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programmes. i would like to assure you that in all our contacts with the authorities we consistently underline the need for the continuation of implementation of reforms for the benefit of moldovan citizens. in this respect we expect immediate and urgent actions to be taken in the area of the prosecution of the
to engage in more exchanges.
strengthening the capacity of state institutions to prevent and fight crime;
it also notes the positive trends in terms of closer links with the european union which is georgia's largest trade partner representing almost one third of its total trade as well as the most significant donor and the largest source of foreign direct investments.
and enhancing integrated border management.
furthermore improving transport links and infrastructure boosting energy resilience through strengthening energy interconnections energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy is a main priority for our work with georgia and the other partner countries.
of our relations with these countries our engagement with civil societies.
we will focus our support on commercial justice which is one of the few areas where georgia still needs to undertake reforms. at the same time effective implementation of human rights protection and anti discrimination measures remain a challenge. we are also fully committed to a policy of non recognition and engagement with georgia's breakaway regions.
reforms. i reiterate our expectation that the government of moldova will provide them with an enabling environment to pursue their activities. at the same time this report touches upon all of the key concerns of the european union respect for the rule of law ensuring free and fair
as a tangible sign we will be hosting a high level meeting between members of the european commission and of the georgian government in brussels on twenty one november chaired by president juncker and prime minister bakhtadze. this meeting will provide a unique opportunity to discuss areas of future cooperation and driving the political association of economic integration process forward.
in this. the georgian parliament and government are very closely following your work and they have paid considerable attention to this
february. since then there has been a worrying deterioration in the rule of law following in particular the invalidation of mayoral elections
we will continue to focus our support on key areas for sustained growth in jobs with our programmes and matching skills with the labour market and economic and business development.
moldova. let me thank in particular as you also do in your report the people who continue to work hard for positive change in the
elections and the independence of media and civil society. as you know the council shares these concerns as clearly stated in the council conclusions on moldova adopted at the end of
on the eu side we will highlight the importance of working on the implementation and sustainability of reforms and increasing reform efforts in the area of law enforcement and justice.
another area which requires further improvement is the system of checks and balances.
citizens. i also take positive note of the constant increase in bilateral trade between the eu and
banking fraud the independence of the judicial system the fight against high level corruption and the need to ensure that the next parliamentary elections are conducted in a free and
as you know georgia is keen to enhance its participation in eu programmes and agencies. to respond to this as well as to the great success of erasmus in georgia we have included a top up of eur six million in this year's assistance package which will provide more young people youth workers students and academic staff from georgia with the opportunity
our approach is to include these territories in our sector support programmes in georgia where possible as we are doing in the area of agriculture rural development for civil society and for vocational education and training.
country. they have a fundamental role to play in driving political and economic
concerns. the eu remains committed to the implementation of the association agreement with the republic of moldova and it expects the same level of commitment from the moldovan authorities. the eu is also committed to continuing to provide substantial assistance to moldovan citizens i stress moldovan
relations between the european union and georgia are close today.
the situation is different in the two countries but they would like to thank the civil society partners that are monitoring the implementation of their association agreements. their contribution is highly valued.
thanks to this we will be supporting some seven hundred additional mobility opportunities for academic staff and students.
turning first to georgia. the report demonstrates the achievements in progress made in particular regarding reforms related to the implementation of the association agreement and the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement.
the actions foreseen also respond to the recommendations under the visa suspension mechanism. very closely linked to this is the need for further reform in the justice sector as also clearly highlighted in the report.
election. let me stress that we expect the parliamentary elections which are now scheduled for twenty four february next year to be free fair and in line with international
it is rightly pointed out in the report that some key structural reforms are still needed for a transparent and competitive economy that ultimately provides more jobs and economic perspectives for citizens. for instance ensuring proper functioning of the labour market an efficient social protection mechanism
in chiinu. on this the high representative and i immediately expressed strong concerns and called to take appropriate measures to ensure that the results of the elections reflect the will of
this represents a very important milestone not only for georgia but for the whole eastern partnership and the
for instance we are supporting the budget and finance committee on public finance policy reform and will continue to do so through a programme on governance and fiscal accountability which we are currently putting in place.
this is vital for our relations.
we are talking about our abilities and our potential in the next six years.
i want to say something different.
some people in the council are not getting that message.
we are talking about the need to implement policies to be competitive politically and economically on the world scene and we are talking about new challenges.
we are not talking about individual policies;
i'm not that sure about some of the commissioners in terms of their ability to have reviewed and revised some of the policies and provided the right accent so that was probably not an easy debate in the commission.
i will do so in all frankness and sincerity as a true friend of european moldova.
the eu and moldova are bound by a very solid and comprehensive association agreement document which contains a set of legal and political obligations.
the deliberations and today's and tomorrow's vote on this report must be viewed as additional confirmation of the eu's strong political commitment visvis best performance in the eastern neighbourhood.
this is exactly what worries me the most a continuous and even deliberate backsliding in relation to democratic standards in moldova over the last couple of years.
as well as other european institutions has been doing its utmost to explain to chiinu that electoral legislation must not be tailormade and changed a year before elections bypassing civil society and other political actors in moldova.
in exchange i believe we will reach our goal.
moldova seems to be the first country at least in recent years that has had to face such strict conditionality measures from the eu side resulting in the suspension of eu assistance. i am sure you will agree that this is a fact that speaks for itself.
i wish to repeat our call in the report namely that the findings and recommendations of the two independent kroll reports must be published in full and those responsible for the fraud must face real justice.
our report states that this tax amnesty scheme is substantially doubtful insufficient and lacks transparency and sometimes even logic.
to continue i wish to stress that the socalled fiscal reform package is giving us grounds for another serious concern.
for all the reasons mentioned above i must say and i am saying this with regret that the eu was left with no other choice in deciding to put on hold the macrofinancial assistance and budget support programmes foreseen for moldova.
to begin with i do regret that the moldovan authorities choose to confront or even disregard the joint opinion and recommendations of respected european institutions the venice commission and the odihr as regards the recent changes in national electoral legislation. this house
it is a partnership based on common values and respect for democratic principles and fundamental freedoms.
there is only one way to increase the budget without member states complaining about their increased contributions and their need to justify them to their citizens and this is by having new own resources.
talking always about challenges and the need to deliver but missing the opportunity to make more funds available which is completely feasible would be much too inconsistent.
it's certainly not the greens efa's mff but still parliament's proposal is definitely better than the commission's proposal and it's sending the council a clear message we are prepared for the negotiations we did our homework now it's your turn and we will not accept further steps backwards.
youngsters looking for more opportunities cannot wait.
social and regional inequalities cannot keep growing further.
your decision to open europe's borders to indiscriminately import millions of people will do untold damage to european societies for generations to come.
if britain had a prime minister with any guts or backbone we would have left long ago.
european political and economic integration is disastrous but worse than that you have opened up europe's borders to untold millions of migrants.
the neverending process of european integration will destroy democratic nation states.
mr president today we adopted concrete measures that will not only tackle climate change but also energy poverty that affects fifty million people in europe.
we will now have mandatory energy saving targets in place in all countries and for the first time an obligation for member states to specifically help vulnerable consumers creating more jobs better housing and solidarity for those who struggle to pay their energy bills.
this isn't the end of the story but it's a step in the right direction to creating the right conditions for the just transition that our planet and people urgently need.
energy savings and efficiency deliver a triple win lower emissions more jobs and cheaper bills and as with all negotiations we didn't get everything but we did get real progress.
the peoples of europe do not want more powers handed to unaccountable eu institutions which will just fritter their money away.
this is everything the remain campaign in the british referendum told us that the eu was not.
they do not want to create an armed and aggressive eu superstate and they do not want to give taxraising powers to the eu.
your elections next year in spite of all your moral propaganda that you'll spend on it will bring in hundreds of eurosceptic meps precisely because of your hubris.
but once again not to be misunderstood we are also committed to continuing to provide substantial assistance to improve the lives of moldovan citizens and we are ready to reengage also with financial means provided that the situation is changing.
mr president the raspberry pi was developed in my constituency to get youngsters coding but the phenomenally successful single board computer could make a huge difference in the field of development because it's cheap robust and low power.
photocatalysis with a raspberry pi has removed the need for large expensive equipment to drive a safe drinking water experiment at a welsh university.
six hundred and sixty million people lack access to water that's safe to drink.
take the need to keep vaccines at the correct temperature as one hundred and fifty million vaccines in developing countries are wasted due to poor refrigeration.
for this we need also a european foreign policy with a european defence.
on immigration the other important issue we want to cooperate with the council;
on the budget we want to decide before the european elections.
and also if we want to achieve a good solution on immigration we need to invest more in africa.
we need a plan for africa.
against.
we want to achieve a good solution to the dublin reform. it is possible to achieve an agreement before the end of this year.
for us it is very important to know the german position on the most important issues on the future of our union. we know the position of the european parliament we know the position of the commission but for paving the way
we want to increase the budget from.
this is very important for us it is very important for the future of the european union.
one three we want own resources.
i also welcome the reference in the report to the eap model as proposed by the parliament and believe that this level of ambitious closeness between georgia and the european union is fully justified for the future.
i also welcome the efforts made to realise the visa liberalisation regime with the european union schengen area as well as the passing of electoral reform which will see georgia's parliament moved to a fully pr system by.
two thousand and twenty four as georgia prepares for the second round of its last direct presidential elections the fallout from the street protests earlier this year is still clearly dominating the political and social landscape in tbilisi particularly following the release of the alleged subeliani audio recordings last month and i call for a full and transparent investigation into all the controversial claims that have been made.
i wish you all the best for your future and i thank you for everything that you have done for this union.
mr president i would like to thank chancellor angela merkel trust and european values are really the key message in your speech and for that i thank you. the cases of lampedusa of aquarius clearly show that what we need in europe today is a common european asylum system based on humanity on european values and on solidarity. the dublin file is still blocked in council and i would like to ask you what can you do
during the days to come to unblock and enable us to deliver on a common european asylum system before the elections so that trust and solidarity and even reconciliation can remain a core message of the european institutions?
financial regulation and definitions of financial instruments were developed before the age of crypto assets and initial coin offerings.
following the conclusions of the european supervisory authorities' legal mapping exercise the commission will assess the possible way forward.
the commission was closely involved and fully subscribes to the financial stability board's assessment that for the time being crypto assets do not pose a financial stability risk.
the underlying blockchain technology is very promising for our digital economy which we should embrace and support.
that is an elementary truth about politics.
i will not be telling you about the tradition of german christian democracy you know more about it than i do but what happened to it?
so much for diversity.
i would say more i can imagine mr verhofstadt taking both positions.
why is it that you and your political family passively observe while the eu has been turning into a political bulldozer of social engineering?
interesting as your speech was i cannot resist the feeling that ninety five of what you said could have been said by martin schulz a politician now largely
all this is true but in real terms i think your political family is playing second fiddle in european politics.
everybody knows about it.
when i talk to some of my german colleagues here i usually hear them sermonising.
where is your christian democratic vision of what europe should be like?
i would say i hear them pontificating from the position of heavyweight moral champions which they consider themselves to be.
you are a very powerful person. you make the basic decisions in europe. you anoint people for top positions within the eu. even here in the european parliament when you want to do something that your government does not like
the truth is madam chancellor that the european union has been hijacked by the left which has imposed on it its ideology its political agenda and even its language.
even if we can do something about it then it is ignored by your government because your government can afford to ignore it.
it is a massive change that is needed and we need real political leadership to make it happen.
but if we are to lead we also need to recognise our responsibility to ensure that those who work in conventional energy should be part of the transition to renewables and not its casualties.
only those who would deny the overwhelming evidence would doubt the urgency of the transition to renewable energy.
one of the first things that member state governments can do is make sure that they don't make things worse by allowing shale gas extraction through fracking.
thank you mr president and before i ask my question to the chancellor i have to get something off my chest and it regards our colleague in seat number twenty mr farage.
this is a man who actually led his country led his party to a brexit vote only the next day to admit that he lied and tricked and jumped ship to leave his party.
secondly i'm glad you're here mr farage he says he doesn't want to be part of a german european union yet he has made sure that two of his children have german passports.
i would say to our guests don't take his grandstanding too seriously.
the moldovan government has been very good at assuring us of its positive intention to improve the situation in the country.
is it not time for you at last to admit that you were wrong?
your we can cope' led to a huge migrant tide indeed a stampede that came across the mediterranean young men coming from very different cultures who were not going to integrate.
and i believe having heard you today and listening to senior french politicians over the last couple of days that for us leaving the european union is now indeed a liberation.
the idea that this new militarised union is somehow a recipe for peace i suggest you will sit back and think a little bit more carefully.
a european union that has launched a new cold war against the united states of america.
and of course many of these eurosceptic groups on the right the centre and the left will come back here after the next european elections in huge numbers directly as a result of your immigration and asylum policy.
a european union that tries to rewrite history. and i think a hundred years on from the armistice we should be genuinely worried.
maybe you should all reread history the european project was set up to stop german domination.
it's a european union that we're told is now to become an empire a militarised european union an undemocratic european union a european union that seeks to continually expand to the east.
and for the rest of the countries ms merkel you've had a long successful career but your political decision to open up the doors unconditionally is the worst decision we've seen in post war politics in europe.
is it not time for you to say to german communities and many others i'm sorry for what i've done to you and the problems i have inflicted upon you for many decades to come'?
but the reality was that the occupying nazi authorities were determined to suppress the continuous calls for autonomy and for academic freedom by the authorities of the university.
wall. allow me to say because i want now to come to the role of germany in the european union because it's about the future of the european union that we are talking that since the fall of the berlin wall and the reunification of germany we have made progress the euro for example but not so much
that. we know your strength.
union. and i think your intervention of today is certainly a step in that direction.
the debate in germany on europe if i may say so and it is not a criticism it's a fact narrowed far too much down to a discussion about
we need the relaunch of the project so that we can face the challenges of the world of tomorrow.
to make it difficult for you but i ask you this question because i firmly believe that more than migration and that's an important issue more than the next financial crisis more even than putin i think that this threat from within undermines today the european union. and we already had a fatal division in the past between north and south during the euro crisis.
we have seen that courage during the migration crisis.
because there is a president of the french republic emmanuel macron who is also a convinced european not in the traditional french approach.
it will be a world in which in a certain way we will be on our own facing the chinese facing the indians facing the russians and sometimes facing the americans when it concerns trade for example in their
you have a unique chance to achieve it now to make this leap forward in europe.
that was the debate in germany steuern taxes blasting
we need a leap forward again with europe.
but let me encourage you to use nevertheless the period and the coming months and the coming
so. in a certain way i understand too what happened as the country was preoccupied with something so historical and so emotional as the reunification of the country.
that happened seventy five years ago.
i have a question for you. my question is when will you and your colleagues in the council finally put an end to such shameful and scandalous behaviour in a value of the european union? and i do not ask you this question
well i'm proud of this pro european majority that exists in this house mr legutko.
this time not in oslo but in budapest in hungary where a reputed university the central european university the ceu will be forced to close its doors and everybody knows why because this is part of a personal crusade even full of coded anti semitism
moreover in the case of moldova the content has been heavily influenced by the conservatives on the basis of their political interests rather than based on the real situation on the ground.
we don't want and we cannot associate as a group to this game.
two thousand and thirteen this is why i fully support the proposal for more flexibility put forward by commissioner ottinger and also presented and defended to us this morning.
many unexpected developments will occur during the next seven years as they have also occurred during the current seven years.
we have to tell the citizens of europe that money spent through the eu budget is not money wasted but it's money well spent because very often it's cheaper and more effective to spend money once at the level of the twenty seven member states.
also predictability and stability is important.
seven years is a long period of time in life and in budgetary terms.
flexibility will be important in the next seven years in order to respond to the unexpected developments which will occur.
we needed to react to the migration and refugee crisis in a way which we did not foresee in.
it is a new development so we need to make an informed decision to find a right balance.
firstly countries need to share their interpretation of arms controls rules because currently we see member states failing to even make four submissions. secondly dualuse items including hacking and surveillance technologies are currently insufficiently controlled. our house has adopted a very strong position already which includes respect for human rights as an assessment criterion before granting a license