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we already have a biodiversity strategy from the commission.
yes indeed it does contrary to some of the claims that the members of this chamber have received.
we need an ambitious and self standing eu forest strategy.
having said that i would now like to explain to this chamber how a balanced forest strategy should and could be built for us.
the enhancement of biodiversity the fight against climate change and the transitions to a circular bioeconomy and to a fossil free society will never be possible without multifunctional healthy and sustainably managed forests.
just to mention the word biodiversity' is mentioned thirty nine times in this report.
yes we do.
this agreement guarantees our citizens' rights our financial interests the integrity of the single market and crucially the good friday agreement. the fact that our british friends now all of a sudden propose the draft bill that by its very nature is a breach of this withdrawal agreement is a heavy blow to the british signature and reliability.
we can and will propose by june two thousand and twenty one an upgrade for our policy toolbox to become fit for fifty five' in the most costefficient and innovationenhancing manner.
with us. it is a moment of uncertainty so it must be the moment
this will be underpinned again by impact assessments for member states and economic sectors.
two thousand and twenty one third we must build up the digital capacity of our industries and for this we need european flagships and alliances for instance on secure five g networks low energy data processing and quantum computing.
fifty five our costbenefit analyses tell us that the benefits are bigger than the costs. science tells us that we have no choice.
we must step up our climate ambition if we want the best green technologies to be european technologies. so the question that remains is do we have the resolve?
we invited them to submit their observations by the beginning of november. the full and timely implementation of the withdrawal agreement is simply not debatable. concerning the negotiations on our future partnership prime minister johnson and president von der leyen took stock of the negotiations last saturday. they both agreed that some progress had been
we have policies and rules in place that have delivered co two reductions in the past while growing our economy.
last week's european council recognised that need calling for a digital compass to navigate this transformational period and has concluded to invest twenty of the recovery and resilience facility in digital projects.
scenario. this is a delicate moment
and the public consultation we have conducted shows that a very large majority of europeans expect this from us including in the business sector.
businesses want to invest in green innovation but they also want certainty and predictability. do we have a plan to realise the increased ambition?
second fair competition.
this house. if this is not the case we will be in the no deal'
this investment from the eu level should leverage a multiple of this in further private and public investment that will support the transition and this includes investment for a fair transition.
we are less than one hundred days away from the end of the transition period.
first on our climate goals which will be at the core of the next european council.
all this requires major investment which next generation eu can drive.
of unity. the moment
by. two thousand and thirty and we will push for europe's heads of state and government to unite behind the same ambition before the end of the year.
today i would like to focus on two issues from the european council where our unity will be needed and will be tested again our climate and digital goals and brexit.
then we have to ask do we have allies in this task?
there are two tracks to which we should devote our full attention and energy. the ongoing negotiations on our future partnership which are tough and the full and timely implementation of the withdrawal agreement which i have the honour to oversee.
this parliament and europe's heads of state and government have agreed on making europe the first climate neutral continent by.
the next eu budget and next generation eu will make available more than eur six hundred billion for climate and green investment.
next generation eu is our opportunity to deliver. let's use it! finally we will need all our energy in this final stage of negotiations with the united kingdom.
now it is the question for you for the european parliament to unite around an ambitious climate objective of at least fifty five
we need new tools to address the power of global tech platforms over small european companies and to respond to global subsidy races.
the paris agreement requires it.
the commission wants it to be our common goal to deliver the european union's nationally determined contribution by the end of two thousand and twenty a date that marks the fifth anniversary of the paris agreement.
our negotiators were instructed to work as hard as they can to try to finalise an
they all observe the increase in extreme weather conditions.
that investment will support and profit from our actions in three fields first we must establish a true digital single market through firm enforcement of the rules we already have and we must deepen it in fields such as digital services.
is short. in case we reach an agreement which is our objective both parties will have to ensure ratification in time for an entry into force by one january two thousand and twenty one and this will need some time including time for
but it also means that we must preserve our firstmover' advantage.
like for the green transition we need clear objectives for the next decade.
be done. we all know where the difficulties
two thousand and fifty these are messages we want to hear and we need more of them.
territory. given that we are less than one hundred days away from this date we cannot exclude this scenario. this is why we will continue to work with you and the member states to ensure that we are ready for every
respecting agreements is first a matter of law but also of trust and of good faith and this is why last week the commission started an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice to the uk government.
the emissions trading system coupled with other rules and mechanisms is proving its effectiveness.
the second question is do we have the resources to finance the higher climate ambitions?
in parallel to this we must also better serve citizens and businesses through digital public services and common european digital identity.
i will become a father in december.
we are here to represent them and we can do something about their future.
we are the first generation to suffer from the climate crisis but we are also the last generation to stop it.
he says there is no longer enough water for his cattle and sheep to drink.
we can vote today to limit global warming to.
he's a farmer from romania.
one five degrees by reducing our toxic co two emissions by.
so let's start listening to science let's give hope to the younger generation and let's stop this climate crisis.
we are also voting today on the future of my children and on the future of our children.
with our vote today we can show that we listen to science.
we must take bold steps but the conservatives in the house are weighing economic costs against people's lives.
madam president the images we have seen from belarus were both horrific and inspiring.
the decision last week to impose sanctions was the correct one but waiting fifty five days was far too long and of course the main question is why the elephant in the room mr lukashenko is not on the list this time?
this is not about elitists as we heard today.
that's why this political group is being progressive and realistic in pushing forward a sixty co two reduction by.
how we vote on the climate law today will define us. the climate crisis we are facing will not go away on its own nor will it be solved by individual action alone.
from the very beginning we were at the forefront in asking for a climate law that can put us strongly on the path to ditch fossil fuels and switch to clean energy whilst sustaining a resilient robust economy. we need these laws to make sure that we are on track with our targets for two thousand and thirty for two thousand and forty and for ensuring carbon neutrality in.
but this is not acceptable for us.
we know some lawmakers will refuse to act.
so we must reduce carbon pollution and transform our economy to run on clean renewable energy.
this is about realists who are seeing with their eyes the impact of climate change all around us.
we want to make sure that we start acting today and make our societies and our continent future proof.
first and foremost i would like to underline the unity which was achieved in this european council the unity which as many of you said took us quite some time. therefore i would also refer all of you to the clear statement of our president that clearly if comes to human rights and to sanction regimes we would prefer in the commission to use the passerelle clause and to move to the qualified majority vote because i believe that in this case we would be much more action based more
that message was also very clear.
i really would like to thank this house for the strong support which we feel in every step of the negotiations and in every round of talks.
i want to tell you that we in the commission hear you loud and clear and all our actions are aimed at making sure that the european union remains a global economic superpower a green and digital transformation leader and a social model for the rest of the world and that we are the first major economy to put competitive sustainability at the core of our policies.
and i believe that with the help of all of you we will achieve that.
i will try to cover as much as i can within the time limit. first i would like to underline the fact that president michel covered quite extensively the issues linked with foreign policy but i feel that it was very much present in a lot of interventions so let me add a couple of points on behalf of the commission.
operational and it would allow us to be much faster in adopting sometimes very difficult decisions.
i would like to send a very clear and positive message to the people of greece and cyprus we have your back.
forests are of enormous importance to all of us.
it was an exceptionally heated process for an owninitiative report with almost five hundred amendments and lengthy and numerous shadows meetings.
first of all i would say to ms toussaint unfortunately she is not here but maybe you will give my regards that i would probably enjoy condemning mr bolsonaro on how he treats the brazilian forests but this is the european forests strategy once again that we are debating today.
so we must not have anything and we must not accept anything but a holistic and selfstanding forest strategy.
i really want to use this opportunity to thank everyone.
the way i understand the word promote' in the english language this report is not promoting the use of wood as a source of energy. that leads me to say the most important thing about this report and about this discussion.
so in this parliament in two thousand and twenty we have an opportunity to do something that we don't always do which is to set aside all electoral considerations and do the right thing and make a down payment for those coming generations against whose credit today's emissions are being paid.
they will live in parts of developing countries that are vulnerable to environmental shocks on hillsides in river deltas.
despite the difficulties this might cause in my country in ireland i will be supporting the sixty target for emissions reductions.
so what we need to do is to acknowledge that these new citizens will live with the greatest vulnerabilities associated with climate change having contributed the least and that is the essence of climate justice based on human rights.
i do so for a number of reasons but one i wish to call out. by two thousand and fifty the global population will have reached nine billion; that's up from seven billion today. and those two billion new citizens will not live in the eu or in developed countries; they will live in developing countries.
i'm delighted that the european union is providing global leadership in achieving the targets of the paris agreement and providing legal certainty.
the groups have decided that we use the power of language in this chamber so please do not do it again.
and from the s d group our perspective is that there certainly are aspects that could have been better included in the process.
i'm from a country which has a large and thriving forest myself and for me a good day is a day when i walk in the forest with my dog or spend time there enjoying the biodiversity. but that being said i also believe in a sustainable forest management that it's possible to combine and i'm convinced that the objectives of forest protection strengthening biodiversity and wood
protection can actually be challenges that together go as a big opportunity for our member states and also for the climate and climate policy in the eu.
bloc voting and uncontested elections among the worst culprits will not make condemning others any easier or more credible.
the un human rights council should be a neutral body which assesses human rights violations and condemns them wherever and whenever they occur.
a few of our priorities are to include civil society and re focus the world's attention on the unspeakable horrors taking place in syria three years of war almost seventy years after we said never again'. where are we?
being dead shot or starved in a street raped against a wall or beaten in makeshift prisons those are the alternatives.
both rebels and governments must understand that murdering their own will lead nowhere.
a generation grows up in a pool of mud in refugee camps without schools or prospects and that is at best.
from rape as a weapon of war in africa to executions in iran mass censorship in china human trafficking in the sinai and killings by islamic jihadists in nigeria the witch hunt for lgbtis the list goes on and on. what does not help is that the universality of human rights is being challenged by growing numbers of people and governments who fear their own populations more than anything.
that is why the eu must assume its responsibility with leadership and ambition.
another has investigated sixteen thousand complaints on disappearances;
one has court martialled four hundred and thirty soldiers;
this imperial mindset must stop.
another has spent eur three billion on reconstruction;
developments such as the foreign agent law the repression of freedom of expression association and assembly and the anti lgbti laws are all huge steps backwards in contrast to the positive efforts which russia made during the first post soviet years.
let parliament keep talking about it let the eu keep talking about it and most importantly let us finally do something to resolve this human rights abuse which is so serious and so widespread yet so sadly and unacceptably neglected by the international community.
did baroness ashton raise that issue when she met the smiling apparently moderate president rouhani under whose seven month reign six hundred people have already been hanged?
indeed two days before she arrived a twenty five year old mother was hanged leaving behind a ten year old daughter.
did she raise that issue with president rouhani?
she had been in prison since she was a teenager.
the debates in this chamber and in its equivalent in geneva must make a difference to human rights defenders like anabel.
a country which is hanging three people a day.
this is a session which will receive the results of the independent commission of inquiry in syria where starvation is being used as a deliberate weapon of war and where once again our resolution calls for referral to the international criminal court.
the government it seems has not been forgiven for its success; for ending the terrorist occupation of the north of sri lanka;
for the construction of bridges roads and schools;
what about the continuing african slave trade?
for its own process of accountability and reconciliation and for kick starting the economy.
so why do we keep picking on countries like sri lanka as my colleague mr deva has already mentioned? there is a country that finally had the courage to deal with the terrorists which cost thousands of lives and almost brought the country to ruin.
for resettling three hundred thousand idps;
mr president the ecr believes firmly in human rights regardless of who the people are or where they come from. the un human rights council is also a valuable global body which has the great potential to improve at least in principle the human rights situation everywhere.
however it is far from perfect as it includes countries with a very poor human rights record such as cuba vietnam china russia and even saudi arabia which has recently been elected to the council.
parliament's resolution on the topic also appears to come down very harshly on some countries and not harshly enough on others.
countries such as russia iran and eritrea deserve to have the spotlight continually shone on them as they persist in abusing the rights of political opponents and the least powerful members of society such as women and religious and ethnic minorities. i also support the proposal to include a mention of western sahara whose people deserve the right to decide on their future once and for all.
i also condemned the harsh new laws passed recently in countries such as nigeria and uganda against the lgbt communities.
other countries such as north korea the central african republic eritrea and above all syria are very difficult to ignore.
in the case of syria the international community must not abandon the millions of people including children who lack the most basic necessities for staying alive while a crazed dictator clings to power by murder and torture.
the human rights council is the united nations' premier human rights body.
secondly i wish to assure you the european parliament and anyone watching this debate of the european union's strong and determined commitment to universal human rights and to the un human rights bodies which we support and which we push to perform well.
it has been three years since the start of the arab spring.
a wave of freedom swept across the entire region with such hope and promise.
for some countries this promise has been met.
tragically others have experienced crackdowns civil war and gross human rights violations.
the human rights council will again scrutinise the situation and build on the important work of the commission of inquiry which we will continue to support.
the human rights council will also hear the report of the commission of inquiry into the democratic people's republic of korea.
crimes against humanity are being committed on our watch.
the european union will press for an appropriate follow up to the work of the commission including on accountability and will continue to urge the democratic people's republic of korea to start engaging with the un on human rights.
recent events in the central african republic and south sudan remind us how quickly violence can start and how suddenly human rights can come under threat.
which continues to evolve rapidly.
the human rights council in addition to tackling country specific issues looks at many thematic issues as well as human rights in the broader context including issues of great importance for the eu and this house such as lgtbi persons' rights freedom of religion
belief and gender equality.
in order to address them the council itself must be a safe space for debate.
in closing let me stress again that the council is a vital body for the promotion and protection of universal human rights it deserves our full support and cooperation.
finally let me invite you to join our efforts in the pursuit of human rights around the globe for our priorities are yours and vice versa as the motion for a resolution before you today so clearly shows.
the european union has expressed through statements its serious concern regarding the recent legislation discriminating against homosexuals in nigeria and uganda.
in opposing this legislation the european union is promoting the same human rights for all individuals and in particular the right not to suffer discrimination which is enshrined in key international instruments.
the european union is also giving political and practical support to the un human rights bodies and will continue to defend its independence.
i would also like to join our voice to the tribute paid to the un high commissioner for human rights navi pillay and i would like to mention that the european union has arranged yearly comprehensive resolutions on the rights of children.
mr president we understand how important it is to speak with one voice against human rights violations in order to achieve the best possible result and how important it is to strengthen cooperation and enhance coordination among member states and among eu institutions.
i would like to express my deep concern about human rights abuses in a number of newly elected members of the human rights council namely cuba vietnam and russia.
i would like to stress the importance of standards for human rights council membership as regards commitment and performance in the human rights field and i urge the member states to insist on such standards when defining the candidates they will vote for.
at the same time we regret the fact that the space for interaction between civil society and the human rights council is shrinking and that ngos are being offered fewer opportunities to speak at the sessions.
the eu and the human rights council should ensure that civil society is allowed to contribute as fully as possible to all united nations human rights mechanisms.
that is why the president decided to respect and follow this rule.
tell me commissioner what is the eu going to do about
and it's within the european union.
economic and social tension will only increase if we don't face up to the challenges and this will worsen with digitalisation which you have identified as one of the mega trends of our times and of our era. the solution can only be a determined fight against wage differences and against geographical differences across the european union via a reformed cohesion policy based on social solidarity among member states. if we don't deliver then incompetence will feed into anti eu populism. the recommendation that you have made that through social dialogue we try to draw in civil society
is in danger.
be missing the noisy brexiteers but we will certainly be missing so much our beloved dear european british
friends. thank you for having been
let's take for example the biggest challenge of our generation the twin ecological and digital transition which will affect every part of our society and every one of us.
wto. we will present in spring our new impact on migration and asylum which will be a comprehensive approach covering all aspects of migration also addressing border security and ensuring more coherence between our internal and external policy.
of law. we are also already working on embedding strategic foresight across all commission policies by using all data at our disposal as regards the longterm trends and major shifts on the horizon to be able to design futureproof policies.
the european climate bank will help bring together all these efforts involving regions local communities civil societies schools industry and individuals.
the future partnership with the uk will of course be one of our main challenges for the next months and years and i was here yesterday with you on the emotional farewell to our british colleagues but this was the case during the negotiation of the withdrawal agreement.
we need to protect fundamental rights but we want our industry to work with artificial intelligence and innovate.
the eu's external policy should effectively address issues related to democracy and good governance climate change migration and human rights.