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European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (debate)
Speaker: Rosanna CONTE (Italy, Identity and Democracy Group / Lega)
Date: 2020-06-18

  Rosanna Conte (ID).   – Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, c'è bisogno di ascoltare, ascoltare tutte quelle istanze che arrivano dai nostri lavoratori transfrontalieri e stagionali, allontanando i tentativi di regolarizzare gli immigrati regolari come è accaduto in Italia. 
Se volessimo rispondere seriamente alle esigenze di manodopera delle nostre attività produttive, dovremmo dare priorità ai tanti cittadini disoccupati colpiti dalla crisi, magari valutando la possibilità di introdurre un sistema di voucher per regolamentare i lavori saltuari e abbattere così l'aggravio fiscale. 
E qui mi riferisco anche a quei residenti che basano il proprio reddito sulle attività svolte solo in determinate stagioni. Penso, ad esempio, ai balneari, ai maestri di sci e a tutti gli operatori del settore turistico nelle zone costiere, come bagnini, camerieri, addetti alle pulizie. A tutti loro devono essere garantite condizioni di lavoro dignitose e regolate dai singoli Stati Membri. Solo così si darà una prospettiva concreta per uscire da questa crisi.
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Croatian Presidency (debate)
Speaker: Rosanna CONTE (Italy, Identity and Democracy Group / Lega)
Date: 2020-01-14

  Rosanna Conte (ID).   – Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, desidero innanzitutto augurare buon lavoro ai nostri vicini croati, un popolo con il quale noi italiani condividiamo uno splendido mare.
Il mare Adriatico ci offre tanto buon pesce, ma in questi ultimi anni è stato il bersaglio di dure politiche restrittive da parte dell'Unione europea, non da ultimo le TAC in vigore dal 1° gennaio 2020, e altre riduzioni, come il taglio del 10 % delle giornate in mare dei pescatori a strascico, che rischia di ridurre del 40 % la sola produzione ittica italiana.
Tutto questo per mano della Commissione europea che, invece di consultare il Parlamento in un'ottica di codecisione, ha preferito bypassarlo e agire in sede di Commissione generale per la pesca nel Mediterraneo.
Per questo è importante rafforzare il collegamento tra i nostri Stati e presentarci compatti contro questo tentativo di delegittimazione del Parlamento, che è la voce dei cittadini. L'impegno di Italia, Croazia e Slovenia per la pesca deve essere congiunto, per difendere e tutelare i pescatori in un'ottica di buoni rapporti di vicinato.
Auspico quindi che questo semestre presidenziale possa fare tanto e bene per tutelare il comparto ittico europeo, iniziando a sostenere l'ammodernamento delle imbarcazioni e le misure socioeconomiche del nuovo FEAMP.
Vista poi la presenza della Commissione chiedo, e mi aspetto una risposta chiara, se intendono iniziare i negoziati o ritirare la proposta relativa al piano pluriennale per i piccoli pelagici dell'Adriatico, arenato ormai da troppo tempo.
Solo con politiche più efficaci, semplici e accessibili potremo garantire sviluppo e crescita economica di cittadini e imprese europee. Rafforziamo quindi anche i programmi di cooperazione regionale tra Stati, promuovendo ad esempio Interreg.
EU response to extreme meteorological events and their impacts: how to protect European urban areas and their cultural heritage (debate)
Speaker: Rosanna CONTE (Italy, Identity and Democracy Group / Lega)
Date: 2019-11-26

  Rosanna Conte,  a nome del gruppo ID. – Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, "Venezia affonda", "Venezia flagellata", "Venezia sommersa", sono solo alcuni titoli dei giornali di tutto il mondo dopo che il 12 novembre e nei giorni successivi l'acqua alta ha provocato a Venezia danni incalcolabili per il loro valore.
È vero, il maltempo ha colpito diverse regioni d'Italia. Esprimo oggi qui a Strasburgo il mio profondo affetto a tutte le popolazioni colpite e alla mia terra. Venezia, però, è unica e non appartiene solo allo Stato italiano ma a tutta l'Europa e al mondo intero. Venezia raccoglie in sé l'umanesimo occidentale e l'umanesimo orientale, la stratificazione storica dei propri monumenti, con la sua imponente Basilica di San Marco, danneggiata pesantemente da questa nuova alluvione. Vedere Venezia ferita e annientata dall'acqua che l'ha invasa ovunque è stato un vero e proprio il colpo al cuore.
Ferita ma orgogliosamente sempre a testa alta, come è nel carattere dei veneti: orgogliosi, laboriosi e mai domi. Le parole di una poesia dicono: "Dall'acqua travolta, dal mare tradita, ancora una volta Venezia è ferita", e poi "Venezia, sei sola!". Dicono anche però "Ma l'alba è vicina, il giorno ti vuole, sii forte, Regina, che arriverà il sole".
Oggi dobbiamo dimostrare che Venezia non è sola. Venezia ha bisogno di tutti, ha bisogno dell'Europa. Venezia con il suo territorio, con le isole del Lido e di Pellestrina, con la realtà di Chioggia e del litorale.
Ebbene, io oggi sono qui a rappresentare, da veneziana, l'alto grido di dolore che si è levato e che l'Europa deve raccogliere, senza perdita di tempo perché più si va avanti e più i rischi aumentano. Questa volta l'Europa non deve girare la testa dall'altra parte. È fondamentale che partano non solo messaggi di solidarietà ma interventi concreti, interventi certi, con meccanismi che li rendano immediati e più reattivi. Il lavoro della Protezione civile, dei Vigili del Fuoco e dei volontari, le aspettative e i bisogni dei cittadini e degli operatori economici pretendono da questa Europa celerità e immediatezza.
Il Fondo di solidarietà oggi va rivisto perché è complesso nella sua attivazione. Servono fondi speciali ad hoc per aree particolarmente delicate e difficili, possibilmente con la gestione diretta delle regioni, e procedure più snelle e meno burocratiche. Venezia, ma non solo Venezia, si aspetta questo dall'Europa, in fretta e senza perdite di tempo.
Impact of the interest rate increase decided by the ECB on households and workers (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2023-05-10

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, io credo che molte delle attuali discussioni sull'inflazione nascano da un equivoco.
Nei trattati c'è scritto che la BCE deve mantenere la stabilità dei prezzi, ma non c'è scritto che la stabilità dei prezzi è un compito esclusivo della BCE e secondo me il problema oggi nasce da qui. L'Unione e gli Stati membri potrebbero fare di più per combattere il carovita.
I dati ci dicono, è stato detto anche in questo dibattito, che oggi l'inflazione è in buona parte determinata da aumenti dei margini dei profitti di alcune imprese in alcuni settori: questo non si risolve con la politica monetaria. Con un'inflazione di questo tipo, affidarsi solo alla politica monetaria significa andare a colpire i redditi reali dei lavoratori e anche di quelle imprese che non hanno il potere di mercato di adottare certi comportamenti.
Per questo noi dobbiamo affiancare le azioni della BCE, da un lato aumentando l'efficacia delle politiche proconcorrenziali per evitare degli aumenti ingiustificati dei prezzi, e dall'altro attraverso una politica dei redditi generalizzata che coinvolga tutti, le imprese, i lavoratori, i governi e che guardi ai salari ma anche ai profitti. Questo è importante!
Come aveva intuito il compianto Ezio Tarantelli, un grande economista italiano, una politica dei redditi concertata è lo strumento migliore per abbassare le aspettative di inflazione e supportare la politica monetaria, in questo modo rendendo meno necessari gli aumenti dei tassi che poi finiscono per avere ripercussioni negative sui lavoratori, in particolare su chi ha un reddito fisso.
Questa è la direzione verso cui noi dobbiamo andare: lavorare tutti insieme e non aspettarsi dalla politica monetaria quello che la politica monetaria non può fare.
Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2023-05-09

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, a good economic governance must have two characteristics – ambition and credibility – and credibility does not rhyme necessarily with the severity as many claim. Credibility is measured by the economic, social and political sustainability of those rules. And if rules are not sustainable over time, governance is not credible. So the old governance was perhaps ambitious, but not particularly credible – it hasn’t proved that over time.
The review launched by the Commission shall set the right balance between ambition and credibility. The proposals are already moving in the right direction, but frankly, I believe that something more needs to be done to guarantee an adequate level of public investment, because these investments are key to growth in private investments as well, and these will ensure the digital, environmental and social transition challenges that we have ahead of us and this is what really we need to do to meet our citizens’ expectations. 
So, more investments today means more growth, more jobs for tomorrow and in the end, that’s what we are called to deliver. This is what citizens expect from us. This is how we can be credible.
Failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for financial stability in Europe (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2023-03-15

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Madam President, thank you Commissioner for being with us for this important debate. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank teaches us some lessons. Commissioner has already outlined several of them, but I want to stress two of them in particular. 
The first is that an ambitious prudential regulation is a necessary condition not only for having healthy and solid banks, but also for preventing financial dominance. The second lesson is that either there is a fully fledged bank crisis management framework able to deal with both idiosyncratic and systemic crises or, in the end, only citizens pay the bailout bill.
In the EU, we were pretty good on the first point – although the work has yet to be completed and I agree with most of the things that our rapporteur Fernández said on the Basel III negotiations – but momentum was lost on the second part, the bank crisis management framework. If we really want to strengthen the banking system and make economic policy truly independent, we have to deliver as soon as possible on one thing: the completion of the banking union.
European Central Bank - annual report 2022 (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2023-02-15

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Madam President, recently a Minister of an EU Member State said, complaining, that the ECB is not accountable to anyone except herself. This is simply not true. Not only is this debate proving that is not true, but so do all the practices that we have. The ECB President regularly comes to discuss ECB actions in the ECON Committee of this Parliament, and we scrutinise the ECB actions very seriously, very thoroughly. 
However, as President Lagarde recalled, this accountability exercise is largely based on practices, most of which are not explicitly written or codified. But now we are ready to change this, and I’m really happy about it. We’ve been waiting for a long time. Twenty—five years ago, a Parliament report called for an agreement with the soon—to—be—established ECB. For over 20 years, no progress was made. But more recently, in the ECON Committee, during one of these debates, we started to discuss with President Lagarde about this need and we started with her a fruitful dialogue. I’m so pleased that the ECB is now ready to take this step and I want to thank President Lagarde for her openness, her availability. Please let me acknowledge her work. 
The independence of the ECB must be preserved but, at the same time, independence and accountability must go hand in hand. This is what we have done, this is what we will do, and this will reinforce citizens’ trust and silence the sceptics.
Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-11-22

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – I want to go back on the investment issue and in particular on the national investments. I think this proposal is very positive, very good in a way that tries to find a better balance between the stability and the growth, and investments – national investments – are crucial to that end. The only thing that I wonder, in the legislative proposal that I’m confident will be presented very soon, I think that we will need a little bit more clarification on some aspects of these national investments: how they will be treated, which kind of investments, which conditions. I mean, I would like the Commission to elaborate a little bit more and to share with us some clarification on this matter.
Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-11-22

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Let me be a little bit more specific. In the communication of 2015, the Commission provides a clear and specific region for certain investments, you know, that takes into account not only compliance with macroeconomic criteria, but also the type of investment. That’s what I wanted to look into, with particular reference, but of course not limited to co-financed investments that are part of European projects. I think this is an important part. I would like to have clarification. Are you considering proposing something similar in the new governance as well? Because I think in the upcoming years, that would be very, very important and very valuable.
REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-11-09

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, tomorrow’s vote marks an important step ahead towards addressing some structural problems which are emerging in the current energy crisis by means of investments for new infrastructure, for example, for renewable energy production and for overcoming energy supply distortion. The resources at stake are important: EUR 20 billion in grants and more than EUR 200 billion in loans that are unused under the RRF. 
However, we asked – and we will keep asking – for more resources, because the challenges of the current energy crisis are much bigger than the resources that are finally allocated. Let’s face it, we all know what is at stake: the competitiveness of our businesses; the fragility of our families and households; energy poverty. 
So more resources will be needed. And not only resources, as to address the energy crisis we will need reforms in the energy market – temporary ones and structural ones. We know what we are talking about: a new benchmark for gas prices; a dynamic cap that we’ve been discussing; the decoupling of gas and electricity prices. 
We know what we have to do, now it’s time to deliver.
Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-10-18

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, for months, we’ve been saying to people that the rising cost of energy was something limited and temporary. But it’s not been like that. And, let’s face it, it will not be like this in the future. Governments had to intervene massively to support families and businesses and will have to do that again in the future. But it’s not going to be sustainable in the long term, we know that.
So what does it mean? It means that this will affect the competitiveness of our businesses, will affect the single market and bring about fragmentation and will also have spill-overs that will aggravate and accelerate a possible recession all over the European Union.
So we need to intervene very quickly, urgently, on two fronts: one, provide a genuine European instrument to provide support to those countries that don’t have the fiscal space, and also to restore the single market. And then we need an incisive intervention on the energy market – yes, the joint procurement. But we need something more ambitious on the gas price, decoupling gas from energy prices.
If we’re not ambitious now, we will regret it when it will be too late.
Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-06-22

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Madam President, the reality around us, from the Russian aggression to the turbulence on the energy market, confirmed the genuine need for the Recovery Fund. Many of the decisions that we took during the negotiations, from the inception of the European instrument to avoid internal market fragmentation to fostering the renewables in the energy mix, were forward-looking, and the Parliament largely contributed to it. So I think this is something we need to learn from what we’ve done and be happy about it, but we also believe that further action is needed.
Fiscal capacity at the European level is currently missing. That’s something that would allow us to cope with external shocks like the Russian aggression, for example. REPowerEU represents a very good opportunity, absolutely. It’s an opportunity to drastically accelerate our energy transition and increase Europe’s energy independence. But its swift deployment is possible thanks to previous decisions taken in terms of budget and own resources. What would happen if we had new crises coming up? We wouldn’t have new tools. We wouldn’t have resources. That’s why I think we need to move forward. We need to complete our economic and monetary union, because when we are united and look forward, we are capable of great things. But we just need the tools.
Formal sitting – 20th anniversary of the euro
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2022-02-14

  Irene Tinagli,  Chair the ECON Committee. – Madam President, 20 years is an important anniversary for anyone, but I think that if we look back at all that the euro has been through, well, then we realise how special this anniversary is. 
At first, the introduction of the single currency in Europe seemed like a risky bet. Many feared it was too early. Others thought that there were other priorities. There was some fear about it. And later, after the financial crisis, many thought that the euro was at risk and that a restoration of national currencies was upcoming. Well, it turned out quite differently, and not only is the euro still here, but it’s stronger than ever. Other Member States have decided to adopt it, and others will soon be able to do so. 
The truth is that the euro has been the key element of the last 20 years of the Union. It has complemented the single market. It has made it easier to trade and travel and live across different countries in the European Union. It has boosted European value chains, strengthening our economies. It has been the prerequisite for preserving the European monetary sovereignty in a globalised world. It has represented the cornerstone of a peaceful Union and a global actor after the end of the Cold War and German reunification. Without the euro, I’m quite sure we would be telling quite different stories.
The success of the euro is not a matter of chance. Its strength, its value and its very existence has constantly been guaranteed and preserved by the European Central Bank. Over the past 20 years, the ECB has been the true guardian of the Union’s currency, and I’m confident that it will continue to play its role even in the coming years of big innovations and changes. We’ve heard about some of those.
But the euro’s success was also the result of a strong political will. The euro was the best investment that we could have made to ensure a stable environment for the new generations. This awareness was the fundamental element that allowed us to overcome even the most difficult moments, and we’ve heard just a few minutes ago about some of those moments. 
The euro has definitely brought to us many successes, but we have to also to acknowledge and to recognise that it has not delivered all the gains that it could have delivered in all the Member States and to all the European citizens. And this is partly due to some national issues and partly the result of the fact that the Economic and Monetary Union is still incomplete – as Commissioner Gentiloni just reminded us.
So, the way ahead, therefore, is to identify the changes that are necessary to make our monetary union work for the benefit of everybody. The experience of the euro shows that even the riskiest bets, if supported by political will, can be successful and can mark a great leap forward in the history of our Union.
State of play of the RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility) (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2021-12-15

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Madam President, we are really at a crucial stage in the Recovery and Resilience Facility as we are moving from the planning to the implementation. And this is an unprecedented challenge, which will have important consequences for the future. 
First, a successful implementation will mark another leap forward in the integration process of the European Union, and will show even to the most sceptical ones, what it means a united and strong Europe. 
Second, the national plans will help not only to support the recovery, but also to accelerate the green transition, the digital transition and the competitiveness of our Union. 
And third, let’s not forget that it will help us building a better and fair Europe. Commissioner Gentiloni, yesterday in the RRF dialogue, reminded us and today as well that of all the plans that have been approved, EUR 127 billion are dedicated to social policies. This is a huge chunk of the financial envelope, and it’s crucial to improve the lives of the European citizens, to build the kind of Europe – closer to the citizens – that we are here for.
Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2021-11-10

  Irene Tinagli,  on behalf of the S&D Group. – Madam President, after five years of deadlock in the Council, we finally managed to seal a deal on the public country-by-country reporting, which is a crucial transparency tool. Thanks to the work of this Parliament, big multinationals will be obliged to publicly disclose where they make profits and where they pay their taxes. The agreement also includes the obligation for companies to publish how many full-time employees they have, their turnover and taxes paid, as well as all the profits and losses they have in each country they operate in – in the European Union and in tax havens.
Thanks to this transparency, citizens will know which companies are freeriding and which are contributing their fair share to society. This is part of a bigger effort that we are leading towards creating a more just and fair society. Along with the international tax agreement, a new wave of tax justice is now on the agenda of the European debate and of the international one, and we will keep pushing and step-by-step we will build a better Union.
Global Tax Agreements to be endorsed at the G20 Summit in Rome, 30th/31st of October (continuation of debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2021-10-20

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, the first thing I want to express today is a great sense of achievement. One hundred and thirty-six countries have finally reached an agreement to end the deleterious race to the bottom caused by deregulated international fiscal competition. This agreement will help us fight fiscal elusion, fiscal dumping and will provide new resources to many countries that can be used to address social inequalities and to support economic recovery. 
Someone says it’s not enough. Yes, many of us would have loved to see a more ambitious agreement. But now we have two choices. We can keep complaining and despise the agreement, or we can acknowledge the enormous effort made, and we can push for a rapid and effective implementation of the agreement in the European Union as soon as possible. 
We choose this latter option and we call on all the parties involved at the Commission, the Council and every Member State to take a step forward and to facilitate such fast and strict implementation. Now, more than ever, we need more tax justice. Let’s get started.
Business Taxation (continuation of debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2021-05-18

  Irene Tinagli,  on behalf of the S&D Group. – Mr President, we always knew, even before the pandemic, that the international fiscal system is flawed and creates spaces for opportunistic behaviour – elusion, evasion and fraud – that benefit the few at the expense of many others. With thousands of businesses severely hit by the pandemic, we cannot tolerate these distortions any further, and we cannot properly support recovery with a system that allows hundreds of billions of euros in potential tax revenues to be lost because of evasion and fraud. 
That’s why we warmly welcome the Commission’s support for a strong global agreement, as well as its commitment to act swiftly on the implementation of such an agreement. In this regard, it is clear to us that all the main elements of the current negotiations need to be maintained, the so-called Pillar 1and Pillar 2. We need to ensure that profits are allocated where the value is created, and at the same time we need to stop a fiscal competition that translates into a deleterious race to the bottom through a minimum effective taxation to multinationals. 
There’s another important element that I want to mention in this short timeframe that I have available: the commitment to propose a measure to neutralise the misuse of shell companies. It is a strong clear sign that shows a commitment to fight tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning. 
So overall we really welcome this communication. We believe it is an important step to move towards a simpler, fairer and more transparent fiscal system and we look forward to working on that.
Establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2021-02-09

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, the Recovery and Resilience Facility is not only a way to address the effects of the COVID crisis, but a great leap forward towards a closer and deeper union. It complements the action of the European Central Bank and partially overcomes the lack of a common European fiscal capacity for the time being.
However, we would be wrong to consider this facility as the final destination of our journey. This is just the beginning. Full recovery will require time, energy, commitment and a great sense of responsibility. In order to succeed, new forms of dialogue and interaction, solidarity and mutual understanding are required. Now, more than ever, it’s clear that having a solely national perspective for economic and budgetary measures is not only pretentious, but is short-sighted and inefficient.
So a truly European approach is the only way to foster territorial cohesion, to fight social inequalities, and to support policies dedicated to the next generation of Europeans. As a Parliament, over the next years, we will be vigilant to ensure that the Commission carries out the tasks assigned in appropriate ways so that the facility reaches its objectives, especially in terms of digital and environmental transformation, social impact and the Next Generation policies that we have envisaged for the Union.
It will not be easy. There will be bumps along the road and divisive forces will always be around the corner, and we got a sample from the debate this morning. So I say to my colleagues that we have created a powerful instrument for unity and solidarity. Now it’s our responsibility to make sure that what was conceived to unite us will not end up dividing us.
European Central Bank - annual report 2018 (debate)
Speaker: Irene TINAGLI (Italy, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament / Partito Democratico)
Date: 2020-02-11

  Irene Tinagli (S&D).   – Mr President, this report to the European Parliament expresses its support for the ECB’s monetary policy and recognises that the measures implemented are consistent with its mandate, and have been decisive in preserving the euro area from deflation and also in contributing to the ongoing economic recovery. I challenge anyone to prove that today we’d be better off had we adopted different policies.
But many of the challenges we face today are new and they require further innovation in the way monetary policy is conducted. Madame Lagarde, you mentioned many of those: climate change, digitalisation... I would also add economic inequalities, especially in certain areas. All of these factors will have a significant structural impact on the way the economy works. They will affect key economic variables, financial stability and the effectiveness of monetary policy.
To fulfil its mandate of delivering price stability, the ECB will better understand how the changing climate, technological innovation and economic inequalities will affect the behaviour of households, firms and financial institutions. The ECB has the analytical capacity and resources to push the frontier of knowledge on these issues and we are definitely keen to do our part.
Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-11-22

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Monsieur le Président, ces derniers jours, le peuple espagnol est dans la rue et proteste contre la trahison de son Premier ministre, Pedro Sánchez, minoritaire dans les urnes, qui viole ouvertement la Constitution en s’alliant avec les criminels séparatistes catalans pour se maintenir au pouvoir. 
La Commission et le Parlement ne cessent de parler de l’état de droit en Pologne, en Hongrie et partout ailleurs dans le monde, inventant des menaces, enchaînant les procès de Moscou contre des accusés qui sont souvent condamnés par avance. 
Mais cette fois-ci, en Espagne, nous assistons à un authentique coup d’État, un viol caractérisé de la Constitution au mépris d’une décision de justice pourtant fondée en droit. Nous assistons au démembrement d’une nation et à l’amnistie de criminels pour des raisons bassement politiciennes. Et Bruxelles ne dit rien. La gauche et les macronistes se taisent, ils soutiennent même ouvertement cette forfaiture. Pourquoi? Eh bien parce que ce sont les socialistes qui sont à la manœuvre bien sûr.
Sánchez et son gouvernement se montrent illégitimes, voire illégaux, en laissant faire la Commission, et notre Parlement se couvre de honte. Dans sa logique habituelle, Bruxelles devrait se précipiter pour engager des sanctions, notre hémicycle devrait élaborer aussitôt une résolution. Et là, absolument rien! Ce «deux poids, deux mesures» montre à quel point l’habituel discours sur l’état de droit n’est qu’une minable comédie de la gauche pour nuire à ses adversaires politiques.
Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-11-21

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, mes chers collègues, encore un débat à propos de la Hongrie de Viktor Orbán, avec toujours les mêmes rengaines, les mêmes menaces imaginaires qui pèseraient sur l’état de droit, sur les journalistes militants ou encore sur les activistes LGBT. Rien n’a jamais été démontré, comme j’ai pu le constater en me rendant il y a deux ans à Budapest dans le cadre d’une mission officielle de notre Parlement. Et il n’y a évidemment rien de nouveau.
Alors quel est donc, cette fois, le grief de la gauche et des macronistes? La Hongrie a même consenti à certaines des réformes que vous réclamiez, mais cela ne vous convient toujours pas. Vous continuez à pleurnicher en prétendant agir au nom de la justice et de l’égalité. Vos persécutions incessantes et vos honteuses manœuvres n’ont en réalité qu’un seul but: punir le peuple hongrois, coupable d’être attaché à son identité et à ses traditions, coupable aussi de refuser vos diktats sur le multiculturalisme, sur l’accueil illimité des migrants, sur l’idéologie du genre jusque dans les écoles.
Vous montrez votre vrai visage. Rien ne vous satisfera jamais car vous êtes motivés par l’idéologie et la détestation de nos véritables valeurs de civilisation. Que l’on mette fin à ce cirque et que la Commission verse enfin l’argent qu’elle doit à la Hongrie.
The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-10-18

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Monsieur le Président, les djihadistes du Hamas ont attaqué Israël en atteignant des sommets dans l’horreur: massacre de jeunes dans un festival, viols et tortures, enlèvements de familles et meurtres d’enfants. Or, certains, en France, et ici même dans cet hémicycle, refusent de dire que le Hamas est un mouvement terroriste. Il faut les comprendre: les sympathisants du Hamas sont leurs électeurs, ces millions d’immigrés non assimilés, non assimilables, qui haïssent tout autant Israël que notre civilisation européenne. 
Mme von der Leyen décide de tripler l’aide européenne à Gaza, alors que tout le monde sait que ces financements finissent toujours, au moins en partie, dans les poches du Hamas. Ouvrez donc les yeux! Les attentats au fusil, au couteau ou au camion, en Israël, à Arras, à Bruxelles, à Stockholm ou à Paris, ne sont que l’expression d’un djihad permanent et planétaire, parfois barbare, comme celui du Hamas ou de Daech, et parfois en costume, comme celui des Frères musulmans. Ce djihad, il a mille prétextes pour son combat mortifère, mais une seule idéologie: faire la guerre à tout ce qui n’est pas l’islam et doit y être soumis. 
Nous n’avons pas le choix: nous devons mener et gagner la guerre contre l’islamisme, interdire les Frères musulmans, expulser les islamistes et leurs familles, contrôler les discours dans les mosquées et cesser de verser des millions à ceux qui veulent détruire notre civilisation et qui tuent nos peuples.
A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-10-18

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, si vous voulez une Europe qui a la géopolitique de sa civilisation et de ses intérêts, commencez par cesser vos discours creux, vos leçons de morale à la Terre entière, vos innombrables résolutions hautaines et suffisantes qui font que nous nous aliénons le reste du monde.
Arrêtez de nous humilier auprès de ceux qui nous méprisent ou nous menacent, car aujourd’hui la liste est interminable, votre servilité vis-à-vis de Biden, qui sert les intérêts américains et n’hésite pas à nous mener une guerre commerciale, votre lâcheté face à la Turquie d’Erdoğan, qui menace la Grèce, occupe Chypre et agite l’islamisme sur notre sol, votre hypocrisie et votre complaisance avec l’Azerbaïdjan, une authentique dictature qui nous revend du gaz russe tout en menant l’épuration ethnique des Arméniens, nos frères de civilisation, votre agressivité envers des pays comme la Tunisie ou l’Égypte, alors que nous avons comme intérêt commun de maîtriser les flux migratoires du Sud vers le Nord, votre timidité face à la Chine et à la concurrence déloyale qu’elle nous mène depuis des années, vos largesses financières et votre aveuglement en faveur d’un islamisme qui assume le fait de vouloir détruire notre civilisation.
Pensons enfin à nous, dans un monde qui redevient multipolaire et dangereux. Définissons-nous autrement que par de fausses valeurs, abstraites, désincarnées ou larmoyantes, loin de ce qui fait spécifiquement la grandeur de la civilisation européenne.
Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-10-03

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, comme d’autres espaces économiques dans le monde, l’Union européenne est touchée par l’inflation et les conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine. Mais alors que n’importe quel ménage penserait simplement à réduire ses dépenses, la Commission a une formule magique: demander toujours plus d’argent aux États, c’est-à-dire aux contribuables européens et notamment français, puisque la France fait partie des pays contributeurs nets au budget de l’Union européenne.
La Commission nous montre une fois de plus qu’elle dépense sans compter l’argent des autres, notre argent. Pas moins de 65 milliards d’euros, dont 13 milliards au titre de l’immigration. Si au moins cet argent servait à expulser les clandestins ou à monter une opération navale pour empêcher l’invasion de Lampedusa et de nos côtes. Mais nous savons qu’il sera en réalité dilapidé pour faciliter la venue de millions de faux demandeurs d’asile.
Pour gonfler son budget, la Commission compte également sur les ressources propres. En clair: des taxes et des impôts supplémentaires qui sont, comme toujours évidemment, répercutés à la fin sur le consommateur. On va ainsi ajouter une couche européenne au millefeuille fiscal qui spolie déjà les Français: pourcentage sur le revenu des États membres, prélèvement d’une partie de la TVA, taxe sur les emballages plastiques, mécanisme carbone aux frontières, taxe temporaire – mais qui en réalité deviendra définitive – sur les bénéfices des entreprises.
En somme, l’Union européenne fonctionne comme la France de Macron: toujours plus d’impôts, toujours plus de centralisme bruxellois…
(La Présidente retire la parole à l’orateur)
Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-10-03

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, il y a quelques jours, l'Azerbaïdjan a envahi l'Arménie, annexant le Haut-Karabakh et contraignant à l'exode 100 000 réfugiés arméniens qui fuient aujourd'hui les vols, les viols, les pillages et la mort. L'Azerbaïdjan qui, comme toujours, se comporte en bras armé de la Turquie. La Turquie qui, après le génocide de 1915, poursuit inlassablement sa volonté de construire un grand empire ottoman musulman avec à la clé l'éradication pure et simple de la nation et du peuple arménien. 
Mais quelle honte! Quelle honte de voir Mme von der Leyen se précipiter à Bakou, pactiser avec le dictateur Aliyev et affirmer qu'il s'agit d'un partenaire fiable. Et quelle hypocrisie à prétendre vouloir se défaire de la dépendance au gaz russe parce que la Russie a envahi l'Ukraine, bien sûr, et dans le même temps, acheter du gaz à l'Azerbaïdjan qui vient juste d'envahir l'Arménie. 
Il est temps d'en finir avec les collusions et les connivences avec Erdogan et avec Aliyev et de mettre un terme aux relations commerciales avec l'Azerbaïdjan. Nous avons un devoir de solidarité à l'égard de l'Arménie, première nation chrétienne de l'histoire. Nous avons un lien historique qui nous unit. Les Arméniens, le peuple arménien a besoin de notre amitié, de notre soutien et de notre solidarité européenne.
EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-09-12

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Monsieur le Président, mes chers collègues, l’accord migratoire entre l’Union européenne et la Tunisie est prometteur, et le président Saïed mérite notre soutien. Les pays du Maghreb sont en première ligne face à l’immigration qui se précipite aujourd’hui à l’assaut de l’Europe. Eux aussi subissent la pauvreté et la criminalité qu’apportent les migrants toujours plus nombreux. Plus de 100 000 rien qu’en Italie depuis le début de l’année, plusieurs millions venus partout en Europe depuis la crise de 2015.
À ce titre, le refus de la Commission de travailler avec la Libye, où se concentrent les migrants et les mafias de passeurs, parfois aidés par les ONG qui font les taxis des mers, est absolument coupable. Aidons les pays du Maghreb à défendre leurs frontières car ils protègent aussi les nôtres. Néanmoins, n’oublions pas qu’ils sont eux-mêmes parfois des pays de départ. Il faudra nous assurer que ces pays contrôlent leur propre immigration et sévir, le cas échéant, avec des clauses de sanction.
De plus, l’expulsion systématique des migrants clandestins qui sont des faux demandeurs d’asile, reste la meilleure solution pour assurer la maîtrise de nos frontières. Il faut dissuader les migrants de venir en leur montrant qu’ils ne pourront pas rester. Nous ne sommes qu’au début d’une immigration de masse absolument spectaculaire vers l’Europe. Donnons-nous aujourd’hui les moyens, tous les moyens, d’empêcher que l’Europe ne devienne l’Afrique.
Renewable Energy Directive (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-09-11

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Monsieur le Président, l’année dernière et pour la première fois depuis 40 ans, les Français se sont demandés s’ils pourraient se chauffer en hiver. C’était la conséquence du choix d’Emmanuel Macron, par idéologie, de sacrifier le nucléaire et de fermer la centrale de Fessenheim. Le renoncement à une énergie propre, peu coûteuse et efficace au profit d’une énergie intermittente, chère, qui nous rend dépendants de la Chine et qui nécessite d’activer des centrales à charbon. L’Allemagne, qui est le plus gros pollueur d’Europe, en sait quelque chose. En 2021, elle émettait huit fois plus de CO2 que la France pour une électricité 50 % plus chère.
Avec ce texte, vous poursuivez cette logique hypocrite et suicidaire. Vous voulez subventionner le solaire et l’éolien sans rien donner au nucléaire. Macron, malgré ce qu’il prétend aujourd’hui, a été trop lâche pour engager un vrai bras de fer et défendre nos intérêts. Un seul choix s’impose: garantir à nos peuples une énergie abondante, peu chère, décarbonée, pour soutenir notre industrie, pour aider le pouvoir d’achat des ménages et assurer l’avenir de nos enfants. Il faut un plan ambitieux de construction de centrales nucléaires de nouvelle génération partout en Europe, sur le modèle du plan Messmer qui avait donné à la France, il y a quelques décennies, sa souveraineté énergétique.
The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-07-12

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, 8,4 millions de migrants ont demandé l’asile dans l’Union européenne depuis 2014. C’est presque l’équivalent de l’Autriche tout entière. Et ils continueront à venir par millions tant que vous continuerez à les accueillir et à vouloir les répartir. C’est votre faute si certains meurent en mer, prenant tous les risques, motivés par votre laxisme, votre aveuglement, votre humanitarisme dévoyé. Vous voulez organiser leur arrivée, mettre en place des taxis des mers, faire le jeu des mafias et des trafiquants d’êtres humains qui s’enrichissent de ce commerce illégal et abject.
Ce ne sont pas des réfugiés. Ils ne fuient pas les persécutions. Ils ne fuient pas la guerre. Ils ne sont pas éligibles au droit d’asile. Ils viennent bénéficier de nos allocations, notre générosité sans limite. Ils apportent avec eux en échange la pauvreté toujours, le crime souvent, et parfois même le terrorisme.
Il faudra choisir: soit votre moraline, soit notre identité. L’accueil de millions de jeunes hommes qui ne s’assimileront jamais, comme l’ont montré d’ailleurs les émeutes ethniques qui ont ravagé la France ces derniers jours, ou alors la sécurité de nos peuples et de nos enfants. Comme tous les défenseurs de notre civilisation qui refusent votre folle politique, j’ai fait mon choix. Vous avez fait le vôtre et l’histoire vous jugera.
Tax the rich (topical debate)
Speaker: Nicolas BAY (France, Non-attached Members / Reconquête!)
Date: 2023-07-12

  Nicolas Bay (NI).   – Madame la Présidente, mes chers collègues, la taxation sans fin et à des taux toujours plus lourds est la seule politique dont semble capable la gauche, pour laquelle la richesse commence d’ailleurs dès la classe moyenne. Surimposer ne réduit pas les inégalités, mais fait peser une charge déraisonnable sur ceux qui payent l’impôt sans rendre plus riches ceux qui n’en payent pas.
D’ailleurs, cela n’augmente pas non plus les ressources de l’État. La fiscalité étouffante pousse ceux qui le peuvent à partir et à investir ailleurs. Elle écrase ceux qui restent au point qu’ils se demandent si travailler dur en vaut vraiment la peine. Car l’aisance tombe rarement du ciel. Elle est le fruit du labeur, de la prévoyance et de choix intelligents. La surimposition de certaines catégories sociales devient de plus en plus du racket pour compenser en réalité la gabegie financière de l’État et payer les allocations indues de ceux, souvent d’ailleurs issus de l’immigration, qui refusent de travailler ou n’ont pas la perspective de travailler.
C’est particulièrement vrai de l’impôt sur les successions. Alors que tout au long d’une vie, on a payé sans fin, subit des taxes innombrables et épargné de son mieux, l’État au moment du décès retaxe lourdement, honteusement, ce patrimoine destiné aux héritiers. C’est une véritable spoliation. Au lieu de taxer toujours plus, réduisons les dépenses et les gaspillages. Que l’État se concentre sur ses missions régaliennes, qu’il n’assume pas ou mal.