partners worldwide.
more creative use of carrots and sticks to help the stability and growth pact head off future problems and correct them when they arise;
let me thank this house for the very substantial input which you are giving to the strategy and which of course i hope we will continue to give in the future because as you know work is far from complete. we still have to define some of the most important and critical issues regarding the implementation
though this is still work in progress the outline of what is needed is now clear.
and structural reforms and that for this to happen we need to advance on several fronts at once namely by adopting the europe two thousand and twenty strategy; by rapidly concluding the remaining work in financial market regulation and supervision; by coming forward with ambitious measures to enforce our economic governance in europe;
it delivered a true european perspective in three areas in particular economic governance financial regulation supervision and of course in everything that has to do with our future european strategy for growth and jobs europe.
i am glad to say that this was the path taken by the european council last week and that happened largely on the basis of proposals put forward by the commission. the european council reached exceptionally substantive conclusions as we took decisions on strategic orientations which point to the future and offer a vision.
one death every two seconds deaths from preventable diseases malnutrition from complications giving birth from hiv and aids related illnesses from tb from malaria.
i have twenty seconds left and i would ask your indulgence in the house that we say no more until my time is up but reflect on those forty five deaths that will have occurred in these ninety seconds.
and that is why we must keep our commitment to continue funding those vital projects in the developing countries.
the united nations estimates that in ninety seconds by the time i sit down forty five people will have died in the developing world.
the burdens on our businesses and entrepreneurs must be reduced;
if not measures to restrict trade banking transport and the oil and gas industry will sadly have to be taken.
iran ought rightfully to be one of the most respected powers in the middle east.
we welcome the fact that the european council focused on immediate practical steps to support the euro.
but by trying to develop these nuclear capabilities in secret there can be little doubt that their motives and ambitions are a danger.
but the ecr believes the measures necessary to improve the governance of the euro do not require further centralisation and we would oppose measures to shift more power from the member states to brussels. nor could we support steps that would force non eurozone members to support financially the eurozone as it is of course primarily the responsibility of the eurozone members to support their system.
our emergency budget yesterday was dramatic but as the chancellor mr osborne said unavoidable.
recently i met with iranian representatives who suggested what some of these issues might be.
only by reducing the weight of public debt and securing long term low interest rates will the private sector be able to invest and expand creating jobs and generating growth.
it has recklessly pursued a nuclear energy programme that has rightly provoked suspicion and alarm.
mr president we live in an increasingly competitive era.
for the sake of both the euro and the economic future of all members of the european union budget deficits in all our countries of course have to be reduced.
there is still much work to be done in practice and we do not yet agree with every detail.
our system of free market economics liberal democracy and social protection for the most vulnerable faces challenges from others who espouse a more authoritarian brand of capitalism.
heavy handed regulation must be replaced by smart regulation or indeed simply less regulation.
we therefore urgently need reform to ensure we can continue to enjoy and develop our free' form of life.
in the united kingdom we have now joined others who are taking these painful but necessary steps.
it has a long history and a talented and innovative people and we would much like to be able to work with iran in tackling some of the global issues which are most pressing at this time.
but sadly iran is in the hands of those who seem to care little about the aspirations of their own peoples or the concerns of their neighbours in the gulf.
the period of the economic pre eminence of europe and the united states is clearly drawing to a close.
my own country is not of course a member of the eurozone and will not join but we have every reason to want it to be successful.
if it were to develop nuclear energy in an open and transparent manner no one should question its right to do so.
but we stand ready to support initiatives which respect the treaty obligations of our respective member states.
so we welcome the steps the leaders of the european union have taken to increase pressure on them to cooperate with the global community.
but if words can be turned into action this will be a positive development for the european union a single market to be re launched and extended;
it is not here that the message has to be given;
and i have to tell you that i do not think that there is anyone here in this house who believes that the member states should sanction themselves.
why should they do it in the future?
what is the problem here?
the lisbon strategy failed because there was no system of an independent institution controlling the member states on applying this lisbon strategy. and the same applies to the growth and stability pact.
they have to go back on their proposals and go in the direction of the commission.
we have to give the message to the ministers of finance.
no they have to implement this whole strategy in daily politics in the daily strategies that they develop in their own countries and that is what we need.
the proposals of the commission and de larosire are based on a european supervisory authority for the banks.
will the control be in the hands of the member states themselves of the council?
there was not one national supervisor which raised the alarm with the politicians at the moment of the financial crisis and now they are explaining that it is a good system that they have simply to coordinate themselves.
indians are rightly worried by this threat to their prosperity and independence.
the india eu trade agreement will devastate the wages and employment prospects of hundreds of thousands of british and european workers.
the answer is mode four immigration which bypasses any national caps on immigration.
transnational corporations will gain the automatic right to bring in indian labour to replace for example skilled british workers in steel and car plants and all the other industries now owned by indian based tncs.
but with the indians giving up so much we need to ask what is in it for indian big business and what is it going to cost workers in britain and europe.
mr president the eu's strategy for jobs sounds good but the reality behind the scenes is very different. to take just one shocking example the forthcoming trade agreement between the eu and india will have a devastating impact on indian agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
you have been warned from the start that there were several countries that would not fit into the eurozone.
there is no plan to help them refloat their own national currencies.
just how much unemployment does there have to be? what level of civil disorder is acceptable to hold together a currency that simply cannot work?
the extraordinary thing is that you and everybody in this room thinks you are doing this to be good europeans.
well i would put it to you that this place has nothing to do with europe at all that there is no such thing as a european identity. indeed the strength of europe is its diversity of language of culture and of states. ironically it is us the eu sceptics who will turn out to be the good europeans.
well at least that will bring a smile to the faces of millions of people tonight when they see the news. you must be indeed a modern day walter mitty a dreamer!
you knew they cheated and lied and they bent the rules and yet you carried on with this political project like icarus heading towards the danger despite the fact that you had been warned that things would not work. and i really was amazed last week when you admitted to me face to face that there is no plan b there is no contingency plan to help countries like greece and spain and portugal which at some point will have to leave this currency.
just how much do these countries have to suffer in the pursuit of this euro dream?
we recently showed strong political determination in safeguarding the stability of the euro.
' this coordination is to be based on the european council's conclusions and involves all the institutions with an input from both the commission and parliament.
the second part of the meeting focused on the issue of economic governance and better coordination of economic policy.
on the other hand failure to correct unsustainable deficits would ultimately lead to a fatal loss of credibility and confidence with lasting economic damage.
building on the work of the commission and of the sectoral councils we endorsed the five headline targets with which you are now familiar and which we consider to be crucial for increasing europe's economic growth rate in itself essential
the european council agreed that member states should introduce a system of levies and taxes on financial institutions and we agree to explore and to develop with our g twenty partners the possibility of introducing a global financial transaction tax.
however key aspects of our economic performance remain essentially a national competence not least education. if we are to be successful we need to mobilise all levels of government in a common endeavour.
we adopted a declaration on iran which underlined our deep concerns about its nuclear programme and asked the foreign affairs council to adopt at its next meeting measures to implement un security council sanctions and to accompany them with further measures.
whether we are in the eurozone or not we are economically interdependent and share the common ownership of the world's largest market.
i might add that it is also somewhat facile to equate the european council with simple intergovernmentalism.
indeed the current situation facing a number of our member states can be traced back to these imbalances.
there was agreement on the european commission's idea of the european semester' whereby member states will present their stability and convergence programmes by the spring of each year thereby enabling a common review of the underlying assumptions and trends affecting national budgets for the coming years of course
indeed rather than the absolute level it is the direction and its sustainability that are important.
it has to be a vital part of how we assess the state of our union.
coming back to our meeting of last week the european council also took a decision which in my opinion is of equal importance to the europe two thousand and twenty strategy.
we also agreed that stress tests of the banks would be published at the latest in the second half of july.
on this point i should emphasise that it was never suggested that finance ministers should have to submit their national budget to the commission for approval prior to submitting it to their national parliaments.
those who are seeking to pit the commission and member states against each other do the union a disservice.
the european council welcomed my progress report and agreed on a first set of orientations.
we will focus relentlessly on those targets with ongoing work and annual reviews.
it operates within the framework of the carefully balanced architecture of the union as a whole described in the treaties.
errors were made at all levels of governance over the last ten years and let us be honest it is a collective responsibility.
it approved the provisional conclusions and the stricter supervision of the budgets and competitiveness.
it now has in its own president someone chosen to work in the interests of the union as a whole and who is not simultaneously representing a national government.
we have called upon the european parliament and the economic and financial affairs council to rapidly adopt the legislative proposals on financial supervision to ensure that the european systemic risk board and the three supervisory authorities can begin working from the beginning of next year.
we have deliberately chosen to focus on a smaller number of targets rather than the plethora of targets that got lost in the lisbon strategy.
both coordination of national policies and common action at eu level are required.
a high degree of convergence is already emerging and i intend to complete the work of this task force by october at the latest.
we were right to provide the fiscal stimulus at the depth of the recession but we must be careful not to reach a situation where fiscal deficits and accumulated levels of debt become unsustainable and begin to be themselves a threat to our economic recovery. the measures taken by the member states to reduce their deficit will not have a profound deflationary effect for the union as a