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guidelines that very clearly show what needs to happen software and hardware updates to existing cars and that you know and that the national authorities know when they can be satisfied because if you leave it to the national authorities you will get results like the diesel summit in germany and that is then de facto
and if the commission is going to allow that then those cars will be de facto legalised on the streets.
we know that there are policies going on to improve the type approval framework;
the commission needs to step up to the plate and there is one simple question when is the commission going to come forward with guidelines?
they will be sold in poland in estonia because there the people will still buy it and it will not be sold in germany because there the selling is going down so they will all go to the central european regions.
the latest study of icct shows that euro six cars are emitting.
the volkswagen scandal confirmed those fears were right.
in fact things were far worse than most consumers had suspected so it is fair for people to ask what are we doing about it?
two years on there are concrete changes we can point to but a lot more work to be done as well.
most fundamentally it exposed a failure of culture at some carmakers and a cosy club between manufacturers and governments' approval authorities and technical services but also that there was virtually no ongoing market surveillance. opening up that club to greater transparency and restoring public trust is at the heart of the new type approval and market surveillance regime that we are now negotiating with the council.
the parliament report proposed a system that would do just that proper market surveillance obligations on member states and the commission mandated to check for failings in national market surveillance;
reviews and audits of all parts of the testing and approval process to shine a light on weaknesses at every stage.
once we have new rules in place all the key components in preventing another scandal will be in place but until we do that the broken system remains in place.
despite legal obligations eu governments have barely taken any action and that is the core of the problem.
the recall programme is extremely weak and consumers are not at all compensated for the loss.
the uk has refused so far to take action against skoda.
they haven't done anything despite all the evidence that is on the table.
the commission has done a few things.
i thank the commission for its reaction to the emis inquiry committee recommendations but i am still looking forward to their reaction on the conclusions because we did find some contravention and maladministration.
but the real pain also after the emis committee did its work is in the member states. when can we expect an official reaction as there should be in a democracy from the member states from the council and when can we expect real enforcement of eu legislation?
do not talk only about what has to be improved for the future but please take action now on the cars that are still being driven on the road.
what is the point of free and fair elections if freedom and fairness is sacrificed because the elite think that they know best?
but i ask you all what is the point of free and fair elections if the result is dishonoured?
if you believe in democracy you have to stand with the british people.
if the eu truly believes in democracy it has to reject that request even if it doesn't like the outcome.
the eu holds itself out as the torch bearer of global democracy giving hope to oppressed people but what is the point when it resents the democratic vote of its own people?
what is the point of free and fair elections if the losers refuse to accept defeat?
still i guess there are things that we should learn from our friends from london that can make our society better and avoid the crisis that is ongoing in london. first of all i believe that politicians should sometimes admit that personal interest and power even victory in elections are less important than the future of the country and society.
we see this story in the united states.
they can impact on individual citizens and society in a way that isolated national initiatives could not achieve.
therefore i call on the commission and member states to facilitate access to the best possible diagnostic and treatment modalities for all young cancer patients within the european union. and last but not least i kindly ask all my colleagues to support awareness about childhood cancer by wearing the gold ribbon that i
we have tremendous problems with early diagnosis quality therapy and specialist comprehensive care for small patients as well as extremely long waiting periods for oncological surgeries and lack of post treatment care.
it will leave us trapped inside european union rules it will leave us under the auspices of the european court and having given everything away in the withdrawal agreement the worst part is that any future relationship relies on good faith.
we put ourselves indeed at your mercy and i would suggest that events that we've seen across europe this week do not indicate that good faith exists.
mr verhofstadt we want no part of your european empire. the only way forward now to deliver on the referendum is for a clean break brexit.
of course both sides will try and present this as a negotiating victory.
i am of course referring to the pipsqueak prime minister of luxembourg who set out to ritually humiliate a british prime minister in the most astonishing way only to be greeted like a hero by president macron at the elyse palace yesterday.
we've heard from other speakers today that the fear is that the uk breaks out of the customs union breaks out of single market rules and that we become more competitive and we become much wealthier outside the european union than within it.
we can do so much better than brexit we are a great country and we will put this behind us.
mr president i supported the resolution today because it recognises the prospect of britain revoking article fifty to stop brexit.
around three quarters of kids who were too young to vote back in two thousand and sixteen and have now reached that voting age say that they back remain.
why? because this time young people will come out to vote.
i wholeheartedly welcome parliament's commitment to an extension of article fifty but any withdrawal agreement must go back to the british people.
so wherever you come from other europeans please go back to your leaders and ask them in council to support any bid for an extension.
youngsters in britain are angry.
in a referendum if it was put to the people now with the option to remain i am confident that we would now win the vote to stop brexit.
the estonian authorities warned the danish authorities several times but the danish authorities did nothing.
it is an obvious conflict of interest.
for me this shows that there's something wrong completely wrong with the system and that we need to change.
the main problem seems to be that the national authorities which the european banking authority scrutinises sit on the very board that can accept or reject the report that is critical of the member states.
as was mentioned in april however the european banking authority came with a report saying that there was no breach in union law and that the danish authorities had done nothing wrong.
i have always believed that this is in our interests and will work to achieve this end.
just last week the former irish prime minister bertie ahern himself an architect of the belfast agreement spoke out on the importance of parity of esteem and is quoted as saying any solution has to include the unionist people because parity of esteem in the good friday agreement is both sides.
every unionist party which stood in the european elections did so on a platform of rejecting the backstop.
there is a democratic problem with the backstop mr barnier and you cannot wash your hands of it.
the agreement must also meet basic democratic tests.
this house has confirmed on a number of occasions its adherence to the belfast agreement.
however that withdrawal agreement must not damage the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom and northern ireland's place within it.
a recent opinion poll says that eighty one of unionists are against the backstop.
' let's be clear the letter sent to the european institutions and which gives rise to the statement in paragraph five of the resolution was not signed or supported by a single member of the northern ireland assembly from the unionist tradition.
indeed it was referenced this morning by president juncker and mr barnier. one of the core principles of that agreement is parity of esteem between the two traditions in northern ireland meaning that citizens from both the unionist and nationalist traditions are treated and heard equally.
but now three years afterwards we see that the existential crisis indeed is in the united kingdom.
we will count on your cooperation at all the stages of these processes.
until then we have to continue our preparation for all eventualities including through targeted measures at eu level in order to reduce the potential impact on citizens and businesses.
madam president we are here once again to discuss brexit democratically freely and openly as any parliament should be able to do at such a crucial moment.
but if brexit is to happen it should be done in an orderly way as nodeal is for sure the worst way to do it.
the joint resolution tabled by the socialists together with other major political groups shows how united we are in asserting our position on this regrettable process of withdrawal of the uk from the eu.
we fully respect the will of the british people.
the way we see it an extension of article fifty is also important for the uk to find a political solution and when the time comes to give control back to the people so that people can have a final say on brexit.
but if mr johnson was really serious about the willingness to reach an agreement in the next few days he would by now have made a very simple gesture to put forward a written proposal on workable and legally operative alternative arrangements.
in fact this european parliament is the only fully operational parliament representing british citizens today.
please read our lips we are open to consider your proposals if you present them.
madam president it is evident that we didn't want the exit of the united kingdom and even if we regret it we fully respect the choice of british people.
it is time to urge prime minister johnson.
it is unfortunate that you decided to turn to american superheroes to express the inclination of the british government when you have much better sources of inspiration in modern and popular british literature. mr johnson do you really believe that what we need
we want to make your life easier but we expect reciprocity.
take your false promises and your reality back to the british people and let them decide the reality of brexit.
instead of the restoration of the sovereignty that we never in fact lost we face the harsh reality of a powerful neighbour making rules in which we will have no say but which market reality will dictate that we have little option but to follow.
instead of the easiest trade deal in history we face negotiating from the weakest position possible of no deal at all.
entire industries sacrificed market shares squandered world leadership trashed the rights and freedoms of every british citizen diminished that's the reality of this brexit.
we hear a lot about democracy but without accountability democracy withers.
do we have the capacity?
those that voted to leave need to respect that this causes massive problems for people in the border areas.
at the moment the best solution available is the backstop.
if we lose this market then we will need to find other markets immediately. who better than our european neighbours?
mr rangel mentioned the preparedness of the eu to negotiate with us a new form of withdrawal agreement perhaps some alteration to the backstop.
for three years we've heard that the eu is a rules based system.
but i just want to remind this chamber that by its own volition clause twelve of the agreement which gives effect to the extension until thirty one october prohibits any opening of the withdrawal agreement and any further renegotiation of that agreement.
with the union we are faced with no lesser challenges the complex discussion on the uk's withdrawal defining clear priorities for the next programming period as well as ensuring this year's smooth institutional transition which will have a direct impact on our work in the autumn. in this overall context we must remember that the budget is not just about numbers and figures.
first the council rejects the proposal from the commission to use article.
that is why we must ensure that it is focused on european added value and delivers tangible results for our citizens.
and the european public prosecutor's office for example.
that is why the council acted as always with prudence and financial discipline in full consciousness of the budgetary constraints we face.
on payments no significant adjustments were considered necessary or appropriate.
in addition the resources dedicated to economic social and territorial cohesion will increase by.
the council wants the eu budget to continue to focus on our common priorities strengthening the european economy boosting its competitiveness ensuring sufficient funding for migration and the protection of our external borders and tackling environmental challenges and climate change.
the council continues to support the reinforcement of the programmes under the competitiveness for growth and jobs subheading which will receive eur twenty four billion or.
it is a powerful tool that sets the direction in which eu policies will evolve.
at the same time as colegislator we need to be very careful how eu taxpayers' contributions are spent.
following a thorough assessment of real and justified needs in each institution and per budget line the council has reduced this heading by eur fifty five million.
i also want to underline the council position on some specific issues.
we need to have sufficient leeway to meet the yetunknown challenges and risks that await us next year.
fifteen three of the financial regulation.
westminster is closed for business and it is once more this parliament that is representing the interests of both british and european citizens.
so it was this house which represented the interests of both europeans and british in order to change that policy and which worked together with places like northumberland and the scottish borders.
hundreds of thousands even millions of farm animals were killed on account of a disease against which they could have been easily vaccinated and the outcry that this created in rural areas was not heard in london because the british government at the time did not want to change the so called non vaccination policy.
fast forward twenty years and the constructive pro european tories i worked with at the time have been purged from their party by people who can't even be bothered to attend this full debate.
seventeen.
for the past three hours here in the european parliament i've listened to all sorts of meps telling those people they didn't know what they were doing.
british democracy must be respected.
why do i believe that?
mr barnier made it absolutely clear that whatever the backstop deal may or may not be there will be no escape from the customs union for the.
it's time to leave.
telling those people that they have to listen to the eu and only when they agree with this institution can they even begin to have some sense of democracy.
seventeen four million people who voted to leave.
four million people in the uk the democratic majority voted to leave.
we've got the establishment on the run.
the brexit party is highlighting why it's wrong for our country why it's the worst deal in history and we are fighting hard now for a clean break brexit.
we've seen straight through it.
well maybe for you with the uk cash cow out the door but the british people clearly don't agree with you. look around the biggest party in this chamber the brexiteers we're standing up and we're making sure that the proleave majority are represented.
we've got renew promoting national educational curricula to propagandise eu federalism to young people in the here and now.
what a gross insult to the memories of real anti fascists the french and jewish resistance the heroes of the warsaw ghetto the leftists who fought franco in spain and the soldiers on the russian front and on d day.
let's remember it was a world war in which millions of non europeans fought for freedom and democracy and went on to fight for their own self determination and national sovereignty two enlightenment principles that this parliament seems to want us to forget and contemptuously write out of history.
this motion and the amendments seem less concerned with genuine commemoration and more with a cynical abuse of the second world war to fight factional battles and push contemporary agendas. we've got the epp shamefully using remembrance to push an eu expansionist agenda today.
lest we forget world war ii was partly a fight against expansionist empire building trampling over national borders.
while i'm forced to be here not on my watch i'll remind you every time national sovereignty it is.
then there's the sd piggy backing on a historic fight for freedom against authoritarianism to propose illiberal authoritarian and censorious regulations to silence opponents and delegitimise them with the label extremist'.
i salute my fellow europeans for that historic fight and note that cross european acts of bravery are proof that cross national solidarity existed before and is not dependent on institutionalised eu unity.
our aim is to stay inside the european union. this motion recognises our responsibility to brexit's citizens.
their lives have been in turmoil.
i don't like may's deal and i don't like brexit i hate it but any deal should go in front of the people. it's their future but boris is playing with it for his own party's sake. what voters want is for brexit to stop. my party of jo swinson and the liberal democrats are committed to the eu and its citizens.
citizenship is a right.
i and the lib dems are and always will be committed to doing what is best for the uk and the eu.
we need time to vote on the deal or to choose to stay with all the benefits of full membership.
we are setting up another windrush scandal and it must not happen.
eu governments must now all work to sort this out quickly.
when we become the government we will revoke article fifty to stop brexit altogether.
brexit will affect all of our futures.
the uk parliament is working to try to avoid a nodeal brexit.
listen to those who live and work across the border.
there can be no good or sensible brexit but a nodeal brexit would be catastrophic in northern ireland.
our european citizenship is a shared identity uniting our people both unionist and nationalist and the growing number of us who identify as neither.
the good friday agreement was founded on european principles of interdependence and cooperation.
ignore those who say that nodeal is no problem.
they know differently.
we now need eu leaders and this parliament to give them the time they need to succeed and we appreciate your patience.
it is important to get it right not just get it done.
and there will be nothing clean in the complete chaos in our health service and elsewhere. those people have no mandate and the british public should decide what happens next with brexit.
there are those who campaigned for a deal in two thousand and sixteen the best and quickest deal in history who today are arguing for a so called clean break brexit.
so it's reassuring that european democracy is alive and well in this house with all views expressed those that i agree with and those that i don't agree with.
madam president this week we saw the british prime minister hide from british citizens in luxembourg who will be acutely affected by his bombast and ego.
so in the context of this debate i support the resolution and i ask the united kingdom in particular to accept that it has duty bound responsibilities to uphold the integrity of the good friday agreement bearing in mind that it is also a peace process. so when i accept the fact that the united kingdom wishes to leave
madam president i wish to support the resolution and in doing that i also want to say that i accept the decision of the united kingdom in terms of leaving the european union.
in that agreement we talk about an all ireland economy and we talk about parity of esteem.
a crashout brexit will have implications for that freedom the freedom to go about commercial life social life cultural life and sporting life.
what really concerns me is that the eu seems to be following in the footsteps of the usa while china is out there and is offering easy money with heavy penalties though strings attached!
i'd really like to see the eu taking responsibility and doing more human rights and more democracy so i call on the council and the commission to review their proposals and to make sure they put their money where their mouth is.
so this resolution is welcome.
the ability of staff from the eu to work for the uk health service the nhs remains severely threatened by brexit.
i'm sure that you will also agree with me that playing political games with people's lives is never acceptable.
i know that as a medical doctor and because my father richard died of prostate cancer.
so it is vital that we work together to reassure people that this is not the case.
it is now very clear there has been a huge amount of nodeal planning and workarounds are now in place such as batch testing and mutual recognition of standards.
three separate pharmaceutical companies based in france have also told me that the uk remains an extremely important trading partner and they will ensure that trade continues as today.
in my capacity as a medical doctor i have spoken to people in the pharmaceutical industry.
patients are now being told that if britain leaves without a deal then there will be a significant shortage of cancer medicines which will profoundly affect their clinical outcomes.
however thankfully due to earlier diagnosis prompt intervention dedicated specialists and advances in pharmaceutical medicines the prognosis for many has now improved.
it is worth remembering we import thirty seven million packs of medicine a month from the eu and we export forty five million packs so trade is reciprocal. i want to close by saying i hope everyone here in the european parliament will join me in supporting everyone touched by cancer ensuring that we cooperate.
the low hanging fruit is so great with five hundred million people with seasonality and everything else.
com i saw my sales go up to a billion dollars in five years and the reason is that we had a market of three hundred million people.
as the founder of ebookers.
it's about demonstrating parliament's ambition for the next budget.
i also strongly support the initiative for using the entire financial flexibility towards young europeans in erasmus and the youth unemployment initiative.
we need to explain and convince european citizens and our friends in the council that giving more money to the eu is worth it and that the additional investment is worth it.
we need a budget that increases rather than decreases the eu's capacity to act when it comes to climate change migration asylum and youth unemployment.
me remind you that this promise was given even before the paris agreement.
in the european elections eu citizens have shown us that they expect us to be more ambitious to provide european solutions to the challenges that affect their lives.
for that we need a budget that serves european people across all member states. we should also increase the financial resources that the eu raises itself which the treaties demand we do.
but this discussion is also about something bigger.
a misogynist a homophobe an islamophobe a dangerous clown a dangerous clown chosen by less than two of our population.
his nodeal brexit threatens shortages of food and lifesaving drugs threatens peaceful coexistence.