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Debate: National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Clément BEAUNE
Language: FR

D’abord, la question qui se posera dans le moyen et le long terme – car cela prend du temps, mais cela est d’autant plus nécessaire – est celle de repenser, je le disais, nos modes de décision. C’est un sujet difficile que celui de l’unanimité, dans ce domaine en particulier. Mais la France, au-delà de sa présidence, y est engagée et déterminée. Nous pouvons aussi envisager, dans le cadre existant, les outils qui sont à notre disposition et que nous n’avons pas hésité à utiliser par le passé, malgré les difficultés, comme la coopération renforcée. C’est un outil à notre disposition et, je le dis en tant qu’État membre, au-delà du semestre de présidence, nous n’y sommes pas opposés. Mais, comme l’a rappelé le Commissaire Gentiloni à l’instant, sur le sujet majeur qui nous occupe aujourd’hui, il y a urgence et il y a nécessité de respect de la parole donnée et d’une coopération collective et loyale. C’est cela qui est en jeu, puisque, en effet, tous les États membres ont donné leur accord à ce texte international. Tous les États membres ont indiqué qu’ils soutenaient la mise en œuvre rapide de cet accord international. Il faut maintenant que chacun prenne ses responsabilités, tienne ses engagements.  Le rôle de la présidence, du côté du Conseil, est de s’assurer que cette efficacité est au rendez-vous, que ces engagements sont tenus, en cherchant, dans le cadre juridique qui est le nôtre, un accord rapide. Et je le redis, jusqu’au dernier moment de notre présidence, jusqu’au 30 juin à minuit, nous y sommes engagés, consacrés, et je crois que nous réussirons parce que c’est l’intérêt de l’Europe et que nous ne pouvons pas imaginer, dans des moments aussi difficiles que ceux que nous vivons – le Conseil européen nous le rappellera encore, dans quelques heures –, que l’Europe se divise sur des sujets sur lesquels c’est elle qui a fait avancer la coopération internationale, grâce à nous tous.  Tous ces sujets doivent donc être bien distingués. S’il se trouvait d’autres voies, nous les explorerions. Mais aujourd’hui, c’est le respect des accords conclus, des paroles données et des engagements pris qui est notre priorité, notre boussole pour les heures qui viennent.
Debate: National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Marc Botenga
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: NL

Nu blokkeert dus het Hongarije van Viktor Orbán een deal die, och arme, een minimumbelastingniveau van 15% voor multinationals moet garanderen. Vijftien procent. Dat is echt weinig. Heel weinig. Nauwelijks een paar decennia geleden was dat in België nog 48 %. Maar voor extreem- en conservatief rechts is zelfs 15 % te veel. Daarmee toont het nog maar eens aan wiens kant het staat in de strijd tussen arbeid en kapitaal. De werkende klasse mag altijd betalen, maar de multinationals wil het vooral niets opleggen. Wij staan aan de andere kant. Het is duidelijk: deze deal moet er komen, maar voor fiscale rechtvaardigheid is meer nodig. Want terwijl de dividenden de pan uit rijzen, komen de mensen nauwelijks rond. Meer ambitie kan via versterkte samenwerking tussen ambitieuzere lidstaten.
Debate: Formal sitting - Address by Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Dear colleagues, dear President Hichilema, in May 2017, this House adopted a resolution in which we expressed grave concern over your arrest, Mr President, and incarceration on fabricated, politically motivated charges. We insisted on the need to ensure fairness, diligence and transparency during your trial. After the abuse and hardship you suffered, you now address us as the democratically elected President of your country. It is indeed, therefore, a great honour to have you with us today. Zambia is a democratic model in Southern Africa and an example of a mature democracy for the whole African continent. In the current troubled geopolitical context, it is important that democratic forces nourish and further develop cooperation with each other. This applies especially for Africa, where we see the increasing influence of Russia and other malign players. Zambia is a long—term, stable partner of the European Union and plays a key regional role. Our relationship is rooted in a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation. It is based on shared values of democracy, respect for the rule of law, human rights and rules-based multilateralism. We are well aware of the serious economic challenges brought on your country by the pandemic and exacerbated by the increased prices of fuel and fertilisers resulting from the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The European Union stands ready to mitigate these consequences through the ‘Global Gateway Africa’ initiative and through reinforced political dialogue. This Parliament fully supports your government in its endeavours to tackle your main challenges and priorities – notably the fight against poverty, encouraging economic recovery, the creation of decent jobs and the promotion of good governance. Dear President, the floor is yours.
Debate: EU Digital COVID Certificate - Union citizens
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Country: Germany
Language: EN

First, by stating the principle that the Commission is to assess whether or not it’s needed before the end of the year, according to the latest scientific developments and knowledge. And second, to commit the Commission to overview the domestic uses so that we prevent that there are further restrictions for travelling and that all the measures which are adopted are according to the principles of necessity and proportionality.
Debate: EU Digital COVID Certificate - Union citizens
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Jean-Paul Garraud
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, l’amendement de rejet de ce règlement prolongeant l’utilisation du certificat numérique COVID de l’Union européenne jusqu’en juin 2023 venant d’être refusé, ce que nous regrettons profondément, je demande maintenant que soient mis au vote les amendements du groupe ID visant à limiter les atteintes aux droits fondamentaux qui en résulteront. Ces amendements proposent, par exemple, que l’utilisation du certificat numérique COVID de l’Union européenne ne soit requise par les États membres que lorsque cela est strictement nécessaire et proportionné, que ce certificat disparaisse avant la date prévue du 30 juin 2023, que les tests d’anticorps ou toute autre méthode scientifiquement validée pour prouver l’immunité naturelle permettent de bénéficier de ce certificat, et qu’au plus tard le 31 décembre 2022, la Commission présente un rapport au Parlement. Je rappelle à mes chers collègues qu’il s’agit d’un débat démocratique, et refuser ces amendements serait profondément antidémocratique.
Debate: Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial
Country: Romania
Language: EN

The oral amendment says, ‘Regrets the Council’s decision to approve Poland’s NRRP; reiterates the Parliament’s position that no payment under the RRF can be made in relation to Poland’s NRRP before ...’ and then the text. And we also add, ‘considers that the recent Polish judiciary reform voted in the Polish Parliament on 16 June does not fulfil the requirements of milestone F1 in Poland’s NRRP’.
Debate: Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Eugen Tomac
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, este o premieră și cred că este de salutat faptul că Uniunea Europeană răspunde acestor așteptări care există din partea Moldovei și Ucrainei. Îmi doresc foarte mult ca și Consiliul European să se alinieze mesajului pe care l-a transmis Parlamentul și Comisia, și anume să ofere o perspectivă de aderare foarte clară Ucrainei și Republicii Moldova. Acolo se moare astăzi pentru visul european și este foarte important ca mesajul nostru să fie încununat de un mesaj de încurajare din partea Consiliului.
Debate: Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Overall, the commitment of these three countries to European values and ideals has been remarkable, particularly in recent months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ambition of these countries to accede to the European Union has become even clearer. It is my hope that progress can be made on this front as quickly as possible and I am delighted with the positive vote here in Parliament today. It must really encourage particularly the unfortunate people of Ukraine.
Debate: Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President,  the EU could have offered Ukraine conditional European Union membership in exchange for restoring neutrality in Ukraine and ending the war in the Donbas long before now, in line with the Minsk Agreement. It would have avoided the present war.  The EU has spent EUR 15 billion on ‘Ukraine’s reform process’ since 2014, and yet only last September, the European Court of Auditors deemed Ukraine the most corrupt country in Europe. Zelenskyy has now banned nine opposition parties and most of the opposition media. Is Ukraine a democracy?  We need a negotiated peace now. Polling shows that the majority of people in Europe are in favour of peace rather than just punishing Russia. Macron, Schulz and Draghi went to Zelenskyy’s Ukraine with a view to actually encouraging some negotiation, but were quickly followed by the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who put him off the idea. He wants the US—NATO war agenda instead.  Are we going to let the warmongers ensure the destruction of Ukraine? Are we going to let the warmongers collapse living standards in the EU and cause the starvation of millions in the global South?
Debate: Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, ‘The goal is an endless war, not a successful war’ – those were the words of Julian Assange in 2011 in relation to the war in Afghanistan, words which could now equally apply about Ukraine.  Ukraine should absolutely be able to join the EU, but on terms that don’t bankrupt its people, and when it’s ready and when a majority of its people choose. But that certainly will not be happening while the country is an active war zone, everybody knows it. So instead, we’re artificially prolonging this war with a steady flow of heavy weapons, attacking peace efforts as appeasement.  The EU is guaranteeing a stalemate and ensuring that Ukraine will never be able to choose its own path. President von der Leyen gave the game away last Friday when she said Ukrainians are ready to die for the Ukrainian perspective. My God, what a deluded narcissist!  The real plan here – and we know candidate status is bait in a trap – is to transform Ukraine into a meat grinder and use its people as cannon fodder in an endless proxy war against Russia, with the European taxpayer footing one bill after another for the arms industry. There’s nothing to celebrate in that!
Debate: Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Vlad Gheorghe
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, am votat pentru viitorul european al Moldovei, Ucrainei și Georgiei. Acum, și așa, scriem istorie. Arătăm lumii întregi că ne ținem de cuvânt, că suntem lideri care știu și chiar fac ce trebuie. Pentru noi, valorile europeane nu sunt doar pe hârtie. Îi apărăm pe cei care le apără. Românii știu ce înseamnă să fii invadat de tancuri care uită să mai și plece. România știe ce înseamnă să ți se ia bucăți din tine la masa celor mari. Știm că armata eliberatoare de fapt distruge. În 2022, la fel ca în 1945. Am promis că niciodată nu mai permitem așa ceva. Spunem că suntem uniți, ne mândrim că suntem puternici împreună.  Moldova, Ucraina și Georgia ne-au crezut. Moldovenii au votat să intre în Uniunea Europeană. Ucrainienii luptă ca să intre în Uniunea Europeană. Georgienii au ieșit în stradă cu zecile de mii ca să intre în Uniunea Europeană. Am auzit vocile lor și acum avem datoria să le și ascultăm.
Debate: Gas storage
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Eugen Tomac
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: RO

Doamnă președintă, am votat acest raport. Stocarea gazelor este o prioritate pentru care am votat. Ne aflăm într-un moment critic în care trebuie să putem garanta securitatea energetică a Europei pentru toți cetățenii. Vine o iarnă grea, pentru care trebuie să fim pregătiți. Putin, în mod sigur, va tăia gazul către Europa. Ce măsuri urgente putem lua acum, pentru a nu suferi la iarnă?  În primul rând, trebuie să asigurăm logistica necesară stocării gazelor. În ciuda numeroaselor angajamente luate, capacitatea de înmagazinare a gazului în România nu a crescut semnificativ în ultimii 30 de ani.  Trebuie să modernizăm urgent și să dotăm corespunzător depozitele și minele unde vom continua înmagazinarea. Trebuie să construim rapid noi depozite pentru stocarea gazelor. De asemenea, temporar, trebuie să repornim centralele termice pe bază de cărbune și să alocăm subvenții pentru lemne de foc pentru cetățenii vulnerabili.
Debate: Gas storage
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

But at the same time, in some countries – and particularly my own country – we have an opportunity to build an LNG terminal, which the agreement is objecting to. Secondly, we have vast resources of gas offshore, which we could utilise pretty quickly. So we’re quite happy for someone else to take it out of the ground and export to us and not to take it out of the ground ourselves.  I think in this time of crisis, the Commission should look at what resources are there within Europe, particularly that we can utilise so that we are not dependent on Russian gas and Putin won’t be able to put us into a severe position this winter and the following winter.
Debate: Draft amending budget No : financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Madam President, I strongly supported the motion for a resolution on the draft amending budget to finance reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine. There is no doubt there are about four and a half million people who have left Ukraine, fleeing Russian military aggression in their country.  I was very heartened at the response that the European Union came up with in such a short period of time, but particularly the Member States that are closest to Ukraine itself. I instance the extraordinary efforts of the Polish people in trying to accommodate as many Ukrainian refugees as is possible. Of course, there has been a dispersing of refugees across the entire European Union, and I want to commend all of those people that have tried to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, either in their own areas, communities or their own homes.  But we need to be conscious that this could go on for a prolonged period of time. So we need to be continually reviewing the budget so that we have enough supports in place to ensure that there is no downgrading of facilities, of support to Member States that are housing and receiving refugees from Ukraine.
Debate: Draft amending budget No : financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I voted for this report because I’m always in favour of giving money to refugees not just in Ukraine, but everywhere. I’m thinking today also of the people of Afghanistan who are grappling with a horrific earthquake on top of starvation, sanctions and being blocked out from entry to the European Union.  We have to end these double standards, but we also have to look at the policies that are making people refugees in the first place – mainly war and climate change. The report bemoans the lack of funds in the multiannual framework that we can use for refugees. That’s fair enough. But why is that the case? It’s because we’re spending billions on the European Defence Fund, on the misnamed European Peace Facility, billions to the European coastguard to help drown people in the Mediterranean, billions to ensure that the Ukrainian war continues rather than working for peace and a negotiated settlement.  It was striking that when the President of Zambia called for that today, a majority of colleagues sat on their hands. They didn’t want to know. But actually, a negotiated peace is the best way to help the refugees in Ukraine.
Debate: Illegal logging in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: GA

A Uachtaráin, vótáil mé i bhfabhar an rúin seo maidir le lománaíocht mhídhleathach san Aontas Eorpach. Cé gur ábhar imní in a lán Ballstát í an lománaíocht seo gan dabht agus í ag déanamh dochar don timpeallacht agus do na gnáthóga, ceapaim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach chomh maith, lománaíocht dhleathach a spreagadh. Is constaic ollmhór é an próiseas pleanála in Éirinn agus de bharr sin, cuirtear i bhfad níos mó heicteár i mo thír gach bliain ná mar a chuirtear i dtíortha eile. Tá sé ríthábhachtach go gcuirfear bainistíocht inbhuanaithe foraoise i bhfeidhm timpeall an Aontais Eorpaigh chun ár bhforaoisí a chaomhnú sna blianta atá amach romhainn. Beidh sé sin níos tábhachtaí fós chun ár spriocanna eile maidir le bithéagsúlacht agus athrú aeráide a bhaint amach. Caithfidh an Coimisiún agus na Ballstáit rud éigin a dhéanamh anois chun dul i ngleic le lománaíocht mhídhleathach chun ár dtimpeallacht a chaomhnú sna blianta atá le teacht agus brú a chur ar Éirinn níos mó chun níos mó crann a chur.
Debate: Illegal logging in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, аз гласувах против и ще се опитам да ви обясня много накратко за какво става дума. В този доклад няма нито една дума каква е причината за незаконната сеч. Това на първо място. Аз мога да ви кажа обаче каква е причината. Това е сбърканата енергийна политика на Европейския съюз.  Освен това няма нито дума за така наречената битова сеч. Това са обикновени граждани, които няма с какво да се отопляват и започват вече да секат и в парковете, и в градинките. Аз не ги оневинявам, но мисля, че този доклад е абсолютно непълен и по същество трябва да се разсъждава за основните причини за едно нещо да се случва, а не просто някакви хора да бъдат осъдени заради това, че са го направили.
Debate: Illegal logging in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Vlad Gheorghe
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, am votat pentru protejarea mediului astăzi, am votat împotriva tăierilor ilegale de pădure, împotriva hoților de lemne și grupurilor infracționale organizate care ne distrug viața tuturor. Trăim fenomene meteo extreme peste tot în Europa. E doar începutul. Copiii noștri nu au un viitor, dacă nu luăm măsuri acum.  Tăierile ilegale de pădure declanșează reacții în lanț. E științific demonstrat și o știm cu toții. Cu toate acestea, există încă politicieni care pun mai presus de sănătatea oamenilor, profitul și avantajele proprii. Dar averea nu îi va păzi de ceea ce urmează.  Există încă partide care cred că în țara lor nu sunt tăieri ilegale, nu sunt deșeuri, nu există braconaj, dar poluarea nu are granițe, stimați colegi. Cei care nu înțeleg asta votează împotriva propriilor cetățeni. Cei care se opun pedepsirii infractorilor de mediu, o fac cu prețul sănătății noastre și a copiilor noștri. Acești politicieni uită că nu există ozon privat. Nu poți cumpăra aer nepoluat, ape curate sau pământ neotrăvit.
Debate: Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the report’s proposal for a new governance scheme for the Sustainable Development Goals at EU level is positive and ambitious. The emphasis on the well—being of the economy and the need for the Commission to quickly deliver the beyond—GDP indicators is welcome.  However, the report ignores the fundamental problem with the SDGs themselves. Goal Number 8 calls for continued global economic growth equivalent to 3% per year to achieve the human development objectives. The SDGs assume that efficiency improvements will be enough to reconcile the tension between growth and ecological sustainability.  Of course, regional development in the global South must continue, but global economic growth is incompatible with many environmental targets. Even if absolute decoupling of growth from resource consumption is theoretically possible, its success must be measured in terms of climate targets and whether it fits with limiting global warming by 1.5 degrees.  There is simply no scientific basis for not questioning the growth imperative.
Debate: Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Eugen Tomac
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, cred că mecanismul de redresare și reziliență este un instrument foarte util și a fost primit pozitiv în toate statele membre, pentru că, după criza de sănătate publică, iată că astăzi trecem și prin alte crize, cum este criza umanitară, cum este criza de securitate, cum este criza creșterii prețurilor în energie și efectele pe care le produce aceasta în economie. Tocmai de aceea cred că planul inițial pe care și l-a asumat Uniunea Europeană prin acest instrument trebuie permanent gândit și adaptat la realitățile prin care trecem, pentru că, iată, prețurile care au crescut enorm de mult în ultima perioadă pun o povară, o presiune foarte puternică pe cetățeni. Tocmai de aceea cred că este esențial ca planurile de redresare și reziliență să poată fi oricând discutate între statele membre și Comisie, astfel încât ele să fie adaptate cât mai mult la realitățile prin care trece Europa astăzi.
Debate: Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Date: THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Madam President, the Recovery and Resilience Facility is a very important fund and it is there to ensure that economies can grow again and can invest in services.  But we have to also be honest. We can’t have this as a bargaining chip on the fundamental principles of equality, of independence of the judiciary, independence of the media, and fundamental freedoms. Oppression of the LGBTQ community and oppression of women in certain countries is now something that’s beginning to happen again. The idea that we would actually negotiate the most fundamental rights that are the pillars on what Europe is about with regard to the Recovery and Resilience Facility is, in my view, very unacceptable.  The countries that made applications to the Recovery and Resilience Fund knew in advance of making those applications their obligations to fundamental rights, their obligations to ensure that they eked out corruption in their countries, that they followed the independence of the judiciary and the independence of the media, and that there would be no oppression of minority groupings.  That is not happening in every country. Particularly in the context of Poland and Hungary, they have a long road to travel, and the idea that we would make these funds available to countries that don’t comply is very regrettable.