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how can we trust them to spend our european money effectively?
i think the answer is clear we cannot and we should not.
excuse me i have to call for some order now.
this is not a debate.
please you have to show some respect for the chair.
and support of the european parliament for this cause.
the new strategic eu framework will promote the effective equality inclusion and participation of roma.
it will work to combat and prevent antigypsyism and discrimination to reduce poverty and exclusion and to promote roma participation by empowerment cooperation and trust.
it would also be essential to increase effective access of roma to quality mainstream inclusive education;
quality and sustainable employment;
quality health care;
and adequate desegregated housing and essential services.
it is time to close the socio economic gap between roma and non roma.
with this in mind i welcome that the german eu presidency has placed roma equality inclusion and participation on its agenda.
i again thank chancellor merkel for making her commitment to equality strongly and clearly in the presidency inauguration speech here yesterday.
when we say that the eu must act to protect human rights that has to mean that we have to give the eu the right tools to do so.
that means that we need to introduce a global human rights sanctions regime as soon as possible because those who commit human rights abuses have to face sanctions.
the eu has to protect human rights defenders that risk their lives for freedom.
we need to make sure to remove the unanimity principle in the council on human rights matters so that the eu's voice on human rights can become stronger because if we don't protect and act on human rights who else will do?
still pollinators one of the most essential links in our ecosystem are dying because of the dangerous pesticides we are spraying on our fields.
and still millions of animals are suffering horribly in laboratories as a result of outdated and cheap practices they even dare to call science.
even though the eu has some decent legislation in place to protect its citizens against exposure to the most dangerous and hazardous chemicals those chemicals are still exported to other parts of the world. i am glad that the commissioner has promised us a zeropollution ambition for a toxicfree environment.
with this resolution the european parliament is giving the commission some homework to ensure that the chemical strategy for sustainability lives up to our expectations.
we have no time to waste.
when one year ago the turkish regime decided to remove kurdish mayors from office mayors democratically elected its interior minister justified this with the precedent of the removal by spain of basque and catalan elected proindependence politicians who were removed without any trial.
dissidents from all around the world will be grateful.
i think we need to send a strong message to turkey that it cannot continue violating the sovereignty of our member states that all member states are equally important to us and if they do not react properly then we have to take whatever actions are necessary to stand up for our member states.
you may have said something that is insulting to others.
yet rights which are not legally enforceable are rights in name only.
after many years of hard work here in the european parliament and in civil society finally we will see that a growing number of member states and the commission are increasingly accepting that mandatory legislation is needed for business and human rights.
at the end of april there was a milestone event when the commissioner for justice didier reynders committed to a legislative initiative on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for companies operating in the eu area.
the german council presidency now has committed itself to an eu action plan on business and human rights.
this is indeed long overdue because the eu has been very diligent about its member states adopting action plans but as we say at least in finnish the shoemaker's children sometimes don't have shoes.
we can also see that now would be a very timely moment for the eu to start to make a meaningful contribution in the international negotiations among the un frame for business and human rights because we have started to act at home so please ask for the mandate from the member states to start these negotiations.
such a simple narrative is attractive but not very helpful as it leads us nowhere.
the situation near our borders is highly complex and most worrying is the lack of influence that we have both in syria and in libya and this really should be reversed.
but we will only gain more influence with a more regional and comprehensive approach.
the people in libya are overrun by many states who are competing for their own interests and influence and the citizens of libya really need our strong support for the establishment of a state where democracy the rule of law and accountability prevail.
security threats will remain as long as libya is a failed state.
turkey is one state interfering for its own interests over there but so are russia france and italy and others.
compliance with the berlin process is of utmost importance and it's disappointing that even eu member states don't always respect the agreement. so i ask the high representative which possibilities he sees for increasing the effectiveness and expanding the scope of operation irini despite the blockage by russia in the security council.
we need to find a solution for the conflict that we have neglected for so long.
but also in north africa involving libya's neighbouring countries would really contribute to a more sustainable solution.
we cannot simply remain in a deadlock and act as if we do not need to cooperate or narrow it down to cooperation on the euturkey statement.
so i support his approach to rethink the strategy but not only for security reasons also to promote human rights.
this rule of law mechanism would be a huge leap and enable the eu to protect our values as well as our taxpayers' money and the union budget from misuse and fraud.
we need a strong rule of law mechanism.
it is somewhat worrying that the bits of information we have received from the council hint that there are still disagreements within the council even on the very basic idea of the regulation.
we as the european parliament have called on the council to engage in meaningful talks about its ongoing negotiations.
we stress that we will not simply rubber stamp a fait accompli without carrying out proper negotiations.
our first priority is to upgrade the level of protection of the consumer and the environment. for this reason we are asking for the elimination of risk hazardous substances and substitutions to safer alternatives when it's feasible.
this strategy must also grant sufficient time for the industry's manufacturers in order to deliver safe and performing products and incentivise the eu industrial production and economy.
the strategy should also ensure that unnecessary animal tests are avoided incentivising the development of smart testing strategies and artificial intelligence methods.
that's why we also have to increase the level of implementation of the existing eu legislation on chemicals asking the member states to fully implement the current legislative framework in order to provide a safe and sustainable environment as well as a competitive european market. in this strategy we have three critical allies
i would like to conclude with the need for the chemicals strategy for sustainability to be aligned with the two main aspects of the green deal.
the first one is green and the second is digital.
we feel the menace that our european compatriots in greece and cyprus are facing from the provocative actions by turkey.
these actions are violating international law and creating tensions and conflicts with the european union.
in recent months we have seen similar behaviour regarding the refugee crisis and the attacks on european borders.
this behaviour should stop immediately. i call for dialogue and the search for a european solution as it is only by a dialogue that we can avoid a further escalation that history will not forgive.
we call on turkey to take on board european values in order to find a way to build a shared future between us.
what we can be sure of is that over the coming months and years there will be yet more refugees and asylum seekers. it will surprise no one that the european parliament solution is harmonisation of national asylum systems.
it proposes that national governments should not be able to hold an asylum seeker in detention solely on the grounds that they are asylum applicants and that refugees should be allowed to request movement from one european country to another.
as the report states there are currently about twelve million refugees and about twenty six million internally displaced persons worldwide.
the common systems proposed here will make it even harder for nation states to protect their own borders and easier for untold numbers of economic migrants to cross those borders. britain needs even stricter controls not more lax ones imposed by the european union.
but the easier we make it for them to come to europe the more will come.
many if not most of those people who seek refugee and asylum status in european countries far from home are of course economic migrants seeking a better life. and who can blame them?
it proposes that where an applicant is held in detention that person should have the right to a remedy before a national court.
this is hardly surprising as some countries in continents such as africa and asia slide further into political chaos and the world slips further into a financial and economic crisis of as yet unknown depths.
there is no excuse for the poor state of refugee management in the eu since the numbers of asylum applications are low by historical standards.
another element creating unequal access to protection is that some member states are just deporting people before they can be assessed and even in effect bribing third countries to stop them coming. many arriving in mixed flows may well be economic migrants which does not make them criminals.
however even if only a few are refugees they must be identified.
as mr catania says protection in human rights concerns must be integrated into border management particularly in the mandate of frontex.
people should not be detained just because they apply for asylum.
besides the single common procedure and content of protection there needs to be practical cooperation support and solidarity including through the important european asylum support office providing common sources of country information.
obliging eu states to allow asylum seekers to work after six months if their claim is not decided is very important they would retain dignity and also pay tax.
it is pretty shameful in my view that my own country regards these conditions as too onerous.
in all its resolutions the european parliament dealt with citizens' rights but still today we see risks to the sustainability of commitments agreed in the withdrawal agreement hence this new resolution.
eu citizens including british nationals have greatly benefited from the free movement of people and i still hope that the british government changes its mind on this issue.
i regret also that only half the member states seem to use the approach based on the declaration.
we have listened to their stories and understood better the consequences of brexit for their rights as european citizens. their concerns have become ours.
we also deeply regret that the uk government has announced its intention to end free movement of people under the future framework for cooperation.
i appreciate the assurances given to us by the uk government with regard to the functioning of the independent monitoring authority.
it will further be crucial that we find a way towards mutual recognition of qualifications that it will be possible for citizens to participate in local elections that there will be good cooperation in the field of family law on the basis of relevant provisions in international law and that potential regulatory divergence will not affect citizens' rights.
a matter of priority.
the lack of proper and full implementation of legal solutions on citizens' rights would have a massive impact on people's lives and their life choices.
the motion claims that all four freedoms are interlinked and that any comprehensive eu uk trade deal should be conditional on the uk agreeing to generous free movement of persons rules.
how realistic i ask is this?
first the agreement states that in future the parties may decide no longer to accept national identity cards without a biometric identification chip.
it's therefore in the eu's interests just as britain's to negotiate a comprehensive trade deal.
data protection and privacy were once subjects of fierce political debates.
free trade agreements indeed most eu trade agreements generally say nothing about free movement of persons.
three points however deserve mention.
such a rule is not unlawful but there seems no obvious legal economic or security reason for it.
this demand is against the uk's and the eu's own interests.
cjeu is in effect asked to develop two parallel bodies of caselaw one for citizens' rights within the eu twenty seven and another for the uk based on pre brexit eu law.
if this house is serious about citizens' rights then eu and uk citizens have a right that their economic interests be taken seriously by this house.
finally clause eighteen of the resolution bemoans the uk government's intention to end free movement of persons next year.
sadly in our rights obsessed political climate today such basic rights seem forgotten.
the promise of green new jobs reminds me of the american major in the vietnam war who said to save a village you first have to destroy it'.
this is not schumpeter's creative destruction' this is a made in europe version of destructive destruction.
they think they have the power to magically create new jobs once they have destroyed existing ones.
the promised job creation is an illusion propagated by our masters in the commission who roll out their seven year sovietera gosplan in the misguided belief they know how to create economic wealth.
most of these career bureaucrats have never created a business in their life and certainly don't have any understanding of what they're doing to the industrial base of europe.
the eu must advance to find a common democratic mechanism for selfdetermination. repression cannot be an acceptable solution.
now it's time for european politicians to speak up and show to the world that it is the better way that the right of self determination is the best and the most democratic way to solve territorial conflicts not only in europe but all around the. world
on the strategy to adopt the euro we are in the process of working and fulfilling the action plan for the exchange rate mechanism too.
therefore the modification of the methodology and progress of the two countries will hopefully come to a conducive situation so that at the zagreb summit we can have a successful declaration paving the way for the next ten years.
croatia will not allow itself to become a country that would be an informal hotspot.
this will be the guiding prescient principle for these negotiations in the months to
they will not become members of the united states china russia or whoever else. the only way forward is europe. it's our policy to structure that relationship in a serious manner.
hard. we are in the fourth year of our mandate. the people who are dealing with this have been dealing with it unlike many other actors in my country today who dare to speak on europe every single hour of their working political and professional life to understand europe to work for croatian membership and to make our role in europe relevant and successful and this is how we approach
on that we need to cooperate use the activities of frontex and help each other in order to address the issue adequately.
opening negotiations doesn't mean accession tomorrow.
the balance between traditional policy and modernisation is not a simple equation to be solved.
therefore the solution to this issue is to strengthen the external border of the european union. we should do this with a comprehensive set of tools foreign policy security development trade statebuilding humanitarian aid in all the crisis areas around the world as much as we can but we must also strengthen the external border notably the one between greece and turkey.
in that respect since migration was mentioned we look forward to the new initiatives regarding the dublin package.
hard. we have been preparing
we in the council will help you to be propulsive and pass the proposed legislation as much as we can.
there is a careful responsible logic for those who are european states and those who are surrounded by european union states because let's be clear the countries of southeast europe have nowhere else to go.
in that respect we shall apply our law european standards and international conventions.
we intend to complete this exercise just at the end of our presidency and then a decision is at the eurogroup level.
this is our objective.
this is clear.
come. thank you for this part of the intervention.
beyond development cooperation your report correctly points out that trade and economic policies should be linked to political dialogue and that human rights violations should be fully taken into consideration in any action that the european union is undertaking.
it's a welcome contribution to the ongoing work on the new action plan on human rights and democracy. this will be a roadmap setting the eu level of ambition and priorities for the next five years and it will reflect the transition to a digital world and the changing geopolitical dynamics. human rights and democracy
we are going to mend that and will continue to do such important work in order to defend the basis of the human rights which is an efficient democracy.
we have a special representative for human rights that has reached out to governments and civil society globally and his leadership has already raised considerably the profile of the european union human rights policy.
in particular the european union has contributed to moving forward on rights of the child and together with a group of latin american and caribbean countries we have been tabling three resolutions on the right of the child.
the eu remains strongly committed to the full enjoyment of human rights by all. our broad commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment is demonstrated in particular by our spotlight initiative on ending violence against women and
thank you very much for your
and payments for eur one hundred and thirty five million were made under this flagship
on my second day in office i engaged with grassroots environmental human rights defenders from around the world at the human rights forum focusing on how to build a fair environment for the future.
the ministers agreed on the political appropriateness of establishing an eu global human rights sanction regime and work on this is being taken forward in the council and we hope to move forward as quickly as possible.
on this issue.
this election observation mission structure is a good example of how our institutions are working efficiently together.
girls signed in september two thousand and seventeen in new york. this initiative is backed by a substantive eur five hundred million investment over the period.
i am sorry that we were not in the last elections in bolivia.
with the multiplication of defence funds which this report encourages and supports for future development the peace project still cited by eu devotees tends to join the global upward trends in armaments.
these latest developments in the common security and defence policy have put great pressure on the concept of irish neutrality and have brought into the national debate the questioning of the concept and the reference to certain amendments.
we shouldn't dare to ask for proof in order to back up statements in an application. the british people expect the british government to end free movement and to do it in a way which is effective not merely nominal.
and yet there appears to be within this parliament today political myopia towards that.
i have to say very clearly that the ending of free movement was a massive factor in the british public's decision to leave the eu.
and the sooner that this parliament wakes up to that the sooner we will actually get the right sort of dialogue.
madam president i'd like to focus please on paragraph eighteen of the document which says that the parliament regrets that the eu has announced the principle of free movement will end.
it was one of the biggest driving forces.
this is the problem that we have with iran while we sometimes have to deal with the regime its nature prevents iran from becoming like a normal responsible stakeholder.
because there is very little we can do particularly when we act on a national basis.
this is a high stakes game.
a cause of spreading the twentieth century's third utopia which is to say theocracy.
the iranian people are protesting again they would like to live in a normal country. yes we should do whatever we can to help but we should not exaggerate what we can do for them.
these are clearly a flagrant disregard of european union asylum law the charter of fundamental rights the refugee convention.
madam president the prime minister mentioned a priority being securing europe's borders but i have to question how croatia can lead the european union in areas of best practice in terms of human rights compliance in relation to migration and asylum when there are so many issues to be addressed regarding the documented violation by croatian security forces of vulnerable migrants
this is not about freedom of movement.
recently she filled in an eighty five page form to apply for settled status giving her permission to stay in a country she chose to make her home where she has worked paid her taxes and volunteered in her community and she was initially refused settled status.
there is no logical reason why the uk government can't use a declaratory process to give this status with a suitable accompanying physical document and guaranteeing the continued independent monitoring of this process. by failing to do this our government is shaming our country.
madam president emmanuelle is a teacher. she has taught her beautiful language to thousands of teenagers over twenty years of work in british schools in my constituency.
mr johnson if you want a close respectful working relationship with the eu after thirty one january why don't you start by respecting the rights of the three million and avoiding the possibility of us having another windrush generation?
and doing it properly will encourage the eu member states to reciprocate generously with british citizens living in the eu member states.
she has paid her taxes married a british man and has children who are british.
this is about securing their right to call it their home mutual recognition of professional qualifications is an absolute must going forward.
securing the rights of the three million eu twenty seven citizens in the uk is a fundamental issue.
it is of vital importance that the current informal ceasefire holds to prevent further escalation and misery.
early this morning khalifa haftar walked away from the negotiating table without signing the ceasefire agreement that would have formalised the fragile truce in libya that went into effect last sunday.
high representative i commend your indispensable efforts of the past week and call on you to continue doing everything in your power to facilitate the ceasefire's formalisation and implementation.
increasing external interference including turkey's recent decision to send troops is turning libya into another proxy conflict right on the eu's borders.
this is of course a major blow for the suffering people of libya for peace and for the stability as you said of the wider sahel region.
i will leave this parliament with some degree of sadness i have to say. i spent thirty years as a soldier i've spent twenty years of my life here as a politician and we've achieved some good things together.