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i made this point in my speech and i accept that in the past damage was done through export refunds and that europe has now reformed its agricultural policy.
europe and its leaders have a moral duty to go against this new form of what i would call colonialism.
the declaration of the fao food summit did not touch upon the issue of land grabbing and in that respect really missed out on an opportunity to target hunger in the world.
europeans have food to eat but that cap ruins chances for both small scale farmers and industrial farmers in developing countries and they lose the chance to earn a decent living.
we are facing a situation whereby on one hand the world's population is growing while on the other food production is proving to be an ever more challenging endeavour owing to the negative effects of climate change and rising costs associated with food production.
while the agricultural element of food security is undoubtedly key to solving this problem we should also firmly focus on how good governance in developing countries is absolutely necessary if we are to have any chance of successfully tackling world hunger.
madam president as one of the authors of this report can i first thank the political groups who worked very closely together to come up with a text which does not have amendments to it.
i think we should all be very pleased with that.
we have different opinions on many things but i think on the general point of wanting to do the right thing to assist in feeding the hungry of the world this text is a step in the right direction.
i was also the author of a report on global food security and the cap in the previous mandate so i have worked very hard on this issue.
can i make one very simple point which seems to escape many it is farmers who will feed the world if they are given the right climate and i mean that in the broadest context to do that particular job.
the rest of us will talk about it. it is our responsibility to develop and put in place the policies to allow our farmers to produce food.
they will respond if they have two basic elements one is decent prices and the other is stable incomes.
the recent volatility has hit both of those and farming cannot survive on that.
some of the arguments made now are historic and out of date;
we have reformed absolutely this policy and perhaps without the cap we might have greater problems of food insecurity within the european union.
why do we not adopt the best parts of it and ask the developing world to take onboard a common agricultural policy?
because let us be very tough on this we should not let the developing world's governments off the hook;
it is their responsibility to use the development aid properly;
it is our responsibility to ensure that more money is spent and invested in agriculture.
i think it is time to stop pussyfooting around this issue and be tough with governments and tough with ourselves.
this climate now appears to be extending into two thousand and fourteen as already we have seen five peacefully demonstrating garment factory workers killed by government security forces.
in neighbouring laos a communist dictatorship the sinister disappearance of the notable human rights activist and leading civil society campaigner against the regime sombath somphone and the reluctance of the lao authorities to investigate or to accept international assistance to do so is also of great concern.
the national elections held last year in cambodia which were seen by many as irregular saw an increase in violence perpetrated against those in opposition to the government.
in addition the eu is providing funds to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to monitor human and labour rights in cambodia.
at the same time we remain a privileged partner of laos in that we have a regular and institutionalised human rights dialogue.
the eu is the main donor in terms of assistance to good governance and human rights in laos. we have seen over the last twelve years some concrete results in particular in terms of the ratification of core human rights conventions.
while laos has been open to some dialogue the investigations have so far produced no result.
continued commitment to laos and this urgency resolution.
we look forward to the early ratification by laos of the international convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance.
this ilo programme will include naming and shaming' those industries that are not compliant with minimum labour rights requirements.
in addition demonstrations are violently crushed leaving textile workers and others killed and injured.
we call on the government to release those who were detained and imprisoned during demonstrations and to uphold the freedom of assembly.
it is essential not only that human rights are respected but that the political opposition is not hindered in playing its legitimate role in cambodia.
we must urge european and international companies with production processes and production lines in cambodia to pay people a living wage.
a few words on the situation in laos.
they must bring to trial and punish those who are responsible for forced disappearances.
i am also very worried about the everything but arms initiative in cambodia.
the european commission needs as a matter of urgency to act on the findings of the human rights impact assessment because the eu cannot give privileges to companies which evict people from their land and homes without compensation.
therefore the current allocation of eur eight billion is obviously not enough.
a uachtarin go raibh mle maith agat. as author of an opinion on the eu youth strategy i identified the fight against youth unemployment as a priority given its devastating effects on communities through mass emigration and hopelessness leading to the risk of suicide particularly among young people.
the international labour organisation states that for the eu youth guarantee to be effective it needs eur twenty one billion.
the concept of providing access to employment for young people through a youth guarantee investment is contrary to the austerity agenda being implemented by many governments across europe.
and it is a huge crisis for our economies where the cost of young people not in education not in employment not in training is estimated at eur one hundred and fifty three billion.
madam president i have to say i find these discussions about youth unemployment in the plenary increasingly frustrating because you have one in four young people unemployed none of the establishment parties or the commission can avoid saying something about the crisis but none of them has an answer for the crisis.
just today new figures came out that showed that the government itself in ireland employed over two hundred people in this work for free scheme and then afterwards did not employ a single one of them in a proper job.
so what we have again and again is a peculiar mixture of crocodile tears empty promises and policies that in reality amount to blaming young people for their own unemployment.
it might be a bit obvious but the problem here is that there are no jobs for young people and the solution is quite simple to break with austerity policies to break with the cutbacks and to invest in education in training and in jobs.
it is a massive crisis for our societies which are being drained of talents and skills with massive emigration;
the central problem here is not a skills mismatch as some would have it which in reality is placing the blame on young people and the answer is not work for free schemes like the jobbridge scheme we have in ireland or schemes we have in many countries across europe.
many young people have great ideas and great ambition and we must encourage them.
this is fantastic news and gives young people in my region great hope.
now member states including my own have put in place comprehensive initiatives including expanding apprenticeships and investing in training to help get young people into the labour market.
madam president youth unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing member states. only by growing our economies and encouraging new business will we see youth unemployment really coming down.
and recent figures in the uk show that in three months the number of young people unemployed reduced by. forty three zero training which responds to real market need coupled with an open and dynamic business environment must be the key to reducing youth unemployment.
today jaguar land rover a major employer in my region of the west midlands announced the creation of one seven hundred new jobs at its solihull factory.
we must recognise also that some will fail there is a saying you know that someone who has never made a mistake has never made anything.
it is so important to develop an entrepreneurial culture and an environment that is conducive to starting a business.
well i can tell you it is a failure and will continue to be a failure until the european union allows us to implement sensible border controls.
in my own country we have a million young people out of work. why is this happening?
that is one point but let us talk about the real elephant in the room here.
they have every right to come and work in the uk to undercut young people and drive down wages.
it is happening because eu rules and regulations on employers are making it difficult and expensive for them to hire young people.
the other problem is the fact that we have been forced to open our borders to five hundred million people across the european union.
so here we are debating the eu strategy.
but nobody ever said that eur six billion would be enough.
in several rounds of upgrading the industrial policy of the european commission there has been full coordination between the industrial portfolio and the employment portfolio.
it should build on very important labour market reforms in a number of member states and it should also be supported by shifting taxation away from labour in a very targeted way as some of you also stressed.
east. so to blame eu regulations and eu migrants for the failure of national policies is i believe appalling and we would need a more serious discussion on these matters because indeed youth unemployment is a very serious problem and the actions which we have proposed need to be implemented
on ict jobs which i believe will benefit many young people in the future.
he also blamed eu migrants for the high level of unemployment in certain regions and member states including his own. i think it should be noted that there are enormous differences between the performance of some countries.
but now we have an eu level flagship project which is the implementation of the youth guarantee which combines in a very smart way the stimulus for looking for a job with investment in jobs and skills.
rules. i happened to be a student more than two decades ago in the region where mr nuttall comes from and there were already three million unemployed people before the working time directive before the single
twenty five we can also rely on the european investment bank which made very serious commitments before the summer break and i would like to ensure that these commitments are not forgotten after the summer break.
five years ago with the collapse of lehman brothers a financial crisis came and it resulted in a crisis of the real economy of employment and now we have enormous social imbalances within the european union and particularly inside the euro zone with massive economic social political and i am afraid also demographic consequences.
it improves the security of employment for the young people who really need this.
it is a major part of the solution in the european union where we can do a lot to develop the european labour market but definitely it is not the only instrument.
it is also connected with the reform of public employment services in countries where this is badly needed.
the commission is committed to deliver this before the end of this year. i fully share the view expressed by ms bauer that specific attention has to be paid to the low skilled and disadvantaged social groups including people with disabilities or those who belong to ethnic minorities
also we need a specific focus on youth because even before the crisis before the collapse of lehman brothers there was very high unemployment among young people in some countries like spain or you can look at the south of italy and many other regions.
we have to find ways of local and regional economic development in order to create local and regional opportunities and jobs. this underlines the importance of our cohesion instruments and of the youth guarantee initiative itself.
mobility i believe is part of the solution.
we always said that the european social fund in combination with national funds will be the key source of funding for the youth guarantee and the new instruments now frontloaded for the two first years of the first financial period will be a major top up in the regions where this is most needed where the youth unemployment rate is higher than.
we need more jobs in europe in order to have more jobs for young people.
whereby young people themselves and their representatives take part in the dialogue on policy developments which affect them directly.
and while the strategy encompasses eight different fields of action ranging from education to the involvement of youth in the world during its first three year cycle a special focus has necessarily been placed on the most pressing needs of young people.
encouraging them to be active citizens is very much at the core of the objectives not only of the youth strategy but also of the future erasmus programme.
the european council has called on all twenty member states eligible for funding under the eur six billion youth employment initiative to develop youth guarantee implementation plans by the end of two thousand and thirteen and others by spring.
regarding the youth guarantee the priority now is implementation.
view that a specific and targeted approach to youth who are not in education employment or training is needed.
the youth employment initiative should target support to regions with a level of youth unemployment above twenty five and should in particular aim at making the youth guarantee a reality for young people under the age
in december two thousand and twelve it adopted a youth employment package with a council recommendation on a youth guarantee as well as the launch of a european alliance for apprenticeships a quality framework for traineeships and actions to enhance youth mobility.
the european social fund however remains the main source of support in youth employment in the member states and this should not be forgotten at the time of programming for the period two.
we need to highlight the importance of transfers of skills as well as ict and the creation of green jobs as underscored also by your report.
seven five million young people who are not in employment education or training.
of. twenty five these are key provisions since the future of europe lies also with its capacity to unleash young people's potential.
we need to act quickly.
as identified in the reports the commission has advanced a number of practical and achievable measures that have the potential to make an immediate impact.
two thousand and fourteen youth guarantee implementation plans should in particular set out how the youth guarantee will be implemented and financed.
we identified in our employment package the green economy health and the ict sectors as critical sectors for job creation today and in the years to come.
the commission welcomes the emphasis ms skrzydlewska's report puts on the range of measures targeting youth unemployment including investing in skills high quality traineeships and vocational education and training the gender dimension individual career counselling the promotion of self employment job mobility and the recognition and validation of non formal and informal education. the commission shares the
we should also continue to deliver on the other fields of action covered by the youth strategy for example promoting the creativity of young people and their commitment towards society.
this allows us to underscore that the eu is addressing the short term challenges facing our young people without losing sight of the broader picture and the strategic approach it requires.
at the same time the commission shares the view that urgent action and solid partnerships among all relevant actors are required to effectively address the youth employment crisis.
youth unemployment. the council and commission's joint report on the youth strategy illustrates that already during the first three years many measures have been taken. it highlights the value of the different components of the strategy and in particular notes the structured dialogue with young people. this is a unique feature
ukip is a pro immigration party like all of the others that have expressed pretended and very recent concerns about it.
youth unemployment is particularly significant because it is even more difficult to find a new job than it is to hold on to an existing one.
the eu's energy costs are between twice and four times those of the united states.
last but not least it is caused by unrestricted immigration.
the euro a strait jacket which is robbing them of their economy.
it is no coincidence that spain together with several other southern european countries is struggling.
we all know that spain has got something like fifty unemployed two hundred and eighty zero young people left spain alone last year to seek their fortunes either in the rest of europe or in south america.
let them sort out their own salvation with their own former currencies restored. it may lead to low wage economies but then you have to answer the question do you want a low paid job or no job at all?
no wonder they are in trouble;
youth unemployment is a pan european disease that destroys the social fabric and threatens the future development of our societies.
the report stresses the importance of education as a key to delivering a generation of employable young people.
youth unemployment says something about the strength of our economy so if one wants to deal with this issue one needs to create a better economic environment.
yes early school leaving should be discouraged and yes we should encourage a mentality based on continuous learning.
however none of these will work in a frozen economic environment.
this can be achieved by courageous fiscal incentives and particularly by cutting down the bureaucracy that hinders the creation and development of smes.
however the situation is even worse than it seems.
the true reality of unemployment has been masked by immigration particularly in the case of my own country ireland and the large number of young people returning to or staying in the education system.
there is also a tier of young graduates currently searching for work who are highly qualified yet unable to secure meaningful unemployment receiving social welfare assistance or registered as unemployed which should be factored into the debate.
the european union member state authorities educators industry and policy makers have a collective responsibility and obligation to offer this generation more than the label of a lost generation and to take them out of the limbo situation which they currently find themselves in.
as highlighted by young people themselves the rise in precarious forms of employment with short term and part time contracts and unpaid work placement schemes often replacing existing jobs is a significant obstacle for their generation at present.
aside from the economic and social effects of the job crisis it is also seriously impacting on young people's capacity to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
vulnerable groups and disadvantaged youth are at particular risk of social exclusion and being left behind both socially and professionally. i support the message in this report that even with the best intentions for europe's young people very little has actually been done to definitively assist support and empower them. we have had plenty of talk and plenty of proposals but these must now be turned into real action.
in order to increase vaccination coverage which is the only means to counteract the public health threats caused by vaccine preventable diseases vaccine hesitancy is however only one of the problems to tackle.
among these actions one of them aims at strengthening the role of healthcare professionals in recommending vaccination which directly links to the issues raised by the honourable members.
the bulgarian presidency is in contact with the commission with regard to the proposal.
the council will further undertake a detailed analysis of the measures in this field including measures aimed at tackling vaccine hesitancy when examining the forthcoming commission proposal for a council recommendation on strengthening cooperation against vaccinepreventable diseases.
it is equally important to prevent vaccine shortages and to find means to develop new vaccines.
to save lives. we need to harness our all our resources and energy in a coordinated effort to restore public confidence
so we are exploring how to create a coalition of health associations to increase vaccination coverage.
issue. now you have asked me some important questions and i want to address each of them individually.
monitoring. to address this issue the joint action on vaccination aims to map the evidence base of national vaccination calendars. this will provide an important basis for a common vaccination schedule in the future. as a starting point we need a system to collect and share data on
challenge. when it comes to vaccination we need to be extremely vigilant and responsive to rumours myth and misinformation. the commission will explore with member states how to support their communication activities and awarenessraising on the benefits of vaccination by first presenting scientific evidence to counter
a safe effective and cheap measles vaccine exists so every one of these deaths is unacceptable.
this means identifying the barriers to access and supporting interventions to increase access for disadvantaged and sociallyexcluded
i also want to ensure that vaccination is an absolute priority for me as commissioner and it is very important that i see crossparty engagement on this
this makes absolute sense and this is also the reason our initiative is in the form of a council recommendation.
immunisation. i want to assist in increasing the bearings and confidence of citizens in their national vaccine
we also need to find ways to deliver accurate and timely information to the public of these genuine concerns exchanging best practices and combating
together. but this is only the beginning and i invite you to be fully involved
so will i support education?
the correlationcausation fallacy lead to all kinds of exaggerations misinformation and bogus claims made by those who would profit from undermining the principle of vaccination.
for one major condition even the national charity responsible describes the proposed link as being comprehensively discredited'.
but there is of course some evidence that in a tiny minority of cases vaccination can have negative side effects specifically as regards autoimmune diseases.
but ultimately there are some risks and it is not for the state to force parents into making a particular decision and nor should the european union mandate what nation states must do.
after the emotional and very argumented intervention of the commissioner i would like to say that indeed vaccine hesitancy is a worrying phenomenon that needs to be addressed as well as other obstacles to a wider vaccination coverage.
mr president some people see conspiracies in all sorts of places where there are not necessarily any and i think this is an important time to support this report particularly in the context of the debate we had last month about eu nato relations.
this is a hugely important defence contractor where jobs are now under threat in portsmouth and where we have disruption potentially at a key time for europe's defence.
this can all be avoided with sensible arrangements for british cooperation and continued participation in the single market and the customs union.