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mr president one of the key points for the fisheries committee in giving an opinion on this important topic was to advocate that any further development of commercial fisheries in the arctic region must take place in compliance with international agreements relating to this area. the right to fish in fact the right to equal access to natural resources of the archipelago of spitsbergen is guaranteed by a non discrimination clause of the spitsbergen treaty which was signed by all major european countries.
unfortunately we are witnessing unjustified and gradual appropriation of fish resources in the area and preferential treatment of norway which is not respecting the provisions of international agreements.
this leads european fishermen to bankruptcy as well as allowing norway to disregard and disrespect the european union as a partner.
therefore it is imperative that we fully address this issue in this report.
in this context i have tabled an amendment and i ask colleagues to support it.
madam president there are polish interests in the arctic and therefore i express my disapproval of a drilling ban as well as the concept of selective engagement with russia.
just a couple of comments on that if i may.
we are also continuing to engage with arctic indigenous people and local communities. the next arctic stakeholder forum session and annual dialogue meeting will be organised in the context of the eu high level event on arctic policy which is being organised together with vice president mogherini in finland
in terms of international ocean governance and in particular the ongoing work on an international agreement to prevent unregulated fisheries in the central arctic ocean the commission hopes a deal on such an agreement might be reached in reykjavik as early as next week.
it creates mandatory provisions covering safety and pollution prevention measures that apply to ships navigating through polar waters and also includes guidance on implementation design construction environmental protection equipment training and operational matters.
we are making progress on environmental policies that will contribute to the protection of the arctic environment.
we have just allocated funding to a project to address the problem of black carbon in the arctic.
we will continue to call for the highest standards both of accident prevention and environmental control.
the soldiers' bodies were identified through dna a few weeks ago after they were killed thirty five years ago and thrown down a well in the occupied northern part of the island. this demonstrates the blatant violation of the geneva convention by the turkish army who were responsible for prisoners who surrendered to them.
it will give us the opportunity for example to put more funds into a new economic regeneration plan for europe.
we should not forget about it because this will give us great opportunities in the future.
it will give us the opportunity to look again at what our priorities are.
it will also perhaps give us the opportunity to put extra funding into the measures which come out of copenhagen at the end of this year. i believe that this parliament should not take its eye off the ball.
my fear is that many farmers will be penalised due to inaccurate equipment and that their single farm payments will be reduced.
one hundred the concessions that have already been made are helpful but are not enough.
mr president as a new member of this parliament i believe that one of the major issues facing farmers in wales and the rest of the uk is the proposed electronic identification of sheep which will come into effect on one january. two thousand and ten the fact is that the scanning equipment to be used is not accurate. my understanding is that it is only seventy nine accurate which will cause major problems for farmers throughout the uk.
the sensible way forward would be for eid to be introduced only on a voluntary basis from next january.
i urge the commission to rethink this policy and only bring it in on a voluntary basis.
in the worst case scenarios the reduction could be.
now as these farmers have been trying to compete in these unjust and illegal circumstances they had to take loans huge loans to be competitive.
he was arrested charged and convicted of a brutal attack on martin georgiev a bulgarian waiter in two thousand and five in less than eight weeks despite the lack of forensic evidence a flawed identification process and a signed confession to the attack by another man graham sankey.
but this is not the end of the process and i ask the president and the committee on petitions to continue to support michael's campaign for justice and to intervene with the bulgarian authorities immediately to review the dossier of evidence.
this is vital if we are to give every one of our citizens trust and confidence in judicial and police cooperation in europe.
mr president i wish to inform parliament that last week the uk justice minister gave michael shields my constituent a pardon and he was freed from prison having served four and a half years for a crime he did not commit. michael was given a pardon on the basis of evidence clearly showing that he was morally and technically innocent of the crime.
everything must be done so that the war lasts as long as possible in order that both sides become exhausted.
in northern ireland we have not forgotten the victims of our past and of terrorism and that is why i would ask this parliament to back the campaign for compensation from libya.
last week in the latest of a series of incidents a six hundred lb bomb was planted by dissident republicans and was discovered in south armagh.
those weapons took many lives and left others destroyed.
in my constituency of northern ireland we know the pain of terrorism.
mr president this parliament has united in recent times in the face of a global terrorist threat.
had it not been discovered multiple loss of life would have occurred.
yes we have witnessed a transformation in northern ireland in recent years but there are still those who would seek to cause bloodshed.
the eu is founded on misrepresentation deceit and lies.
and so the irish are forced to have yet another referendum so they can deliver the only answer that is acceptable to the european union which is yes'.
but whatever the result in ireland britain will one day leave the european union and restore its national independence.
the lisbon treaty is almost identical to the european constitution which was rejected outright by the french and the dutch.
i am proud to use my position of office to campaign for britain's unconditional withdrawal from the european union.
the british are denied a referendum by our contemptible government and political class precisely because they know that the result would be a resounding no'.
the european union is destroying democracy in its member states.
the lisbon treaty has already been rejected by the irish once but no' is always the wrong answer as far as the european union is concerned when it comes to further political integration.
less than one quarter of the materials and supplies needed by the people there are getting through the checkpoints just eighteen items in all.
israel is in effect keeping one and a half million people in a form of prison camp surrounded by walls patrolled by armed guards.
mr president six months ago the world was shocked by the death and destruction visited by israel upon gaza.
if he believes that such collective punishment cannot be acceptable he should speak out on behalf of the innocent.
now the cameras have gone away yet the economic siege continues.
mr president i ask you to convey to the president that he should visit gaza at the earliest opportunity to judge the situation for himself.
his family who are my constituents are convinced of his innocence.
at the beginning of this year i wrote to the minister of justice in athens raising the case.
i did not get a reply so in a one minute speech here in may in this hemicycle i raised the question.
immediately after i had spoken the greek permanent representation rushed to my office and promised me an immediate reply from the minister in person.
if the greek permanent representation is listening to us now in the hemicycle i would like to express my surprise and dismay that nothing has happened.
mr president personally i think that the time has come to make a shift in our approach to energy problems namely by gradually shifting the emphasis from energy security' that is trying to secure our current deliveries from volatile suppliers to secure energy' meaning the full exploitation of the energy sources firmly under eu control.
otherwise it will continue to be a collection of national actors each pursuing its own national interests and thus vulnerable to the divide and control tactics of ruthless external suppliers.
i have said time and time again that i want to see the limits as low and as strict as possible especially for the most liquid markets.
for me the most important parts of the level two framework are dealing with commodity derivatives.
two thousand and eighteen to be absolutely clear there will be no second delay.
we have been very clear over the last two years about what these concerns are.
in doing so we have been able to send a very clear message from this house about exactly what we expect from esme and the commission during these additional twelve months.
we want to know exactly how the delay is being used to make sure that on three january two thousand and eighteen the new improved financial services regime of method two comes into full effect.
we listened to esme and the commission when it came to their concerns about implementation;
but the commission did not take on board all of parliament's concerns.
partly because of the sense of scope and ambition it has proved difficult for the european securities and markets authority to set up all of the technical infrastructure needed for the legislation to go live on the original date of three january.
they aim to make markets more transparent offer better protection to consumers regulate new high frequency trading techniques and stop speculation in vital commodities like food and fuel.
we have been told that twelve months was the minimum delay needed.
that is why i am prepared to support the proposal to postpone the application of the new regime by twelve months.
mr president of all the pieces of legislation put in place after the two thousand and eight financial crisis the markets and financial instruments directive and regulation are some of the most wide ranging and most important.
as mr ferber said these pieces of legislation are incredibly ambitious in their scope.
if that is the case then every single day we will need to count in order to ensure that all is ready for the new golive date of three january;
all measures which sadly were not in place before the financial crisis and for which citizens across europe paid the price.
we will be looking very closely to make sure that it has done so by the time the draft come back to us for adoption or rejection.
the original esme proposals were not good enough and i am glad to see they were sent back by the commission.
first we expect regular updates and progress reports.
second we expect our concerns about some of the secondary legislation to be taken on board.
i would like to take this opportunity to thank marcus ferber the rapporteur and all the shadow rapporteurs for working so cooperatively together.
if they are not reflected in the final level two legislation then we have the right and the responsibility to reject what we have been sent.
they now need to show that they have listened to us when it comes to our concerns about secondary legislation.
it is in the secondary legislation that those limits will be defined.
it is unacceptable that speculators and financial markets can so manipulate the markets that they drive up the price of food for shoppers or damage the incomes of farmers. method two very clearly states that this kind of speculation must stop and so places limits on the size of position that any one player can hold at a given time.
mifid ii and mifir are two of the biggest pieces of financial services regulation that needed to be resolved post crisis.
hand in hand we need to see progress on the level two measures stemming from these taking into account the concerns that parliament has raised in particular the new regime in trading in commodity derivatives.
finally i expect the commission to set the detail of the new regime in the level two and not water down the ambitious agreement we have achieved at level.
that is why we have introduced new rules here. however it is regrettable that the issues around the it infrastructure make it necessary to postpone mifid and mifir by a year.
i expect clear and regular reporting on the progress towards the new implementation date of two thousand and eighteen and i would be deeply disappointed it we were not able to be ready by.
our aim was to protect the investors increase transparency and tackle speculation.
i echo what has already been said that the commission should not take this as a carte blanche.
our intention is to ensure that the financial traders in commodity markets do not drive up food and fuel prices which affect ordinary people not just in my constituency but across the whole of the eu.
this is extremely important legislation for a european union that is in recovery following the huge hit taken in the global recession. i welcome the move towards wellregulated and wellfunctioning financial markets in the eu. financial markets are vital for our economy and for generating the funds needed for growth and recovery to occur. this is clear. however these markets need to be well regulated as failure to do so can have detrimental effects on the economy. i particularly welcome legislation on improving investor protection. measures to prevent conflicts of interest and to improve transparency in this regard were long overdue and are much needed and i look forward to their implementation. new stringent requirements in communication and disclosure will contribute greatly to reducing dishonest practices and hopefully eliminate the possibilities for opportunistic intermediaries to exploit lessexperienced investors and consumers for personal financial gain. in a wider context this legislation will surely play a big part in stabilising our economy for the years ahead. it should help us to prevent speculative bubbles from occurring once again which would plunge us back into recession. i welcome these measures.
taken together i believe that these measures should make mifid ii more effective.
two thousand and eighteen i believe that this is a sensible way forward to ensure the smooth implementation of this legislation and to bring more transparency better consumer protection and more efficiency to markets in europe.
we are now working hard to get the majority of mifid ii's large number of level two measures adopted in june and i completely agree with mr ferber that we have to keep the pace up.
it ensures that the pre trade transparency regime continues to apply where it is needed without imposing unnecessary burdens where it is not.
sfts are not price forming and they will of course be regulated by the securities financing transactions regulation in the future and so increased transparency in this area would create new burdens but serve little purpose.
so we are agreed on the goal and if that is the goal to achieve it we need this legislation to be implemented properly in a way which gives legal certainty and which does not disrupt markets that provide investment to the wider economy and help businesses manage their risks.
it calls for data from hundreds of trading venues from some fifteen million financial instruments.
it responded to the g twenty agreement back in pittsburgh to reform derivatives and commodity markets to make those markets work better to make them more resilient to make them more stable and also of course to strengthen investor protection not only by ensuring that investors have the right information
i am particularly grateful to mr ferber and to the shadow rapporteurs on this file for having kept up the momentum and having dealt with it so effectively.
but also by introducing stronger rules to avoid conflicts of interest.
i very much agreed with what mr ferber said that this package is a key part of our financial reforms increasing the transparency of markets and improving their oversight.
given the scale of that challenge the complexity of the it systems that were needed the european securities and markets authority judged rightly in my view that more time was needed to get it right not to undermine the new framework but to make sure that it works properly when it kicks in.
this reform was always going to be an ambitious reform.
it was also right to exempt securities financing transactions from transparency obligations.
with the amendment on own account exemption we are acting to make sure that non financial companies do not fall unnecessarily within the scope of mifid ii and its administrative and capital requirements.
like mr ferber i am also glad that we have avoided revisiting the key aspects of the package that was agreed just two years ago but that we have got some technical amendments in this package which improve the quality of the rules. further clarification of the scope of the transparency requirements on package transactions was an issue raised by esma when they submitted their regulatory technical standards and here i think that parliament's amendment helps us get the balance right.
in a handful of areas we have asked esma to look again at their proposals reflecting issues that have also been raised by the european parliament.
member states will have to transpose the elements of mifid ii they are responsible for by three july.
two thousand and seventeen the industry would need to start complying from january.
on the important issue of position limits which a number of members raised where agricultural derivatives are concerned we want to make position limits more sensitive both for highly liquid markets and for less liquid markets.
esma as you know has come back with a revised proposal taking on board our ideas to make the limit regime more tailored to the underlying commodity type.
also for non financial companies we want to make sure that the scope of the rules is appropriate and that they do not apply to those using financial markets responsibly to hedge their risk or where their financial business is genuinely small relative to their core business.
i hate missing deadlines.
so we are looking again at some of the transparency requirements for bond and derivative markets.
i am very grateful for the support on this occasion and the common sense argument for having the delay in order to make sure that this extremely complex piece of legislation can be properly introduced is i think the right decision.
then we need to implement them. so far as the specifics are concerned we are working to get the majority of these level two measures adopted in june.
i hear very clearly the views that have been expressed.
but i am completely committed to making sure that we hit the deadlines that we set so they need to be realistic.
mr president let me start with the basic point about good regulation the principles of good regulation which are to set realistic deadlines and to hit them.
i understand that there are some in parliament who want to restrict excessive volatility and speculation in vital commodities via the position limit regime.
we welcome that and now the task is to assess the merits of its proposal balancing how the revised regime addresses excessive price movements in commodities whilst maintaining liquidity in the markets.
in terms of the question i was asked about the implementation of the level two measures yes i am determined to do that as fast as possible.
mr president the texts we are discussing relate to complex regulations developed in the past few years as a response to the demands and needs of financial markets in europe and elsewhere.
they provide us with an opportunity to reflect on the financial services sector to which they relate.
the globalised economic system in which we live and the europe which is being built need robust financial services to ensure that available resources are being effectively utilised.
here we are devising new methods that make financial services more geared to today's and tomorrow's needs.
just as importantly however we need new measures to ensure that the best practice in financial services is defined by professional behaviour which is committed to the highest ethical and social standards.
as i say i am not happy with the position that we have been put in but there is nothing more i could have done tonight to try to get through more questions. i did not allow supplementaries in an attempt to achieve more for you but i am sorry i have not been able to reach your question.
mrs icu i wanted to take your question but i also said that the time constraint was that we had to stop at quarter to the hour and we reached that before we reached your question.
colleagues i realise that there are some members who have come into the chamber since we started question time and will not be aware of the huge time constraint we have been under in order to try to make progress.
i therefore said at the beginning that i will not take any supplementaries except from those members who have put questions.
as the commission announced in its communication on the european platform against poverty and social exclusion it will report in two thousand and twelve on the implementation of the common principles on active inclusion focusing inter alia on the effectiveness of minimum income schemes.
the commission recommendation on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market and the epsco council conclusions of seventeen december two thousand and eight on common active inclusion principles to combat poverty more effectively both highlight the importance of access to adequate resources alongside quality services and inclusive labour markets.
the approach outlined in the recommendation has proved to be a step in the right direction especially during the economic crisis.
the commission believes that in addition to acting as automatic stabilisers minimum income schemes can play an important role in protecting the most vulnerable from the worst effects of the crisis by providing safety nets.
the recommendation calls on the member states in particular to recognise the individual's basic right to resources and social assistance sufficient to lead a life that is compatible with human dignity as part of a comprehensive consistent drive to combat social exclusion'.
but more needs to be done to fully implement active inclusion reforms.
i have been in here since the beginning of question time which was supposed to start at.
members have already left this chamber because i have told them i could not deal with their question or i could not deal with supplementary questions. it has been a difficult afternoon.
it continues to be a difficult evening.
we have a crisis in ireland;
it is one of the few avenues for people to ask questions of a commissioner.
having read the three questions twenty three from higgins twenty four from mitchell and twenty five from gallagher i can only assume that the commissioner would have grouped those three together and therefore can we not or have you the right to trespass on the next debate?
that instrument will be complemented by another instrument on the mutual recognition of criminal law protection measures.
it will ensure that victims receive the same minimum standards of treatment in all eu member states irrespective of their nationality or country of origin.
it is important that we ensure that victims have access to their rights and receive the support and protection they need.
firstly a horizontal directive on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings which will for example clearly establish the following enforceable rights easily accessible victim support services in all member states;