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the eu attempted to observe the trial and we deeply regret that our observers were barred from the courtroom.
and a number of recent developments such as those that the honourable members of this house have raised in the draft resolution.
the eu will continue to call on the chinese government to unconditionally release mr liu and to end the harassment and detention of other signatories of charter.
on several occasions in the past we have welcomed china's progress with regard to social and economic rights as well as the recent launch of china's human rights action plan but on the other hand there are extremely serious concerns with regard to civil and political rights
the chinese constitutional guarantees on freedom of expression.
mr president the eu has clearly expressed its deep concern at the disproportionate sentence against the prominent human rights defender liu xiaobo of eleven years' imprisonment for his role as the author of
the eu's commitment to human rights is conveyed during our regular political contacts and in particular during our human rights dialogue with the chinese authorities.
we understand that there are ongoing consultations between the company and the chinese authorities.
we attach great importance to freedom of thought and expression cornerstones as we are all aware of our democratic system.
the strength of our relationship allows us to discuss those matters frankly.
to achieve this we must continue to work on the development of our strategic partnership.
but that doesn't work.
and also if we're lagging behind as we're doing right now we're also losing out on technologies on climate jobs that right now our competitors elsewhere in the world are developing.
we cannot wait for others to act.
we need to change our priorities.
and of all of these elements the european council can but also really should deliver. because in order to stay credible the eu has to lead with ambitious targets and we have to deliver them at
a plastics tax or a carbon border adjustment tax is not just a revenue;
we need to have concrete measures right now.
we are telling other countries that they should do something.
it is time to act and the member states need to finally agree on the climate neutrality target of. two thousand and fifty but let's be clear and let's keep in mind that that is not a very ambitious target.
but on the income side we also need to be sustainable.
it can really be a means of how to shape policies and make sure that we have policies that protect the environment and support a fair transition.
a stable climate is not just a nice thing to have it's absolutely vital in order to have a liveable planet for the younger generation and also for future generations.
this is where we decide where we put our money and we should put our money where our mouth
if we don't change where the money goes then nothing will change in terms of the actual policies. the eu has to play its fair part in a fair transition and that also needs resources for the european union. otherwise we have a lot of demands but not the resources to implement them. and that's why we the greens fully subscribe to the parliament's position of having at
we need to act ourselves;
it's vital for security and for peace worldwide.
governments of small island states of coastal states and of countries and continents that are not as wealthy and prosperous as the european union overall. so i hope they take along that urgency and then put it and convert it into some real action because after madrid the real action has to start. as it stands right now not a single one of the european union member states has submitted a national greenhouse gas reduction plan that would be adequate or in any way sufficient in order to reach the paris agreement targets.
i am glad to inform you that after the successful outcome of the conciliation committee the joint text was formally approved by the council yesterday.
additional funds have also been allocated to the life programme.
together we saved the
time. mr president honourable members commissioner ladies and gentlemen thank you very much for your attention.
the other successful programme providing opportunities for young europeans to study train and gain experience abroad erasmus will see an increase of.
while posting support for eu flagship programmes we have at the same time applied a prudent and responsible approach in line with sound financial management.
in order to improve the situation of young people and help them integrate into the labour market we have agreed to dedicate eur one hundred and forty five million to the youth employment initiative.
around shared interests and come up with solutions.
your hard work and enthusiasm can be highly commended.
the council expects the european parliament to also approve the joint text tomorrow.
deal we reached reflects strongly our common priorities climate action growth and competitiveness research and digitalisation young people security and migration. this year we have made a considerable effort to strengthen the climate relevance of the eu budget and get as close as possible to fulfilling the union's twenty
i welcome that this issue has now been resolved but call on the commission in future such negotiations to ensure that all checks and assessments are made in advance to prevent it happening again.
the european pirates want the public authorities and police forces to have the human capacity to properly respond to the threat of criminals sharing child abuse material over the internet.
when effective law enforcement is increasingly outsourced to private companies and their dominant technologies with very little public intervention we are only helping to hide the representation of abuse without any guarantee of investigation and prosecution of criminals. while children's rights need to be protected for the reasons mentioned we unfortunately could not support the motion for a resolution.
when it comes to the specific measures that we could take promotion policies are often a very appropriate response to tariff sanctions offering operators the possibility to consolidate the market or to retain their position on existing markets or even to seek new opportunities and you mentioned this in your resolution.
in response to the concerns expressed by some of you here in relation to the us tariff impact on wine commissioner hogan last week confirmed that he is providing greater flexibility in the implementation and management of promotion operations.
these products are highly valued by us consumers and we hope that the demand from them will help resist price pressures.
and where the analysis suggests we should we are ready to activate exceptional market measures including private storages.
we are reviewing the appropriateness of direct intervention at this stage because you have to take into account a number of considerations. for instance we need to clearly distinguish between difficulties that are directly related to the us tariffs and those which are related to other issues.
other than our promotion policy the cap toolbox also includes certain market management instruments such as private storage.
the us tariffs have certainly aggravated a very serious situation but the underlying reasons for the introduction of these measures are not directly related to the airbus case.
we also need to take account of a wider development of the wto in relation to the us measures including the possibilities that the boeing case will present later next year.
this flexibility includes a proposal to increase the union's financing rate for promotion to sixty instead of fifty today which will alleviate the financial burden on producers.
we believe that it's time to turn the page on this dispute and focus on de escalating tensions rather than adding further uncertainty to a delicate world trade and economic situation.
i know from direct contacts that you are too.
although the us have formally the legal right to impose these tariffs for a long long time the commission has been engaging with the us to ask them to freeze or to suspend this in order to find a negotiated solution to the boeing airbus dispute.
i am of course very concerned about the recent imposition of tariffs by the us on a range of our agri food exports.
we made a credible offer in july for a negotiated settlement.
for instance we recently introduced private storage aid for virgin olive oils in the eu open for all olive oil producing member states.
the commission has reacted rapidly to the urgency and seriousness of the situation and we hope that we can count on your support to ensure a smooth and swift adoption of the required regulation so that this flexibility can be applied quickly to the benefit of our producers.
addressing directly the calls made in your draft resolution there are measures available under the cap that could be used to mitigate the impact of sanctions in the market.
i hope that goodwill will still prevail. we are committed to finding a solution which will keep trade flowing and for workers on both sides of the atlantic to be able to keep their jobs.
in the meantime i want to assure you that in this commission and the incoming commission myself and my friend and colleague phil hogan will do our best to find a negotiated balanced sustainable and compatible solution with the wto rules and one that would put an end to the damage suffered by european farmers including our wine producers.
the commission is aware that additional measures might have to be considered following the conclusions of the analysis that we're right now doing on the situation of the agriculture markets.
the target products in order of magnitude range from wines spirit liqueurs dairy products and olive oils.
we do this with the sectors and with the member states concerned.
the recently adopted two thousand and twenty annual work programme emphasises promotion campaigns in third markets by allocating almost two thirds of the available funding to them that is eur one hundred and eighty million.
this seems to be an appropriate response to market disturbances which are likely to affect the wine sector.
we have provided quite detailed elements of what we could do on both sides for existing past and future subsidies in this area.
wto has found that both the eu and the us have been guilty of giving unauthorised subsidies to boeing and airbus.
as i said in my introduction there are several tools at our disposal. some have already been announced flexibility and promotion.
some are in the process of being disappeared.
we have also proposed that apart from disciplining ourselves we should set global standards because the big problem in the future will be other big economies who are already today massively subsidising their civil aircraft.
on the contrary there are several independent reports proving that the latest trade deals that we have done with japan with canada and now with singapore which is entering into force and also future agreements with vietnam mercosur and mexico are and will be hugely beneficial to the european agriculture sector. we're opening up new markets for products that are highly in demand from all over the world and this is of course also very important for agriculture. having said that i do not in any way want to diminish the problems that farmers and the agricultural and wine sectors are facing
i would like to firmly reject the notion that the trade policy has been a disadvantage for the agriculture market.
we will keep on pushing of course but so far that has not been possible and we are here today stuck with tariffs that are of course disproportionately and that is totally deliberate from the us side affecting the agricultural sector.
i am aware and so is phil hogan and the whole commission of the social and economic difficulties in sectors in regions and whole countries that this is causing.
here today and this is why our services in this commission and the coming commission will finalise the study and the analysis and come back to you and the member states.
i know that member states some of you and others have passed on the same message so we have been perfectly united there.
there might be others as well but we need to be totally clear on what we do what the consequences of the us tariffs and the consequences of other market distortions or other problems are because we need to be able to design targeted effective measures and they need to be wto compliant.
that is why since quite some time we are assessing the situation.
this gives the formal right to the us now and to us a little bit later next year to impose tariffs.
however as many of you have said we already have too many tariffs in this world and that is why we have been pushing for a negotiated solution.
as you know this is an old dispute between the eu and the us airbus boeing.
some subsidies have been allowed;
the eu is currently applying a twenty five import tariff on american whisky.
not that i think there should be a dispute at all but why should my unknowing constituents find themselves out of work because of a highlevel dispute about steel aluminium and aeroplanes? please go back to the us with honey as well as vinegar.
i could be moderately sympathetic to a drop in diageo's profits but i'm devastated at the prospect of the material impact on investment and job creation that this will cause.
olives pork sweet biscuits that is shortbread and other products are also targeted.
twenty two percent by value of single malt goes to the states.
i assume that they think this will be a victimless tariff;
twenty the whisky industry employs over eleven zero people seven thousand of them in rural areas. it also has the tenth highest employment multiplier of any industry in scotland so trickledown jobs make this a double blow.
however much you may drink on a flight to settle your nerves the airbus dispute has nothing to do with whisky.
i couldn't afford the tariffs on good malt or cashmere but i got the commissioner a tin of fine scottish.
the whisky industry spends gbp seventy million a year on bourbon casks from the us and that trade will be lost.
i beg the commissioner to find a way to use the promise of removal of that tariff to safeguard the economy of rural scotland.
we must act as if we mean that.
but the reality of johnson's deal is that it would lead to years of difficult negotiations and the risk of a cliffedge brexit at the end of.
when your grandchildren ask you what did you do in the climate emergency?
as greens we know that the climate emergency is a far greater crisis facing us which is why we are determined that this should be a climate election.
this is an emergency.
this means yet more lies and deceptive soundbites of which the latest is get brexit done'.
it could spell the end of human civilization.
setting a netzero carbon target of two thousand and fifty is totally inadequate and flies in the face of both the science and what our children are demanding of us.
this means challenging sectors often considered too politically sensitive taking on the vested interests of aviation which is still subsidised with european money the automobile sector and agribusiness.
madam president i'm sure the members of the council are delighted that they don't have to spend much time this time around discussing brexit and the british elections have given them some breathing space to focus on more important topics. sadly as a british mep i can't escape the brexit nightmare and it rumbles on through our election campaign.
safeguarding our planet for future generations calls for urgent action.
yesterday the world meteorological organization revealed that global greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high last year.
above all it means an end to our obsession with economic growth.
aiming for two thousand and fifty means risking runaway climate change a risk to citizens' lives that we must not take.
leaving it too late to achieve carbon neutrality could literally mean the difference between life and death for millions of people.
with three and more years of uncertainty and understandable feelings of brexit fatigue it is natural that british voters will be tempted by such an offer.
' you had better make sure you have a good answer.
obviously you haven't been paying much attention to my cv because i was and i remain a professor of economics.
i rely on the expertise of other trade experts all of whom have said it takes much longer than the time available to negotiate a treaty.
and the likelihood is if we go ahead with boris johnson's deal we will end up in exactly the same crisis facing a no deal brexit at the end of.
i also have expertise in trade policy and have been studying the trade negotiations from the beginning.
it prevents future losses and it contributes to sustainable development.
investing in risk management is cost effective;
we offer flexibility in our programmes.
thank you so much for your attention and for this very constructive discussion.
it is very clear that the european union needs a serious budget and a system of own resources instead of this perverse undemocratic and wasteful system.
i note that the sevenyearly bar brawl over the mff has very little to do with vision for the future and at this time of the year it rather reminds me of scrooge and the ghosts of christmases past.
the frugal four do mention the rule of law conditionality for receiving funds which is a good thing but i would also like to hear the same frugal four then explain why they say nothing when they know that authoritarian leaders like viktor orbn for example have used eu funds to enrich their oligarch friends and to get political support in return.
they voted for ambitions for the future.
it is driven by ideology and obsession with a small budget and not by a vision for the future because how is europe ever going to achieve its ambitions on a budget of one percent?
or do we seriously think that we can be a geopolitical force on a shoestring?
they didn't vote for one percent or two percent or half a percent.
now the frugal four not to be confused with the fab four the frugal four that's austria denmark the netherlands and sweden seem to have embraced one percent as a kind of new religion.
do we really want to compete with the chinese digital tiger with a onepercent budget and do we really think that we can be the climate champion of the world with pennies and dimes?
in may over two hundred million europeans voted for the european parliament.
no it's not about spending less it's about spending better.
and maybe she has some business experience that will give some empirical proof that that would be the case?
meanwhile european farmers as well as consumers the weakest elements on both sides of the atlantic suffer from a conflict in which they have no fault and where tariffs are deliberately weaponised by the trump administration to drive a wedge between european unity.
two history has shown that the road to devastating conflicts is paved with trade wars.
i call upon the member states to stay united in the face of this challenge.
it is high time to choose talks over tariffs even if they are legal for once and engage earnestly in a reform of the wto to address existing imbalances.
whatever the outcome of the westminster election on twelve december i will be voting for elisha mccallion in derry and whatever the latest decision on brexit the uncertainty and damage done to ireland by its larger neighbour will damage the eu too.
if you want to protect eu citizens from postbrexit britain's lower standard of goods entering your market then you need to help remove the british border in ireland. its democratic removal is outlined in the good friday agreement so support the constructive and positive debate about constitutional change in ireland.
irish unity is no longer an aspiration it's a project.
and if there is one thing on my christmas list it is that the european council in its meeting finally sets a united target for zero carbon and two thousand and fifty is still too late.
madam president this morning we saw the release of yet another report bringing to light the urgency of the climate emergency this time from the un environment programme which shows that the world needs to ramp up its ambitions for cutting emissions fivefold in order to bring us down to the ambition of only.
it's yet another in the daily reminders of the urgency of stepping up our action to match with our words.
we need urgent action because we in europe bear historic responsibility for starting this problem burning fossil fuels to fuel the industrial revolution.
i'm very happy with the outcome in that direction.
for me it was very interesting because i learned three things.
i was also let's say more in an observer role for this first negotiation.
the second is that a big deal is possible and i also want to thank the rapporteurs for their great work in having a good negotiation strategy and working in a proactive and dealfinding way and also for ensuring that we move from the commission proposal towards parliament's position.
we shouldn't only be thinking about our national budgets but really about how to fund common solutions to the biggest problems of our time so that we honour the demands of our citizens and that we are actually able to act from a european level.
the third thing is and this makes me a bit less optimistic that the national governments often seem only to care about the bottom line of how much they have to pay and how much they get back into their own pockets.
both have failed. the emissions trading scheme has put a completely artificial price on carbon that has led to higher energy prices and the closure of things like british steel in the uk.
it's also led to environmental damage that for example leads to virgin forest being been felled for things like wood chips biomass and biodiesel for palm oil.
in addition not only have we offshored so much co two to china but we are also offshoring so many manufacturing jobs.
what we've seen to date were the two eu climate policies of the renewable energy directive and the emissions trading scheme.
the renewable energy directive has led to perverse incentives and the creation of a new crony capitalist subsidyseeking climate industrial complex that rivals anything that the fossil fuel companies have produced.
the hypocrisy and double standards displayed in this chamber is truly staggering.
we will very soon in a couple of days in fact celebrate the tenth anniversary of the charter of fundamental rights.
it is about the rights of lgbti people and the obligation of poland to respect and to protect them.
all member states have signed up to these values and have signed up to respect them.
discrimination intolerance and violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity are against these fundamental values.
exactly what will be done will of course be for the next commission to define in this regard.
the commission has during the last year support different actions and initiatives in several member countries to improve tolerance and social acceptance of lgbti persons.
as you know in the area of employment there is a directive prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and the commission proposed more than ten years ago to expand that scope also covering other grounds for discrimination based on sexual orientation in education social security social protection and access to and supply of goods and services.
it is a fundamental value to love whom you want and to be respected for that and to be who you want.
i can assure you that in the future the commission and my friend and colleague commissioner jourov who has been very engaged in these questions and who will be incoming vicepresident responsible for the rule of law will continue to engage and fight for lgbti rights in poland and elsewhere.
i think it is very important to defend the fundamental values of the eu and unfortunately even ten years after we are standing here today.
as i said in my introduction the commission strongly condemns the developments in poland when it comes to hate speech declarations of so called lgbti free zones' and the attacks against lgbti people especially under the election campaign.
this is not an ideological discussion.
we cannot comment on draft laws but we are looking at this very closely and we will act if there is eu competence to act.