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over the coming years member states will in fact be called upon to implement existing legislative and non legislative instruments in this field as well as to participate in the adoption of new instruments.
however this increased law making activity must proceed in parallel with a harmonious and effective practical application of these tools.
european judicial training should therefore take a new shape and dimension.
the idea behind this which parliament has tried to promote during the last two years with its numerous resolutions is to promote a bottom up approach.
this will involve member states' national associations of legal professionals such as lawyers judges and universities in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity.
we therefore welcome the experience in the netherlands with eurinfra and its network of court coordinators for european law which has been emulated by other member states in particular italy with its european gaius project denmark romania and bulgaria.
those experiences are designed around three pillars improving the accessibility of european law information resources using web technology improving knowledge of european law among the judiciary and establishing and maintaining a network of court coordinators for european law. there is no excuse today for ignorance of european law.
national judges are and must be european judges called upon to play a fundamental role in a situation in which we will need more europe.
this does not preclude fostering a european judicial culture in which diversity is celebrated as a common good.
we should promote the idea of national court coordinators with european law and their interconnection at european level.
in particular the main function of an interconnected network of court coordinators would be to enable judges to readily confer on their day to day work with their counterparts in other member states on matters such as the interpretation of the applicable european law in a secure digital environment.
these circles of coherence would make for greater uniformity in the application of european union law while reducing the number of references for preliminary rulings without detracting from the role of the court of justice.
in developing such search engines for searching judgments opinions and european union law in general member states should consider whether this technology might not benefit the judiciary in other member states as well in which case technology can be pooled coordinated and developed in common.
i was disappointed that amendments sixty four and fifty five were narrowly defeated which would have protected juveniles and also spawning fish and would also have minimised the incidental capture of seabirds and marine animals.
mr president i believe that the wasa report concerning the commission proposals for a baltic multiannual plan for the stocks of cod herring and sprat is a step forward. in the last term parliament was responsible for shaping an improved common fisheries policy and i would like to commend my colleague chris davies who is no longer with us for the significant role that he played in shaping the improved common fisheries policy.
but now i believe our role in this parliament is to ensure the effective implementation of the reforms that we agreed.
i also agree with the target fishing mortality range which is calibrated from zero to fmsy which is the fishing mortality consistent with achieving maximum sustainable yield.
furthermore energy crops will in principle be included in the seven cap.
i believe that we are also promoting the development of advanced biofuels. while the european parliament did not achieve many of its key objectives nonetheless the compromise will ensure a cap on first generation biofuels of seven with member states having the possibility to set lower limits. indirect land use change factors will be reported by fuel suppliers and by the commission
and in its review the commission will consider including iluc emission factors in the maximum emission levels for biofuels in the future.
in this agreement i believe we are addressing the negative side effects of the eu's support policies for biofuels and we are also trying to ensure that publicly subsidised biofuels achieve real greenhouse gas savings.
other information will also be required for example data to determine the ship's energy efficiency. it is also important that this proposal can be implemented without major costs being involved.
our goal is an international agreement to ensure a level playing field for all.
but we must make a start and this is the start where all vessels entering european ports will have to monitor the verified amounts of co two emitted by their large ships on voyages to from and between the eu ports.
the maritime sector is the only area not covered by agreements or regulations in regard to co two reductions.
they will also have to report the amounts.
that is very important because this gives a legal certainty to investors which is vital if we want to develop particularly advanced biofuels into the future.
mr president i supported the alde amendment on the ecall in vehicle system. i think this is an example of where we try to balance individual rights with societal benefits where we protect individual data but recognise how data sharing can in the case of the ecall system save lives reduce the seriousness of injury facilitate the work of rescuers and fire fighters and indeed save money.
but in this context i support the amendment which requested that manufacturers ensure that ecall users can easily deactivate the ecall system manually in cars.
this i believe will help to ensure a balance between the right to privacy and the possibility to save lives or reduce injury.
for example there can be no tracking of any call equipped vehicle before an accident occurs;
in the internal memory of the system data are automatically and continuously removed;
technology or to use the new word that has been invented automisation' is to be kicked to the kerb in order to keep people in menial jobs. we have all experienced the frustration at a self service checkout but is that sufficient to warrant european legislation stopping technological progress?
already we have seen global market output predicted to fall to.
we support social innovation that helps protect our societies.
the commission provides several channels of financial support but it is also taking initiatives for instance with the oecd to better understand the sector and support member states in their efforts to build up an environment conducive to social enterprises.
finally improving recognition of skills formally or informally acquired at any point in time across member states and sectors which is essential to support mobility as a factor of employability and competitiveness.
social innovation is also financially supported both in the european social fund and in the employment and social innovation programme.
other member states should follow this example and i am glad to say that my own country romania is close to adopting it. at the same time appropriate support should be provided for the establishment and development of small and mediumsized enterprises the backbone of our economy.
the commission should be tougher in this direction.
since they often employ the socially excluded and many young people their capacity to enhance cohesion within communities by creating jobs and minimising social inequalities should be duly taken into consideration.
but commissioner this is outright abuse and the problem is spreading.
but the truth is that it is just not happening.
for example recent statistics have shown there are now an estimated.
given that the majority of people on these contracts have been with their current employer for over a year working on average twenty three hours a week does the commission not understand that these contracts threaten the standards created to protect workers? why are we allowing a system where people often young often women and often close to the poverty line are expected to work full time hours when it suits the employer but given no protection or guarantee of employment in return?
they still have to feed their kids and pay their rent.
we constantly hear and we did tonight about the need for flexibility in the employment market.
something to be resolved at national level.
it is not sustainable and it certainly is not fair.
nothing is being done and the situation is getting worse.
one eight million zero hours contracts in the uk an increase of nearly twenty in the past year alone.
so let us not pass the issue off by saying it is just a problem for member states to deal with.
crucially these jobs cannot be outsourced. yet in my opinion these enterprises deserve greater support than at present.
you quoted figures from the commission's own social and economic report for the last quarter.
we have heard that these enterprises employ fourteen million people and contribute to social inclusion rural and regional development and environmental protection.
i fully support the recommendations in this report in particular the need for a legal framework.
i will focus on just a couple of areas in particular entrepreneurship and workbased learning.
it highlights the need to promote an entrepreneurial mindset in europe the need for institutions to be more businessfriendly and to support young people in transforming their ideas into successful business plans.
i was very privileged to visit the goodwin group in stoke on trent last friday.
it is an engineering company established in one thousand eight hundred and eighty three and they believe that a radical new approach is needed to raise the level of the individual worker to the standard required for the future. so they have built their own stateoftheart training school with a centre of excellence for one hundred and twenty five engineering apprentices.
it also recognises the importance of fostering workbased learning apprenticeships as the alternative route to employment.
the report highlights the need to remove bureaucratic obstacles with which smes are confronted and enable them to achieve their full jobcreation potential.
it is worth fighting for and it has produced very worthwhile ideas which are concise and targeted and can add real value to the employability and prosperity of people.
the progress of the report has not been easy and i would like to pay tribute to the rapporteur for her constructive and positive enthusiasm to reach agreement.
there are still significant discrepancies between regions in terms of employment opportunities within a country.
i therefore call on the commission to establish a catalogue of best practices to stimulate mobility within a member state and to share these experiences with member states which still have work to do on labour mobility.
when the german economy is going full pelt again no doubt there will be pressure for qe to end interest rates to rise and the euro to rise again in value.
i wish it were that easy to solve this problem but it is not. in fact if we say that there is just a lack of incentives for young people to find jobs this is placing the blame on these unemployed people for not finding jobs.
this is individualising the problem while actually we are facing a structural problem. so what we need is much more and goes beyond what is suggested in the report.
we need more investment in order to create jobs and we need a labour market that serves the needs of the employees rather than employers.
we need to put an end to the myth because the situation as it is now in the european union is placing the blame on the unemployed people.
mr president i would like to refer you to two points that president juncker particularly stressed this morning regarding employment that are of direct relevance to this debate.
firstly that refugees must be given the chance to work which besides letting them earn money is a matter of basic human dignity.
a deeply flawed defining proposition since it is at odds with the basic human preference for a life in dignity and the accompanying desire to engage in productive work given the chance to find meaningful and rewarding jobs.
conversely and quite correctly the other report highlights the need to enable social and solidarity based enterprises to grow and urges member states to promote the cooperative enterprise model precisely as contributing factors so that the social and solidarity based economy may fulfil its defining mission to provide full high quality employment.
in this regard i would like to urge commission vice president dombrovskis to personally commit himself to ensuring that the commission responds positively to the call contained in the report for the commission to come forward with a legal framework codifying a dependable specific status for such enterprises defined as having other objectives than simply profit for shareholders
i agree with all of you who have said that it is important to see a palestinian state come into being as soon as possible.
we agree that there should be a palestinian state.
on the rights of refugees on the issue of jerusalem on all of the issues that are very familiar to everybody here. that is what i am determined upon.
i would argue that we are discussing the question of how not if not whether not any other question but how to make sure that is achieved.
i do not accept i am afraid what is said to me that somehow by not using a particular word i have moved away from my commitment because i am the one who on your behalf is saying it to the person who has the power to make the difference.
gcc. i mentioned that we coordinated our statements on yemen very carefully.
i am not going to do something that is just rhetoric.
we are ready to do the same with libya.
they have people with whom they can be proud to negotiate.
they really want to see us stick together and see that happen for real.
we have made that position clear not just in this house but also to the israeli government. can i also say that instead of shouting about it which is very easy to do perhaps without listening for the response that you get i say this to prime minister netanyahu directly.
there are issues that they will have to resolve which is why we suggested they pre meet.
i am determined upon making sure that the desire of the people the desire of president abbas and prime minister fayyad is achieved and is achieved in a way that they can be sure is going to bring that peace and security to them and to the region.
i will continue to keep saying that because i believe it to be true.
i think the united nations are critical to all this but what matters is what we are actually able to achieve.
it is an achievement for the european union that we are still together.
i believe that they want to see a democratic palestine based on the rule of law and the values of human rights.
i am sensitive to that.
i said in the un when i met with the ad hoc liaison committee under the chairmanship of norway to whom i pay great tribute that i felt this was a good investment of our resources because you can see what our money and our support has actually built and achieved.
i understand the frustration in this house.
i want to be clear about one thing namely about settlements.
i believe that israel could do no better than to negotiate with them.
it is the fact that we are twenty seven speaking with one voice and one message that makes a big difference but it is not easy.
we have a team there at the present time that is setting up the long term operation.
as i say i pay tribute to him.
it is therefore in the interests of all the people of israel and palestine to get there and make sure that where people move and where people live is somewhere they can live for the rest of their lives if they choose to.
that has never been discussed as part of a conclusion of negotiations nothing of that kind but we do need to make sure that we actually get that.
down. one of the key elements of the discussions in new york was women coming together to try to make sure that we are able to offer the support of the capacity building programmes already in place in libya.
i am much more interested in a solution that is going to be for real.
we have to make sure that everything that we are doing on this is actually going to help to lead to the results.
i have to tell you that today i am actually as worried if not more so about what is happening in the north of kosovo as you would expect me to be.
of course incidentally we believe in the international criminal court.
two thousand and nine i said earlier on that i deeply regretted that having condemned that original announcement we have now seen a move further forward.
i have only been doing this for up to two years.
let me just say one or two things about other countries because rightly so honourable members raised one or two other issues.
looking after women who are victims in all of this violence and there are many of them and also ensuring the participation of women right the way through the system is a huge issue that is of incredible importance to
i have condemned it every time a settlement announcement has been made six times this year from me plus one local one and one quartet one. i have checked the numbers.
we have to work at this and keep working at
each time i have met him and i have met him many times i have made it clear that we consider settlements to be illegal under international law and that he should stop announcing them and more importantly stop building them.
i was fortunate enough to go with prime minister fayyad to lay the foundation stone in jenin a town that has seen a lot of conflict but where they are rebuilding the architecture of the government buildings and which we as the european union are privileged to be able to fund.
there are issues that the quartet envoys will need to discuss which is why they will pre meet with the parties but the objective is to get this thing moving.
i agree on the importance of working hard with the
that is what drives me and what motivates me to work with the member states to work with you to work with my colleagues in the commission and to work internationally with the quartet and way beyond the quartet with many countries with whom i have discussed this issue not just in new york last week but over the past two years.
i have said many times that i think that the work that prime minister fayyad has done has been remarkable in that according not to me but to the world bank and other institutions he has completed the building of the institutions that will create the state of palestine and will enable them to be able to function as a state an important element
the point about what we did in the quartet statement was that we laid out a time frame and invited the parties to now come together in that time frame.
we are continuing to work to stay there because what we offer united in this process is much more than radical positions on either end of the spectrum or even the bulk of countries coming together in the middle.
i will continue to do so in every conversation not just because it is wrong.
this is the idea that we make sure that reform is met with greater support but also this mutual accountability of ensuring that we have respect for each other in what we do that we do what we say we are going to do on both sides and that we deliver what we say we are going to deliver to help support these communities into the future.
it is really important that whatever we do finds a conclusion that is really going to last.
on the specific issue of borders we are launching a dialogue on migration mobility and security with tunisia and morocco.
i also want to make it clear that i have said to israel that i do believe in president abbas and prime minister fayyad.
i will continue to do that based on the fact that i am also trying to carry twenty seven member states along the road with me. it is really important to understand how much the unity of the european union on this subject is valued in the region not just in israel not just with the palestinian people and the israeli people but with the arab league and with the countries in the region.
that specifically brings in this point on migration and mobility not just on security although of course that is very important.
it has been the view of the european union the view of this house and the view of member states for a long time that the most effective way to ensure long term stability and security for the people of israel and the people of palestine is through an agreement between the two on borders on security
if you add up all the different views expressed in this house you will find that they reflect and are reflected in many of the conversations that i have had not just in the european union but with many other countries as well. let us start where we agree.
i am determined upon reality.
everybody supports that including israel.
two we must also draw conclusions from the fact that historically some member states particularly the old colonial powers gave priority to their national interests rather than those of the local citizens or the european union.
so my question is what will the commission suggest in order to design the programmes rules conditionality criteria etc.
but it is obvious that many saw eu aid mainly as support for the existing far from democratic regimes.
how can we achieve better coordination for the future in order for the union to play a crucial and constructive role? three the situation in palestine makes it absolutely necessary to increase substantially the commission and council proposals for funding.
one we must draw conclusions from what the eu did before the arab spring.
we do not believe that the united kingdom should be involved in any dispute on one side or the other.
i believe that it would be easier for the government of a recognised palestinian state to restrain and control the activities of its citizens than for the head of an ill defined entity to restrain and control its inhabitants.
if a negotiated peace is not a precondition for the recognition of israel nor should such a negotiated peace be a precondition for the recognition of palestine.
i come from northern ireland.
we can no longer bury our heads in the sand in this house and pretend that there are good terrorists and bad terrorists.
we have had a terror organisation that has blown up people killed people including children and gone into hospitals and tried to shoot people.
the reason that they were able to take part and my party was able to take part in any kind of negotiation with those people was the insistence that they give up terrorism and that they commit to exclusively peaceful and democratic means.
we have had all of those things in northern ireland and yet some of those people who previously supported that terror organisation and that terrorist campaign find themselves in government.
in northern ireland we have had thirty years of a terrorist campaign.
the israeli prime minister has to his credit now without any preconditions called for a return to direct talks.
president abbas's unilateral bid before the un general assembly is rushed and will do nothing to change the situation on the ground.
i firmly stand for peace democracy and absolute abhorrence of terrorist organisations like hamas.
i am very happy to confirm to this house that i do not speak for any non attached member other than myself. i am an independent member in this house.
some member states do not seem to recognise that israel has two faces. one is liberal and democratic and we all support it.
can you give the house any indication of where such movements will come from?
then there is the new precondition of recognising israel as a jewish state well we recognise states but we do not recognise the character of states.
with all its divisions i do not think the european union has exactly covered itself in glory but i pay credit to the high representative for her efforts in herding cats. collectively though we risk being on the wrong side.
its leader went on to become prime minister of israel.
it was the number one terrorist organisation as far as the british government was concerned.
you say you want to get israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table.
israel says she has long been open to resuming negotiations so what pressure have you brought to bear on the palestinians?