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now is the right time for us to launch the codecision phase to start detailed examination of legislative proposals with a view to having the new system in place by the middle of next year.
and third to make economic surveillance work better through incentives for compliance and financial sanctions which are progressive fairly applied and applied early enough to work effectively. these add up to a major reinforcement of the credibility of our economic governance of the euro area in particular.
i also want to say a few words on two other subjects.
the european council identified the next steps both on procedure and on substance.
we have set up a task force to look at how we can take tangible steps to support inclusion.
as we all know this is work in progress;
trade was recognised as a key issue.
it allows us to promote our interests to uphold our values and to make our contribution to worldwide efforts to address common challenges from climate change to security and from a shortage of resources to pulling out of the economic crisis.
this will happen again in the future so the trigger has to be in the hands of the commission.
that is so in normal life and that has to apply also in political life i should say.
we have seen this with germany and france who did not apply the stability pact in two thousand and five and simply changed the stability pact at that moment.
it is not only about the stability pact it is also about the state of the economy in that country.
ladies and gentlemen the house has a right to know.
the people have a right to know and that is why i am saying this.
ngos protested against it.
when i took office eight months ago while visiting our capitals i noticed a degree of frustration following the copenhagen summit.
external relations.
the g twenty although created at the instigation of the european union is also a sign of this trend as is the debate about representation in the international monetary fund.
how can we coordinate better between the different actors in brussels?
those proposals by the commission may positively contribute to keeping the
union. respect for human dignity is one of our core
how can we bring together the different aspects of our relationship with partners for instance during summits in areas such as the economy climate values and security? the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
trade; we want pakistan to recover now and to develop economically.
crisis. third topic the roma. during lunch we discussed a topic that interests you particularly.
interest. that is why i am investing time and energy in maintaining regular contacts with the presidents of other institutions not least the president of the commission the rotating council presidency the central bank the euro group and of course yourself mr president along with leaders of the political groups and chairs of the parliamentary committees well beyond what is provided for in
we can also speak about identifying mutual interests'. the general feeling is that this is not the case yet. we all insist on deliverables and leverage. we must turn objectives into concrete results.
issues. our economies are in better shape now but the work is not
it concerns a vital relationship with our eighth largest trading partner and beyond that with the whole of the asian
to take this up and deepen their involvement in the union's foreign policy.
we thereby showed immediately that the european union can deliver on issues of huge strategic interest.
this will monitor and correct imbalances risks of bubbles and divergences in competitiveness.
interest. the efforts made by all european institutions over the last months have started to produce results. our economies are recovering at an unexpected
we have developed ideas on how to position ourselves vis vis china and where to fine tune them further.
improvement. we are in better shape now than before
the issue was to link general objectives to concrete means to make progress on the ground.
our reputation in the world starts with stability on our own continent.
it now. it will save european exporters
commission. five in a future meeting of the european council we will discuss the issue of integration of
surveillance. many member states are engaged in reform programmes. i pay tribute to those national governments who are taking courageous measures in very difficult political
they want to assume their responsibilities as members of this union institution. what did we discuss?
october. the french president as incoming chair outlined some of his ideas for the g twenty
united. we showed our unity in the position of the twenty seven on additional sanctions on iran which was not self evident and in the very important un resolution on the dialogue between serbia and kosovo extremely important for the western
semester. we also made progress on sanctions even if more work is
we set priorities on a number of pressing matters.
momentum. this spring we won the battle of
player. from now on we will discuss foreign policy in the european council in this
indeed allow me to emphasise at this time of renewed debate in your parliament about the community method that the european council is an institution of our union not another summit in the manner of the g eight and the g. twenty it is embedded in the institutional framework of the union but it brings to the union inputs from the highest political level in the member states and it gives the member states a sense of ownership and participation in the union and reinforces their commitment to
second our key messages should be mandated by the european council prepared and implemented by the foreign affairs council the commission and the high representative just as we are already preparing the g twenty meetings in the european council.
force. during the european council lunch we talked about the economy the basis to gain political
affairs. it is often attended by the president of the european central
our key messages for summits with third countries have to be underpinned by some specific negotiations and trade offs. i retain from the discussion in the european council the following other points first this is the beginning of a process.
if we want to be a global player we have to be a regional
its success. it comprises not only the heads of state or government but also the president of the european commission and the high representative for foreign
clout. in the first half of the year the european council had to involve itself in pressing economic
council. four respect is the essential rule in relations between the member states and the
bank. since the lisbon treaty it is being chaired by someone who is not simultaneously representing one of the member states but who must work both inside the european council and in close cooperation with the other institutions to find agreements in the general european
well it seemed urgent to me to address our strategic partnerships first.
quartet. our neighbourhood for instance the western balkans and their european perspective and the eastern partnership are of the highest importance.
economy. it has been close to agreement for three years and we are delivering
needed. as i explained in detail to a meeting with seven of your committee chairs and the leaders of your groups yesterday this amounts to a strengthening of the economic pillar of our economic and monetary union. although some have claimed that our work on this is slow we have in fact covered an enormous amount of ground in a very short
the roma. the prohibition of all forms of discrimination based on nationality or ethnicity is the founding principle of the european
but surely. i thank the european parliament for its cooperation in restoring confidence through the legislation on financial
they want more ownership by the european council.
we can also speak on behalf of the. twenty seven we touched upon other upcoming meetings as well the g twenty summit in seoul and the eu us summit both to take place in november both crucial for global economic prospects. we will further prepare these meetings at the european council of twenty eight and twenty nine
spirit. we can only be credible and strong if we are
there is also agreement on strengthening national fiscal frameworks on enshrining european budget rules in national legislation and on the principle of what has been called the european
we therefore briefly talked about how to make the best use of the lisbon treaty with the new external action service.
union. we adopted a specific declaration on this issue in line with our common position of december.
the free trade agreement with south korea is an issue of great external importance.
this affects us new players do not always share our interests and our world views. the lisbon treaty requires the european council to define the union's strategic interests and give strategic direction to the work of other institutions. i am glad the heads of state or government all agreed
balkans. besides discussing strategy and our overall approach we also reached a conclusion on two specific issues south korea and pakistan.
momentum. we have a large consensus on some of the most important issues like the macro economic surveillance framework.
pace. confidence is coming back slowly
thanks to the european council discussion when the president of the commission and i meet the chinese prime minister in brussels two weeks from now we will not speak just for brussels'.
all heads of state or government want to continue the work and to keep the
circumstances. in most of our member states the crisis is not over in particular not on the employment front although there is
october. the commission intends to present legislative proposals by the end of september in line with its right of initiative proposals which will of course come before your parliament for consideration and adoption under the legislative procedures.
how do we deal with our partners one to one?
we will grant significantly increased market
the treaty. we do indeed work in the general european
over yet. during the lunch i briefed my colleagues on the progress in the task force on economic governance.
territory. two the commission has the right and indeed the duty to ensure compliance with union law by member states and has the right and indeed the duty to conduct investigations.
this parliament has been the propelling force behind developing a common european programme for roma inclusion and after the announcement of the representatives of several member states i sincerely hope that the council will also support the next eu presidency in providing a common european solution for a common european problem. the primary cause of the social exclusion of the european roma is not mainly racism or discrimination but the interdependence of several historical and economic factors.
in the short run the pan european action plan must prevent the reproduction of deep poverty through generations and in the medium term it is necessary to equalise the regional lack of the underdevelopment of micro regions.
europe cannot afford politics as usual not at the moment when the demographic and the social challenges we are facing are so great and the consequences of inaction are so dangerous.
mr president this is a crucial time at which the european union needs to show its leadership globally particularly on climate change and fighting poverty but also in terms of governance internally.
this issue goes wider than to just the member states. we must improve multilevel governance to address the governance deficit in the lisbon treaty and that means an integrated eu wide approach that recognises the importance of all the regions and substate governments.
it also means clearly restating the aim of reducing regional disparities.
i have been looking forward to welcoming president barroso to my constituency in wales next week.
three quarters of wales receives structural funding to combat some of the highest levels of poverty in europe.
i look forward to showing him what a difference the funding has made to our economy and our communities.
a relevant tracking system throughout the supply chain should also encompass all products imported into the union that may contain substances of concern.
information to the consumers and all actors in the value chain on the possible presence of substances of concern in materials is of greatest importance. in this respect the council welcomes as you do in your draft resolution the recently agreed provisions of the revised waste framework directive that complement existing reach obligations
a more consistent approach between chemical and waste rules is therefore required.
furthermore reuse is closely interconnected with creating non toxic material cycles where substances of concerning products and waste are soundly managed and reduced to a minimum.
in this respect the council encourages the commission's action to develop a methodology addressing the management of waste containing substances of concern.
secondary raw materials need in principle to meet the same criteria as primary raw materials.
however the detoxification of waste containing legacy substances might in certain cases require a differentiated approach that also adequately controls the risks for human health and the environment.
effective measures are needed to avoid remove or reduce the presence of substances of concern as much and as soon as possible to ensure non toxic material cycles.
the council encourages member states to make use of all possibilities under the ecodesign directive or other product specific legislation to promote the circularity of products and to support voluntary methods and approaches regarding the substitution of materials containing substances of concern as early as the design phase.
efforts to harmonise these criteria should focus firstly on the most important waste streams.
it is necessary to establish clearly together with all stakeholders what is a substance of concern and how to deal with the presence of such substances in recycled materials.
policymakers need to take an incredibly thoughtful look at the parlous state of british pensions.
this has brought about the women against state pension inequality campaign a cause i completely support.
those now relying on the state pension can look on and see one of the worst in the developed world and one that they will have to work longer to see.
now we have a complete reversal of the situation.
the money has got to come from somewhere and no government has been honest enough to say where or even speculate if these promises will be met.
there always used to be a tradeoff between working in the public and the private sector.
public sector pensions are protected incredibly generous and yet horrifyingly unfunded.
madam president the pension system in the uk is showing increasing inequalities that should alarm us all.
it is after all the private sector that generates the taxes the price we pay for a civilised society and high grade public services run by first class public sector workers who knew that barring economic catastrophe they had a job for life.
that was the end of final salary and many successful private pensions in britain.
to rush ahead proposals lifechanging plans without adequate consultation and without giving people a chance to plan their lives was a heartless act especially in times of economic strife.
in two thousand and eleven the coalition government introduced plans that were never in any manifesto voted on to increase the retirement age of women.
we propose a clear forwardlooking and ambitious european agenda that provides a common vision identifies clear supporting actions for developing and deploying key technology services and infrastructure
under the next mff this platform should evolve towards a fullyfledged partnership for connected and autonomous mobility combining public and private efforts to escalate the development and deployment of innovative mobility solutions.
i would like to thank you for your support for this objective.
we also propose to make a number of new vehicle safety technologies mandatory as part of the revision of the general safety regulation for example intelligence speed assistance autonomous emergency braking and detection of pedestrians and cyclists.
our strategy is based on three pillars.
before we get there we are engaging with stakeholders to address some very important enabling topics such as security data protection fair and equal access to data liability and ethical implications integration of automated vehicles into existing traffic public acceptance global standard settings and many more.
that brings me to the third topic one platform for connected and autonomous mobility. citizens' mobility demands are growing and their attitude to mobility is indeed changing.
meanwhile vehicles are becoming increasingly clean connected and automated and ultimately driverless and zeroemissions.
today we can be much more confident.
we can achieve this goal through stricter emissions standards better consumer information multimodality smarter road charging urban mobility planning research and innovation and by smarter use of public procurement to accelerate the transition towards zero and low emission vehicles.
if we act now we can seize the opportunity of this change and make european mobility sustainable safe smart and more accessible;
we are committed to reducing and ultimately eliminating the negative externalities of our mobility.
the fresh approach we are taking in road safety with the socalled safe system approach and our move towards a connected and autonomous mobility are making vision zero a reality. with the third mobility package we are proposing a strategy to make the eu an engaging global leader in autonomous mobility systems.
until recently vision zero no road fatalities on european roads by two thousand and fifty might have been perceived by some as an ambitious but distant vision.
this will make sure that all road users will be able to benefit from the latest developments in technologies.
third an in depth assessment of the socioeconomic and ethical aspects of autonomous mobility making deployment suitable to absorption capacity as well as the maturity of autonomous relations.
first a legal framework that creates a single market for autonomous mobility covering road safety cybersecurity access to data and data protection. second financial support to establish a new partnership with a consolidated sectorwide approach towards research and deployment throughout the eu including for the coordination of pilot projects.
this opens the possibility for vehicles to become an integral part of multimodal mobility providing first and lastmile service and inclusive solutions for the elderly disabled and young people.
and that provides a clear action plan.
we have several pending legislative proposals aimed at contributing to achieving exactly this. i therefore count on your active support to examine them as much as possible before the end of your mandate.
i believe in building bridges but we urgently need to see concrete changes and results in hungary.
as a friend of hungary i appeal to prime minister orbn to move from denial to dialogue and to reconsider policies violating article two of the eu treaty in particular restrictions on academic freedom and on civil society and breaches of european asylum law.
i am proud the ppe stood united for european values showing that we are a credible political family.
the biggest challenge they are having to address is to catch the plastic and not the marine life.
one i supported amendments that try to provide some balance and protection for individual users of platforms protections for smes protection of hyperlinks and protection against big business overriding consumers. two i voted against the whole directive on the final vote because i simply cannot support the text of article eleven or article.
thirteen i am sorry that we lost the final vote but i did my best to stave off the worst excesses.
it is vital that we take immediate action to tackle plastic waste and bring in strict measures at eu level to do so.
i am hosting a public meeting on this very issue this friday in my constituency in county waterford.
it is unacceptable that in two thousand and eighteen we still have such a level of plastic waste.
this leads to pollution across the continent particularly in our coastal areas and marine environments where it has a massive negative impact on our maritime and fisheries sectors which has obvious implications for human health and indeed tourism.
we simply must be strong in acting on this and we cannot afford to water down the commission proposals.
two thousand and fourteen it is important to properly communicate the facts about plastics to european citizens.
yes we are in an era of huge crisis.
they have a clear interest in safe energy.
east. yes they need a new compact.
from inside. and yes we need to strengthen the community method in the last months of your term
housing? that could be a proposal in the forthcoming months to unite the european union around a new future for the next
why not make them again the marketplaces of new ideas the bridge builders to the cultures in our neighbourhood?
on that. but look at brexit look at the swedish elections and you see that ordinary working class people who have invested their hope in europe would like to see us delivering at the top of our agenda one specific
it will ensure that everyone is protected when eu institutions and agencies process their personal data whether it is staff of the eu institutions visitors to our buildings or recipients of eu funding.
the final text introduces novel concepts in line with the general data protection regulation such as data protection by design and by default the need to notify a personal data breach to the european data protection supervisor and to the data subject the people affected by the breach and
the commission welcomes the balanced result which has been reached after intense negotiations.
at the same time the specific nature of the work of law enforcement agencies needs to be recognised and interoperability between these eu agencies and member state authorities needs to be ensured.
the commission however regrets the complete exclusion of missions referred to in articles forty two one forty three and forty four of the treaty under the common security and defence policy from the scope of the regulation as this creates a gap which will need to be filled with additional legislative instruments.
while respecting the requirements of the charter of fundamental rights it meets the operational needs of union institutions and bodies. the legal text meets the quality of law requirement as formulated by both the luxembourg and strasbourg courts. the new rules will abolish unnecessary bureaucratic requirements such as for instance prior checks.
the agreement modernises data subject rights in particular by introducing the right to data portability an explicit reference to the right to be forgotten and the need to provide the data subject with more information.
the final text provides the union institutions bodies offices and agencies with a strong and coherent data protection framework aligned with the general data protection regulation as well as where relevant the data protection law enforcement directive.
article twenty five providing for the possibility to use internal rules to restrict data subject rights strikes the right balance.
finally a word on the issue of scope which has been the subject of many discussions.
supervision has also been reinforced in line with the general data protection regulation. the european data protection supervisor will now have the possibility to impose a pecuniary fine on a union institution body office or agency which is an unprecedented power
the commission has always called for a coherent data protection regime for all institutions bodies offices and agencies to avoid unnecessary fragmentation.
the inclusion of eurojust under the scope of this regulation and the review clause for the europol and european public prosecutor's office regulations are important achievements in this regard.
let me briefly go through the main elements of the regulation.