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ultimately europe's greatest need is for growth growth that will allow our businesses especially smes to thrive to create new jobs and to provide a good future for all of europe's young people.
legislation which is simpler and easier to understand and implement will help member states create an environment that will encourage companies to hire and manage staff while protecting basic workers' rights.
they can only do this if the market allows for it if they can find qualified workers if labour markets are sufficiently flexible and if they are not over burdened with regulation.
this has enabled britain to attract investment to grow its economy and to create more and better jobs.
our employment rate is now over seventy four while the unemployed claimant count is at its lowest for forty years.
madam president the key challenge we face is to help member states create the right environment for businesses to grow and create new jobs.
many member states including my own have already put in place successful structural reforms.
europe's strength lies in its diversity and we must use this diversity to learn from one another.
one final and very important issue i want to raise is about my own country ireland and the fact that the vast majority of young people with disabilities cannot access the youth guarantee scheme.
so we have a situation in which european moneys are being used to exclude young people with disabilities in the context of employment opportunities.
many of these young people are already very disillusioned. so what are we doing to reach them?
one of the issues i have come across is that it can be challenging to incentivise young people to access the youth guarantee. there are different reasons for this and often it is because they know and the authorities know that it is only for a few months.
it is not sustainable.
this runs counter to our anti discrimination legislation and our commitments under the un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
only those on the live register can access the youth guarantee scheme and most young people with disabilities are not on the live register.
crucially we have to understand that this includes the demand side as well as the supply side.
it will include a qualitative assessment of the actions and the use of the funding devoted to supporting young people.
our future competitiveness and growth depend on skills and the pace of change in the labour market makes this especially challenging. the digital revolution continues to reshape jobs. the new skills agenda will focus on skills as an elevator to the employability of all people.
while progress has been facilitated so far by an unprecedented political backing and support from eu financial instruments a key challenge is to ensure sustainable implementation. this requires fundamental structural reforms in most member states in order to create the necessary conditions to help young generations enter the labour market.
the commission has mobilised a range of instruments to support implementation.
the first change should be the realisation that without massive public investment the youth employment initiative and the youth guarantee as good as they could be and as good as they are will not show the desired effect.
in fact the situation is still so very bad that even the pope mentioned the problem of youth unemployment in his speech last weekend.
at the same time we have european heads of state who seem to be getting used to this situation who accept this situation as the new normal in the european union and especially as long as the wrong image prevails not only in the media but sometimes even in commission documents that the crisis is actually over that austerity has worked and that we will simply have to get on with it now.
alarmingly high levels of youth unemployment still millions of young people without prospects.
the crisis is not yet over austerity has not and will not solve the huge problem of youth unemployment in the european union and we will have to be the ones to fight for political change for bringing back hope to young people in europe.
madam president let me take this opportunity to signal once again our full commitment to addressing youth unemployment and let me stress once more that the council obviously in close cooperation with the commission will pursue its efforts to address the challenges and closely monitor the progress made.
europe has no future if we cannot offer a future to our youth. i could not agree more and therefore this is an important debate.
but as i have just said this is not so much a matter of european funding programmes it is first and foremost a task for member states.
well very obviously we see that in countries where the overall unemployment rate is very high youth unemployment is also very high and countries like spain and greece have been disproportionately hit by the crisis.
but yes i would agree with you that it is also a question of the educational systems and indeed digital skills are key in order to overcome this.
but this cannot be the only answer that we have.
but equally we have to understand that for many young people at least for some they want to access employment in their own member state as well.
so i think we need to find a balance. in our committee we talk about fair mobility and that means that young people have a choice.
we are interested in the future of the greek people and of europe. it is now time for all parties to enhance their efforts and to go one step further. the greek government should continue its reforms including effective labour market reform in line with eu best practices and speed up their implementation
we expect a swift positive conclusion of the second review taking into account the encouraging results that you are seeing in the greek economy and also the very challenging global political and economic context which requires that europe shows resilience and unity.
we are not interested in internal politics.
safeguarding the agreed targets after two thousand and eighteen including through a possible contingency mechanism.
therefore i thank you very much for giving me the floor in order to intervene at the beginning of this item on your agenda.
let me start by saying a few words on the process.
on occasion the eurogroup provides political guidance on open issues and the state of play of the greek programme is on the agenda of the next eurogroup meeting on twenty february. the council however does not intervene in adjustment programmes.
the eurogroup is regularly informed of the state of play of the adjustment programme by the institutions and the authorities.
basically in line with the eu provisions on adjustment programmes the institutions that is the commission in liaison with the ecb esm and imf are entrusted with the negotiation of a programme and the policy conditionality with the authorities.
i can hence confirm that it has not discussed the issue at hand neither in january nor at earlier meetings and therefore i guess that vice president dombrovskis is much better placed to provide you with information on the subject than i am.
this effort needs to be recognised.
unemployment also continues to decrease though absolute levels remain unacceptably high so this is one challenge that must be closely monitored and addressed.
it is important that all parties involved show political
this represents strong progress and shows that greece has come a long way.
firstly i want to say that the people of greece deserve our respect and our solidarity.
i listened to other colleagues telling the greek people that they should leave the eurozone that they should leave europe giving them advice.
we should listen to the people of greece and as i understand it despite the differences that exist between the political parties in greece the great majority of greek people want to remain in the eurozone and in europe and they need our support.
yes we can do more and yes the greek government needs to do more. there is a future for the greek economy in the eurozone. having come through the crisis of the last seven years it is important that we resolve this outstanding issue before june so that there is some certainty for the greek people as they come to the next phase of implementation.
which contains the line you can check out any time you like but you can never leave!
whatever the pain whatever the anguish whatever the hardship whatever the austerity imposed on the greek people greece is never going to be permitted to leave the eurozone.
in consequence the lenders must forgive some or all of these loans.
but unfortunately there is absolutely no sign of this happening.
greece has defaulted on its debts at least seven times since it became an independent country.
when lenders lend to greece they cannot expect their loans to be bailed out as of right and certainly not at the expense of the well being of the greek people and the greek economy. so in response to the commission
you shall not crucify them upon the cross of the euro.
a coordinated european approach is essential for the development of the data economy.
the first step in this dialogue will be a public consultation.
to build the data economy the eu needs a policy framework that enables data to be used throughout the value chain for scientific social and industrial purposes.
in this context as announced in the communication the commission will soon enter into structured dialogues with the member states and other stakeholders on the justification for and proportionality of data allocation measures.
new rules will allow users to be more in control of their settings providing an easy way to accept or refuse the tracking of cookies and other identifiers in case of privacy risks.
this could inhibit datadriven businesses particularly startups and smes from scaling up their activities or entering new markets but it could also block access for businesses and public sector organisations to cheaper and more innovative data services.
any member state's action affecting data storage or processing should be guided by a principle of free movement of data within the eu in line with their obligations under the free movement of services and the free establishment provisions of the treaty but also by obligations stemming from relevant secondary legislation.
if we want to make the most of data people must feel confident that their data is protected.
the proposed regulation will increase the protection of people's private lives and open up new opportunities for business by taking the following four measures.
with the adoption of the communication on building the european data economy the commission launched a public consultation.
for example a company cannot yet easily switch its data between cloud service providers.
the proposed regulations on privacy and electronic communications seek to address those concerns.
age. finally on ten january the commission presented new rules to ensure that when personal data are handled by european institutions and bodies privacy is protected in the same way as it is in member states under the general data protection regulation.
the barriers to the free movement of data in the european union may arise from legal rules or administrative guidelines or practices that required the storage or processing of data to be limited to a particular geographical area or jurisdiction.
to this end we have launched two public consultations and will enter into structured dialogues with the member states and other stakeholders to seek out workable solutions.
largescale trading sharing or exchange of data is unfortunately rare today in the european union.
two thousand and twenty in the digital single market strategy we committed to tackling restrictions on the free movement of data in the european union considered essential for the european union's successful transition to industry.
our overall objective is to remove barriers and support data economy developments.
following the results of the structured dialogues with member states and other stakeholders and further evidence gathering via public consultations the commission will launch where needed and appropriate infringement proceedings to address unjustified or disproportionate data location measures.
a major objective of the review is to align the rules for electronic communications with the new world class standards of the european union's general data protection regulation.
thirdly the proposal provides for new business opportunities. once consent is given for communications data to be processed traditional telecom operators will have more opportunities to use data and provide additional services. finally simpler rules on cookies are needed.
the commission wants to ensure that europe's fundamental freedoms concerning the movement of services and establishment are also respected when it comes to data services.
the measures aim to update the current rules extending their scope to all electronic communication providers.
secondly the confidentiality of communications' content and metadata remain the core of the legal instrument.
it will also if necessary take further initiatives on the free flow of data.
as you know europeans are concerned about their privacy. electronic communications can reveal highly sensitive information about a person or a business.
therefore the socalled cookie provision which has resulted in an overload of consent requests for internet users will be streamlined.
they also aim to create new possibilities to process communication data and reinforce trust and security in the digital single market which is a key objective of the digital single market strategy.
so privacy will be guaranteed for both content and metadata derived from electronic communications for example the time and duration of a call and location.
indeed the more the data available is used and flows freely the better the data economy will develop and help to create growth and jobs.
these are essential issues to clarify for a working data economy.
data has become an essential resource for economic growth and social progress.
this part of the communication further examines issues connected with access to data and how more data can become available for use and reuse.
the eu is a world leader on data protection rules and we serve as an inspiration for many third countries. those with whom we have very close economic ties are interested in adequacy findings this is particularly the case for japan and south korea and we will engage with
the data market is estimated in the european union at more than eur fifty billion and models project its growth to eur one hundred and eleven billion in.
following the results of the dialogues and the further evidence gathering these solutions may include guidance benchmarks model contracts or other new initiatives if these are deemed necessary.
finally we need to look into improving the portability of business data.
at the same time the new rules will support innovation and increase consumer trust in electronic communication services essential for the digital single market to flourish.
the commission also presented a strategic framework for international personal data transfers where it reiterated its commitment to encouraging data transfers with our partners businesses or companies based on high personal data protection standards.
portability can lower costs and increase trust and therefore also lower entry barriers for innovative ideas. in the communication the commission makes it clear that more information is needed on the above areas.
it will take as a starting point restrictions already identified by the commission.
or again very important that the confidentiality of their emails and online instant messaging is guaranteed.
the commission believes that the extensive consultation of stakeholders better regulation evaluation and the impact assessment resulted in a balanced and technologically neutral proposal fit for the digital
the trend both globally and in europe is towards more data localisation an approach often based on the misconception that localised services are automatically safer than crossborder services.
the current data protection regulation fully regulates the processing of personal data in the european union including machine generated or industrial data when this identifies a natural person. by setting uniform high standards of data protection the general data protection regulation ensures the free flow of personal data in the european union.
this is why the commission is proposing new rules on privacy and the protection of personal data in electronic communications.
first of all the commission proposes an extension of the scope to include providers of electronic communication services such as whatsapp facebook messenger skype gmail imessage and viber.
the digital economy is estimated to represent.
sweeping regulations requiring the local storage of archived information generated by the public sector whatever its sensitivity.
this alone could boost gdp by up to eur eight billion per year.
however as has been outlined by the commissioner barriers remain that prevent us from achieving the full potential of the digital economy. europe's digital market for example remains heavily fragmented. this is a key part of the european digital single market strategy which could add eur four hundred and fifteen billion per annum to the eu economy creating an additional income of eur eight hundred and seventeen per person.
professional secrecy rules for example in the health sector implying local data storage and processing;
us. because of that we must look at the barriers and here our competitiveness is at stake.
europe has repeatedly missed the last ten years taking the leading role in new cloud business models.
secondly it is of key importance to educate and enable our young people in the business sector.
finally there is as i just said before a role for the regions and the cities to take up such a kind of initiative and during the consultation we will come forward with these kind of possibilities close to citizens and their future.
i strongly welcome the commission's report for a european data science academy to bridge the skills gap in europe by designing curricula for data science training and data science education.
there is a huge interest for that not only for technical aspects but also ethical aspects.
firstly we need the free movement of data across the borders and to address several legal uncertainties and mr schwab has already spoken about this preventing companies to treat europe as a one big market not as twenty eight small separate markets.
let us not allow this to happen again.
i have to say that there is one important item missing in your package. where is the ban on localisation requirements within the eu?
where is the ban madam commissioner? it is wrong to allow member states to force companies to hold data in one member state instead of another member state.
all member states are equal. all european data is governed by the same set of principles and the same data protection rules.
that is why we have adopted a general data protection regulation.
a regulation not a directive.
companies must be free to use digital infrastructure anywhere in europe.
we have seen a number of countries outside the european union adopting data localisation laws for both economic and anti democratic reasons to spy to censor to demand money from companies.
these rules can often endanger citizens more than protect them. the free flow of data must be regarded as the fifth freedom of the single market in europe and the alde group therefore says no' to data localisation laws.
you have rightly said that you want to remove the barriers in the digital single market.
yes i agree we want a fully functioning digital single market but data localisation is a barrier to making it happen.
we are very much looking forward to constructive discussions with the european parliament in the negotiation of the commission's legislative proposal on the privacy and data protection of electronic communications.
as announced in the dsm the commission's objective is to create a clear and adapted policy and legal framework for the data economy by removing barriers to the movement of data and addressing legal uncertainties created by new technologies.
we do not yet have as i said all the answers to the complex issues in front of us so we will consult extensively.
the european union and its member states have the opportunity of becoming pioneers in green transportation by introducing incentives to the users of sustainable means of transport and encouraging the transition to a carbon free union.
to defeat the onslaught against workers and young people in europe the power of the organised working class must be mobilised.
madam president the new austerity package for greece which includes eur twenty eight billion of cuts and taxes and the privatisation of an incredible eur fifty billion worth of state assets confirms again the role of the eu and the imf as enforcers for anti worker austerity policies.
a general strike will take place in greece and a major demonstration is planned in barcelona.
they are now fighting back with hundreds of thousands occupying squares across europe bravely facing down brutal repression.
in my opinion that can only be truly achieved by breaking the dictatorship of the markets and building a democratic socialist society where people's needs come before profits.
they have correctly raised the call for true democracy.
fifteen june promises to be an important day of struggle across europe.
a one day general strike across europe would send a very powerful message of opposition to the european establishment.
another boost will come following the wonderful achievement of swansea city football club and i say this for the benefit of my colleague richard howitt who have just deservedly reached the premier football league after a fantastic season. i pay tribute to the manager players directors staff and fans who have made promotion possible.
they will be a credit to the premier league to wales and will give a much needed boost to the local economy as fans tourists and hopefully businesses come to the region.
many of these medics have been accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy and face trial with military prosecutors and possible death sentences.
yet these doctors and nurses had simply treated injured protestors who were brought to their hospitals.
amnesty international and have also expressed extreme concern over the safety of those involved and indeed the motivation behind their arrests. i fully support the irish nurses and midwives organisation and the international council of nurses and indeed a number of irish doctors who are adding their voices in condemnation of these awful events.
in the last few days i have received information from a number of sources which points to torture and inhumane treatment some medics have been severely beaten and have been denied access to their families and legal advisers.
this kind of action is totally unacceptable.
i have already written to her to ask her to make every effort to intervene on behalf of those medics who simply did what medical personnel do try to save lives.
it's well equipped to find the money for endlessly increasing foreign aid.
three thousand people per month are having their mobility allowances reduced or cut which means in effect their cars scooters or wheelchairs taken away from them. this is the shocking reality of austerity politics in the united kingdom that those who have the least are having their dignity and their humanity stripped away from them.
on the other hand however the british government is well equipped to find the money to give gbp one billion to northern ireland.
and as we know this week it has found gbp forty billion to pay the ransom from this place. only when the government changes will things change in the uk.
it shows the european parliament's strong commitment to the implementation of the united nations convention.
at the same time we will ensure a structured process to collect the views of stakeholders and citizens.
the objectives of our european disability strategy remain fully relevant and we are committed to complete its actions before.