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the eu needs this same determination at cop twenty four especially now that there is a leadership vacuum to fill following the us withdrawal from paris. climate action isn't easy.
the eu has no other choice but to rise to the challenge of cop twenty four and not bow to the lobbyists.
mr president last month i attended the global climate action summit in san francisco and i was heartened by how some of the federal states are still committing to paris targets despite persistent climate change denial from the trump administration.
on a global eu and national scale we are way off track.
it requires governments to make radical changes to their economies.
we have to take this seriously and stop this culture.
the blog is intended to be a first port of call for victims to provide solidarity and information to raise awareness on what forms sexual harassment can take and to show victims that they are not alone.
we need to support this movement of workers who are bravely sharing their stories so we must fully support and implement the european parliament resolution on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the eu adopted by a vast majority more than one year ago.
employee financial participation is one possible way to achieve our goal to reduce unemployment and ensure sustainable growth and jobs.
therefore this report aims at creating momentum again for efp by first of all emphasising the potential of these schemes for both workers and their employers.
the commission and member states should design frameworks for the development of such schemes throughout europe they should promote financial education raise awareness among companies and employees and look into developing fiscal incentives for companies which would like to expand transnationally. synergies should be developed with programmes and for efforts carried out by the commission whose aim is to improve access to capital especially for smes.
each efp scheme should offer a wide range of tools for the company to design the most relevant scheme according to their size or activity.
nevertheless the development of efp is geographically unbalanced within the european union with a lag of thirty to forty years between the lead and the late european countries.
at the same time any efp scheme must be developed with social partners employees and relevant stakeholders.
among the advantages of efp schemes i can mention more sustainable governance better business continuity and access to capital for smes better social dialogue and quality of work more fidelity and motivation less absenteeism and better skills development.
we must provide guarantees to protect employees and companies alike.
mr president first of all i would like to thank all the shadows for our excellent cooperation on this file.
we have started our preparatory work with the evaluation of the eu biodiversity strategy to two thousand and twenty including plans for stakeholder consultation.
to put in place a solid process for voluntary commitments that can attract adequate resources together with clear quantifiable global targets.
on the two thousand and eighteen un climate change conference strong and united european union messaging will be instrumental to continue to deliver on our leadership during cop twenty four in katowice and beyond.
we know for a fact that biodiversity loss has direct links to human displacement migration and global security concerns linked to food and water.
i would like to take you for the opportunity of having this debate.
this should put us in a better position to translate policy objectives into operational and effective measures.
this will contribute to the discussions on the post two thousand and twenty global framework. we need to rise up to this opportunity and take a lead in encouraging global partners to act with us.
ongoing scientific work will help us better understand and quantify the biological and economic implications of living within planetary boundaries.
i am confident that with your support and the support of eu citizens we can make the cop fifteen in beijing in two thousand and twenty a game changer.
of course we will also need to mobilise adequate resources to achieve our goals.
with our domestic experience and external policy instruments and dialogues we are in a position to help our partners to advance their transition to a low carbon climate resilient economy. we should also assume a leadership position in prompting our partners to develop their long term strategies if possible already ahead of the climate summit which is to be convened by un secretary general guterres in september two thousand and nineteen or in any case for two thousand and twenty as foreseen under the paris agreement.
madam president first of all i would like to thank you for the good debate and useful suggestions. halting biodiversity loss not only on land but also in our oceans must become more than just a goal. i agree with those of you who said that to really make it happen we need to shift up a gear by building on financial instruments and optimising policies such as development aid
the european commission and the council under the leadership of the austrian presidency will contribute to the conclusion of the negotiations on the paris work programme so as to enable the paris agreement to be fully implemented and global progress on curbing emissions to be tracked transparently and regularly.
consequential social and economic costs are not simply an ambiguous concept.
the conservation and restoration of biodiversity can therefore be a powerful antidote to these challenges.
as such these schemes may improve the job satisfaction of employees and contribute to improving the relationship between the employer and the employees.
individuals having access to a securities account through their employers employee share ownership scheme can familiarise themselves with capital markets and foster retail investments in the eu once the core areas of capital markets union.
the studies carried out in previous years show how employee financial participation schemes can increase the competitiveness of companies.
the commission promotes participatory forms of corporate governance in different ways for instance as part of the actions under the small business initiative and by means of the employment and social innovation programme.
i take note of your recommendations and of your commitment to the development and promotion of employee financial participation schemes in the european union.
as regards employee financial participation in particular the commission encourages member states to exchange best practices in order to spread the information about how to design efficient schemes.
at the same time employee financial participation schemes can increase the financial vulnerability of individual workers.
progress on workers' financial participation will not only depend on supportive legal framework conditions in the member states but also on the appetite of social partners to engage further in this area.
that is why in the two thousand and seventeen mid term review of the capital markets union action plan the commission proposed to develop and promote best practices for employee share ownership schemes to provide an opportunity for individuals to get familiar with capital markets giving a
in particular they can increase workers' income and their identification with the companies they are working at.
research on the various forms of employee financial participation has pointed out the potential benefits as well as the risks associated with these schemes for both workers and companies.
employee financial participation may therefore be a subject of normal negotiations between social partners dealing with wage setting and working conditions without replacing them.
i would also like to mention the support that we have in council from all the member states.
the eu must act now to ensure these diverse actions do not fragment the single market.
it will ban balloon sticks which are among the most littered items found on beaches.
for balloons the actions foreseen include information campaigns voluntary action and labelling.
we understand that businesses need a level playing field with clarity and legal certainty and the possibility to develop economics of scale for new markets and alternative materials.
the commission is committed to leading by example in the creation of a more secular and sustainable plastics economy.
i am convinced that together we will leave a legacy that we can all be proud of.
we strongly support also what the budget committee has finalised and what has been voted and we were looking at it primarily from the perspective that we should deliver on those legitimate priorities that we have set and the legislation which is in place and will be put in place in the course of these months.
mr president what is it about the provision of rural broadband that it seems to attract repeated failures and controversies?
this month in ireland yet another minister left the department with responsibility for broadband this time forced out due to unethical engagements with bidders for the billion euro national broadband tender.
the commission too has serious questions to answer as to why a luxembourg based corporation was selected without public procurement process to manage a multi million euro eu fund while they were also bidding to take over an irish company involved in the national broadband bid.
the reason for the controversies and the repeated failures is that broadband provision has been seen by both the eu and the irish government as rather than a public service one which has instead been placed in the hands of private corporate interests whose first interest at all stages is their own profits.
the losers in all of this are of course the people of those rural communities that do not have access to broadband.
that has to be the essential ingredient of the european union and i'd particularly like to see emphasis being put on helping smes i think due to the policies over the last number of years going back to michel barnier when he was regional development commissioner bringing in policies smes are now in a position to develop and grow but many of them have difficulty in accessing funding. i hosted a seminar in my own county
in tralee in kerry a few weeks ago on investeu and that message came across and we need to make it simpler for them to do that.
mr president we've all been horrified by the images of plastics in our ocean and we're becoming more aware of the consequences of our throwaway economy.
we are now in a position as legislators to put in place aggressively ambitious rules to stop this plastics crisis and not just replace them with biodegradables.
whats great is that the people are behind us on this one.
this is a crucially important vote and people are interested and they want a strong response.
we need to get this directive right from the very start and lay out a firm framework but we are setting ourselves up for failure with the current definition of singleuse plastic.
it must be rock solid with no loopholes for industry to exploit.
also member states need to be able to be more ambitious than this directive.
the efficiency of the single market cannot be prioritised over the environment.
madam president the eu has a responsibility to all living things to lead efforts towards ambitious action against climate change.
as climate sceptics led by donald trump imperil biodiversity it is crucial that we europeans lead the way.
women and young people must play a central part in our climate change strategy.
in fact tackling climate change is an opportunity to foster positive change in broader areas of society.
women play a particularly significant role in crucial sectors in rural areas and they must be at the forefront of our work.
our climate policies must also go hand in hand with our human rights policies for example we must stand up for indigenous people against land grabs and deforestation particularly in the amazon which is the lungs of the world. climate change challenges the ways our societies have developed with the growing phenomenon of climate refugees fleeing unsustainable lives and we must therefore radically reshape the way we are living now for the sake of future generations.
while we started off by entitling this resolution the disappearance of mr khashoggi' it is only appropriate that we speak of his killing or murder at this point in time unfortunately and i hope we will send a strong condemnation of this brutal murder of a journalist.
everything seems to be as important as last year but it cannot be because the world is rapidly changing it has changed.
it is actually the core of this business the possibility to move to another country to work to study to export import that is what this union is about.
we need really to provide the necessary instruments to deal with these issues wherever they take place.
so this is the approach we are proposing and we believe that we should have a clear majority of the parliament because this is a major task where we need to deliver by the end of this legislature.
mr president we are proposing a new point a debate but without resolutions for next thursday because we think this is a good moment to highlight positive examples on municipalities providing reception and integration for refugees.
this is happening in several regions in europe and we need to highlight this as a positive experience. we consider that this case of riace is in fact a paradox because how can we explain that a mayor who was undertaking outstanding work to
receive refugees is now forbidden to be in his own municipality?
this is something we cannot accept.
that's why we think that a debate is really useful to highlight that something wrong is happening in riace and by opposition many positive things are happening in other municipalities where mayors do provide the very good work of reception
and integration.
i like it for its youth focus for the targets set on migration and its future spending in research and defence and that is why the rapporteur should be applauded. i heard carefully the commissioner and i appreciate his sympathetic approach towards climate change.
however we need to translate words into money and therefore into action.
finally yet importantly in the symbolism of our rapporteur being italian allow me to dare to say the realpolitik of an italian budget should definitely not become the one of the eu budget and contrary to mr salvini's hopes we are not going to use this budget for electioneering but for the benefit of european citizens.
forcing new techniques on member states may well run contrary to local cultures and could disenfranchise the many who are not used to using such systems. furthermore it is abundantly clear that the internet is not secure and rushing into egovernment threatens the security of nations.
in order to reverse this trend and protect eu financial interest enhanced cooperation at eu level and between eu bodies and the member state competent authorities is crucial.
whistle blower protection should be made a clear priority.
two thousand and fourteen it is apparent that there are still many legislative loopholes which need to be addressed when it comes to identifying and tackling fraudulent financial activity among the members of the european union.
in addition i strongly agree that olaf as an institution should work more efficiently;
member states must facilitate food donations.
there are still tax rules and legal requirements that make it easier for retailers and restaurants to throw away edible food rather than reusing it or giving it to those in need.
we have voted to have a common definition and common methodology to measure food waste and that will also help us to exchange good practices.
but when you have a system and an organisation like the european union policing itself and we know the many faults in that particular area then you will understand why i could not support a report that quite frankly papered over the cracks did not want to deal with the issues and was in essence a token gesture.
had the report been a lot stronger in accurately identifying the scale of the issues and had there not been amendments submitted that actually highlighted the countries at fault then i might have supported its adoption but i want to see scrutiny transparency and accuracy.
i do not want to see the detail being hidden.
what it actually means is that the eu wants to know about every individual's data in the european union being controlled in every country's public bodies the tax system the nhs.
this document today says that the eu wants to have big brother beyond any concept of big brother.
if you have private data with your doctor the eu will know about it.
if you have data about your taxation the eu will know about it.
your passport the eu will know about it. from the moment you get up in the morning to the moment that you go to bed at night eu bodies will know everything about you.
big government the big state the big eu is here.
mr president today the eu voted on a report on the tools needed to facilitate trade with countries outside the european union.
it also recognises the need for free trade and cooperation agreements and says that it has them with south korea canada the us china and japan.
yet when it comes to brexit and the united kingdom in this report the views on free trade and small business between the eu and the uk goes out of the window as meps in this chamber as you can see an empty one at the moment demand further punishment of the united kingdom rather than entering into a free trade arrangement.
a clear european added value in concrete fields of action needs to be shown and it should be demonstrated that the strategic approach of a macro regional strategy is the most appropriate way to reach those goals. even before our evaluation of existing strategies is complete
two thousand and thirteen further cooperation between the alpine space countries is definitely desirable in order to tackle the common challenges.
so where do we stand today?
to be successful it needs local commitment as well as national support a bottom up approach implies positive ownership while central government support ensures greater coherence of the initiatives. but stepping up cooperation in this way requires more than political commitment;
the document is due to be decided at a political conference in france in early autumn.
it should also determine the major cornerstones of a potential macro regional strategy for the alpine space.
one thing is very clear territorial cooperation programmes like the alpine space programme can play a very useful coordination role but no single programme will have the scope or the funds to make a reality of a whole macro regional strategy. this means that the authorities will need to align funds other than cooperation funds all european structural and investment funds could and should be used in the strategy.
the european commission therefore wants to have an in depth analysis and a political discussion about the evaluation report on macro regional strategies which will be available in june before making further decisions.
they promoted this approach as a key instrument to fully exploit the enormous development potential of this part of europe and to cope more efficiently with challenges that do not respect administrative or political borders. this bottom up initiative by the alpine regions has been maturing for many years. specific areas of cooperation
it is therefore quite natural that the committee on regional development which i chair when reflecting on the added value of macro regional strategies has decided to support the ambition of the regions to develop a macro regional strategy for the alps.
the alps cooperation has already proved to be effective and for this reason upgrading it to eu level through a macro regional strategy framework constitutes an obvious step forward reinforcing european territorial cooperation in those regions.
we need more cooperation in europe.
those duties will apply to so many people who are vulnerable and suffering today.
that will create a situation of resettlement which may at least alleviate some of the burden.
we would then have had a concept of resettlement and a concept of burden sharing but we do not.
we need to debate the concept of solidarity in this parliament because i fear that solidarity is sundered in the european union at the moment not just on this difficult issue but on many others.
the reason i asked for the floor was that i was very struck by the numbers used by my colleague simon busuttil of eight hundred people arriving into malta being the equivalent of one hundred and twenty zero arriving into france on one single day.
it is time that we as a parliament grappled with it and put european union solidarity back on the map.
thirdly the commission has tried to ensure that in the very short term the member states exposed to the growing flows of refugees and irregular migrants could cope with the financial consequences of this displacement.
most of these people are third country nationals who have come to tunisia or to egypt.
term. on the continuous and possible increase of flows of refugees coming from the libyan territory the following actions will be considered an adequate level of funds needs to remain available to support the provision of humanitarian assistance.
the eu. our main global challenges such as migration fully underline the importance of developing a comprehensive approach linking security stability crisis management and development.
rights. special attention must be given to the situation of vulnerable
this approach should be tailor made as i have described looking at each country on its individual
i believe that this first response has been comprehensive;
finally in the event of a massive influx of displaced persons and if the conditions foreseen in the directive are met the commission would be ready to consider making use of the mechanisms foreseen under the two thousand and one temporary protection directive so as to provide immediate protection for these people on the territory of other eu member states.
however we also need to implement long term sustainable programmes.
we have to mobilise the full range of policies and instruments at our disposal with regard to poverty eradication early warning systems and preventive diplomacy humanitarian aid crisis response actions including sanctions crisis management missions and post conflict reconstruction and peace building.
egypt. the global approach to migration as an external dimension of the eu's migration policy is to be based on a genuine partnership with third countries.
in this context it is imperative that the council and the european parliament make an effort to rapidly achieve an agreement on the european resettlement programme.
more than four hundred zero people have been displaced since the outbreak of the changes in northern africa and in libya.
the european union has already responded to these serious but different challenges in an effective and rapid manner taking three concrete actions. firstly the commission has mobilised eur thirty million to manage the humanitarian emergency generated by the sudden inflows of migrants and refugees in the countries neighbouring libya.
it is also urgent to develop a regional protection programme encompassing egypt libya and tunisia.
several measures need to be taken in the short
it is clear however that we need to do more. we need to set up a more structured sustainable plan able to cover the various dimensions of this phenomenon based on solidarity between member states and in full respect of the european union's international obligations.
the commission is ready to facilitate this process and calls upon the member states to take responsibility and to engage in such resettlement efforts.
merits. this comprehensive approach fits in with other policy processes such as the nexus between security and development which is mentioned in both the european security strategy and the european consensus on development.
migration preventing irregular migrant flows setting up asylum systems readmission law enforcement return