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Debate: Establishing the European Education Area by  – micro credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Isabella Adinolfi
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, come diceva il grande Eduardo De Filippo, gli esami non finiscono mai. Ma allora perché bisognerebbe smettere di imparare, di acquisire nuove abilità o qualifiche? L'apprendimento permanente deve essere incentivato a ogni livello e le microcredenziali hanno la funzione di creare percorsi di apprendimento fruibili da tutti, in particolare dai cittadini svantaggiati e da persone che sono uscite dal mercato del lavoro e che non riescono a rientrarvi. Importante è però vigilare affinché non si trasformi anche questo in un nuovo tipo di lavoro non pagato. In ogni caso, prima di innovare il sistema con queste nuove introduzioni, bisogna rinsaldare le fondamenta del sistema formativo, altrimenti l'Europa sarà inesorabilmente sorpassata nelle prossime sfide globali. Occorrono investimenti importanti nelle nostre università, nella ricerca, nella sicurezza degli studenti impegnati in percorsi misti di alternanza scuola-lavoro e per le borse di studio. Questa nuova corsa agli armamenti, per esempio, e le continue emergenze stanno già incidendo sui programmi europei e sulle manovre finanziarie dei paesi, e il rischio è che tutto passi in secondo piano, anche la formazione della prossima classe dirigente, che guiderà l'Europa in futuro.
Debate: Establishing the European Education Area by  – micro credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, domnule comisar, sigur că educația este foarte importantă pentru competența și pentru competitivitatea economică și pentru ordinea socială, până la urmă, în cadrul Uniunii Europene.  Sigur că trebuie să pornim de la ideea că educația este subsidiaritate, este competența statelor membre. Întrebarea adresată Comisiei este cum s-ar putea ca, în mod complementar, Comisia Europeană, Uniunea Europeană să susțină educația și aici cred că sunt trei lucruri esențiale.  Pe de o parte, recunoașterea calificărilor - și eu aș sugera, domnule comisar, la nivel de Uniune Europeană, să putem să avem alocate bugete pentru studii legate de educația vocațională și de educația pe tot parcursul vieții, pentru că aceste două lucruri sunt deficitare în multe state membre și putem veni cu exemple de bună practică, cu studii, cum să facem ca educația să fie făcută pe structura economică din fiecare stat membru și, evident, ca în întreg spațiul european să avem educație vocațională, profesională, pe ceea ce avem nevoie acum, pentru că știm cu toții că avem un deficit de calificări și, bineînțeles, recunoașterea calificărilor, domnule comisar.
Debate: Establishing the European Education Area by  – micro credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Didier Reynders
Language: FR

La plupart des 40 actions de l’espace européen de l’éducation sont transversales. Nombreuses d’entre elles présentent des synergies avec d’autres cadres d’action de l’Union et sont co-créées avec de multiples acteurs de l’écosystème éducatif. Par exemple, les actions de l’espace européen de l’éducation mentionnées dans la discussion d’aujourd’hui sont également étroitement liées à la stratégie européenne en matière de compétences et à son action phare, la proposition de recommandation du Conseil relative aux comptes de formation individuelle. En outre, en ce qui concerne l’environnement durable, un large engagement de la société en faveur du climat et de l’environnement est essentiel pour une Europe durable et pour la réussite du pacte vert pour l’Europe et du pacte européen pour le climat. La Commission se réjouit que nous ayons pu partager en permanence des informations sur les progrès accomplis au sein de la commission de la culture et de l’éducation. La publication du premier rapport sur l’état d’avancement de l’espace européen de l’éducation est prévue pour la fin de cette année. En 2023, un échange à mi-parcours sera organisé avec le Parlement, les parties prenantes et la société civile au sujet de ce qui a été réalisé et, bien entendu, des prochaines étapes. À cet égard, nous étudierons avec grand intérêt votre rapport sur l’établissement d’un espace européen de l’éducation d’ici à 2025. Je voudrais terminer en vous remerciant à nouveau pour votre soutien, mais surtout pour le fait que vous soyez encore notre partenaire dans les mois et les années à venir – un partenaire de confiance dans la construction de l’espace européen de l’éduction.
Debate: Establishing the European Education Area by  – micro credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Gemäß Artikel 136 Absatz 5 der Geschäftsordnung wurde ein Entschließungsantrag eingereicht*. Die Aussprache ist geschlossen. Die Abstimmung findet heute statt. _______________ * Siehe Protokoll.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärung der Kommission betreffend die Bekämpfung der Straflosigkeit bei Kriegsverbrechen in der Ukraine (
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Rasa Juknevičienė
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

In 1945 Nazi Germany was defeated and their atrocities were revealed and condemned during the Nuremberg trials. The Soviet Union, from the war it started as an aggressor, ended it regarded as an ally, rewarded with new territories. An invisible link between Soviet KGB and current Russian leadership is evident also in this community of crime. The legacy of genocide is transferred from generation to generation. The West wrongly decided to please its conscience with silence over Soviet crimes. They were allowed to call themselves the liberators of Europe, despite having committed the same horrendous crimes in the territories they occupied. The exact same narrative is repeated today in Ukraine; the same unimaginable atrocities follow. But for these outrageous crimes, not only should soldiers be punished, but also their political leaders and military commanders of the Russian Federation, as well as their allies. Also, President Putin and his proxy Lukashenko must be held accountable and tried by a special international tribunal. We therefore call on the EU institutions, in particular the European Commission, to support the creation without any delay of such tribunal and to provide as soon as possible all necessary resources and support for the establishment of this tribunal. Don’t repeat the mistakes of yesterday.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Ich möchte an dieser Stelle eine parteiübergreifende Delegation von sechs Mitgliedern der Werchowna Rada der Ukraine begrüßen, die diese wichtige Aussprache von der Tribüne aus verfolgen. Ihre Anwesenheit ist ein Zeichen für unser gemeinsames Engagement und unsere Entschlossenheit, für unsere gemeinsamen Werte und Ideale zu kämpfen, unsere gemeinsame parlamentarische Arbeit zu intensivieren und die Ukraine auf ihrem eingeschlagenen europäischen Weg zu unterstützen.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Maria Arena
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: FR

L’agression de la Russie en Ukraine nous confronte au plus haut point à cette réalité. Les horreurs vécues par le peuple ukrainien malgré sa formidable résistance, les violations graves des lois internationales humanitaires conduisant à des massacres, des viols, des enlèvements peuvent être qualifiées de crimes de guerre, de crimes contre l’humanité et de génocide. Ces crimes, vous l’avez dit, ne peuvent rester impunis. Il est nécessaire de mettre en place une collecte sans faille de toutes ces preuves. Le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale doit pouvoir disposer du maximum d’éléments pour mener à bien son enquête. Mais aussi, il faut que les juridictions nationales de compétence universelle puissent également s’en saisir. Mais, on le sait, la CPI est malheureusement non compétente, ici, pour le crime d’agression. Il faut donc combler ce vide par la création d’un tribunal spécial qui aurait cette compétence de juger les autorités russes pour ce crime d’agression. La lutte contre l’impunité est cruciale et urgente. Il en va de la survie des peuples. Il en va de la sécurité du monde qui ne peut et qui ne doit être régi par les lois sauvages du plus fort.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Dragoş Tudorache
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

People queuing for breads are shot dead. Families waiting for a bus or waiting for a train are being bombed. Children are being raped. Women are being raped. Old men are being raped. All these people are innocent. Their lives shattered. Their livelihoods being stolen. These are barbaric acts, part of a sinister vision of the world that seeks to systematically break down the will and the identity of a free nation.  We must fight for justice for these victims of war crimes. We must work with international institutions, with national authorities and with civic platforms to secure evidence and prepare the framework for delivering much—needed accountability.  I want to thank you, Commissioner, for the work that you have done with EU agencies, mobilising them, putting forward legislative frameworks to prepare for that accountability. Impunity is not an option. Putin must know that he and his gang will respond for the atrocities they’ve committed, and they continue to commit.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Sergey Lagodinsky
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

But in cases of murder, rape, torture, ‘fighting back’ means for families of victims, for survivors and also the fact that the perpetrators must be brought to justice. This is why it is important that any Russian soldier, private, any commander, any politician in Russia knows that they will be held accountable for their crimes. If not today, then tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then in the face of history, in front of tribunals and in the history books. They will not be remembered as glorious heroes, but as criminals who tied people’s hands behind their back before shooting them in the neck. We say to you, you will be held accountable. Wars are not a free pass for atrocities. Even wars have rules. And breaking them is a severe crime. It’s that simple. That’s why we applaud the Commission’s efforts to secure evidence to support investigation teams and task forces. We call on Member States who practise universal jurisdiction to practise it actively. We call on those who don’t to join universal jurisdiction and to support the International Criminal Court, Eurojust and Europol. We owe it to survivors and to the families of victims, and we owe it to ourselves.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Jaak Madison
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: EN

There is responsibility also for the political leaders, but to take them to court or take them to really pay for the war crimes, first you have to win the war because without the winning of the war, there would be no responsibility, and to win the war, you just have to give so many weapons as much as possible to Ukraine. I have to remind you that in the last three months, from 24 February, the EU has paid EUR 50 billion for energy from Russia. At the same time, we have provided – for a few billion euros – arms and military technique to Ukraine. So it’s not very well balanced, but of course I fully understand it’s difficult for Germany, difficult for Hungary. We have to deal with this. But at the same time, if we pay EUR 50 billion to Russia, we have to pay as much as possible to Ukraine, especially for weapons. Second thing, everybody is shocked about the war crimes – how it’s possible in 21st century. The problem is that Russia hasn’t changed. It’s basically the same country. The problem is that in 1945, they did exactly the same war crimes. They raped the same way, they killed in the same way like today, because they didn’t have to pay for the war crimes, because at that time, of course, the common enemy was Nazi Germany. The US, the UK and France were together allies with the Soviet Union and they were the winners. Today I’m most afraid that we are doing the same mistake because, for the last sentence, when I heard last week that Emmanuel Macron proposed to Mr Zelenskyy that we need peace and we have to save the face of Vladimir Putin, I was really shocked. And of course, Macron says, ‘no, it’s false’, but in this case, I believe Zelenskyy more than Macron. There will be no saving the face of the aggressor and dictator. We have to ....
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Political group: ECR
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Russia is to be defeated in this war, and surely no impunity for perpetrators of war crimes and for instigation and decision—makers as well. We require a special tribunal and we require all actions that are already taken. I am happy that my country, together with Ukraine and Lithuania, were in the lead of Member States’ initiatives to eradicate Russian impunity in war crimes through decades.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Political group: The Left
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Esperemos que el repentino interés de esta Cámara por los crímenes de guerra en Ucrania sea un cambio de actitud para que desde este momento se combatan todos los crímenes de guerra, vengan de donde venga: quiero recordar hoy aquí como el asesinato por parte del Ejército de los Estados Unidos del periodista español José Couso en Irak sigue impune, o como Julian Assange espera a ser extraditado a Estados Unidos por revelar terribles crímenes de guerra, o como países como España siguen ochenta años después sin juzgar sus crímenes de guerra o sin restaurar el principio de…
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Francesca Donato
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, tutti noi vogliamo che i crimini di guerra contro civili e militari prigionieri in Ucraina non restino impuniti, ma purtroppo ciò avverrà, come accaduto sino ad oggi. Sono rimasti impuniti, ad esempio, gli autori del massacro di Odessa del 2014, in cui nella casa dei sindacati decine di uomini e donne sono stati massacrati e bruciati vivi, così come altre migliaia di civili nel Donbass sono stati sterminati dall'esercito ucraino, come accertato dalle relazioni delle missioni umanitarie dell'ONU e dell'OSCE; da ben otto anni ci aspettavamo giustizia per quelle vittime, ma non è mai arrivata. Oggi sul banco degli imputati c'è Putin, e l'esercito russo, e soltanto quello, indipendentemente dalle responsabilità che oggettivamente si potranno ascrivere all'una o all'altra milizia. L'Unione europea ha cessato di essere credibile nel perseguire la giustizia quando ha smesso di essere imparziale per schierarsi acriticamente con un leader non immune da responsabilità rispetto alla degenerazione della crisi con la Russia che ha portato a questa guerra. Solo se e quando l'Unione, a partire da quest'Aula, recupererà autonomia e obiettività, questo nostro proposito diverrà credibile e realizzabile.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Meine Damen und Herren, ich weiß, dass es eine sehr emotionale Debatte gibt, da geht es um Leben und Tod, da geht es um Schuld und Sühne. Ich erlaube mir trotzdem am Ende dieser ersten Runde der Redner den Hinweis, dass es nicht zu unseren parlamentarischen Gepflogenheiten gehört, dass von der Tribüne Missfallens- oder Beifallskundgebungen erfolgen.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, we have all witnessed the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces against innocent Ukrainian men, women and children. These images speak for themselves, even when there are simply no words to describe the horror they depict. There can be no impunity for war crimes in Ukraine. The perpetrators must be held to account. For that we need evidence; evidence that is collected on the ground in Ukraine as we speak. And we need to make sure that this evidence is safely stored – something that is obviously not possible on the ground in Ukraine at the moment as the war is still ongoing. Therefore, we fully support the Commission’s proposal to give Europol, or Eurojust, a crucial role in the collection, preservation and the sharing of such evidence. We need this, and we need this fast. We cannot risk losing valuable evidence, and this is why our group will support the text as it stands now. We still believe it would be even better to also include the crime of aggression. But for now, speed is of the essence. So let’s get to work. Let’s make sure that those responsible are brought to justice.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Nacho Sánchez Amor
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: ES

Señor presidente, la agresión a Ucrania representa del modo más dramático la contraposición de dos modelos de sociedad y de dos actitudes respecto de la centralidad del Derecho internacional. Esto tiene que ser evidente también en la diferente aproximación a las consecuencias penales de la agresión rusa.  Nosotros —y, en este «nosotros», por supuesto, incluyo a Ucrania— tenemos que ser extremadamente cuidadosos en nuestros procedimientos. Tenemos que ser decididos, dada la gravedad de los hechos, pero también tenemos que ser irreprochables, ejemplares, transparentes y conducirnos siempre anclados en la legalidad. Cualquier error en este ámbito será más gasolina para la maquinaria rusa de desinformación respecto de Ucrania y del mundo occidental.  Señor comisario, este Parlamento, como autoridad presupuestaria, aprobó hace dos años la creación de un observatorio europeo de la lucha contra la impunidad. La Comisión ha arrastrado los pies durante dos años y solo tiene, al parecer, un estudio, y en esta situación el observatorio de la lucha contra la impunidad de la Unión Europea hubiera sido muy útil. La Unión Europea tiene que dotarse de ese observatorio y de otros mecanismos que, aunque no sean permanentes, puedan activarse inmediatamente en situaciones como la que estamos viviendo.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Mr President, more than four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started, I have to say I am still shaken when I say out loud that there is war in Europe. It sounds surreal. Yet, it’s all too real, and all too close to us. During these four months, there have been not dozens, not hundreds but thousands of war crimes documented in Ukraine, perpetrated by Russia. Every single day civilians die, women are raped, and families are dragged deep into Russia against their will, never to be heard from again. All across the country, mass graves bear witness to the unspeakable human suffering inflicted on an entire nation. So, colleagues, this resolution is long overdue. It is just about time that this House officially calls Putin’s Russia for what it is – a war criminal, and war criminals cannot go unpunished. So that’s why we are calling for an ad hoc tribunal to prosecute Russia’s crime of aggression. And that’s why we will support the ICC in its quest to bring the perpetrators to justice. And this is why we have to seize Russia’s frozen foreign reserves to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine. And once this horrendous war is over, once Ukraine emerges victorious, we will be there to help in any way we can. So let this document be a foundation on which we can build legal precedents, on which the brave people of Ukraine can place hope that there is a world where actions have consequences, a world where impunity is impossible. But let this also be a warning for the Council as well, because without meaningful further sanctions, these atrocities will continue. We have to move quickly with further sanctions, because let’s not forget: Europe might not be fighting this war, but it’s Europe that Ukraine has been defending from the Russian aggressor in the past four months.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Alice Kuhnke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: SV

Herr talman! De som har torterat, skadat och dödat civila i Ukraina måste ställas inför rätta och straffas hårt. Sexuellt våld och våldtäkter är brott som har begåtts och fortfarande begås i Ukraina. Det används som vi vet för att hota, förnedra, förödmjuka och skada, och vi vet att det är främst flickor och kvinnor som är offren. Samtidigt vet vi att just sexuellt våld och våldtäkter är krigsbrott som i praktiken sällan leder till rättsliga efterspel och straff. Det här måste vi ändra på. Vi måste se till att de ord som vi nu bildar en majoritet bakom också blir till handling.
Debate: The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Speaker: Nicolaus Fest
Political group: ID
Country: Cyprus
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Verehrte Kollegen! Verehrte Gäste aus der Ukraine! Kriegsverbrechen sind selbstverständlich unentschuldbar, und sie müssen genauso selbstverständlich aufgeklärt werden, und zwar unabhängig davon, wo sie begangen wurden – ob in Butscha, Mariupol oder Charkiw – und unabhängig davon, von welcher Seite sie begangen wurden, und natürlich auch unabhängig davon, ob die Täter nun reguläre Soldaten, Söldner oder Milizionäre waren. Daher unterstützen wir jede Aufklärung. Das Elend dieses Antrags allerdings ist: Er vermischt die notwendige Forderung nach Aufklärung und Bestrafung der Täter mit Sanktionsforderungen, die vor allem Europa schaden werden. Das eine hat mit dem anderen nichts zu tun. Es ist ein Missbrauch der Kriegsverbrechen für die Durchsetzung einer idiotischen politischen Agenda. Zudem ist nicht die EU für die Aufklärung von Kriegsverbrechen zuständig und sollte es auch nie sein. Das sollten unabhängige Gerichte tun, und wir haben einen Internationalen Gerichtshof in Den Haag, der genau das machen sollte. So sehr wir die Aufklärung von Kriegsverbrechen auch unterstützen, so sehr lehnen wir ihre Instrumentalisierung zugunsten von Sanktionen und einer Ausweitung von EU-Kompetenzen ab. Nur und allein deshalb stimmen wir gegen diesen Antrag.