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madam president the war mongering chants from ankara and the build up of turkish firepower on the turkish syrian border is a sure sign that president erdoan is preparing to attack the peaceful enclave of rojava where kurdish women have been rebuilding society through a new model of grassroots democracy following the defeat of daesh by the syrian democratic forces and their allies.
it is they who liberated the yazidi women from their mountaintop prison in sinjar eventually opening the way for a sustainable peace process.
the west's abandonment of the kurds is a stain on all of us.
twenty two thousand more were wounded in the campaign.
but nobody is fooled not in this house and not back home.
we know that the eu has been bending over backwards actually.
but the difference is that this time our own uk prime minister is trying to drag us kicking and screaming over that cliff against the wishes of the large majority of uk citizens and while trying to place the blame on anybody but himself.
honouring the uk's referendum result.
this means that northern ireland will leave the single market and the customs union with the rest of the united kingdom.
it appears that no proposal other than tying northern ireland to the eu's single market and customs union is acceptable to this house the irish prime minister or even the german chancellor.
so let's be clear again northern ireland is an integral part of the united kingdom through the consent of the people of northern ireland.
this has been met with complete negativity by eu leaders.
prime minister johnson's blueprint means that the consent of the elected representatives of northern ireland is rightly required to opt into some of the rules which would make trading with our neighbours in the republic of ireland easier for businesses and farmers a sensible pragmatic way forward
the uk government wants a nodeal brexit but wants to lay the blame with the eu for its consequences.
madam president the support of the eu for northern ireland and the good friday agreement throughout this brexit crisis is hugely appreciated by those in northern ireland.
instead of protecting the good friday agreement it places the future of the northern ireland assembly already suspended for three years in further jeopardy.
these are not serious proposals.
it is crucial that strategy does not succeed.
a deal that creates no new border infrastructure within our islands protects our economy and respects the good friday agreement in both letter and spirit a point reinforced powerfully by tony blair bertie ahern and john bruton at my recent brexit event here in brussels.
instead of avoiding a border they create two. instead of protecting business it creates more barriers to trade and places business in brex eternity' an unending fouryear cycle of uncertainty as to their position in the single market.
the reality is that prime minister johnson does not want a deal.
but you understand these proposals are not there to be accepted.
conspiring with traitors back home concentrated in the british parliament and the judiciary whose sole aim would be to frustrate the will of the people and surrender to the enemy.
and it now depends on all responsible women and men within the british parliament to prevent this from happening and to muster their collective strength to put the interests of the country front and centre.
they are meant to lead the country to a nodeal brexit for which the eu twenty seven could be blamed. it's not hard to read into prime minister johnson's game.
no jurisdiction in the world would ever accept this especially from a neighbour whose stated intention as has been repeatedly said is to undercut the european union's social and environmental taxation standards. no one would accept this.
listen if we were to sign the british proposals we would commit forever to keeping a five hundred km stretch of eu external border with no controls forever without any firm guarantee that goods crossing that border
sorry colleagues please listen to the answer and try not to holler.
young people especially are calling on us to remember all of us that it is their futures that hang in the balance here.
we are all tired of brexit but we know brexit will not be over if there's no deal.
uk citizens are now raising their voices loud and clear.
it will just be the start of more years of painful negotiations because we have to have a deal one way or the other in the end.
renewed momentum for diplomatic efforts is welcome and should be supported but while we understand the context within which negotiations between russia and ukraine are taking place the handover of a key suspect of the mh seventeen tragedy to russia is and remains unacceptable.
with the ongoing conflict in eastern ukraine despite the progress made the risk for political instability in ukraine is still high.
madam president over the past years ukraine has undergone a difficult political transition. the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections have given president zelensky a clear mandate the citizens of ukraine demanded peace and higher living standards as well as resolute action against corruption and accountable public institutions with a modern judicial system at their core.
it is an offense to the victims and their relatives and they deserve those responsible to be brought to justice.
some countries are trying to take advantage of such instability the latest scandal involving the president of the united states is a showcase.
we were just told that we'd put it in our manifesto.
europe has more important issues to solve.
but colleagues violation of human rights is violation of human rights even if it takes place in the european union.
thank you for your insistence determination and commitment to put cancer on the eu agenda.
if we want to succeed we need to increase this amount and make sure that what we do spend is spent effectively.
i'm sure that together with you and the member states the next commission will be able to forge a strong alliance to prevent cancer promote innovation and improve treatment and care in the interests of all.
i would like to highlight once again how important it is to grasp this fact and turn it into action.
this is simply not enough;
them. it is a relentless disease but science is also a relentless and so is our collective determination to fight this disease.
we need to be talking much more in public and have greater political discussion on the role of public and private investment of the scale of the investment that is needed.
i do think we have to focus on a just transition as well.
we need to be looking at practical issues the kind of instruments that we can develop to make sure that we reach out to citizens.
i think it's a very exciting time for the bank and i want to thank you for your work in ireland which has been very constructive and productive and important to us.
i think this is part of a wider debate that is needed in terms of the financing of the green deal the green agenda and climate change.
the european union is the biggest contributor to the un multilateral system that establishes the instruments to prevent genocide massacres and human catastrophes. therefore it is important that the security council take appropriate action as soon as possible. a possible displacement of people no matter how small it is calls for international resistance. turkey is using the pretext of creating a safe zone.
brexit was not a rejection of europe or our wonderful european friends.
we are the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and that will never change.
it was a rejection of the antidemocratic nature of eu institutions and you confirm to us every day it was right to leave.
it exposes your intentions to intervene at all levels to stop brexit.
they did it you promised you'd enact it and you the lib dems and others have betrayed the greatest democratic exercise in the history of our nation.
we acknowledge the solidarity demonstrated by jordan lebanon and turkey in light of the syrian refugee crisis and call for eu and member state financial support aimed at addressing the urgent needs of refugees and their host communities to be stepped up.
it is vital that we avert a further deterioration in the country's humanitarian crisis.
finally it is evident that there can be no effective conflict resolution or sustainable peace in syria without accountability for the crimes committed.
the focus now must be on defeating the un listed terrorist organisations to play a constructive role in the syrian conflict abide by international law and in particular the united nations security council resolution two thousand two hundred and fifty four in order to find a solution to the syria conflict.
this intervention adds a new dimension to the conflict in syria and raises serious concerns about the impact on the delicate internal balance in syria.
the opening of new fronts in syria is not in the interest of turkey's security.
the conflict has already resulted in a high number of civilian casualties and now many more civilian lives are at risk.
we call for the adoption of an eu accountability strategy towards the atrocities committed in syria.
we call upon the turkish government to cease these actions.
we must keep at the forefront respect for international law including the protection of civilians.
we stress that syria is currently not safe for refugee returns and that the eu must not support such returns.
we call for responsibility sharing allowing refugees fleeing syrian war zones to find protection beyond the immediate neighbouring region including through resettlement and humanitarian admission schemes.
the referendum was very clear.
you're not looking for solutions.
we simply won't have it. the good news is your wretched treaty is off the table.
support for a clean break brexit is growing and it will be the winning ticket at the next general election.
we voted to leave the institutions of the european union and to be free and you know we've had enough of being talked down to by you insulted by messrs tusk and indeed juncker and we will never accept a german chancellor attempting to annex a part of our nation.
you're looking to put obstacles in our way.
in this case i believe we have been speaking clearly extremely clearly and early.
that is i believe the urgency at the moment and i feel the same sense of frustration urgency and sorrow that many of you have expressed about what is happening today not only for the civilians who once again are victims not only for the already internally displaced people in that area who are suffering again but also for the kurdish forces who have been fighting
it's not going to turkey.
some of you referred to the controversial but ongoing support that we are giving to turkey and not only to turkey but also to other countries that are hosting syrian refugees in the region.
there together with geir pedersen we were saying that maybe this is the beginning of a new possibility for the political process to start and it's the first time in years that there has been a tiny step forward on the possibility of achieving a political solution.
so i really hope that we will manage to join forces with others.
it's going to international agencies it's going to international ngos and it's going to the un agencies for the syrian people.
so first we are expressing a clear united position in time for it to be effective at least as a call;
i'm glad that we managed on the initiative of the european union member states sitting on the security council to have this point on the agenda there because it is there that it should be addressed.
i am often asked here to make sure that the european union speaks with one voice and a clear voice and on time.
this is therefore a good moment for this new parliament and the commission to exchange views on this issue.
and they also highlighted the commission's lack of respect for democracy in the decision making process. the commission continues to authorise gmos despite lack of support from member states and parliament's objections.
i call on the commission to elaborate and support a package for ukraine's macro economic stability including a social stability package for the population of the occupied territories of ukraine.
we should help to achieve the eventual removal of all armed groups from the occupied territories of ukraine and ukraine regaining full control of its border with russia.
we expect the new government of ukraine to embark on an ambitious and timely pace of continuous reforms especially in large scale privatisation land reform energy healthcare and of course the fight against corruption. the transformation process in ukraine as well as in other eastern partnership countries will take time and it's important to maintain not only their ambition and strategic focus but also ours.
furthermore it is of utmost importance to involve ukraine and other eastern partners in major eu initiatives on digitalisation migration social inclusion sustainable energy and climate change. ending russian aggression and achieving lasting peace is a shared european and ukrainian hope. we are seeking peace and the eu should not create illusions especially
we are entering the next generation partnership with ukraine dominated by the principle more for more' and it should lead towards a gradual opening of the eu single market to ukraine's economy.
recent rallies in kiev stand as a reminder that no agreement is possible unless accepted by everyone.
contributes nothing positive.
i hold the european union in contempt in equal measure to the contempt it has shown my country and its people over the last three years and particularly in the last couple of months.
here we are standing in this chamber debating the virtues of going green and look around you at a cost of around eur thirty million by my estimates we've flown in trained in and driven in meps from across europe to not attend this debate.
when we leave and we will leave we will deregulate our banking sector we will cut our taxes we will deregulate our businesses and we will take the european union on. and so i'm delighted when i see this empty chamber wasting hot air on a subject over which it has absolutely zero control and to which it
i find it hilarious.
the us has really followed all the steps of the wto in this case and as the member said it is paramount for the european union to respect and to cherish multilateralism. hopefully the us announcement that they are willing to find a negotiated solution will be followed by deeds and as indicated before both sides should have an interest in finally closing this long standing dispute also in the light of new entrants on the aircraft markets.
without unity we're not strong another proof of the importance of the european project.
this vessel has already destroyed fishes off west africa been banned from australian waters and caused controversy in chile.
this supertrawler is known to have horrific bycatch rates which endanger species such as bluefin tuna john dory and common dolphins in that area.
why is the eu's own common fisheries policy allowing a super trawler fourteen times the size of the average british vessel to fish in an area of the english channel that is thought to be a breeding area for seabass a species the eu has banned british fishers from catching due to their scarcity?
mr president we hear a great deal about the environmental and ecology credentials of the european union. this eu ecowarrior myth has become so dominant among the remain minded that i wouldn't be surprised if commission representatives were not among the climate emergency mob blockading london streets.
listen to the science'.
these three objections call for us to ignore science. they make spurious assertions about the excessive use of glyphosate but efsa's gmo panel in all three cases found no safety concerns for human consumption.
by continually rubbishing the science.
we need to get this done.
the eu has to decide whether we accept science or not.
when we see a fallingoff in the number of parents having their children vaccinated we say protect your children;
we are in danger of undermining the legitimacy of the entire eu regulatory system by continually questioning the objectivity and authority of scientific evidence;
gm for food use is limited but there is euwide dependency on gm for protein crops for use in animal feeds.
but when it comes to gm maize or gm soya bean the objectors are saying ignore the science'.
in line with scientific evidence both efsa and echa produced favourable opinions.
the way to respond is not to retaliate with new or higher tariffs but to end the state subsidies and unilaterally reduce tariffs.
mr president free trade brings prosperity; it lifts all our boats. protectionism through subsidies and tariffs is the enemy of free trade and prosperity.
now its prosperity is the envy of the world.
singapore without any natural resource except for its people did not bargain away its tariffs;
they are substantially lower than the eu's. thanks to brexit tariffs on us whiskey and bourbon will be reduced they will be abolished. i expect donald trump to do the same for the scotch malt whisky. thank goodness we have a lifeboat.
instead the uk has been dragged into a tariff war not of our making.
it is also of paramount importance to support the forty one regions dependent on coal in greece we have western macedonia by encouraging the transformation of their economy and also reskilling and upskilling workers.
so an active transformation of the eib into a climate bank is not only the way to accelerate addressing our climate goals.
but another way to stop mr johnson of course would be to vote no confidence' in the house of commons and put jeremy corbyn in number.
ten but it's the liberal democrats who are opposed to that.
existing best practices around the world that actually you could have a friction free border in ireland.
the reason is that you want to handcuff the european union to regulatory alignment and to the customs union because you don't want us to succeed as a high growth low tax smartly regulated country off europe.
mr barnier would you please explain to this chamber and indeed the citizens of europe why you refuse to adopt the recommendations of your own expert lars karlsson in his report smart borders two' his excellent forty eight page report produced in november two thousand and seventeen confirming that using existing technologies
let me start by reminding the honourable members that this commission that i'm proud to be part of has constantly striven to preserve and promote the highest standards with regard to ethics and integrity for its members.
two thousand and eighteen the new code as you know sets the standard at the top of the class in europe and makes it possible to address all possible situations.
that's the reality and often stricter than the rules of other eu institutions.
these include notably the prevention and handling of conflict of interests.
amendments to the eu's staff regulation in two thousand and fourteen strengthened the rules on conflicts of interest for staff of all eu institutions.
moreover the committee is closely involved in the evaluation of the postterm of office activities of the commissioners.
they contain for the first time a clear definition of conflict of interest and sets out a detailed procedure on how such a situation needs to be addressed.
third i would like to recall that there have been discussions in the past about a joint ethical body for all the institutions.
this committee has delivered for example an opinion on the ethical guidelines for commissioners who participate in the european elections.
second the commission is convinced of the importance of having a body that advises the commission and its president independently on ethical issues of all kinds and this is why the commission has already set up an independent ethical body the independent ethical committee which is composed of three independent external high level personalities.
ensuring trust in the european union and its institutions with regard to ethics transparency and their independence must remain a cornerstone of our actions. i'm looking forward to hearing the views of the honourable members.
the commission already proposed the creation of an advisory group on standards in public life back in the year.
two thousand this proposal did not fail because of the commission but due to concerns of other institutions.
so the commission decisions on these activities and the related opinions of the independent ethical committee will be public and therefore also be open to public scrutiny.
i'd like to stress in this regard that the court of auditors of the european union has only recently largely confirmed that the ethical framework of the commission is adequate.
first the ethical frameworks for both the members of the commission and the staff that are solid and represent a strong set of ethical values principles and rules.
a new financial regulation entered into force in two thousand and eighteen and sets out strict rules on conflict of interest and financial matters.
these rules are more comprehensive than the rules of most of our member states.
mr president minister honourable members of the european parliament i'm pleased to have the opportunity to present the position of the current commission on the prevention of conflict of interests in the eu institutions and an independent ethics body in plenary today.
but prevention promotion protection of health first of all healthiness we need to invest more.
this is totally inconsistent with your own plans for sustainable investment for the future.
if you are serious about a climate bank you should be serious about the energy lending policies no financing to fossil fuels.
we need a huge investment and the eib needs to play a role.
for example on gas you are promoting an exception for low carbon gas.
and i see the commission looking surprised but if we are looking at the first litmus test it's going to be the energy lending policies and there the commission is playing a role.
and the commission is not on that line.
have you not learnt of ccs ready coal?
as greens we fully support that direction. but we are getting a bit concerned if the commission is saying well you are already a climate bank.
and we want to see that no money from a public investment bank is going to fossil fuels.
the coal came and the ccs ready never worked.
this is totally inconsistent with your plans on a carbon neutral economy.
the eib wants to play a role but then we also need a commission that is serious about changing the eib into a climate bank.
we must bear in mind that new highly subsidised competitors from china and russia are preparing to enter these market and may seriously disrupt it if we don't take urgent action.
in the press release accompanying the list it explicitly said that it is ready to do so.
we've noted that the iconic products such as italian wine or olive oil and pasta as well as irish whiskey have been spared from tariffs.
so that will be eighty seven of the total value of the list.
but many companies and workers will be affected negatively.
our common interest is probably best served by exploring a fair and balanced outcome with the us as rapidly as practicable.
so we're talking about sixty of the total value of the list including iconic eu products like french wine scotch whisky italian parmigiano irish butter spanish olive oil german household machinery greek peaches and dutch cheeses.
an arbitrator will in some months decide in the parallel boeing case what level of countermeasures the eu will be entitled to apply on us imports.
so we should avoid overreaction and respect our international obligations.
there have been calls for a compensation mechanism for farmers and i would only comment that we must try to settle this dispute in the next months and put an end to a self defeating cycle of tariffs and countermeasures and counter tariffs.
the product list also includes a range of agricultural and industrial goods exported by different eu member states. the additional duties are at rates of ten on civil aircraft and twenty five on a range of agricultural and industrial products.
while authorised by the wto it will only inflict damage on businesses and citizens on both sides of the atlantic.