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Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Dear colleagues, dear champions, thank you for joining us to mark International Women’s Day in the European Parliament. Thank you for inspiring young girls and boys across the world, for proving that football is her game, too. Before we begin this ceremony, I would like to invite all of you to turn your attention to the screens to watch a short video clip prepared especially for today’s celebrations. Dear colleagues, from leading businesses or households to steering nations, from breaking barriers in the boardroom to blazing trails in sports, women have changed the world. That is why we must continue to work harder to level the playing field and to make women’s contributions more visible; to ensure that every little girl and every little boy has role models to aspire to. And to do this, it is my pleasure to welcome to the European Parliament world champions Ivana Andrés and Alba Redondo, on behalf of the Spanish football team that won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and, only a few days ago, the first Women’s Nations League. Welcome! We know that this does not come easy. In sports, inequality persists – not least when it comes to media coverage, sponsorship opportunities and pay. More broadly, I think of the women who, despite all their best efforts, are still struggling every day to reach their full potential. This is a systemic problem and one that the European Parliament is working hard – day in, day out – to uproot. Everyone has a role to play here. It is up to each one of us to facilitate a paradigm shift in thinking and in working. To foster policies that will eliminate gender discrimination; to make it easier for women; to remove the unfair barriers that remain. That is why International Women’s Day is so important – as a day to celebrate women’s achievements, but also as a reminder of the remaining work that still needs to be done. And I am so proud that this House is a global leader on these issues and will remain a force for true equality. Thank you.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Alba Redondo
Language: ES

Debemos construir un mejor futuro, una sociedad más justa, igualitaria y solidaria. Ese camino debemos impulsarlo juntos, y pasa —como casi todo— por la educación, por el modelo educativo que damos a nuestras niñas y nuestros niños.  Europa se ha caracterizado siempre por ser el pilar mundial en la lucha por la igualdad y la defensa de los derechos humanos y por ser la cuna de la cultura y de la educación. A lo largo de los siglos, Europa ha sabido reinventarse, alzar la voz en los momentos difíciles y guiar al mundo a través de sus decisiones.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Ivana Andrés
Language: ES

Estoy convencida de que saben que les estoy hablando del deporte. El deporte emociona, transforma y educa. Debemos saber utilizarlo correctamente. Debemos dar a las niñas del mundo entero referentes femeninos en los que puedan verse reflejadas. Mujeres que las inspiren, que las emocionen, que les permitan en los momentos difíciles, tanto personales como profesionales, no rendirse y seguir hacia adelante. Debemos ayudar a construir referentes femeninos fuertes que ayuden a toda la sociedad, tanto a hombres como a mujeres. Creemos que estamos en el buen camino, pero somos ambiciosas. Las niñas del mundo entero ya no quieren ser solo como Beckham, Mbappé o Cristiano Ronaldo, quieren ser como Alexia Putellas, Ada Hegerberg, Pernille Harder o Alexandra Popp. Y les diré una cosa. La próxima Alexia Putellas está ahí fuera. La próxima Aitana Bonmatí está ahí fuera. Y la próxima Diani está ahí fuera. Ellas solo quieren una oportunidad y debemos dársela.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Věra Jourová
Language: EN

Last week, I organised a conference on women in public life. In this event, politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and academics shared their experience with online hatred and violence they have to face on an everyday basis. They spoke about threats of being killed or raped, or threats directed at their families. We see women leaving their public functions and we cannot blame them. There is nothing virtual about online violence. Violence is violence and we have to take action against that. It is a real violence that impacts their lives, families and careers. And if we do not act now, even more women will be silenced. They will simply disappear from public life. It would be a disaster for our society, but also for our democracy. To bring about meaningful change as we all need to act, our last week event concluded with six conclusions or six points plan, and I want to share it with you. We all need to send a clear message that violence and hatred against women are unacceptable, that it’s nothing normal, nothing that should be tolerated. Second, Member States must step up and implement their national laws and ensure that perpetrators are punished for their acts. Third, political parties and newsrooms should not only encourage more women to join their ranks, but also actively defend them if necessary. Every time I see the women who have to defend themselves online and nobody else says a word, I think there is something radically wrong. Fourth, online platforms need to step up their efforts with language-specific social media moderation and share their data with researchers. Fifth, we also need to invest much more in education and foster zero tolerance to hatred and violence in our society. And last but not least, the sixth point, we need to collect more data and better analyse them to understand this threat and also to find the best solutions how to tackle this horrible phenomenon. Ladies and gentlemen, honourable Members, I wanted to share with you these outcomes of our discussion last week because many of you will continue in politics, you will be inviting more women to come. So I think that with this invitation should come clear guarantee – we will defend you and we will create conditions for the women to be active in public life, in politics, in journalism and in many other public spaces. We have done our job with the Digital Services Act, the AI Act, the Violence Against Women Directive, but these laws will also have to be brought into life, and it’s also the job for all of us to invest in this effort.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Frances Fitzgerald
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

We must celebrate, but of course, let’s remember that, unfortunately, harassment and sexual harassment continue to exist in every sphere of life where women take part – in sport, as you experienced last summer, and in politics, as we continue to see here, even in the European Parliament. Regrettably, even as recently as last week, the ramifications of allegations of misconduct in the workplace continue to resonate here – this time within the Greens Group, after the abhorrent allegations against former MEP Gallée. But let’s be clear. The EPP Group does not, will not ever accept that it is okay to harass or sexually harass anyone. A zero policy approach is what we all need here, and we must all be committed to that goal. Over the last five years, the European Parliament has pushed the issue of women’s rights and gender equality to the top of the agenda. Let’s be clear. We have experienced crushingly low moments, with sexual violence used as a weapon of war, women persecuted in Iran and Afghanistan, and the burden of caring responsibilities regressively pushed back onto women during COVID-19. Yet we also experienced some great highs: the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, the adoption of the Pay Transparency Directive, the final approval of the Women on Boards Directive, and soon the adoption of the first-ever EU directive on combating violence against women. Let’s be clear. This has been a good mandate for gender equality. But it didn’t happen by accident. We have had great female leadership across all EU institutions, and in particular from President von der Leyen and President Metsola. Thank you for what you have done. We are very proud of you. But with changing trends in the political landscape, we cannot be complacent. Let me just say, briefly, in recent days there has been much commentary on the referendum results in Ireland. However, let’s not misinterpret these results in Ireland as a backlash against women’s rights. Irish people support equality, women’s rights and care. I’m very proud of what this House has achieved, for Ireland and indeed the whole of Europe, in this mandate.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Iratxe García Pérez
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Y realmente nuestras invitadas, además de haber hecho historia por ser campeonas del mundo, también lo han hecho por haber dicho «¡basta!» a agresiones que las mujeres sufren a diario y que todavía una parte de la sociedad no reconoce. Se acabó callarse y se acabó aceptar lo que es totalmente inaceptable.  Necesitamos modelos femeninos que inspiren a las nuevas generaciones de niñas y adolescentes. Las niñas y las mujeres deben tener roles en los que inspirarse para saber que no hay ninguna disciplina exclusiva para los hombres, ni en el fútbol, ni en la ciencia, ni en las matemáticas, ni en el espacio. Y tenemos que reconocer que en todos esos ámbitos podemos brillar tanto o más que los hombres. Y en todas las disciplinas las mujeres deberían, además, percibir el mismo salario y participar en igualdad de condiciones en la toma de decisiones.  Y de vuelta a casa deben también compartir el espacio de los cuidados y de la vida del hogar en igualdad de condiciones. Desafortunadamente, todavía hoy la igualdad no es una realidad. Hay estudios que dicen que tendremos que esperar en la Unión Europea cerca de sesenta años para que llegue esa igualdad real.  Y lo que nosotras queremos decir hoy es que ni queremos esperar, ni podemos esperar y, por lo tanto, reivindicamos el trabajo que queda por delante y pedimos a la Comisión Europea que ponga en marcha una carta de derechos fundamentales de la Unión de las mujeres para garantizar que las mujeres en toda la Unión Europea disfrutemos y tengamos las mismas oportunidades y los mismos derechos.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Valérie Hayer
Political group: Renew
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Je voudrais vous parler – je pourrais vous parler –, à la suite de cette Journée internationale des droits des femmes, de ma fierté de voir l’un de nos États inscrire dans sa Constitution le droit à l’interruption volontaire de grossesse. Ce droit, qui a été obtenu pour les femmes et par les femmes après des décennies de combats dans nombre de pays. Mais j’aimerais aussi dépasser ce seul débat, car les défis auxquels font face les femmes ne se limitent pas au seul droit de disposer de leur corps, bien que celui-là soit évidemment majeur. Les violences sexistes et sexuelles, l’accès à la contraception, l’écart salarial injustifiable entre les hommes et les femmes, les freins à la participation au marché du travail, le juste partage de la charge mentale dans nos vies personnelles: autant de sujets qui appellent à une mobilisation de tous les instants, par nous toutes et par nous tous. Je parle de nous toutes et de nous tous, ici, dans cet hémicycle. Mais les droits des femmes – ou plutôt l’absence de droits pour les femmes – prennent une dimension bien plus importante encore en dehors de l’Europe. Alors, je ne peux m’empêcher d’avoir une pensée pour celles qui luttent pour avoir accès à l’éducation, qui veulent aller à l’école, mais qui en sont interdites, à celles qui osent retirer leur voile en Iran et ailleurs, au risque de s’attirer les foudres de la police des mœurs, à celles en qui la société n’accorde pas sa confiance, écrasées par le poids de traditions archaïques. Il est temps de mettre fin à ces inégalités. Il ne peut plus y avoir de tolérance vis-à-vis de ceux qui violentent les droits, les choix et le corps des femmes. Je suis fière que ce Parlement ait toujours défendu avec autant de vigueur les droits des femmes à travers le monde. Cependant, chers collègues, ne nous faisons pas d’illusions: les droits obtenus après des décennies de lutte ne doivent pas être considérés comme immuables. Dans nos sociétés comme dans ce Parlement, des forces continuent d’intimider les femmes et de porter atteinte à leurs droits. À nous de les dénoncer, à nous de les combattre, pour nous toutes ici, mais aussi pour toutes celles et pour tous ceux qui, dans le reste du monde, luttent pour les droits de celles qui constituent ni plus ni moins que la moitié de l’humanité.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Terry Reintke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Colleagues, International Women’s Day should be a celebratory day because we actually have a lot to celebrate. We have more and more women that are smashing glass ceilings. We win battles about the right to abortion. Just last week with the example in France – where with the mobilisation of feminist organisations, with brave women who have made it possible – this important right has been introduced into the constitution. And it’s not only for French people. It is a symbol – especially in times when the right to sexual self-determination is under threat in so many parts of the world – that we all look to France and see how this leadership can make us strong and empower us not to give up and not to go back when it comes to sexual self-determination. We also move forward better protecting women from patriarchal violence. But at the same time, we see that this day is not only for celebration, but mostly for fighting, because it is a day that reminds us what is at stake: our bodies, our freedom, our place in our societies. When we see the attacks on women’s rights all over the world, and especially also in Europe, it is not just a theoretical consideration, when we see polls and election results about majorities in Parliament. A lot of women are literally scared for their own freedom. They are scared for the choices that they can take in the future. Colleagues, I do not want to be part of a generation that, yes, has more rights than the generation of their mothers and grandmothers, but that will have women that follow that will have less rights. So let us stand up to these authoritarian tendencies. Let us stand up to all of those people who are trying to take away rights from women. Let us be strong in continuing in the fight against patriarchal violence, in full equality in our societies. We have to stop the backlash against women’s rights that is going on in Europe and around the world.
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Elisabetta De Blasis
Political group: ECR
Language: IT

Sento il dovere di ricordare a mia figlia e a tutte le bambine che nessuna di noi ha un ruolo prestabilito dalla società, che non ci sono materie o mestieri per i quali non siamo portate o non abbiamo il diritto di appassionarci. Sento il dovere di intervenire, in quanto rappresentante italiana, per ricordare che nel nostro Paese per la prima volta alla guida del governo c'è una donna, Giorgia Meloni, che in soli 16 mesi ha messo in atto politiche concrete per i diritti delle donne: basti pensare alle misure a sostegno delle mamme lavoratrici, agli aiuti per le aziende che assumono donne o al raddoppio dei fondi per i centri antiviolenza e questo non è un punto di arrivo, ma è semplicemente un punto di partenza. Desidero affermare in questo emiciclo, con tutta la forza possibile, che la Giornata internazionale della donna deve diventare sempre più una giornata di orgoglio e consapevolezza di quello che noi siamo in grado di fare e non una giornata contro gli uomini, né una giornata di mere rivendicazioni ottenute attraverso presunte quote rosa, come spesso la si intende a sinistra. Questo deve rimanere uno degli elementi immodificabili della nostra Europa, dove le radici cristiane e l'uguaglianza fra donne e uomini sono le basi portanti della società, una società in cui avere donne alla guida delle massime cariche politiche e istituzionali è ormai la normalità: Roberta Metsola, Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde e speriamo tante altre ancora negli anni a venire. Come dice il nostro poeta italiano Agostino Degas: "Mi raccomando, per l'8 marzo lasciamo le mimose sugli alberi e alle donne regaliamo ogni giorno ciò che non appassisce mai: tenerezza, amore e rispetto".
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Christine Anderson
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Und gerade da, wo man so rumbuht, passiert das nämlich. Für individuelle oder gar selbstbestimmte Lebensführung ist hier kein Platz. Mehr noch: Unter dem Vorwand, Frauen sichtbarer zu machen, wird unsere Sprache verhunzt – gendergerechte Sprache nennt man das –, nur um die dann sichtbar gemachten Frauen umgehend wieder zum Verschwinden zu bringen. Auf die simple Frage: Was ist eine Frau? – da gibt es nur eine einzige Antwort: eine erwachsene Person weiblichen Geschlechts – erhält man Minuten langes Gestammel und rettet sich dann in Bezeichnungen wie Gebärmutter habende Menstruatorin und dergleichen. Weiterhin brüstet sich dieses Haus, Gewalt gegen Frauen bekämpfen zu wollen, und wiederum wird das Gegenteil getan, wie etwa in Umkleidekabinen, Toiletten, Ähnliches – den Schutzräumen von Frauen. Dort müssen Frauen unter Androhung der sozialen Ächtung oder gar strafrechtlicher Belangung nun auch die Anwesenheit von Männern erdulden. Nicht mit mir! Transfrauen sind keine Frauen! Wer sich als Indianer verkleidet, wird von ihnen wegen kultureller Aneignung sozial geächtet. Warum wird Männern, die sich als Frauen verkleiden, nicht der Vorwurf der sexuellen Aneignung gemacht? Wer die Freiheit und die Selbstbestimmung von Frauen stärken will, kann so nicht weitermachen. Sie betreiben hier Frauenverachtung in Reinkultur, meine Damen und Herren!
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Manon Aubry
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Mais nous savons que trop bien qu’ils gagnent du terrain en Europe, poussés par une propagande antichoix digne des pires réactionnaires, qui vont jusqu’à nous envoyer des fœtus en plastique; poussés par des médias qui se font le relais de cette propagande, comme dernièrement, en France, CNews, qui présentait l’avortement comme la première cause de mortalité dans le monde; poussés par l’extrême droite, qui montre encore aujourd’hui son vrai visage: s’attaquer aux droits des femmes, s’attaquer aux droits des LGBT. Oui, nous vous arrêterons, et oui, nous défendrons jusqu’au bout le droit des femmes contre tous les réactionnaires de votre camp, qui, une fois arrivés au pouvoir, s’attaquent en premier lieu aux droits des femmes. Que cette victoire, en France, arrachée de haute lutte grâce à la mobilisation des associations féministes, nous permette d’ouvrir un chemin en Europe, comme nous le demandons depuis des années, pour inscrire l’IVG dans la charte des droits fondamentaux, pour qu’en Pologne, en Hongrie, partout en Europe les femmes puissent enfin décider librement, pour que plus jamais une femme n’ait à subir le martyre des cintres, l’angoisse de la clandestinité ou le risque de la mort, pour que plus jamais les femmes ne perdent le contrôle de leur corps. C’est pour ces mêmes raisons que nous continuerons le combat pour intégrer le consentement dans la définition du viol au niveau européen, démarche bloquée par Emmanuel Macron et par tous ses alliés réactionnaires sur les bancs de l’extrême droite, en face de moi. Combien de fois devrons-nous le répéter? Une relation sexuelle sans consentement est un viol, ne vous en déplaise, au même titre qu’un baiser non consenti, comme celui de Luis Rubiales à la joueuse Jenni Hermoso est une agression sexuelle, et je suis surprise que personne ici n’en ait parlé. Il est temps de mettre fin au sentiment d’impunité terrible que ressentent tous ces hommes qui pensent que le corps des femmes leur appartient. Il est temps de mettre à terre tous les stéréotypes, et c’est la joueuse de water-polo qui vous parle. Mais il est temps avant tout de mettre à terre le patriarcat pour qu’à jamais chaque femme puisse choisir librement sa destinée.
Debate: Industrial Emissions Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Radan Kanev
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

First of all, because institutionally, we do not break our agreements. We insist on our political credibility. Second, because it was a very successful agreement for the Parliament and no one doubted it when we achieved it – it passed practically unanimously through the respective parliamentary committee. And I really hope for your support.  It is a very, very difficult balance between the health of our citizens and our environment, the competitiveness of our industry and, last but not least, of course, the interests of our farmers. But it is not an agricultural file, it is an industrial file affecting each and every European citizen through the toxic emissions and his health.  And of course, we are facing the farmers’ protests now. And of course, we need to answer. And we have a very strong review clause in the legislation for 2026. And that is why I am really looking at the European Commission and calling on the Commissioner first to explain the many options we gave to Member States to make the life of farmers easier with the present revision of the IED, but also to explain what the vision of the Commission for the future review of the legislation is.
Debate: Industrial Emissions Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

Honourable Members, let me be very clear: farms differ in their size, origins of their emissions, and means and resources to reduce such emissions in comparison to industrial installations. Due to the disparities between the industrial and the agricultural sector, and in light of the report, the Commission will evaluate the interplay with other agricultural legislation and will endeavour to separate the directive into two respective legal instruments. Turning now to the industrial side of the directive, this revision is key to support the green and digital transition of industry, ass the trilogue agreement provides for key flexibilities to test and deploy innovative techniques and for incentives to deploy net-zero technologies. It establishes an electronic permitting system, promotes hydrogen production, and provides a clear governance for key metals, mining and giga battery factories. So the trilogue agreement also includes a new derogation possibility for cases of big crisis, such as COVID or war in Ukraine. To conclude the revision, it’s urgently needed to build a predictable and simplified regulatory environment, favourable to investments, contributing to use clean and circular economy objectives.
Debate: Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles
Date: TUESDAY, 12 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Isabel García Muñoz
Country: Greece
Language: ES

Con esta votación incentivamos que las empresas de transporte apuesten por camiones de cero emisiones, ya que les permitimos un peso adicional para las baterías eléctricas o los tanques de hidrógeno. A medida que la tecnología limpia sea cada vez más ligera, ese peso adicional se convertirá en carga útil a transportar y, por tanto, podrán llevar más carga y aumentar su competitividad. Además, de esta forma conseguimos reducir el número de camiones en las carreteras europeas. El mensaje es claro: ser sostenibles compensa.  En cuanto a los megacamiones, su circulación dentro de un país sigue siendo voluntaria, como lo es ahora. Pero, si un país decide permitirlos, no podrá negarse a que pasen megacamiones de otros países, al igual que con los camiones de cuarenta y cuatro toneladas. Esto fomenta la competencia leal, que es la base de nuestro mercado interior europeo.  Otros elementos positivos pueden ser las medidas para la intermodalidad, medidas en seguridad vial y sistemas de pesaje certificados para controlar más y mejor.  Termino dando las gracias al resto de ponentes y a sus equipos. También al mío, por el gran trabajo realizado y por la buena cooperación. Este no era un informe fácil, pero hemos conseguido que el resultado sea equilibrado y cumpla con el objetivo de la Directiva: seguir siendo competitivos de una manera sostenible.