17/05/2017 European Parliament

... Give into any way in what the Americans are asking. We cannot slow

down. Investors are watching what will this be? This also said the

agenda for the jete 20 later in the year, what the G7 is going to say

we'll make sure that Paris is implemented is agreed or it will

give wind in the cells of conservative countries like Saudi

Arabia and Russia. So the conclusion or the question is very simple and I

would like to have an answer, if we cannot get the conclusions with the

US, will we push for a G6 statement on climate? TRANSLATION: In Sicily,

which is my region, youth unemployment is around 60%,

infrastructure is ridiculous, the railways 100 years old and bridges

which have fallen down, fisheries in the region have been systematically

pillaged by multinationals. In this kind of place, they have created in

Tower Minar, a golden cage costing 40 million euros of public money. --

they have created in Taormina. It is making people unhappy, naturally.

You are sweeping all the dust under the carpet. Stopping, among other

things, any refugees from landing. Probably these gentlemen will simply

do more harm to the planet, to create another landing strip,

another runway among other things. These people ought to be going to

Palermo or Catania or something else, using local transport. Dear

colleagues, let me say that I support and appreciate the subjects

on the agenda of the G7 meeting, as they were presented by council and

committee. I guess these are well chosen topics which are reflecting

concerns of citizens and challenges ahead but the most important subject

is actually in the title of the G7, the issue of trust, the issue of

future benefits and cooperation among the leading economic countries

of the world and also about leading democracies. I hope that partly the

new competition of G7 leaders will make a clear statement on this

direction and will also commit themselves personally to go forward

in the root of sincere cooperation and respect for the most important

values. I guess that our countries in the EU should play the leading

role because these are the values that we are presenting and we should

convince the others. Thank you very much.

TRANSLATION: The G7 is meeting in Italy and I'm very proud my country

is the host for this event. In an unstable country with a lot of

tension and other interesting signs, however, the proposal of China, for

instance, for a new silk route which could create new international

cooperation apart from trade. Leaders know they only represent a

part of the political and economic authority of the planet because the

G20 is now the most representative body but the specific responsibility

of the G7 and EU is to represent the most developed democracies so we

must be aware of the fact that the leadership which is no longer taken

for granted based on just mere numbers, must be based on the

strength of our values on multilateralism, an openness, on the

respect for international law, so actions or any attacks are simply

not acceptable in the international community. But there are rules, as

many colleagues have said. We want to have transparent fiscal policy.

redistribution of social justice and redistribution of social justice and

the EU emerges here, in the absence of commitment on the part of large

countries and major powers, Europe must fill the gap. TRANSLATION: Mr

what my friend said, I think climate what my friend said, I think climate

change is going to be a hugely important issue here at the G7

summit. Especially the role of the larger than life character of

President Donald Trump. The Paris agreement is a global agreement and

if the United States were to pull out of it, it would undermine it

completely. This is a man, Donald Trump, who claimed climate change

was created by the Chinese to attack unit -- to attack US man attaching

competitiveness and claimed global warming is an expensive clothes and

claimed wind farms are bad for people's health. I think as a

businessman, he is a person who is subject to change. I think the G7 is

a great opportunity to convince him that what he has said in the past is

not actually true and in the interests of American citizens and

world citizens, we will need to adopt the climate change agreement

from Paris and implement it and the US as to do so above all else.

TRANSLATION: Thank you very much, Madam President. The G7 summit this

year has doing courage governments to adopt policies aimed at

fulfilling the legitimate expectations of citizens. -- has

doing courage governments. In terms of economic and social matters and

also security. There are many urgent problems that needs to be dealt

with, for example, the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, the

violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, North Korea, global

security, the fight against Daesh and violent extremism. Efforts have

to be coordinated to promote a world order based on rules. We have

defined violent terrorism in an insecure world.

TRANSLATION: Thank you, president. The title of this summit already

tells us what the main topic to be addressed is, that Theresa May,

Donald Tusk, Emmanuel Macron, will be meeting for the first time. It is

an opportunity for our leaders, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk,

to say something about our economic policy and our values and the

protection of human rights and all the points which have been

mentioned, protection of migratory flows, trade, the institutions and

the actual implementation of the Paris agreement, foreign policy,

Libya, Syria, Ukraine. These are all subjects which will be dealt with at

this summit. We hope that there will be tangible results and proposals

communicated to the citizens. Thank you, Madam President, Vice

President. Yesterday, we debated how the EU can successfully harness

globalisation. The coming G7 summit will be a prime opportunity to put

words into practice, to show European leadership and stand firm

on our values and principles, assisting on a rule-based

international order remains one of the key priorities for us. Indeed,

the very reason why this is a G7 and not the G8 summit is that one key

nation continues to disregard international rules and agreements.

With the central theme of the G7 summit being how to rebuild trust, I

believe that the EU should use the G7 summit to recommit to the biggest

economies and the plan to achieving the sustainable develop that goals,

all of them comprehensively, rebuilding trust requires visible

action from the EU on the problems facing member states and the people

of Europe. Thank you so much. TRANSLATION: One request, to catch

the eye, you have one minute. TRANSLATION: Thank you Madam

President, Vice President. Unlike the colleague who does not think the

EU should have a place that the G7, I think it should. I think the

European Union should be in the G7. The European Union is not a country

but it does represent shared values. We have debated globalisation at

great length. We need to find our place in relation to the other

powers in the world. As for Russian participation, what are we going to

do about our relationship with Russia, with China, the US? There

are EU sanctions on Russia. There are so many things. It is not just

about security. There are also economic issues. I think it is very

welcome to see the EU at the G7 but I think we need to know what was

discussed and what the outcome of the summit is. I wish you every

success. TRANSLATION: Thank you, that wraps up the catching the eye

and now the floor again for the council. Thank you, Madam chair.

Honourable members, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your

comments, all of which were noted by the presidency of the Council, of

course, as you know, the presidency does not participate or attend the

G7 but the European Union is represented by the commission. Of

course, as I said earlier, these are challenging times on several fronts.

Most of your comments confirm this, that we are living through

challenging times, especially on account of still high political

uncertainty. I therefore look forward to a strong message of

confidence and reassurance by G7 leaders as well as to their

guidance. We need to preserve the spirit of cooperation in the G7 and

also continue to provide multilateral answers to the

challenges we face. This also means maintaining and building on the

achievements of the past and not giving into protectionism and

isolation. Finally, I believe that it is true cooperation and working

together that we can aspire to tackle the issues that are of

concern for our citizens and our respective countries. Thank you very

much. TRANSLATION: Thank you very much and on behalf of the European

Commission, the commissioner. You may need to speak quite largely

because people are coming into the room. Thank you very much for your

comments and remarks. Most of them were very supportive to our agenda.

The next G7 meeting, what it should be, first and foremost, it should be

about revitalising multilateralism. We have not lost it completely yet

but we have seen some tendencies, especially, or at least in rhetoric,

moving away from multilateralism. It is very dangerous direction. That is

why our agenda is so strongly linked to strengthening multilateralism.

Many members mention that the implementation of Searby 21 should

be one of the priorities and this is already the agreement and we agree

and now it is a matter of implementation. One could not

imagine a bigger global challenge than climate change which is why we

need the recommitment from the leaders to implement it. Finally,

there is a whole range of issues like the fight against terrorism,

tax evasion, which must be addressed in global forums. I do hope that our

leaders will send a strong message in favour of rules -based trade

because it is the way to govern globalisation, it is the way to

harness and shape globalisation. Without rules -based trade, we

cannot include important values like environmental values or social

values to the trade. It is the way we can enhance economic growth in a

sustainable manner and make sure that our economic growth is

translated into job creation. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE

TRANSLATION: Green that concludes the debate and the setting is now

adjourned for a few moments. -- that concludes the debate. Then we will

receive Mr Gutierrez.