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we have to educate communities that violence such as fgm is not part of their cultural heritage but a form of direct violence on young girls and women.
rape domestic violence fgm psychological abuse and war crimes against women are all forms of violence which destroy lives well after the physical scars have healed.
only by strengthening people's resolve against all forms of violence by highlighting it as unacceptable in a civilised society and by supporting that resolve by member state driven legislation can we hope to win this battle.
in britain you do not have only muslim people it is a multicultural society and i am sure that you will be able to provide us with figures that crimes against girls and women are not committed only by muslim people.
when you have a religion which says that a woman's rights in court are half those of a man when you have a religion which says that a woman who is raped can be stoned to death for adultery unless she can produce four male witnesses to prove she is innocent then of course that creates a mentality within that community which is fundamentally anti women.
documents and this commitment actually working.
as an integral part of the usual process of domestic violence the man takes the family to a french polynesian island called bora bora with a promise that they will have a last try
this obviously means that the woman is also taken hostage along with the child.
the commission is in favour of extending the mandate of the agency to ensure that it can also provide its expertise in the areas of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation.
with this in mind in spring two thousand and eleven the commission will publish its first annual report on the application of the charter.
we now have a legally binding charter which is part of the eu's primary legislation.
the commission already takes into account the un convention on the rights of the child when it prepares new proposals which can affect children.
she is absolutely right.
each institution therefore needs to think about how to ensure that amendments to legislative proposals are properly assessed. i welcome the call in the report for improved cooperation among the institutions.
it highlights in particular how important it is for the european parliament and for the council to pay attention to compliance with the charter throughout the legislative process.
i would like to reiterate in this house that i will not shy away from starting infringement proceedings whenever necessary.
and we must lead by example in particular when we legislate.
the commission has enforced a systematic assessment of the fundamental rights impact of new legislative proposals through a fundamental rights checklist to be used by all commission departments.
what we need to do now is to put the charter into practice.
the agency to contribute to the work of the roma task force.
if we really want to be taken seriously we must not turn a blind eye to human rights violations on our own soil. this resolution for which i want to congratulate our rapporteur ms gl focuses on the way forward for eu policy in the field of human rights protection and advancement after the entry into force of the lisbon treaty.
it deals not only with who bears responsibility for what but also focuses on the topics that should be at the centre of our concern in the future.
to start the infringement procedure. i believe such a mechanism will bring added value in creating a more credible fundamental rights policy within the european union.
we need to keep our commitment to ensure good collaboration between the institutions as good as it has been in the past within this new institutional framework.
as spending programmes reach cruising speed increased payment levels for activities under the heading competitiveness for growth and employment that is.
its innovative abilities are a key resource for the development and growth of the european union.
the commission will continue to do its utmost to help to pave the way for a successful outcome to this budget procedure.
let me reiterate that the commission remains committed to maintaining administrative efficiency and in line with previous commitments the commission will not request any new posts.
this will help our dialogue and ultimately allow for the best implementation of projects which will be adopted at the final stage.
sixteen nine prove that these policies are implemented vigorously to accelerate the recovery process.
our dialogue this year will go well beyond the two thousand and eleven budget as important political initiatives with far reaching budgetary consequences are being discussed.
it is important to recall that the draft budget for two thousand and eleven has been drawn up in a context of tight expenditure ceilings and national finances under severe pressure. against such a difficult background the commission has proposed a draft budget which responds to the political requirements with a justified and reasoned increase.
so he simply had to be there today.
good budgetary implementation remains also essential and in particular the implementation of the structural and cohesion funds.
but let us not forget that one of the major components for this year is the implementation of the lisbon treaty in budgetary matters.
i therefore replace him and i will of course transmit to him the comments which you express in this first debate on the commission's presented draft budget and the forthcoming trilogue which precedes council's reading.
it wants to underline that such commitment goes beyond the establishment plan and also applies to external personnel for which the commission is even proposing a reduction.
every year the commission provides full information on administrative expenditure; it is ready to discuss with the budgetary authority any alternative presentation to ensure transparency on this expenditure. let me finish by thanking the rapporteur for making available at such an early stage an indicative list of new pilot projects and preparatory actions ahead of parliament's reading.
the commission has presented a draft budget which respects the financial framework and is based on sound estimates.
i am confident that at the forthcoming trilogue we will have the opportunity to advance in a constructive way as in previous years.
he is unfortunately constrained by the annual meeting of the commission with the court of auditors where he takes an active part in presenting the recently adopted triennial revision of the financial regulation;
i would like to make a call on this house to support our proposal and particularly the increase in payment appropriations since it constitutes a tangible contribution to delivering implementation on the ground and to supporting european economies.
i want to thank the budget rapporteur for her work and for her commitment to keeping her colleagues informed at every stage of the process.
it is important to mention in this budget debate the difficult situation around agriculture payments as we look beyond.
market support measures are vital when we have a crisis and that is why i stress my concerns that you need to be cautious about how the markets emerge in terms of agriculture.
as you know there is much pressure on farmers and the rural community.
two thousand and eleven it is good that there will be no financial discipline required next year and indeed i hope that position prevails although it will be tight in.
a simple message to the commission is that agriculture is vulnerable and it is important for food security for environmental protection and because it is the very heart of the european union.
there are some concerns around agriculture.
i can assure you that the commission would like to work very closely with the european parliament to ensure that the money that we get is spent as well as possible.
i am very glad to be able to say that the commission's fast start money will be one hundred new and additional.
it was mentioned that the money will have to be spent wisely.
those who believe they have a right to get salary increases while their counterparts in the member states are suffering reductions or losing jobs are wrong.
looking to increase the budget with the argument that we are investing in programmes to get europe out of the crisis is not honest even less so when we look at the results of the programmes on which the eu has spent taxpayers' money in the last decades.
those who believe we can continue to spend more and more at european union level without anybody noticing are wrong.
would we be in such a crisis if the eu had spent the money efficiently?
this year make sure that there is no unessential spending hold back from unaffordable increases and return savings to our member states.
we must approach our own with the same sense of responsibility and realism.
european institutions like this one must not be immune to our citizens' pain.
mr president we remain in an unprecedented economic crisis and across europe ordinary people feel the pain.
it is vital that we recognise what our member states are doing to control their own budgets.
twenty three million residents are unemployed and those lucky enough to have jobs know that they will work for longer earn less and pay more in taxes to repay unsustainable public debts.
we were voted and elected to listen to the people.
last week the dutch people went to the polls and voted for austerity and the french are debating raising their retirement age.
the current economic crisis has hit the developing countries hard and harder than the countries in the developed world even though they are not responsible for the causes of this crisis.
the same applies to climate change developing countries have little to do with the causes of climate change but they are suffering the most from its effects.
it is therefore of great importance that the eu makes sure that money meant for development goals actually serves this purpose and this purpose alone.
first of all it means that the budget aimed at supporting developing countries in their fight against the effects of climate change should be additional money.
the fast start' climate finance package should not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes.
secondly i support the principle of financial assistance to the main acp banana producing countries. however this should not be financed via the margins and i strongly oppose the draft proposal by the commission in which funds from the development cooperation instruments are redeployed for this assistance.
as the rapporteur noted the finnish presidency regularly informed the european parliament about the article seven procedure regarding hungary.
let me reiterate our intention to continue with this practice.
the presidency will pay particular attention to the views expressed here today during this debate.
we do recognise the problems and because we recognise the problems we're trying to find solutions and the problems as mr verhofstadt has said and also ms o'brien and others lie in all the challenges we face with migration with our social standards and so on.
that is why we need this conference to go into the future.
the second question about the national interest.
there is no doubt that all these changes are in complete violation of the rule of law and i am sorry to say that the actions undertaken by the civil society so far the protests of judges and the triggering of the procedure under article seven have all been insufficient.
mr president last weekend judges from over twenty european countries gathered in warsaw to support their polish colleagues in their fight to protect the independence of the judiciary and they were supported by many polish citizens who demand european action.
there are no recommendations to the polish government no regular hearings and no legal steps taken such as interstate complaints.
yet as we know this procedure covers only one of the many threats to the polish rule of law.
these are all measures that the council can take without unanimity.
while judges from all over europe speak out against these dangerous reforms and violations our government leaders remain silent.
we applaud the commission's call to the court of justice to impose an interim measure on the polish government to stop the disciplinary chamber.
we also need better enforcement of eu nature protection laws. we've got to care commissioner or things will stay the same and get worse.
the irish government and indeed the eu still rewards intensive farming to the detriment of high value nature farms and the irish government's obsession with and over dependence on sitka spruce violates the basic principles of biodiversity.
we need legally binding biodiversity targets at global an eu level and sufficient funding for these under the next eu long term budget.
we even invite citizens to participate and to be listened to firstly in a citizens' agora and in an additional agora for young people who will be the most affected by the future of europe.
at this point because we have over sixteen catch the eye requests i will now close catch the eye.
i'm also glad that vicepresident uica will lead the commission's work on the conference.
because of that it is really important to include all those perspectives.
we are witnessing truly unprecedented technological and economic but also demographic changes.
we have to be constructive we have to be inclusive and we have to adapt europe for the new world and for the new generations.
this conference should certainly not be a boxticking exercise.
this is because for its success it is really crucial to understand all the european diversities and to include the special perspectives of our citizens coming from all corners of europe.
since young europeans are often the ones who really lead the transformative trends in our societies they can certainly offer a unique point of view.
this clearly affects the way we live the way we work and the way we communicate but it also has an impact on the demand for a more active role for our citizens in our democracy. this is why we have the responsibility to offer new and innovative ways for europeans to be
i instructed the commission's directorate general for justice already in december to closely monitor the situation and to prepare the necessary to enable the college to take the decision on interim measures which was taken yesterday.
at the context of the legal system and the whole system of checks and balances in that member state.
it will cover all member states and provide a synthesis of significant developments related to the different competences of the rule of law including for example systemic problems with the process for enacting laws lack of effective judicial protection by independent and impartial courts the capacity
i would like to come back to yesterday's decision of the college of commissioners to request the european court of justice to take interim measures in the context of ongoing infringement proceedings to suspend the functioning of the disciplinary chamber of the supreme court.
the rule of law is our foundation and can never be compromised.
the commission has invited polish authorities not to take forward the proceedings on the new draft legislation before carrying out all the necessary consultations.
as held by the court of justice in its rulings although the organisation of justice in the member states falls within the competence of the member states the fact remains that when exercising that competence the member states are required to comply with their obligations deriving from eu law.
it is important that the recommendations of the venice commission are fully implemented in the legislative process.
we must ensure that it is respected and upheld everywhere.
the opinion of the venice commission will also feed the commission assessment.
i want to insist after some remarks that each justice system is different and must always be looked at in a comprehensive manner. you cannot single out one specific provision from one member state and compare it with a provision of another member state without looking
to begin with let's tie the extent of the country's compliance with the rule of law to eu funds.
let's face it the european union now has no capacity to quickly restore the rule of law in its member states.
back then the european parliament claimed that hungarian authorities were limiting the freedom of media the judiciary and universities denounced its corruption and violations of minority rights.
hearings held under article seven brought no progress. of course this is not only a problem in hungary because likewise article seven is ineffective with regard to the situation in poland.
this is why the time has come for a new mechanism.
mr brudziski i have two words one in english and another one in spanish.
the spanish supreme court accepts the sentence of the european supreme court so there is an absolute difference.
i do understand that changing especially changing ourselves is always frightening but i would say that fear is a bad advisor. so that's why i say let us start to build a stronger more federal and more democratic europe.
the world is changing so europe must change too.
europe has achieved a lot in the past decades but it's not enough.
the threats the challenges became global so the european union has to become a global player.
faced with a menacing economic truth the eu commission is reaching for a narcotic overdose of eu integration to take an extended holiday from reality.
two thousand and twenty has arrived and the most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy maybe as a moral champion of the world but it also enjoys the highest consumer income and corporate taxes in the developed world
for the most integrated countries of the eurozone economic data are even worse than for the more sensible non euro eu members.
in the name of europe's way of life she's advocating more non european immigration to make europe less european by the day.
she mentions an economy for the people.
two thousand and ten' as two thousand and ten was approaching references to the agenda were expunged from eu websites and the plan was renamed the europe two thousand and twenty strategy.
high unemployment and the lowest growth apart from japan.
the commission president now proposes a conference on the future of europe to make the eu more democratic.
rather than face the struggle to regain health the neurotic patient is secretly desiring to remain ill. is there a better diagnosis of the eu today?
two thousand and sixteen the ability for the uk to control its own borders is absolutely central to brexit and this resolution completely fails to recognise that fact. in fact this resolution is really just a very naked ploy to sabotage the brexit vote that we have in brussels at the end of this month
it's really important that rights are reciprocated for uk citizens and this resolution didn't reflect that.
the second thing is that this resolution in its debate and proposal in terms of freedom of movement completely ignores the referendum that we had in.
but in fact the uk is way ahead of the other twenty seven member states.
we believe that only a joint effort by the european union institutions and the member states alike will allow the union to effectively ensure that the rule of law remains the cornerstone of our common project.
the eu strategic agenda for two thousand and nineteen two thousand and twenty four recalls that the rule of law is a key guarantee that our common values are well protected and complied with. as to article seven the procedure regarding poland which was triggered by the commission three hearings took place in june september and december two thousand and eighteen and at the general affairs council.
in the course of two thousand and nineteen relevant updates on the state of play were provided and discussed at the general affairs council in february april july september and december.
the croatian presidency will ensure that the general affairs council remains seized of this highly important matter.
subsequently the council was kept regularly informed about the developments in poland.
mr president as already expressed today in the previous debate we cannot stress enough the importance of the issue being discussed here and the essential place of democracy the rule of law and fundamental rights in our societies.
we have seen so far that this debate really lived through the usage of blue cards.
i see this conference also as a followup to what was new in the last european elections.
we know that citizens cannot just be offered the option to listen to what we politicians and institutions have to say about globalisation climate neutrality green policies migration digitalisation social justice competitiveness and so on.
we have a chance to initiate an openm fully inclusive debate on europe and its future.
as never before the two thousand and nineteen elections generated a common european narrative instead of the traditional separate twenty eight national stories.
the opportunity to use state aid for our strategic industries and businesses.
the opportunity to be a highgrowth lowtax smartly regulated economy that competes on the world stage without unnecessary bureaucracy and protectionism.
i suggest to you madam president the opportunity for the remaining eu twenty seven countries can too be bright if you reform follow our lead and take back control.
the opportunity to run our country as we want not as the eu tells us.
our employment levels are at record highs our unemployment at record lows especially for our young people.
the opportunity to run a sensible fair immigration policy that works for our economy for our people.
i ask you commissioner to finally put together a true european blue deal.
mr president mr commissioner today this house overwhelmingly voted in favour of the commission's communication on the european green deal.
a week ago a report published in the journal of advances in atmospheric sciences confirmed that in the past thirty years the oceans are heating four hundred and fifty faster than they were in the previous twenty years.
council transparency yes our big piece work in progress but i can see progress and i note in particular that from an issue that was somewhat marginal and somewhat within the brussels and strasbourg bubble it is now becoming more mainstream. ms evi thank you for all your great support.
so many ideas there.
the comments in relation to disability to assisted technology;
i have to say i was particularly impressed over the last few months in particular in the last year when things must have been so stressful for all of you.
but as vice president efovi has just noted this time it was different and the appointment of the new secretary general has been pretty much in line with the recommendations that we made in our investigation.
the diligence and the integrity with which you continue to do your work and take an interest in things here and even in this small office when there were so many bigger things clamouring for your attention.
transparency again the ecb all of these agencies and institutions we need to open them up to greater public scrutiny into greater accountability.
could i begin with ms kirton darling it's not often that an irish person expresses sadness at seeing british people leave but in this case i do want to say how sad we are and also want to thank you for your wonderful cooperation and support with my office and with the ombudsman institution generally over the last number of years.
in relation to the case involving the former secretary the appointment of the former secretary general of the commission yes the outgoing commission the last commission did reject the recommendation.
we certainly take them on board and we take those particular issues a particularly seriously.
indeed the conference should bring results for improving our institutions and also our decision making.
and we need to carry this emotion; we need to carry the increased trust of our citizens in europe's future and we need to do it through their participation in this conference.
this is going to be a conference on europe's future.
i believe we should engage all of those in the eu candidate countries who are ready to work with us who are ready to join us.
this is the opportunity to make this a conference on europe's future;