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i don't believe that we are in the business of removing rights from individual citizens of this union and i do not believe that the status of these uk citizens in the eu twenty seven should change.
they settled in european union countries to live to work to pursue their dreams to retire as european union citizens.
this case provides evidence that there are shortcomings in the accession process and an urgent need to address it.
and secondly the fact that claims often referred to other rights being violated such as freedom of expression or opinion. as a result standards in this area are under developed and violations of academic freedom go underreported.
there is an urgent need to raise awareness of the importance of academic freedom and to create opportunities to improve the capacity for its advocacy and defence.
but turkey is not the only country threatening academic freedom we also hear reports of the detentions of uighur scholars and students in china targeted attacks on scholars in iran pressures on student expression in nicaragua mounting tensions in the united states and state driven threats to institutional autonomy in russia.
i have been hugely inspired by the work of scholars at risk which launched its eu chapter today in this parliament.
however they struggle with financial and administrative limitations which preclude otherwise qualified at risk academics or students from being able to obtain access to programme opportunities.
the eu global strategy clearly states that living up consistently to our values internally will determine our external credibility and influence.
the truth is threats to academic freedom impact everyone in our society when researchers professors and students can't explore certain issues society doesn't get the benefit of their skills and talents looking into important questions.
the contributions that academics make and the fact that attacking academics is an early step on a familiar path towards tyranny.
thousands of academics and students are threatened attacked imprisoned censored expelled or even killed each year because of what they teach write or say.
attacks on academic freedom hamper social political economic and cultural development.
there is also an urgent need to explain why academics' work is fundamental to democratic societies and the protection of our rights especially in the current rise of autocratic leaders. there are organisations and universities that already do excellent work monitoring and reporting attacks and assisting those who are under threat.
more needs to be done and the eu could lead in this area supporting persecuted and at risk academics as well as defending and promoting academic freedom worldwide.
therefore recognising these incidents as a part of a single global phenomenon is a crucial first step in devising solutions.
recently i was in turkey as part of a subcommittee on human rights mission. turkey is a clear example of a country where a crack down on critical thinking occurs with an unprecedented witch hunt targeting teachers academics and other professionals.
this is in part due to a lack of familiarity with issues of academic freedom amongst human rights advocates;
i should also address the elephant in the room the terrible attacks on academic freedom in our own eu member state hungary.
we will keep highlighting the importance of academic freedom and institutional autonomy and we will never stop saying that academics must be free to research and publish the truth in hungary throughout the eu and across the world.
we cannot talk about the inclusion of academic freedom in the copenhagen criteria for eu candidate countries without referring to the case of hungary a member state that has been through the accession process.
in parts of my north west constituency over fifty of children live in poverty.
meanwhile in two thousand and seventeen the eu adopted a european pillar of social rights to encourage poverty reduction and the creation of more equal societies.
madam president this month the un reported that the conservative party's misogynistic punitive meanspirited and often callous austerity policies have inflicted great misery on people across the uk.
austerity continues the economy suffers and households are already gbp nine hundred a year worse off since the referendum result.
a fifth of the uk population live in poverty.
it's the poorest families who have borne the brunt of the sharpest cuts and brexit will only add to their misery.
the tories have brushed aside these expert findings but it's negligent for any government to dismiss consistent evidence that they have compounded suffering through their domestic legislative agenda.
brexit hasn't even happened yet but the effects are already being felt.
i bring up these statements because i care.
' these are statements made by danish citizens during our citizens' consultations on the future of the eu. i bring up these statements today not because they are shared by me or because they are shared by the majority far from it but because these are views that are not uncommon in denmark or
they were also a reminder of the opposite fear destruction war.
my mother witnessed the second world war up close.
this puts new pressure on the european union.
the single market is a tremendous benefit to our economy which cannot be understated.
for instance our high levels of child benefit payments financed by danish tax payers are made available to all workers in denmark regardless of whether their children actually live in denmark or not.
africa. that is why i believe we must help africa in building a true african free trade area which can serve as the bedrock for future african jobs and prosperity.
we must keep reminding people of what we have achieved together in the past but we must also listen listen to what the people of europe want the eu to be in the future.
for the most part our model of society is well protected under the eu treaties and in eu regulations.
our time will be defined by our ability to solve these issues together in this room and in the council.
the second issue where increased eu action is essential is the fight against climate
how can that be?
good. i continue to believe that redistribution of asylum seekers is not the right way to solve the problem but make no mistake denmark is willing to take responsibility and support those frontline member states in
car. it is a big ambition that will not be easy to reach but it is precisely this kind of decision that i believe will foster innovation and i will push hard to make this a european
speed. i can be blunt the internal market is no longer only about physical goods at physical
we must develop european policies which remove the incentive for those with no real need for protection to embark on a dangerous journey towards europe.
on windy days all of our electricity is produced by windmills and we are well on the way to reaching our goal of net zero emissions
the freedom of movement ensures that our businesses have direct access to half a billion consumers and that danes can work and deliver services all over europe.
this is a challenge that will not disappear anytime soon but even if the challenge is still here we could all do a better job of explaining to citizens that the eu and the member states have already achieved quite a lot for instance a ninety five drop in arrivals since the crisis
market. that is after all the backbone of our european cooperation.
that. today services and in particular digital services constitute an increasingly important part of our
not as much as i would like but politicians from left to right have in fact promoted this debate for the last thirty years.
words. in two thousand and nineteen we will significantly enhance our contribution to frontex.
recently my government has launched a new
for forty years the people of britain were told how european cooperation was holding them back but in fact brexit has revealed how european cooperation was solving problems that the brits now have to deal with on their own securing open borders
during the last seventeen years we have tripled our consumption of green electricity.
frictionless trade peace and security.
europe. decades ago a political decision on renewable energy was taken in denmark and it has proven to be a good deal for danish companies.
it's a story not a memory.
that is a good deal.
the eu must guarantee the freedom to move but freedom of movement must also be fair and freedom of movement must not be abused. during this very fall a number of third country truck drivers technically employed in another eu country
chains. the single market must match this development it must be digitally competitive data must flow freely every corner of the internal market must be digitally fit from production to consumer protection.
grand ideas of the united states of europe' fall on deaf ears.
we are among only three or four european member states who actually have managed to allocate. zero seven of gdp to aid and we are actively exploring further contributions.
people. it is our duty to safeguard free trade even when we find ourselves under historic pressure.
stories like this hurt the image of the eu and we need to work together to ensure that they are not repeated and that rules are strongly enforced for the benefit of the people.
two months earlier at the un assembly in new york i had the privilege to co chair the very un meeting where we adopted the sustainable development goals. these are two historic agreements offering new hope for future generations.
to people like my mother the anthem of europe was the anthem of peace but to my daughter and my sons war in europe is a long time ago.
the eu is also a close knit political community of nations that share and seek to protect the same fundamental values a union of nations that solve their problems through peaceful means.
this is from a danish perspective not fair and it is a challenge to the danish model of society which is based on a shared sense of solidarity and on our ability to ensure a sustainable balance of rights and responsibilities.
africa. our two continents are bound to each other what is good for africa will also be good for
as legislators we have to stimulate innovation not kill it in regulation.
we are concerned about finding down to earth solutions to present day problems to making the eu work better.
speaking of africa i believe it is time for europe to start rebuilding our partnership with the nations of
trade. europe itself is a testament to how trade liberalisation brings both prosperity and peace among free
if we don't we risk jeopardising european solidarity.
denmark belongs in the european union but at the same time danes are proud of their unique model of society.
were found to be working permanently in denmark under horrible conditions apparently under the pretext of the freedom of movement.
change. almost three years ago paris the city of lights turned into the shining city on the hill as the world agreed to save the planet from climate breakdown.
in the us the land of dreams they are now dreaming of less free trade of fewer international obligations of barriers to trade and perhaps even of breaking up the international rules based trading
economy; goods and services are intertwined in global value
this has given everyone including myself a much more pragmatic view on our union. perhaps this is also why danes are not swayed by distant dreams of a future that might be.
we already rank among the top four when it comes to financing the eu trust fund for africa.
we must respect the choice of the british people but we also need to learn from this choice.
denmark is determined to act in support of both agreements.
down. the third issue where more eu action is needed is on expanding and modernising and implementing the single
in britain the government perhaps forgot to tell people about the results in europe forgot to tell people about what we have achieved together and perhaps along the way they forgot to listen to the voices of concern too before it was all too late. many of you would maybe claim that the danes too are reluctant europeans.
done. we have to break the cynical business model of human traffickers.
they were forced to innovate and now we all profit businesses as well as the environment.
part of the reason is that in denmark we have a long tradition of discussing the european union.
need. we support a more flexible yet mandatory mechanism of solidarity and we are ready to put actions behind our
policy. make no mistake about it if we set ambitious goals for the green transition at european level we will motivate our own industry to be frontrunners to the benefit of all of us in europe and not least to the benefit of our children and grandchildren.
borders; the modern economy is much more than
in fact the share of people supporting the eu is larger in denmark than in most other european countries and the share of danes who believe their voice is heard at european level ranks second among all twenty eight member states.
by. two thousand and fifty i was happy to learn earlier today that the commission has adopted the same vision of carbon neutrality for all of
in fact the eu has helped to strengthen our economy estimates say that real wages in denmark are ten percent higher than they would have been had we been outside the eu.
the first issue is migration.
we need to live up to that responsibility and i urge everyone in this room to work to that
the digital transformation of the internal market is a huge challenge but the us and china will not wait for
to them and to younger generations bringing peace in the past will not be enough to justify our union in the future.
however in certain key areas i have a hard time defending and explaining the eu rules.
the eu. there is no reason why the same benefits cannot be applied to
it. my fellow europeans i started my speech by saying that the european union must be justified by more than the memory of division and war but that doesn't mean that we should forget about the past. in contrast to my parents i didn't witness the two world
how should we respond?
people pay a large share of their income to ensure that every citizen regardless of gender race or origin has a fair chance to succeed.
in some cases the solution is for the eu to step down to interfere less; yet in other areas the eu needs to step up. in four existential areas i hear our citizens calling for more cooperation.
while pushing for further progress on return and readmission our aim should be to create a full and equal partnership.
to her the golden stars were not only symbols of peace;
i care about my country about europe about our union a union born from the ashes of war and division turned into the greatest and most successful peace project in the history of the world. my grandfather witnessed the first world war from a distance.
the rest of europe.
this document is beautiful but this document is avoiding the question what is europe going to do by? two thousand and thirty ' that's the question in katowice.
unfortunately i can only conclude that despite the nice words climate change policy is not a priority for this commission.
are you going to raise ambition before?
i thought we were doing that here.
this is just eight scenarios on the table and more importantly it's avoiding one of the key questions what are we going to do by?
it's a beautiful press release so i was eager to read it.
that's our economic and our environmental challenge and the commission is just postponing as always.
we did all this for the benefit of our consumers and industrial users but now we have almost nothing to offer to our developing trading partners.
among others we reduced our tariffs and non tariff barriers.
also i don't think we have done enough in our trade system to protect our industry from those imports that have contributed to high co two and other greenhouse gas emissions.
i would like to use this opportunity to remind you of the critical importance that european integration and the eu membership perspective have in holding the western balkans together in a peaceful and prosperous way.
all political actors should share the responsibility in sustaining a healthy democratic political dialogue.
montenegro still has a lot to do in the area of freedom of expression and the fight against corruption and organised crime.
i welcome the progress the country has made in the area of public administration fundamental rights and regional cooperation.
we need the single market to complete
we have a single market for belgian chocolates.
it. you are totally right.
they are still critical towards the european project.
the single market is what you are talking about.
we continue to stand by our assessment that all benchmarks have been met and continue to be
but now let me turn back briefly to the assessment in our two thousand and eighteen report on kosovo.
we will continue to support kosovo in its reform processes in important areas such as the rule of law public administration the economy and education.
they must be addressed in the appropriate fora.
this is why the european union has called on the kosovo government to immediately revoke these decisions.
for instance there has been almost a three fold increase in funding for migration and security to make sure that europe can protect its
targets. but just as we cannot delay or postpone our future we should not lose time in agreeing on the resources needed to bring that future
employment has risen to a record level of two hundred and thirty nine million people and unemployment has fallen back to pre crisis levels helping more than ten million people out of poverty or social exclusion. but we cannot become complacent.
ultimately it is productivity gains that will allow for continued improvements in living standards.
citizens. funding for research and innovation of which denmark is one of the highest recipients will be increased by fifty to reach eur one hundred
the current economic sunshine is an opportunity for us to finish what we have started before the next storm arrives.
firstly if we are going to protect our citizens harness the benefits of a rapidly changing world and create more opportunities for more prosperity we will have to remain strong and
for instance in the post crisis period denmark was quick to implement difficult but effective public spending controls. crucially this was achieved by still maintaining the second highest level of social protection spending in the eu.
building a stronger more democratic and more united union will require us to stay close and build trust with one another. as president juncker said in his state of the union address europe succeeds when it speaks with one voice.
in that time denmark has given the union so much from its effective social model its growth friendly business environment and its well functioning social dialogue to the richness of its culture.
two thousand and four this leadership role has continued since the crisis.
now more than ever global events highlight the importance of this message.
at the start of this year we celebrated forty five years since denmark joined the european union.
this serves as a good example of how prudent fiscal policy is compatible with the delivery of high quality public services.
completing reforms is not just a matter of individual countries.
europe's economy is now entering its sixth year of uninterrupted growth.
purpose. this is why we have focused our proposals for the new multiannual financial framework on areas where we can achieve more together and which are crucial to denmark's and europe's
therefore we recommended opening accession negotiations with the country.
two thousand and nineteen it's important that the current reform momentum continues to deepen primarily in the interests of the citizens.
in the light of the latest developments let me emphasise that the rule of law is a fundamental principle of the union for member states and candidate countries alike.
and to contribute to resolving the severe political crisis by engaging together with me in the facilitation of the provisional agreement. they also played a key role in the organising of the first chamonix dialogue which aims at creating an atmosphere of compromise among the political parties in the parliament. these are only a few examples of how this house contributes to reinforcing democratic processes and hopefully standards.
in june our member states acknowledged the progress achieved in advancing the eu reforms and set out the path towards opening accession negotiations in june.
over the coming months we look forward to further progress in particular in key areas such as judicial reform the fight against corruption and organised crime public administration reform and the oversight of intelligence services. all these areas have been identified in the socalled plan eighteen of the government.
more and more people are asking in the run up to the european elections about the future of europe.
we had extreme heat waves in four of the last five years and this summer temperatures in the arctic circle were five degrees higher than normal. central europe was so dry that the rhine was in places too shallow for inland navigation. and this is just the beginning a planet with a climate that's out of control would not be a safe and prosperous home and we have to act.
in march the european council also called on the commission to present a long term strategy by the first quarter of two thousand and nineteen taking into account national plans.
we have seen that this not only produces benefits for the environment and therefore for the citizens but that it also creates growth and jobs.
the mathematics are clear instead of paying to burn fuels that pollute our climate and our air we can invest in cleaner and modern european industries that provide good local jobs.
the strategy looks at all the key economic sectors at innovation finance agriculture the circular economy trade. in. short how to make climate neutrality a cornerstone of a modern european economy fit for the twenty first century that will leave the planet clean.
jobs and it has european solidarity at its core. honourable members there are many strong reasons to put forward the long term strategy now global commitments economic rationale but also a key political reason.
under this commission we have learned how to better integrate climate energy transport and other policies into the energy union and we are the world leader in designing coherent policies that drive investment and investment that delivers results.
to conclude let me use this opportunity to assure you that we as the presidency will continue to support montenegro in its reform process and will do our utmost to move the accession negotiations forward. we also count on montenegro to do its part and maintain the reform momentum.
recent attacks against journalists highlight the urgent need for the authorities to guarantee a safe climate conducive to freedom of expression and the independence of the media. on economic reforms the council has taken positive note of the continuous economic growth and has encouraged montenegro to take measures to ensure fiscal sustainability
therefore montenegro should now focus its reform efforts on meeting the interim benchmarks for chapters twenty three and twenty four and on implementing the respective action plans.
the clear messages in your draft resolutions are well appreciated.
the council has warmly welcomed montenegro's continued positive role in further developing regional cooperation and advancing good neighbourly relations strongly commended it also for its consistent cooperation on foreign policy issues and in particular for its continuous full alignment with the eu common foreign and security policy.
with the institutional framework complete and the legal framework largely in place the entire rule of law system should now deliver more tangible results and a strengthened and sustainable track record. progress in particular on the rule of law and fundamental rights chapters as set out in the negotiation framework will continue to determine the pace of accession negotiations overall.
decrease the high public debt reduce the trade deficit advance reforms in important areas such as public procurement and labour market and improve the business environment.