17/05/2017

:10:54. > :11:26.Tomorrow this parliament will vote against the persecution of... I call

:11:27. > :11:32.upon the responsible people to protect potential victims. Use them

:11:33. > :11:36.to honour international commitments on freedoms and fight against

:11:37. > :11:40.discrimination. Today is the International Day against LGBT

:11:41. > :11:47.discrimination. We must make strong commitment against discrimination in

:11:48. > :11:53.the world, including those based on sexual orientation.

:11:54. > :12:00.TRANSLATION: The setting is resumed. The first items on the agenda is a

:12:01. > :12:08.statement from the council and commission of the European Council,

:12:09. > :12:18.I give the floor to President Donald Tusk. Members of the European

:12:19. > :12:25.Parliament, I would like to report the outcome of the first formal

:12:26. > :12:31.meeting of the European Council of 27, which took place on the 29th of

:12:32. > :12:41.April. Are main purpose was to adopt political guidelines for the Brexit

:12:42. > :12:45.negotiations. The mandates which set out the overall principles,

:12:46. > :12:51.objectives and process. Today the European Council update as Council

:12:52. > :12:59.-- and the mandate, the European Council will update the mandate as

:13:00. > :13:06.the talks get underway. This is based on a phased approach. This

:13:07. > :13:09.means, simply, there will be no discussion of the framework for our

:13:10. > :13:16.future relations with Britain before sufficient progress is made on

:13:17. > :13:25.ensuring an orderly withdrawal. Leaders fully supported this logic.

:13:26. > :13:29.To ensure an orderly withdrawal, we first and foremost need to address

:13:30. > :13:37.the situation of more than 4 million people whose lives will be directly

:13:38. > :13:44.impacted by Brexit. On both sides. In a very real way. -- real way, the

:13:45. > :13:50.future depends on the outcome of those talks. It is our

:13:51. > :13:55.responsibility to produce the best for citizens, the union and the

:13:56. > :14:00.families. That means guarantees that are effective, enforceable,

:14:01. > :14:06.non-discriminatory, and comprehensive. Accompanied by simple

:14:07. > :14:16.and smooth administrative procedures. There is a need to act

:14:17. > :14:18.quickly, and so we ready. Now we must move from shading objective to

:14:19. > :14:23.ensuring that citizens get the necessary guarantees. That is also

:14:24. > :14:24.why I welcome the fact that the commission has already listed a

:14:25. > :14:34.number of detailed requirements. The second priority in the first

:14:35. > :14:40.phase is the need to agree that all financial commitments undertaken by

:14:41. > :14:49.the EU of 28 will also be honoured by the UK. And thirdly, in order to

:14:50. > :14:55.protect the peace and reconciliation process described by the Good Friday

:14:56. > :15:04.agreement, we must aim to avoid a hard border between the Republic of

:15:05. > :15:08.Ireland and Northern Ireland. Only once there is sufficient progress on

:15:09. > :15:15.these priorities can we proceed to the next phase of the negotiations

:15:16. > :15:21.about our future relations. And it will be for the European Council of

:15:22. > :15:26.27 to assess and decide if and when we have achieved sufficient

:15:27. > :15:34.progress. When it comes to our future, the European Council shares

:15:35. > :15:39.the UK's desire to establish a close partnership. It is obvious, however,

:15:40. > :15:45.that a relationship between the European Union and a non-member

:15:46. > :15:52.state cannot offer the same benefits as EU membership. It is clear that a

:15:53. > :16:03.free-trade agreement between the EU and the UK, which is what the UK has

:16:04. > :16:04.chosen, even if it is ambitious and wide-ranging, cannot mean

:16:05. > :16:13.participation in the single market or its parts. And at the same time,

:16:14. > :16:20.the UK must be aware that any free-trade agreement will have to

:16:21. > :16:28.ensure a level playing field and encompass safeguards against unfair

:16:29. > :16:31.competitive advantages through inter alia, tax, social, environmental and

:16:32. > :16:38.regulatory measures and practices. Today, it is too early to tell much

:16:39. > :16:41.more about our common future but we will make our guidelines more

:16:42. > :16:50.precise when the time comes, namely when sufficient progress in the

:16:51. > :16:54.first phase is achieved. Leaders responded with the urgency that the

:16:55. > :16:57.situation requires. There will be very little time to conclude

:16:58. > :17:02.withdrawal talks within the framework foreseen by the treaty.

:17:03. > :17:10.Time is of the essence here and much is at stake. Next Monday, the

:17:11. > :17:15.Council will adopt a set of negotiating directives proposed by

:17:16. > :17:23.the chief negotiator on the basis of the guidelines we adopted an 29th of

:17:24. > :17:28.April. These cover the three issues I have just mentioned, plus a number

:17:29. > :17:34.of other matters that need to be addressed in the first phase of the

:17:35. > :17:44.negotiations. Since the referendum in June last year, we, the EU 27,

:17:45. > :17:48.have been united, consistent and demonstrated solidarity with one

:17:49. > :17:54.another. What was and remains most important for me is that our conduct

:17:55. > :18:02.in these talks will show the European Union at its best in terms

:18:03. > :18:09.of unity, political solidarity and fairness towards the UK. Finally, I

:18:10. > :18:18.can only praise the European Parliament and its leaders for the

:18:19. > :18:22.role they have played. Thanks and appreciation for your constructive

:18:23. > :18:25.assistance. This bodes well, not only for the future of the

:18:26. > :18:35.negotiations, but our future as a union of 27. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:18:36. > :18:43.TRANSLATION: Now I give the floor to Jean-Claude Juncker, the president

:18:44. > :18:49.of the European Commission. The president of the European Council,

:18:50. > :18:52.colleagues... And members of this house, I will speak in all three of

:18:53. > :18:58.our important working languages. I will start in English,

:18:59. > :19:02.congratulating President Task on last month's European Council. I

:19:03. > :19:05.have attended more summits than I care to remember and never I have a

:19:06. > :19:09.-- never have I seen agreement reached so quickly. I can assure you

:19:10. > :19:15.this does not happen by accident. It is in fact testimony to the work of

:19:16. > :19:20.all member states and all EU institutions, the work they have

:19:21. > :19:24.done together since last June. Michel Barnier and his team have

:19:25. > :19:28.been up and running across Europe, to make sure every voices heard. I

:19:29. > :19:32.would like to pay tribute to him. I want to wish them luck for the

:19:33. > :19:39.negotiations as I know he will leave nothing to chance. This is exactly

:19:40. > :19:43.the same approach that President Task and I have always taken. The

:19:44. > :19:48.Council conclusions from April and the calf negotiation and the

:19:49. > :19:51.problems by the commission earlier this month are speaking for

:19:52. > :19:58.themselves. I'm confident the draft mandate will be adopted by the

:19:59. > :20:01.Council next Monday, 22nd of May. The process shows how united and

:20:02. > :20:06.prepared the European Union will be. It underlines how deep is our

:20:07. > :20:09.commitment to transparency already is. This is why I see no need for me

:20:10. > :20:17.this morning to go into any more detail about the negotiations Michel

:20:18. > :20:25.Barnier will do later this morning. This negotiation is now in the hands

:20:26. > :20:32.of our capable divorce lawyers. Miss your the president... TRANSLATION: I

:20:33. > :20:36.would like to underline that in the sidelines of this European Council,

:20:37. > :20:39.we concluded three important agreements that confirmed it is

:20:40. > :20:44.often in the sidelines that the best work gets done. The first agreement

:20:45. > :20:48.between Denmark and Europol is particularly important for citizen

:20:49. > :20:55.security because it will allow a sufficient level of cooperation to

:20:56. > :20:58.be pursued, particularly in the exchange of operational data. The

:20:59. > :21:06.second agreement is between Portugal and Spain about temporary deposit of

:21:07. > :21:07.nuclear waste. And thirdly, the agreement with Slovenia and Croatia

:21:08. > :21:15.to find operational solutions on the to find operational solutions on the

:21:16. > :21:20.ground do have better territorial management and cooperation of the

:21:21. > :21:25.Borders in the two countries. And in each of these negotiations, the

:21:26. > :21:28.Commission put out a bridge between differing positions, pursuing

:21:29. > :21:33.negotiations right until agreements were retrieved and without the

:21:34. > :21:37.Commission, these agreements would not have seen the light of day.

:21:38. > :21:41.People often say the Commission should deal with its own house and

:21:42. > :21:45.not interfere in others' problems. However, if the Commission does not

:21:46. > :21:49.deal with others' problems, they remain. These three agreements, I

:21:50. > :21:53.think, speak much louder than fine words. Europe is a constant effort

:21:54. > :21:57.to build bridges, to try to find agreements or come up with

:21:58. > :22:04.compromises. That is the commission's mission, which it will

:22:05. > :22:10.continue to pursue. I would like to warmly thanked the Parliament for

:22:11. > :22:16.the constant support that you lend us in our mission. Presents ladies

:22:17. > :22:23.and gentlemen, this unity which we have been able to demonstrate in the

:22:24. > :22:25.Council will be our guiding principle during the Brexit

:22:26. > :22:35.negotiations. This is in the interest of citizens and it is also

:22:36. > :22:38.in your interests that we don't consider exclusively on the Brexit

:22:39. > :22:43.issue but on the broader programme and we have to do that with the help

:22:44. > :22:46.of the Parliament. The first half of the Commission's mandate, we, the

:22:47. > :22:51.Commission, together with your Parliament, achieved a great deal.

:22:52. > :22:56.Also because we were always able to sing from the same hymn sheet. We

:22:57. > :23:05.did not only implement the investment plan very quickly... To

:23:06. > :23:11.the tune of 1.83 billion in 28 member states. We have -- 100 83

:23:12. > :23:19.billion. We have also set up the European border coastguard which can

:23:20. > :23:22.help better protect our borders. Together with the trade agreement

:23:23. > :23:29.with Canada, we have taken a major step forward. This agreement secures

:23:30. > :23:35.jobs and makes it very clear that European standards and rules have is

:23:36. > :23:41.to be applied at international level. These are three examples,

:23:42. > :23:47.just to remind you that we can do a great deal with full forces. This

:23:48. > :23:54.unity is key in our thinking and in our actions and that will continue

:23:55. > :23:58.to be our motto in the second half of the commission's mandate. For

:23:59. > :24:08.example, in connection with setting up a true single digital market. We

:24:09. > :24:15.have tabled 35 proposals, some still need to be fine tuned. We need the

:24:16. > :24:23.active cooperation of the Parliament 2%. The second half of our mandate,

:24:24. > :24:27.which is also the second half of your legislature, we need to use

:24:28. > :24:33.this time to deliver so that people can really feel that Europe is

:24:34. > :24:37.contributing something and that is going to be tested at the next

:24:38. > :24:43.European elections. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE

:24:44. > :24:49.TRANSLATION: Thank you, Mr President. And good morning to

:24:50. > :24:58.Michel Barnier, the chief Brexit negotiator. Let's now have the group

:24:59. > :25:04.spokesman and firstly, the European people's party. TRANSLATION:

:25:05. > :25:06.President and president in office, President of the commission, my

:25:07. > :25:13.congratulations to you on taking such a rapid decision. My

:25:14. > :25:16.congratulations to you on reaching such a rapid decision. I

:25:17. > :25:20.congratulate first and foremost Donald task but equally, Michel

:25:21. > :25:27.Barnier, who has been entrusted with the task of being chief negotiator

:25:28. > :25:32.by Jean-Claude Juncker and he is doing an excellent job of

:25:33. > :25:36.preparation. We are determined to remain united. We are resolute and I

:25:37. > :25:45.what the EU 27 has done hitherto. We what the EU 27 has done hitherto. We

:25:46. > :25:47.have been very clear as to the methodology we envisage. We feel

:25:48. > :25:52.first of all, we need to discuss withdrawal, then we will move on to

:25:53. > :25:55.discuss the future partnership. We have consistently said we are

:25:56. > :26:00.against cherry picking. We have consistently said that a third state

:26:01. > :26:05.cannot enjoy the same status as a member country. And we have a very

:26:06. > :26:11.clear expectation which is that the expectations of the people of Europe

:26:12. > :26:16.have got to be met which means that we have to take into account the

:26:17. > :26:19.interests of the 78% of the people of Europe who have expressed this

:26:20. > :26:27.view and therefore, the EBP is resolute in supporting -- the EPP is

:26:28. > :26:30.resolute in supporting these basic principles, and other principles

:26:31. > :26:33.like keeping families together. We are aware, having been in Ireland

:26:34. > :26:37.last year, that families are affected by the border situation in

:26:38. > :26:41.Ireland, and we want to be quite clear to the Irish that we are

:26:42. > :26:44.behind them, that we understand the need for solidarity, that we support

:26:45. > :26:50.them in giving them the certainty and assurance that they can be

:26:51. > :26:55.together and supported by their family. We also look, in the context

:26:56. > :27:01.of the Brexit negotiations, to the situation in Europe. Might I remind

:27:02. > :27:10.you that at the beginning of the year, we saw the right, the

:27:11. > :27:14.anti-Europeans, the alt right, saying this would of the world, the

:27:15. > :27:21.birth of a new world, the birth of an entirely new set up. That member

:27:22. > :27:24.is not here today but many of our supporters are not here today either

:27:25. > :27:27.but I would like to say that we should cast our thoughts back and

:27:28. > :27:32.think what we were told were having and see what is actually happening

:27:33. > :27:37.now in 2017. Nigel Farage, for example, is now defending a party

:27:38. > :27:45.which is politically dead in the UK. It is without leadership. Indeed, it

:27:46. > :27:51.could even be said that he is not standing for Parliament and this is

:27:52. > :27:56.a cowardly decision. It is clear that his policy has led to

:27:57. > :28:00.constructing of borders. This is the threat which hangs over Northern

:28:01. > :28:05.Ireland and Ireland, very clearly. It is also clear that whatever

:28:06. > :28:07.discussions took place with Donald Trump, he has certainly discussed

:28:08. > :28:11.many things, even if Donald Trump has now got so much more to do he

:28:12. > :28:15.possibly does not have time to have any conversations at the moment. But

:28:16. > :28:19.it is very clear that this line which has been espoused by Nigel

:28:20. > :28:25.Farage and his followers is going to bring huge danger and indeed,

:28:26. > :28:29.disaster for much of his country. If we cast our eyes back again, there

:28:30. > :28:37.were expectations that Geert Wilders would win the election and that the

:28:38. > :28:39.rise of the AFD and neo-Nazis in Germany which he huge problem for

:28:40. > :28:44.Europe of the future. In France, the possibility was clear that the

:28:45. > :28:51.victory of Marine Le Pen was a clear possibility on the cards, so we were

:28:52. > :28:54.told, once again. She denied the need for respect of constitutional

:28:55. > :28:58.law. Now she is supposed to be brought before the judiciary in

:28:59. > :29:03.France. She can't even raising these years from her political family in

:29:04. > :29:07.France. Half the French population is clearly prepared to state that

:29:08. > :29:11.they are afraid of her policies. This is what remains of the populism

:29:12. > :29:16.which was rearing its ugly head last year but now, look, it has failed.

:29:17. > :29:20.It has been defeated and this gives us an opportunity for a fresh start,

:29:21. > :29:25.to revitalise Europe. This is a very good balance sheet for the first

:29:26. > :29:37.half of 2017. We have recently elected a new

:29:38. > :29:41.French president, we can see that the new partnership between the new

:29:42. > :29:44.leader of France and the German chancellorship is an excellent one.

:29:45. > :29:48.We can see that the engine room of the European Union is functioning

:29:49. > :29:52.strongly, we can see that we have good priorities, sound priorities

:29:53. > :30:00.for the future of Europe, and finally I would like to say, we're

:30:01. > :30:03.now seeing fresh impetus, the winds of change are blowing through Europe

:30:04. > :30:08.and we need to capitalise on this and make sure that we make the

:30:09. > :30:10.absolute most of it throughout the European Union. We need to

:30:11. > :30:14.capitalise on the opportunities we have. Look at what is happening in

:30:15. > :30:21.America, questioning of the Paris climate agreement. We have been the

:30:22. > :30:23.vanguard of this movement, and thanks to the work of the

:30:24. > :30:29.commission, we have achieved higher growth rates than America has in the

:30:30. > :30:32.European Union. So great throughout Europe, we have achieved much. We

:30:33. > :30:36.have proper medical insurance, and people who are unwell people have

:30:37. > :30:42.access to health. While in America they are destroying Obama gear, and

:30:43. > :30:45.millions of people cannot afford health care in the first place. We

:30:46. > :30:49.have tried and tested proven achievements here, we have shown you

:30:50. > :30:55.can achieve things through diplomacy. We have also shown you

:30:56. > :30:57.can overcome crisis and we need to speak loudly and clearly about the

:30:58. > :31:03.huge successes we have achieved. Thank you. Our next speaker. On

:31:04. > :31:14.behalf of the Allies socialist Democrats. TRANSLATION: Thank you.

:31:15. > :31:21.The speedy adoption of the negotiation guidelines for the

:31:22. > :31:26.withdrawal of the UK is a good signal, a sign of unity, which we

:31:27. > :31:32.contributed to with our resolution, helping in the drafting of our final

:31:33. > :31:39.text. Who would have thought we would be split have got it wrong. We

:31:40. > :31:42.now have a fear line as far as now have a fear line as far as

:31:43. > :31:49.Brexit is concerned in the European Union, and an excellent negotiator

:31:50. > :31:51.whom we fully back. We want a feed agreement protecting the interests

:31:52. > :31:57.of citizens, which respects the rights and duties which derive from

:31:58. > :32:02.our treaties and which will allow us to have the UK as our close partner

:32:03. > :32:13.in the future, although of course it will never have the same benefits as

:32:14. > :32:16.a full member state will have. We need to use the limited amount of

:32:17. > :32:20.time available, and a timetable for negotiations in the guidelines is

:32:21. > :32:27.vitally important. Mini to make sure we have an orderly withdrawal for

:32:28. > :32:33.the UK and that it be marked by key progress on the most important

:32:34. > :32:37.issues. We don't want anything to happen to imperil the peace process

:32:38. > :32:42.in Northern Ireland, so we are very pleased with the guidelines of the

:32:43. > :32:49.proposal for a directive and we need to protect all citizens of the UK,

:32:50. > :32:54.no matter where they live work, whether it is the UK or the union.

:32:55. > :32:56.We are talking about a series of interconnected issues, social

:32:57. > :33:03.Security, the freedom of movement of workers, professional

:33:04. > :33:09.qualifications, no discrimination and the whole thing under the

:33:10. > :33:19.jurisdiction of the European Court of justice. Our Parliament is aware

:33:20. > :33:22.that discussions with the UK cannot lead to an agreement of those

:33:23. > :33:28.conditions are not met, and we are confident that no matter what

:33:29. > :33:34.government the UK has after the UK elections, we will see constructive

:33:35. > :33:38.negotiations which will be given soon, so to give confidence and

:33:39. > :33:46.proper environment for companies in the UK and the European Union.

:33:47. > :33:49.Parliament and our group at ready to contribute to this in a positive way

:33:50. > :33:54.and we need to snatch the opportunity we have to breathe new

:33:55. > :34:00.life into the European Union. We are proud of the European Union, but we

:34:01. > :34:03.do not want to leave it at that. We want the commission and member

:34:04. > :34:11.states to be bold, we want them to make significant progress along the

:34:12. > :34:13.road which this Parliament has traced out. More investment, more

:34:14. > :34:18.reform, more solidarity, more democracy. We are ready to go on

:34:19. > :34:25.that avenger, and everyone needs to come with us. Thank you. On the half

:34:26. > :34:32.of the European Conservatives and reformists, I give the floor.

:34:33. > :34:37.TRANSLATION: Thank you, President, colleagues. Some things,

:34:38. > :34:41.particularly in politics, words have their weight. And those we have

:34:42. > :34:49.heard in the last weeks, it had been followed by facts, would have been a

:34:50. > :34:56.huge blow in terms of relations between the UK and the EU. -- if

:34:57. > :35:04.they had been followed by facts. This cannot be about revenge.

:35:05. > :35:09.Whatever the opinions are in this chamber, there is one thing we have

:35:10. > :35:14.to be very clear and unified on. It is in the interest of both parties

:35:15. > :35:23.to arrive at a feed agreement today benefit of everyone. Citizens have

:35:24. > :35:26.to be our priority. -- arrive at a fear agreement. We need to look at

:35:27. > :35:33.rates on fundamental issues such as trade agreements because it is not

:35:34. > :35:39.only regulations in terms of the relationship to the EU and a third

:35:40. > :35:45.country at stake, but far more. What is at stake has direct impact on

:35:46. > :35:47.jobs, lights, families, people, security, in a time marked by

:35:48. > :35:57.various ongoing terrorist threats. We have to keep that in mind. It

:35:58. > :36:02.will not be a Brexit stirred by rage on both sides. It is not about

:36:03. > :36:07.punishment, it should be based on creating relationship with the UK

:36:08. > :36:15.which allows us to review the way that the EU works and which allows

:36:16. > :36:18.us to understand why British people felt they would be better off

:36:19. > :36:31.outside the EU than with inept. And despite the results of the

:36:32. > :36:37.elections, we should ask ourselves why millions of British citizens,

:36:38. > :36:45.Dutch and French citizens as well, others as well, have felt it was

:36:46. > :36:48.important to vote in such an anti-European Way. It think that is

:36:49. > :36:52.the question we have to ask ourselves. It is time to look

:36:53. > :36:59.ourselves in the mirror. It is not enough to simply continue business

:37:00. > :37:05.as usual, but people want change, they want specific responses. So

:37:06. > :37:09.basically now it is about taking this opportunity and negotiations

:37:10. > :37:13.between London and Brussels to reflect and discuss about ourselves

:37:14. > :37:18.and where the EU is going. In the ECR, for a long time we have been

:37:19. > :37:21.stating it was necessary to review the treaties to come up with new

:37:22. > :37:28.rules of the game to make the union more open and flexible. And now,

:37:29. > :37:31.we're seeing the French President Macron, and the German Chancellor

:37:32. > :37:36.Angela Merkel want to change the treaties. But that is not enough. We

:37:37. > :37:45.need to say in which direction they need to be changed. If the direction

:37:46. > :37:46.is less Europe, more flexibility, more tax competition, more

:37:47. > :37:55.respectful national parliaments, then I think that is the right

:37:56. > :38:01.approach, but if the direction once again is, as we fear, more Europe,

:38:02. > :38:09.more rigidity, more tax harmonisation and more imposed from

:38:10. > :38:19.top down from Brussels, that would be Permalink our future. Leg cutter.

:38:20. > :38:27.Not think about -- let us think about how we can change, and renew

:38:28. > :38:41.confidence in the future. This is the commitment we are taking. Thank

:38:42. > :38:48.you very much. On Brexit, everything has been said, I think. We have a

:38:49. > :38:51.mandate that is the unity of the position of the European Union of

:38:52. > :38:54.the 27, of the three institutions, I think also everything is going well

:38:55. > :39:01.with the negotiation directives that will be approved on Monday. So I

:39:02. > :39:06.think there is only one thing to do now, to start the negotiations. And

:39:07. > :39:12.to start them as fast as possible. We have to wait for the outcome of

:39:13. > :39:18.the British election, but after the 8th of June, let us start. I would

:39:19. > :39:22.like to talk about something related to Brexit, which is the future of

:39:23. > :39:27.the European Union and the reform of the European Union, and because it

:39:28. > :39:30.should be a mistake to put all their energy only in Brexit in the coming

:39:31. > :39:35.years. At least the same energy, if not more energy, we have to put in

:39:36. > :39:37.the reform, the future of the European Union. Three times in a

:39:38. > :39:44.row, the nationalist and populist row, the nationalist and populist

:39:45. > :39:47.have been beaten, in Austria, the Netherlands and in France. I think

:39:48. > :39:54.that did not happen by accident. I think Brexit played an important

:39:55. > :39:59.role in this. People all over Europe have been shocked by the decision of

:40:00. > :40:09.Great Britain to leave the European Union. Do not misunderstand me,

:40:10. > :40:12.people today are very critical towards the European Union, and for

:40:13. > :40:20.good reason. What they do not want to do is what Britain did, to leave

:40:21. > :40:37.the European Union. And it is very clear, Austria did not want an exit,

:40:38. > :40:43.the French did not want a Frexit. We cannot make one mistake, and that is

:40:44. > :40:48.to think no, it is over. Populism and nationalism have been defeated.

:40:49. > :40:55.And I heard this reaction all too often in the European circles.

:40:56. > :40:59.Relief that Marie Le Pen lost, let's go to the normal agenda and do

:41:00. > :41:06.business as usual. But I think that one mistake we cannot make, that is

:41:07. > :41:12.to think that people voted for President Macron for change, and not

:41:13. > :41:16.the status quo. Not for a standstill. They voted for radical

:41:17. > :41:20.change in France, but also in Europe. So the best thing to do is

:41:21. > :41:28.to back his reformist agenda, but we all know now. And you Euro budget

:41:29. > :41:49.with the Minister of Finance for Europe, with the

:41:50. > :42:14.I think it is really time now to use this fix it negotiation for a new

:42:15. > :42:20.vision and for a new future for Europe. In fact, a future that our

:42:21. > :42:28.young people want, look at what is happening for Europe in more than

:42:29. > :42:35.100 cities, overall in Europe, asking for more democratic European

:42:36. > :42:49.Union. I call this audacity, and that brings me to paraphrase.

:42:50. > :42:57.TRANSLATION: Boldness that we can save Europe.

:42:58. > :43:21.behalf of the United European left. Thank you very much. I would be

:43:22. > :43:25.delighted to be able to share this hope and conviction and optimism

:43:26. > :43:30.about the saving of the European Union. I absolutely endorse the

:43:31. > :43:36.principles, but the actual approach as to how we achieve it is something

:43:37. > :43:41.I may need to beg to differ. It is true that we need to drop

:43:42. > :43:45.confidences from the Brexit vote. The citizens voted, we need to

:43:46. > :43:49.commit ourselves to what sort of European Union we want as a result

:43:50. > :43:53.of this. We cannot just leave the shaping of the European Union up to

:43:54. > :43:57.the government 's. We need to shape the European Union ourselves for our

:43:58. > :44:01.citizens, and this is what is at stake, and what we must fight for.

:44:02. > :44:08.This is why the negotiations on Brexit have got to be used for us to

:44:09. > :44:16.make resoundingly clear that we cannot have a simplistic solution.

:44:17. > :44:18.It would be all too easy to say we vanquish populism through the votes

:44:19. > :44:24.in France and the Netherlands, but this cannot possibly be justified.

:44:25. > :44:26.We have got to recognise there are still too many people who will

:44:27. > :44:30.support authoritarian populism, and we have to counter this and we need

:44:31. > :44:37.a strong counter narrative that shows the European Union has a value

:44:38. > :44:44.of its own in, of and for itself, which is why we need to show that if

:44:45. > :44:50.we aspire to protect the European Union, we have two constantly renew

:44:51. > :44:56.that we need a Europe that meets demands of citizens, and if we do

:44:57. > :44:59.not renew in this way, then Google fell. However positive our approach,

:45:00. > :45:03.we will fail unless we take into account the expectations and wishes

:45:04. > :45:10.of the people such as the trade unions, such as the trade unions

:45:11. > :45:13.that spoke about social pillar of Europe. We need to build this for

:45:14. > :45:18.them and build on the initial steps that have been taken, we need to

:45:19. > :45:24.look at the implications of freedom of movement. It is a valid principle

:45:25. > :45:27.in theory, but it has to work for the citizens in Europe, as the

:45:28. > :45:33.supporters of work directives have to work. We cannot have a system

:45:34. > :45:37.that only works for some citizens, and a situation where many cannot

:45:38. > :45:43.even endorse the basic principles of the European Union any more. We need

:45:44. > :45:46.a social Europe which transcends frontiers, then we can have a proper

:45:47. > :45:48.European social policy, social pillar which will speak to our

:45:49. > :45:56.citizens. This is what we should be

:45:57. > :45:59.prioritising now. We've only seen initial steps towards this and have

:46:00. > :46:02.not got anything like far enough yet and there are still far too many

:46:03. > :46:09.counter movement is coming from the European member states, for example,

:46:10. > :46:12.in the CSU, that is not in favour of paternity rights or certain

:46:13. > :46:16.provision for older workers. This is a problem. We have got to have the

:46:17. > :46:21.courage of our convictions and address these very fundamental

:46:22. > :46:24.principles. We have been aware of the fact there were problems even

:46:25. > :46:32.before Brexit. We have been aware of the fact that for example, young

:46:33. > :46:37.people have aspirations and we are not delivering on them. There are

:46:38. > :46:44.problems with, for example, being allowed to draw benefits in other

:46:45. > :46:47.countries with child benefit and all kinds of other welfare provisions.

:46:48. > :46:50.So we have got to resolve some of these difficulties and make sure the

:46:51. > :46:53.system works for the people rather than against them. This is what I

:46:54. > :46:57.said to you because this is a completely different approach to the

:46:58. > :47:03.future of the EU from what you are recommending. Thank you.

:47:04. > :47:07.TRANSLATION: On behalf of the Greens, now. TRANSLATION: Thank you,

:47:08. > :47:11.Mr President. Colleagues, I am pleased that Parliament and Council

:47:12. > :47:17.have managed to agree to a large extent on a negotiating mandate with

:47:18. > :47:25.the UK, which is not revenge -based and is not naive. Of course, there

:47:26. > :47:29.are a series of problems which will be caused by Brexit and a series of

:47:30. > :47:35.priorities we need to address. Are we going to learn the lessons from

:47:36. > :47:42.Brexit? I hope that is the case. We avoided the worst in the

:47:43. > :47:44.Netherlands, Austria and France. Populist national forces, though,

:47:45. > :47:50.are reaching considerable numbers of the people and are gaining electoral

:47:51. > :47:58.success. Abstentions and spoiled ballots showed the extent to which

:47:59. > :48:01.citizens have sounds confident in Europe and its institutions shaken.

:48:02. > :48:05.This feeling of loss of identity, fear they will lose what they have

:48:06. > :48:10.got, the recent success of the National front shows that

:48:11. > :48:18.globalisation in particular and to let -- technological advances are a

:48:19. > :48:22.major cause of the loss of income and the unfair, even illegal

:48:23. > :48:28.distribution of wealth. Even if you look at what happens in Davos, in

:48:29. > :48:30.the World Trade Organisation, even the European Commission, our

:48:31. > :48:36.economic system is basically forgetting about a large number of

:48:37. > :48:40.the citizens. But changes in technology and globalisation need to

:48:41. > :48:47.work for everyone. So we need to do that, to train people, make them

:48:48. > :48:56.employable, and also, we need to activate workers who are out of a

:48:57. > :48:58.job. Alleviate the pressure, therefore, which forces people

:48:59. > :49:06.towards those parties which live on fear. So people feel that this

:49:07. > :49:12.cannot be stopped, that machines will replace human beings, but each

:49:13. > :49:16.robot, as MIT has told us, that is installed and gets rid of seven

:49:17. > :49:20.jobs, there is more casualisation of labour. Surely we need to rethink

:49:21. > :49:25.the way work is organised completely as well as our financial system.

:49:26. > :49:31.Let's have a robust social position which works for everyone and not

:49:32. > :49:35.just shareholders. -- social possession. We cannot keep levelling

:49:36. > :49:42.down. Even if that is what companies want. Globalisation should level up,

:49:43. > :49:46.should improve social, environmental and democratic standards. If those

:49:47. > :49:49.things happen, we will be able to show that we have learned the

:49:50. > :49:56.lessons of Brexit. We will be able to show that we are not interested

:49:57. > :50:02.in containing this wave, but we are pulling it back. That is the way our

:50:03. > :50:05.citizens will get the trust and confidence back in Europe, if they

:50:06. > :50:11.feel that their interests are being protected by us. We will be able,

:50:12. > :50:16.therefore, to integrate more in the European Union. That is the only way

:50:17. > :50:30.for us to get control of our destiny again. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:50:31. > :50:34.TRANSLATION: The group Europa. Mr Freud. Imagine you invited a very

:50:35. > :50:37.broad guest round for dinner and you made all the preparations, and there

:50:38. > :50:40.were some imported, confidential conversations that needed to be had,

:50:41. > :50:45.and you thought everything had gone well and yet, within hours, your

:50:46. > :50:49.guest had told the outside world that you, the host, were deluded.

:50:50. > :50:54.That you were living in a different galaxy. And then all the contents of

:50:55. > :51:00.the conversation were blabbed to an opposition newspaper and to add

:51:01. > :51:05.insult to injury, you say the food wasn't actually very good, either,

:51:06. > :51:09.and then a few days later, in a display of extreme petulance, you

:51:10. > :51:14.even deride the national language of the host which by the way, is

:51:15. > :51:20.looking a bit silly because last Saturday's extravaganza known as the

:51:21. > :51:24.Eurovision Song contest saw 90% of the songs sung in English. No, if

:51:25. > :51:27.you were the host and you had been treated like that, by somebody you

:51:28. > :51:32.thought was important and somebody you thought you could trust, I think

:51:33. > :51:36.you'd be asking yourself, were you dealing with a reasonable person? I

:51:37. > :51:40.don't know, Jean-Claude Juncker, whether this is how you carry on in

:51:41. > :51:44.Luxembourg, I doubt it, because in any other part of the civilised

:51:45. > :51:50.world, frankly, that behaviour would be considered to be rude and the act

:51:51. > :51:54.of a bully. Well, I will tell you something, your attempt to bully the

:51:55. > :51:59.Brits through this negotiation is not working. 68% now of the British

:52:00. > :52:05.people want Brexit to happen. And all of that on top of a ludicrous

:52:06. > :52:11.ransom that Michel Barnier wants, that I'm Todd has now doubled to 100

:52:12. > :52:14.billion euros. -- I'm told has now doubled. Either we get some

:52:15. > :52:17.grown-up, reasonable demands from the European Union, or the UK will

:52:18. > :52:22.be forced to walk away for the end of this year. We can't spend two

:52:23. > :52:26.years with this farce. There is a big world out there and I'm

:52:27. > :52:31.beginning to think that perhaps, I very rarely agree with Marxists but

:52:32. > :52:35.perhaps Yanis Varoufakis is right when he says about negotiating with

:52:36. > :52:41.the EU. It is a technocracy that is desperately clinging on to its own

:52:42. > :52:45.exorbitant and illegitimate power. You may have crushed Greek democracy

:52:46. > :53:00.two years ago, but you ain't going to do it to us. APPLAUSE

:53:01. > :53:03.TRANSLATION: The ENF. TRANSLATION: President, the special Council which

:53:04. > :53:09.met at the end of April confirmed that European integration has bought

:53:10. > :53:14.peace and prosperity to Europe. I wonder how many times the elite is

:53:15. > :53:18.going to continue to peddle business because prosperity and wealth are

:53:19. > :53:23.hardly what we have seen recently. There is unprecedented unemployment

:53:24. > :53:29.and there is no prospect of improvement for all to many people.

:53:30. > :53:34.Our frontier to the East is close to war because of what is going on in

:53:35. > :53:45.the Ukraine and there is a dictator further east who is at large. There

:53:46. > :53:50.is also a Brexit Road which has meant that the European Union will

:53:51. > :53:54.be no longer be EU project. -- also a Brexit vote. I would rather see

:53:55. > :53:58.the EU dismantle itself completely. What have we achieved? We have mass

:53:59. > :54:04.immigration, closed frontiers, closed borders. We want to see

:54:05. > :54:08.action taken. We want action against NGOs that are simply supporting

:54:09. > :54:14.human traffickers. We want action on the Libyan coast and I would say to

:54:15. > :54:24.you, closed the borders and take some action and resign. TRANSLATION:

:54:25. > :54:29.Mr Wolf. Thank you, we now know how the EU 27 leaders plan to negotiate

:54:30. > :54:32.with Brexit. On first glance, it appears reasonable but like

:54:33. > :54:36.everything the EU says, on closer inspection, you can see the

:54:37. > :54:39.malevolent intent of the EU that tempers no opposition to its

:54:40. > :54:46.control. Like a playground bully, it says no member state can talk to the

:54:47. > :54:50.UK separately, like an emperor, it grants in Spain a veto over

:54:51. > :54:55.Gibraltar, and like a jilted spouse, it says the UK cannot go out and get

:54:56. > :55:00.a new trade partner until the divorce is finalised or else. But

:55:01. > :55:04.for those of us in this chamber who want to bully us, threaten us, or

:55:05. > :55:10.demean us, may I remind you of the English poem by Rudyard Kipling

:55:11. > :55:15.about a Norman King warning his son about taking advantage of the

:55:16. > :55:20.English. "The Saxon is not like us Normans, his manners are not so

:55:21. > :55:25.polite, but he never means anything serious, till he talks about justice

:55:26. > :55:30.and right when he stands like an ox in the Faro, with his sullen eyes

:55:31. > :55:34.set on your own and says, this ain't fair dealing, my son, leave the

:55:35. > :55:37.Saxon alone". So when a French president says Brexit is a crime, we

:55:38. > :55:42.will say we will not be imprisoned by your rudeness. When a Maltese

:55:43. > :55:48.president says the UK deal must be an inferior deal, we will say, no

:55:49. > :55:52.deal is better than a bad deal. And when a German president says that

:55:53. > :55:56.without the EU, Britain cannot have its voice heard in the world, we

:55:57. > :56:02.will say, listen to the sounds of a free Britain, an independent

:56:03. > :56:05.Britain, and outwardly looking Britain, trading, growing and

:56:06. > :56:10.expanding in the world, looking forward and not backwards. Thank

:56:11. > :56:21.you. APPLAUSE TRANSLATION: The floor to Mr Royle.

:56:22. > :56:26.TRANSLATION: Mr President, colleagues, the assessment of Brexit

:56:27. > :56:30.is clear. It has to be done in orderly fashion and it has to

:56:31. > :56:34.effective. However, I don't think the weight has gone so far could be

:56:35. > :56:38.a model, Michel Barnier and the troops are prepared thoroughly, the

:56:39. > :56:41.parliament, the Council and Commission have looked for common

:56:42. > :56:46.ground and found it. It has been thoroughly prepared and very

:56:47. > :56:50.specific. It has been pragmatic and it is formulated based on common

:56:51. > :56:54.ground and that we will be strong in negotiations. If only we could do

:56:55. > :56:58.that in other areas, people would have what they want. They don't want

:56:59. > :57:03.a new dream or a new concept or any reforms. I don't believe that. They

:57:04. > :57:06.want results. They want successful European policies. They want to see

:57:07. > :57:11.that their concerns are being worked on by us as far as we can. Of

:57:12. > :57:19.course, we can't solve everything, part of the responsibility lies on

:57:20. > :57:22.member states, however, the precondition for the EU is that it

:57:23. > :57:28.should help to find common solutions. I think the response to

:57:29. > :57:31.Brexit and what people are actually calling for and going onto the

:57:32. > :57:36.streets and saying that Europe is great and that the answer to that,

:57:37. > :57:40.to come up with new plans and new regulation, is missing the point. We

:57:41. > :57:43.need to deliver and we need to demonstrate that European policy can

:57:44. > :57:49.help people's well-being in Europe and wealth. I think that is the

:57:50. > :57:53.path. I think the start of the Brexit negotiations, in its

:57:54. > :58:03.contribution, is sober and pragmatic. It is not hyped and even

:58:04. > :58:08.the Brits grumbling here, I think despite that, we are showing this is

:58:09. > :58:16.an excellent model for future cooperation. Now, you interrupted me

:58:17. > :58:24.but you have allowed others to speak longer so let's have equal treatment

:58:25. > :58:25.for all. TRANSLATION: We have to limit the speaking time. There is a

:58:26. > :58:40.new card. Accept it. Thank you to imagine we often warned

:58:41. > :58:44.that the translators have got it incorrect, but I know they got it

:58:45. > :58:49.right when you used the word troops. If you did, I don't think it is an

:58:50. > :58:51.appropriate word, when you talk as a German MEP, talking about

:58:52. > :58:58.negotiating with Britain about their freedom and sovereignty, to use the

:58:59. > :59:04.word troops, given the damage troops and wars have caused to this

:59:05. > :59:08.continent. So were the translators correct, and if they work, please

:59:09. > :59:13.withdraw the word troops. We have had enough troops and enough war on

:59:14. > :59:17.you very much. TRANSLATION: If I you very much. TRANSLATION: If I

:59:18. > :59:24.actually said that, then I certainly did not mean it like that and I

:59:25. > :59:26.apologise. What I meant was the European member states and

:59:27. > :59:33.institutions after work together, I did not mean any more than that. The

:59:34. > :59:40.version-macro Mrs Rodriguez. One and a half minutes.

:59:41. > :59:47.We have a clear line to deal with the Brexit, this is good news and

:59:48. > :59:53.creates good conditions for our negotiators to start their work. We

:59:54. > :59:59.can also devote more energy to deal with our own future. In both things,

:00:00. > :00:06.concern with citizens should be our concern with citizens should be our

:00:07. > :00:08.central focus. So when it comes, the road map for the future of the

:00:09. > :00:13.European Union, the starting point European Union, the starting point

:00:14. > :00:17.to define the road map is to build up a convincing social pillar,

:00:18. > :00:25.addressing the concerns of our peoples, but particularly dealing

:00:26. > :00:30.with the so-called revolution, we need to make sure they have a proper

:00:31. > :00:36.contract and full access to social protection. We need to build up

:00:37. > :00:42.welfare systems for the 21st century. We need to address every

:00:43. > :00:46.citizen concerns when we set new trade agreements in order to protect

:00:47. > :00:50.proper social and environmental standards. We need a new generation

:00:51. > :00:55.of these trade agreements. We need to address citizen concerns when

:00:56. > :00:59.managing migration and refugee managing migration and refugee

:01:00. > :01:04.crisis, we know that the real solution for this is to address the

:01:05. > :01:07.root of the problem by supporting neighbourhood development and peace

:01:08. > :01:19.building. All of this must be translated into the future. Our task

:01:20. > :01:25.is immense. That's why we should work now with a real focus on a

:01:26. > :01:32.scenario, which is not one or two or five, it should be a simple one,

:01:33. > :01:42.let's work together for much better solutions on the relevant

:01:43. > :01:52.priorities. TRANSLATION: Thank you, Madam President. To date, I will

:01:53. > :01:57.follow example and speak in French. The UK wants a fair, serious

:01:58. > :02:04.partnership with the European Union. We want an overall agreement dealing

:02:05. > :02:07.with economic relations as well as security matters, we want the

:02:08. > :02:15.European Union to behave well and do well after we leave. We want to

:02:16. > :02:21.protect the rights of European citizens, who are currently residing

:02:22. > :02:25.in the UK and we are convinced that our partners also want to protect

:02:26. > :02:29.the rights of British citizens living in Europe. As far as payments

:02:30. > :02:37.are concerned, we will of course meet every legal requirements. But

:02:38. > :02:43.you really shouldn't dream up these enormous figures and boost your

:02:44. > :02:48.coffers. We don't want controls at the border between Northern Ireland

:02:49. > :02:51.and the republic, nevertheless it is difficult to understand how it would

:02:52. > :02:58.work, since we don't even know what kind of trade relations we were

:02:59. > :03:01.having. The sooner we begin the negotiations early trade agreements,

:03:02. > :03:08.the more likely it is that they will be crowned with success. Let us work

:03:09. > :03:10.together to build a new relationship that benefits all our citizens,

:03:11. > :03:20.thank you. APPLAUSE

:03:21. > :03:26.Liberal group. 5 million European citizens are living their life in it

:03:27. > :03:31.frustration. It is the state of anxiety for thousands of EU and UK

:03:32. > :03:35.citizens with 7% reporting depression, some even suicidal. This

:03:36. > :03:40.is intolerable. The two parties in Brexit need quickly to agree to

:03:41. > :03:43.guarantee EU citizens rights to reside. This is about treating

:03:44. > :03:49.people with dignity, and allowing them to plan their lives, their

:03:50. > :03:54.learning and their loves. The British Government must stop blaming

:03:55. > :03:58.and start acting governmental. No calculating, no posturing, it the

:03:59. > :04:04.right out of the gate on the heads of agreement. All that is needed is

:04:05. > :04:07.one bold and generous political act and British agencies must tear down

:04:08. > :04:13.the barriers they have erected, which are causing daily frustration

:04:14. > :04:18.and fear for so many people. Outside the convention of nothing is agreed

:04:19. > :04:21.till everything is agreed, we need a comprehensive right to reside

:04:22. > :04:32.agreement first and we need that very, very quickly. Thank you. The

:04:33. > :04:36.council's guideline on Brexit give support to be Good Friday Agreement

:04:37. > :04:40.in all of its parts and that is crucially important. This is a

:04:41. > :04:44.commitment by the EU to not allow for any hardening of the border

:04:45. > :04:49.between the north and the size of Ireland. It is the commitment not to

:04:50. > :04:54.allow Irish and EU citizens, like myself, to be dragged out of the EU

:04:55. > :04:58.against our will. It is a recognition that the north of

:04:59. > :05:03.Ireland is not an internal matter for the United Kingdom, and a

:05:04. > :05:08.commitment that the people of the North will never again be left in

:05:09. > :05:11.mercy of a ruthless and reactionary British Government in London. Now

:05:12. > :05:15.that we have the guidelines, we should be beating some flesh on

:05:16. > :05:19.them, regarding no hardening of the border in Ireland and fully

:05:20. > :05:23.upholding the good Friday agreement and all of its parts. There should

:05:24. > :05:28.be no weakening of this commitment in a negotiation directive that is

:05:29. > :05:34.to be adopted next Monday. Brexit is incompatible with the Good Friday

:05:35. > :05:37.agreement. It is the worst thing to have happened in Ireland since the

:05:38. > :05:45.last disaster in Ireland, which was the British partitioning of Ireland.

:05:46. > :05:53.Miss Anderson, will you accept a new card? Thank you for taking my blue

:05:54. > :05:59.card. As someone who does not want to see a hard border on both sides

:06:00. > :06:05.of the Northern Irish border, as you know my family are Irish citizens,

:06:06. > :06:09.my wife's family, I understand the motion that runs around this place,

:06:10. > :06:13.but surely, surely we need to look back to the Common travel area

:06:14. > :06:18.agreement which was first made between the Republic of Ireland, UK

:06:19. > :06:22.and indeed the other islands across the British Isles. The first one was

:06:23. > :06:25.made just after the birth of the Irish free State. Why can we not

:06:26. > :06:32.negotiate a new Common travel area after Brexit and surely on a

:06:33. > :06:35.bilateral basis? We don't need to worry and have concerns for people.

:06:36. > :06:43.The special relationship I believe is between Britain and Republic of

:06:44. > :06:47.Ireland. Can I say to you that the Common travel area does not resolve

:06:48. > :06:54.the Brexit disaster that will happen in Ireland and you should know that

:06:55. > :07:00.better than most. So be very clear, you talk about renegotiation, Tony

:07:01. > :07:04.Blair last week topped about renegotiating the Good Freddie

:07:05. > :07:07.Agreement. That is a no go area and the Common travel area does not

:07:08. > :07:12.solve the problem. You are deluding yourself if you think that is the

:07:13. > :07:16.solution. The only solution to the Brexit problem is that we have

:07:17. > :07:26.designated special staters for the North within the EU or Irish unity.

:07:27. > :07:30.Thank you. Mr Smith, one minute. Thank you. I pick up on your point

:07:31. > :07:34.about how Eurosceptics and populace have been beaten three times in

:07:35. > :07:40.recent elections, actually it is four. In Scotland we saw them of

:07:41. > :07:42.having -- handsomely. In favour of remaining with the European family

:07:43. > :07:45.and we remain in favour of remaining with our European family and

:07:46. > :07:50.Scotland will not be silent, passive bystanders within this process. I

:07:51. > :07:53.would also urge you that ready people of Scotland want to work with

:07:54. > :07:58.their friends and colleagues across the EU, there is a deliberate wilful

:07:59. > :08:01.agenda within UK politics to misrepresent and demonise this

:08:02. > :08:05.process and the personalities involved within it, we have heard it

:08:06. > :08:08.today. Don't give them more ammunition, don't give them what

:08:09. > :08:12.they want. This is them getting their excuses and early. Brexit

:08:13. > :08:18.would have gone great except for those blooming foreigners. Don't

:08:19. > :08:23.give them what they want, it is not in Scotland's name. On the

:08:24. > :08:29.guidelines, I read them with a heavy hard but I see little to dislike. I

:08:30. > :08:32.would urge the suspension of the everything is agreed principle for

:08:33. > :08:35.Citizen's right. You could give real impetus to this by committing to an

:08:36. > :08:46.early agreement on this issue, we could make that work there for all

:08:47. > :09:02.of citizens. Thank you. Transition that thank you, Madam chair. In this

:09:03. > :09:08.chamber, there is a motive lingering that the most difficult conditions

:09:09. > :09:14.for the UK to exit the EU. We remember the times when Lithuania

:09:15. > :09:19.had expressed their willingness to become independent and Lithuanians

:09:20. > :09:23.also wanted to exit the soviet union in an orderly fashion. There were so

:09:24. > :09:28.many things being discussed that billions of years the unions owed to

:09:29. > :09:34.the soviet union and the liabilities they had caused the Soviet Union and

:09:35. > :09:46.we are very much surprised with the attitude of the European Council.

:09:47. > :09:52.What logic to we have to demand the UK to keep with all its

:09:53. > :10:03.international liabilities and commitments? Which Wendy became any

:10:04. > :10:07.EU member state. TRANSLATION: The withdrawal of Britain from the

:10:08. > :10:10.European Union is something that should be negotiated between adults

:10:11. > :10:15.and yet too many people are behaving in a child's playground fashion.

:10:16. > :10:20.Throwing stones in the direction of the UK and issuing threats. This is

:10:21. > :10:23.not the way to show political maturity. It is important to

:10:24. > :10:30.referendum. You talked about page referendum. You talked about page

:10:31. > :10:38.two parties. Some of what he said fits better with the Greens than

:10:39. > :10:47.with the PPP. But it is clear that in the Netherlands, there was a big

:10:48. > :10:59.vote. 34% of people in France voted for Mrs Le Pen. Was excluded from

:11:00. > :11:00.the final race because of corruption suspicions. We cannot continue in

:11:01. > :11:22.this way. TRANSLATION: Despite the expressions

:11:23. > :11:25.of optimism about the future of the European Union we have heard this

:11:26. > :11:32.morning, the picture is not a good one. We are hearing about the

:11:33. > :11:36.ability of the EU to withstand international competition from China

:11:37. > :11:43.and the United Kingdom when it leaves. The UK might leave it before

:11:44. > :11:50.its bill is finally settled, that would work in the interests of the

:11:51. > :11:53.people of Europe. -- that would not work. Either we would serve the

:11:54. > :11:57.monopolies that run the European Union and it wouldn't help the UK

:11:58. > :12:00.either. It's important we see what happens with British British capital

:12:01. > :12:10.after Brexit and we make sure the interest of the European -- British

:12:11. > :12:12.people. It is only through overthrowing capitalist power and

:12:13. > :12:20.freeing ourselves from the European Union and Nato that we can have a

:12:21. > :12:31.proper union for the interests of people will be served.

:12:32. > :12:38.TRANSLATION: We can clearly see what the consequences would be in Ireland

:12:39. > :12:45.of Brexit to a country which became a symbol of reconciliation and

:12:46. > :12:53.success of joining the EU. Ireland is a good case study of unintended

:12:54. > :13:01.costs of Brexit, but it is also the tip of the iceberg. Each and every

:13:02. > :13:03.country has its own Brexit agenda, there are consequences from

:13:04. > :13:11.Gibraltar to Poland for our country, what is important is the lives of

:13:12. > :13:22.Polish citizens who are living in the UK and the and a becoming

:13:23. > :13:27.victims of Brexit. I am happy that the EU 27 have quickly found a

:13:28. > :13:33.negotiating platform, a good sign of unity when facing this huge

:13:34. > :13:43.challenge that the Brexit is. Now we are estimating our costs, but not

:13:44. > :13:49.only costs, like you said, now in 2017, we are looking at what the

:13:50. > :13:52.future with more optimism. There are fewer and fewer Brexit followers and

:13:53. > :14:02.more and more people who understand the role and the strength of Europe

:14:03. > :14:06.in the world. Thank you. The European Council guidelines set out

:14:07. > :14:10.much more clearly than anything the British Government has produced what

:14:11. > :14:15.the issues are in these negotiations. We still don't know,

:14:16. > :14:19.it nearly a year after the referendum, what the British

:14:20. > :14:24.Government hopes to achieve in terms of access to the single market and

:14:25. > :14:27.the customs union, in terms of how it intends to protect British

:14:28. > :14:31.farmers, if they are no longer part of the Common Market with an agreed

:14:32. > :14:34.system of subsidies across Europe, what's going to happen to British

:14:35. > :14:39.fishermen, we don't know what's going to happen to British

:14:40. > :14:44.participation in the various technical agencies, the aviation

:14:45. > :14:47.agency, the medicine agency, chemicals and so on. His

:14:48. > :14:52.certifications are a requirement for selling in the single European

:14:53. > :14:56.market. We only have silenced in the British Government. Yet, there are

:14:57. > :14:59.nearly a thousand issues, more than that, that need to be settled in

:15:00. > :15:06.this negotiation. We still don't know what the British Government's

:15:07. > :15:09.intention is. Far from providing strong and stable leadership, Mrs

:15:10. > :15:10.May is actually providing desperate and a deluded leadership to the

:15:11. > :15:22.British people. APPLAUSE

:15:23. > :15:28.TRANSLATION: One minute. TRANSLATION: Since the Brexit vote,

:15:29. > :15:34.we have seen on both sides of the Channel that people's views are

:15:35. > :15:39.becoming more entrenched. People are taking up a position and the people

:15:40. > :15:44.you hope might have been reasonable are simply fuelling the fire and

:15:45. > :15:50.fanning the flames. I'm thinking among other things of commission

:15:51. > :15:54.President Juncker. The reality Brexit will be very tough for many

:15:55. > :15:58.individuals. It is not just a question of the tug of war of

:15:59. > :16:03.negotiations. For years, it has been a question of jobs and unemployment.

:16:04. > :16:06.But I would like to give you the example of fisheries which might be

:16:07. > :16:09.said to be a small sector but could actually be one where the situation

:16:10. > :16:15.for coastal communities and many families is disastrous. 50% of the

:16:16. > :16:20.Dutch fishing is done in British waters and access has to be

:16:21. > :16:23.guaranteed for their livelihood to be guaranteed. The European Union

:16:24. > :16:27.should be there for the people. It is not a case of the people being

:16:28. > :16:30.there for the interests of the union. Let's all be constructive and

:16:31. > :16:44.try to come up with a rational and reasonable compromise. After 29, we

:16:45. > :16:47.desperately needed. All of us. MEP Weber said the winds of change are

:16:48. > :16:53.buying three Europe. I don't disagree with him. Changes on the

:16:54. > :16:56.way. The representative from the easy mentioned change and so have

:16:57. > :17:00.others. Apparently, there is a process underweight to decide what

:17:01. > :17:05.that change will be, called the White Paper on the future of Europe.

:17:06. > :17:08.However, to know what the winds of change are and what direction they

:17:09. > :17:13.are going in, you must consult with the people. We were told last March

:17:14. > :17:18.we would be consulted with. We were told that there would be a series of

:17:19. > :17:23.future of Europe debates to harvest and harness the opinions of the

:17:24. > :17:27.desired way forward. Last week, I Met Commissioner Hogan, he knew

:17:28. > :17:33.nothing about this progress. Yesterday, I asked Jean-Claude

:17:34. > :17:37.Juncker at a meeting, where is the process? No one can tell you. If the

:17:38. > :17:41.winds of change are coming, surely we should talk to the people?

:17:42. > :17:44.Perhaps Donald Tusk can tell me where will these meetings take

:17:45. > :17:48.place? When will the consultation take place? Because if you are

:17:49. > :17:53.serious about it, you have to talk to us. Have you any news because no

:17:54. > :18:02.one can tell me. Thank you. TRANSLATION: Mrs Atkinson. Everyone

:18:03. > :18:06.seems a bit embarrassed by Mr Juncker and his chief of staff,

:18:07. > :18:10.including Donald Tusk, Mrs Merkel and Mr Bonney. You also think that

:18:11. > :18:13.we are being observed by other planets, you are quoted in the

:18:14. > :18:17.French press, because I can read French. You accuse Mrs May of living

:18:18. > :18:21.on another planet but I think it is you, Mr Juncker, living on your own

:18:22. > :18:27.planet. You are an embarrassment and you should step down. Mr Corbett

:18:28. > :18:30.praises the EU for their negotiating stance but nobody is listening to

:18:31. > :18:34.his leader back at home. You are going to be annihilated in the

:18:35. > :18:41.polls. You know, you are being run by a Marxist so... Mrs Beard sounds

:18:42. > :18:43.quite mad, completely and utterly mad and her party is going to be

:18:44. > :18:48.wiped out at the next general election. But the good news is that

:18:49. > :18:56.70% of the British public support Brexit. We are a resilient bunch. We

:18:57. > :19:00.want well for you -- we won the war for you in World War II. Thank you,

:19:01. > :19:08.Madam, come to waking vision, please. The reality will take place

:19:09. > :19:14.with the EU 27 and business because business... Thank you, Madam, could

:19:15. > :19:17.you conclude, please. I am sorry, you have overrun your speaking time.

:19:18. > :19:25.You need to conclude. You know love to have the microphone. Thank you.

:19:26. > :19:28.The next speaker, please. TRANSLATION: Thank you, Madam

:19:29. > :19:34.President, there is no such thing as a happy divorce but it might be less

:19:35. > :19:38.painful if the two sides behave with fair play. Theresa May's government

:19:39. > :19:41.I think understood this in Council. Their representative abstained on

:19:42. > :19:48.measures which would be applied after 2019. Bit by bit, though, they

:19:49. > :19:51.are putting vetoes on two issues which are crucially important for

:19:52. > :19:55.the union and the union alone, the revision of the MSF has been

:19:56. > :20:02.postponed, and recently the UK minister opposed the creation of a

:20:03. > :20:05.general European headquarters. This had been thought about for many

:20:06. > :20:10.years and it would be the first step towards a Europe of defence. Why

:20:11. > :20:16.would they want to weaken the union when they are leaving it? Our joint

:20:17. > :20:20.interest is to have a strong European Union, with the UK as a

:20:21. > :20:24.strong, privileged partner. If this happens again, the 27 will have to

:20:25. > :20:28.learn to work together, not just when it comes to negotiating Brexit

:20:29. > :20:33.but on all matters which will no longer be relevant for the UK. It is

:20:34. > :20:45.not a good thing for either side. Thank you, Madam President.

:20:46. > :20:52.TRANSLATION: President, colleagues, isn't it astounding how offended

:20:53. > :20:56.some of the British colleagues, particularly on the right side of

:20:57. > :21:03.the house, claimed to be, because they are saying that the EU

:21:04. > :21:06.politicians are attacking the UK and offending it is to mark I don't

:21:07. > :21:10.think that is the case. I myself and I think this applies to many

:21:11. > :21:14.colleagues are always completely shocked about how unprepared and

:21:15. > :21:18.irresponsible the British politicians in the Brexit camp are,

:21:19. > :21:22.dealing with negotiations, and are not prepared to tell the truth to

:21:23. > :21:26.the British public, in other words, that you can't keep all the

:21:27. > :21:29.advantages of the EU and leave it at the same time. It is very simple if

:21:30. > :21:33.you think about it. However, for the Brexit camp, it is still far too

:21:34. > :21:46.complex. Now the situation is such that the British government is

:21:47. > :21:49.taking the MFF commitments hostage because the 6 billion euros are now

:21:50. > :21:55.being called into question. I hope that the UK Government will stick to

:21:56. > :21:58.its word and will allow this positive decision to go ahead after

:21:59. > :22:03.the election that put this on the agenda. I call upon the British

:22:04. > :22:10.government not to take the MFF negotiations hostage. TRANSLATION:

:22:11. > :22:14.Mr Nicholson, one minute. Thank you very much indeed, Madam President.

:22:15. > :22:22.Can I first of all say I welcome very much last week Mr Bonney's

:22:23. > :22:25.visit to the Republic of Ireland -- Mr Michel Barnier's visit to the

:22:26. > :22:28.Republic of Ireland and his assessment of how difficult the

:22:29. > :22:32.process is going to be. Let us be under no illusion, solving the

:22:33. > :22:36.problem of the border, be it hard or soft, in Northern Ireland and the

:22:37. > :22:40.Republic of Ireland, is going to be massive. Be under no illusions about

:22:41. > :22:49.that. But I welcome the attempts and his clear spelling out the problem.

:22:50. > :22:53.What I want to also make clear is that politicians in Dublin, nor

:22:54. > :22:58.Brussels, do not speak for the people of Northern Ireland. Northern

:22:59. > :23:02.Ireland will speak for itself and they will decide for themselves.

:23:03. > :23:06.They are an integral part of the UK and they will decide where the

:23:07. > :23:14.future will be and nobody else and none of this process will do so

:23:15. > :23:17.either. When I make that very clear, I do that with a degree of

:23:18. > :23:23.sincerity, so everybody understands where we stand. But I'm extremely

:23:24. > :23:28.concerned at the way in which this process is going and very concerned

:23:29. > :23:37.that we now have megaphone diplomacy across being dishtowel dishrag

:23:38. > :23:41.across the English Channel, instead of looking at how we will solve

:23:42. > :23:45.these problems in the future between us. We want good relations between

:23:46. > :23:50.the UK and the rest of Europe and I sincerely hope that both sides can

:23:51. > :23:55.realise that as this process goes forward and works to achieve that.

:23:56. > :24:05.Translation TRANSLATION: It is not possible to

:24:06. > :24:09.talk about Brexit as if those who are in government were not

:24:10. > :24:14.responsible for it because it is actually a direct result of the

:24:15. > :24:19.policies pursued by Mr Cameron but also Mrs Merkel and Mr Juncker, and

:24:20. > :24:26.the grand coalition that has been governing Europe. It is austerity

:24:27. > :24:31.policies in the UK which meant labour reform, university fees and

:24:32. > :24:37.more privatisation of the NHS. It is basically institutional racism also.

:24:38. > :24:42.Depicting immigrants as responsible for all of the woes of the country.

:24:43. > :24:47.The issue now is what the impact of Brexit will be on business but for

:24:48. > :24:51.real people, for us, the implications are other and we are

:24:52. > :24:55.concerned about guaranteeing the rights of Spaniards and many other

:24:56. > :24:58.nationals who are working in the UK and also, those people from the UK

:24:59. > :25:01.living and working in other EU countries. That is what we are

:25:02. > :25:06.concerned about and about guaranteeing the rights of workers

:25:07. > :25:18.cross-border and people who are working in Gibraltar. TRANSLATION:

:25:19. > :25:24.On the 4th of December last year, chairman, the extremists were

:25:25. > :25:26.defeated in Austria. In March, it happened in the Netherlands and it

:25:27. > :25:30.has just happened in France. No matter where it happens, it is

:25:31. > :25:33.important who we beat, we beat the people that think people from other

:25:34. > :25:37.member states are foreigners, people who want to build walls and close

:25:38. > :25:44.borders, we beat the people who are complaining on the basis of fear and

:25:45. > :25:48.hatred. The idea of a free Europe is a left right thing, it is not social

:25:49. > :25:59.democracy or progressives or conservatives, what will free Europe

:26:00. > :26:03.is Europe against anti-Europe. There are going to be elections in

:26:04. > :26:08.Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. Let's learn the lessons,

:26:09. > :26:11.let's change the Europe of the institutions for a Europe of

:26:12. > :26:16.well-being, security, the rule of law, legal migration, plurality of

:26:17. > :26:19.the media. Too often we have confused Europe with its

:26:20. > :26:24.institutions. It is not its institutions, it is much more. The

:26:25. > :26:37.time of institutional inertia is over and Brexit put paid to that.

:26:38. > :26:45.TRANSLATION: Thank you. We note that Brexit was a victory for populism

:26:46. > :26:52.and demagogues and there are members here in the house who also

:26:53. > :26:54.contributed to misleading citizens. They said national interests were

:26:55. > :27:08.much more important than anything else. And Brexit has split society

:27:09. > :27:11.but we need to overcome that because if, as before, you look for enemies,

:27:12. > :27:19.you will never be able to heal these wounds. After the 29th of April, I

:27:20. > :27:23.think we got a clear picture of what the negotiations will look like, and

:27:24. > :27:28.how the two phases will pan out. I would like us to maintain close

:27:29. > :27:31.relations with the UK and also, the integrity of the single market and

:27:32. > :27:38.the fundamental freedoms that should be maintained. But in particular,

:27:39. > :27:44.what has to be clarified is the rights of EU citizens in the UK and

:27:45. > :27:51.conversely, the UK citizens in the EU because they have been working

:27:52. > :27:59.under a great deal of uncertainty now in terms of social rights,

:28:00. > :28:04.labour rights. These have to be granted on the basis of reciprocity.

:28:05. > :28:12.If that isn't possible, we won't be able to cooperate. TRANSLATION: I

:28:13. > :28:17.would have liked to see the UK staying in the European Union but

:28:18. > :28:20.the decision of the citizens is sovereign and must be respected but

:28:21. > :28:24.we must remain close to them because we need to stand together in the EU

:28:25. > :28:29.and the UK, to face the many challenges together, the economic

:28:30. > :28:33.challenges, through to terrorism. Therefore, it is essential that we

:28:34. > :28:36.address first the rights of the former European Union, as Donald

:28:37. > :28:40.Tusk said, the people who were both sides of the channel will be first

:28:41. > :28:45.and most affected by Brexit but we need to stand behind all our

:28:46. > :28:48.citizens going forward and we therefore need to return to the

:28:49. > :28:51.origins of the European Union. We need to renew the pact we made with

:28:52. > :28:57.our citizens, a pact for peace, prosperity and solidarity. Today, we

:28:58. > :29:03.see far too many big egos and egotism jostling and jockeying for

:29:04. > :29:07.position. We need to be aware of the fact that we're living through a

:29:08. > :29:11.historic moment in time. The decisions we take today will have

:29:12. > :29:13.huge impact in the future. Therefore, we need all the courage

:29:14. > :29:27.we can muster. TRANSLATION: Thank you. We are

:29:28. > :29:28.talking about a Brexit and we can remember the use EU bashing was a

:29:29. > :29:35.favourite pastime in the UK, we were favourite pastime in the UK, we were

:29:36. > :29:42.responsible for everything that went wrong and now apparently the EU

:29:43. > :29:45.wants to punish the UK. Well, of course, we will understand the

:29:46. > :29:49.concerns of a lot of people being able to travel, study, work in

:29:50. > :29:52.Europe is one of our major achievements and may we are suddenly

:29:53. > :30:01.seeing that wouldn't be possible because you are leaving, the single

:30:02. > :30:06.market, leaving the area of EU free movement out of joint research

:30:07. > :30:14.programmes, out of comment fighting against crime and terrorism. Yes, of

:30:15. > :30:19.course you can cancel a contract. However, the commitments I still

:30:20. > :30:22.ongoing. But this is not a punishment, rather we are just

:30:23. > :30:27.telling you the truth about what the consequences are of the decision

:30:28. > :30:36.that basically says we want out, we want out from the EU and therefore

:30:37. > :30:45.out of all areas. And that is why I would say to may, please finally put

:30:46. > :30:49.an end to this negative things going around. Tell your citizens the truth

:30:50. > :30:53.because then we will have a proper fresh start for future relations

:30:54. > :31:04.between the EU and the UK. Thank you very much. One minute. TRANSLATION:

:31:05. > :31:07.President of the commission, president of the Council, ladies and

:31:08. > :31:10.gentlemen last week I was in Northern Ireland in Belfast and I

:31:11. > :31:17.had a number of discussions with people in a civil society and I have

:31:18. > :31:21.learned from that week has perplexed people are and how worried and

:31:22. > :31:24.aligned they are about the potential consequences of what is happening. I

:31:25. > :31:28.pray that there will be some greater measure of realism in the minds of

:31:29. > :31:32.those in London in the wake of the election and they will realise that

:31:33. > :31:37.a hard Brexit would be a disaster for the people of Britain, in

:31:38. > :31:40.particular for Northern Ireland. It is absolutely essential people are

:31:41. > :31:44.prepared to have constructive discussions and shoulder the

:31:45. > :31:49.responsibility which are the surely should in terms of citizens rights

:31:50. > :31:53.and contributions and the applications of the border in

:31:54. > :31:58.Ireland. We need a constructive agreement and realism above all in

:31:59. > :32:07.order to limit the damage for both parties and to avoid nationalist

:32:08. > :32:12.escalation of the rhetoric. We have heard and we have seen it Europe can

:32:13. > :32:16.actually win elections, for example Emmanuel Macron is an example of

:32:17. > :32:21.that. You can win elections on a European platform and this is why we

:32:22. > :32:29.have all got to come together and make the Macron operation a success

:32:30. > :32:32.to take us forward. I have a huge long list of people wishing to

:32:33. > :32:44.speak, so please stick to your speaking time. TRANSLATION: Thank

:32:45. > :32:51.you, Madam chair. Of course I agree with the fact that the problem for

:32:52. > :32:59.the EU is Brexit. There are also other challenges and priorities we

:33:00. > :33:04.need to face. We need to realise that it has not gone away from our

:33:05. > :33:10.lives, it is still with us. Also, we need to stick to the for basic

:33:11. > :33:13.freedoms that underpinned the EU. We need to make sure the Arab

:33:14. > :33:17.vigorously applied in all areas of life and one of the biggest

:33:18. > :33:22.challenges for all of us is common security and common defence.

:33:23. > :33:31.External borders that are still porous and migration that is still

:33:32. > :33:34.present at our external borders. And last but not least one of the

:33:35. > :33:39.biggest challenges is also partnership with countries in our

:33:40. > :33:46.neighbourhood. Thank you. TRANSLATION: One minute.

:33:47. > :33:54.TRANSLATION: Thank you. We are all unhappy about Brexit but let's be

:33:55. > :33:59.realistic. Being too tough shouldn't lead us to a selfishness over the

:34:00. > :34:02.common good. It is more than just the interests of individual member

:34:03. > :34:05.states of the UK, they should never win out in the negotiations and if

:34:06. > :34:13.we're going to do this properly we should do it any transparent way and

:34:14. > :34:17.as a single package. We need to keep close links with the UK, but let's

:34:18. > :34:21.be careful about the message we sent out. The four freedoms of the EU,

:34:22. > :34:28.you can't simply pick and choose which ones you respect. A country

:34:29. > :34:33.outside the EU can't enjoy the same rights and advantages as the member

:34:34. > :34:38.states. The negotiations could have a transitional system as well. But

:34:39. > :34:40.prolonging such a thing for too long wouldn't help the interests of the

:34:41. > :34:45.European Union and without any desire for revenge, it needs to give

:34:46. > :34:58.a clear lead as far as bidding activities are concerned.

:34:59. > :35:01.TRANSLATION: Once again, we see Mr Tusk and Mr Juncker, we hear what

:35:02. > :35:07.they say and we are talking about the same policies, business as

:35:08. > :35:11.usual. Mr Tusk and Juncker, I hope you are listening to the voice of

:35:12. > :35:16.the citizens, particularly young people strongly criticising the

:35:17. > :35:21.hypocrisy and bureaucracy of Brussels and the European and world

:35:22. > :35:26.establishments. People are calling for a change in the productive

:35:27. > :35:33.model. We want to make sure that the European Union is a fairly allotted

:35:34. > :35:38.and distributed. We want to make sure that jobs are created for

:35:39. > :35:44.millions of poor people in Europe. Listen to the voice of the European

:35:45. > :35:47.solidarity, a Europe of Nations, the Fatherland and Motherland, something

:35:48. > :35:51.which serves the interests of its member states and its peoples, not

:35:52. > :36:00.the banks and lenders. A Europe that supports the social aspects and uses

:36:01. > :36:11.globalisation but rejects Q-Tip which will marginalise millions of

:36:12. > :36:17.citizens in Europe. TRANSLATION: Thank you, President. I think we all

:36:18. > :36:24.regret Brexit is happening. I think people should think about what

:36:25. > :36:28.Europe actually means. It isn't only the UK that was googling what the EU

:36:29. > :36:38.is about and what it means, we have seen many pro-EU movements amongst

:36:39. > :36:41.people that we as politicians could have triggered. People in Germany

:36:42. > :36:46.Europe. He has just said that Mr Europe. He has just said that Mr

:36:47. > :36:51.Macron has won an election in Europe and I would like to pick up on what

:36:52. > :36:56.you said, it is true that there shouldn't be any punishment of the

:36:57. > :37:02.UK and that isn't the case at all. Nevertheless, exit has to be toughly

:37:03. > :37:07.negotiated. The truth has to be told, because before the referendum

:37:08. > :37:13.Brits were not told the truth about the potential impacts of Brexit. For

:37:14. > :37:16.that reason, I think it's essential that we continue to have peaceful

:37:17. > :37:25.relations with one another in the future. TRANSLATION: Thank you,

:37:26. > :37:30.Madam President. The decision of the British people needs to be respected

:37:31. > :37:34.without any fear and negotiation should begin soon. The European

:37:35. > :37:37.Union and the UK needs to sort out issues such as social rights, what

:37:38. > :37:43.has been achieved by workers in terms of their rights and these

:37:44. > :37:46.things should not be undermined. It's important we guarantee all the

:37:47. > :37:52.rights of European citizens who reside and work or live in the UK or

:37:53. > :38:01.study in the UK. We need to make certain that the agreement is

:38:02. > :38:06.respected for Northern Ireland as well and the decision for Brexit

:38:07. > :38:13.needs to be respected by the European leaders. We need to make

:38:14. > :38:17.sure that the lesson to be voice expressing their discontent with the

:38:18. > :38:22.meal liberal policies and what is happening to work's rights in the

:38:23. > :38:28.member states. That is why we mustn't use Brexit as an excuse to

:38:29. > :38:37.try to bring in more neoliberalism and bring in a proper Europe of

:38:38. > :38:40.peoples. TRANSLATION: Thank you, Madam President. The negotiations on

:38:41. > :38:48.Brexit will give the EU the chance to protect the rights of the

:38:49. > :38:58.approximately 3 million citizens who reside, study or a work in the UK.

:38:59. > :39:01.These people are afraid that they might be punished. It's important

:39:02. > :39:07.they are protected, they shouldn't be chased out after the transitional

:39:08. > :39:12.period. They need to know they will have a future in the UK. The same

:39:13. > :39:16.thing goes of course for British citizens living in other parts of

:39:17. > :39:22.the EU. On a certain positions I have heard this morning, the

:39:23. > :39:27.so-called nationalists, they say, who have gained ground in the

:39:28. > :39:34.elections and have often seen their support double, that is a strange

:39:35. > :39:40.way of using mathematics to come up with figures such as that.

:39:41. > :39:42.Pythagoras wouldn't recognise this kind of thing, perhaps that should

:39:43. > :39:53.have some sort of mathematical Brexit. Thank you very much. I

:39:54. > :39:57.welcome the conservatory reproach I have detected here this morning and

:39:58. > :40:01.if you continue with that, I think we can have mature and sensible

:40:02. > :40:08.negotiations and a proper conclusion. I would also like to

:40:09. > :40:12.thank Mr Barnier coming to Ireland last week and for taking time out to

:40:13. > :40:20.speak to us all, the Irish Parliament. In relation to the

:40:21. > :40:24.North, if the European Union, if Ireland and the United Kingdom do

:40:25. > :40:28.not want to have borders, then why should we have a hard border? I just

:40:29. > :40:33.want to correct one thing. It has been incorrectly stated that Tony

:40:34. > :40:37.Blair said we needed to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement. What he

:40:38. > :40:41.said was that the Good Friday Agreement came into being on the

:40:42. > :40:45.assumption that both Ireland and the UK would be in the European Union.

:40:46. > :40:52.And we needed to reword this when the UK leaves. He did emphasise he

:40:53. > :40:55.wasn't talking about changing the substance of the agreement. Thank

:40:56. > :41:07.you very much. APPLAUSE

:41:08. > :41:16.TRANSLATION: Mr Task, Mr Juncker, there is no point complaining about

:41:17. > :41:21.Brexit. We've got to be able to do our own business at home. There is

:41:22. > :41:25.no point saying we didn't have an exit or Frexit, because in the UK

:41:26. > :41:33.there has been huge growth of the right against the EU because of the

:41:34. > :41:37.campaign. The pro-Europeans were very weak in the turnout, but there

:41:38. > :41:42.is a simple reason, that is because the EU supported or turned their

:41:43. > :41:48.backs to be citizens. But we need to come up with the millions of EU

:41:49. > :41:51.citizens living in the UK and want their rights to be protected and

:41:52. > :41:57.then the UK citizens living in the rest of Europe, many in Spain. I

:41:58. > :42:01.think many young Spaniards working in the UK who would like the EU to

:42:02. > :42:07.protect their rights, because otherwise the threat is just a

:42:08. > :42:19.growing disconnection of young people and citizens and that will

:42:20. > :42:22.leave the EU without prospects. TRANSLATION: Brexit is a big blow

:42:23. > :42:29.for the European Union because it has shown us that most people can't

:42:30. > :42:38.be persuaded by European funds and by tourism or by the positive

:42:39. > :42:45.narrative of NGOs. The result of the referendum was very sobering and in

:42:46. > :42:51.the wake thereof, there have been very sobering words. I would like to

:42:52. > :42:55.see a rational approach if Britain is leaving the European Union, it is

:42:56. > :43:01.not leaving the geographic continent of Europe and therefore we need to

:43:02. > :43:11.have a form of cooperation which will be conducive to a good result.

:43:12. > :43:15.We must not engage in blackmail, we must not engage in point scoring, it

:43:16. > :43:27.will only be to the detriment of our citizens. TRANSLATION: The worst

:43:28. > :43:33.things will happen if people don't prepare for them properly and we can

:43:34. > :43:37.now see people saying that there is political support for the European

:43:38. > :43:40.union by the people because of the recent result in France but the

:43:41. > :43:46.pro-European parties were strongly punished by the electors. They are

:43:47. > :43:50.just trying to perpetuate the same tired old policies, sooner or later

:43:51. > :43:53.they will need the fate of their predecessors. As far as the advance

:43:54. > :43:56.of the extreme right is concerned, you should measure it in terms of

:43:57. > :44:04.the electoral success of the parties, but also the way that their

:44:05. > :44:11.principles and values are now being assimilated by other parts of the

:44:12. > :44:17.right or even social democracy. Accepting the reduction of rights,

:44:18. > :44:22.changing economic conditions to serve the interest of big capital,

:44:23. > :44:26.except. The alternative to the extreme right isn't and can't ever

:44:27. > :44:35.be policies which opened the door to the extreme right. Thank you.

:44:36. > :44:42.Today, I have sat in the European Union trade room in Strasberg

:44:43. > :44:44.listening to the conclusions of the blink at a meeting on the 29th of

:44:45. > :44:49.April busy and quite rightly, the level of England's displayed in the

:44:50. > :44:54.comments made by MEP colleagues has been astonishing and also

:44:55. > :44:58.frightening. But I am not surprised. As a member of the European Union

:44:59. > :45:04.constitution committee, all I see and hear is the 1% perspective of

:45:05. > :45:10.pro-EU and Pina lies the United Kingdom. There is never any balanced

:45:11. > :45:13.or nonpartisan exploration of the Brexit aspect. The contribution the

:45:14. > :45:21.UK makes financially, defence and security wise, or why the vote went

:45:22. > :45:29.the way it did. 68% of the UK now want Brexit concluded. I have every

:45:30. > :45:32.faith that after due the eighth, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, will

:45:33. > :45:35.deliver and put the UK, its citizens, its economy, rightly so

:45:36. > :45:59.and in the forefront of this. TRANSLATION: Thank you. Donald has

:46:00. > :46:06.started by saying something that I very much like. -- Donald Tusk

:46:07. > :46:09.started. Meena Lee that 4 million EU citizen should not suffer, and I

:46:10. > :46:13.think that is the right approach. Secondly, it is true that the

:46:14. > :46:23.agreement between the EU and the UK should not be about punishment. It

:46:24. > :46:26.is very important that the EU single market should not suffer because of

:46:27. > :46:33.the agreement. It has to be a win-win agreement so that businesses

:46:34. > :46:36.in the EU don't suffer. President Juncker went to my country and

:46:37. > :46:45.showed that we have a pro-European country. We need a trade agreement

:46:46. > :46:49.that helps all participants. Citizens who voted in favour of the

:46:50. > :47:01.union in the UK also should not be punished because if all UK citizens

:47:02. > :47:06.wanted to exit, that is not true. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think

:47:07. > :47:09.it's very simple, the best trade agreement for the UK is membership

:47:10. > :47:13.of the EU itself but they have excluded that options are we have to

:47:14. > :47:17.find a fair deal now for everybody. I think it is very important that

:47:18. > :47:20.the EU is reflecting the future of Europe and we must deliver better

:47:21. > :47:24.and take people's concerns much more seriously. First, we need to end

:47:25. > :47:27.social dumping in Europe, ensuring decent salary and also workers'

:47:28. > :47:32.rights throughout the union. Secondly, we need to end tax

:47:33. > :47:36.dumping. We see multinationals, rich people evading taxes on a scale that

:47:37. > :47:42.is damaging the welfare state in Europe and finally, we also need to

:47:43. > :47:47.transit our economy, our society, to become sustainable, responding to

:47:48. > :47:50.the climate challenge and also ensuring our environment and also

:47:51. > :47:53.ensuring that we manage migration and our welfare state in a much

:47:54. > :47:59.better way. If we do that, we will have a stronger union and I hope the

:48:00. > :48:02.UK will be in a close relationship with us but I think they punish

:48:03. > :48:04.themselves by saying no to becoming part of Europe. Thank you so much.

:48:05. > :48:31.APPLAUSE President, I don't question the need

:48:32. > :48:36.for negotiations on a basis that we are not setting out to punish

:48:37. > :48:42.Britain. On the other hand, we have to be realistic. We have to keep

:48:43. > :48:50.things in proportion. Everything comes at a price. Threats come at a

:48:51. > :48:54.price, mistakes, the price and in the cause of European history, we

:48:55. > :48:57.have seen that you have to pay the price in those events. During the

:48:58. > :49:03.course of the Brexit negotiations, we must ensure that principals

:49:04. > :49:13.prevail and that means that the citizens' interests have to be

:49:14. > :49:13.respected first and foremost. Translation.

:49:14. > :49:19.respected first and foremost. version-macro last speaker.

:49:20. > :49:31.President. Citizens of the UK President. Citizens of the UK

:49:32. > :49:34.decided to leave the European Union. Obviously, it varied from part

:49:35. > :49:39.depart, Scotland and Northern Ireland did not vote in that way. --

:49:40. > :49:43.it varied from part to part. So this could be problematic, which is a

:49:44. > :49:48.great pity. But we also need to look at the role that certain bodies

:49:49. > :49:58.played in this. We need to fight extremism. We need to make sure that

:49:59. > :50:04.Ukip, which has played a pernicious role in all of this, it doesn't

:50:05. > :50:09.really reflect the interests of the UK and let's Hope Michel Barnier, as

:50:10. > :50:13.negotiator, that we need to protect the European institutions, it is

:50:14. > :50:15.also important to protect the rights of citizens, particularly when it

:50:16. > :50:23.comes to freedom of movement. Thank you very much. TRANSLATION: Michel

:50:24. > :50:29.Barnier on behalf of the European Commission. TRANSLATION: Thank you,

:50:30. > :50:38.President. I would like to thank all of you, burst, I would like to thank

:50:39. > :50:43.your Parliament, not only the president but also missed a half

:50:44. > :50:50.start, earlier, for the trust you have expressed in my task and for

:50:51. > :50:56.the spirit of cooperation that is very clear between us. And as well

:50:57. > :51:04.as thanking the Parliament, I would like to personally thank President

:51:05. > :51:09.Donald Tusk. As Secretary General of the Council, because ever since the

:51:10. > :51:12.start, well, it is not my chance -- by chance that we were able to reach

:51:13. > :51:17.such a rapid agreement the other day. It is because we have been

:51:18. > :51:19.cooperating, working very hard together in a determined way. I

:51:20. > :51:26.think that is how we are going to ensure unity throughout the whole

:51:27. > :51:30.way. President Abbott, the first two places trusted me, recommended to

:51:31. > :51:37.the European Council through the negotiating guidelines that the

:51:38. > :51:44.council should adopt detailed guidelines, also governing the

:51:45. > :51:48.method of negotiation. On the 22nd of May, the General affairs Council

:51:49. > :51:56.will be endorsing these guidelines. President Donald Tusk said very

:51:57. > :51:59.clearly how the council, under his authority, will have a phased and

:52:00. > :52:04.sequenced approach. He said very clearly that firstly, we need to

:52:05. > :52:12.agree on the principles, the three major issues, on which the sovereign

:52:13. > :52:15.decision of the UK to leave the EU today is creating a great deal of

:52:16. > :52:19.uncertainty in. We have to remove that uncertainty as soon as

:52:20. > :52:24.possible, first for the citizens, for the beneficiaries of the EU

:52:25. > :52:32.budget and also for the Borders, in particular in Ireland. So the

:52:33. > :52:38.sequencing is not there to create problems or to hand out punishment

:52:39. > :52:43.to the UK. But the sequencing is there to solve the problems and to

:52:44. > :52:48.treat them in the right order, as the treaty states, it talks about

:52:49. > :52:53.organising and ordered withdrawal, taking into account the future

:52:54. > :52:55.relationship and an orderly withdrawal is precisely these three

:52:56. > :53:00.major subjects as well as some others, like the governance of the

:53:01. > :53:07.agreement or the administrative and judicial matters. However, there is

:53:08. > :53:11.another matter I would like to say as a negotiator, that the agreement

:53:12. > :53:17.is there to create a foundation of trust. We have to make sure that is

:53:18. > :53:20.there. First, we are solving problems will be citizens, for the

:53:21. > :53:22.benefit of the structural funds and Borders, we have to create the

:53:23. > :53:29.foundations for ongoing trust that we need to build the future

:53:30. > :53:36.relationship with the UK. That is a scenic one on. I would like to

:53:37. > :53:41.repeat to you. -- that is a sine qua non. I would like to repeat to you

:53:42. > :53:45.that I would not like to have no agreement, or a bad deal. We want to

:53:46. > :53:52.conclude a deal with the UK, not against the UK, and in fact, I very

:53:53. > :53:57.much appreciate that on the UK side, you could find the same spirit to

:53:58. > :54:02.reach a deal with the EU, not against the EU.

:54:03. > :54:10.APPLAUSE Sirs, we start the negotiations, we

:54:11. > :54:16.hope to start as soon as possible, the day after the elections that

:54:17. > :54:21.Theresa May has called for the 8th of June. Clearly, the fact that

:54:22. > :54:29.elections take place just before the start of negotiations will give a

:54:30. > :54:33.clear stability and visibility to our UK partners. That is what we

:54:34. > :54:39.need as well and that is one of the key elements for these negotiations

:54:40. > :54:45.to be a success. I talked about trust, that we have all talked

:54:46. > :54:49.about. There is a corollary to that. It means that we, together with the

:54:50. > :54:54.other institutions, are going to be transparent with you. We are going

:54:55. > :54:58.to be permanently available to ensure your institutions in your

:54:59. > :55:08.Parliament as well, throughout the process of negotiations so I will be

:55:09. > :55:12.available to you, and the team headed by Verhofstadt, the new

:55:13. > :55:17.president, do have exchanges before and after every negotiating round. I

:55:18. > :55:22.speak for myself and the whole of my task force that I have been able to

:55:23. > :55:26.set up, thanks to the trust placed in the commission's services and

:55:27. > :55:31.also together with President Juncker. We are also prepared to

:55:32. > :55:35.have full or greater transparency on all of the negotiating documents

:55:36. > :55:39.that will be made public. I would now like to reply to some of the

:55:40. > :55:49.issues that have been raised. Firstly, an citizens' rights,

:55:50. > :55:54.several members talked about a fair and balanced agreement. At the start

:55:55. > :55:59.of the negotiation, we have an ambitious position set by the

:56:00. > :56:06.European Council, which is perfectly legitimate, calling for European

:56:07. > :56:09.citizens and British citizens alike affected by Brexit to be able to

:56:10. > :56:14.continue to enjoy the same rights. That will apply for citizens, their

:56:15. > :56:18.families, and we are talking about all rights, residency, freedom of

:56:19. > :56:21.movement, the right of access to social security, the right of access

:56:22. > :56:29.to the labour market. We are talking about the rights that will be

:56:30. > :56:34.maintained up until the day of Brexit. And we will ensure that

:56:35. > :56:38.these rights are guaranteed. This is a very serious subject that affects

:56:39. > :56:45.people's daily lives and that of many families. We cannot simply have

:56:46. > :56:48.a declaration of intent. On the financial settlement, and I am

:56:49. > :56:55.pleased that Mr Farage is here, because he quoted me, now, I have

:56:56. > :56:58.never quoted these figures. The figures will depend on the

:56:59. > :57:07.methodology that we have to agree on. It will also depend on the

:57:08. > :57:11.actual date of the UK's exit. It is not myself who will set the figure

:57:12. > :57:19.as the European Council has said, we are going to work together with the

:57:20. > :57:22.British, very calmly, to find an agreement on commitments undertaken.

:57:23. > :57:29.It is not about punishment. It is not an exit bill. Particularly given

:57:30. > :57:34.the financial perspectives that are underway, we have undertaken

:57:35. > :57:38.financial commitments together, the 28. So we have to shoulder those

:57:39. > :57:44.responsibilities together as 28 and we benefit from them together as 28.

:57:45. > :57:50.Across the board, all regions of the EU com universities, research labs,

:57:51. > :57:53.students and farmers. -- EU, universities. We have two settle

:57:54. > :57:58.these accounts as we do in any separation, no more, no less. I will

:57:59. > :58:02.do it perfectly calmly. It is not about revenge or punishment. I'm

:58:03. > :58:06.simply going to look at the figures and the backs and the commitments

:58:07. > :58:11.that have been undertaken, no more, no less. -- figure than the facts.

:58:12. > :58:19.An island, where I had the privilege of visiting last week and visiting

:58:20. > :58:22.both chambers of parliament. -- on Ireland. Mr Nicholson referred to

:58:23. > :58:27.the visit which moved me and I found it very useful. It is a unique

:58:28. > :58:33.situation, therefore, we have to find unique solution. Of course, our

:58:34. > :58:37.solution should not call into question the integrity of the single

:58:38. > :58:43.market. We will do all we can to find a solution which clearly and

:58:44. > :58:50.fully preserves in all its aspects, the Good Friday agreement. Mrs

:58:51. > :58:57.Anderson and Mr Brock referred to this. Can I remind you that the UK

:58:58. > :59:06.is a co-guarantor of the Good Friday agreement. As to the transitional

:59:07. > :59:13.periods raised by Mr Caputo, well, we might be working on transitional

:59:14. > :59:17.measures post Brexit, on a phasing out period and then a phasing in

:59:18. > :59:22.towards a new relationship but the real transition period is now,

:59:23. > :59:28.before exit, between now and the day of exit. I would like to recommend

:59:29. > :59:33.all economic players, all economic operators to make full use of this

:59:34. > :59:35.period so that the day of the exit, probably March 2019, is as orderly

:59:36. > :59:52.as possible. I would also like to say to Mr Van

:59:53. > :00:00.Daalen, who raises specific issues such as fishing, I would like to say

:00:01. > :00:04.very clearly that everyone should understand, it is the UK that has

:00:05. > :00:11.decided to leave the EU, it's not the other way around. And there are

:00:12. > :00:14.many of us who have regretted that decision, but now, we have to

:00:15. > :00:20.implement it eddy that decision has consequences. And anyone who says

:00:21. > :00:25.that it can be business as usual afterwards, well, that's not telling

:00:26. > :00:32.the truth. We're going to have to unravel 44 years of integration and

:00:33. > :00:35.economic relations, financial, technical, legal, human, social

:00:36. > :00:42.relations, that's the decision of the UK, after 44 years. No-one

:00:43. > :00:46.should underestimate any of the consequences or the legal complicity

:00:47. > :00:56.of the separation. So, I really want to make that clear, we need to tell

:00:57. > :01:03.the truth to citizens. And I'd like to recommend that we take a very

:01:04. > :01:08.calm, democratic, pedagogical approach, we should explain what

:01:09. > :01:13.Brexit means. What does it mean to be a member of the union, what does

:01:14. > :01:18.it mean to no longer be a member of the union, for citizens' daily

:01:19. > :01:26.lives, for consumers and citizens, we've got to tell people the truth.

:01:27. > :01:33.I also recommend that we take time to explain, people talk about no

:01:34. > :01:34.deal, what exactly that would mean. What WOULD it mean to have no

:01:35. > :01:39.agreement whatsoever? And I think we agreement whatsoever? And I think we

:01:40. > :01:47.should take time to explain that to people and citizens. Ladies and

:01:48. > :01:51.gentlemen, as the council wishes, we're going to have a phased

:01:52. > :01:56.approach, to build a new partnership, new relationship with

:01:57. > :02:05.the UK. This was raised very wisely earlier. It is not too early to

:02:06. > :02:10.start to sketch out that relationship, which will include

:02:11. > :02:18.free and fair trade agreement, co-operation agreement sparsely

:02:19. > :02:22.regarding universities and research and partnership as we hope in the

:02:23. > :02:30.area of security and defence. There are two important areas, we will

:02:31. > :02:33.never accept that a free-trade agreement will lead to for

:02:34. > :02:40.competition or a lowering of our social standards. That point was

:02:41. > :02:48.made by Mr Zimmer, and also Mrs Rodriguez and others. We cannot

:02:49. > :02:54.accept a lowering of social taxation or environmental standards in the

:02:55. > :03:02.EU. At the same time, there can be no horse trading when it comes to

:03:03. > :03:06.security and trade issues. Somebody raised the complexity, as regards

:03:07. > :03:12.the agencies, I do not need to come back to that. I will conclude with

:03:13. > :03:16.more political remarks. At a time when we are preparing to start the

:03:17. > :03:20.negotiations, which have not yet started, the clock is ticking, there

:03:21. > :03:30.isn't much time ahead of us to conclude the deal. I'd like to come

:03:31. > :03:39.back to watch what several people said earlier. There are consequences

:03:40. > :03:42.to Brexit. And I'm going to have to deal with many of these consequences

:03:43. > :03:49.in the negotiations. There are also lessons from Brexit. I think we have

:03:50. > :04:00.to listen to some of the reasons given by the UK citizens, as in

:04:01. > :04:04.other countries, with these protest votes, accompanied by rage, people

:04:05. > :04:11.feeling left behind, excluded, not benefiting from any progress. And I

:04:12. > :04:16.think we shouldn't confuse populism with popular sentiment. Is important

:04:17. > :04:21.for us all to hear the popular sentiment being expressed and core

:04:22. > :04:33.lessons from Brexit. Finally, one person spoke about unity - unity we

:04:34. > :04:37.have built together under President task and President Yunker and

:04:38. > :04:43.others, it is important for me, as a negotiator, I need that trust and I

:04:44. > :04:49.will ensure it is maintained and nurtured throughout the whole

:04:50. > :04:55.process. And that unity should then be used by the heads of state and

:04:56. > :04:58.institutions to do other things. Brexit is not the only thing on the

:04:59. > :05:04.radar in Europe. There are many other challenges, such as mentioned,

:05:05. > :05:13.on defence and security, border management, single market. So, as

:05:14. > :05:18.the negotiator, I think it is very important for everybody to

:05:19. > :05:25.understand, we need this unity, that unity will be useful for the

:05:26. > :05:31.remaining European agenda. EU leaders and yourselves should have a

:05:32. > :05:34.proactive, positive agenda and other challenges eddy that will strengthen

:05:35. > :05:39.the unity that I need in the negotiations. So, there is

:05:40. > :05:51.interactive unity that we need. I very much thank you.

:05:52. > :05:55.TRANSLATION: Thank you very much. I shall now look forward to the

:05:56. > :06:03.presentation of the council. Thank you, Mr President, and thank you for

:06:04. > :06:14.your words of support in today's debate. Until today, I have not

:06:15. > :06:17.witnessed such unity on the matter is that I report here in the

:06:18. > :06:22.European Parliament. Our unity is the most important condition for the

:06:23. > :06:29.positive outcome of the negotiations. Thanks to this unity,

:06:30. > :06:36.we will also be able, together, as the leaders, to deal in the coming

:06:37. > :06:46.months first and foremost with the positive agenda for the union of the

:06:47. > :06:52.27. I agree with my friend guy for harsh that, that this should be our

:06:53. > :06:58.priority, not Brexit. Today, I will meet President Macron in Paris, and

:06:59. > :07:06.to you, to this debate, we will be to you, to this debate, we will be

:07:07. > :07:20.able to devote our meeting to the future of the 27, not to Brexit

:07:21. > :07:24.only. Thank you very much. TRANSLATION: Thank you very much

:07:25. > :07:27.indeed, President. That concludes the debate on the conclusions of the

:07:28. > :07:52.European Council meeting. Whilst everybody is taking their

:07:53. > :07:59.seats, I have an announcement to make. There are a number of

:08:00. > :08:10.committees involved in institutional negotiations. I have received

:08:11. > :08:18.requests for a vote in Parliament pursuant to the groups on the

:08:19. > :08:21.decision of the committee to enter into inter-institutional

:08:22. > :08:40.negotiations in regard to the changing market... The vote will be

:08:41. > :08:44.heard tomorrow on this. On the other matter, I have received no request

:08:45. > :08:49.for a vote in Parliament. Peasgood the committee is therefore begin

:08:50. > :08:54.their negotiations? Next on the agenda is a statement from the

:08:55. > :09:09.commission and from the council on the preparation of the G7 summit.

:09:10. > :09:21.Honourable members, honourable president, I will speak on

:09:22. > :09:26.behalf of President Juncker in relation to the upcoming summit.

:09:27. > :09:31.This is the sixth time that Italy has hosted the summit. In some of

:09:32. > :09:37.the finest cities Europe has to offer, Venice, Naples... And this

:09:38. > :09:43.will be no exception. This year's leaders' meeting will have a new and

:09:44. > :09:48.different feel to it. There will be fresh faces around the table eddy

:09:49. > :09:56.together, they will tackle some new and not so new questions. Many of

:09:57. > :10:05.these will go to the heart of the debate which we had yesterday in

:10:06. > :10:09.into the G7 is very clear. For us, into the G7 is very clear. For us,

:10:10. > :10:18.working together with our biggest partners around the world in a rules

:10:19. > :10:20.-based system is unnecessary. We believe in open societies and

:10:21. > :10:30.multilateral solutions. We believe in free and fair... And we see the

:10:31. > :10:35.benefits that it brings. Around a third of our national income comes

:10:36. > :10:44.from trade with the rest of the world. For the EU, global trade has

:10:45. > :10:50.boosted EU economic growth, with every billion euros of additional

:10:51. > :10:55.export supporting 14,000 jobs. Cheap imports benefit poorer households

:10:56. > :11:01.first and foremost. But it is not just about the economies. The wider

:11:02. > :11:07.need to work together on issues which affect the whole world has

:11:08. > :11:17.become more acute, even since the G7 last met in Japan in 2016. Whether

:11:18. > :11:21.it is fighting climate change, international terrorism, promoting

:11:22. > :11:25.trade links, sustainable development or global economic growth, the

:11:26. > :11:33.questions of the day are global in nature. The G7 summit will be a

:11:34. > :11:37.crucial moment to deepen our co-operation in all of these areas.

:11:38. > :11:44.But we can ignore some of the throwbacks of a more interconnected

:11:45. > :11:47.world. -- we can't ignore. We need to tackle them head-on as in many

:11:48. > :11:52.people around Europe and in other parts of the world are concerned.

:11:53. > :11:59.They worry about high levels of inequality, job losses, factory

:12:00. > :12:03.closures. They see identities, traditions and ways of living

:12:04. > :12:07.changing in front of their eyes. We have to respond to, other concerns.

:12:08. > :12:15.That was the thinking behind the ideas presented in our reflection

:12:16. > :12:22.paper on harnessing globalisation. We are not naive free traders who

:12:23. > :12:25.believe in open competition based on level playing fields. -- we believe

:12:26. > :12:32.in open competition based on level playing fields. And that's why we

:12:33. > :12:36.have shown faith with measures in response to market distortion or

:12:37. > :12:45.unfair practices. We will not hesitate to do so again. And we will

:12:46. > :12:51.need to accelerate our efforts to tackle unfair trade. But Europe must

:12:52. > :12:57.also make a positive case for its place in a global world. When others

:12:58. > :13:03.step back from free trade, the European Union must step forward.

:13:04. > :13:13.Partners such as Japan, Mexico and India are willing to do likewise.

:13:14. > :13:16.The ambitious EU-Japan deal which we are negotiating is an example. This

:13:17. > :13:20.free trade agreement will send a powerful signal to the rest of the

:13:21. > :13:25.world that two of the largest economies are resisting

:13:26. > :13:29.protectionism and that open trade and investment remains one of the

:13:30. > :13:37.best tools to create more economic growth and jobs. EU exporters to

:13:38. > :13:41.Japan still have to pay close to 1 billion euros annually on customs

:13:42. > :13:51.tariffs, and whilst the majority of these tariffs would be removed with

:13:52. > :13:55.the trade agreement, EU exports to Japan would increase by more than a

:13:56. > :14:00.third. At the same time, more than 600,000 jobs in the EU are linked to

:14:01. > :14:02.exports to Japan, with Japanese companies alone employing more than

:14:03. > :14:09.half a million people. These are compelling reasons why we aim to

:14:10. > :14:13.reach an agreement as soon as possible, and in any case before the

:14:14. > :14:17.end of the year. Together, we must make sure that the rules of the game

:14:18. > :14:25.best serve and protect our citizens and our societies. That is the

:14:26. > :14:28.message the European Union must bring to our partners from across

:14:29. > :14:30.the world. That is what the European Union will fight for every time.

:14:31. > :14:42.Thank you very much. TRANSLATION: Thank you very much

:14:43. > :14:51.indeed. Now on behalf of the council. Thank you very much.

:14:52. > :14:56.President, honourable members, good morning. I would like to thank you

:14:57. > :15:01.for the opportunity to intervene on the subject of the preparations of

:15:02. > :15:08.the summit which will take place in Italy next week. G7 leaders as well

:15:09. > :15:13.as presidents Donald Thomas and Jean-Claude Juncker, who will

:15:14. > :15:18.represent the EU, will be faced with difficult discussions on various

:15:19. > :15:24.topics of global importance. The international political environment

:15:25. > :15:29.is currently particularly charged and the truth is, that global

:15:30. > :15:36.cooperation can no longer be taken for granted. Iribaren particular to

:15:37. > :15:45.the political transition in the United States which seems to present

:15:46. > :15:50.us with challenges even in respect to basic policy principles which

:15:51. > :15:59.were intermittently well rooted in the G7. I believe that the mission

:16:00. > :16:06.of European leaders is clear. The aim is to secure the G7's commitment

:16:07. > :16:13.to keep the global economy open and keep multicultural, multilateral

:16:14. > :16:19.cooperation on track. It is also crucial to give a clear signal that

:16:20. > :16:26.securing balanced and inclusive growth remains a top priority, even

:16:27. > :16:31.if the global economy is showing a positive momentum, political

:16:32. > :16:37.uncertainty surrounding the outlook is still very high. Against this

:16:38. > :16:44.background, I believe that the G7 should in particular confirm its

:16:45. > :16:49.determination to work together through strong multilateral

:16:50. > :16:58.institutions, confirmed the agreement to use all policy tools,

:16:59. > :17:02.fiscal, monetary and structural armour to strengthen the recovery

:17:03. > :17:08.and foster inclusiveness and also do better share the benefits of growth

:17:09. > :17:15.and globalisation. But allow me to expand on a selection of issues of

:17:16. > :17:20.particular relevance to us. I will refer in turn to trade, climate,

:17:21. > :17:27.migration and foreign policy matters. Ladies and gentlemen, on

:17:28. > :17:34.trade, it should be the European Union's priority to confirm the G7

:17:35. > :17:41.long-standing view in favour of open trade and multilateralism. Indeed,

:17:42. > :17:46.as recalled by the European Council of the 10th of March, the EU remains

:17:47. > :17:53.strongly committed to a robust trade policy and an open and broad-based

:17:54. > :17:59.multilateral trading system. With a central role for the World Trade

:18:00. > :18:06.Organisation. The EU will also continue to engage actively with

:18:07. > :18:08.international trade partners, advancing on all ongoing

:18:09. > :18:16.negotiations for ambitious and balanced free-trade agreements. I

:18:17. > :18:24.may add that on the latter, the European Council has welcomed your

:18:25. > :18:28.positive vote on SITA and looks forward to its provisional

:18:29. > :18:31.application. As you know, in this house, there are strong concerns

:18:32. > :18:39.over the negative effects of trade, economic integration and

:18:40. > :18:47.technological change. We have to take these grievances seriously.

:18:48. > :18:51.However, the solution is certainly not to close our economies. Instead,

:18:52. > :18:57.we need to improve the daily lives of citizens by ensuring that the

:18:58. > :19:04.benefits of globalisation are more widely shared. And beyond that, we

:19:05. > :19:12.must also be able to better communicate the actual benefits of

:19:13. > :19:18.trade to the wider public. This is also something for the G7 to

:19:19. > :19:22.consider. On climate change, the global community needs to act

:19:23. > :19:27.urgently. And move forward with the implementation of the Paris

:19:28. > :19:33.agreement. The European Union is committed to ambitious global action

:19:34. > :19:58.against climate change and we insist on maintaining the global...

:19:59. > :20:05.And get the best deal for the United Kingdom and Europe, me or Jeremy

:20:06. > :20:11.Corbyn. And our economic security will be on the ballot paper on the

:20:12. > :20:14.8th of June. Over the last seven years, thanks to the hard work of

:20:15. > :20:19.the British people and the credible economic plan we have pursued in

:20:20. > :20:24.government, significant progress has been made. We have taken the British

:20:25. > :20:27.economy out of the danger zone and begun to repair the damage done to

:20:28. > :20:29.it by Labour. The