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the massive demonstrations over the last weeks have shown the determination of the hong kong people to keep the one country two systems' principle intact.
more protests have been announced.
we reject all kinds of violence.
this is a very sensitive issue with potentially far reaching consequences for hong kong and its people for the european union and foreign citizens as well as for business confidence in hong kong.
most of us will have had a warm loving and safe childhood. contrast that with the childhood of the children that we are talking about today.
under the united states declaration of independence.
madam president i was asked by my constituent jody rae from edinburgh to raise this matter and i'm proud to do so.
the united states of america one of the richest countries in the world does not have to do this.
they were brought up surrounded by men with guns by illness hunger dirt poverty and fear so bad that their parents took them on a perilous journey in pursuit of life liberty and happiness as guaranteed
then they found themselves in detention camps surrounded by men with guns by illness hunger dirt poverty and fear.
for democracy it is essential that elected representatives can do their work freely and safely and that applies to representatives around the world including in the united states.
i note that there are four members of the us congress who have recently been subject to hate speech and intimidation and harassment cheered on by nobody less than the president himself.
now however we must stand up with equal passion for our sisters and brothers elsewhere who face much greater threats to their democratic rights.
i invite you colleagues to join me in condemning the actions of the russian authorities against these activists and organisations.
madam president throughout this week speakers have affirmed our european commitment to the highest democratic principles.
and after all it's only after trying our hardest to live up to those principles in this house that we earn the right to criticise others.
and most of all we must cry out against the oppression of well intentioned people protesting against environmental crimes for it is they not those who suppress them who correctly discern which are the greatest threats to peace and survival.
their plight is our plight and their campaign for a clean place to live is a campaign for our world too.
and just this week u.
as a european i know very well that migration is a global phenomena and the eu and the us share the very same challenges at their borders but it is also up to both sides of the atlantic to bear collective responsibility and to show a dignified way forward.
at least one hundred and ninety seven people died trying to cross the us mexican border this year alone and the trump administration is responding to this crisis with violent push backs of asylum seekers indefinite detention of migrants denying them the most basic needs and the traumatising separation of children from their families.
i think it is the duty of this house to condemn those attacks and express solidarity with those representatives.
as a new mep i ask this question because yesterday a colleague was reprimanded indeed humiliated for using the word rubbish' in his speech which seemed rather disproportionate especially when we have seen people wearing garments with far more offensive words.
that our union stands for human rights the rule of law and democracy.
when we see people rising in defence of their civic and human rights we as europeans must express our solidarity and this is what we do with the people of hong kong
i think this is a symbolically highly relevant action by this new parliament because we have always held that eu foreign policy would be based on the fundamental values
some of you here talk about normalising relations with russia.
not hiding behind gas pipes not hiding behind fake observation missions to crimea but talking an honest conversation with russia for the benefit of their citizens and citizens of ukraine.
what would you say if your mother had to flee your country just because she was fighting for clean air with money from her european partners?
these are sad stories that we hear from russia.
what would you say if your brother or sister were declared a terrorist just because they criticised a foreign country's occupation?
this resolution is our attempt to normalise relations with russia.
this is our offer to this country.
however i do admit that there was a former colleague here from the united kingdom and we had a frank exchange of views when he would use the word rubbish' in just about all his sentences.
so we will see if there is a list and we certainly will provide it but to the best of my knowledge i have not been provided with one.
european union funds have been provided to address the dire consequences of climate change in particular in terms of food security and to promote the creation of jobs along with the opening of our markets.
we shed a light on the fate of prisoners that have protested against this occupation be they ethnic ukrainians russians or tatars.
we therefore call on the russian authorities to release without further delay and unconditionally all illegally and arbitrarily detained ukrainian citizens both in russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine and to provide for their safe return including crimean tatars and the recently detained red square peaceful demonstrators of ten july ukrainian citizens detained under politically motivated charges and the twenty four crew members of the ukrainian naval vessel.
inside russia civil society activists in different areas of society continue to be harassed including environmental activists.
we urge the russian authorities to stop curtailing peaceful and legitimate activities of environmental organisations by fabricating criminal cases against local environmental activists arresting participants of local peaceful protests or imposing disproportionately heavy fines on them.
we share an unshakable commitment to democracy and human rights not just for ourselves but for every person on this planet.
this is entirely at odds with the reassurances that were given to the hong kong people when that territory was transferred in. one thousand nine hundred and ninety seven police have met these protests with force and violence that is unnecessary and it must be clear that here in europe we support hong kong protesters.
we call for free and fair elections.
we say to the governments of hong kong and china that we implore you to respect the dignity and the rights of every single individual and then together we can build a world of peace and justice for everyone.
this is important because europe our twenty eight states is strongest when we are united.
we say to the people of hong kong that the people of europe stand with you.
for weeks now up to two million people in hong kong have protested on their streets protests against an extradition bill brought by the hong kong government which is not elected by its people which would see people rendered to mainland china where according to countless ngo reports torture unfair trials and forced confessions are endemic.
we support their call for the government to fully withdraw the bill and for an independent inquiry into the police's actions.
the united states have long been the defender of human rights. this is the country that saved millions of europeans in two world wars;
the country that founded the united nations.
their proud history is being tarnished by this shameful episode.
this is not just about the families who fled violence and abuse only to be met with more violence and abuse; this is also about the european union's credibility.
how can we call on others to uphold human rights if we refuse to condemn the failings of our own allies?
madam president the situation on the us mexico border is growing more severe by the day as the us government fails to have any action to adequately protect vulnerable migrants and it is separating families fleeing from political turmoil and conflict in latin america.
the president's remarks this week and at the rally last night telling four congresswomen to go back to the places where they came from must be condemned in the strongest terms.
we are not only witnessing a backlash against women's rights with these attacks and also against migrants and refugees but also an attack on human rights in general and those who defend them.
we must send a clear message that racist and sexist violations of human rights and the attacks on those defending them have no place in any modern democracy.
the situation became particularly grave after the illegal annexation of crimea and aggression in eastern ukraine.
it is important that the distinguished spectators are also in our gallery. we remain outspoken.
the resolution contains in footnotes the verified list of political prisoners.
madam president the protests we've seen in the past weeks in hong kong are a really encouraging sign that the people of hong kong will not let their freedoms be abolished.
the sheer scale is unprecedented and the outcome of this crisis will be a turning point for hong kong's position in china.
however if beijing wins this will be a premature end to one country two systems'.
it's really important that china is in global focus at the moment with what's going on in hong kong and its economy is slowing down and what's going on in xinjiang.
as i said colleagues it wasn't quite a point of order.
madam president pushback policies towards migrants at the border are an increasing tendency all over the world.
the results are painfully visible in the mexican us border region and this resolution therefore urges both countries to live up to their international obligations. trump's policy is shamelessly violating international law by separating children from their parents and even detaining them by detaining many migrants in appalling circumstances and by sending asylum seekers back to mexican cities.
back in mexico they struggle to get access to an asylum procedure and if they manage to lodge an asylum claim the lengthy procedure is unclear and lacks the normal safeguards.
as asylum seekers don't have access to shelter or other basic needs they are extremely vulnerable to exploitation and violence.
the us government refuses to take any responsibility and is forcing mexico to deal with the migrants and refugees.
in autumn last year most countries ratified the un global compact on refugees in which almost all countries promised to share responsibility for refugees.
pushback actions go totally against this common objective and they also trigger the same policies in other countries. if there's no common responsibility no one wants to take it up.
the usa did not sign this compact but it still has to comply with its international obligations.
to ensure that these violations of human rights will stop.
there are other speakers who want to come in.
please listen.
but above that it is actually helpful to china too and if china is putting pressure on the hong kong government to bring this act into place it is not acting in its own interests.
china sources the capital it needs for economic growth which brings prosperity to its very poor people through the financial sector in hong kong and we're already seeing some of the jobs there fleeing to other centres around asia.
forty in the absence of a worldwide agreement i think we would be crazy to agree to further reductions because what we will do is run the risk of saddling our consumers with some of the highest energy bills in the developed world making european heavy industry and large energy consumers particularly uncompetitive in a worldwide environment.
mr president i hope that i am proved to be wrong but it looks to me increasingly unlikely that the talks begun and continued at copenhagen will in fact lead to a legally binding treaty committing all of the major emitters in the world to large emission cuts.
what we need is a comprehensive worldwide agreement.
in those circumstances i believe it would be very foolish for those of us in the eu debating these matters to agree to even further emissions reductions.
in fact in some respects it has a net deleterious effect on the environment as those goods are simply re imported back into the eu after all.
already we have seen a lot of industry relocating to outside the eu simply of course transferring emissions from the eu to china india and elsewhere.
the same goes for global economic governance and international security.
our key goals.
the reasons for the failure were many and i will come back to them in a moment. still one may also conclude that the accord is better than no outcome at all which would have been the worst case scenario. on the one hand to find something positive
we must do better than that and we can
cop. fifteen one striking lesson certainly is that we must learn to speak with one voice.
do. only by standing united can we succeed and i look forward to working with you to achieve this objective.
adequate financing also needs to be provided.
in particular you have played a crucial role in order to enhance our outreach with key players in other countries and other regions.
mr president i support the environmental goals for two thousand and twenty but i have some serious doubts about some methods.
finally we need serious research on the body of evidence.
some members of the ipcc now even predict global cooling.
climategate' was already a reminder and the claim that the himalayan glaciers are retreating now seems to be based on speculation.
we need objective impartial scientific research and not an agenda driven political activism.
i count on your support for this goal.
it is not acceptable that china's currency dumping is risking the economic recovery in europe.
it is clear to everyone that china in particular did not want to commit itself to seriously meaningful objectives.
what is happening about the pledges inside the eu?
secondly we talk about one voice for europe but is it not part of the problem that the eu went to copenhagen with a mandate and there was no flexibility for the negotiating team to negotiate?
china refuses all measures which would be binding and open to international scrutiny.
the un climate talks system needs life saving surgery before mexico at the end of this year.
we must be concerned about how easy it was for the us china and others to circumvent the un structures sideline the eu and agree an arrangement which fell far short of global expectations.
europe must be much more assertive in standing up for itself and in doing so should continue to set ambitious targets involving targets and emissions reductions of.
the irony of the situation is that the longer the us china and others frustrate delay and prevaricate on a deal the tougher the targets for reduction will of necessity become.
as it stands president obama is a prisoner of his political system for he needs sixty seven votes in the senate.
but the challenge now is in mexico to turn that small step into a giant leap for mankind.
people have described the copenhagen conference as a flop and a failure. i think it could be more accurately described as a little step in the right direction one small step in the right direction.
mention the year and did not carry out any formal research.
the intergovernmental panel on climate change said in two thousand and seven that they would disappear by the year.
if our conclusions on the hypothesis of climate change are to be based on evidence then that evidence must be irreproachable.
two thousand and thirty five the sunday times has recently discovered that the report was ultimately based on an interview given to the new scientist by an indian scientist mr hasnain in. one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine mr hasnain has subsequently said that this was based on personal estimates and did not
both the us and china are growing their renewables industries very rapidly.
the outcome of copenhagen was deeply disappointing but we must now move forward.
finally we need that thirty cut because most of the extra commitment can easily be realised by increased energy efficiency.
secondly to rein back now would be to lose the momentum which has been built up in the new green industries.
there is massive infrastructure which needs to be put in place whether it is a north sea supergrid or on a smaller scale plug in charging points for electric cars.
two thousand and fifty investment has to have certainty and we need to be aware that europe is in danger of losing its place as leader on renewable technology.
the commission has finally put forward a draft decision.
two thousand and fifteen commissioner rehn has got the hot seat then; i hope someone will pass him a note between now and the end of the debate so he can explain the lack of ambition in this document.
but it must be agreed however inadequate we have got to move forward.
so my question to the minister is is the presidency going to ensure that we get agreement at that meeting or are you going to drop the ball?
now this meeting will be the first opportunity since copenhagen for the european union to demonstrate whether it is going forward and taking practical steps or going to slip backwards.
that is why the council three years ago agreed that we should try and build up to twelve demonstration projects by. two thousand and fifteen now we agreed a year ago a method of financing those projects to use three hundred million in allowances from the emissions trading scheme.
but i am sure we have to try to maintain our ambitions and keep our leadership and on this point there is a crucial decision coming up within the next fortnight and i want to know what the presidency is going to do to get it right.
forty per cent of our emissions come from the fossil fuels burnt in our power stations. that is why the development of carbon capture and storage technology is recognised as so important.
i think we just simply have to explore every opportunity and hope that one or more of them will take us forward.
it is a crucial test both for the commission and the presidency.
it proposes only eight ccs projects and the timetable it recommends means that it will be impossible for them all to be built by.
it will be debated at a meeting of the council's climate change committee on two february and there is opposition from some member states who oppose the commission having the final say over the selection of projects and the use and distribution of the money.
it took three months for that idea to come from parliament to get approval by the council to unlock the door but twelve months later we still have not agreed how to choose the projects or use the money.
i wonder if mr bloom would like to tell the house the difference between climate and weather.
mr president i have good news for the house in common with many scientists i personally have concluded that there is no climate crisis!
the small increase in mean global temperatures over the last hundred years is entirely consistent with well established long term natural climate changes.
copenhagen showed that many nations especially china and india are simply not prepared to sacrifice economic performance to solve an entirely speculative problem.
in britain a majority of voters no longer believe in man made climate change and they will not pay for futile and pointless attempts at mitigation.
the recent leaked cru memos show that even the high priests of climate alarmism are in despair at the failure of nature to follow their forecasts so they are falsifying the figures to sustain their fantasy.
we must now demand a full public inquiry into the suspect data before we spend another penny on mitigation.
mr president whilst the big conference at copenhagen was under way last month complete with politicians ngos and activists there was another climate conference going on in the same city where most of the speakers were scientists and i believe that i was the only mep present.
these scientists one by one demolished the so called facts about man made global warming with scientific argument as opposed to alarmist sound bite.
we heard about the technical failures of al gore's hockey stick graph and the unreliability of weather station data after the fall of the berlin wall.
we were advised on the scientific shortcomings of the computer models that are reluctant to predict cold weather and the probability of the opposite relationship between carbon dioxide and global temperatures to the one that we are being brainwashed with.
we were shown satellite photographs of the rapid increase in arctic ice over the last three years and we were briefed on the increase in the numbers of polar bears.
the goddard institute has been caught fiddling the temperature records;
the vanishing himalayan glaciers have been exposed as a fantasy;
the world is cooling.
global warming is a fraud.
this is not a victimless crime.
carbon taxes push up fuel prices killing our old folk as we speak. the billions wasted researching this non existent problem are billions that cannot be spent defeating real scourges such as alzheimer's or ending real environmental disasters such as deforestation.
carbon credit trading makes billions for city sharks at the expense of families in poverty.
the loss of agricultural land to biofuels has already doubled world food prices so millions are starving while greedy corporations make even fatter profits.
those pushing the unscientific nonsense of man made climate change shell monsanto the international banks bilderberg one worlders carbon billionaires and their useful idiot allies on the left are running the biggest fraud in human history. they must and will be called to account as should their collaborators in places such as this.
of course if you have an agreement then you expect something in return for your money. yet theresa may has surrendered that.
bizarrely though it seems that the uk will still be paying into the european union after leaving the eu whether it is gbp forty billion or gbp fifty billion eur forty five or fifty five billion.
the uk has no legal liability whatsoever to pay any form of divorce bill.
of course according to this budget we will still be paying in over gbp eighteen billion a year gross and then get back roughly half of that in rebate and eu funding.
and when it comes to that divorce bill that is the equivalent of gbp one zero for every adult in the uk without any guarantee of anything in return that has been signed up to by theresa may.
i am convinced that the agreement reached is a good and balanced result allowing the union to act and to react to the various needs.
i will continue to work closely with the commission to ensure that additional funds be made available should that be required to reflect their increased workload.
second that it observes fiscal discipline and third that it delivers value for money to european taxpayers.
three bearing in mind the exceptional additional costs involved in the security threats and also the effect of inflation i thought this both reasonable and justified.
this i know has been a major concern to a number of parliamentary committees.
i was particularly pleased to report that we have been able to provide funding for strategic communications.
president this budget is a good outcome for parliament and i commend it to the house.
i was therefore pleased to note that the council was prepared to match parliament's restraint.
first it ensures the institutions have the capacity to meet challenges that lie ahead.
on the other hand some of the institutions will be disappointed with the settlement and here i mention particularly the court of justice.
this is a budget of eur one hundred and sixty billion and clearly there has to be a spirit of compromise between the two budget authorities parliament and the council.
finally president i would like to put on record my thanks and appreciation first to the estonian presidency and minister kevinin and his team.
i have a special interest in the budget of the other institutions.
the general budget for the financial year two thousand and eighteen will then be adopted within the deadline foreseen by the treaty.
the discussions were long and at times difficult not only between but also within the delegations of our institutions.