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of course the competent authorities of the host member state will remain responsible for and have command and control of the european border and coast guard activities taking place on its territory.
two thousand and twenty one the other key element of this proposal and an important game changer is that the agency's own statutory staff will also be team members with executive powers.
i hope that once the next parliament is in place the proposal to set up the eu's asylum agency will be quickly adopted. i hope so. i also want to add that i regret that the possibility of a monthly differential payment to the statutory staff members was not retained in the final agreement.
this agreement highlights once again that when working together we can bring real results and show to our citizens that the union is willing and able to act.
knowing very well the complexity of the legislative procedures we all agree that it is indeed an achievement.
but colleagues we are speaking about the things that are most important for the total majority of our workers their social entitlements. in many cases allowances determine how the citizens perceive the quality of their citizenship and as a result how they appreciate the functioning of the eu.
it puts our social systems in competition and favours the outflow of young workers from the new member states. it's true that in the current framework the member states are free to decide on the conditions for benefits and insurance but these decisions must be made in accordance with the principle of equal treatment and non discrimination.
obviously mr coburn or anybody else from the efdd didn't bother enough with this debate to actually show up in time for the start of this debate and i think it's a bit unfair that after he's had his beauty sleep and his breakfast he decides to show up and still has a speaking time afterwards. i don't understand where this comes from. if you really care about these debates you can show up on time and participate.
if you don't show up that's your choice.
fifteen years after the last revision this commission has proposed a new and necessary modernisation.
that modernisation is much needed to address new challenges and opportunities in the fields of long term care unemployment benefits family benefits and the rules on applicable legislation for posted workers.
we adopted our proposal more than two years ago in order to ensure fairness in the free movement of workers and citizens in the internal market.
facilitating parental leave allowances for mobile citizens clarifying the right of citizens in need of long term care giving job seekers more opportunities to find work abroad these are some examples on how the proposed modernisation would improve citizens' daily life.
fairness means that the rules are equitable to all and not designed to benefit one category of stakeholders to the detriment of the others. it means taking into account the interests of both the member states of origin and the receiving member states.
fairness means rules that allow mobile citizens and workers to move to another country in proper conditions and take into account the interests of taxpayers and the interest in maintaining adequate social security systems.
fairness means for me also preserving the business opportunities for all the companies and the self employed that make use of free movement in good faith to serve clients across europe be it businesses or consumers.
and fairness also means preserving and improving tools to fight abuses and fraud.
these are the principles on which we have based our proposal.
these have also been the objectives that have guided us throughout the interinstitutional negotiations with the parliament and the council.
the provisional agreement that we reached in trilogues has not been confirmed because there was no sufficient majority amongst the member states.
but i believe that the compromise that we reached should inspire us for the work that remains to be done.
i count on your constructive spirit and on our shared motivation to make good use of this opportunity.
this is the final agreement that was agreed by all groups all groups in the trilogue agreed to this agreement.
any amendment that we pass on this will kill this file dead and that means the entire new consumer acquis in a whole load of areas will die.
we've got an agreement it is a good agreement i would back parliament to back that agreement and get this new law into force as soon as possible.
we have as miriam dalli said another policy in place that's very important and i suppose this is the one area that we really need to tackle in terms of reducing emissions.
it is without doubt that a strong and cohesive european union can only be safeguarded with well functioning border control at the external borders.
the importance of this issue is very clear when you look at croatia. this country has the longest external border of the european union.
its national forces work rigorously to maintain european internal security.
with this upgrade of equipment an increased standing corps and readiness in a crisis situation the european border and coast guard agency can provide crucial assistance to its member states in critical border regions.
the next step is to engage all our partners and third countries to cooperate and to provide the technical and operational support that leads to effective management of the union's migration policy.
mr president prime minister it is the very end of the mandate of this european parliament and it's time to show respect to your powerful pro european speech.
it is time to show gratitude to this round of debates with heads of government and prime ministers within the european parliament and it is even time to salute the work of president jean claude juncker who gave you a warm response of high quality.
mr president well if proof was ever needed that the eu parliament is merely windowdressing for the so called eu democracy we have it here.
if democracy is going to be meaningful then the elected representatives the meps my colleagues here in the chamber must be allowed to call into question anything that reasonably affects those they represent.
the right of inquiry should have legal standing or else what is the point? it demonstrates that this chamber is nothing more than a puppet for those unelected officials in the commission and the council if that legal standing is not recognised and allowed to happen.
it disturbs me but does not surprise me that the council and the commission are acting in an obstructive manner when it comes to transparency here in the european parliament.
now if the european union wonders why populace and eurosceptics flourish you have your answer before you.
like yourself i've learned a lot also on the basis of the inquiry committees of the european parliament on these matters and on tax matters and i do appreciate what you said and i support fully that we need european central supervision on anti money laundering.
but let me ask you will you now as prime minister also push for a european fiu as we proposed in the parliament in the context namely of the fifth anti money laundering directive?
also will you push for the reform of the vat that the commission has proposed and that has been blocked by the council despite the fact that it is giving piles of money to organised crime and even to terrorist organisations through the scheme of so called carousel fraud?
and will you also push for the mqv in taxation matters which is a crucial question according to the commission to indeed fight the tax dumping that distorts single market competition rules?
free movement is hardly possible without social guarantees for workers and their family members and efficient coordination of member states' social security systems.
when mobile workers move between eu member states for jobs one key concern is that they can lose social rights earned in another country. it is also clear that the number of cross border workers could increase if there was better coordination of social security systems between neighbouring member states.
in this context i would also like to underline that national discrimination against mobile workers is clearly outlawed by the treaties.
i regret any attempt to put artificial obstacles for eastern european workers in their access to social benefits in the old member states.
most importantly i cannot support the indexation of family benefits in the place of residence of the children.
this measure is both inappropriate and discriminatory and it creates a complex expensive and unnecessary bureaucratic monitoring system.
mr president the widely accepted definition of a state is a political entity having monopoly control over a set border and the territory within.
with the passage of the lisbon treaty it has done it on international affairs and now it does it on border policy.
visa requirements should be a competence of member states not the european union. this report politicises visas and attempts to bribe or threaten selected third countries to take back illegal immigrants or their own citizens will face higher fees as a result.
we thank you commissioner.
in that sense we celebrate the increase of the climate spending targets for the sustainable infrastructure window and the need for climate proofing.
we expect investeu to abide by the principle of sustainable investments.
with this in mind this parliament has made it clear that coal nuclear and gas infrastructure cannot be considered sustainable investments. it's therefore imperative that we find the political will to encourage the financial sector to help finance projects that are key to the transition towards a green economy.
there are far more pressing immediate social and environmental concerns that require our attention.
but coming back to the positive i welcome a stronger participation of national and regional promotional banks as these are a key factor for a better earmarking of projects due to their knowledge of their local markets economic and social agents and their needs.
however today i must say that even though his criticism towards the proposal is valid and sharply precise he could agree with me that edf is actually too little too late because we are long overdue to legislate on the common european defence force.
to engage in an open and constructive exchange of views with a view to sounding out whether an agreement can be reached between our institutions on this file.
companies will be able to fully use digital tools and processes not only at national level but also cross border.
companies will save time and money when they launch a new business or branch and update information available on business registers.
and all this with strong security standards.
the commission is pleased with the result. in particular the political agreement on the directive on digital tools and processes further clarifies that member states can maintain their existing national systems procedures and requirements while making possible online procedures for formation of companies registration of branches and filing of documents. as an important safeguard against fraud the directive will specify in which exceptional cases member states can require physical presence in the procedures.
i am also delighted that the co legislators have agreed on the rules concerning the exchange of information about disqualified directors.
finally more information from business registers will be available for free to stakeholders especially on who can legally represent a company.
the commission would like to make however the following statement.
the commission cannot agree to the changes regarding the provision of transfers of resources allocated to member states under shared management.
the new rules are based on a prudentially sound and balanced approach with the possibility to review key provisions in the coming years. i count on the continued support of the parliament to ensure that covered bonds become an even more important source of funding for the european economy in the future.
it is simply unfair when genuine fans cannot get tickets at their face value because internet bots buy them up for resale at dramatically inflated prices.
so whilst action on this at member state level is important and welcome and i pay tribute to campaigners in the uk who've long championed the need for new laws on this we also need a coordinated response at european level not least because one way that this problem must be addressed is by introducing measures which would prevent secondary ticket sites being profiled as the first result in search engines like google.
just this morning searching across a number of different artists viagogo came up as a first result on google every single time over the official sites selling those tickets.
mr president this is my last speech to parliament and i'm delighted that my good friend and colleague prime minister kari is with us today.
the best way to counter populism and nationalism across all our member states whether it comes from the hard left or the hard right is to ensure that we have prosperity in the european union.
it is also a project of economic and social progress.
your agenda prime minister today is clear more trade taking down the barriers that prevent the proper single market standing up to protectionism more open investment to the european union and proper competition.
that is the agenda which ensures that we will have more jobs more investment more growth and more hope for the future of our citizens here in the european union. it has been an honour to serve with you.
however the commission makes the following three statements the commission regrets that the colegislators decided to maintain the life logo.
this runs counter to the horizontal approach of not having programmespecific logos under the future longterm budget.
second the commission considers that there is a lack of justification for the examination procedure of the nonopinion clause.
third the commission confirms that the openended duration of the programme is without prejudice to the prerogative of the commission to present a life successor programme for the next mff.
mr president over the past five years i have sought to learn about the migration and refugee experience directly from those affected.
i've worked with ngos and taken every opportunity to listen to people who have been forced to migrate because of conflict and unsustainable lives.
we have a tragic situation whereby people are willing to risk drowning in our seas in order to start new lives here in europe.
so there are elements of this regulation that i welcome.
i'm glad that the european border and coast guard agency will conduct searches to prevent people drowning.
those who are rescued must then be treated with empathy and humanity and i particularly welcome the commitment to fundamental rights when working with third countries. however more than managing borders and documenting migration we should take responsibility for and tackle the inequality and deprivation that forces so many to abandon their homes and risk dangerous journeys.
we must uphold european values protect the vulnerable and ensure our communities welcome those who in a different moment of history could indeed be us.
and some of your colleagues invited me to share lunch with you.
i haven't forgotten that.
just one question i was delighted that you led by mentioning money laundering and criminality and how you cleaned up the whole murky business in your country.
i was a journalist before i was elected here and i was always getting bumf from people promoting this or that government programme and i can't in honesty remember any of them that actually yielded results.
if we think of the great tech breakthroughs that we've had the things that have transformed people's lives the american tech giants the mobile phone breakthroughs the search engines and so on none of them depended on government grants any more than did the people who made the industrial revolution in the first place.
we've got locked into this rather sad circle where we ask recipients of this money whether it's a good idea.
but is this really the best way with a limited budget to be deploying it?
i'm all in favour of spending money on education there are some things obviously we should do collectively but when i hear members of this house suggesting that success is measured by the size of the budget rather than by any real world output i wonder whether we have our priorities right.
the commission again recognises the work done by the institutions so far and acknowledges that the non paper represents certain progress compared to the earlier proposals.
at the same time as i mentioned earlier the commission still finds that the latest informal proposal contains a number of legal and institutional concerns such as sanctions investigative means and legal remedies.
the commission acknowledges the need to have an adequate instrument which fully respects institutional prerogatives and the relevant legal frameworks of the member states. the commission is willing to engage in a constructive trilateral discussion with a view to finding appropriate solutions to the concerns that still exist.
i am a very fair chairperson so i think people who are on a list if they arrive i usually allow them speak.
allowed by means of this legislation. this was complex work.
many of the so called progressives have bowed to the pressure of the far right happy to castigate vulnerable persons as security threats in order to put up barbed wire harden the borders and keep people out of fortress europe.
worse still refugees are horse traded with third countries some with shameful human rights records in order to speed up returns as if they were unwanted produce not people.
this is just another example of exporting the eu's humanitarian obligations to help all of those who are most vulnerable regardless of nationality or economic status.
britain's social security system is based on need and not on contributions as it is on the continent.
in france for example you can only draw out what you pay into the system.
there's nothing wrong in that. our system is good for the system we've got.
your system is good for what you have.
any change to that system could bankrupt britain's social security system which is one of the major reasons we voted for brexit.
we are basically concerned that it would bankrupt our social security system and put enormous stress on our health service which is also free at point of use so people can just turn up and use the system.
this creates problems.
it means that we could never have a true integration of these systems.
why should we not have competition throughout europe?
we need to have competition in wages.
we have to have competition in everything.
it's a very very bad and dangerous idea and i'm afraid britain can have nothing to do with it which is all the more reason for us to leave.
mr president i hate to be the one after this atmosphere of backslapping and everyone being so nice to each other as you're all leaving public service to pop the bubble of joy and harmony but i'm going to do it.
this is yet another example of overcentralising too much power going to the middle which damages the individual nation states.
so i wish you all well those of you who are leaving.
i think you've given a lot of your life to this project.
sadly much of that i think has been misguided and this most certainly is one of the worst ideas i've heard here.
this is a major step forward and we all in this room can be proud of what we have achieved.
it is part of our common legacy. both the agency and of course the member states will have the tools to anticipate and respond to future crises at the eu's external borders.
i strongly hope that you will support the final outcome of the negotiations during the votes later on.
investeu will simplify our existing set of financial instruments and under a single guarantee rule book and brand cater for sectors that are experiencing investment gaps and sub optimal investments situations.
digitisation social housing research energy efficiency and urban transport are just some of the key areas that today don't find adequate financing on the market.
the investeu guarantee will unlock such financing and crowd in private money for the public good.
to deliver its objectives the fund will be supported by investeu's advisory hub that this house wants to strengthen.
the commission welcomes this emphasis.
the commission also highly values the fact that the co legislators have upheld its proposal for an opening of access to the eu budgetary guarantee.
while the european investment bank's strategic role is now enshrined in the regulation and its expertise is better recognised other actors such as international financial institutions like the ebrd or the council of europe bank but also national promotional banks and institutions will have the opportunity to become implementing partners.
this will ensure we are using all available expertise in a complementary manner improving their geographical outreach and taking into account local needs. the preparation of the investeu programme and its implementation will bring those actors together require them to set up the system but also give them the opportunity to take ownership and co shape the union investment programme.
this will result in a community of strong long term investors supporting the eu's policy objectives.
during the negotiations the parliament has had a key role in maintaining the focus of this instrument on policy steer in strengthening the accountability and transparency provisions and in raising ambitions for the climate targets.
the commission believes that all of these points improve investeu.
let me conclude by expressing our appreciation for the tremendous effort of the rapporteurs their shadows and all associated committees in reaching a position within a very ambitious timeline with a view to enabling an agreement before the european elections. i would also like to take this opportunity to extend this appreciation to the romanian presidency for their dedication and effort.
the positive attitude to the language has had huge cultural benefits. in wales the key has been to take a pragmatic approach.
for example i intend to finish my comments in welsh although i would not want to incur the cost to taxpayers of simultaneous translation here in parliament for the benefit of just two welsh speaking meps.
we should aim for people to be able to speak in whatever language they feel most comfortable in but without causing undue burden or cost.
mr president as a member of the european parliament for wales i have a lot of sympathy for the many minority languages across europe particularly as my mother tongue is welsh one of the oldest european languages still in use.
the revival of the welsh language over the past fifteen years since devolution has been meteoric.
ten million people speak catalan and this language is not allowed to be spoken in this house.
the minority language of ulster scots is part of the cultural wealth of northern ireland and is recognised by the united kingdom under the council of europe charter for regional and minority languages.
as a result of the st andrews agreement act the northern ireland executive is charged with bringing forward a strategy for the ulster scots language and culture.
in preparing this strategy the culture minister is taking into account the european charter and other international instruments including the united nations convention on the rights of the child.
he is also setting the strategy in the context of the promotion of a shared and better future for northern ireland based on equality diversity and interdependence.
unfortunately sinn fein has used culture especially language as a weapon in its campaign against the state and this has led to controversy and contention.
so we must hope that a shared and better future aspect of the strategy will address the legacy of that cultural war.