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critics also worry that the system may be used to monitor citizens with particular political views with information garnered liable to be mishandled for political ends. with an increasing number of states joining the acquis the risk is heightened.
the schengen area is an achievement of the european union; we can be extremely proud of it.
the uk has been a net beneficiary of the former fp seven programme and i very much hope that this will continue to be the case during the lifetime of horizon.
two thousand and twenty london my constituency is home to many leading internationally known universities and it is these institutions which need this continued successful funding.
for these reasons i fully endorse the necessity of integrating the principle of special and differential treatment throughout the process and increasing its precision and efficiency and reiterating support for the everything but arms initiative.
mr president although the twelve years of the doha trade talks have been marked by the repeated collapse of negotiations and allegations of bad faith the development agenda is still the best current hope we have in promoting multilateral free and fair trade across the world and in reducing the many non tariff barriers placed in its path. we in the eu the world's most successful trading bloc know how the abolition of tariffs and quotas can increase prosperity for all but we also know that this cannot be achieved without extremely careful deliberation and clearly targeted reforms which take into account the needs of all countries and not simply the richest.
i am also pleased that as part of the process the ecr my group has been able to enforce its message of encouraging a reduction in bureaucracy and bringing results to our wider campaign to cut burdensome and unnecessary red tape.
mr president in concluding the creutzmann report the eu has been able to provide an improved programme to replace the previous competiveness and innovation framework.
indeed this aim will provide one of the five fundamental indicators for the achievement of the programme's objectives.
given that funding for university and public research centres is a lifeline at a time of economic crisis it is unfair that large companies will now receive a larger slice of the funding. furthermore i would have preferred to see a much more explicit mention of the new eu guidelines for preventing funding going to israeli companies with activities in the occupied territories of palestine.
since the foundation of the state that this neutrality would be recognised and respected and that there would be no effort to coerce us to be part of anything greater.
neutrality has served us well particularly in relation to being able to send peace missions through our defence forces across the world where they have had great acceptability because we were a neutral country.
that point should not be lost. having said that we recognise the subsidiarity rules.
this is vital for small theatres across europe.
madam president i am moving this oral amendment so that parliament has the opportunity to express its support for the current exemption for stage lighting from the ecodesign regulations.
and yes of course we have to deal with the root causes but let us accept that our own failure in being able to help do so means that we have an obligation to help.
some children are dying of hypothermia as a result of inadequate winter shelter.
mr president if the international community has not the political will to address the root causes of the conflict in palestine namely the occupation of palestine the blockade of gaza israel's ongoing violation of international and humanitarian law if indeed the collective political will is not there to resolve this mess
fine words yet some meps act as spectators too or worse defenders of unacceptable breaches of such international and humanitarian law.
so let us give them the funding that they need to help the palestinian refugees.
so far unrwa has received one hundred and thirty five million leaving a shortfall of usd five hundred and eighty five million.
ninety six thousand palestinian homes were destroyed or damaged during the last onslaught on gaza.
in the overpopulated open prison of gaza people are sleeping among the rubble.
then at the very least we should stop taking it out on the most vulnerable people in gaza. for months in this chamber i have heard mep after mep defending human rights and international law.
there is one indisputable fact when palestinians are silent they are forgotten by many but thankfully not by unrwa whose twelve five hundred staff work tirelessly on all our behalf.
the aim of our support to the agency's regular budget is to sustain the delivery of essential public services to the refugees.
allow me to recall that along with its member states the european union remains the largest and most predictable donor to the agency.
in combination with contributions from eu member states the overall contribution in two thousand and fourteen accounted for thirty four of the total support to unrwa. let me also stress that the european union has always been very quick
i am particularly impressed by how the agency has been performing under increasingly difficult circumstances in particular in gaza during and after the recent war as well as in syria with severe consequences in lebanon and jordan.
two thousand and fourteen this additional allocation has allowed the agency firstly to support children returning to school after the conflict and to provide basic food to over eight hundred zero refugees eur seven million from the european neighbourhood instrument has been provided for that;
the european union strongly calls on all donors to fulfil the pledges announced at the cairo conference on gaza reconstruction in order to meet the immediate needs of the most vulnerable households in gaza.
this money will cover cash assistance for improving shelter conditions for the most vulnerable households and providing household items which were lost during last year's hostilities.
once again thank you for your political backing by adopting tomorrow a strong resolution on this issue and i can once again reassure you that we will also take this into account in other areas in our relations and negotiations with norway in the future.
according to figures for the first five months of two thousand and thirteen the export of cheese from the eu to norway has actually increased by.
we are considering what can be done bilaterally and will also take this into account in other areas of our relations with norway.
we consider that the measures taken by norway are protectionist in nature and are not the type of action one would expect from our friends and neighbours.
they went on to say that in two thousand and fourteen they would hold a review of the conditions of trade with a view to exploring further possible concessions. that was an agreement commissioner and both parties agreed at the time which was mutually beneficial'.
i would urge and encourage the commission to take action to curb these duties before a formal review takes place in.
the facts are today that trade in agricultural products makes up a mere.
two thousand and twelve in that agreement both parties committed to continue in the spirit of article nineteen of the eea agreement. i remind you that under that agreement both parties committed to continue efforts to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade.
it is also incomprehensible that a country that avoided the negative effects of the economic crisis would want to introduce such measures.
this is unacceptable since norway is a country with which the eu has very close economic and political relations.
by focusing on fifty zero of the most vulnerable children helping through education and vocational training and equipping them with skills which can lift them out of poverty it is hoped that this will help keep those children safe from trafficking.
one two million people are trafficked every year globally and it is estimated that twenty seven to thirty five million people worldwide are trapped in a life of slavery.
in conclusion a child is trafficked every thirty seconds.
human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world;
well tell that to two hundred and twenty of my constituents who lost their jobs when tilbury power station closed in.
in may you will be judged by your actions because ukip is standing up for working people in the united kingdom.
madam president in order to force the irish people to pay forty three of the european banking crisis dublin governments have introduced several new stealth charges and taxes that have caused devastation and hardship to many families.
that under pressure the irish government has now introduced temporary caps proves that the charge has absolutely nothing to do with water conservation but is just another attack on irish families.
they have been unfair and have deliberately targeted those on lower incomes disproportionately.
the irish people are sending a very clear message that they have had enough.
the irish government has called it a water charge but the irish people see it for what it is another tax which if introduced would put many families over the edge and would further hamper domestic economies.
the shocking reports that a thousand rohingya boat people over a twelve day period who instead of being brought to safety by the thai authorities who discovered them were instead towed into international waters without navigational equipment food and water and left to fend for themselves sickens anyone with an iota of human decency.
thailand must also take responsibility.
the problems of abuse at the hands of thai officials must be seriously addressed.
many of these people are sold as slaves the women and children are forced into sexual slavery and the men are sold as forced labour onto fishing vessels. some of this fish may even enter the eu market.
the thai prime minister must act.
it is no wonder that many attempt to leave burma as they have no other option.
only yesterday an article in the guardian highlighted other incidents. the latest case involved two hundred and twenty men who were discovered in an open craft by fishermen. these refugees claimed they were detained by thai authorities on a remote island for two months and that they were beaten before being forced onto boats and left to their fate. the abuse and lack of international coordinated action to help the rohingya must be addressed.
as an ethnic minority the rohingya people are systematically denied civil rights that most of the rest of the world take for granted the right to marry the right to move freely the right to citizenship of the country they live in and the right to a proper education.
we in this house are well aware of the plight of the people of burma generally but since the riots by buddhist monks of two thousand and seven that country has rather faded somewhat from the public consciousness.
in contrast we can expect very little from the brutal burmese military leaders impervious as they have been to our many pleas for years.
the rohingya people have suffered double discrimination for years.
the brutality of the military junta stands in stark contrast to the action of thailand which has only partially in my view discharged its responsibility for the rohingya refugees as it unfortunately alleges that most of them are purely economic refugees which i believe to be highly unlikely and tried sending them back.
the appalling fate of the little known about rohingya people especially those fleeing by boat as refugees that are the subject of this resolution has renewed our attention on the despotic regime in burma a country so rich in human potential otherwise.
as muslims they are being denied the right to practise their faith freely a right that we in the eu recognise as fundamental and their mosques have been damaged and desecrated.
in praising our own progressive achievements in the field of human rights we in the eu can tend to lose sight of the fact that many people in the world lack even these basic entitlements.
the commission welcomes the government's intention to allow the office of the un high commissioner for refugees access to the boat people.
more than one million myanmar citizens constitute an important part of the workforce in thailand in the agricultural sector in textiles and in the tourism sector. the rohingya boat people trapped in thailand are part of the multi faceted
political humanitarian economic and social solution.
recent political uncertainties in thailand interrupted the dialogue with the government on this issue but that is temporary.
in conclusion a sustainable solution cannot be the result of short term security considerations but must take into account long term humanitarian political and socio economic concerns.
the commission encourages the thai government to seek regional cooperation involving also the un high commissioner for refugees as the rohingya issue and the other displacement issues mentioned earlier need a comprehensive response.
thus the commission expects that the eu's initiative vis vis the government will result in a constructive approach.
the commission is conducting an intensive debate with the international community and the thai government in a search for possible solutions.
forced or voluntary emigration from myanmar. moreover thailand has other refugee issues to settle as well such as the hmong people from laos. the complexity of these issues requires a comprehensive
it welcomed the thai government's intention to investigate the incidents fully and to share its findings and urged the thai government to treat boat people arriving in thai waters according to international humanitarian and human rights standards.
for thailand the survivors' accounts are damning to say the least.
the prime minister to his credit has promised a full investigation but we need to support him in acting independently of his army and following the international norms of human behaviour.
women ought to be adequately represented in all political economic and social bodies in the agriculture sector so that decision making processes are informed by both male and female perspectives.
i welcome paragraph four about the importance of an adequate budget for agriculture in general and paragraph ten about new technologies in rural areas and the need to widen the access to broadband.
it is a compliment to her work that there are no amendments tabled to this important report.
i would ask you to bring that message to the commission.
i worry that some farmers are trying to second guess the outcome of those reforms and that they may be taking on additional costs which will be a burden to them.
not many people realise that forty two of those engaged regularly in agriculture are women and that three out of every ten holdings in the eu are managed by women.
these services should include such things as healthcare and care services education leisure transport and broadband. it is crucial that all services are not just market oriented.
it is also important for women's entrepreneurial skills to be facilitated and across the board for women to be involved in decision making at local and regional level in farm organisations and indeed in all decision making bodies.
in order for women and families to remain in the countryside and make their contribution to achieving the objectives of the eu two thousand and twenty strategy through agriculture there must be a range of services and facilities for normal everyday life.
there also needs to be proper social insurance for women working in agriculture so that their future and their pensions can be guaranteed.
the rural development regulation provides for support in a number of areas which are important for women in rural areas.
the setting up and development of micro enterprises adding value to agricultural projects and seeking sales outlets for them are only a few examples.
the rural development policy also foresees possibilities to help men and women to balance family and professional life. for example under the basic services measure social facilities like day care centres for children or elderly people can be supported. in addition local transport services and small scale infrastructure are eligible for support. the situation in rural areas is very diverse across member states including
as regards possibilities and requirements for women.
member states and regions have to carefully analyse the situation and design tailor made measures linked to local conditions taking account of the specific problems women face.
in addition member states can use financial engineering to set up guarantee funds in order to help women to get access to credit.
women should also play an important role in the leader programme where they should bring in their specific interests and their specific potential in order to mobilise the development potential of an area.
the commission agrees that it would be useful to have more data on the situation of women.
however especially in the light of member states' call for simplification it would prove difficult to convince them of additional reporting burdens. but for those data for which it is possible statistics should be presented and analysed broken down by gender.
the commission will include where available data on women in its progress report on the implementation of the strategic guidelines for rural development. one very important factor in taking women forward in agriculture and rural areas is the exchange of experience.
in this context i would like to draw your attention to the european network for rural development and its constituent national networks.
they can be used to learn from each other's best practices and it would be desirable if more women's associations made use of these existing networks in order to connect women in different rural areas with each other.
it is clear that europe has to act to tackle the disappearance of migrant children with every possible means and as soon as possible. i believe the commission should inform us when it is going to present a comprehensive strategy to protect all children in migration as announced last may in the european agenda on migration and how it
the eu schengen area and open borders policy has helped to create an immigration and asylum racket get the children in first and then the families can follow.
in two thousand and fifteen eighty five four hundred and eighty two unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in the eu which was three times the two thousand and fourteen figure.
are we to believe these children were sent abroad unaccompanied?
are we to believe that in a single year eighty five zero minors made their own decision to make their way to europe entirely on their own?
now it seems that thousands of these children have gone missing their fate unknown.
they were trafficked by criminal gangs but someone had to pay the gang first and presumably that was their parents or families.
mr president the united nations refugee agency estimates that thirty five of migrants entering the european union since january two thousand and sixteen were children.
so we really do need to make our system start working.
it is no surprise that kids will believe smugglers' promises to reunite them with family when we see the reality of what many of those minors currently face and the lack of information they get. we only have to look at the scandal of calais in terms of child protection children identified there by civil society organisations
we know that we need governments to step up and indeed to step in to help those countries under particular pressure.
so i think we need to think seriously about how we improve that. but we do need as others have said a system that works in reality.
not the authorities a supreme court judgment to remind the british government of their obligations a totally inadequate system of cooperation and transfer between france and the uk and still poor delivery even now. the french are closing the centres that they took unaccompanied minors to and the british government thinks it has done its job although there are still at least one zero who have potentially the legal right to be there under dublin.
the schengen information system constitutes the only europe wide information exchange on missing persons in general.
it is our duty to protect children. we need to focus on prevention the quality of care and protection. we must reinforce our fight against the criminals mobilise and inform public opinion and put pressure on member
additional funding is also available under the rights equality and citizenship programme to improve child protection in migration.
they offer capacity building activities and collaborate with public security departments for investigations on smuggling and trafficking.
for instance we suggest having a new type of preventive alert for missing unaccompanied children to be issued in cases when a child is particularly at risk. better use must also be made of the existing missing children' hotline.
in greece the commission is actively supporting the appointment of a child protection officer in each hotspot.
if children go missing they have to be found and they have to be found fast.
children in migration need to be protected assisted and offered durable solutions at all stages of migration.
this challenge is becoming even more pressing given that in two thousand and sixteen children represented twenty six of the arrivals by sea.
the commission is working on concrete and comprehensive actions to ensure the protection of children in migration.
the migration crisis has been exploited by ruthless criminal networks involved in trafficking in human beings to target the most vulnerable in particular women and children.
for this system to be useful missing children must be reported to the police and other relevant responsible authorities.
it is a question of political will. we are dealing with human beings and the most vulnerable of human beings children. we should not be lecturing other countries about human rights whilst we let this happen on our own continent. beyond the issues of relocation and procedure we must have put in place mechanisms to support and heal children who very often experience immense suffering and trauma often resulting in serious mental health issues. this must be done by taking into account the special needs of children with disabilities and young women and girls and we must also give these children access to education.
it is not a question of money.
i can assure you that the commission is working on concrete and comprehensive actions to protect children in migration and offer them a future.
tomorrow the commission will adopt a package of reports that show that all actions are interlinked.
eligible in greece and in italy should be relocated before september.
let me stress that the european legislation requires member states to place minor migrants only in specialised detention centres that are adapted for migrants so that they have access to leisure activities.
sometimes as i said before this is for their own protection because let us be clear the reality out there on the ground is not ideal.
it is happening today in europe. we are far away from a zero tolerance policy against traffickers and smugglers. with the intergroup on children's rights in this parliament together with missing children europe we have been at the forefront in putting this emergency at the top of the eu agenda.
we call on the police to prioritise missing children without double standards between european and migrant children. we need effective rules for cross border cooperation and increased cooperation with europol filling the existing gaps.
we need to allocate more resources to hotlines to help report disappearances and build trust with migrant children to prevent them from running away to make sure children remain in the protection system and to provide them with a safe environment and decent living standards. children must be registered when entering the european union and i support the commissioner's
europe should mean safety for them.
it will not be acceptable if it is perceived to be in the interests of one two three four or five economically powerful states.