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Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Bernard Guetta
Political group: Renew
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, regardons bien et regardons mieux car, dans cette affaire Navalny; il n’y a pas qu’un invraisemblable déni de droit et de toutes les libertés à la fois. Cela c’est l’intolérable évidence, celle que ce Parlement doit dénoncer et sanctionner mais ce que nous dit d’abord l’affaire Navalny est que ce régime est maintenant affaibli. S’il n’avait pas fait arrêter l’homme revenu le défier, sans doute aurait-il enhardi l’opposition? Il pouvait en tout cas le craindre, mais en le faisant arrêter il fait d’un opposant aux mains nues un héros national engagé dans un combat singulier contre un président qui s’essouffle. M. Poutine s’embourbe en Syrie, piétine en Ukraine, hésite au Bélarus. M. Poutine perd la main, ses caisses se vident, sa popularité recule. Regardons mieux et nous verrons le désarroi d’un homme vieillissant qui ne sait plus comment faire taire ce vengeur téméraire.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Thierry Mariani
Political group: ID
Country: Croatia
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, le 8 juin 1978 à Harvard, Alexandre Soljenitsyne a prononcé un discours souvent qualifié de prophétique. Il disait notamment, je cite: «le mode de vie occidental apparaît de moins en moins comme le modèle directeur, il est le symptôme des révélateurs par lequel l’histoire lance des avertissements à une société menacée ou en péril. De tels avertissements sont, en l’occurrence, le déclin des arts, ou le manque des grands hommes d’État». L’Union européenne n’a pas écouté Alexandre Soljenitsyne. Pire, elle présente le redressement de la Russie opéré par Vladimir Poutine comme un danger pour elle. Qui croit vraiment que Moscou soit un danger pour Paris, Rome ou Berlin? Pour ne pas voir que l’influence de l’Europe se réduit, nous inventons des fantômes. Pour ne pas avoir le courage de s’émanciper de la tutelle des États-Unis et de l’OTAN, l’Union est prête à toutes les sanctions, à toutes les provocations envers Moscou.  Alexeï Navalny n’est pas un acteur majeur de la politique russe, ses prises de position sont d’ailleurs parfois aux antipodes des idées que nous défendons ici. Je vous rappelle ainsi que M. Navalny affirme que la Crimée restera russe pour très longtemps. Son empoisonnement, oui, mérite une enquête internationale, selon le droit en vigueur, c’est-à-dire après avoir apprécié la qualité de l’enquête russe. Par aveuglement, l’Union européenne s’entête donc à soutenir toute opposition à Poutine. C’est l’inverse de la diplomatie et le contraire de ce à quoi l’Union doit servir: soutenir les intérêts de nos nations. À moins bien sûr que l’Union cherche à soutenir les intérêts d’un autre État qui nous a récemment donné le spectacle de la fin de sa domination mondiale, c’est d’ailleurs ce que Soljenitsyne annonçait. Aveuglés, nous ne voyons plus que les discussions, comme celle que nous avons en ce moment, ne provoquent plus l’admiration du monde, elles provoquent plutôt sa consternation.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Heidi Hautala
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Madam President, High Representative, it’s very important that this House condemn in its strongest terms the treatment of Aleksei Navalny by the Kremlin and the Russian regime. This has been the most severe breach of human rights that one can imagine – an attempted murder by the regime, very well exposed – and now that the European Union has the fresh mechanism on dealing with human rights violations anywhere in the world, we have to put this into action. I think the whole chain of command must be exposed. A lot of it is already known. We also need an international independent investigation into what actually has happened.  Now this is a great opportunity to shed light on the forthcoming elections in Russia, what could happen to all of the opposition, and this Parliament and the European Union has to give all its support to the opposition to have a full role in the Russian system to turn it slowly into a democracy. So the elections by September 2021 will be a very crucial moment.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, la detención de Alexéi Navalny a su llegada a Rusia es, por supuesto, un insulto a todos nosotros, a toda la comunidad internacional y, especialmente, a Europa.  Europa necesita realmente pensar por qué le resulta tan fácil escupirnos a la cara a una gente que tiene tantos tratos con nosotros, un vecino tan importante nuestro. Y es que Europa no tiene credibilidad. Hemos creado la ley Magnitsky, pero carecemos de esa credibilidad, porque Putin sabe muy bien que en China hay en este momento unas violaciones de derechos humanos muchísimo más brutales que las de ellos y, sin embargo, para Navidades, le hemos regalado un acuerdo de inversión al señor Xi Jinping, que viola mucho más las leyes que ellos. Cuba machaca a sus opositores todos los días —estas Navidades, como nunca— y dirige centros de torturadores en Venezuela: pues le estamos regalando dinero con un acuerdo que jamás cumple. Turquía ejerce una brutal represión, y desde Bruselas se le regaña mucho, pero nunca se le impone una sanción. Y, desde luego, Putin sabe que tiene Nord Stream; un Nord Stream que sigue ahí, con la primera y la segunda en marcha. Y lo sabe muy bien.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Michael Gahler
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Die erneute Verhaftung von Alexei Nawalny ist Ausdruck von Schwäche, aber auch von Ratlosigkeit des Regimes. Putin weiß nicht, wie er mit Nawalny umgehen soll, außer dass er ihn verhaftet, denn mit Argumenten kann er ihn nicht zum Schweigen bringen. Im Gegenteil, Nawalny hat die besseren Argumente, wenn es um  Es ist schon perfide, wenn ein Staat, der einem Oppositionellen nach dem Leben trachtet, ihn dafür zur Haft verurteilt, dass er Bewährungsauflagen nicht einhält. Aber die hält er deswegen nicht ein, weil er sich eben gerade in Behandlung befindet wegen dieses Anschlags, der von eben diesem Staat ausgegangen ist. Ich denke, wir sollten als Reaktion darauf nicht nur unsere Empörung zum Ausdruck bringen, sondern das Instrument, das wir uns neu geschaffen haben, unser globales Menschenrechtssanktionierungsregime, zum Einsatz bringen, den europäischen
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Tonino Picula
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, Mr High Representative, we condemn in the strongest terms the arrest of Mr Navalny and others. Today we call for their instant release. Once again, we deeply regret the assassination attempt against him. It was clearly an attempt to silence one of Russia’s most outspoken anti-corruption activists. The attacks on the life and freedom of Aleksei Navalny illustrate the shrinking space for democracy, rule of law, fundamental freedoms and human rights in Russia, but they also have an international dimension. The use of prohibited chemical nerve agent Novichok constitutes a breach of international law, as it violates the Chemical Weapons Convention. Russian authorities should finally put an end to the harassment, intimidation, violence and oppression against its political opponents by ending the prevailing impunity. Journalists, human rights defenders and opposition politicians have to be able to conduct their legitimate activities without fear for their lives.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Michal Šimečka
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, the unlawful arrest and jailing of Aleksei Navalny is not just a manifestation of Russia’s increasingly authoritarian regime but also of that regime’s increasing fear. Fear that their corruption will be exposed or fear that they will lose political power. Because, regardless of the outcome, the Navalny affair will go down as a huge embarrassment for Vladimir Putin and his lackeys. They tried to poison Navalny only for him to survive thanks to European doctors and now he willingly walks back to a Russian jail so that he can inspire a democratic movement in Russia. So, obviously, I join the call and this Parliament should join the call on the Russian Government to abide by its international obligations and release Navalny. But, as has been said, words are not enough and the EU and its Member States should freeze assets and restrict travel for those responsible for the repression in Russia. We must do more to counteract the influence of Russian money and disinformation and support human rights defenders; but also, now, it is clear that restoring Russia’s voting rights in the Council of Europe, which it now ignores, has been a mistake that needs to be rectified.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, High Representative, colleagues, Aleksei Navalny was now arrested because he dared to be in a coma after being poisoned by Putin’s FSB criminals. The only thing outdoing the Kremlin’s bottomless cynicism is their own horrifying cruelty. Occupying and annexing sovereign countries, displacing millions, poisoning and murdering political opponents in Russia and on the territory of the EU, abducting, torturing and killing journalist and minorities – and those are only a few of many crimes that Putin’s regime is built on. What does the EU do? We always react to individual incidents instead of proactively finding a consistent approach. We extend our occasional concerns and hope to go back to business as usual as soon as possible. This has to end. The Kremlin needs to learn that their crimes come with a very high price. I demand: Nord Stream must be scrapped immediately, heavier individual plus sectoral sanctions have to be introduced and more support should be offered to the liberal opposition.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Jadwiga Wiśniewska
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Zatrzymanie Nawalnego to kolejna próba zastraszania demokratycznej opozycji w Rosji. Apelujemy oczywiście do władz rosyjskich o natychmiastowe uwolnienie Nawalnego, ale same apele absolutnie są niewystarczające. Potrzebna jest szybka i jednoznaczna reakcja na poziomie unijnym. A więc Rada powinna zablokować dostęp Rosji do systemu bankowego Swift.  Czas zatrzymać wreszcie Nord Stream II – projekt polityczny, który zwiększa zależność Unii Europejskiej od dostaw rosyjskiego gazu. Czas zatrzymać Nord Stream II, który jest niezgodny z unijną polityką energetyczną. Solidarność unijna zakopywana jest na dnie Bałtyku razem z Nord Stream II. Nazwijmy sprawy po imieniu: wspieranie Nord Stream II jest wspieraniem reżimu putinowskiego. Tak więc powinniśmy mieć pełną świadomość, że dziś powinniśmy wezwać państwo członkowskie, które uczestniczy w tym haniebnym projekcie, czyli Niemcy, do odstąpienia do wspierania reżimu Putina.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Tomasz Frankowski
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! W imieniu polskiej delegacji PO-PSL chciałbym powiedzieć, iż to bardzo ważne, że Parlament Europejski nie przygląda się milcząco bezprawnemu aresztowaniu Aleksieja Nawalnego. To istotny sygnał dla wszystkich Rosjan, a także dla obywateli Unii Europejskiej, którzy chcą wyraźnego potępienia kolejnych naruszeń praw człowieka, w tym praw politycznych i obywatelskich, przez autorytarny rząd Rosji. Unia Europejska ma odpowiednie instrumenty, aby zareagować na to, co wydarzyło się w niedzielę, i są to argumenty siły, bo ten język rozumie Władimir Putin. Chodzi o twarde sankcje ekonomiczne i personalne. Te ekonomiczne powinny zostać przez Radę rozszerzone i dotyczyć projektu Nord Stream 2. W tej sprawie możemy liczyć na współpracę transatlantycką ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi. Te personalne zaś powinny dotknąć oligarchów rosyjskich. Jak mówił sam Aleksiej Nawalny, gdy był gościem Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Parlamentu Europejskiego 27 listopada 2020 r., „strach wobec unijnych sankcji pojawi się w Rosji dopiero wtedy, gdy zagrożą one najbogatszym i najbardziej uwikłanym w interesy Putina oligarchom. Co więcej, takie sankcje zostaną pozytywnie ocenione przez 99% rosyjskiego społeczeństwa”.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Haut-représentant, chers collègues, aujourd’hui Vladimir Poutine a peur, non pas de l’Europe ou des États-Unis, mais d’un simple citoyen russe ayant pour seules armes son courage et ses comptes YouTube ou Instagram. L’arrestation pathétique d’Alexeï Navalny révèle une fois de plus la nature tyrannique du régime de Poutine. Alors bien sûr, dans cette enceinte, ses petits télégraphistes d’extrême droite, de l’AFD au rassemblement national, viendront encore le défendre ici même. C’est pour cela qu’ils sont payés. Mais leurs électeurs doivent le savoir: voter pour eux, ce n’est pas voter pour la souveraineté des nations, c’est voter pour la soumission à ces tyrannies étrangères. Alors, chers collègues, souvenons-nous des mots prononcés dans ce Parlement par M. Navalny lui-même. Si vous voulez, nous dit-il, nous aider à combattre ce régime, alors sanctionnez les oligarques qui dépensent chez vous l’argent qu’ils volent chez nous. Faisons-le enfin, passons des mots aux actes, montrons qu’on ne peut pas à la fois violer les droits humains à Moscou et dépenser son argent à Courchevel ou sur la Côte d'Azur. Soyons dignes, ici, du courage des démocrates russes, là-bas.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Petras Auštrevičius
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

Madam President, the arrest of Aleksei Navalny once again confirms that our appeals to Moscow to respect its international obligations to the rule of law and the protection of civil rights are not being heard. Moreover, we live under conditions of a new systemic conflict: our democratic processes are targeted by disinformation and cyberattacks; our population is exposed to military-grade nerve agents. And again, our political system is being weakened by our own actions allowing deals with the corrupt Putin’s regime. I urge, once again, to halt the Nord Stream 2 project. By stopping Gazprom gas, we will stop the Kremlin.  And I ask the High Representative Mr Borrell whether, given the recent events, his planned visit to Moscow next month is still on the agenda? If so, will it be made conditional upon meeting Aleksei Navalny at the place of his incarceration?
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Eugen Tomac
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, domnule vicepreședinte, este absolut șocant ceea ce se întâmplă în aceste zile, în primul rând pentru că asistăm la ceva la ce nu se aștepta nimeni, pentru că după ce medicii europeni au demonstrat că Rusia lui Putin a încercat să lichideze fizic o voce care deranjează Kremlinul, răspunsul primit este că atunci când această voce se întoarce acasă este din nou reținută.  Aveți în fața dumneavoastră, domnule vicepreședinte, o mare provocare. Ea implică acțiune din partea Uniunii Europene, pentru că milioane de oameni cu același curaj pe care-l are Navalnîi în Rusia se uită cu speranță spre Europa. Rusia de astăzi se transformă pe zi ce trece într-un Gulag și avem obligația să acționăm, pentru că ceea ce demonstrează în aceste zile Putin prin comportamentul său, impunând practic practici staliniste prin care încearcă să-și elimine opoziția, ne obligă pe toți la acțiune.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Pierfrancesco Majorino
Political group: S-D
Country: Ireland
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, "Putin ha paura che la gente scenda in piazza, perché il fattore che non può essere ignorato è l'essenza della politica". Sono le parole di Aleksej Naval'nyj, le parole che ci ricordano perché si è consumato questo ennesimo ignobile arresto. Putin ha infatti paura della democrazia, del pluralismo, della libertà di parola, del confronto tra opinioni diverse, ha paura dei cittadini russi che vogliono manifestare il proprio dissenso, ha paura delle voci libere. In questi giorni la comunità internazionale e le voci più autorevoli dell'Unione europea hanno duramente e giustamente condannato questo arresto. Dobbiamo andare avanti, sostenendo i cittadini che si mobiliteranno, chiedendo l'immediata scarcerazione di Naval'nyj. Naval'nyj che aspettiamo qui al Parlamento europeo, e dobbiamo dirlo anche agli amici e ai complici che sono presenti al Parlamento europeo, gli amici di Putin: la Russia è protagonista di numerosi casi di interferenze nei processi democratici europei e anche per difendere l'Europa dobbiamo difendere la libertà di Naval'nyj.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Madam President, at the end of the debate, I want to say something about the hypocrisy that I have heard here in this debate from Mr Zanni, the representative of the ID extreme right—wing group here.  He is criticising the arrest of Navalny, but his master, Mr Salvini, is paid by Mr Putin, like Ms Le Pen is paid by Mr Putin. Half of the ID Group have links with Russia and Putin.  And it’s not the end. Mr Putin is continuing his in—fight against Europe. Ponder, for example, that this right—wing Twitter thing is now using servers – because they are forbidden in the US – where? In Russia – Russian servers with their extreme right—wing policy.  So my plea to you, Mr Borrell, is we need, as fast as possible, more sanctions, broader sanctions on more Russians, on the oligarchs. I think, even if I have never said it before, that even Nord Stream 2 has to be reconsidered in that respect.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Peter van Dalen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: NL

Voorzitter, het misdadige regime in Moskou heeft weer toegeslagen. Na moorden en vergiftigingen van talloze critici van het regime was nu Navalny aan de beurt. Hij is onterecht gearresteerd, nota bene op grond van de aanklacht dat hij zich had moeten melden bij een politiebureau in Moskou. Ja, dat is een beetje lastig als je in een ziekenhuis ligt te herstellen van een gifaanslag door je eigen Russische geheime dienst. Voorzitter, de maat is vol. We moeten nu sancties invoeren tegen Rusland. En dat begint met het stoppen van de gaspijplijn Nord Stream 2. Het is dom en onjuist dat Europa afhankelijker wordt van Russisch gas. En dan ook sancties tegen Poetin en zijn kliek. Mijnheer Borrell, ik kijk uit naar uw voorstellen voor een pakket van sancties.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Andreas Schieder
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Herr Vizepräsident! Die Verhaftung von Alexei Nawalny am Sonntag in Moskau ist unrechtmäßig. Nawalny ist unverzüglich freizulassen. Und es ist wieder einmal ein Zeichen der fürchterlichen Menschenrechtslage in Russland. Die Medienfreiheit ist unter Druck, Oppositionelle werden verfolgt, vergiftet, eingesperrt und ermordet. Mit der Verhaftung und Verurteilung von Nawalny werden in der russischen Scheinjustiz die Opfer zu Tätern gemacht. Dieser Zustand und die immer schlimmere Situation können nicht weiter hingenommen werden. Wir müssen eindeutig aufseiten der unterdrückten Opposition, der Künstler, der Medien stehen. Wir stehen aufseiten der russischen Bevölkerung. Es ist höchste Zeit, über zielgerichtete Sanktionen, ähnlich dem
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Rasa Juknevičienė
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, Putin is afraid as never before. He is less afraid of what we say here, but is very afraid of his own people. People of Belarus and Khabarovsk have shown courage and both European dictators are afraid. Therefore, brave people in Russia need our support messages, but even more – actions! That is why today the EU has to choose: with whom are we? The dictator Putin, asking for dialogues with him, or the alternative, the Russian people led by Navalny? Certainly we are with the people. It’s time to think not about dialogue but about Putin’s containment strategy. It must be comprehensive, including the suspension of Nord Stream 2. Let’s stop financing Novichok!  Today, I have more hope to see a different Russia in my lifetime. It may be a long way, but in 1985 I did not imagine that the USSR would collapse so quickly and that I’d speak here, and we need to be prepared.
Debate: The arrest of Aleksei Navalny
Date: TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Vladimír Bilčík
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca. Alexej Navaľnyj jasne avizoval všetkým, že sa do svojej vlasti vráti. A svoj sľub splnil, aby mohol politicky bojovať proti putinovskému režimu riadnou účasťou na politickej súťaži. A ten istý ruský režim, ktorý ho pred niekoľkými mesiacmi takmer pripravil o život, ho tento týždeň hneď po prílete naspäť odviedol do politickej cely. V politickej aréne potrebujeme aktívnych ľudí, nie väzňov. Politik musí byť schopný konať slobodne, mať možnosť usilovať sa o hlas voličov v predvolebnej kampani a účastniť sa vo voľbách. Tieto základné princípy však Rusko systematicky potláča. Moskva nepripúšťa slobodnú súťaž, pričom Alexej Navaľnyj je práve dnes symbolom takejto súťaže. To sa ho tak veľmi bojíte, pán Putin, že musíte poslať Alexeja Navaľného z letiska priamo do väzenia? Alexej Navaľnyj patrí na slobodu. Rusko dlhodobo sabotuje a podkopáva slobodu nielen vo vzťahu k svojim vlastným ľuďom, podkopáva a sabotuje slobodu vo vzťahu k nám, Európanom. A je načase povedať dosť. Dnes sme tu nielen rozčúlení. Dnes naozaj potrebujeme jasne povedať dosť, postaviť sa Rusku podobným spôsobom, ako sme sa postavili Bielorusku, sankciami, ekonomicky, finančne aj politicky. Navaľnyj patrí na slobodu a Rusko v dnešnej situácii nepatrí do Európy.