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while this is already a positive development the commission would like to speed up the process's implementation in belarus and to receive the stress test report as soon as possible.
by working together with our neighbours in an open way we can benefit from the exchange of information and expertise while building trust.
allow me to update you on how we are working towards ensuring the facility will be operated only with the highest level of safety standards.
however the commission considers that the independence of the belarusian regulator has to be further strengthened and a close monitoring of development is therefore needed.
together with the commission this group of experts will organise the peer review as soon as we receive the national assessment report.
commissioning and operation.
the commission was informed by belarus that it has now put in place a legal instrument regulating the implementation of nuclear safety stress tests in line with european specifications.
two things which are essential in understanding the overall process.
we will continue to promote the highest level of standards on nuclear safety in belarus together with all of our international partners.
so where would that leave us mr etheridge?
belarus must certainly carry out all the environmental impact assessments and stress tests required by international agreements and reassure all of its neighbours that the wider environment and citizens across the region and beyond are safe and that includes me and mr etheridge.
the nuclear power industry is a big player in the energy industry with huge subsidies from the public purse.
so since being elected i have worked together with nuclear transparency watch a network founded after a call by this very european parliament for greater nuclear security following the fukushima disaster in.
nuclear power carries with it risks and potential costs that are hard to assess and estimate.
he shows himself up to be extremely ignorant suggesting that we should all rely only on un international laws to keep us safe. does he not know that the most powerful nation in the world the usa does not endorse the un's international court of justice?
the humanitarian and environmental catastrophe that would occur in the case of a serious accident is terrible to contemplate and i have seen first hand the devastated lives of the fukushima survivors bereaved bereft suffering mental health problems and in the case of many children unable even to play outdoors for fear of contamination.
it therefore has a duty to work closely with host communities and nuclear transparency watch to ensure that the plants are operating to the highest standards.
two thousand and eleven i would like to emphasise that we must continuously strive for greater nuclear safety and transparency and support the civil society organisations who work in the field to advance that transparency.
i thank goodness for the vigilance of the eu. i am very glad that parliament has decided to debate the safety of nuclear plants in belarus.
there is however a broader point at hand.
that was a concluded pilot project because of the lack of transparency of the project.
and do you think that it is a good idea to let it go when they plan to build a new russian nuclear power plant in the heart of europe?
in hungary my state two new russiantype blocks are going to be built in the next couple of years.
two thousand and fourteen would you buy a used car from those guys?
as always the commission will keep this house fully up to date with any developments as and when they happen.
for consumers. much of this progress is thanks in large part to the baltic energy market interconnection plan which brings together all the baltic states to cooperate on integrating the region into
this is an example to others on what we can achieve under the energy union.
that is why the energy union is a top commission priority and why our focus is fully on implementation.
but we must build on this progress.
our vision is of an energy union based on solidarity and trust which speaks with one voice to our external partners and which ultimately provides the secure and sustainable energy europe's
this means that we need to continue working towards their full integration into the european energy market.
but let me be clear.
that is why our priority is now to ensure the timely implementation of ostrovets nuclear safety stress tests in line with european specifications.
in this case the iaea and the united nations play a very significant role just as in a wider context across over policy issues we could say that the g seven the g twenty nato the imf the international organization for standardization the world trade organization the oecd interpol and so many others are organisations that we want to be a part of and yet in the uk the debate continues to focus on this one area of the european union as we are told we would be isolated if we were not in it.
i personally support more nuclear power in the uk and expect all of our developments to be subject to iaea rules as well just like any other country.
if international law is broken it is a matter for the un. the eu is hungry for influence and power.
trade and economic cooperation is the excuse for the existence of the eu not the reason.
not content with intervening in the lives of its citizens this organisation is desperate to intervene with the policies of its neighbours.
there is no requirement for the eu to build up what it does to act as a single entity as a quasi superpower as a federal state.
there is no need for this.
we have laws;
we have bodies to enforce them.
if those laws are being broken on such an important issue as nuclear power then let us use the united nations;
let us use the existing authorities and let us ensure that our people are properly protected in the correct manner without allowing political ambitions and political manoeuvrings to interfere in any way.
i completely agree that we need strong cooperation between the member states.
the aim is to improve access to justice reinforce the independence of the courts and further professionalise the actors in this sector.
eighty seven the eu aims to develop a democratic stable and prosperous neighbourhood based on a commitment to fundamental values including the rule of law and human rights.
our peoples have similar aspirations to welfare human rights democracy and prosperity.
we have been negotiating an action plan since two thousand and twelve in the framework of the european neighbourhood policy.
our discussions with algeria on human rights have allowed us to identify areas of concern notably freedom of association the right to peaceful assembly and the right to establish independent trade unions.
associations and other stakeholders.
we will continue to do so in the future.
that is why we are concerned by the severity of the sentence given by an algerian court against several labour activists. even if it is not a governmental decision such a ruling could only undermine algeria's reputation and elicit criticism from human rights defenders
we have conveyed those concerns to our algerian partners in our political dialogue subcommittee our social affairs subcommittee and our association committee.
we are formally linked by an association agreement and by a series of cooperation programmes.
we share common challenges ranging from regional security to unemployment.
in this context the eu and algeria have agreed to work on the reform of the justice system.
similarly the eu could support algeria in its implementation of the international labour organisation's convention.
paragraph five is the key one for my group. i will read it out it calls on the algerian authorities to implement their obligations to protect the right to freedom of expression association and peaceful assembly and to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety and security of civil society activists and human rights defenders and their freedom to pursue their legitimate and peaceful activities'.
so in paragraph one we are right to highlight and condemn the ongoing detention of eight peaceful activists.
as a friend of algeria we must encourage them to do better;
algeria is an important friend of the european union an important partner in our near abroad' so it is all the more important that that partnership is frank and honest and based upon our values and the rule of law. algeria has signed up to all the international agreements on human rights labour rights and social rights that we could ask for and they need to be implemented fully and genuinely.
we are right to expect our friends to live up to their humanitarian commitments and presently algeria is not adequately doing so.
their actions were peaceful and legitimate and they should be released now.
this can give us opportunities for new growth and jobs and in the middle of the crisis this is a very good and positive message.
it is estimated that over eur two hundred billion are needed in the coming years and not all this investment will just happen by itself.
the commission also appreciates the recommendations including in the report discussed today regarding the prioritisation of energy infrastructure projects the acceleration of permit granting procedures and better involvement of interested stakeholders as well as the regulation of cross border infrastructure and financing.
we need now to move from priorities to concrete projects of european interest from plans on drawing boards to consultation permit granting financing and construction on the ground and that is why our forthcoming legislative proposal on energy infrastructure will be so important.
this acknowledges the need for specific eu funding for energy infrastructures in order to deliver on our common energy and climate targets but also to ensure continued and secure supply of competitive energy to all european citizens.
in november last year the commission adopted a communication outlining our vision for such a new policy the strategies and priorities to be pursued and i would like to recall here what is needed.
the new eu energy infrastructure policy is needed to change the way in which networks are planned and developed in the european union.
within the next decades our energy system will therefore need to go through a deep transformation process that will bring huge challenges but also opportunities in the way we generate transport distribute and consume energy. in almost any possible future scenario energy infrastructures will play the key role as a catalyst enabling us to meet our emission reduction objectives.
furthermore as the european council in february confirmed they will also be crucial in ensuring that solidarity between member states becomes operational that alternative supply routes materialise and that renewables will develop.
it is a topic that is of course very high on the agenda and i would like to thank the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs for their commitment and constructive cooperation.
we need to build grids connecting the huge offshore wind energy potential in the northern seas to consumption centres in northern and central europe. we need to diversify our gas supplies sources counterparts and routes with the construction of the southern corridor.
we need to develop interconnections in south western europe with a view to integrating renewable energies and increasing the flexibility of gas flows in the region. we need to fully integrate the baltic electricity and gas market into the european market thus ending the isolation of energy islands and we need to strengthen the regional network in central eastern and south eastern europe.
an essential element when implementing infrastructure policies is ensuring financing.
last week as you know the commission adopted our proposal for the next multiannual framework;
we in britain stick to the rules and we comply with the single market but the french do not.
so you can understand why we were a bit shocked last week when mr butler was locked up in a cell for thirty six hours for absolutely no reason.
it just goes to show that it is a farce.
i attended the fifty th anniversary of an organisation in ireland called deafhear and i was quite astounded to learn and i read from this memo that it takes ten years for an individual who believes they have a hearing problem to do something about it.
it is also quite frightening to know that one third of acquired hearing loss is actually preventable.
we are all heading in that direction and i am using this one minute speech to ask those of us in this house who use our mouth and our ears in our daily work to perhaps tell our citizens about the importance of looking after their health.
the consequences in terms of isolation and the impact on their socialisation are quite enormous.
people around europe need to understand that they can actually protect their ears and that one in three people over the age of sixty have a significant hearing loss.
she could find herself locked up for a considerable amount of time on the order of an investigating magistrate while the case is looked into.
these derogatory descriptions associated with race would appear to be an offence under the race relations act.
it is low interest rates that keep countries like ireland barely afloat.
all have undergone severe cuts to services which target the needy in a disproportionate way.
smes are struggling and youth unemployment levels are shaping a lost generation in those member states.
we need to give our voters hope. debt restructuring redemption funds eurobonds are all
debt is accumulating; interest payments on debt increase while growth is stagnant or marginal.
by the end of the century the east will probably be transformed in the same way.
demographic change is not just about numbers and space.
there is still time for europeans nationally and in cooperation to alter their destiny and take control of their own future.
it has been brought about deliberately by the people who misrule us the political class.
distinctive peoples are not the product of distinctive cultures;
now it has not happened autonomously like the wind and tides;
when the peoples of europe are no longer the pre eminent populations our distinctive culture will be no more.
it is about the identities of the peoples doing the replacing and the people being replaced.
madam president when the history of the twenty first century is written it could be remembered as the one in which europeans were ethnically cleansed from large parts of their homelands. within my lifetime large parts of the cities of many countries in the west have been transformed into outposts of africa and asia.
distinctive cultures are the product of distinctive peoples.
madam president after writing to the commission requesting an update on an eu strategy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd i was very disappointed to be informed that the commission does not intend to put forward a specific strategy for patients with copd as it says that it is addressing the key issue with the tobacco products directive. not only is this disappointing but it is worrying. copd is one of the leading causes of premature deaths worldwide yet awareness of copd is insufficient.
given the prevalence and the socio economic burden of copd not only should there be ringfencing of funds for specific diseases such as this one that have been underfunded but we need to start tackling the deficiencies in the way that copd is treated across europe. people suffering from copd and patients with respiratory diseases in europe have for decades been enduring large disparities in the standard of care received.
to overcome these inequalities patient driven standards prevention diagnosis care and rehabilitation have to be better measured.
let rio twenty be a worldwide wake up call and not only involve the business community but let them commit themselves to the objectives of the green economy. but that is the green economy' side of the summit;
leading companies are aware of this and are investing in that vision but unfortunately most companies still consider sustainability as something which costs a lot of money.
mr president i would like to start by thanking the commissioners and the minister for their constructive contributions to this debate.
the world is currently developing towards a green economy;
i believe that a contemporary and more economically oriented shakespeare could now write to be sustainable or not to be at all'.
that is why i strongly endorse the establishment of an international environmental court.
shakespeare's hamlet is not particularly known for its happy end but if we are ambitious for rio twenty the contemporary shakespeare i started with will have the opportunity to find a happy end in his new play.
are they working along these same lines?
it sends a clear message out into the world that environmental issues are trans boundary and should be dealt with as such.
just watch the presidential debates in the us for five minutes and it is rather painful to see how science is put aside for short term political reasons.
of course it is;
an economy where sustainability is a key condition for being competitive.
for that reason rio twenty comes at the right moment. it is a huge opportunity to show the world that being efficient with resources emitting less and investing in green technology does pay off.
i will not go back twenty years like karl heinz florenz but rather i want to take you back four hundred years when william shakespeare wrote his famous words to be or not to be'.
what about the other top issue a constitutional framework governance or politicians?
our objective should be to make sure that rio twenty will give renewed political impetus to sustainable development through an ambitious vision goals and tangible actions at both international and also national levels.
building on the commission's communication rio twenty towards the green economy and better governance' adopted in june we are now working towards a consolidated european union position in time for the one november un deadline for international input.
on the green economy we need to be clear that this is a vehicle for delivering on sustainable development.
i should also say that commissioner piebalgs is closely involved in the development of the european union position for the summit in view of the development and poverty eradication aspects.
last but not least to reinforce global sustainable development and environmental governance through institutional reform is also essential.
as i stated clearly in the plenary of the european economic and social committee last week rio will also have to establish means for greater participation of business and civil society.
examples of specific international actions include the strengthening and expanding of the european union water initiative including new agreements on the law of the sea particularly in areas beyond national jurisdiction and establishing an international regime on chemicals.
we envisage that a green economy roadmap should map out all actions undertaken at international level with specific time frames to ensure commitment well into the future.
through such concerned actions the sustainable management of resources in key sectors such as water energy oceans and forests can become the thrust of future economic growth and global markets.
access to water food and energy are some of the basic human needs that must be met to alleviate poverty.
please do not imagine that resource efficiency is only a concern for developed countries.
the sectors we propose underpin the livelihoods of many and are particularly in developing countries linked to basic subsistence.
it is also of crucial importance for the sustainable development of developing countries.
to monitor progress it will be essential to develop indicators and a globally agreed system of economic environmental and social accounting.
any such vision and goals will have to be backed with tangible action. on the green economy we propose to focus on the efficient and sustainable management of resources and natural capital water renewable energy oceans sustainable agriculture and fishing and materials and chemical management.
as a complement to international actions and commitments national actions would depend on national circumstances and could be supported with measures such as best practice examples and policy guidelines.
the enabling conditions for the transformation towards a green economy in these areas can be established through the right kinds of regulatory and market conditions mobilising public and private financial resources and also investing in capacity building.
strengthening sustainable development governance could be achieved by the reinforcement of ecosoc in the united nations or the establishment of a council on sustainable development. these are the potential ways forward and we need to enhance the un environment programme possibly by upgrading it into a specialised agency.
rio twenty is a unique opportunity for the world and for the european union to advance its commitments on sustainable development through both themes which will be discussed there firstly the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and secondly the institutional framework for sustainable development.
and as i know that the resolution of this house particularly draws attention to the links with climate issues.
it can secure growth and development and at the same time contribute to improving human well being providing decent jobs tackling poverty and preserving natural capital. it offers opportunities for countries in all stages of economic development.
discussions with member states are still ongoing.
you are calling in this document for tangible actions and accountable targets but of course that is all just soviet five year plans all over again.
no one knows what sustainable development really means and who would want unsustainable development anyway?
it is about time we recognised these failed communist policies for what they are and go back to the honest free market approach which creates wealth for all by innovation and hard work not by endless interfering and political tinkering.
in the panel we therefore consider targets for access to energy for sustainable energy and for renewable energy sources. at the same time the global energy system supply transformation delivery and use is the dominant contributor to climate change representing around sixty of total current greenhouse gas emissions.
unfortunately emerging economies did not learn enough from the mistakes made by us the developed countries the principle of grow first and clean up later but this cannot be a growth strategy for the twenty first century.
this of course requires concerted and coordinated effort but i think it is very important that we in europe push in this direction.
we need science to guide political decisions on all environmental boundaries. a call for urgency must come out of rio.
internalisation of the external effects means factoring in the consequences thereby making them a part of the decision making process.
we need to measure well being of people and preservation of nature and of course this agenda must appeal equally to developed and developing countries.
here are some tangible things that could lead to immediate action.
we must move towards a paradigm of mutual interdependence.
this must be corrected.
it is important that we do not change from one topic to another. it is still the overarching theme and how we address it and that we address it globally is still decisive for what kind of world we will have in this twenty first century. so climate change must still be an overarching theme.
' it must be a growth that includes environmental and social concerns at the same level as economic ones.
firstly let me share a few points from the work of the global sustainability panel established by ban ki moon with the very clear view that we should give some recommendations for the rio twenty conference.
part of the reason for the inadequate progress on sustainability is evident there is a significant market failure that we must correct namely inadequate pricing.
climate change is still there and is also there in the minds of the people.