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we have a government policy decided by an unelected advisor dominic cummings who is a man in contempt of our parliament.
johnson is a most disreputable prime minister and an embarrassment both to his party and to country.
is this taking back control?
he plays fast and loose with people's lives.
yes brexit will cost lives as well as livelihoods and it already has.
brexit in any form is bad bad for all of us and a no deal brexit is a disaster.
i urge this parliament to support the motion to overcome your brexit fatigue to support an extension of article fifty to allow the uk parliament the time needed to defeat the would be dictator who has lied and cheated and silenced the mother of all parliaments.
to move on just to end it.
it is worth taking the time needed to allow us to fight to stop it.
madam president today we are in danger grave danger danger as perilous to the european union as it is to the united kingdom the danger of allowing our fatigue with the almighty debacle that is brexit to make us too anxious
the danger is to democracy to stability to the rule of law to the sovereignty of parliaments everywhere and to the rights of citizens.
obviously the main message of that declaration and the resolution we will adopt tomorrow is one of solemn remembrance but it's also a message of vigilance against the return of past demons because what we see today is a dangerous rise in xenophobia and extremism in our societies and member states.
this very contrast speaks to the core of our identity and who we are as citizens of the eu because the eu is perhaps the only political body that defines itself not in opposition to other countries cultures or organisations but in opposition to its own tragic past. what is crucial here is that this is a common history because the painful experiences of totalitarianism are shared by both western and eastern europeans and by both new and old member states and this provides a crucial common reference despite the forty years of division in the cold war.
so this is why the european day of remembrance on twenty three august is so important for paneuropean solidarity.
this includes anti semitism and the scapegoating of sexual and other minorities as well as migrants and the silencing of journalists and critics. it is obviously our responsibility to protect the values of tolerance openness and democracy.
there is no such thing as a good outcome to this.
i do not believe this withdrawal agreement will deliver because of your interlocutors.
if brexit happens with or without a deal they will use that as a pretext to slash and burn at home in the uk in scotland wales northern ireland and in england.
scotland's argument is not with you i assure you it is with a dysfunctional broken westminster that's not fit for the modern world not fit for the interconnected interdependent world we live in.
there is no sustainable answer to this.
i hear the argument every day back home that we need to get brexit delivered we need to get brexit done we need to get brexit past us.
me too if it's any consolation!
i don't ask you to solve our domestic problems you must deal with the interlocutors you're dealt i'm sorry for that i'm trying today to avoid a terrible mistake for all of us for scotland for the uk and for the european union.
i hear the argument here also that you're sick of british nonsense.
i appreciate you want an orderly process to mitigate the damage of brexit and i'm sorry colleagues i have news for you there is no good brexit.
the people that you are dealing with the empty vessels of the conservative party have even now exited the chamber and their tormentors have absolutely no plan for a durable sustainable future relationship.
social dumping environmental dumping economic dumping right off your shores.
scotland has other chances in this.
is no such thing as a good brexit.
i cannot support the resolution today despite your best efforts and your good faith.
i am therefore very concerned that the may government collaborated with the commission after the uk voted to leave to lock britain's defence and intelligence capabilities into the various eu structures.
that is intended to subordinate britain's intelligence and defence capabilities under the control of an unaccountable commission.
a nodeal brexit would be a disaster for the british farming industry and for british farmers.
losing this marketplace would not be in the interest of my constituents.
it is because this resolution also keeps open the possibility of the uk reviewing its position through a people's vote or indeed a change of government.
then to go on to secure continued uk membership of the european union.
it does this by supporting a further extension of article fifty for the uk to consider its position.
i don't want my country to be shut out of the rooms where decisions about the future of our continent will be made.
we stand for an economy that benefits all.
i want us to be a leader not a leaver.
in this house we stand for european values that i regard also as british and liberal values.
i don't want my country to run away from the issues facing our continent.
we stand for environmental measures that protect all.
madam president earlier this month we commemorated the eightieth anniversary of the beginning of the second world war.
for that reason we are so grateful in ireland for the solidarity of the eu twenty six articulated so well by president juncker and mr barnier here this morning.
that now has been replaced unfortunately by tension and suspicion.
if only number one to give mr johnson the time to come forward with the abundance of solutions he told our prime minister he had for the backstop and maybe also to give time to the good people of great britain to take back control from the brexit buccaneers who want to leave regardless of deal or no
we want to have a healthy financial system in europe which is the important element of european prosperity so we have to filter out the risks and address them through properly functioning rules to be implemented by all. and to those of you who said that our system is only as
law? well the european public prosecutor's office will start functioning from november next year and this will be the body having specialised prosecutors on financial crime.
of course i am leaving this sector so it is just my personal view after working on this topic.
and even more difficult to convince them that there should be an exchange of information cross border.
the process of supervision led to the opening of infringement proceedings against all all member states and at this moment the proceedings have been closed for five member states only.
i heard here that the member states should be motivated.
strong as the weakest element of the system exactly!
and as for the ludicrous assumption that britain operates under a dictator dictators don't offer general elections do they?
this parliament does not understand the british people.
we're leaving.
corbyn doesn't care about them this house doesn't care about the british voice.
something has to be done within this institution to make sure that we uphold our nato contributions ahead of creating an independent fighting force in the european union which is frankly something we should not be doing anyway.
i find this unfathomable at a time when virtually every country in the european union with the notable exceptions of the united kingdom greece and perhaps one or two others is not meeting their nato budget commitments.
we must never forget both the privilege and the responsibility that we have inherited from our founding fathers and the previous generations.
past when history was indeed ignored.
we firmly stand together against whatever threatens the values of our european democracy.
it is to care for each other to love our own nation to respect our neighbours to share the feelings of belonging in our european family.
it is the recognition of our common values and humanity as well as our common will and determination to live in a fair free and peaceful world.
this european project was started in the aftermath of the second world war when wise and determined leaders although it was very fresh in their memories what they had experienced just some years ago took the historical decision
however we should never take this for granted. it is our duty to take this project forward. today we know that certain challenges are putting the european union into question.
it is exactly what we europeans are enjoying today.
now is the moment to show leadership towards our citizens.
to lay the foundations and to create a wider space of liberty peace democracy and stability.
while some may try to make us believe that our citizens are losing faith or the connection with the european union we know that the opposite is true. in fact we have data telling us that on average more than seventy of the citizens of europe feel that they are eu citizens while at the same time being attached to their homelands to their nations.
cooperation is in our european spirit and synthesis is at the core of our democracy because being european is not just a nice pleasant motto it is the essence of tolerance pluralism and solidarity.
i see here in this house a collective and democratic commitment to defend uphold and safeguard the european project.
it is the embracement of diversity multilingualism and respect for different cultures identities and traditions.
this is why it is paramount not only to remember but also to ensure that history is not repeated. if we ignore or fail to understand or read history we cannot draw lessons from the past. this is the biggest threat to our future that we are facing. this was the consequence in the
today's debate gives me hope because i know how committed this institution is together with the european commission.
no one can guarantee that these medicines will be able to get through in the transport chaos that would follow a no deal brexit.
one such group are those living in the uk who depend upon medicines imported from europe.
it is the need to prevent this risk that has led members from across the house of commons and in this house bitterly to oppose a no deal brexit.
there is no mandate for a no deal brexit and no one voted to deny themselves or their neighbours crucial medicines.
that any government is even contemplating putting such vulnerable citizens deliberately at risk is a truly shocking situation.
mr president first i would like to thank this wonderful democratic institution for your support for the uk and your patience in backing a further extension of article.
there are large numbers of people whose health depends on the smooth and reliable importation of medicines which have a short shelf life and require refrigeration.
the risks are highest for the most vulnerable.
why does the system not work?
so at the end of the day if the capital includes proceeds from places which are not very clear we turn a blind eye. and the problem is that the system is as strong as the weakest link.
we hear about a lack of resources.
i would like to welcome this motion for a resolution and i would like to thank our colleagues in the brexit steering group for once again doing a great job.
michel barnier was referring to the political declaration and yes in the political declaration the eu and the uk have agreed on a broad future relationship with a free trade area police and judicial cooperation and close cooperation on foreign policy external security and defence.
it would be difficult for uk defence companies to participate in projects under the european defence fund. these are additional arguments dear colleagues from the far right why it is so important to avoid a no deal under all circumstances.
born in england raised in scotland i consider myself a child of two nations of two unions british and european.
europe is a family of nations and peoples and allowing the tories to wrench us out of this family will cause untold harm both to the uk and to our european friends and partners.
just as brexit will divide the european family of nations i fear it will be the death knell of the british family of nations.
as we saw in the windrush scandal our government knows a thing or two about cruelly splitting families and this is exactly what they plan to do again.
and at a time when the changes to the economy affect young people acutely it is folly to reduce our programmes to mitigate youth unemployment.
if they are to deliver these advances it is essential that we give them the tools to do the job.
yet the council's approach thus far is woefully incoherent indiscriminate flat rate reductions that fly in the face of its own priorities.
the union budget represents a small fraction of public spending overall but the big numbers it adds up to enable europe to respond to the big challenges and that's not limited by any border.
i firmly believe that it's not politicians but scientists and engineers who will enable the shift to a lowcarbon economy.
our investments in science and research are our tools and we should be sharpening them through this budget.
they exist also in other parts of the financial sector as well as the non financial sector.
group supervision was also largely deficient.
in addition we could consider conferring specific anti money laundering supervisory tasks on a union body.
here we proposed to engage with third countries on the basis of our preliminary assessments and to seek commitments from third countries to implement mitigating measures within one
we will in principle list countries which are listed by the financial action task force at
we addressed some of them in the report that the commission adopted on twenty four july on the state of implementation of the eu's anti money laundering framework.
weak supervision was an issue in some of the large scale money laundering scandals we saw.
we will also consider listing immediately those countries which present an overriding level of risks.
the way in which anti money laundering rules are applied in practice by all economic operators is of critical importance to the good functioning of the whole system.
the. same time the listing criteria of the directive also go beyond the fatf criteria in particular on transparency of beneficial ownership.
i would like to assure you that we will continue sharing the same goal of protecting the eu financial system from risks of money laundering posed by third countries.
the commission will maintain a regular political dialogue with parliament and the council in implementing the methodology.
with regard to the report on financial intelligence units the assessment confirmed that cooperation between financial intelligence units needs to be improved further including through a stronger mechanism at eu level to coordinate and support national financial intelligence units.
remains committed to delivering an updated list in line with the requirement of the directive.
the latter will become applicable as of january.
madam president money laundering hit the headlines in recent years and is at the centre of several key challenges europe is facing today. the commission is fully committed to safeguarding the eu financial system and its citizens from the harmful effects of the laundering of proceeds from criminal activities.
infringement proceedings have been opened against member states for incomplete transposition of the fourth directive and some of them are still ongoing.
we are closely checking both the conformity of the legislation and the way these rules are implemented in practice. while many shortcomings could be remedied through the implementation of the anti money laundering directive it seems that some structural issues will remain.
two thousand and twenty and the commission has watched member states closely on effective implementation of the rules.
protecting citizens from terrorism also requires a robust system to counter the financing of terrorism.
the revision of the anti money laundering rules the directive on criminal sanctions for money laundering the directive on cooperation between financial intelligence units and law enforcement authorities as well as the strengthening of the role of the european banking authority are all very important steps.
i intend to address the matter with finance ministers at the october ecofin council.
this is another area that should not be overlooked.
it will be for the next commission to decide on the next steps but the policy guidelines of the president designate are clear on this matter. we have to strengthen supervision and close loopholes. finally allow me to update you on the list of high risk third countries. the commission
we hope that this new approach will allow both co legislators to reach a common understanding with a view to adopting the eu list on high risk third countries.
for instance national banking supervisors must act decisively.
we also found cases where supervisors were critically understaffed failing to carry out on site inspections as frequently as they should have done or not taking appropriate measures when they found violations.
year. this will help ensure that deficiencies are effectively addressed.
i would like to reiterate that the commission will continue to carry out an autonomous assessment.
i believe these reports are a good basis for assessing what needs to be done in the future.
prudential supervisors did not sufficiently take into account money laundering concerns in their supervision of banks or in their suitability assessment of managers.
following the rejection of the delegated regulation by the council and the parliament resolution in march we have made strong efforts to take into account the views expressed by both parliament and the council.
are they serious?
how is the commission going to ensure we get tougher on this issue? we have to go further with the tools available to us and the legislation has to be implemented with vigour in all twenty eight member states.
we cannot simply wait for another big scandal. there are too many loopholes in our legislation that give opportunities to criminals and those who want to bend the rules.
there are many many more examples.
the commission is still prevaricating.
after all the final deal needs the approval not only of the british houses of parliament but of our european parliament as well.
noone has a greater interest in peace than the people of northern ireland and the british government.
remember that in the eu nothing is possible and everything is possible if there is political will.
everyone engaged in the process who genuinely seeks agreement must redouble their efforts to get a deal.
more than a million applicants have already been given settled status under the british scheme and there is lots of time for the rest to apply.
the british government wants a deal not any old deal but one that is acceptable to the british parliament and the british people and we need to get it over with quickly. so we must leave on thirty one october we should have left on twenty nine march then on twelve april now on thirty one october. what's the point of further delay?
so both the eu and the uk must apply some creative thinking to find alternative arrangements to the safety net as i much prefer to call it. i don't think the verhofstadt resolution by the way contributes anything useful at this stage.
the outstanding problem is of course the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland.
it is however based on parity of esteem between the two communities the two traditions in northern ireland. and please don't forget that the majority of people in northern ireland are unionists they're proud to be both northern irish and british and they wish to remain
we would like to see a brexit steering group that is truly democratic fully representative and a real source of wisdom and ideas not just repeating tired mantras.
the european union needs to adopt a similarly generous approach towards british nationals.
on eu citizens the british government has been very clear they are welcome to stay and it is committed to protecting their rights.
this requires goodwill and flexibility on both sides.
let's not lose the opportunity for that fresh and exciting partnership between the european union and the united kingdom to serve all our people well in the years ahead.
some of you may think that if we drag this out a bit more then there'll be a change of regime in britain maybe a change of heart but i believe this is total delusion. what sort of relationship do you want to see with britain in the future a positive one based on friendship and goodwill and mutual interest or one based on anger and bitterness and exclusion?
and colleagues i say to all of you who represent parties of government it's time to get cracking.
for all its failings we are committed to the belfast agreement the so called good friday agreement. this agreement by the way does not mention the border.
the work on contingency measures is in full swing and i particularly appreciate the commission's recent proposals to provide support to small and medium sized enterprises.
this move gives hope hope for an orderly withdrawal agreement or even for a second chance for them to remain as a part of the european union.
this should be done comprehensively. but above all i sincerely congratulate our colleagues in the british parliament on their determination to put their prime minister in his place.
we all together should take this chance and god save the united kingdom.
we cannot tell young people that we have less money to tackle youth unemployment as the council proposes to cut by eur one hundred and sixteen million the amounts allocated to preventing youth unemployment.
two thousand and twenty this has two particularities firstly it is the last year of the current mff and secondly it is the first year after the european elections.
secondly being the first year after the european elections means that we need to hear the voice of the people who were voting.
it means that we need to pay many bills and this is why my kind request to the council is we have to make sure that the union is equipped with enough resources that we are able to pay our bills.
there is no worse signal that we can give to the beneficiaries to the people to the cities to the villages to the smes of europe than being a union not capable of paying its bills.
we cannot tell young people that there is less money for tackling climate change because they care about the future of their planet.
the participation rate was higher than it was five years ago and young people went to vote.
in order truly to appreciate these freedoms and these opportunities we need to understand where they come from.
it is the largest and most tangible political legal economic and social project that defines our lives on a daily basis.
in the run up to and in the aftermath of the european elections there has been a lot of debate about what the european union is and what this concept means to our citizens.
this year we commemorate thirty years since the fall of the berlin wall and more than sixty years since the establishment of the very foundations of our common market and union. this union was built on the ashes that fell over our continent
in the year two thousand and nineteen forty five european remembrance projects were selected for financial support for a total amount of eur three million.
one of them was the diversity of memories in the european union.
these rights and freedoms were earned and imparted to us by the huge endeavours of a generation that witnessed at first hand the ravages of two catastrophic wars and suffered their dreadful consequences.
i will also increase the european union's potential to promote and protect rights in the european union and the european values by encouraging the engagement of all citizens in all aspects of their lives enabling them to participate in the construction and consolidation of an even closer europe and union.
the question is how can we reconcile differing memories how can we build on this diversity and make it an asset for strengthening the european union?
unfortunately these challenges become a pretext for populists and nationalists to gain more ground claiming that it is by closing ourselves off that we can overcome them.
the european union was not built on adulation on us against them or on the idea of the survival of the fittest.