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under the next multiannual financial framework the commission is proposing eur seven hundred million under digital europe for developing advanced digital skills.
earlier this year we recommended that member states develop national digital health networks to bring cybersecurity and the relevant expertise into their digital health systems.
secondly health is one of the key sectors covered in the eu's first cybersecurity legislation the directive on security of network and information systems.
another major challenge that you have mentioned is skills development.
you can all rest assured that the creation of a european health data space to promote data exchange and support research will be an important part of my health agenda.
collectively these measures will help build trustbased systems.
the commission also adopted the recommendation on a european electronic health record exchange format to improve the ability to share data between systems and enable citizens access to their own electronic health records.
whilst data is a key enabler for digital systems' transformation we also need to be aware that it does present a number of challenges.
the commission's vision was first set out in the two thousand and eighteen communication enabling the digital transformation of health and care in the digital single market'.
over five thousand eprescriptions have been dispensed so far and this clearly shows that we can have continuity of care across boundaries.
finally our progress on digital health and data exchange and research under the european health data space will be important for the successful delivery of our other health priorities such as our europe's beating cancer plan.
these actions will continue as we move ahead with the creation of the eu health data space supported by the proposed digital europe programme.
the aim is to encourage member state action on ehealth while ensuring that citizens have secure access to their comprehensive electronic health data everywhere in the eu.
we need to have the right means to keep our citizens healthy.
to this extent i will be working closely with the commissioner for the internal market thierry breton as well as executive vicepresident margrethe vestager and vicepresident schinas to move forward in this endeavour.
the commission proposes to underpin them with major investments and eur two million is foreseen for developing cybersecurity in the eu including the health sector as part of the digital europe.
all of us here are committed to fostering the digital transformation of health and care in a way that is inclusive and places the patient at its centre.
this will support training for healthcare professionals and help citizens develop digital literacy.
for the patients we need to ensure that europe has a framework that supports them and their health providers directly ensures that citizens have control over their personal data facilitates research and supports the development of digital medical services diagnostics and services.
firstly patient data is protected and secured through the requirements of the general data protection regulation.
so empowering citizens to manage our own health is a key priority of the digital transformation agenda and over the next five years i hope to be working with member states to ensure that europe makes real progress on digital health.
since then important progress has been made.
it is essential that data protection and cybersecurity considerations are built in from the design phase in order to protect patient confidentiality enable them access to their data safely and protect the integrity of systems.
we're in the middle of cap reforms which reduce the need for compliance checking when we can't even adequately police corruption.
the sale of state land to the cronies of european leaders with patchy records on the rule of law is a stain on our reputation and it amounts to theft from small farmers and rural communities.
it doesn't deliver what society wants.
what on earth makes us think that self policing compliance is going to work?
colleagues are regularly sent to third countries under the better training for safer foods' and this will be continued.
when we take charge of animal destinies we have a responsibility and there is no room for shortcomings.
when we transport animals we must treat them with care and respect and this is our duty and our responsibility.
i also carefully listened to your concerns on the transportation of live animals and i promise to speak with my colleague commissioner wojciechowski on this on how to create better conditions under the cap.
and if we are not satisfied by the actions taken i can only assure you that we will use all the means at our disposal including legal proceedings if necessary to address this problem.
initial investigations point to problems with the stability of the ship and romania is undertaking an independent investigation in accordance with maritime safety rules.
to this extent we acknowledge that there are issues and in my view revision of the legislation needs to be considered in the context of farm to fork.
now concerning imports yes we do need to continue to work with trading partners and international organisations on animal welfare and on campaigns in third countries.
we will equally be transparent on the follow up and we will ensure that our recommendations are acted upon.
by working together we can improve transport conditions for animals leaving the european union by road and by working together we must now improve conditions for animals transported by sea.
i have said from the very beginning that almost fifteen zero sheep perishing in the sea is a shocking failure for our ethical values.
concerning the question on romania no definitive investigation of the circumstances leading to this accident have been completed.
sea transport. the audit report is currently being drafted and will be published on the commission website once it's finalised and we're absolutely going to be transparent on our findings.
the members of this house must be the engines of change and the ambassadors of global climate action and we need tools to do that.
failure to deliver and take meaningful action failure to listen to science and evidence and failure to live up to the expectations of citizens who demand a safe and sustainable future.
with the majority of big emitters unwilling to take climate change seriously the eu must become an even more prominent world leader regarding climate protection and i am aware of the criticism we receive.
in madrid we witnessed once again how political greed overpowers common sense.
commuting between two parliaments is terrible for the environment and yes we use way too much paper in this house but on the global level the european parliament is probably the most ambitious and committed institution to fight climate change.
we need the right of initiative so we can issue our own proposals and this step would be more impactful than the outcomes of cop.
we do it because not doing it would be relinquishing our duty in light of the facts that can no longer be disputed and in light of what science is telling us.
we're turning things round. we're saying this is where we need to be in two thousand and fifty and then we take steps back until today and then we can chart exactly what needs to be done until then.
i am mentioning all these subjects because when you look at a conference like cop on the surface it looks to be about emissions but emissions are part of a much broader spectrum. what we're proposing in the green deal is to actually reset our economy.
what are we going to do in our building environment?
things are urgent and we need to work on all these things at the same time.
that is a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportion and it can only happen if we convince other parts of the world to follow suit because i do agree with those who say that if we only do this in europe it's only nine of emissions and it will not have the effect we want on a global scale.
so this is i believe what the european union has to offer to the rest of the world and we do it for the next generations.
i experienced and i hope colleagues had the same experience in madrid a lot of interest in many parts of the world for the european green deal and also a lot of interest in the idea of setting a target of being climate neutral in.
at the same time we need to be rather quick in preparing a strategy that offers a future to our farming community with a from farm to fork strategy which says clearly that we need our farmers more than before but in a different way.
it would give us the opportunity also through a climate pact to make sure that the people who are on the streets the people who have a stake in this whether it's in industry or in agriculture or in academia or in trade unions are part of the conversation and the decisionmaking.
this is a combination of doing the right things in europe and at the same time being extremely active on the international scene in climate diplomacy.
what are the concrete things we should do internally to prepare?
madam president it is very difficult to overstate the importance of cop twenty six in glasgow next year.
it's almost tomorrow it's only ten years but we should be able to determine what we do in.
first of all we need to prepare our climate law so that we can show the rest of the world that we put into law our commitment to be climate neutral by.
so what we should be doing starting from today is to prepare well as the european union for that cop.
and these are not two different things.
what are we doing with different sectors in our economy on ets etc.
that's what the climate pact will be.
two thousand and fifty the rest of the international community is waking up to the fact that this is a completely new way of looking at things.
two thousand and thirty to determine that precisely we will do an impact assessment but we need to do it in time so that we are timely in preparing our climate law and preparing the clear targets for two thousand and thirty so we can take that to the international conference.
our proposal is not a blueprint it's a roadmap.
what are we going to do on biodiversity which is intimately linked to this?
but what is also true is that if we don't do it in europe we will have no arguments to convince others.
we do not have the luxury to sit on our hands. we do not have the luxury to ignore this.
our economy our system our welfare our wellbeing depends almost fully today on carbon and we are dependent on that.
so we need to get rid of that addiction and we need to make sure that we can create the same level or better levels of wellbeing welfare and prosperity without having to depend on carbon.
we do it because it's inevitable.
it is no longer believing like we did many years ago that by taking incremental steps eventually we'll get there.
member states will have an indispensable role in the deployment of effective actions and monitoring systems on the ground and we look forward to the european parliament's strong endorsement of this initiative and the crucial role of member states in its implementation.
the commission has recognised the urgency and promptly answered the calls of the european parliament and of the public to tackle the decline of pollinators and we adopted the european pollinators initiative which is an ambitious framework that can address this complex challenge.
and it is supporting the use of low risk and non chemical pesticides.
now in the light of the european green deal actions addressing the main threats to pollinators do need to be scaled up and made more effective.
now let me be absolutely clear the commission is determined to coordinate and steer a decisive european union action to stop and reverse pollinator decline.
furthermore the commission will continue supporting member states to ensure the sustainable use of pesticides and the commission will be presenting the findings of the refit evaluation of the pesticides regulation and the second reports on the implementation of the sustainable use directive early in.
it does consolidate actions across european union policies and strengthen links between them and to do this we consulted broadly experts and stakeholders and introduced new actions where gaps were identified.
two thousand and twenty and finally i agree that having an ambitious strategy plan on the cap is very important in order to deliver on our own ambitions.
to measure the effects of policies and measures however we also need a robust monitoring system for pollinators and the threats they face.
now concerning i think there was a question on emergency authorisations we have increased scrutiny of these including proposing decisions preventing two countries from granting contested authorisations.
however the success of this initiative will critically depend on the strong engagement of all stakeholders in its implementation.
mr president now it's abundantly clear that we all agree that pollinators are essential and that we need to protect them and this is clear from everybody's comments.
two are no longer approved one cannot be used outdoors and the commission will be proposing not to renew the approval of a fourth one.
it says we will reduce the risk and use of pesticides significantly and the farm to fork strategy which as you all know will be presented hopefully in the spring will be more specific about specific targets.
and therefore we must fight for justice for daphne. the murderers but also everybody else involved the middlemen the masterminds those providing political cover must be identified and prosecuted.
but how can we expect justice when there is no rule of law?
can we really expect the same people that have been obstructing justice for the past twenty six months the same people that have been demolishing the memorials that were erected in honour of daphne's memory can we really expect these people now suddenly to lead the charge in seeking justice that the family of daphne so deserves?
the venice commission already concluded over a year ago that the wide powers of the prime minister create a serious risk for the rule of law and we see that risk now in malta day after day after day.
therefore dear colleagues let me finish with the only word in maltese that i know.
and every minute longer this prime minister stays in the centre of power is a minute where justice can escape for us.
it strikes at the heart of our society.
impunity must end in malta.
how can we trust in an independent investigation as long as the prime minister continues to cling to power?
much of this is by design and not by accident.
two words in particular are important when it comes to convergence in the final text agreed on at trilogue shall' or may'.
shall' means they have no choice but to do the right thing.
he will demand a change to parliament's position so that ireland will not have to fully converge on payments and the great swindle that the new york times article reports on would continue if he succeeds.
i certainly won't.
don't let him succeed.
yesterday ireland's minister for agriculture announced a pause on convergence.
may' allows governments to continue with the very system which is so rightly criticised in the new york times article.
convergence and a significant redistribution payment is the key to change.
defra in the uk has now announced that it is considering a ban and so i say that on thirty one january all the animals in the uk will be cheering.
one of the big benefits of brexit will be that we will no longer be tied in the uk to the single market rules which actually prevent individual states from banning live exports.
let's stop subsidising intensive animal agriculture which produces so many animals we don't know where to ship them any more. let's work towards a ban on the transport of live animals to third countries.
the mass export of live animals will never be able to guarantee good animal welfare conditions.
we need to stop this absurd and cruel business model.
but let's be honest would the alternative for these sheep have been any better being stuck on a cold ship for weeks in their thousands left in their own dirt and thrown overboard when they die of hunger or exhaustion? whom are we kidding here?
the conference of the parties to the un convention on biological diversity agreed on a plan of action for two thousand and eighteen to two thousand and thirty for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators.
parliament is right in stressing the need to engage citizens beekeepers and farmers to contribute to pollinator conservation and industry citizens and governments at all levels have to join efforts.
over the past decades the number and diversity of pollinators have seriously declined in europe as well as globally.
the council also welcomes the european green deal adopted by the commission last week.
intensive farming and the use of harmful pesticides are another big threat for pollinators destroying their habitat and taking away the diversity of the plants they usually forage on.
yet these measures have not been sufficient.
i agree with you that we need effective measures in the eu to address the root causes of pollinators' decline.
this situation is unsustainable.
much pollinator habitat has been lost to agriculture resource extraction and new urban and suburban development.
last month the coalition proposed to have a specific target an indicator for pollinators and pollination in the post two thousand and twenty global biodiversity framework.
the council welcomes this initiative which seeks to address the problem in an integrated way and to use existing tools and policies more effectively.
the intergovernmental sciencepolicy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services' released in may this year provides a grim picture.
pollinators are also important for the economy.
eleven member states have joined the coalition of the willing on pollinators established in two thousand and sixteen at the thirteenth meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity in cancn.
pollinator species and populations in the eu also need to be better monitored to better understand their status and trends.
only with scientific knowledge and a full understanding of the problem can we address it effectively.
their impact is particularly visible in food production.
the members of the coalition committed to take action and to work together on pollinators and to share their knowledge and the best practices to encourage other countries to take measures in this respect.
for many crops the contribution of pollinators can amount to half of the market value of the produce.
like this parliament the council is of the view that in order to tackle the loss of pollinators more research is needed to address knowledge gaps and to clearly understand the causes and the consequences of the decline.
it is also important to raise public awareness about pollinators and their importance for healthy ecosystems and for our well being.
many different drivers contribute to the decline of pollinators and they are all linked to human activity.
measures have also been taken to promote pollinator friendly solutions in agriculture and to support biodiversity in the reformed common agricultural policy for the years two.
perhaps the most important and urgent of the priority actions identified by the commission in the eu pollinators initiative is to tackle the causes of pollinator decline.
the commission took an important first step in this direction by adopting in june last year an eu initiative especially focusing on pollinators.
but despite the action taken so far the decline of pollinators has not stopped.
non native species take away the natural habitat of the pollinators and unfamiliar parasites and diseases can severely compromise whole colonies of bees.
the eu has already put in place a range of measures such as the protection of natural habitats through the eu's nature legislation support for beekeeping and restrictions on the use of pesticides harmful to bees. the eu natura two thousand network of protected areas provides many habitats of vital importance for pollinators
climate change and temperature changes also have disruptive effects on pollination.
the global decline of biodiversity at unprecedented rates in human history is to a large extent caused by the loss of pollinators which are the very basis of habitats and ecosystems.
the functioning of our ecosystem and human well being are at risk.
in the action plan stakeholders including farmers are encouraged to adapt pollinator friendly practices and address direct and indirect drivers of pollinator decline. our member states are active in raising the problem of pollinators' decline in the international community.
they are essential for food production and human livelihoods. they are key to supporting our ecosystems.
international cooperation is another important aspect.
many of them are threatened with extinction.
the council therefore calls for rapid and effective implementation of the existing measures by the eu and the member states to address the loss of biodiversity.
history teaches us that whenever the european union sits in judgment over its member states it almost invariably makes things worse.
you may well be right that the outgoing prime minister should in fact be outgoing right now rather than next year.
when a member state shows self determination whether rightly or wrongly the eu applies pressure and interference. when an eu twenty seven interferes in an eu one it rarely ends well.
just in the last few years the eu has messed up its response to catalonia poland hungary and of course my own country the united kingdom.
half of the population is fifty and it's nice to know that the other half is eager to become it.
i want to know if the european commission is prepared with regard to the free movement of services to oblige member states to allow all forms of preventive healthcare.
secondly the right food is your best pharmacist. is the european commission willing to make it easier to get medical health claims on fresh foods?
every single day which passes without us having european legislation to protect investigative journalists and to properly finance their projects and to protect them means a lost day.
none of those ministers at the european council should have shaken muscat's stained hands.
if we have a mission in this house then this mission is to defend the rule of law to defend justice and to stand up for those who actually fight for justice and finding the truth.
every single hour which passes with muscat still in office after everything that has happened means defiance to the maltese people and lack of respect towards the european values.
when this happened seven hundred and fifty one letters should have left this house to go to the prime minister's office in malta with one single question who ordered daphne caruana galizia's murder and why?
including a possible application of the rule of law framework if it's needed.
in the two first weeks in office the president of the commission has sent a clear message to the maltese authorities.
the commission has a toolbox to address rule of law concerns and we are ready to make use of it.
to follow the progress in the investigations.
together member states create the conditions for enjoying eu citizenship.
that doesn't mean the abandon of all the other tools at our disposal.
then we need to control a correct implementation of justice reforms after the countryspecific recommendations adopted by the council of nine july. two thousand and nineteen in my letter i have insisted on the independence of judiciary
the commission will present an evaluation on the process reform and propose concrete actions.
of all the member states. it's time to have the same political debate about our values about the values of the european union.
and we will continue to do that and maybe will enhance our capacities to do that.
this common achievement should not be exploited by individual member states' risky investor schemes.
to conclude we need to enhance the culture of the rule of law in all the member states in the european union and if we want to speak about the rule of law outside the european union it's necessary to deliver to do the job at home.