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briefly on the g twenty the european union considers that the g twenty should send a strong message of confidence at the cannes summit through an ambitious action plan with concrete commitments and measures from all g twenty countries to respond to the challenges emanating from the current slowdown and to ensure strong sustainable and balanced growth while implementing credible fiscal
the european council will set specific timelines for the implementation of some of those key priorities namely the twelve priority proposals foreseen in the single market act on which agreement should be reached by the end of.
this is why the polish presidency is giving such a high priority to the growth enhancing measures.
two thousand and twelve the rapid adoption of the simplification proposals pending before the council and parliament is essential to being able to meet this objective.
aid. we are ready to extend the applicability of the existing state aid framework for bank support beyond.
the continuing doubts over greece have contributed very significantly to undermining confidence in the financial stability of the euro area as a whole.
efsf. any recapitalisation from public sources should be compatible with the eu rules on state
the problem with the eurozone is a problem of political credibility more than economic fundamentals.
the financial markets are nervous because they doubt the ability of europe's leaders to take action.
the markets understand that there is no route out of deficit and debt without a credible growth strategy and the failure of europe's leaders has been to act as though fiscal austerity alone is a solution.
that is why the resolution which i believe parliament will adopt overwhelmingly tomorrow insists on a meaningful plan for investment growth and jobs.
council must also produce a clear response to two other urgent issues the greek situation and the recapitalisation of the banks.
on bank recapitalisation our message is yes' we need decisive and coordinated european action to ensure the security of europe's banks but we say no' to an unconditional bail out.
as others have said if public money rescues the banks the growth and employment imperatives must be fully reflected in the conditions set.
one condition must be a clear commitment from the banks to boost lending to the real productive economy.
we need a european answer to this crisis.
we need a more open europe a more competitive europe and a more dynamic europe but sometimes i feel that we discuss more europe' in the sense of more institutions more forums for decision making and more and different structures.
mr president the euro is facing a clear and present danger and the eu is facing one of its greatest tests. it must act responsibly but it should act within its own clear current competences and the way forward for the eurozone must be found by the eurozone members.
meanwhile the commission is occupying too much of its time with distractions such as the financial transaction tax or with financial services reforms that could dry up liquidity when it is most needed rather than pursuing the vital competitiveness or deregulation which president barroso has historically proposed.
while action is so desperately needed we wait.
as europe's banks become ever more threatened the council postponed its summit in order to further analyse the situation of greece.
action is needed;
it must be decisive. we need a plan to recapitalise europe's banks.
in the medium term member states need to adopt credible plans to ensure that they can live within their means and generate economic growth.
the people of europe are expecting answers to these problems.
time is short.
i have run out of expressions to convey urgency to ministers and leaders but to reuse what i put to commissioner rehn during a debate at the imf think big and get it done'.
all of it that includes banks backstops greece firepower flexibility sustainability and growth.
everyday we see the schism that has developed between what governments will have to do and public sentiment.
this is a time for leadership for putting cause before self.
the consequences of not doing so will be far more destructive to politicians if they fail to protect the fabric of our society.
it is vital that while reinforcing economic governance within the euro area we do not jeopardise cohesiveness of the wider union and the single market.
is it your position that further treaties and or treaty changes should be endorsed by referendums or not?
for those of us who concentrate on the difficulties in the eurozone i want to draw the attention of this house to my part of the united kingdom and to the plight of construction workers and companies there who are suffering dreadfully because of the lack of liquidity in the market in the republic of ireland and because they cannot service the debt that originates in the construction sector there.
i have spoken to commissioner rehn on this issue previously and yet i do not see much action that will actually help these people with their plight.
i have not heard anything today that is really new or that will move this situation on significantly.
i want to end with two pieces of advice.
this regulation will be codecided by the european parliament and the council.
in the context of the services directive economic freedoms and the protection of workers' rights commission president barroso stated in this house on fifteen september two thousand and nine the interpretation and the implementation of the posted workers directive falls short.
it was then scheduled for last week and then it was deferred again and now we do not know what is happening at all with this suggestion. my question is when will the commission finally deliver after more than two years of framing its proposals on economic freedoms?
is why i am committed to proposing as soon as possible a regulation to resolve the problems that have arisen.
i think it would be wise to do that for the benefit of all concerned.
while directive two thousand and six one hundred and fourteen ec concerning misleading and comparative advertising is in place this is proving to be of little practical use to smes who are faced with threatening letters from debt collectors collecting for a service that the smes have not signed up for.
last time we got through seventeen questions so there are going to be a lot of disappointed people and i apologise in advance.
i am afraid to say that there are more than fifty people who want the floor.
has one minute to put his or her question and thirty seconds for a supplementary.
the commission has two minutes to reply if only one commissioner is to be responsible for answering.
the enforcement directive will facilitate further cross border service provision for companies through better administrative cooperation more transparent information and limits to national control measures.
it will prevent abuses by clarifying the elements of the notion of posting limit the opportunities to impose national control measures by codifying the case law of the court and contribute to fairer competition and a more level playing field for example for smes.
where i come from question time is a question of catch the eye genuinely catch the eye but i realise that we have different procedures here.
posted from another country who remain employees of a company that operates in a different member state.
this also has to be taken into account.
dealt with in the directive because we have to distinguish between posted workers and those workers who have become integrated into the labour market of the host country.
i and members of my committee are deeply engaged in following through the transposition.
i want to thank the commissioner for his energy in pursuing this.
but my experience is that most businesses who can potentially take advantage of this know nothing about it at all because the one thing member states have neglected is any promotion of these great new opportunities.
how is that a sensible strategy?
we have to update databases such as sis vis and eurodac taking fingerprints and ensuring information sharing and cross checking in a secure way.
member states must develop secure channels of information sharing that they can all trust.
madam president my heart is with all the victims and their families. against terrorism we need to be responsible and join forces across political groups to implement the anti terrorism pact.
more alerts are created in the schengen information system which has proven to be one of the most valuable tools to enhance security.
we do not need to reinvent the wheel we have to start using it more.
this is an important step which will help us to develop our future tools on the exchange of information.
data must be interconnected to be useful.
last week i was at the un conference in geneva.
i will continue pushing member states to implement this quickly and not wait for two more years.
our information landscape for security in the european union is simply too complex too fragmented.
these are our youngsters.
we all need to live up to our responsibilities all of us the commission the member states and this parliament.
and this can only happen by cooperating to the maximum while respecting the principles of our democratic societies.
and many more have been seriously injured many more lives changed forever.
there is no time and space for blame games.
that is the only way to respond to the threat together.
europol has a very specific mission by the treaties but as mr weber reminded us it is an important one to support and strengthen action by the member states' police authorities and other law enforcement services and their mutual cooperation.
you will also vote to adopt the pnr directive. the pnr framework is one of the tools that can substantially contribute to our security.
i count on all of you.
our challenges are considerable and they are shared.
we cannot expect quick results in security if after each attack we proclaim our determination but then water down every good proposal on the table.
if our systems do not talk to each other if they are not connected we will continue putting data into black boxes.
that is why we must rethink our integration and inclusion efforts our educational structures our whole approach to promoting tolerance and common values.
collection of information is of course a prerequisite for connecting and exchanging information and member states should step up their efforts here using agreed methods such as joint investigation teams.
soon the siena information architecture which connects europol with law enforcement authorities in the member states will be upgraded to confidential level.
we share the same objectives in our common fight against terrorism and i am convinced that we must live up to the expectations of our citizens improve their safety and uphold their values and rights.
europol plays an important role in supporting cross border investigations and should continuously enhance its capabilities as the central information broker and as an analysis centre.
there must be similar projects in many of our cities that we can support and encourage and if not let me know since tuff is willing to come to your town or city to help set up a similar project.
when she arrived at the stadium she was so overcome that she knelt down to kiss the pitch and now through her experience encourages others not to be recruited to terrorism.
we spoke about the drivers of terrorism some searching for an identity or a sense of belonging others radicalised in prisons;
a few days after the brussels attacks a man in my constituency tweeted how he had confronted a muslim woman in croydon in south london and asked her to explain brussels'.
we all come together to condemn the acts that we have seen over the last few months in fact years in many of our countries.
we all want to explain brussels a city we know so well whose citizens have buried family colleagues and friends prematurely after these appalling acts. last month i opened a conference of the european parliament organised by the iman foundation on tackling extremism and terrorism.
we will not drive more people into the arms of extremists.
instead they spoke about the need to tackle terrorism at various levels at an international level militarily through use of intelligence and diplomacy;
at the project i had met a young lady who told me how she almost went to syria after being recruited via social media such as snapchat.
but this will only happen if they can trust each other and feel confident enough to share information not if you force them.
so whilst we may not be able to explain brussels' we may be able to help stop more attacks by encouraging cooperation across intelligence and security services by giving security and law enforcement agencies whatever tools we can in a free and open society and by supporting projects that stop young people becoming terrorists and by all of us saying that we will not treat all muslims with suspicion.
what was interesting about this conference was that while there may be people here in this chamber who call for more european agencies to solve all these problems none of the speakers or experts present there claimed that there was a single solution or metaphorical silver bullet.
but for those of us who represent constituencies where young people have been radicalised allow me to suggest one more thing we can do.
we will not let the terrorists win.
' so while his original tweet may have been offensive or clumsy it also demonstrates that we are all looking for answers whether we have no faith another faith or are muslims.
yes we could encourage our intelligence agencies to work together.
some violent individuals looking for a new cause others with grievances over perceived unfair foreign policy;
but after each attack we have questions.
think of how much death and destruction that one act could have prevented; and as the project's founder said one of the best ways to counter terrorism is to prevent people from becoming terrorists.
the project's founder when he found out about this made a few phone calls and gave her the choice of going through the gate of the airport to syria or the gates of the stadium of the premier league team that she supported.
it is supposed to coordinate the activities of member states in border control according to its charter but in fact it has no operational capability and it has to rely on nato individual member states and other operational forces to do anything useful.
that is the definition of an idiot.
there could be no greater gift to terrorism than being invisible and untraceable yet this is what the european union approach facilitates.
but just look at intcen set up as a fledgling european intelligence agency yet another failure doing little more than gathering data.
general michael hayden ex head of the nsa in the us said security is a national issue.
now again the united kingdom has led the way in combating international counter terrorist efforts via the five eyes signet and as a founding member of the global counter terrorism forum and the uk will maintain those responsibilities eu member or not.
the eu probably never imagined that its open border mantra would encourage the movement of criminals terrorists and weapons.
the uk has much to offer the european and international community on how to counter terrorism not least money laundering a key element in terrorist funding and financing.
when there is a threat it is important to think like the adversary and not bury oneself in mindless dialogue and consultation with the objective of protecting a sacred cow.
but more fundamentally in the sacrosanct protection that it enjoys in the face of fundamental threats to civil society and citizens.
the united kingdom endured some thirty years of conflict and terrorist activities before a resolution in northern ireland was found.
it could well be argued that the eu should stick to matters that it can usefully address and do well but stay out of matters where it does not have the experience or capability.
in contrast the eu reaction to the migrant crisis has been unhelpful in the extreme and its reactions unhelpful and just like those of a rabbit in the headlights.
the result has been that a number of countries have had to take unilateral action to defend their borders and actually as a result break their treaty obligations.
why would anyone pour more money into an approach and into structures that are broken ill conceived and ineffective? these can be addressed but just not by doing more of the same;
for too many in this parliament the response is for rectification of these failures we need more europe.
trusted data exchange and experience is the way forward not trying to coerce twenty eight member states to do one thing.
i would really like to know what has been keeping the member states from setting up national pnr systems.
for fifteen years now since nine eleven we have been passing one measure after the other and every time the terrorists are one step ahead.
the greens in this house are the only ones who are proposing a solution to that which is a targeted approach on passenger name records for example that looks at the risks and the suspicions and gathers information on those who are suspects and all of those who have been attackers in the past have been suspects.
it's a funny old world when i start agreeing with the greens but you are absolutely right.
i said that we have been passing one legislative measure after another and actually like data retention it is not being implemented by the member states and we will have the same problem with the pnr directive.
it has been sitting in a drawer and it was not used. whether we are talking about nine eleven boston toulouse london madrid brussels paris the killing of theo van gogh mumbai in every single case the terrorists were known to the authorities beforehand but they failed to share the information.
but you cannot deny and certainly not after the brussels and paris attacks that so much information on the terrorists was available and it has not been shared.
they need to connect the dots;
all storage of data can be useful including passenger name records on the condition that there is the capacity to analyse it to transfer it from one authority to the other and that there are no walls between the different databases. that is
an integrated approach is needed.
thirdly special attention will be given to the commission communication on smart borders and interoperability which was issued last week.
they also set out a number of priority areas for action building on the efforts which are already under way.
as the statement of twenty four march points out we need preventive measures as well as repressive measures to effectively counter terrorism which is why it is also important to make progress preventing radicalisation. as you know the radicalisation awareness network and its working groups are actively sharing experiences and best practices.
and all of us will have to understand that our internal and external security is closely interwoven.
unfortunately terrorism has been on the agenda for years and at the very forefront since the terrorist attacks in paris in january.
our citizens are right to expect concrete action to counter terrorism both from their governments and from the eu.
so yes the eu must build a coherent internal security policy that delivers results and protects human rights.
the roadmap with concrete deliverables on interoperability of databases and information sharing and better use of information systems will be prepared for the june council meeting and there is more that we can
our unity and determination to uphold our values and rights are only made stronger.
privacy by design will obviously play a key role moving forward on this and yes parliament's role will be important once again. the presidency wants ambitious results in june.
firstly maximum feeding and use of the databases by member states is crucial.
we need to make optimal use of the tools we already have.
action must cover every aspect of the threat from prevention to protection and prosecution' and she is right.
do. together we need to speed up the negotiation of pending legislation.
the internet referral unit at europol will reach full operational capacity in two thousand and sixteen and has already made significant headway in cooperation with internet companies to remove online terrorist material.
two thousand and fifteen priorities have been agreed and considerable progress has been made towards implementation as set out by the eu counter terrorism coordinator in his latest report of march.
we share this determination and we look forward to working with you in order to advance as quickly and effectively as possible.
i refer in particular to the firearms directive and the terrorism directive as well as the targeted amendments to the schengen borders code about systematic controls of eu citizens at eu external borders.
in other words internal and external security can no longer be kept separate.
improving the interoperability of the eu's information system is a priority for the presidency. it is important that customs police and law enforcement officials can quickly and effectively consult our common databases.
therefore at the extraordinary meeting on twenty four march ministers decided to set up a joint liaison team of national counter terrorism experts to support the member states' law enforcement authorities in investigating the wider european and international dimensions of the current terrorist threat.
we have the possibility to
they were known by the british authorities before the attacks.
we have finished the second reading.
it is our police services and our intelligence services who know borders.
my proposal is to use the second reading between parliament and council to make a few amendments;
national authorities of europol have to filter the information to
we need european capacities;
i said we have to be responsible join forces and show the european citizens that we take their safety and security very seriously.
i do not know why my social democrat colleague raises the issue of refugees because we are talking about terrorism and the two issues should remain distinct.
somewhere the power vacuum has been filled by da'esh and other fanatics spreading hate and terror.
secondly in some european districts the situation was overlooked and developed in such a way that some people can be easy targets for radicalisation.
sharing information between member states at least must become a reality at last.
it is also our role to work further on it as well as on other elements of our common approach.
but as shock begins to give way to anger we must have the tools to respond to ensure that our law enforcement agencies are one step ahead.
the first step must be to immediately implement a passenger name record pnr system any moves to derail the process within this house would be really unhelpful and unacceptable.
if we do not have adequate sharing of information then criminals and terrorists will continue to exploit gaps in our intelligence apparatus.
states also need better powers to reconsider and revoke passports of those who travel to syria and other conflicts only to return to europe to recruit and radicalise more citizens.
finally we must come down harder on those who spread hate within our communities as well as those who abuse the internet to spread their message of evil.
if there is only collection of data at national level but no exchange then what is the added value of a european directive?
i do not understand it really escapes me why the epp the ecr and the member state governments continue to refuse mandatory sharing of information.
thank you very much for your question but actually the answer is no.
what we need is better sharing of intelligence.
how do we make sure we build that trust so that intelligence can be shared?
actually if we sit in these european agencies we will ignore the young people in many of our communities who have been radicalised at grassroots level.
for far too long we have ignored this because we want to make grand speeches in this chamber about european solutions.
madam president on behalf of the people of northern ireland i want to use this opportunity to condemn the terrorist attacks in brussels.