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the eu should closely collaborate with member states the who the chinese government and other international partners including taiwan.
the international community should support all efforts to end this outbreak but human rights should not be a casualty of the coronavirus.
several international rights groups have signalled that the chinese government has been withholding information suppressing freedom of expression and denying access to food and medicines.
on the other hand elsewhere in the world there is an increase in anti chinese or anti asian xenophobia and discrimination.
international law is very clear that during a time of public health emergency any restrictions on human rights should be based on legality necessity proportionality and grounded in evidence.
in many situations the impact of the decision on people can be significant such as access to credit employment medical treatment and judicial sentences.
so i was happy to support this resolution as it urges the commission to examine whether additional measures are needed in order to guarantee a strong set of rights to protect consumers in ai decision making;
to ensure that consumers are protected from unfair and discriminatory practices as well as from the risks entailed by ai driven professional services;
to guarantee greater transparency in these processes; and to ensure that only high quality and non biased data sets are used in algorithmic decision making systems.
the bottom line is we need to ensure that eu rules on safety and liability for products and services are fit for the digital age.
madam president the shift towards automated decision making and artificial intelligence will change the way in which consumer markets and our societies in general function.
we need to ensure that people are protected from unfair or discriminatory commercial practices and we need to ensure that these processes are transparent and do not involve profiling.
people need to be able to contest these types of decisions.
the commission needs to ensure that the eu safety and liability frameworks are fit for purpose and that market watchdogs and other competent authorities are properly resourced and empowered to act.
the internet is definitely a powerful tool with enormous opportunities but it also comes with some risks and only with proper safeguards in place can we ensure children's online safety and protect them from hate speech misleading advertising or cyber bullying.
such safeguards can only be achieved with a wide collaboration of all stakeholders such as policymakers and technology companies.
however parents still have the most important safeguarding role as children continue to turn to their parents for help with online issues.
we should therefore ensure a safer online environment where children can safely enhance their education communication and connections.
madam president i voted for the agreement because it adequately protects our interests.
the british government is beginning to acknowledge that there will be customs and other checks on the border between us from january next year.
therefore in the name of freer trade britain will be erecting barriers with her biggest trading partner.
when we talk about violence against women we usually talk about numbers one in every three european women right?
she is bernadett orosz a very brave woman who was brutally assaulted in the privacy of her home by her ex partner.
she has been to the european parliament;
i'd like to call on the commission to act upon their promises and to add violence against women to the list of the eu crimes in the treaty and also for the european union to join the istanbul convention.
we haven't been able to make any significant progress at convention level internationally not to push women more in politics or other leading positions increase the use of quotas and we know that the funding for women's organisations for sexual and reproductive rights has been decreasing globally.
madam president i think equality for women is a pipe dream unless women have control over their own bodies and while i very much welcome the progress made in ireland and cyprus in other areas in terms of access to abortion we have to be careful that in some countries there has been an attempt to roll back some of the gains with
conscientious objection being misused with regressive preconditions being put on women's decisions and even attempts to ban abortion.
i think this is something we must take great care of.
i mean it is a scandal that we have in bulgaria roma women segregated in maternity hospitals not allowed to use toilet facilities or to eat with other women.
madam president the general definition of automated decision making is the process of making a decision by automated means without any human involvement. this decision can be based on factual data as well as on digitally created profiles or inferred data.
let's give examples here an online decision to award a loan or an ability test in recruitment using preprogrammed algorithms and criteria.
there are a number of benefits to such decision making a quicker and more consistent decision among them but what about risks the risk of profiling misuse of data limiting consumers' choices.
we must be aware of these risks.
children should feel safe to go online they should remain curious to discover to learn to innovate.
however having looked at the web page of the safer internet day i discovered with horror that during the safer internet day discussions were focused on how artificial intelligence can be used to identify and remove child sexual abuse material.
we as legislators are just about to analyse and address the opportunities and the pitfalls of these technologies.
therefore it seems to be premature indeed to consider ai a silver bullet to solve all problems.
and i am glad that education was mentioned by the commission representative because i believe that future initiatives from the commission related to safer internet should focus on education and development of technical skills of kids which should not mean promoting the use of one specific company's tools but
in poor implementation lacking european powers on european prudential supervision poor cooperation between financial intelligence units the limited scope of powers of the financial intelligence unit platform to set standards. we know that the system is not working because it's not made to be working.
what i do hope is that the commission would consider seriously chasing the anti money laundering directive to be a regulation and to increase substantially the transparency of the beneficial ownership registers
we mourn all the victims and we send our condolences to the families of the deceased.
we declare our high esteem for the service of the chinese frontline medical workers under the very difficult circumstances and high risks and i want to hail in particular the courage and the sacrifice of dr li wenliang and others.
we welcome the fact that the eu and the member states have shown first responses in offering support to china.
we must continue to provide assistance and cooperation wherever possible.
that is why we have to make sure that there is a strong and coordinated effort within the eu and in particular between the member states and in that regard i fully support what has been said previously by colleagues.
international cooperation more generally is of paramount importance.
this is why i want to explicitly emphasise that taiwan must be fully included in the wholed international efforts.
lastly there is a deep concern and i am grateful to the commissioner that she mentioned it about the increasing number of reports of antichinese or antiasian xenophobia in some countries including in the eu in the context of this crisis.
madam president the commission has promised us a more social europe time and time again and if we want to deliver on these promises we need to look at the real life effects the digital economy has.
finding an affordable place to live has become nearly impossible in many european cities.
mayors of major cities such as amsterdam prague and barcelona have declared that short term rental platform such as airbnb and booking are one of the main causes of the housing crisis we are currently in.
airbnb wasn't set up to let private investors buy dwellings in big cities to turn them into illegal hotels but we have moved far beyond the initial idea of the airbed and occasional renting out of a spare room and due to intensive lobbying european market rules are currently protecting the billions these platforms are making rather than ensuring that people have an affordable house to live in.
we need to make sure that a social europe will be at the core of our efforts towards a europe fit for the digital age and that this isn't an opening a back door for the big corporations to undermine a social europe.
the final political agreement on the commission proposal provides significant improvements to the current functioning of the system and contributes to the fight against document and identity fraud. it also provides as mentioned by several honourable members robust data protection and fundamental rights safeguards.
madam president i voted in favour of the resolution establishing the european parliament's position on the future relationship between the uk and the european union.
establishing a new trade agreement with the uk must be of the utmost importance to the eu in this period ensuring that as close and prosperous a relationship as possible can be established.
this will of course require commitment from both sides and it's certainly not helped by ambivalent statements that we hear at times from the uk.
it will be key for the european union but particularly for ireland and northern ireland and i welcome the ambition in this resolution to see such a relationship through a level playing field as part of an economic partnership and i hope that we can work with the uk to ensure that we have a close and mutually beneficial relationship.
what is even more crucial is the continued preservation of the peace in northern ireland.
the final agreement cannot in any way jeopardise the peace established by the good friday agreement and the final future relationship can in no way undo what has been previously agreed to in the withdrawal agreement and that will need ongoing monitoring in the months ahead.
we badly need more jobs for people within europe and we must support job creation and innovation.
i want to say that i believe that closing the door does not get any closer to improving vietnam's human rights record or indeed the policies and attitudes on climate change.
so we want to engage rather than isolate and of course we still have to be very cognisant in relation to human rights and climate change and there has to be ongoing monitoring.
we do need to keep our businesses and get our businesses involved in new regions and countries and of course this is the way that we spread the standards and the values of the european union.
trade agreements benefit consumers they benefit companies and they create jobs on both sides. i recognise that vietnam is not ideal in terms of human rights. nonetheless i think the engagement that the european bloc will have in terms of trade companies engaging at that level and indeed individuals will certainly benefit.
i think it's important that we have monitoring in place to ensure the effective implementation of all the commitments that have been made in these negotiations with regard to environmental standards social standards and human rights.
so i support a rules based trade agreement with vietnam because i think that's far better than having no rules and no trade.
we must recognise that we already do trade with vietnam as a bloc.
this means increased accountability towards and scrutiny by this house and higher safeguards in the regime applicable to the data contained therein and the measurement of access rights.
the protection of personal data was one of the main issues that we had to deal with during the negotiations of this file and we made sure that the processing of personal data is limited to what is strictly necessary for the purpose of detecting or investigating document fraud.
we also introduced clear rules on accessing the database with member states now having an express obligation to determine which authorities competent in the area of document fraud are to have access to the fado system and their level of access and then to notify the commission and the agency.
the commission upon request will now have to transmit this information to this house.
this system of unfettered capitalism is locking us into the corrosion of environmental protections and public health standards and the attached system of globalised trade is sending carbon emissions skyrocketing as we ferry the cheapest meaning the most exploitative goods around the planet in order that corporations make buckets of money.
mr glucksmann thank you for bringing that to our attention.
the country's government is however now clearly committed to reform.
it's a very good time. we have the political commitment at the top of the commission and hopefully across the commission.
i do want to say to you that i don't believe that you can do this on your own.
it is important that every commissioner looks at these issues and that gender equality is mainstreamed.
you've heard from all my colleagues here today.
there are newer issues emerging but there are very many issues that have been around for quite a long time.
we do need to pay attention to climate change to what's happening in technology to the economic empowerment of women and to dealing with the pay gap and the pension gap.
that's also really important but we do need binding measures we need strict implementation and we need monitoring.
madam president i am absolutely delighted to be able to support this motion and to really welcome the initiative taken to address the illegal pet trade which is a phenomenal problem in ireland actually where a number of individuals have been finally brought to court for treating animals so appallingly and for their own private profit.
this issue has evoked huge sympathy from the irish public and grave concern about the lack of enforcement by our regulatory authority.
i do think that the motion was very much strengthened by the addition of the amendments calling for mandatory identification and registration which will be an assist but also calling on the commission and member states to take measures to prohibit breeding and marketing practices that are detrimental to the health and welfare of these animals.
the next item is the debate on the council and commission statements on the state of play of the eu's fight against money laundering in light of the luanda leaks rsp. i remind you that it is possible to request catch the eye and blue cards using both the standard registration and the electronic system.
instructions are available at the entrance of the hemicycle.
in order also to preserve free movement within the schengen area we need strong external borders.
to relieve the pressure on eu external borders we need new international partnerships with third countries on migration.
that's the only way. meanwhile we need a common approach for those asylum seekers still arriving irregularly at eu external borders.
humane reception conditions;
shared responsibility for those people in need of international protection;
shared responsibility and effort to quickly return rejected asylum seekers to safe third countries.
but i have still two questions does the commissioner agree with renew europe that the eu must be able to step in when the member states at external borders cannot or will not deliver?
so the commission is also glad to see that this subject remains a high priority and is confident that new measures in this field will receive the support of the european parliament.
at the same time the parliament can count on the full support of the european commission in advancing child online safety.
we are strongly committed to promoting eu leadership in child online safety delivering high standards of protection and stimulating appropriate action from the industry.
the children of today will be the drivers of tomorrow's european economy.
equipping them with the relevant digital tools is an investment in the future of europe.
so i thank you president and i thank you honourable members for your contribution to this debate and as i already said we have taken note of all your contributions.
mr president two weeks ago we discussed the situation on the greek islands and i'm asking myself how much has really changed on the ground since we talked about it.
yes we still give money but in the end the idea of creating a floating barrier to stop people even asking for asylum and the overcrowding in the camps is still so bad that people are protesting now both the local population and the refugees.
so i would ask us to stop the blame game between the council and the commission and act on both sides as much as we can to improve the situation on the ground.
let us actually act today and not tomorrow.
those decisions will be set out in the minutes of today's sitting and shall take effect on the date of this announcement.
i have taken good note of your expectations and concerns and i will convey them to president michel.
it is important that europe continues developing and its socio economical gaps are being reduced meaning that our treaty based policies are effective and need to be continued while also taking into account new challenges outlined in the eu's strategic agenda.
furthermore one of the biggest eu member states and budget contributors has left so we need to find a compromise that will address the budgetary gap while at the same time ensuring sufficient resources to achieve objectives priorities and challenges arising from the ambitious strategic agenda.
we are therefore committed to a balanced efficient and effective budget in line both with our strategic agenda as well as the citizens' expectations.
i am confident that in cooperation with you it will be possible to ensure a smooth transition to the next long term financial cycle.
it is also the opportunity to specialise even in rural areas to create your own job to seek your own opportunities where it would not have been possible before.
this requires however that we have a highquality internet provided in these areas.
that is why we need to extend the network services also in rural areas so that we provide greater opportunities for the individual to create their own jobs and their own opportunities.
we need to remember to embrace the opportunities of digitalisation and not only focus on the challenges because a digital social europe is the future and that's what we will be creating together.
while this is primarily about a trade deal with the uk and the european union over the next number of months it is critically important that irish citizens are kept at the heart of this particular debate.
there are hundreds of thousands of irish citizens who are european union citizens as well who are now living in northern ireland outside of the european union.
i think that we have to when debating these issues and i make no apologies for consistently raising the concerns of many irish citizens living in northern ireland so it must be at the heart of it.
finally professional qualification recognition is something that will have to be to the fore to ensure that people can work on both sides of the border and that professional qualifications are recognised on both sides in the uk and the european union and that is critically important to the free movement of people on the island of ireland.
i have taken note of all of your comments.
but regarding taiwan visvis the who we promote practical solutions without formal involvement regarding taiwan's participation in international frameworks when this is consistent with the onechina policy.
with regards to chinese services we are in daily contact and we have no reason to doubt the information which they give us.
we are making sure that we are prepared and therefore no panic but vigilance.
i appreciate the fact that we share a common objective on this issue to ensure an effective coherent eulevel response to the coronavirus outbreak.
we are working closely with member states and doing all that we can to ensure that we succeed.
however success also depends on coordination with and active participation from all key stakeholders including the european parliament.
it also depends on political will which has been demonstrated here today.
the eu council presidency as we have already said has organised an extraordinary health council which will be taking place tomorrow.
this will provide another important opportunity to enhance our coordination.
success also requires alignment of preparedness and response measures including at the eu's external borders.
this would support china's efforts to contain the virus and mitigate any further transmission within and into the eu as well as assisting third countries with weak health systems.
in fact this should be our ultimate goal to support china and the international response whilst protecting european citizens and it is possible.
mr president on behalf of the commission i thank the european parliament for taking the time to debate this topical matter and for its commitment to further strengthening all our tools to deal with situations such as the one at stake.
we need to act upon all these findings and i am confident that we have already identified the way to ensure that the union's financial systems' integrity is more effectively protected.
we are determined to work with international partners on new threats from innovation and it is critical to already deploy all our efforts to ensure the current legislative framework is applied fully and correctly.
this also includes protection of whistleblowers and to give renewed impetus to the role of the union in ensuring more effective and coordinated action.
even in the most conservative societies we see brave women putting the issue of their rights on the public agenda but their demands are not always turned into policies;
politicians often pay lip service to gender equality but fail to recognise the genuine role of women in society the economy business and politics.
if europe wants to achieve its strategic goals we cannot miss out on the issue of the participation of half of the population.
if we want to make the planned conference on the future of europe a game changer based on an authentic dialogue with citizens we have to listen to the perspective of women as citizens.
we have to go beyond the european union and offer our solidarity to women who are out there fighting for equality in their own cultural and national context.
the new strategy presented by the commission is a good blueprint for action but it is also a signal that europe will never give up on human rights and justice.
i strongly believe as a woman and as a member of this house that the eu can be the beacon of courage and hope for women.
mr president with this timely debate we go back to a recurrent concern of this parliament. these practices harm the european society because relevant parts of our resources are directed to criminal activities.
the scope of innovation in financial transactions is enormous.
digital transactions grow every day and become more and more sophisticated.
we have to recognise that regulation in actual practices by the authorities have been insufficient.
we need coherent regimes of supervision and on the actual definition of illegal practices.
we need much more cooperation between the different authorities in member states. we need to consider an additional role for the european authorities.
we need compliance to step up in the institutions even through the enforcement of public authorities.
finally we need people to trust the banks financial institutions public authorities.
therefore this battle is far from won.
let's keep fighting the good fight.
i take from this debate that the respect for the fundamental rights including the principle of of all people is a priority independently of their status and whether they are inside or outside the eu.