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exports are thus an important source of growth for the eu. they contribute to wealth and employment for european businesses and their employees and will act as one of the most important factors in stimulating the eu economic recovery.
global economy instability and a stagnated mutlilateral system have strengthened the need and pursuit for increased bilateral relations.
it is a safeguard that specifically addresses the concerns of europe's sensitive sectors including the auto industry consumer electronics and textiles and guarantees the protection they deserve.
mr president this fta is the first of a new generation of trade agreements launched in two thousand and seven as part of the global europe initiative.
or threatens to cause serious injury to eu domestic industry.
the commission and the european car association have worked closely together to get this agreement.
i have always said that trade is the real means of development.
it guarantees wto plus disciplines in the case of for example geographical indicators government procurement greater transparency of state aid and strong enforcement of intellectual property rights and contains an all important chapter on sustainable development.
by removing barriers to trade and building new bridges we create new opportunities.
we have had extremely good input from virtually everybody.
without his expertise i do not think we would have got a satisfactory conclusion on the comitology issue a particularly difficult sticking point towards the end of the negotiations.
there have been a number of issues raised today.
i only pick on that because i am involved in agriculture.
there are problems with that but it is a fact.
i believe quite strongly that this offers huge opportunities for the european union to move out of its problems with the financial crisis.
i am sure that we will move onto other far more difficult ones and we look forward to working with the commission on that.
a business in my constituency avon protection is a world leader in the manufacture of gas masks.
avon believes that its patents have been infringed by a south korean firm making what are quite simply copies.
there is meant to be patent protection in south korea but will a korean court really find in favour of a british company against a korean business?
simply becomes completely one sided.
i found the way in which colleagues applauded themselves to be offensive within the context of an economic crisis. today the victims of this crisis from my constituency in britain's west midlands are making a stand.
enjoy your champagne ladies and gentlemen.
who made a personal intervention.
so that the consumer has full confidence in the system.
installing the ecall device could save more lives by speeding up response times by a few critical minutes.
this is a good reason why installation of the devices should be mandatory i say installation as whether these should be turned on or not is a different matter.
of course this means having a workable mobile phone network and reception throughout all of the member states.
i would like to stress two points that are absolutely essential for me as a liberal democrat which are that the privacy of individuals is to be guaranteed in every case and that the gps coordinates shall strictly be used by the rescue teams for that rescue purpose. last but not least member states need to ensure that the whole rescue chain is ecall ready from mobile phone coverage to emergency control centres
the automatic transmission of accurate location data even if the driver and passengers are unconscious means that emergency services can arrive at the scene up to fifty faster in rural areas.
we need to see the legislative package approved so that as of late two thousand and fifteen all new car models will be fitted with the automatic emergency call system in case of serious accident.
in the irish context we have seen an increase in road deaths breaking a positive downward trend for the first time since.
there are still serious questions that must be answered regarding the cost of implementation and the technical infrastructure.
there is also no mention of the additional costs and burdens that would be imposed on the car industry and of course on the public who may not actually want this tracker device in their car.
we must take that on board. from our point of view we certainly support a continued voluntary approach in this area.
mr president i think all of us in this chamber obviously support improving road safety measures and we wish to promote more cross border cooperation between member states' police and emergency services.
in addition there are serious issues that have been raised regarding data protection and which have been identified by colleagues in the chamber.
a recent study indicated that the mandatory deployment of ecall in the uk alone would cost approximately gbp three hundred million a year.
ecall will therefore contribute to the new targeting introduced into the road safety action programme in order to reduce the number of injuries in europe. i would like to insist on an approach through this report that will ensure an eu wide emergency system that is public simple and affordable for all. for this system to be effective on time and in order to complete the implementation of the equal strategy it is crucial that member states upgrade their public safety answering point infrastructure required for the proper receipt
two thousand and five it is a priority action for the improvement of road safety and the deployment of an intelligent transport system in europe. the comprehensive strategy is built on a threefold regulatory approach encompassing the in vehicle system the telecommunications network and the public safety answering points.
the european union has a unique ability to pressure national governments to speed up their internal processes.
i hope this will be the case in this matter.
the eu wide introduction of ecall while beneficial to all citizens of the european union is a particularly positive development as far as my home country of poland is concerned.
mr president speaking as the green shadow rapporteur on the de backer report we agree that any measures to improve road safety should be seriously investigated.
the terrible death toll on european roads throws down a stark challenge to reduce deaths and injuries. however our group is not convinced that a mandatory eu wide ecall system as currently prescribed is the best alternative.
finally the suggestion that the driver of the vehicle should be able to turn off the machine seems to undermine and complicate the entire idea.
such a policy would also be cheaper and would achieve real casualty reductions.
i would just like to highlight some elements that we need to keep in mind.
the commission also recommends that member states target mobile network operators to support the transmission of ecalls.
we can support most of the amendments which are very much in line with the content of the proposed decision.
all those parties that are always arguing against unnecessary interference by the european union are now calling for an obligation something to be imposed on citizens.
if the system is good it will sell itself.
now as a number of colleagues have pointed out this is not in any sense a new proposal nor indeed is the technology particularly new. the issue has been the willingness of all the member states to decide finally to make a move to adopt the technology in terms of providing the network to receive the information
it is interesting that these came up relatively at the last moment in this proposal although it was clear from the beginning and ms nbsp sehnalov was quite clear that we had addressed all the privacy issues. because of course the data that is signalled from ecall is not personal data because it does not actually apply to an individual.
it is actually linked to that vehicle.
the sim card that sends the signal about the nature of the accident itself is linked to the vehicle.
but there is a lot of important data there that will be transmitted how many passengers there are in the vehicle the severity of the crash itself to help decide what sort of intervention you may need.
that will be automatically triggered by the airbag. we have to remember the reason we can do this is because cars have become so much more safe.
they have more airbag systems within the vehicle that enable survivability for longer which is why you need that critical time now where people might not previously have survived accidents.
that is why it is an idea whose time has come and like an airbag itself a driver's airbag i do not think that you should be able to switch it off because it is a part of the vehicle safety system.
four furthermore it is regrettable that within the annual eib portfolio social investments amount to less than.
the report highlights that efsi investments in human capital culture and health amounted to only.
unfortunately however and as happens so often in these cases where one of their own isn't the rapporteur the epp and its supporters have managed to dilute the report somewhat forcing mr valli into the position of trying to introduce in plenary via amendments to his own file elements that were rejected in committee.
these loans are provided at interest rates that ordinary farmers who might like to get into agri forestry or even individuals who would like to get into the timber supply can only dream of.
the same arguments have been used to impose technocratic governance on italy and greece with the argument that the people are not capable of governing for themselves with the same result that the basic democratic right of people to elect their government comes second to the needs of the market second to the needs of the bankers second to the profits of the elite in our society.
it is a mandate to continue the savagery of people's living standards in the interests of the elite.
these technocrats who have been appointed are not neutral between the one and the.
mr papademos has spelt out how the interests of the bankers must be protected in writing down greek debt. their mandate comes not from the people of italy or greece or the rest of europe but comes from the markets.
above all what is needed again is a european wide fightback the need for a european wide struggle against austerity and against the rule of these elites. what is needed is a european wide strike.
that will reassure patients that their doctors are qualified and not facing charges of misconduct in the countries they came from.
while these doctors provide a vital service patients must of course have peace of mind about their competence. this report takes an important step towards ensuring that a cross border alert system will stop the so called dodgy' doctors from moving from one country to another to continue practising when they have been accused or suspended in their own country for
patients must feel comfortable with their doctor and health professional and understand the advice and treatment plan wherever their doctor comes from.
i do hope parliament can trust the commission to look into this report with the necessary attention to ensure the best quality of treatment across europe through changes of legislation where necessary.
the relationship between patient and doctor is important to recognise and respect. in this regard use of language is vital and that is why i am pleased that this report has identified the language issue as an area that does need further work.
the studies examined by the commission categorised those young people as under the age of.
sadly while some people may get enjoyment there are for many the miseries that online gambling brings.
in september two thousand and eight a report by the gambling commission in the united kingdom showed that between ten and fourteen of young people are at risk of developing gambling problems while between five and seven were said to be problem gamblers.
you cannot escape advertising for betting in newspapers and television at sporting occasions and it now seems that there is very much a cultural acceptance of this as a fun thing to do.
what is of most concern when one considers online gambling is the increasing ease of access to online gambling sources via the internet interactive tv and apps for smartphones.
encouragingly the report draws from statistics from the consumer scoreboard and has taken the recently published top twenty main citizens' and business concerns regarding the single market into full account.
we now on behalf of our citizens need to deliver these policies.
the report calls for the commission to integrate initiatives across all its responsible services which will ensure proper implementation and enforcement of existing legislation.
indeed such is the revival of beekeeping in the uk that even the london stock exchange now boasts beehives on its london city roof.
i hope researchers look globally for case studies and do not begin from a prejudiced viewpoint with respect to certain pesticides and genetic technologies.
madam president as we are all aware the honeybee population has seen a stark decline these past few years which subsequently could have a devastating effect on europe's ability to produce crops that require pollination.
a number of factors have been attributed to this decline and welsh beekeepers although they themselves are increasing in number are concerned about their bee population's long term survival.
the tabajdi report offers a balanced view of reasons for honeybee mortality and rightly calls for more research funding to be made available from the fp eight programme to focus on bee disease prevention and to find possible solutions.
independent research needs to be just that independent and without bias.
on behalf of his sons stuart and rory gray i do so again today to say that their father would still be alive if the mandatory blacklist system the european parliament calls for today had been in place back in.
but i say with the greatest respect to my german colleagues that changing the law only works if every eu country respects the law that is passed.
his case should under the existing law have been heard in british courts.
two thousand and eight i am also incensed that germany failed to extradite the doctor involved despite the fact that an email dated sixteen march two thousand and nine to the cambridge constabulary clearly shows that the european arrest warrant was received before the doctor daniel ubani was finally judged to be incompetent in germany.
madam president i have spoken before in this parliament on the case of my constituent seventy year old david gray who was killed when a locum german doctor unlawfully administered ten times the recommended dose of a pain killing drug.
the fact that this report was passed by a large majority brings to mind the quote from shakespeare words words mere words no matter from the heart'. this is precisely the same parliament that has voted in favour of the likes of economic governance in support of savage austerity dressed up as so called fiscal consolidation the same policies of savage attacks on people's living standards savage attacks on public services that have resulted in more people being at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
if we are serious about tackling poverty it means putting an end to austerity it means tackling the power of the one in society the speculators the banks the big corporations like the energy companies that will profit this winter while thousands die of fuel poverty.
the way to fight poverty is to provide solid reliable and flexible employment.
this can only flow from strong and growing economies.
youth unemployment is a scandal and it will not be resolved by the commission interfering in member states' actions on minimum wages or by any of the other proposals in this report. micro management from brussels has never solved anything.
this report has lots of wishful thinking and worthy words and lets down the people it purports to support.
my constituents in the south west of england believe that there is an unfair application of state aid rules and this is a major factor in undermining their confidence in and support for the single market.
this failure of confidence in the functioning of the single market then permeates through to discontent with the european union as a whole. i do not believe that my constituents are particularly unique in this so i do believe that this is an area that should have far more attention from this parliament in order to increase confidence in the work that this parliament does.
i regret that this report does not go far enough and i look forward to more action on this area in the future.
madam president i was happy to support this report particularly the emphasis on requesting the commission to improve the criteria for carrying out more impact assessments and to review eu regulations which have a direct effect on consumer policy.
e commerce is increasing and brings huge opportunities for consumers but it also increases all of our vulnerability.
so i welcome particularly the recognition of the e commerce issue in this report and the promise to go forward with further work in that area.
can you have a consistent interpretation of this rule because clearly it was intended that you could only apply before that particular report not the whole thing starting after the ending of the voting session?
each president interprets that rule differently as far as i can see.
madam president in my opinion the report on the reform of eu state aid rules on services of general economic interest is of concern as it extends the definition of social services of general interest which could be to the detriment of competition across the whole of the eu single market.
the value creating potential of the private sector will not be fully realised as long as the public sector still has unfair competitive advantages applied to it.
the privileges enjoyed by the public sector therefore have a negative impact on the eu's economic strength as a whole and should be terminated immediately.
failure to come to this conclusion is why i have voted against this report.
restrictions on the trading of sovereign debt in particular when the underlying asset is not owned or borrowed by the investor can be very controversial. we must ensure that while we bring about some protection from aggressive short selling in the markets this must not be done at the risk of liquidity.
any blanket ban on credit default swaps could have serious consequences on the ability of member states to raise revenue through issuing bonds. despite this report being brought closer into line with the position of my group i still have a number of reservations and these have come out in the detail and the general direction of the proposals.
in italy as in greece elected premiers have been toppled in favour of eurocrats respectively a former vice president of the european central bank and a former european commissioner.
they head what are called national governments' but the governments have been put together for the sole purpose of implementing a programme that would be rejected at a general election.
they presided over the debt; they decided to keep the euro going at the expense of the prosperity of the constituent nations;
however it recognises where there would be clear added value from a coordinated european approach in addition to additional national regulation in certain areas such as in administrative cooperation.
given the cross border nature of online gambling services this seems appropriate.
it also goes some way towards enhancing protection for vulnerable consumers such as those adopted in the common advertising standards and developing a blacklist of illegal gambling providers.
madam president i believe in the single market and i believe in the free movement of people.
however when looking at medical qualifications the first priority must be the well being of the patient.
i am pleased that this report gives member states the responsibility for checking the ability of migrant doctors and nurses.
in the uk the case of the german doctor who killed a patient in cambridge after making serious errors has raised concern about the eu mobility of doctors.
the fact that he was allowed to continue practicing medicine in germany after being struck off in the uk is also troubling.
i hope the earlier warning system will allow medical authorities in member states to better protect their citizens.
i am in favour of movement for employment but we must ensure that we protect our patients across europe first.
side by side with that has been the growth of online betting particularly as many people have pointed out amongst young people.
and thirdly of course to control it so that it is legal and not illegal.
is dealing with the public and services such as medical services teaching etc. language proficiency is very important and certainly there is no room for error here particularly in the diagnosis of patients as has been pointed out. my second point is that we should also have some effective method of ensuring that the contents
would like to congratulate my colleague on her report on the professional qualifications directive;
this has been a very high profile issue recently in the uk.
the report is particularly encouraging with its emphasis on the reduction of the number of regulated professions and its encouragement of online application procedures.
the report will encourage the free movement of a growing number of highly skilled workers across the eu.
within the report there is a specific mention of the healthcare sector.
the protection of consumer and patient safety as we have heard is a vital objective in the context of the revision of this directive.
thus i am delighted to see that special attention has been paid to the special status of healthcare professionals.
i believe that they are not necessary in all fields of work but again we must have a decree of flexibility and for professions where they are vital we need to acknowledge that and make sure that we carry that through.
i strongly believe that all eu doctors registering in the united kingdom should be subject to linguistic and professional aptitude assessment before being given full registration.
it is an issue with which i am very familiar not because i am much of a gambler myself but because in my own constituency in gibraltar in fact we have an exemplar of how regulation can work well. for those concerned about the application of consumer protection i can do no better than to advise them to visit the rock and its online gambling industry.
the advanced use of computer based algorithms to monitor activity both from the point of view of gambler behaviour and from the point of view of detecting large scale fraud is truly impressive.
this report calls for much which is already in place there.
you do not need to re invent the wheel;
just have a look at how it can be done.
it was also a crisis in latvia a crisis in hungary and indeed a crisis in my own country and the underlying cause is easily diagnosed interest rates were kept too low for too long and this mistake was made equally by the bank of england the european central bank and indeed the fed and the bank of japan.
what is happening now is that there is a correction.
the malinvestments of the decade of easy credit should be being rectified so that growth can begin again on a more sober and realistic basis but here in europe and indeed in the united kingdom politicians and central bankers are furiously working the bellows in trying to re inflate the bubble. it is not going to work;
it is like trying to postpone a hangover by remaining drunk.
madam president despite having voted against the first version of the canfin report in plenary and although the subsequent report has been revised after a number of trialogues i still have a great number of reservations about the report which is why i have abstained.
as a member of the committee on economic and monetary affairs i am concerned by the detail in the report and the ability to implement the proposal as it stands particularly about the proposed ban on uncovered sovereign cds and the potential subsequent impact on the ability of member states in the eu to raise revenue through bond issuance.