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Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, we are in a position of a crucial decade for investments within Europe. Talking about the Green Deal and our competitiveness that we had in the previous discussion. Investments are crucial for European competitiveness and, if we look around the world, Europe is lagging behind. On defence, a lot of our colleagues are also pressing investments in defence. We need to build up Ukraine, which will be massive investments. This decade will be a decade of investments or we will lose out as a European Union. And then look what’s happening. Will there be a continuation of the RF? Probably not. Countries will block it. Will there be an MFF review that will be sincere? Well, even the mid-term review was a joke. Then Capital Markets Union: it’s being blocked. Will there then be any sustainable finance to guide private financing to the right sources? It’s stalled and being halted and no movement there. And now on top of that, we are going to limit the possibilities of national governments to invest by this reform of the Stability and Growth Pact, we are tying ourselves down where there should be a decade of investments. This is stupidity.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: France Jamet
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, la souveraineté budgétaire et fiscale, principe fondateur depuis 1789, est la base sacrée sur laquelle la France a construit son pacte social et démocratique. Or, votre pacte de stabilité y contrevient. Est-il nécessaire d’assainir les comptes? Oui. Sommes-nous endettés au-delà du raisonnable? Aussi. Cependant, dire que ce pacte y apporte une quelconque solution est un mirage, car il consiste à imposer à la France, depuis Bruxelles, une austérité que les Français refusent, un saccage des services publics et l’absence de réflexion nécessaire pour recouvrer des comptes publics équilibrés, à savoir sur la fin du chaos migratoire et la lutte contre la fraude fiscale et sociale. Alors non, Messieurs les Commissaires – parce que la profondeur et la densité historiques de la France vont bien au-delà de votre pacte technocratique et mortifère qui se fait contre les peuples.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Chris MacManus
Political group: The Left
Country: Austria
Language: EN

A Uachtaráin, the EU likes to say that it listens and it learns. Well today shows that it does not listen and it does not learn regarding economic sovereignty and austerity. This deal lays the seeds for future austerity, hollows out national economic sovereignty and empowers unelected Brussels bureaucrats to further interfere in national budgets. Ireland needs a massive investment to build schools, hospitals, houses for people and to aid the transition to a clean economy. So what does the EU propose? Hardening the austerity rules. With this plan, democratically elected governments will traipse to Brussels and ask permission to change budgets if arbitrary targets are not met. There is no exemption for building houses, but there is for building tanks. We were promised rules to aid investment: we got a doubling down on austerity rules and the failed policies of the past. The EU has failed to learn. I stand against austerity policies and say no to these Brussels rules. They should be ripped up before they do real damage to real people.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Kostas Papadakis
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, το λεγόμενο ενισχυμένο πλαίσιο οικονομικής διακυβέρνησης εισάγει, εν μέσω εντεινόμενης ύφεσης και υψηλών ελλειμμάτων, νέους, ακόμα πιο αντιδραστικούς κανόνες του Συμφώνου Σταθερότητας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Στις πλάτες των λαών φορτώνονται τα βάρη των πολεμικών εξοπλισμών για το ΝΑΤΟ και της εμπλοκής που στηρίζουν κυβέρνηση και όλα τα άλλα κόμματα, και αποτελούν από τις βασικές αιτίες για το κρατικό χρέος της Ελλάδας. Η εξαίρεση των πολεμικών δαπανών από τον υπολογισμό του ελλείμματος πριμοδοτεί την κλιμάκωση, τη στήριξη του ιμπεριαλιστικού πολέμου ΝΑΤΟ-Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία, και της γενοκτονίας των Παλαιστινίων από το κράτος-κατακτητή Ισραήλ. Η παγίωση των ματωμένων πλεονασμάτων και του κόφτη των κοινωνικών δαπανών, με προαπαιτούμενο την επιτάχυνση των αντιδραστικών μεταρρυθμίσεων εμπορευματοποίησης σε παιδεία και υγεία, συμπληρώνεται και με τα απευθείας νέα διμερή μνημόνια ανάμεσα σε Επιτροπή και τα κράτη μέλη, με αυστηρή επιτήρηση ως και για 7 χρόνια. Λαϊκή πάλη τώρα ενάντια στον ιμπεριαλιστικό πόλεμο και τους μηχανισμούς αφαίμαξης των λαών για τα κέρδη των ομίλων, με ένα πολύ πιο ισχυρό ΚΚΕ στις ευρωεκλογές.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Joachim Schuster
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Verbindliche Fiskalregeln sind in einem Binnenmarkt mit einer gemeinsamen Währung, in dem aber die Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik in nationaler Kompetenz verbleibt, unerlässlich. Ungleiche Schuldenstände im Euro-Raum strapazieren die Stabilität des Euro und sorgen zugleich dafür, dass öffentliche Investitionen für höher verschuldete Staaten mit unverhältnismäßig hohen Finanzierungskosten einhergehen. Eine Reform war insofern überfällig. Die neuen Fiskalregeln sind deutlich realistischer als die heute bestehenden, und zugleich ermöglichen die neuen Regeln viel umfassender die Berücksichtigung nationaler Besonderheiten. So weit, so gut. Aber auch bei den neuen Fiskalregeln bleibt die Frage ungelöst, wie zukünftig eine erhebliche Steigerung der öffentlichen und privaten Investitionen zur Finanzierung der digitalen und klimaneutralen Transformation gewährleistet werden kann. Dazu benötigen wir die Schaffung eines neuen europäischen Investitionsfonds als Fortsetzung des 2026 auslaufenden Europäischen Aufbaufonds. Eine solche europäische Fiskalkapazität muss ein zentrales Element des nächsten mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens sein.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Engin Eroglu
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, sehr geehrte Herren Kommissare! Ich freue mich sehr, dass Sie beide anwesend sind. Was die Europäische Union braucht, ist eine stabile Währung. Eine harte, stabile Währung. Deswegen ist es wichtig, dass wir den Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt hier diskutieren, und es ist wichtig, dass wir die Schuldenunion in den Griff kriegen. Denn den Menschen wurde laut Maastricht versprochen, dass es keine europäischen Schulden geben wird, und dieses Versprechen wurde gebrochen. Deswegen ist es mir ganz wichtig, dass hier tatsächlich – und das sieht man an den beiden Kommissaren, die heute auch anwesend sind – der neue Wachstumspakt eine gute Handschrift trägt. Aber er trägt auch die Handschrift von Frau von der Leyen und der Union. Deswegen werden wir Freien Wähler diesem Wachstums- und Stabilitätspakt nicht zustimmen. Denn was nicht geht, die Herren Kommissare, ist, dass jetzt hinter verschlossenen Türen statt Transparenz Frau von der Leyen mit Mitgliedstaaten eigene Schuldenpläne verhandelt und die Menschen in der Europäischen Union nicht wissen, warum und was dort verhandelt wird. Die Europäische Union braucht Stabilität, braucht Währungsstabilität und Transparenz anstatt jetzt einem neuen Mechanismus. Hinter verschlossenen Türen wird die Schuldentilgung verhandelt. Das geht so nicht, liebe Freunde!
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rasmus Andresen
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Über 100 Millionen Europäerinnen und Europäer leben in Armut, und der Investitionsbedarf für Klimaziele und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit allein liegt in der Europäischen Union bei über 600 Milliarden Euro jährlich. Das sind keine Zahlen, die ich mir ausgedacht habe oder die aus irgendwelchen Thinktanks kommen, das sind die offiziellen Zahlen der EU-Kommission. Und trotzdem wollen heute hier Sozialdemokraten, Konservative und Liberale Fiskalregeln beschließen, die großen Schaden anrichten werden. Statt Zukunftsinvestitionen in bessere Schienen- oder Energienetze zerfällt unsere Infrastruktur, und Sozialkürzungen werden an der Tagesordnung sein. Verlierer sind die Menschen und das Klima. Das Absurde ist, dass die Schuldenregeln allerdings ja nicht einmal dazu führen werden, dass wir eine niedrige Schuldenquote erreichen werden. Denn wenn wir durch zu strenge Regeln ökonomische Entwicklung ausbremsen, dann sinken die Steuereinnahmen, und dann kommen die öffentlichen Haushalte in große Probleme. Klimaziele, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Verteidigungsunion, das ist nichts für wolkige Worte in Abschlusserklärungen vom Ratsgipfel. Das ist etwas, was man in der Fiskalpolitik ausgestalten muss, und dazu ist diese Reform leider nicht in der Lage. Mit den Rezepten von gestern kann man die Zukunft nicht gestalten.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, ekonomsko upravljanje Unijom može se opisati s tri riječi: bahato samouništenje i licemjerje. Unatoč kolonijalnom mentalitetu, Europa više nije centar svijeta, a cijeli Zapad tada je globalna manjina u odnosu na svijet.  Sankcije su besmislene. Luksuzni automobili i dalje idu u Rusiju preko Kazahstana, ruska nafta dolazi u Europu preko Indije, a terminali Španjolske i Belgije otvoreno primaju ruski plin. A zbog posrednika sve je skuplje, pa imamo, eto, deindustrijalizaciju Europe.  Pogledajmo procjene vašeg MMF-a. Europa je najbezperspektivnije područje na svijetu. Traži se rezanje emisija CO2 u Europi, dok u isto vrijeme zemlje Azije nemaju nikakvu namjeru to učiniti.  Dozvoljava se divljanje investicijskih fondova poput BlackRocka, koji jedu demokraciju i slabe građane. U SAD-u su sada već najveći vlasnik kuća i stanova. Ne znamo zapravo tko stoji iza njih. Umjetna inteligencija poput sustava Aladin, Hazarska mafija, neki pojedinac - ne znamo, a kontroliraju imovinu veću od mnogih država članica.  Zabranjuju se pesticidi u Uniji, ali nije problem kada se isti takav proizvod, s istim tim pesticidima po Sporazumu o slobodnoj trgovini uveze.  Ako se Europa ne vrati građaninu, nacijama, narodima i dobrim rješenjima koje nam daje tradicija, možemo samo u još veći ekonomski nered.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

A Uachtaráin, my late dear mother used to say to me: ‘Seán,’ she’d say, ‘money isn’t everything. But without it you have nothing.’ And thus, she’s right, we have rich countries, poor countries, rich people, poor people. But when you have money, you must use it prudently – and if you don’t, you lose it. And we found that in our country, many others, during the recession: we over borrowed and went bust. Now that we have recovered, we have to manage prudently. And as the Commissioner has pointed out, we have to reduce public debt, but, at the same time, not inhibit growth and investments – especially investments that reduce emissions – in agriculture, transport renewables are key. So I hope that we can continue and maybe loosen state aid rules to allow those investments. The quicker they happen, the sooner you’ll get a return. And without them, to use my mother’s phrase, we will have nothing and will go nowhere.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, domnilor comisari, stimați colegi, este bine și este necesar să analizăm guvernanța economică și să consolidăm bugetul Uniunii Europene. Era necesar, sunt câteva lucruri bune făcute, care duc spre posibilitatea ca statele membre să poată să apese pe accelerația investițiilor, de exemplu, neluarea în calcul la deficit a cofinanțării pe investiții strategice.  Nu este un model ideal, dar este un pas făcut și trebuie să ne gândim totdeauna, când modificăm această guvernanță, că statele membre nu sunt dezvoltate egal economic. Nu putem pune un pat al lui Procust. Datoriile externe sunt diferite în statele membre și, sigur, ne mai gândim și la tratat, pentru că există multă subsidiaritate aici, în politicile fiscale și în tot ce au dreptul să stabilească statele în context național, în funcție și de situația economică din acel stat membru.  Pașii sunt buni, faptul că se ține cont și de pilonul social - să nu uităm că avem încă mulți oameni în sărăcie, mulți copii în sărăcie și trebuie să ne gândim și la acest lucru, și la coeziune socială. De aceea, cred că este doar un prim pas și trebuie continuat cu guvernanța economică, cu flexibilizarea bugetului Uniunii Europene.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Jan Ovelgönne
Political group: Verts/ALE
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Die Maastrichtregeln basieren auf ökonomisch unsinnigen Zielen, haben zu einer ökonomischen Polarisierung in der EU geführt, angefeuert noch durch  Ich prophezeie: Es wird wieder so sein, dass die Regeln erst dann funktionieren, wenn sie ausgesetzt sind. Wir werden viele Jahre verlieren, die entscheidend sind für Investitionen und Weichenstellungen, für die Zukunftsfähigkeit unserer Europäischen Union.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis
Language: EN

The same sense of ambition is reflected in this political agreement. Adoption by the Parliament following this debate would pave the way for revised fiscal rules to enter into force by the end of April. They would then start to guide Member States’ economic policies for the years to come. This would be accomplished by a simpler system and greater national ownership to ensure enhanced compliance and effectiveness. As many of you have raised this issue, let me recall that the new framework will strengthen the social dimension within the European Semester. The new fiscal rules will serve as a cornerstone of the EU’s macroeconomic and financial stability. This means acting to reduce debt and keep it at a sustainable level; ensuring sound public policies across all Member States; and building a solid base for future growth based on reforms and investments. In conclusion, your vote today is important for ensuring a credible, modernised economic governance for all EU Member States. At such a time of record-high public debt, this is essential to maintain sound public finances and sustained economic growth across the whole EU.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Paolo Gentiloni
Language: EN

Let me again underline that what we are voting today is a compromise, and I like compromises. Today I think we can close an important process which we started indeed four years ago, just before the COVID-19 crisis, in a traditionally very controversial matter among Member States and political families.  Of course, the adoption of the new governance will not solve all our problems. I heard very much the word ‘investments’, and of course we need massive investments. This is the Commission which proposed NextGenerationEU, this is the Parliament that approved NextGenerationEU and cooperated with the Commission in its implementation and I’m sure that the next Commission and the next Parliament will discuss how to address this massive need of investments.  But the economic governance would prepare us better for the future with the new rules. Via a combination of prudent fiscal policies and growth-enhancing reforms and investment, it would ensure a gradual and realistic reduction of debt levels and foster growth and resilience in the EU.  For this reason, your vote is very important.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Markus Ferber
Country: Italy
Language: DE

Deswegen kann ich nur appellieren: Wer hier fordert – wie die Spitzenkandidatin der Grünen –, mehr Verantwortung für Europa übernehmen zu wollen, um die radikalen Kräfte auszugrenzen, und jetzt bei den Fiskalregeln, bei dem Kernelement unserer gemeinsamen Währung, mit den radikalen Kräften mit Nein stimmt – sorry, das kann nicht verantwortungsvolle Politik sein. Deswegen kann ich nur appellieren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, heute, in wenigen Minuten, bei der Abstimmung im Plenum für diese Regeln zu stimmen, für einen stabilen Euro, für ein stabiles Europa, für ein Europa, das in der Lage ist, seine Zukunftsaufgaben zu bewältigen, und für ein Europa, das in der Lage ist, auch den Sozialstaat abzusichern. Niedrige Inflation ist die beste Sozialpolitik, die man machen kann. Hohe Inflation ist unsozial. Niedrige Inflation heißt niedrige Schulden. Hohe Inflation heißt hohe Schulden. Das ist die Frage, vor der wir heute stehen.
Debate: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Margarida Marques
Country: Cyprus
Language: PT

Podemos falar, de facto, em governação económica e social e com uma abordagem caso a caso. E para os colegas que dizem que este quadro cria políticas de austeridade, o que estão de facto a fazer é a branquear os governos que desenvolvem políticas de austeridade e que justificam essas políticas com o quadro das regras europeias. Não é verdade. Este quadro não conduz à necessidade de políticas de austeridade.  Agora, é tempo de olharmos para o futuro. Temos de criar um instrumento permanente de investimento ao nível europeu que complemente estas regras, que se junte a estas regras para concretizarmos as prioridades europeias. O Parlamento pode estar orgulhoso do resultado que alcançou. Tivemos um papel decisivo e conseguimos melhorar aquilo que tinha sido o compromisso do Conselho, com um acordo mais equilibrado e mais progressista. No ano em que o euro faz 25 anos, não podíamos deixar a moeda única europeia sem regras, exposta aos mercados e sem um futuro credível e de longo prazo.  Queria terminar, agradecendo o trabalho de Esther de Lange, correlatora do lado do PPE, de Gaby Bishop, de todos os relatores-sombra que participaram neste trabalho e de todos aqueles que intervieram aqui neste debate. E gostaria de lembrar que este processo foi liderado, do lado do Parlamento, por quatro mulheres: três relatoras e uma presidente da Comissão da Economia.
Debate: Union retail investor protection rules
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Country: Latvia
Language: FR

Ce régime n’est pas parfait, il faut l’améliorer. Justement, nous mettons en place des garde-fous pour protéger les citoyens, assurer plus de transparence et garantir le rapport qualité-prix des produits financiers vendus. Nous renforçons aussi le pouvoir du superviseur pour mieux réprimer ceux qui violent les règles. Nos collègues socialistes et verts disent agir au nom du consommateur. Pourtant, ils ont quitté la table des négociations, privilégiant les postures politiques en période d’élection. Ils ont demandé une interdiction totale des rétrocommissions, qui aura des conséquences terribles, d’abord pour les citoyens, qui vont devoir payer des centaines d’euros pour obtenir des conseils de leur banquier, alors que jusqu’ici, c’est gratuit. Qui expliquera que seuls les plus riches auront à présent accès au conseil financier? Ensuite, ils vont fermer les agences sur nos territoires, ils vont détricoter le maillage territorial. Qui va dire aux citoyens qu’ils n’auront plus accès aux banques dans leur village? Enfin, ils favorisent les produits américains, au détriment de nos entreprises européennes. Chers collègues, l’approche adoptée au Parlement européen est une étape pour l’Union des marchés de capitaux, priorité de la prochaine mandature dans le pacte de compétitivité. C’est le nerf de la guerre. Pour relever tous nos défis, il est urgent d’agir et j’espère pouvoir compter sur votre soutien.
Debate: Objection pursuant to Rule  Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation  No  as regards the amount of the visa fees
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Roberts Zīle
Language: LV

Es ļoti atvainojos, es neiedevu vārdu Eiropas Komisijai. Es ļoti ceru, ka es laboju šo kļūdu, un aicinu jūs runāt. Varbūt, ja drīkst jūs lūgt, mazliet koncentrētāk, īsāk.