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six nine billion. the us tariffs will apply as of eighteen october after the wto dispute settlement body has formally authorised the us to impose the countermeasures.
the us decision follows the wto arbitrators finding on the level of possible us countermeasures establishing that level to be up to usd.
let's be clear we regret deeply the us decision to go ahead with the imposition of tariffs.
mr president minister honourable members of the european parliament notwithstanding our efforts to find a negotiated solution in the aircraft files the us has announced that it intends to avail itself of the full the rights awarded
the us product list mainly targets new civil aircraft produced by airbus.
the commission made a serious offer to settle the aircraft disputes in july and so we remain open to reach a negotiated outcome in which we would notably agree on new rules on subsidies that could apply also to other plane makers around the world.
while we regret the us decision to go ahead with the imposition of tariffs we have to remember that the us have followed all the steps prescribed by the wto in a dispute that has been ongoing for fifteen years.
this is the greatest service we could provide to those negatively affected by the us measures.
the published rates of ten to twenty five will allow trade to continue even if in reduced quantities.
other member states like italy and ireland will also be affected although to a lesser degree.
the main burden of these additional duties will fall on products exported by the four airbus member states france germany uk and spain.
it remains to be seen whether with the tariffs in place the us will now start to give more positive signals about a negotiated solution to the dispute.
we are ready to negotiate even with tariffs in place provided that the us is ready to agree on a balanced solution which will also need to end the subsidies provided to boeing.
mr president the european investment bank proposed in july to end its overlong fossil fuels financing sending an important signal to financial markets and institutions around the world and initiating a change of direction in global financial flows.
not only would the eib become the first public international financial institution aligned with the paris agreement such an unprecedented move would also stimulate the muchneeded energy transition in central and eastern europe where governments are resistant to this change.
we cannot and will not tolerate leaders who treat climate protection as a secondary issue and i was proud therefore to have joined more than seven million other people in one hundred and fifty countries on twenty september as part of the global strike for the climate.
adopting the proposal in its original form would effectively turn the eib into the real eu climate bank.
the second principle there will be regions and countries on which the burden will be bigger.
we need to start by establishing the principles and then we need to work out the details.
we need a tailored approach.
thirdly one size fits all from the side of the eib after you review your energy lending policy will not work.
when it comes to the principles the first thing that i need to say is everybody needs to contribute to tackling climate change. that's the first principle.
this new escalation adds yet another obstacle to the unled political process after the positive news just a fortnight ago of an intrasyrian agreement on constitutional committee.
for all these reasons we call upon turkey to immediately stop its unilateral military action.
military action will undermine the security of the coalition's local partners namely the kurdish forces and risk protracted instability in northeast syria providing fertile ground for the resurgence of daesh.
we are also aware of turkey's intention in the mediumterm of settling syrian refugees along the border.
beyond the serious humanitarian and security implications the turkish incursion might also prevent the constitutional committee from beginning its work.
the whole european union is united behind this goal and today i have issued more or less one hour ago a clear declaration on behalf of all twenty eight member states to confirm and make extremely clear our common position.
it is difficult to imagine how such returns could be either safe voluntary or in any way dignified.
the syria conflict will not be ended by weapons.
we ask turkey to execute an immediate cessation of hostilities.
we made it clear back then and over all these days that this is just the first step but a very important one a real first step to allow the whole country a potential political resolution of the conflict.
we have always shared the goal of ending violence defeating daesh and promoting peace and security in syria and in the wider region. turkey has always been in this a key partner for the european union and a critically important actor in the syrian crisis and in the region.
we urge all to ensure always the protection of civilians and unhindered safe and sustainable humanitarian access throughout syria.
but as president juncker made very clear just a few hours ago in this chamber there can be no question of the european union financing the infrastructure to receive hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees in northeast syria.
we will also continue to be in touch with our partners and to update obviously the european parliament on any relevant developments and to discuss together and i am looking forward to our exchanges tonight the way forward in this moment. i think our position has been clear from the very beginning just a few days ago of these developments and we must see how we can make this call
any attempt at demographic change would be unacceptable for us.
so our immediate goal is now to avoid renewed armed hostilities in the northeast of syria to stop them and to do everything in our power to support the unled political process.
the european union will not provide stabilisation or development assistance in areas where the rights of local populations are ignored or even worse violated.
we have always supported turkey for hosting three million syrian refugees providing them with shelter assistance and services.
but turkey's legitimate security concerns should be addressed through political and diplomatic means not through military action in accordance with international humanitarian law.
we hope that the turkish attack will not delay the first meeting of the constitutional committee and yet we cannot exclude this eventuality.
we were looking forward to the first meeting of the committee in geneva and i would like to say that we are indeed looking forward to the first meeting of the committee in geneva possibly even before the end of october.
just two weeks ago we were in new york at the general assembly where we received the encouraging announcement that the regime and the opposition in syria had reached their first agreement since the beginning of the war thanks to the un mediation that we have supported over all these years.
the five eu member states of the un security council coordinating have now officially asked to bring the issue in front of the security council and i understand that this will happen tomorrow.
i think this is very clear to all at least this is very clear to us europeans.
mass resettlement on the scale suggested by turkey would also profoundly destabilise an already fragile area.
it is highly unlikely that a socalled safe zone' in northeast syria as envisaged by turkey would satisfy international criteria for refugee return as laid down by the unhcr.
let us not forget that daesh still remains a significant threat to regional international and european security.
the repercussions can be extremely serious and farreaching in humanitarian military political and strategic terms.
turkey's unilateral action also threatens the progress achieved by the global coalition to defeat daesh of which turkey is a member.
new armed hostilities in the northeast will first of all exacerbate civilian suffering and provoke further displacements.
this is not a good way forward.
the original draft states in section three that the bank will no longer originate fossil fuel energy projects after the adoption of the policy and stop lending to fossil fuel energy projects by.
but the revised lending policy rewrites this subsection so that it now states that to manage phasing out of lending to fossil fuel energy projects smoothly the bank will continue to approve gas infrastructure projects already firmly under appraisal until the end of. two thousand and twenty now it means for example that the eib will pump money into the planned liquid natural gas project on the shannon estuary.
this will lock ireland in to the use of fracked gas into fossil fuel for years to come.
it should not happen.
please tell me.
like nigel farage to account for why he stood in front of that poster with refugees that had nothing to do with the european union.
we finally need to stop this insanity not support it through new authorisation. the last parliament said no' to gmos thirty six times;
we have heard these points many times but the fact is that these crops are not safe.
tomorrow this new parliament will hopefully adopt a strong no'.
the three gmo crops we are objecting to have been modified to be tolerant to several herbicides one of which is toxic for reproduction and no longer authorised in the european union. this means ever increasing quantities of herbicide during cultivation and a higher level of residues on the imported crops.
the same goes for the devastating impact on health and biodiversity in the countries of cultivation.
the british secretary of state has both the discretion and the duty to call a unity referendum if it appears the majority would likely vote for irish unity.
eu heads of state said in accordance with international law the entire territory of such a united ireland would not be part of the european union in the event of irish unification.
number one we are losing competitiveness day by day because we do not invest enough in innovation research and technology.
some people believe let's hide behind the transition needs and perpetuate the use of fossil fuels'.
but giving perspectives for jobs and growth in these regions via innovation this is the right thing.
so we need to support leapfrog development in africa and we need to think development big in order to produce economic perspectives. and then of course the climate issue.
the climate issue is well spelled out but the devil is in the detail as soon as we get to the regions where it's going to be really really difficult and it's better to get your people in these regions on board on this and therefore we have to be very attentive there.
you can see clearly all around the european union and beyond the european union that those regions who are very openminded on innovation are the best when it comes to cohesion policies.
secondly we have only just begun to think development big.
and you know we are going to come to the close of the juncker plan very soon.
there are many questions that have been posed that i cannot respond to right here now spontaneously.
i heard several members of the european parliament with great joy and listened to their enthusiasm about the fifty that we are targeting now.
no you need to have reliability and accountability for what you're doing with the money that investors give you and the money that you give us.
i didn't expect from the beginning that i would get support from everybody but the overall feeling here in this parliament seems to be that we better take climate change issues seriously and this is exactly what we are going to do.
this is why we put a lot of emphasis on the sustainable finance issue and the activities of the european commission to arrive at taxonomy in this context.
a very very very ambitious objective i can tell you because don't make the other projects that the eib is financing smaller than they are.
this requires what has just been named a taxonomy that requires more than just green principles which we have developed over the last ten years and we were the leader on that effort.
you cannot simply tell them i take a piece of white paper paint it green and then it's a green bond'.
therefore we support wholeheartedly the activities of commissioner moedas to bring the european union into first position when it comes to innovation and productivity growth.
and i'll tell you in my view this is the greatest legacy of president juncker when he leaves his office because that has been a smashing success and we need to celebrate that and learn from it for the financing of our ambitious projects for the future.
we have many problems also in the context of climate policies where the risk situation is so difficult that the commercial markets will not service that and therefore we are so happy about the cooperation with the european commission and the european parliament and the council because only with the risk coverage by eu guarantees we can serve it.
if you look at what challenges are ahead in the next decades when by the end of this century africa will have four billion citizens from now a little bit over one and a half billion and they will all need jobs.
not by hiding behind the transition needs.
so from that point of view i'm quite optimistic.
that is not the solution.
by the way it is also the reason why i believe we should overcome the dichotomy between innovation and cohesion.
so we also have other issues and i'll tell you the european union has huge climate challenges but a few other challenges as well. let me just take very very few.
the risk inclination of investors.
be in no doubt johnson is absolutely desperate to avoid a second referendum because he thinks he will lose it.
two thousand and sixteen we are fighting.
he wants to crash us out to please his hedge fund backers who are betting on britain's economic decline.
we need your support in this crisis.
mr president boris johnson is playing a dangerous game but nothing can hide the fact that there is no mandate for no deal no prospect of a different deal before council and no recent opinion polls which give a majority to leave.
it will continue to grind the weaker economies into poverty causing unnecessary hardship for millions of europeans.
floating currencies allow appreciation and depreciation to adjust smoothly for differing economic and cultural circumstances.
the sleep of reason produces monsters. europe has created a true monster in its desire for a post war european super state. anti capitalist negative interest rates will turn the coming economic downturn into a catastrophe.
and honourable members finally brexit is an issue that is likely to steal the limelight.
these proposals do not yet provide a basis for concluding an agreement but the eu remains fully committed to work with the uk and avoid a nodeal brexit.
we as a union need to help raise global ambition and continue to lead the way on climate action.
beyond the discussion on the strategic agenda leaders on this occasion will also formally appoint christine lagarde as the president of the european central bank.
but it is only with concerted global efforts that we can successfully tackle this global phenomenon.
so thank you very much for your attention and i look forward to our discussions.
they will discuss the outcome of the united nations' efforts at the climate summit in new york and they will prepare for the upcoming cop twenty five in santiago de chile in december.
the recent developments related to syria are likely to come up in this context as well and we have just received very worrisome news today.
this would have serious consequences on our borders our customs our trade on our citizens' rights all fundamental issues for both the eu and the uk.
we have now prepared a presidency paper to frame discussions at the october european council.
the presidency has pursued work in line with that ambition.
the european council will also discuss the strategic agenda which leaders adopted in june.
let me start with the multiannual financial framework on which the leaders will have the first substantial discussion.
this is why commission presidentelect ursula von der leyen will attend the european council and expand on this point with leaders.
after four months they are keen to know how it's been implemented within the council but also crucially how it is reflected in the future work of the other institutions particularly in the commission work programme.
i believe it will be a good starting point for the leaders to provide further strategic guidance and indications for the presidency's mff work.
president honourable members of the parliament next week's council comes at a crucial point. at the upcoming european council meeting leaders will be discussing some of the most pressing issues for the union.
during the past months we have consulted and had extensive discussions with member states in order to identify their priorities and where the socalled room for negotiation lies.
you will recall that the june european council conclusions expressed the ambition to aim for an agreement before the end of the year.
i cannot exclude however that during the discussion leaders may touch upon the eu's climate objectives too.
under external relations it is likely that the leaders will discuss turkey in light of its continued drilling activities in the eastern mediterranean and take into account also broader euturkey relations including cooperation in migration.
although we are prepared to face it it would be irresponsible for both sides to ever claim that a nodeal scenario is an attractive option.
so at the meeting in october leaders will focus on the international aspects of climate change.
of course the exchange of views between the leaders and the president of the european parliament will also be the perfect opportunity to hear the views of the parliament.
this is because we may soon reach a tipping point where we can only mitigate the effects of climate change instead of reversing them.
leaders will also discuss enlargement where the general affairs council discussions on the fifteenth october will be crucial in relation to albania and north macedonia.
as you know on second october the uk submitted proposals to overcome the extremely thorny backstop issue.
he is not to be trusted by anyone in this parliament or in the commission.
the british people do not deserve to be punished for the duplicity of their current prime minister and i ask you to give us as much time as possible so that we can fix this mess.
once britain has an extension a cross party majority in the house of commons will eject johnson from office. we would ask you for as long an extension as possible so that a new government will be able to hold a new referendum and the uk will find a solution.
madam president as a proud british citizen i am ashamed of our government and the way it is treating both its citizens and democracy.
if boris johnson and the brexit party are so confident the british people have not changed their minds why are they opposing such a confirmatory vote?
boris johnson has misled the entire country including our queen.
the eu has shown great patience already for which i am grateful and now british politics is being recast.
but are those proposals workable?
so the proposal itself is unworkable.
in fact the proposal offers regulatory alignment of northern ireland with the single market.
in fact it depends on unilateral consent given by the assembly of northern ireland before the entry into force and thereafter every four years. then the proposal says that northern ireland will be out of the customs union but still we will have an open border based on alternative arrangements.
it's not a basis for an agreement.
the truth is that those alternative arrangements would still have to be arranged by a joint committee.
in a way it looks like mr johnson is trying to sell us a very nice house with a swimming pool the only problem is that it might not have a swimming pool after all.
without any recourse to the general public they have changed that to revoking article fifty and stopping brexit.
the us administration should therefore also not forget this when it comes to appointing new members to the wto appellate body.
should the us however decide to trigger more tariffs then we will have no choice but to respond in kind.
in response to that i would like to say that there is no clarity and never was about what type of leave was on the referendum.
when we have clarity about whichever type of leave is to be put to a second referendum the people should have a choice.
and do you remember how you opposed the fact that turkey wanted to throw a new election because you didn't agree with the first one.
i'm afraid you've lost my friend. goodbye.
i primarily want to speak about it from an irish context and in particular in the area of agricultural greening.
it is still sheltered with two major banks and they will be the banks that will be making the applications and making the decisions about the disbursement of european investment bank funds.
of course i would have grave concerns about there being no independent adjudication system on that particular issue.
so i would just be a little concerned that that sheltered approach would allow irish banks to disseminate and disburse the funds in their own interests rather than in the interests of the client and more importantly in what we're trying to achieve around the whole issue of greening a just transition and making sure that industry and agriculture can respond to the policy directives here.
so i would ask the european investment bank to look at the impartiality of the adjudication system of the irish banks in disbursing the funds.
it is also extremely dangerous for the two million refugees that erdoan threatens to send back to syria.
i'm happy to learn that the high commissioner is urging turkey to refrain from military occupation and to refrain from the deportation of refugees.
i understand that some groups are not prepared to support the resolution this week because they need some fine tuning on the text.
our compromise proposal is therefore to have a debate today and then in two weeks' time we will have the resolution for the exact mandate of this non permanent committee.
i don't want to see a hard border and i want to see the good friday agreement respected but every time i listen to mr verhofstadt i see the arrogance of the eu institutions displayed in a manner which i find incredibly unhelpful.
in any case the european council meeting is going to be discussing the strategic agenda for the next five years and i have to hand it to you for the noholdsbarred approach taken to the section promoting europe's interests and values in the world.
is it any wonder that the arms industry say they are our partners not our vendors?
this is an absolute disgrace.
many of you addressed the issue of brexit which is understandable but also many of you made remarks and comments in regard to the upcoming european council. i will convey these messages and remarks to the president of the european council.
in terms of our work ahead now that the strategic agenda has been adopted it is time to look at how it can effectively be implemented and how we can work together to achieve our common goals.
it is crucial for the eu to move ahead in key areas particularly in terms of its future budget and on climate change one of our most urgent threats.
in addition it is clear that brexit is a pressing issue for leaders next week.
there is therefore some serious work to do if one is to achieve a deal.
but a no deal cannot be the preferred choice of the union because of the significant consequences on citizens and businesses even though we are well prepared.
so ladies and gentlemen if requested by the uk for a good reason an extension will be considered.
however urgent the brexit issue is we do have other issues on the council agenda and we do concentrate on our work.
thank you very much for your attention and for this lively debate.
eu. on the point of our parliament i think our parliament is well overdue for a general election but to remove the uk to crash out during the course of that election when there seems to be a majority in the uk for remain would be an appalling travesty of democracy.