:00:27. > :00:32.... Give into any way in what the Americans are asking. We cannot slow
:00:33. > :00:37.down. Investors are watching what will this be? This also said the
:00:38. > :00:43.agenda for the jete 20 later in the year, what the G7 is going to say
:00:44. > :00:47.we'll make sure that Paris is implemented is agreed or it will
:00:48. > :00:50.give wind in the cells of conservative countries like Saudi
:00:51. > :00:54.Arabia and Russia. So the conclusion or the question is very simple and I
:00:55. > :01:01.would like to have an answer, if we cannot get the conclusions with the
:01:02. > :01:12.US, will we push for a G6 statement on climate? TRANSLATION: In Sicily,
:01:13. > :01:17.which is my region, youth unemployment is around 60%,
:01:18. > :01:24.infrastructure is ridiculous, the railways 100 years old and bridges
:01:25. > :01:32.which have fallen down, fisheries in the region have been systematically
:01:33. > :01:40.pillaged by multinationals. In this kind of place, they have created in
:01:41. > :01:45.Tower Minar, a golden cage costing 40 million euros of public money. --
:01:46. > :01:49.they have created in Taormina. It is making people unhappy, naturally.
:01:50. > :01:58.You are sweeping all the dust under the carpet. Stopping, among other
:01:59. > :02:02.things, any refugees from landing. Probably these gentlemen will simply
:02:03. > :02:09.do more harm to the planet, to create another landing strip,
:02:10. > :02:19.another runway among other things. These people ought to be going to
:02:20. > :02:26.Palermo or Catania or something else, using local transport. Dear
:02:27. > :02:30.colleagues, let me say that I support and appreciate the subjects
:02:31. > :02:34.on the agenda of the G7 meeting, as they were presented by council and
:02:35. > :02:37.committee. I guess these are well chosen topics which are reflecting
:02:38. > :02:43.concerns of citizens and challenges ahead but the most important subject
:02:44. > :02:50.is actually in the title of the G7, the issue of trust, the issue of
:02:51. > :02:54.future benefits and cooperation among the leading economic countries
:02:55. > :03:01.of the world and also about leading democracies. I hope that partly the
:03:02. > :03:04.new competition of G7 leaders will make a clear statement on this
:03:05. > :03:08.direction and will also commit themselves personally to go forward
:03:09. > :03:12.in the root of sincere cooperation and respect for the most important
:03:13. > :03:15.values. I guess that our countries in the EU should play the leading
:03:16. > :03:18.role because these are the values that we are presenting and we should
:03:19. > :03:25.convince the others. Thank you very much.
:03:26. > :03:35.TRANSLATION: The G7 is meeting in Italy and I'm very proud my country
:03:36. > :03:40.is the host for this event. In an unstable country with a lot of
:03:41. > :03:44.tension and other interesting signs, however, the proposal of China, for
:03:45. > :03:47.instance, for a new silk route which could create new international
:03:48. > :03:52.cooperation apart from trade. Leaders know they only represent a
:03:53. > :03:58.part of the political and economic authority of the planet because the
:03:59. > :04:02.G20 is now the most representative body but the specific responsibility
:04:03. > :04:05.of the G7 and EU is to represent the most developed democracies so we
:04:06. > :04:08.must be aware of the fact that the leadership which is no longer taken
:04:09. > :04:13.for granted based on just mere numbers, must be based on the
:04:14. > :04:16.strength of our values on multilateralism, an openness, on the
:04:17. > :04:21.respect for international law, so actions or any attacks are simply
:04:22. > :04:26.not acceptable in the international community. But there are rules, as
:04:27. > :04:32.many colleagues have said. We want to have transparent fiscal policy.
:04:33. > :04:38.redistribution of social justice and redistribution of social justice and
:04:39. > :04:43.the EU emerges here, in the absence of commitment on the part of large
:04:44. > :04:51.countries and major powers, Europe must fill the gap. TRANSLATION: Mr
:04:52. > :04:56.what my friend said, I think climate what my friend said, I think climate
:04:57. > :05:01.change is going to be a hugely important issue here at the G7
:05:02. > :05:07.summit. Especially the role of the larger than life character of
:05:08. > :05:10.President Donald Trump. The Paris agreement is a global agreement and
:05:11. > :05:14.if the United States were to pull out of it, it would undermine it
:05:15. > :05:18.completely. This is a man, Donald Trump, who claimed climate change
:05:19. > :05:22.was created by the Chinese to attack unit -- to attack US man attaching
:05:23. > :05:25.competitiveness and claimed global warming is an expensive clothes and
:05:26. > :05:30.claimed wind farms are bad for people's health. I think as a
:05:31. > :05:34.businessman, he is a person who is subject to change. I think the G7 is
:05:35. > :05:39.a great opportunity to convince him that what he has said in the past is
:05:40. > :05:44.not actually true and in the interests of American citizens and
:05:45. > :05:50.world citizens, we will need to adopt the climate change agreement
:05:51. > :06:00.from Paris and implement it and the US as to do so above all else.
:06:01. > :06:14.TRANSLATION: Thank you very much, Madam President. The G7 summit this
:06:15. > :06:18.year has doing courage governments to adopt policies aimed at
:06:19. > :06:22.fulfilling the legitimate expectations of citizens. -- has
:06:23. > :06:27.doing courage governments. In terms of economic and social matters and
:06:28. > :06:32.also security. There are many urgent problems that needs to be dealt
:06:33. > :06:41.with, for example, the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, the
:06:42. > :06:47.violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, North Korea, global
:06:48. > :06:50.security, the fight against Daesh and violent extremism. Efforts have
:06:51. > :06:55.to be coordinated to promote a world order based on rules. We have
:06:56. > :07:02.defined violent terrorism in an insecure world.
:07:03. > :07:16.TRANSLATION: Thank you, president. The title of this summit already
:07:17. > :07:21.tells us what the main topic to be addressed is, that Theresa May,
:07:22. > :07:27.Donald Tusk, Emmanuel Macron, will be meeting for the first time. It is
:07:28. > :07:33.an opportunity for our leaders, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk,
:07:34. > :07:40.to say something about our economic policy and our values and the
:07:41. > :07:44.protection of human rights and all the points which have been
:07:45. > :07:52.mentioned, protection of migratory flows, trade, the institutions and
:07:53. > :08:02.the actual implementation of the Paris agreement, foreign policy,
:08:03. > :08:08.Libya, Syria, Ukraine. These are all subjects which will be dealt with at
:08:09. > :08:17.this summit. We hope that there will be tangible results and proposals
:08:18. > :08:21.communicated to the citizens. Thank you, Madam President, Vice
:08:22. > :08:25.President. Yesterday, we debated how the EU can successfully harness
:08:26. > :08:29.globalisation. The coming G7 summit will be a prime opportunity to put
:08:30. > :08:34.words into practice, to show European leadership and stand firm
:08:35. > :08:36.on our values and principles, assisting on a rule-based
:08:37. > :08:43.international order remains one of the key priorities for us. Indeed,
:08:44. > :08:48.the very reason why this is a G7 and not the G8 summit is that one key
:08:49. > :08:53.nation continues to disregard international rules and agreements.
:08:54. > :08:57.With the central theme of the G7 summit being how to rebuild trust, I
:08:58. > :09:04.believe that the EU should use the G7 summit to recommit to the biggest
:09:05. > :09:08.economies and the plan to achieving the sustainable develop that goals,
:09:09. > :09:11.all of them comprehensively, rebuilding trust requires visible
:09:12. > :09:12.action from the EU on the problems facing member states and the people
:09:13. > :09:26.of Europe. Thank you so much. TRANSLATION: One request, to catch
:09:27. > :09:34.the eye, you have one minute. TRANSLATION: Thank you Madam
:09:35. > :09:37.President, Vice President. Unlike the colleague who does not think the
:09:38. > :09:42.EU should have a place that the G7, I think it should. I think the
:09:43. > :09:50.European Union should be in the G7. The European Union is not a country
:09:51. > :09:58.but it does represent shared values. We have debated globalisation at
:09:59. > :10:03.great length. We need to find our place in relation to the other
:10:04. > :10:06.powers in the world. As for Russian participation, what are we going to
:10:07. > :10:15.do about our relationship with Russia, with China, the US? There
:10:16. > :10:19.are EU sanctions on Russia. There are so many things. It is not just
:10:20. > :10:23.about security. There are also economic issues. I think it is very
:10:24. > :10:27.welcome to see the EU at the G7 but I think we need to know what was
:10:28. > :10:32.discussed and what the outcome of the summit is. I wish you every
:10:33. > :10:37.success. TRANSLATION: Thank you, that wraps up the catching the eye
:10:38. > :10:46.and now the floor again for the council. Thank you, Madam chair.
:10:47. > :10:50.Honourable members, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your
:10:51. > :10:55.comments, all of which were noted by the presidency of the Council, of
:10:56. > :10:59.course, as you know, the presidency does not participate or attend the
:11:00. > :11:03.G7 but the European Union is represented by the commission. Of
:11:04. > :11:09.course, as I said earlier, these are challenging times on several fronts.
:11:10. > :11:17.Most of your comments confirm this, that we are living through
:11:18. > :11:23.challenging times, especially on account of still high political
:11:24. > :11:26.uncertainty. I therefore look forward to a strong message of
:11:27. > :11:34.confidence and reassurance by G7 leaders as well as to their
:11:35. > :11:36.guidance. We need to preserve the spirit of cooperation in the G7 and
:11:37. > :11:41.also continue to provide multilateral answers to the
:11:42. > :11:47.challenges we face. This also means maintaining and building on the
:11:48. > :11:53.achievements of the past and not giving into protectionism and
:11:54. > :11:56.isolation. Finally, I believe that it is true cooperation and working
:11:57. > :12:02.together that we can aspire to tackle the issues that are of
:12:03. > :12:09.concern for our citizens and our respective countries. Thank you very
:12:10. > :12:13.much. TRANSLATION: Thank you very much and on behalf of the European
:12:14. > :12:16.Commission, the commissioner. You may need to speak quite largely
:12:17. > :12:23.because people are coming into the room. Thank you very much for your
:12:24. > :12:30.comments and remarks. Most of them were very supportive to our agenda.
:12:31. > :12:34.The next G7 meeting, what it should be, first and foremost, it should be
:12:35. > :12:42.about revitalising multilateralism. We have not lost it completely yet
:12:43. > :12:47.but we have seen some tendencies, especially, or at least in rhetoric,
:12:48. > :12:54.moving away from multilateralism. It is very dangerous direction. That is
:12:55. > :13:04.why our agenda is so strongly linked to strengthening multilateralism.
:13:05. > :13:07.Many members mention that the implementation of Searby 21 should
:13:08. > :13:09.be one of the priorities and this is already the agreement and we agree
:13:10. > :13:13.and now it is a matter of implementation. One could not
:13:14. > :13:15.imagine a bigger global challenge than climate change which is why we
:13:16. > :13:21.need the recommitment from the leaders to implement it. Finally,
:13:22. > :13:27.there is a whole range of issues like the fight against terrorism,
:13:28. > :13:34.tax evasion, which must be addressed in global forums. I do hope that our
:13:35. > :13:40.leaders will send a strong message in favour of rules -based trade
:13:41. > :13:43.because it is the way to govern globalisation, it is the way to
:13:44. > :13:47.harness and shape globalisation. Without rules -based trade, we
:13:48. > :13:52.cannot include important values like environmental values or social
:13:53. > :13:57.values to the trade. It is the way we can enhance economic growth in a
:13:58. > :14:01.sustainable manner and make sure that our economic growth is
:14:02. > :14:09.translated into job creation. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE
:14:10. > :14:18.TRANSLATION: Green that concludes the debate and the setting is now
:14:19. > :14:20.adjourned for a few moments. -- that concludes the debate. Then we will
:14:21. > :14:23.receive Mr Gutierrez.