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i cannot guarantee you that we will succeed with that because a presidency has to listen to all the capitals and find candidates who can achieve a consensus among the twenty seven member states but i would very much welcome the candidacy of a woman;
you find out the reasons. you clarify these things by giving legal guarantees to the irish people on taxation on neutrality on certain ethical issues and also making a guarantee that all member states including ireland will have a commissioner when the new treaty comes into force.
i also sense a certain frustration in here about the timetable now.
is it democratic to let the irish people vote once again?
i just want to say that independently of who is in downing street next year britain needs europe and europe does need britain.
if you listen to the people you ask them why did you vote no'?
there are discussions going on with the european parliament with the commission in order to put everything in place that we need to do so that the treaty can enter into force very swiftly.
meanwhile the presidency is working of course.
we need to do
i can understand that and i share it but i want to assure the house that we move as swiftly as we can.
the timetable in prague is still a little bit unclear.
that. the lisbon treaty is an important tool for us to do
there are no official candidates from the council
be. but all those names mentioned are named in the media. i would very much welcome if one of those top jobs could go to a woman.
if it is the first case then it is a three three score draw.
we are told that lisbon is different from the constitution so which is it?
have we had the same referenda in six countries or have we had referenda in four countries on the constitution and referenda in two countries on lisbon?
package. then you change the statute of the high representative he becomes vice president of the commission.
so the same argument applies now to the nomination of the commission.
waiting; i am waiting because i want a global package a global package including the president of the
you can do exactly the same with the president of the council and then once the treaty is ratified you can formalise the whole
that was your argument.
it. that is the best way the best pressure that you can put on those other countries that have to sign formalise it because they know that we want to go
it is an independent democratic state.
it was supported by ninety five of the elected representatives in the irish parliament.
the parliament of the irish republic made a decision to hold a referendum;
i am happy to say that i called it correctly.
the nigel farage bombast it has to be said did add to the gaiety of the irish nation for a while but of course the contempt that he holds for irish democracy oozed from every pore of his body here today.
more importantly the irish electorate have overwhelmingly declared that our future is with europe that europe is good for ireland and that ireland has a positive contribution to make to the development of the union.
i am hopeful that all member states will have ratified the treaty within a short while and that the institutional and democratic and social reforms can be implemented without further delay.
the world needs a more effective union to ensure that we can vigorously pursue the objectives of sustainable development economically environmentally and socially.
they no longer need to be persuaded that we need global as well as domestic solutions to the problems we face.
what they want to see is the action to actually begin to deal with these crises.
they want tangible action not rhetoric. i do hope that we get a commission which is effective which is able and capable in particular of shaking off the dead economic ideology which has brought us to the brink of disaster in europe and indeed around the rest of the world.
i worked very hard to achieve that yes' and i would say that the irish people rose above national problems and other domestic issues and looked at the european question and the lisbon treaty and at the past and our associations with the european union and overwhelmingly said yes' to the european union and that is a fantastic result.
on the other hand commissioner wallstrm who very kindly came to ireland on a number of occasions will have picked up a strong undercurrent which i believe exists in all member states of people who are disconnected from what the european union is about.
i believe that we do not speak enough about the project about the european union about solidarity about what it really means;
we speak more of what we can get or what we give and what is wrong with a directive or what is bad about a regulation.
so in our politics we need perhaps to rise above some of those issues because when you are at the referendum stage as we were it involves explaining to people on the streets and in shops and in schools about what europe is how it works what i do what the commission does and that is a great exercise.
it really is a very powerful exercise to talk to people directly about the european union.
people in ireland know it better now than they did for the last while because we have engaged so well with them.
so i would urge us all here in this house to do more of that at home in our own countries and to avoid knocking the european union where it is not appropriate.
it did not happen.
it will never happen.
and can i say commissioner that if i am not here for the end of this debate it is not out of any disrespect to you or to the president or to the presidency;
they did more than anybody else selflessly to ensure that this campaign was carried and i want that acknowledged on the record here today.
the lisbon treaty process in ireland demonstrates that when we make the effort to bring people with us they are prepared to respond to leadership.
the european project remains the best hope for the people of europe and elsewhere for a peaceful and prosperous future.
we have to be as open and as inclusive as possible while explaining these benefits to them.
others were concerned about abortion being forced on a member state about neutrality about the loss of the commissioner and about the potential for the country to lose control over its own direct taxation policy.
the irish parliament through a special committee identified the concerns of the people following the first referendum and the government got guarantees on these matters from our partners and crucially the change in relation to the future composition of the commission.
from the high turnout and overwhelming yes' vote it is clear that the democratic will of the people was served.
mr president i support what you said about concerns among some of our peoples.
some people in ireland and elsewhere believe that the eu is becoming a cold place for christianity in particular and religion in general.
i have to say that i personally have experienced disrespect from people here who see themselves as fair minded and liberal but who are anything but that when it comes to trying to see things from the point of view of people who have religious belief.
i respect those who do not have religious belief but i fully expect them to reciprocate that respect.
i repeat unity in diversity.
the second irish referendum shows what can be achieved when we are truly inclusive.
i put these words out there for those who have ears to hear and for posterity.
and it is now up to others to decide and i hope they are given the space to make that decision.
i just hope that the high percentage that voted yes' in the republic of ireland do not live to regret it in the longer term.
there is now a very heavy burden and responsibility on the shoulders of those who wish and desire an even deeper centralisation of the decision making process here in brussels.
i urge them not to get so far in front of the people that the people have no idea where they are heading or what their destiny may ultimately be.
the fact is that the conservative party stands all on its own as a prospective party of government that is still opposing this great qualitative step forward in european integration.
too often ineffective union that fails to respond to public demand and to global challenges.
the truth is that if we slow down it is not because of the absence of the lisbon treaty which is only an alibi for it but because of the negative effects of the current crisis encouraging renationalisation of certain community policies and the centrifugal tendencies within the union.
the constitutional treaty had already been rejected by the electorates of france and the netherlands and the united kingdom was due to hold its referendum.
it is clear that the replacement of the constitutional treaty by the european reform treaty was carried out at the request of the british government to enable them to renege on their pledge to hold a referendum.
the substance would remain the same but the names and symbols would be changed as part of a thoroughly dishonest claim that the treaties were different and a referendum would not be necessary.
mr president the overwhelming irish yes' was not due only to a better understanding of the lisbon treaty but also to the understanding of the fact that true respect must be mutual and compassionate. our irish fellow citizens also realised that the european train does not wait indefinitely for those who miss their appointment with history.
the czech case is a different one.
the czech people signalled in an appropriate way its support for a more political and social more efficient and more democratic europe.
it is therefore not for us to show respect for the czech people but for the president of the czech republic to show respect for his people and its parliament.
a question of no longer than half a minute's duration' a question only where the speaker agrees and where the president is satisfied that this will not lead to a disruption of the debate.
it took the blood sweat and tears of public representatives athletes business groups farmers and trade unionists to secure a historic yes' vote.
the lisbon treaty verdict was a victory for truth over the damned lies and myths perpetrated in some cases by extremists on the no' side who tried to take advantage of people's genuine concerns.
all of us who support progressive politics and a progressive europe need collectively to provide citizens with a greater incentive to engage with our european institutions.
the commission's mandate lasts until the end of this month so we will inevitably have a period where the commission is a caretaker' commission.
that is why i think parliament took the right decision some time ago in already deciding on the president of the commission because that gives the president of the commission the authority the political authority to represent the commission in very important international obligations.
this is the treaty which gives you parliament more rights in terms of the formation of the commission itself.
for instance the high representative will be vice president of the commission and so you will vote on the high representative.
this is the question which has to be decided in the european council at the end of this month.
certainly we do not want i think it is in nobody's interests to have a commission that is without full legal competences.
i am sorry there will not be a president of europe'.
we have to respect the institutions.
it is very important to understand that all our decisions have to be taken in the framework of the current treaties. that is why i now believe that as soon as the czechs verify their situation we should move forward.
can we have a ruling one way or the other please?
can i please request that we delay this vote until.
this is a very delicate issue. there is a lot of confusion.
i know that the first stages of this budgetary procedure in particular the july conciliation took place in a very positive atmosphere and i hope we can build on this cooperation in the coming weeks.
rather than taking into account the specific situation of each agency the cuts with few exceptions have been general regardless of the stage of development or tasks of the agency concerned.
it cannot be combined with the environmental liability directive.
the international conventions prohibit any additional compensation claims being made using national or regional laws.
the general environmental liability directive defines environmental damage as a measurable adverse change' or impairment' of biodiversity land and water resources.
that is independent of any traditional damage such as damage to property economic loss or personal injury.
once an accident falls under the scope of the civil liability convention and the funds conventions compensation can only be claimed under the terms of these conventions.
to the environment caused by shipping accidents has also been reinforced.
madam president commissioner in your opening remarks you said that the priority is to abolish substandard shipping and in that regard i want to thank you for tackling an issue i raised with you about the a vessel in ireland and the associated risks for nine other ships that are probably sailing the seas at the moment.
what we are trying to put in place is a means of making people responsible for their actions when these damage the environment.
madam president i abstained on this report because whilst i fully agree that we should look into how we could step up cooperation to make the eu's common security and defence policy more efficient i think it is crucial both for the eu and my country that the uk is kept on board. yes the eu needs to add a bite to its bark on security and defence but when this happens outside nato or by duplicating actions
crucially we should be looking into where we can provide added value and do more with the few resources that we have.
it simply means wasting more money and getting less global clout in return.
i do however think that the report addresses a number of issues of major importance that should be addressed when the member states discuss the csdp in june.
already covered by nato i find it difficult to support this.
consider the example of non eu norway a nation of five million people whose diplomats have nonetheless been active on almost every continent and archipelago.
they negotiated the peace deal between sudan and south sudan the oslo accords between israel and the palestinians.
a lot can and should be done to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of csdp missions by looking into how member states can pool and share resources capabilities and assets which would in turn allow us to have the faster more flexible csdp missions that are needed to underpin a strong and effective foreign policy.
better resource management however crucially means that we should look into how we can be complementary to what is already being done elsewhere such as nato rather than duplicating it.
madam president i could not agree more that we need to thoroughly rethink our common security and defence policy especially when it comes to resource management.
madam president i abstained on this report given that i have concerns over the effectiveness of measures proposed in it for the eu common security and defence policy which are similar to the ones i have already expressed in other reports.
but i do want to underscore that it raises a number of critical issues that i would like to see thoroughly addressed when the eu heads of government meet during the june summit on defence.
as a result we are collectively far behind the curve on making strategic use of cyberspace to defend the rights and interests of our citizens on the global scene.
but under the guise of this policy of implementing a common security and defence policy today this chamber voted on financing for an eu army they voted on financing eu military research it voted on tax incentives for companies providing finance and support for eu defence and it also voted for the ability for the eu to initiate its own drone killings.
today this chamber has turned the eu into a dark and dangerous place.
we have no way of properly challenging a speaker;
and those who actually believe in the structures and institutions of this place should surely welcome that. i think my sixty seconds is up!
volkswagen has made it clear that the current system in which car makers pay national testing organisations and choose themselves where they have their models tested simply is not working.
in this context i also want to say a couple of words about the volkswagen diesel emission scam which is simply outrageous precisely because of the detrimental impact on people's health.
to end this situation in which our citizens are paying with their lives for the criminal behaviour of large corporates that seek profits at any price we need the commission to establish an independent eu type approval authority.
anyone who voted for this legislation and anyone who votes for other legislation like it should explain to the people who have lost their jobs why they are in this position and why they did it.
mr president i was the rapporteur that introduced this particular rule into the rules of procedure many years ago.
mr czarnecki was prevented from defending himself in the plenary which is most irregular and now we have this discounting of abstentions which is also irregular to say the least.
we recognise the progress tunisians have made in recent weeks and the commission will be very supportive of tunisia to help to deliver the action plan agreed between tunisia and the financial action task force in december. we are in close and intense contact with our tunisian friends in this regard.
the commission stands ready to provide support so that tunisia removes the remaining deficiencies swiftly.
once we see the work done we will initiate the delisting process with the aim of tunisia being delisted by the financial action task force and subsequently by the eu.
i am convinced that at the end of this process tunisia will serve as a benchmark for other countries and i praise its efforts and engagement.
the eu must act in line with its historic heritage and formulate a clear policy and plan of action to stop and prevent genocide and mass atrocities around the world.
we must use this terrible history as a platform for intercultural dialogue and exchange.
that vision of solidarity was the foundation for the european union.
as we mark europe day we are sadly once again seeing mass atrocities genocide and war crimes taking place on our borders with xenophobia and racism on the rise across europe.
i have been engaged with the european grassroots antiracist movement joining a network of parliamentarians working to raise awareness and commemorate genocides in rwanda bosnia and armenia so that we can learn the lessons of the past.
mr president last year i warned this parliament about the dangers to children who are being swept onto the shores of europe in the migrant crisis. i warned about the thousands of boys and girls who were disappearing taken by traffickers across a europe without frontiers.
five thousand have disappeared italy alone.
the sex traffickers the men who supply the paedophiles have accepted that invitation.
one thousand are unaccounted for in sweden. europol's chief of staff has said we just do not know where they are what they are doing or who they are with'.
now the numbers of lost children have multiplied and interpol has warned in january this year that ten zero children have vanished.
mr president this is an important time for the development of postal and delivery services across europe.
one five million jobs in the eu are provided by postal and delivery services. we want the sector to thrive through long term investment and the creation of quality and sustainable jobs not through increasingly precarious employment arrangements.
i and many members of the european parliament more than fifty also support the keep me posted campaign to ensure that people can make proper decisions about how they receive key information affecting their lives.
contrary to what we are told by eurosceptics these rules do not require privatisation of our postal sector and let us not forget how significant our mail is for jobs and also in terms of new technology and internet based economic activity.
i hope that we will be able to give you some more details on what to expect in the third mobility package even if the adoption of the delegated regulation is only foreseen for the end of this year.
both are indeed required in order to make cits reliable safe and secure.
i am very pleased to hear and read that this house agrees with me that this is an area calling for eu leadership.
i am therefore proud to announce that the c roads family is now expanding to sixteen member states and three third party countries including australia.
the report stresses that the cits communication approach needs to be technology neutral based on hybrid communication and interoperable.
as i said in the beginning rapid deployment is of the essence.
is the first milestone towards cooperative connected and autonomous mobility. and cooperative connected an autonomous mobility and here is yet another abbreviation ccam as we call it is one of the priorities of the third mobility package that is coming out on two may this year.
two thousand and nineteen we must therefore build on existing technologies and provide investment security to the early adapters. new technologies such as five g and satellite will become part of the hybrid communication mix as they become available.
but if they are used to provide the same day one services they must be deployed in a way that is compatible otherwise the services wouldn't work properly any more and most importantly we wouldn't reach our objective of making our transport system safer.
let me pick up on a number of issues in the report that that are of particular importance for our current and future work.
our cooperation with the member states within c roads is indeed instrumental in ensuring that c its services are harmonised across borders.
repression is continuing.
this policy change represents a breach of european rules on state aid and competition in the banking sector.
the greek workers should build a movement for an indefinite general strike and workplace occupations to bring down the government and kick out the troika and for a government of workers and poor where the economy can be democratically planned to meet the needs of ordinary people not the bankers.
an unelected banker and a coalition government that commands the support of only thirty of the population are imposing brutal savagery on the greek people.
the very poorest are now in the crosshairs of the troika' with the monthly minimum wage cut to eur four hundred and thirty for young people and eur six hundred for others all of this so that the vampire bondholders can continue to feast on the blood of the people.
modern greece is the graveyard of any semblance of real genuine democracy and the site of the resurrection of colonialism within europe.
in this context it would be remiss of me not to raise the recent decision by my government to withdraw ireland's resident ambassador to the holy see where we have had a presence since.
what members may not know is that the northern part of cyprus the turkish occupied part is the last place in europe where it is a criminal offence to be homosexual.
recent reports suggest that two men have been arrested for what is described as sexual intercourse against the order of nature'.
no one should be persecuted or victimised for their sexual orientation. i met with the leader of the turkish cypriot community and i called on him to repeal the statute.
we have recently seen the introduction of a new law which bans the so called promotion of homosexuality'.
however i would maintain that what is wrong is the promotion of intolerance and discrimination precisely what these repressive laws set out to achieve.
now they are being introduced in st petersburg and moscow.
the federal parliament is also considering doing exactly the same. some say that people are not affected by this but three activists have already been fined under these laws. but what does promotion of homosexuality' mean?
intellectual property rights have to be protected but acta like so much legislation that comes from this place favours the interest of big business over small business and individuals.