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and next may the choice will not be about anonymous candidates from political groupings that nobody has ever heard of. it will be about whether you want merely to shuffle the deck of cards or to throw the deck out completely and start afresh.
the concepts are not mutually antagonistic and to want a new direction for europe is not anti european.
they are not even to be allowed to take up e cigarettes to cite another topical example.
we need a new euro realist direction with different ideas one that says that patriotism is healthy;
in fact i think i am one of the few people here who do not actually want to do your job.
many of us want change.
and you know what?
the ice has increased by sixty in one year. leading american scientists are now saying that we are going into a period of between fifteen and thirty years of global cooling.
you can bring down people's taxes.
it is time to stop this stupidity.
we argued from the start that the science was not settled and we have argued very strongly that the measures we are taking to combat what may or not be a problem are damaging our citizens.
we may have made one of the biggest and most stupid collective mistakes in history by getting so worried about global warming.
i would like us to make the reforms that will turn europe into the leading economy.
it is not enough to be as good as we were in.
i would like the commission as well as the presidency of the council to see the challenges that we have in the global economy.
two thousand and eight we face new and rapidly emerging competition in all areas and it is not enough to deal with the problems of the crisis.
i think one way of describing the change is that this year there will be more mobile phone connections than human beings which is a sign of the level of prosperity.
the difficulties of poverty in many of our sectors. but not
the same values. what is going to be your story to the electors? are you going to say like the populists or the extremists that everything is wrong in europe? if you go that way you will only reinforce those who do not believe as we do in european
the objective for climate change. on low co two cars the proposals were put forward by the commission. if you are not satisfied with the solution now put the question to the
said greece is the victim of the policies of europe. false! completely! greece is the victim of the irresponsible behaviour of the governments of greece. this is the reality and it was
this is the point i want to make as well because
us be honest employment is mainly a national
only do i know i am fighting to solve that problem. it was the commission which upheld the aspiration for a fund for the most deprived people and had to fight hard against some capitals that were seeking to remove it our priorities. so not only do we know the reality in europe but we are trying to do our best with the instruments we have to remedy those situations. and
now what happens in fact is that we are aware of the difficulties in europe. you are right you and some others when you outline difficulties that many of our citizens particularly unemployed people are still experiencing. and to one of the distinguished members of parliament who said to me that i have never seen
values. mr callanan you said making a joke about possible competitors for the commission election that you are not interested in that job that you are very happy with yours. let me tell you very frankly that even if you were interested you could not have a chance to be elected president of the commission and do you know why? i am not saying that happily because i think increasingly your party and your group is looking like ukip a eurosceptic anti european group. and i am starting to have some doubts that you are going to be elected yourself in britain or if it is not ukip that is going to be the first force in the british elections. because when it comes to being
caricature to present european policy just as fiscal consolidation. at least since two thousand and ten i have been saying that fiscal consolidation alone is not sufficient that there are some limits to the policy of fiscal consolidation. our policy is a complex mix of fiscal consolidation structural reform and investment targeted investment in the sectors of the future to have a more innovative
and the conservative group. we have worked together for the internal market for reform we have worked together against some kinds of regulation we have worked together in many
who are paid to say the opposite. to pretend as you pretend against all well established science that the problem of climate change is just an invention of the greens or of the left is complete nonsense. of course we have to find a way of course we have to find a sensible way to fight climate change. and we have to look at the same time at competitiveness in europe. we have to make this part of our agenda for growth and i believe that the
in spite of some ideological differences share the same values. the same values that are in the treaty of lisbon that have been there since the treaty of rome the values of the dignity of human beings of peace of freedom and justice. and that is why i was also happy to receive the words of many of you congratulating the commission for what we are doing in terms of the rule of law. because if you want to speak about the rule of law internationally we have to be sure that here in europe we also respect all those principles because our conception of europe is not just about the economy or about the market it is a conception based on values. and i
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problems. others focus on the solutions. i prefer to be on the side of the solutions. this is the question. i think my assessment was realistic. i have recognised that there are still difficulties. i have not said that we are out
policy. we can influence we can create some funds. we can create the youth employment initiative we took the initiative of the youth guarantee. but in the end it depends on
the right calibration for a policy that of course
it is democratic nation states in europe that are stable that will not go to war with each other which are a force for good and i would remind people that without the vote in the house of commons two weeks ago we would now be at war in syria. what better proof can there be that nation state democracy can be a force for good?
mr president next year's european election will not be contested on the old division lines of left and right and several group leaders have agreed with that today.
but mr barroso those of us that believe in national democracy do not want to take us back to the western front or.
it will be contested between those of us that believe in national democracy within the nation state and those that believe that the twenty eight countries that are part of the eu are better governed by these institutions.
one thousand nine hundred and fourteen those of us that believe in national democracy will say to you it is a healthy assertion of identity but it also shows a deeper understanding of why the problems of europe were caused in the past.
why are we not insisting that they be released immediately? i ask for your absolute immediate intervention on this issue madam president.
i understand this morning that these seven hostages including six women were secretly flown by helicopter last night to the iranian border where they are about to be handed back to the iranians and will face certain torture and execution.
as usual your speeches this morning were long on rhetoric but your time in office has been very short on action.
i really believe that those of us who believe in less europe and less integration are actually starting to win the arguments in europe now.
the agreement? how can the council violate the law and the treaty by not negotiating with parliament about things which have to
all the others. we cannot defend the interests of our citizens if we go back to nationalism
how can we support baroness ashton's important work if we do not have a stronger europe?
is not enough; we want action from
we have to fight together in all our countries for more investment.
you spoke about increasing investment confidence.
shame. we should be proud to have a black minister in one of our european governments.
biggest task. talk alone
this is not what we want.
we want a policy for jobs.
we do not want lotteries to win a temporary job we want a european employment policy to get permanent jobs sustainable jobs.
people have a right to have a job.
so how can we recover?
they entered an unresolved banking problem and for two decades they had low growth figures high unemployment figures growth between zero and two and that is what we are falling into now at this moment. so my problem with the state of the union address mr barroso is that it fails to show a consistent vision for that problem how to avoid a japanese winter how to avoid two lost decades of economic stagnation in the next twenty years.
you now have a package on the digital agenda to complete the single market with open internet with lower roaming tariffs.
or we can use this time these seven or eight months to pick up a number of files where we are saying that they represent an added value for our people and for our citizens.
that is what you are doing.
you are putting on the table a budget for two thousand and fourteen that has lower figures for the mff which we have to approve. how can that be possible?
what do we do to avoid that?
let us immediately start the negotiations.
secondly and there was not enough of this in your vision of the future we need a more integrated eurozone with a real government in the eurozone and in the european union with a common treasury with common financial instruments so that we can finance our investments at a lower interest rate.
it is far too easy only to see the negative points as has been done a few minutes ago but it is also not fair only to see the positive signs and say ok it is over now we are going up again.
and the commission contribution to this is vital because the central purpose of the next round of treaty reform is to transform the commission to be a
we have to put the council of ministers in order and adjust the role of the european council.
of course treaty change.
democratic federal government of a fiscal union.
and if we are to start the convention as we expect to be able to do in the spring of two thousand and fifteen it is this commission and this parliament which have got to prepare
two thirds of people across the eu think their views are not being heard.
the people must be listened
to. let the people decide.
well mr barroso this was your fourth and last state of the union address and you have brought along the rest of your appointed commission for support. never before has a tier of this parliament been filled with such incompetence and failure. a question why is it that it is the president of the unelected arm of the eu that gives this address?
your flagship policy when you became president was the much vaunted lisbon strategy which seeks to make the eu the most dynamic economy in the world. that sank without trace.
unemployment especially among youth is rocketing and little miss red tape sitting next to you is not helping. mr barroso your own commission's poll shows there is no trust in the eu. the people of the biggest five countries feel the eu is not working.
no wonder but when they do express an opinion for example in a rare referendum they are treated with contempt and told that somehow they do not understand.
so there is a future and we have to build it.
a large majority say that membership of the european union is a good thing.
member states are doing this with difficulty themselves.
can you just make it clear once and for all that renegotiation of significant powers such as the social chapter is not possible? is it not damaging to the european union to have the uk in its current predicament until?
i need to ask you then why do you not challenge the uk to put up or shut up?
oh no i'm sorry old son i haven't accused you of not working far from that. i have accused you of doing far too much and actually collectively in this house forming a consensus and i am going to come back to this green agenda.
you all formed the view that carbon dioxide emissions were leading to rapid global warming and that it was the greatest crisis that has ever faced mankind and therefore we had to start taxing carbon. there has been no global warming sir for twenty years.
the ice caps have grown significantly over the last twelve months and i am making a positive proposal that would put back into work tens of thousands of people and i am saying let us scrap these climate levies and let us see where the science goes over the course of the next few years.
i cannot think of a more positive thing that has been said in this house this morning.
mr president though i usually welcome an optimistic outlook and while it is always good to hear from you president barroso that the bad times are almost over i am afraid that for many this message really just does not fit the reality and while you may be thinking about popping open the champagne i would air some caution as the real work is yet to begin. the financial markets may be recovering and the experts may be more optimistic about the eu economy but if you step outside the bubble
you will see the true consequences of austerity living social and working standards dropping; ordinary people feeling the pain; exploitation by predatory employers using zero hour contracts; a massive rise in food banks and the need for aid across the eu while energy prices rise and unemployment remains cripplingly high. now is not the time to congratulate ourselves.
a new vision on europe does not mean going back to the past.
he knows that i agree with them that the actions of the spanish government have been disgraceful.
actually the people who they are hurting are the people of spain in the poorer parts of spain who actually want to cross the border into a free and prosperous gibraltar and actually make a living and earn some money for their families. so i am sure this is designed to distract attention from the many domestic problems that mr garca magallo is suffering with his prime minister in spain.
equally importantly to this end we need to finalise the various proposals under the single market focusing on the digital agenda something that was raised here in this house yesterday when a very important discussion took place as well as moving forward with the internal energy market.
we therefore look forward to its adoption in the near future.
does this suggest that he does not think this is important?
mr president i too would like to pay tribute to all the women around the world and all the women in the last one hundred plus years who have fought for equality.
women do not need to be patronised by quotas and instead need barriers to their progress to be removed.
common sense is a stranger to the european union.
of course it was the united kingdom that had the first woman prime minister in europe.
no one can disagree that we need more women in the boardroom.
whether a director in the boardroom surgeon in the hospital part time care assistant car mechanic or housewife and mother a woman has the right to make her own choice.
his report consisted of voluntary targets for businesses.
finally on international women's day i must pay tribute to motherhood.
almost as patronising as giving the women in this room a rose when they came in.
we have to analyse the situation in the member states regarding access to information regimes in the member states and the possible protection of investigative journalists' personal data in requests for data procedures. we must step up against practices to intimidate journalists by threatening them or by strategic law suits.
there have been other attacks against journalists in particular investigative journalists and that clearly calls for a collective response from all of us because freedom of expression and a free media are anchors of our democracies.
we agree that whistleblowers who unveil illegal activities play an important role including as sources of information for journalists and we agree that protecting whistleblowers from retaliation is crucial for safeguarding investigative journalism.
i will pursue that with colleagues but the commission does remain completely committed to the fight against corruption through a series of targeted initiatives through the scrutiny that we carry out in the european semester and through our practical and financial support for a wide range of projects in the field of anti corruption.
these are very important matters and we will not rest until we get to the bottom of them.
i reiterate that we call upon the slovak authorities to engage fully with olaf in order to find out whether this case does indeed involve misuse of eu funds with a crossborder dimension.
i have heard the calls from several of you to look again at the arrangements for scrutiny on rule of law matters and indeed in some cases to look at potential legislation.
i repeat again that we will be coming forward with a legislative initiative to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers at the eu level.
so to all those who seek to undermine our democratic values and to those who want to silence independent voices in particular in the media we need to send a strong signal.
this horrible crime is as a number of you have said unfortunately not an isolated case.
all of the political groups requested an independent inquiry commission to investigate what happened. as president juncker said the killing or intimidation of journalists has no place in europe no place in any democracy.
they're intrinsically linked to the values which we treasure and which we can never take for granted.
this is what distinguishes our democracies and keeps them healthy and vibrant.
we call upon the slovak authorities to do this quickly.
the assassinations in slovakia show that we need to continue to be vigilant including in europe and do more to protect these fundamental rights on a national as well as an eu level.
media freedom and pluralism are essential pillars of our modern democracy.
whistleblowers who unveil illegal activities are an important source of information for journalists.
one particularly useful instrument is the eu financed media pluralism monitor which aims to identify and highlight risks to media pluralism.
in order to find out whether this case involved misuse of eu funds and had a cross border dimension we invite the authorities to cooperate fully with the european anti fraud office if.
with their relentless work and investigations they enable a free and independent media to hold those in power to account.
we have recently begun funding a scheme dedicated cross border investigative journalism.
it is up to national governments in this sad case slovakia to make sure that their citizens are protected and to bring those guilty of crimes to justice in accordance with their constitutional legal order and with international human rights obligations.
as first vice president timmermans stated no democracy can survive without the free press which is why journalists deserve respect and protection.
the best guarantee of media freedom and pluralism is to ensure the independence of media regulators.
i can assure you that we will continue to monitor the situation in all member states including in slovakia.
we encourage the authorities to make full use of this extra support.
for instance we are acting to make sure that journalists can do their essential work in safety.
we also monitor risks to media pluralism across europe and map violations of media freedom.
we strongly condemn it and express again our deepest condolences to their families and loved ones.
we live in extraordinary times.
this includes requirements of independence that relate also to budgetary and structural provisions.
the murder of this young journalist and his partner is an attack on all that europe stands for our values our right to freedom of speech our right to ask difficult questions our rights justice and our capacity to hold those in power properly to account.
europol is ready to support the investigations with all the instruments and expertise at its disposal.
every day we witness the challenges that political technological and sociological changes pose to pluralism to the status of facts and investigative journalism throughout the world.
we have seen recently the first offensive use of nerve agent on european territory since world war ii something that the council of europe called a dangerous breach of the rule of law'.
that it appears is why he was murdered.
various forces seem intent on attacking the rule of law the very values that lie at the heart of our open societies.
this is why the commission has proposed strengthening the rules for the independence of national audiovisual regulators as part of the revision of the audiovisual media services directive.
as this case demonstrates both the eu and its member states need to do more to protect investigative journalism across europe.
we are aware that their investigation relies upon the cooperation of europol and the italian authorities.
in two thousand and sixteen the commission dedicated its annual colloquium on fundamental rights precisely to these issues media pluralism and democracy. several members of this house took part in those discussions actively. they explored the multiple links between a free pluralistic media and democracy and agreed to promote and protect that pluralism and freedom of the media in the eu.
we can't accept this.
unfortunately the results show that no member state is immune from risks when it comes to media pluralism.
the eu also provides several additional tools to support police and judicial cooperation between slovakia and italy.
misuse of funds were proven this case would illustrate again why we need the european public prosecutor.
however we can and do monitor encourage and guide.
but it is not only about laws.
we have to do our utmost to ensure journalists' safety and to stop such crimes from happening again in any eu member state.
in this context we are completing our work on an initiative that we announced in our work programme last october to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers.
many of these initiatives and i salute this are independent projects financed by this parliament.
this cooperation should be put in place as rapidly as possible in order for justice to be done.
under the treaties the commission has limited powers concerning media freedom.
they are guarantees of an open and free democratic debate.
last week president tajani made a strong call for a detailed in depth international investigation.
journalists have the right to investigate to ask uncomfortable questions and to report effectively.
on behalf of president juncker and all my colleagues in the commission can i say that we fully agree that the top priority for all of us must be to carry out an independent and thorough investigation of the facts and bring those responsible to justice?
member states have a duty to make sure that press freedom and journalists are protected on their territory in law but also in spirit.
he wanted to shed light on what needs to be eradicated in our societies and devoted his life to fighting corruption and the abuse of power.
i look forward to what they will have to say.
it is for these very reasons that freedom of speech media freedom and pluralism are guaranteed under the eu charter of fundamental rights.
the slovak law enforcement authorities together with international experts are investigating the crime.
these freedoms are an obligation on our governments and all democracies must make it an absolute priority to protect journalists from financial or political pressure.
if they happen we must act immediately we must condemn the crime find and punish the perpetrators and re establish public trust in the ability of our democratic institutions to function.
first of all i would like to offer my sincere condolences to their families friends and colleagues.
let me be clear in our union attacks designed to silence media representatives are completely unacceptable.
where there is no freedom of speech and people fear for their lives every time they express a critical view there is no democracy.