Forces are active inside Eastern Ukraine and russian financing is very active inside Eastern Ukraine. Thank you all. President obama is going to announce his pick to head the Veterans Affairs department, replacing eric shinseki, who resigned last month. Will be Robert Mcdonald, a former executive at Procter Gamble. We will be live here on cspan with the announcement expected in about a half an hour from now at 4 30 eastern. Burnish Prime MinisterDavid Cameron reported to the house of commons today about his meetings last week with European Union leaders. The eu is set to elect its next resident of the commission in july. They have decided to nominate a person Prime Minister cameron have has opposed. This is about one hour. We will show you as much as much as we can before the president s announcement. I would like to make a statement on the European Council. Let me briefly report back on two other points. First, the council began in april with a moving ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the gunshots in sarajevo that led to the First World War. It is right we should take special steps to commemorate the century of this and her armor the extraordinary sacrifice of a generation who gave their lives for our freedom. Is determined to ensure britain has fitting national commemoration, including the reopening of a newly refurbished Imperial War Museum what the next month. Second, the council signed Association Agreements with all bovine ukraine number reflecting our commitment to supporting these countries as they take difficult reforms that will bolster their democracies and improve the stability of the whole continental stop the president join the council to discuss the immediate situation in ukraine. The council welcomed his plan and the extension of the ceasefire until this evening. The onus is on russia to respond positively by pressing for a genuine Ceasefire Ceasefire and return occupied border posts to ukrainian authorities. The Council Agreed if we do not see concrete progress soon, we remain willing to impose further sanctions on russia which would not necessarily require a further meeting of the council, but the council itself would return to this issue at its next meeting which has been arranged for the 16th of july. Turning to the appointment of the next Commission President , i forly believe it should be the European Council, elected heads of National Council to oppose the head of the European Commission. It should not be for European Parliament to try to do tape that choice to the council. This is a point of principle upon which i was not prepared to budge. This is edition, i welcome the support of the leader of the opposition as well as the deputy Prime Minister in opposing the imposition of john claude junker. I believe they could have found a candidate who commanded the support of every member state of stop that has been the practice on every previous occasion and i think it was a mistake to abandon this approach this time. Of course the mothers a reason why no veto is available when it comes to this decision. Lastis because the government signed a treaty that gave up our veto for the nomination of the Commission President as well as the lisbon the parliamentve stronger rights to elect the Commission President. Once it was clear the council was determined to proceed, i insisted the European Council took a formal vote. Facing the prospect of being outvoted, some might have swallowed it and gone with the flow but i believe it was important to push the principal and are deep misgivings about this issue right till the end. If the European Council was going to let the European Parliament choose the next commission this way, i wanted to put writtens opposition firmly on the record. Was a bad day for europe because the decision of the council risks undermining the position of National Governments and risks undermining the power of National Parliament by handing further power to the European Parliament. While the nomination has been decided and must be accepted, it is important the Council Agrees to reconsider how to handle the appointment of the next Commission President next time this happens, and that is set out in the councils conclusion. Turning to the future, we must work with a new Commission President as we always do to secure our National Interests. I spoke to him last night the statement by the Prime Minister must he heard. His great interest in questioning the Prime Minister and there will be a time to do so but courtesy digg eights the Prime Minister must be heard. He repeated his commitment to address risk concerns about the eu. This whole process only underlines my conviction that europe needs to change. Some modest progress was made in arguing for reform. Makeouncil conclusions absolutely clear the focus of the mandate for the next five years must be on building stronger economies and creating jobs, exactly as agreed with leaders of sweden, germany and the netherlands the summer. The council underlined needs to address concerns about immigration arising from misuse from or fraudulent claims on the right of freedom of movement. National parliament should have a stronger role and the eu should only act were aches a real difference. We broke new ground, stating specifically that every union must allow for different parts of immigration for Different Countries and respect the wishes of those like britain that do not want further integration. For the first time, all my fellow 27 heads of government have agreed explicitly that they need to address britains concerned about the European Union. That has not been said before. While europe has taken a big words, we did secure some small steps for for britain and its relationship with the eu. Mr. Speaker, last week off outcome will make renegotiations with the europeans harder and it certainly makes the stakes higher. There will always be huge challenges in this Long Campaign to reform the European Union. But, with determination, i believe we can deliver. We cut the budget and got britain out of the bailout scheme and retrieve day fundamental reform of the disastrous fisheries policy and made progress on the red tape. Thee making progress on freetrade deals vital to new growth and jobs in britain. My colleagues in the European Council no that britain wants and needs reforms and they know britain sticks to its position. Mr. Speaker, and european elections, people cried out for change across the continent and they deserve a voice. Britain will be the voice of those people. Up for ourays stand principles and we will always defend our National Interests and we will fight with all we have to reform the you over the next few years. At the end of 2017, it will not be me or the end of this parliament that decides writtens future and European Union, it will be the british people. Mr. Speaker, i start by joining the premised are in remembering all of those who lost their lives in the First World War and it is right we will be marking their sacrifice at ease events throughout this year. I also welcome the association moldova, with georgia, and ukraine and i endorse the sentiments about the responsibilities of the russian government. Mr. Speaker, the truth is the Prime Minister returned to britain on friday having failed. Mild, small failure, but an appalling failure of relationship building, winning support, and delivering for britain. I know its inconvenient to remind him, but he lost by 26 votes to two. And then he comes to this chamber and seems to claim it as a complete vindication. Think it may represents splendid isolation. It is not. It is utter humiliation. With a mandate from all major parties, including labor, he could build an alliance to stop mr. Junker. He started with a divided europe over the candidacy and ended with a united europe against him. He did not say how did he think he pulled off this remarkable achievement will stop what did the german chancellor say at the start of the process . She said this the agenda of the next European Commission can be handled by junker but also by many others. At the end, there will be a broad tableau of names on the table. Mr. Speaker, how did we end up with only one name and how did she and 25 others and up supporting him . The threats him insult and disengagement toward out to be a master class to alienate your allies. His red to leave the European Union if mr. Junker was chosen. We already went rowing in a boat with chancellor merkel in a swedish lake in order to win support. But what did she say afterwards . She said this threats are not part and parcel of the european spirit. Part of the way in which we usually proceed. We know who she was talking about. She was talking about him and what happened is great allies in europe . It has been suggested we now mr. Allies will stop speaker, all he needed to do to block mr. Junker was persuade the people in the vote. Everyone voted against them. Prime minister voted against him. The german chancellor voted against them. Now he wants to imply all of this shows every other european leaders equally unprincipled. The Health Secretary went as far to say everyone else was a coward. Is that how he would describe his fellow european leaders . Isnt there another more possible explanation . The problem is a toxic supporter, him. He could reality that not attract any allies because the rest of europe simply lost patience as a result of his actions, not just in the last few weeks but in the last few years . It comes down to this when he comes calling, they believe hes doing so to solve the problems not theservative Party Problems of the European Union. Take the polish foreign minister. He is an angle fire he is an anglophile and this is what he said he is not interested, he does not get it, his whole strategy of feeding them scrap in order to satisfy them is turning against him. Field to those who are now embarrassing him. , calm yourself, man. Only this morning, a teacher said to me in speakers house, how can i tell a little boy in my class to behave when parliamentarians dont . Be a good boy. Get the message. Maybe he can tell us whether he agrees with the assessment of the polish foreign minister and who can blame the polish foreign for thinking this . Every time his Prime Minister has had a major decision to make, hes put Party Interest before National Interests. He walked out of the European Peoples Party nine years ago and earlier this month, through in his hat with the german equivalent. How did that go down with chancellor merkel . Isnt that decision eight care a parable of his failure to lead for britain . Short term heart he management and huge longterm losses for Britains National interest. Three years ago, he walked out of the European Council announcing he had vetoed the treaty but it went ahead yesterday and he looked absurd. Now, mr. Speaker, you want to negotiate a new treaty when you can say what you want in it. All the time, driven by a party you center of gravity is drifting toward access. Acceptaker, doesnt he that the strategy of threatening exit was put to the test and failed . I know they dont want to hear about his failure, but can they hear it . That the greate irony, the thing that makes it even worse is the Prime Minister is a great supporter of britains membership of the European Union . We agree we should be in the speaker,union, but mr. Doesnt he agree the problem he has is the gap tween what people behind him are demanding and it what sensible european reform amounts to . Europe is not under formable, its just that he cannot do it. Order. The role of the Prime Ministers notes to fetch and carry and not an shake his head in the right places. Quiet allmson, be stop if you cant be quiet, get out, man. He could not get for countries to support him and if he cannot get for countries to block the appointment of a president , how on earth is he going to get the seven countries to support a new treaty . This weekend has shown conclusively to everyone but this Prime Minister that his negotiating strategy is in tatters all stop and we know where it would end. He would be caught in the gulf between what he believes and what he can negotiate. Failed overnister mr. Junker. Order. Im quite sure the opposition would bring the remarks to a close. And the mob should calm itself so he has the opportunity to do so. Out maneuvered and out voted. And the building are losses, hes burning them. He cannot deliver for britain. The Prime Minister. We had yet another [inaudible]where endless wind, and less rhetoric, no question and no ability to stand up for britain. Say i wont take lectures on negotiation from the people who gave away the veto, who gave away the rebate, who backed down on the budget every year, and who signed us up we wont take any lessons from them. We did not have a veto in this situation because they signed the lisbon treaty. This side ofd on the house. When he talks about the ability to get together allies where were his allies in the socialist party . They had a meeting in paris. All the key socialist leaders were there. They all decided to support jeanclaude uecker. John claude junker. I have to say to the right honorable jerome and that not once did he actually say he did not support him either. And i have to say to support the government over opposing this principle and this individual only to criticize and complain is typical of his approach week, opportunistic and wrong. May i express to our Prime Minister my admiration. Opposition toined to thection of the man presidency of the European Union of is wedded to the idea closer political and economic to the freedom of which wouldpeoples siphon huge numbers of further immigrants into this country. Deplore be provocative unionon of the european to move its economic front here to within 300 miles of moscow, which will certainly be regarded by russia as a strategic threat to which they will respond. Can i say to my right old friend, i completely agree will about the importance of recognizing the freedom of movement is not an unqualified right and its properly qualified with respect to benefit abuse. Where i do not agree with the father of the house is the Eastern Partnership stake eu has entered into actually can help to embed Market Economics and democracies in those countries. Its very important to stress with respect to ukraine or although that this is not like asking countries about which group they want to fit into, whether they want to choose between having a Good Relationship with russia or a Good Relationship with the eu. They should be able to have Good Relationships with both. Why is always such a magnificent victory to him . I always prefer when we succeed in cutting the eu budget in the we succeed regulation. There are times it is important to stand up or principle and not to give in no matter what the pressure. It doesnt matter how may countries were against me, it was the wrong candidate, the wrong principles and there are were times you stick to your guns. Does the Prime Minister agree the conclusion of the European Council were both unprecedented and very helpful . Referring to aly two speed europe which imply we all end up at the same destination. To deepenwant integration, we must allow that but also respect the wishes of those who do not want to give in any further. Does this not represent Real Progress with regard to one of the main objectives from the United Kingdom . I think my friend is right. The toughest things we are asking for and the renegotiations. Context, the concept allows for different parts of immigration, those who want to deepen immigration to move ahead while respect ingo wish of those who do not want to deepen any further. The conclusion also said there are conc