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our exports to the uk are about seventeen of our total exports much higher than any other member state and forty one of those exports are in the agri food sector leaving it open to catastrophic impacts in the event of a hard brexit.
we have strong cultural social economic ties with northern ireland and our peace process is underpinned by cross border cooperation in all sectors.
the polish prime minister was non committal and said it was one of many questions that needed to be addressed and yes it is but it is a very crucial question.
standards that will benefit consumers and businesses who will benefit from trade deals but also encourage dialogue between people and citizens.
free trade does not mean a diminution of the eu standards that have been built up over so many years protecting welfare health and safety social rights and entitlements consumer rights the right to do business the right to trade and the need to protect and enhance our environment. rather they can be an enhancer an enabler and a bridge builder.
two thousand and seventeen for those of us who are committed to the european project these disruptions or challenges should and can provide the opportunity to engage more with other nations and with other economies and to pursue with ambition the completion of eu negotiated trade agreements.
however in ireland this week we have learned that there has been a vile sinister and concerted campaign to destroy the character and private life of a garda police whistle blower.
a full public inquiry needs to ascertain whether there was collusion between government and the police force to destroy the character of maurice mccabe.
what the mccabes and the irish public need to know now is who and what knew of this allegation.
was the garda commissioner involved in the smear campaign and were there present or former members of the irish government who were aware of the heinous false allegations? the time for cover ups and black propaganda is over but the fight against corruption is far from over vice president timmermans.
the un should play a role in this process especially when it comes to participation in international armed forces.
nepal has such enormous potential to develop economically and to limit the prevailing poverty but stability is essential in making that happen.
the parties but also the government should end political interference in criminal proceedings to create a politically independent judiciary within the constitutional process and in the same connection to plan the ratification of the statute of the international criminal court.
political fights are resulting in political instability and hamper important reforms such as a constitution for the republic the deadline for which has recently had to be extended for one year.
the eu itself should also strictly adhere to a ban on exporting lethal weapons to nepal as well as the export of any tools which can be used for torture or inhumane treatment as was stated in the resolution which was adopted by this house today.
we call on the eu and the member states to support all the efforts of the nepalese government and the parties to find a solution to the integration of former maoist combatants into the national army or other security forces and to find viable alternative solutions for those who cannot be integrated.
in nepal itself the work of the commission on disappearances the truth and reconciliation commission and the commission on national peace and rehabilitation should result not only in a sense of responsibility for the past but a stake in a shared future as well.
firstly accountability for the systematic abuse of laws of war needs to urgently happen including among members of the pla and the state security forces.
it also hampers the reintegration and rehabilitation of former pla combatants.
with extensive support in nepalese society the communist parties have made serious political errors in going into coalition government after two thousand and six with parties of the right whose wish was to achieve political power while maintaining economic relations which simply means a continuation of poverty and deprivation because of the maoists' mistaken theory
and wanting to transform nepalese society is to give a clear lead independent of the establishment parties.
such a democratic socialist programme would allow for an economic and social transformation in nepal and would also be a beacon to the tens of millions of poor in india and also working people in china.
that achieved this victory with mass mobilisations of people power. however it is quite clear that now a capitalist establishment and the right wing political parties do not want this revolution to go any further as it would threaten their economic control and privileged position in nepalese society.
that means breaking from coalitionism and advancing a programme to take the main sources of wealth into public ownership and to be developed in democratic control of workers and peasants.
millions of landless exist with high illiteracy rates.
that a capitalist democracy is needed to pave the way for socialism. however the mass movement of two thousand and six and again a mass general strike in may of this year clearly demonstrate that the working class and the poor want a socialist transformation and a system that will give them a future free of poverty and repression. the approach that is needed now by the parties genuinely representing the masses
two thousand and eleven so far the funds have been allocated for the maintenance of the maoist cantonments including salaries for ex combatants.
working closely with the european union member states the commission remains committed to pursuing all efforts whether they are diplomatic political or developmental that may contribute towards a stable democratic and peaceful nepal.
the eu stands ready to support the government of nepal and help it rise to the challenges ahead.
collectively the eu and its member states represent over fifty of the development aid received by nepal. the commission is contributing to the peace process by supporting the nepal peace trust fund.
the ohchr has monitored and reported on human rights and provided training and technical assistance to state institutions and civil society since it was established in nepal in.
there is still a strong risk that the country could descend into a vicious circle of disorder and insecurity.
twenty eight may two thousand and ten was the deadline for the promulgation of the new post civil war constitution.
where the human rights situation in the country is concerned it is positive to note that the mandate of the office of the high commissioner for human rights' official in nepal has been extended for another twelve months.
the eu should be prepared to assist in any process leading to a durable peace process.
a number of heads of missions' statements as well as a statement by the high representative's spokesperson have been issued recently calling for all parties to come back to the negotiating table.
it is becoming increasingly important to ensure that the people of nepal whose expectations were raised after the two thousand and six peace movement will receive the peace dividends they have been waiting for.
it would appear now that the advent of republican democracy has been a bit of a false dawn.
the rapid political changes in nepal were not accompanied regrettably by measures to promote reconciliation and good transitional justice.
mr president nepal's political instability is hardly surprising given the tumultuous changes that have taken place in that country over the last two decades.
i hope the eu will concentrate its efforts now in this field in particular as well as providing essential humanitarian aid. nepal risks becoming a failing state and that is a risk we can ill afford with so many other security challenges in south asia.
there are possibilities for the significant development of renewable energies but investment will be difficult without stability democracy and the rule of law firmly in place.
she wanted us to say the following.
integration of the former maoist combatants is urgent both for those individuals themselves and as a signal of real progress for the democratic process. we consider that the international committee including the european union is willing to assist with practical measures if necessary but regret the withdrawal of unmin in a few weeks' time if progress has not been made.
however it is very unreasonable i think for the political process to continue without disarmament on the side of the maoists because the maoists have refused to take part in the political process.
you cannot have a political process where there is an armed group of people who will not give up their arms to the authorities.
until this is secured by everybody concerned we have to very gently persuade both sides in nepal that it is in the longer term interests of all the people of nepal and the assistance of the european union that they all disarm and come together to form whatever unity government they can.
i was in south africa on monday thirty october when thousands of south africans were standing up to crime.
at least seventy two people have died in farm attacks in south africa since the start of this year.
strangely enough this does not seem to be an issue for the international community.
think about the human rights atrocities that are happening across the globe and that includes south africa and i challenge you to turn down this proposal!
they were mourning together wearing black in memory of those who have died in violent crimes including farmers.
being a farmer in south africa is one of the most dangerous professions in the world and it is not just farmers who are at risk. every day an average of fifty two people are murdered in south africa and there are huge concerns about the functioning of the police.
we have witnessed the blatant misuse of the european arrest warrant for political purposes something that my party ukip has warned about for many years.
if we do not do so then never again will members have the moral right to preach about self determination and democratic rights not least when the situation in malta and poland will be debated this week.
mr president there is a human rights abuse occurring within the borders of the european union itself. eu citizens who work for the european patents office are in dispute with the epo but are being denied legal redress.
this is a contravention of their most basic human right.
courts in germany and the netherlands have found substance in their claim but the epo hides behind its sovereign immunity to avoid coming to terms.
now this is bad enough but the eu is about to hand over judicial functions to the epo under the unified patent convention.
we have to establish that no organisation within the eu has the right to abrogate observance of citizens' basic human rights.
i would like to underline that the proposal discussed today is limited to making sure that the commission's powers to adopt implementing and delegated acts in the area of control are in line with the new rules of the treaty.
there is already a reference to this in the regulation so you can expect the first report during the first half
firstly on the implementation of this regulation the commission is obliged to prepare everything in order to give the member states the possibility to go for the proper implementation of this regulation.
what i would like to underline is that time is very precious.
i do not think so.
no capacity payments.
do we want a market where renewable investments are penalised?
the first thing is do not go for capacity payments.
taking away priority access and dispatch?
i call on the uk government and our secretary of state for business energy and industrial strategy greg clark to clarify the government's position ahead of brexit negotiations.
this week we are voting on two reports on eu guidelines for renewables. meanwhile data highlights the fact that the uk is failing to achieve our two thousand and twenty renewable targets. post brexit the uk has a big decision to make do we want to follow ambitious eu targets
creating a strong economy and a safer environment for future generations or do we want a race to the bottom and the scrapping of renewable targets to massage big business?
for sure the commission is going to present a package.
sometimes it is almost the silent solution that people are not aware of but there is growing awareness of it now and i saw it in my own constituency recently where people are clubbing together to ensure that they can put in heating and cooling systems. i think that once we bring the public with us they will be very pleased to be part of this whole process because everybody now i think is clued in to the need
if there is concrete support for these rising stars of the european union then maybe we can achieve the goal that we set;
with regard to the new energy market design we opposed the implementation of the third energy package in all member states. the disaster of the eu over commitment to unreliable intermittent and hugely expensive renewables has now made clear that the eu climate policies have done far more economic damage than anything that could be envisaged as a result of climate change.
they have forced up prices undermined competitiveness and driven energy intensive industries out of the eu altogether taking their jobs and investment with them.
the uk as an independent country will soon be free to choose how to make its own energy policy and to exploit and invest in lower cost reliable energy sources like coal gas and nuclear.
the current design is clearly not fit for the integration of more renewables into the market.
and also datadriven solutions like data hubs or platforms.
digital solutions are crucial for instance to send the right price signals for making demand and response work. the new market design needs to be innovation driven and to provide a smarter way of storing and using power. this is important for the market participants as well as energy consumers.
first we have to ensure that the new market design will work for consumers by making them more active market participants.
that will continue to be a priority for the commission.
of course we know that in the projections and with all kinds of leverage factors it will come in the end to eur three hundred billion. let us see whether we achieve that.
because the member states did not want to touch any of their own budget lines.
and why those budget lines?
this is the beginning.
that is also what we will hold the commission and the eib i see the eib there at the back as well accountable for that these projects will really deliver change and not business as usual.
but in the end we have been discussing only eur eight billion and it is also eur eight billion we took away from the existing eu budget an existing well functioning eu budget.
it seems that the member states have already put forward more projects than can be funded using this project.
mr president dear colleagues many of you will know that efsi is not a new concept for the eib. they successfully carried out a programme of pilot project bonds in the last mandate which demonstrated investor interest in their projects. they also showed the ability of the eib to utilise leverage responsibly and transparently in order to facilitate private sector investment in european projects. a similar investment vehicle has recently been utilised by switzerland and it seems that long term investor groups are keen to participate in well chosen and wellimplemented investment opportunities. we should be under no illusion that eur three hundred and fifteen billion is only the first tranche of investments which the eu needs to collectively mobilise to achieve growth in its economies. however this fund should facilitate billions of euros of private sector capital from within the eu and across the world to finance infrastructure business and innovation.
but i do have concerns first that in application this really is a new financial instrument doing a new job not just an extension of current schemes;
the measures being taken by the investment bank the central bank and the commission will go a long way towards injecting life back into the european economy.
that means no additional call on taxpayers' money.
i commend the commissioners for that and they have my full support.
it is a responsible and ambitious programme that will maximise use of public finance and at the same time encourage investment from the private sector.
second it is important that additionality really does mean spreading excellence and widening participation.
it is unfortunate that europe has endured very low levels of investment since.
there are lots of hardworking people at the eib and they are willing to help the companies in their investment plans. the second message which i hope we all could pass on in our member states is that we need a local intermediary for sme financing.
implementation is very important.
the final comment is that we strongly encourage member states as well as the regions of member states to establish national or regional and sometimes cross border investment platforms.
it was only possible because of the political will because we share the same view europe needs investment and we have to deliver fast in order to create a better atmosphere and environment for private investors to invest in this continent.
that is why we have to deliver as fast with these proposals as we did with efsi.
we need measures at international level which means structural reforms in order to strengthen external competitiveness and this is what our member states are doing at the moment.
we want to provide risk financing for small and medium sized enterprises for innovative companies for start ups but at the same time for larger companies and public private partnership projects in order to get productive investment and create jobs.
and we plan to have the european investment advisory hub up and running after the summer and the european investment project portal by the end of the year. so we are really delivering fast.
we have regulated in good faith but it has had some negative impact which we are now ready to address.
by member states either by a member state or by national promotional banks classified in the general government sector or acting on behalf of the member state into the efsi or thematic or multi country investment platforms established for the implementation of the investment plan should in principle qualify as one off measures within the meaning of article five of council regulation no one thousand four hundred and sixty six
as i said these people were very tough negotiators and i even owe my first sunrise in this building to them!
according to the european parliament's own assessment if we had a digital single market its impact on our economy would be something like eur four hundred and fifteen billion per year.
we also need other measures to get more investment.
budgetary environment. it was not because we had different objectives.
so that we can face the challenges of today and tomorrow.
from here on we have to make sure that it delivers on the promises that we have outlined. from my position as the person you have trusted with the eu budget i pledged to you that we would look very carefully every year
we made this choice together and now the tough job begins.
we faced a very tall order to find space to fund the aspiration that this commission brought with parliament and with the council to unleash the confidence and courage of our investors for the benefit of our people and to do so in a very tight
this means that technical and advisory support should be readily available to get projects off the ground especially in states with less experience and expertise.
but charging business for the use of its services might create a barrier for those in greater need of assistance.
this is why i very much welcome and i think it is a very good thing to have the european investment advisory hub.
what i would like to see and what we need to help with is business ideas becoming quality operational projects with high returns by providing the necessary assistance.
is a challenge and it is a challenge that we are going to have to keep coming back to.
that is the problem we have.
moreover a personal objective was from the beginning to include provisions that ensure that the efsi will not be used to build ghost airports' without planes or high speed trains without passengers.
when we voted on this matter in committee the words used by one of the rapporteurs about the aims of this project were particularly telling.
he said we asked the question would you use your own plastic your own personal credit card to pay for a project like this? ' then after all the negotiations he said at the end well i am not sure whether people would still use their plastic on this project'.
essentially the issue is of course less about how much information truck users should give away to help us know how much co two emissions they produce and more about how much information they should give away so that chinese competitors can get their upper edge. the principal question which is probably more important is that the
this regulation is an important step to close loopholes and improve cooperation between member states in the fight against criminality.
the efficient exchange of information on previous criminal convictions in the eu member states is vital in order to ensure trust confidence and mutual recognition in the area of judicial cooperation.
it is also only right that there is equality in the exchange of information on convictions of eu nationals and third country nationals.
it is about ensuring that judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies have a complete picture in order to carry out their work.
it is only for convictions handed out by eu member states and it can be accessed only under certain very specific circumstances.
a robust and secure system for sharing conviction information with clear safeguards is needed and this is what the libe committee has proposed.
one we did not get delegated acts at a country level but we did get them on a regional level and we did get twenty of the entire dci going to basic social services with a focus on health and education.
thirty six zero those thirteen zero children per day are living because of efforts like this in the dci and we can bring that figure right down.
meyer.
finally a number of horizontal elements such as the civil society local stakeholders and the visibility and impact of assistance will be specifically addressed in the ipa ii regulation.
all of them i think cooperated in an excellent manner and supported these difficult negotiations.
secondly the prerogatives of parliament in setting policy priorities monitoring implementation and exercising budgetary control has been safeguarded and even extended which strengthens our legal and political role in the enlargement process as a whole.
the ipa ii regulation builds on ipa i but brings about several important innovations that will make the eu's pre accession assistance more flexible more targeted and more clearly tied to the substantive reform progress on the ground with particular focus on the rule of law and fundamental rights which is of course very important to us.
under the new regulation the new european instrument for democracy and human rights will continue to provide financial support to civil society human rights institutions and also to election observation missions.
in the particular case of election observation missions i welcome the fact that twenty five of its budget will be devoted to eu election observation missions as fair elections are vital to any democratic regime and a pre condition for a peaceful transition when we speak about transitions.
the new european instrument for democracy and human rights is independent of governments' consent and it is flexible.
madam president as we are celebrating today the international human rights day i want to share my satisfaction regarding the outcomes of the negotiations on the new european instrument for democracy and human rights with a budget of over eur.
nevertheless to give just one example the european union is now operating an incredible one hundred and forty embassies or equivalent and this costs a lot.