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Debate: The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mihai Tudose
Political group: S-D
Country: Latvia
Language: RO

Problema majoră e că derapajul unor funcționari europeni din subordinea comisarului pentru egalitate se înscrie într-o tendință periculoasă. Iar reacția vehementă a cetățenilor, presei și politicienilor din toată Uniunea Europeană arată clar că nu acceptăm ca identitatea creștină a Europei să fie ascunsă ori negată! Dimpotrivă, consider că este nevoie de o afirmare mai puternică și deschisă a apartenenței noastre creștine, a tradițiilor care ne leagă și a credinței care ne călăuzește.  Suntem toleranți, dar asta nu înseamnă că ne punem între paranteze propriul specific. Europa e un continent creștin și oricine trăiește aici trebuie să respecte istoria, credința și cultura pe care popoarele europene le-au construit de două mii de ani. Și încă un lucru: nu asta e treaba Comisiei Europene, să-i dea bilet de voie lui Moș Crăciun! Ocupați-vă la modul serios de mandatul ce v-a fost încredințat! Crăciun fericit!
Debate: The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Marco Zanni
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Infine, ritengo che questioni come questa, rischino di diminuire oltremodo la scarsa fiducia che i cittadini ripongono nell'Unione europea, soprattutto nel contesto odierno, con sfide ben più importanti da affrontare.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Kolejnym punktem porządku dziennego są oświadczenia Rady i Komisji w sprawie Instrumentu na rzecz Odbudowy i Zwiększania Odporności – aktualna sytuacja ( Chciałabym przypomnieć również, że w żadnej debacie na tej sesji miesięcznej nie przewidziano procedury pytań z sali i nie będą przyjmowane niebieskie kartki.  Podobnie jak podczas niedawnych sesji miesięcznych, przewidziano możliwość zabierania głosu zdalnie z biur kontaktowych Parlamentu w państwach członkowskich. Pragnę również przypomnieć, że w sali posiedzeń plenarnych mówcy nadal zabierają głos z mównicy głównej. W związku z tym proszę uprzejmie sprawdzać listę mówców i podejść do mównicy, gdy nadejdzie czas Państwa wystąpienia.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis
Language: EN

To date, the Council has adopted implementing decisions for 22 national recovery and resilience plans. The financing is starting to flow. The Commission is still assessing plans from four countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. On Bulgaria, we are making good progress. For Sweden, the next steps will depend on the orientations that the new government will take. Discussions continue with both Hungary and Poland. Our aim is to arrive at a positive assessment in due course, once the conditions and criteria set out in the RRF Regulation are met. The Netherlands has not yet presented a plan. We are continuing to work constructively with the Dutch authorities, which have indicated that they expect the plan to be submitted in spring 2022. On pre-financing: so far, we have provided EUR 54.2 billion to 18 Member States. The last disbursement was to Romania and we expect to make disbursements to Estonia and Malta shortly.  Earlier today we launched the online scoreboard for tracking progress on the Facility overall and each recovery and resilience plan, together with specific reporting on social expenditure. We are advancing with operational arrangements, which will detail further technical conditions for monitoring the implementation. Last month, the Commission signed arrangements with the first two Member States: Spain and France. Both have submitted their first payment requests. For France, the payment request is under evaluation. For Spain, the Commission has approved its request for EUR 10 billion in grants. Before any disbursement, however, the Economic and Financial Committee must give its opinion. We expect the next requests to be submitted early next year and will thoroughly assess each one in full respect of the RRF Regulation. Parliament will continue to receive all due information as required. I am confident that Parliament will be an important ally throughout the implementation phase. We also understand that Parliament will prepare its own review report on the RRF, which should feed into the Commission’s review report due in July 2022. We very much welcome this step. Thank you, and Commissioner Gentiloni will now have further points to add.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Paolo Gentiloni
Language: EN

Let me give you a first survey of the measures put forward by Member States in their plans, measures that, of course, can contribute to more than one of the pillars with their primary and secondary assignment, so the total adds up to more than 100%. The first results: 50% of measures will support the green transition; 29% will support the digital transition; 50% will support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; 43% will support social and territorial cohesion; 17% health, economic and social resilience; and 11% of measures will support policies for the next generation, including education and skills. All this data will be available in the scoreboard that has been launched today. Now, as we have received the first payment requests, I would like to assure you that the Commission remains committed to being thorough and acting as quickly as possible. For Spain, we will now await the Economic and Financial Committee opinion and then proceed with the first disbursement. We are committed to making the process as transparent as possible. We have published the operational arrangements signed with Spain and France, and we will encourage each Member State to agree to this publication.  We will also publish our preliminary assessment of the milestones and targets to ensure that the broader public can follow how the facility continues to deliver at EU level and in their own country. Exactly for this reason, the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard has been launched today. Not all data is available yet, so the information provided on the scoreboard will continue to grow in the coming months. For example, we are still waiting for the first input by Member States on the agreed common indicators, which will be available in spring 2022. The support from the Facility can reach the entire society in the Union, and this is strongly needed now, when we are still fighting the pandemic but with the recovery underway. Visibility will be crucial for the success. We will step up our efforts to communicate the role and the impact of Next Generation EU. Together, the Parliament and the Commission, we can make the difference. Together, we can fulfill this extraordinary mission for the next generation of Europeans.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

We have to use the funds to help people, enterprises and regions affected by the virus in the process of recovery, but resilience is also important. We have to use the money to strengthen our public systems, healthcare, education, the economy, the public systems and the private sector, so that if ever in the future such a crisis hits us, we will not be hit in the same way. We are going to spend more money than ever. This is why control is important.  The European Public Prosecutor, the European Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office need to have a strong role. We made sure that there are clear rules at European level, but that there is also flexibility. Countries can use the money where they need it, but one thing cannot be negotiated, and that is values and that is the rule of law. If money flows, European values should be respected. Furthermore, the money should also be used to reform; it should not be seen only as a source of investment. Investments and reforms go hand in hand.  I expect the Commission to observe the implementation of all the country-specific recommendations, and some are very important. Fiscal sustainability is essential. It is very important because we could only create this Recovery and Resilience Facility now because our Member States are still credible enough in the eyes of the financial markets so that the guarantee that we gave to the Commission enabled the Commission to access funds. We need to ensure fiscal sustainability again in the future. We, as Parliament, are going to monitor the work of the Commission and the implementation of this plan.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: ES

Como se ha dicho aquí, hasta ahora se han presentado la mayoría de los planes nacionales y se han aprobado la mayoría de los programas nacionales. Llegó la prefinanciación en el verano y ahora toca firmar los acuerdos de operaciones y, sobre todo, presentar los primeros informes con los hitos y objetivos cumplidos.  De momento, sólo lo ha hecho España, pero espero, de verdad, que el resto de países aceleren y los presenten cuanto antes porque eso significará que toda la fase de preparación ya habrá terminado y entraremos de lleno en la ejecución. Y para eso 2022 va a ser clave. Y también será clave porque tendremos muchos datos para poder hacer una valoración del Plan. En febrero tienen que presentar también su Informe anual y, entre otras cosas, van a tener que evaluar y cuantificar el gasto que se ha realizado por cada uno de los seis pilares y el gasto social, con un desglose relativo en materia de infancia y juventud.  Saben que mi Grupo ha sido muy crítico con la selección de indicadores sociales y de género, y queremos que se mejore. Queremos ser rigurosos, necesitamos contar con las mejores herramientas y, además, si queremos ser rigurosos —y esta es mi última frase—, tenemos que respetar el Estado de Derecho. Sin respeto al Estado de Derecho no puede haber financiación ni del Plan de Recuperación ni de los presupuestos europeos.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Luis Garicano
Political group: Renew
Language: ES

De hecho, en España solo se añade 0,15 puntos del PIB a cada punto de dinero europeo invertido; esto puede parecer responsable, pero no lo es: mientras dure la pandemia, lo responsable es gastar todo lo que haga falta para mantener la actividad económica, proteger a las familias y mantener la inversión, y a la vez, y esto es clave para evitar una crisis de deuda, es importante tener unas cuentas sostenibles a medio plazo que nos permitan asegurar a los mercados que cualquier deuda en que incurramos será solo temporal. Eso es lo que está tratando de hacer Mario Draghi en Italia, con una importante reforma de las pensiones que elimina la llamada «Quota 100» y, a la vez, un enorme estímulo fiscal en 2022. Y es lo contrario a lo que está haciendo España, donde el impulso fiscal propio es mínimo y, a la vez, se hace una reforma de las pensiones que aumenta el déficit estructural en cuatro puntos del PIB; es decir, la mezcla de políticas fiscales es completamente absurda, más deuda y menos impulso: lo peor de los dos mundos. Señor comisario, señor vicepresidente ejecutivo de la Comisión, Europa debe asegurar que el dinero europeo se gasta bien y no nos encamina a una nueva crisis del euro: asegúrense, por favor, de que esto es así.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Damian Boeselager
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Slovenia
Language: EN

But, obviously, now we are entering the next year and so the question is what kind of ambition and what kind of control is necessary for the next phase of the RRF? And here I want to ask us to really try to stay on top of this ambition because we still need to stay strong when it comes to Hungary and Poland and some of the other elements in the plans – we need to ensure that they are corrected. We need to ensure that the operational arrangements are of high quality and fair to all Member States and ensure especially that we have agreed on spending and where it is supposed to go.  I would also say that some of the Member States, like Germany, can be ambitious in re-routing some of the money. I mean, there are still EUR four billion, under the new German government, going to hybrid cars, so I think if we have a change of government, this can also be reflected. And this is true for Bulgaria as well.  And then we come to control, and here I think we have a couple of elements, which really mean that we need to step-up our game. The first one is we promised to green bond holders that the money will really be spent on green spending. So we need to keep this promise by actually sample-sizing, by testing, by scrutinising in detail the projects that are supposed to be green. And we need to keep the promise to EU citizens that we will use this money to really build solidarity and a strong Union when it comes to economic governance.  So I wish us all a restful and great break to be able to do that well.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Antonio Maria Rinaldi
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Sulla base di queste considerazioni, ne deriva che la tipologia degli investimenti rigidamente schematizzati nell'agenda NGEU produrrà un basso moltiplicatore, notevolmente inferiore a quello prodotto dalle rispettive spese in deficit di bilancio. Inoltre, nelle previsioni non sono stati calcolati gli effetti prodotti dalle condizionalità dei Country Report che impongono misure di immediato consolidamento fiscale e da quelli necessari agli Stati per dare copertura alla riattivazione prossima del patto di stabilità e crescita, che riprende il percorso verso il pareggio strutturale di bilancio oltre a quelli attesi dal 2027 quando sarà necessaria una contribuzione aggiuntiva al bilancio UE dovuta a NGEU (0,6 % del PIL) per l'inizio della restituzione dei bond. Pertanto, solo dopo aver stimato i moltiplicatori di queste misure di consolidamento potremmo essere in grado di prevedere con più ragionevole certezza se e in quale misura NGEU porterà a crescita netta positiva, in attesa di una rapida e costruttiva revisione dell'intera
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Bogdan Rzońca
Political group: ECR
Country: Portugal
Language: PL

Otóż nie, nie wyrzekniemy się suwerenności, bo nie chcemy jednego państwa europejskiego. Polska nigdy nie defraudowała środków unijnych. Przyznał to niedawno bardzo wysoki urzędnik Unii Europejskiej, sam o to zresztą pytałem. Ale to przeciw Polsce przyjmowane są rezolucje, choć przeciętny Europejczyk dużo więcej słyszy o korupcji w Bułgarii, na Malcie czy o liście 2500 prawników hiszpańskich do pani Jourovej, bo hiszpański system prawny jest po prostu niedobry.  Wychodzi więc na to, że na razie Fundusz Odbudowy to instrument polityczny dla tak zwanych „naszych”. Najważniejsze decyzje w Polsce i na Węgrzech zapadają w parlamencie, nie na polowaniach i nie na zamkach. Dziś Polska broni Europy przed Łukaszenką i Putinem, a wasi socjalistyczni i liberalni koledzy budują z Putinem Nord Stream 2, a wasi socjalistyczni koledzy są na liście płac Putina i pływają na jachtach z Putinem. Zbliżają się święta Bożego Narodzenia, życzę więc Komisji Europejskiej, by powróciła do wartości chrześcijańskich i równo potraktowała pracowników, państwa, narody i ich gospodarki. I na koniec mam pytanie, bo otóż mamy do czynienia z ogromną inflacją. Czy dzisiaj nie powinniśmy już rozpocząć dyskusji o rewizji wszystkich grantów, ponieważ przy 10-procentowej inflacji ta pomoc dla państw dotkniętych pandemią po prostu będzie dużo, dużo mniej warta?
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EL

Στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο έχουμε δημιουργήσει μια ισχυρή επιτροπή η οποία ασκεί τον αναγκαίο έλεγχο για να πιάσουν τα χρήματα τόπο και να μην πάνε στις τσέπες λίγων διεφθαρμένων ολιγαρχών, πολιτικών και οικονομικών ολιγαρχών. Και αυτός ο έλεγχος πρέπει να επεκταθεί σε όλες τις χώρες. Και το Κοινοβούλιο, και το εθνικό, πρέπει να παίξει τέτοιο ρόλο. Λυπάμαι, γιατί αυτό που έχει γίνει στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, στην πατρίδα μου την Ελλάδα ακόμη δεν έχει γίνει πράξη, γιατί η κυβέρνηση το αρνείται. Αυτά τα χρήματα δεν ανήκουν στα κόμματα, δεν ανήκουν στις κυβερνήσεις. Ανήκουν στους ευρωπαϊκούς λαούς και πρέπει να πάνε εκεί που έχουμε σχεδιάσει.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Tamás Deutsch
Political group: NI
Country: Hungary
Language: HU

Elnök Asszony! Amit az Európai Bizottság a magyar helyreállítási és ellenállóképességi terv jóváhagyásának halogatása kapcsán mond, az szemenszedett hazugság. A valótlan állításokkal szemben szó sincs arról, hogy szakmai vita lenne a Bizottság és a magyar kormány között, és ezért húzódna a megállapodás aláírása. A magyar terv minden részletét illetően ugyanis már hónapokkal ezelőtt teljes körű egyetértés jött létre a Bizottság és a magyar kormány között. Az egyetértés megszületése okán pedig már a Bizottság elnökének a megállapodás aláírását célzó budapesti látogatásának a szervezése zajlott. A magyar tervet érintő egyetértést követően kezdődött a gyermekvédelmi törvénnyel kapcsolatos politikai hisztériakeltés, és a gyermekvédelmi törvényt érő ideológiai és politikai támadások miatt húzta be a Bizottság a kéziféket, és visszaélve a hatalmával, a helyreállítási források visszatartásával zsarolja Magyarországot. Ami tehát az Európai Bizottság állít, az nettó hazugság, amit csinál, az pedig nyílt zsarolás, nettó politikai banditizmus.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: José Manuel Fernandes
Political group: PPE
Country: Ireland
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Senhores Comissários, caras e caros Colegas, os planos de recuperação e resiliência têm de servir para modernizar as economias, para as tornar mais sustentáveis e resilientes, para tornar as economias dos Estados-Membros mais produtivas para conseguirmos mais competitividade e, em simultâneo, mais coesão territorial, económica e social.  Mas para modernizarmos as economias precisamos de verdadeiras reformas. Não basta mudar o nome de um decreto-lei, não basta fazer de conta. Para além disso é necessário também transparência para que este mecanismo possa ser repetido no futuro se tal for necessário. E para isso nós temos de saber onde é que o dinheiro está a cair, e para isso é necessário saber que projetos é que estão a ser aprovados, a sua localização, os seus montantes, os beneficiários finais. Eu espero, Senhores Comissários, que a Comissão Europeia faça uma plataforma
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Irene Tinagli
Political group: S-D
Country: Slovenia
Language: EN

Madam President, we are really at a crucial stage in the Recovery and Resilience Facility as we are moving from the planning to the implementation. And this is an unprecedented challenge, which will have important consequences for the future.  First, a successful implementation will mark another leap forward in the integration process of the European Union, and will show even to the most sceptical ones, what it means a united and strong Europe.  Second, the national plans will help not only to support the recovery, but also to accelerate the green transition, the digital transition and the competitiveness of our Union.  And third, let’s not forget that it will help us building a better and fair Europe. Commissioner Gentiloni, yesterday in the RRF dialogue, reminded us and today as well that of all the plans that have been approved, EUR 127 billion are dedicated to social policies. This is a huge chunk of the financial envelope, and it’s crucial to improve the lives of the European citizens, to build the kind of Europe – closer to the citizens – that we are here for.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Valérie Hayer
Political group: Renew
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, l’Europe investit comme jamais auparavant, et ces investissements sont les garants de notre redressement économique, mais aussi de notre avenir. Et c’est cet avenir que les investisseurs voient avec optimisme lorsqu’ils sur-souscrivent sept fois – sept fois– la quantité d’obligations européennes prévues.  Cela signifie que les investisseurs – qui sentent la situation économique – donnent sans hésitation leur argent à l’Union. Déjà 80 milliards cette année, bien plus encore dans les années à venir. Parce qu’ils savent que l’Europe les remboursera, parce qu’ils savent que l’Europe les remboursera par les ressources propres, comme nous nous y sommes collectivement engagés et qui doivent être présentées ce 22 décembre, Monsieur le Commissaire, je vous le rappelle. Parce que les investisseurs savent que dans 40 ans, l’Union sera encore et toujours là. Encore et toujours plus forte. Parce qu’ils ont confiance, comme nous avons confiance en l’Europe et en son avenir. Chers collègues, la réussite de ce grand emprunt est un échec pour les souverainistes et les eurosceptiques de tout poil. Elle marque la défaite de leurs idées qui veulent que l’Europe ne se mêle pas de redressement économique, qui veulent que l’Europe, demain, cesse d’exister et donc ne puisse pas rembourser. Eh bien à ceux-là, je dis: vous vous trompez. Et l’attractivité de ce grand emprunt vient de le prouver de nouveau.
Debate: State of play of the RRF
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2021
Speaker: Ernest Urtasun
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

Madam President, I think that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) process is being developed at a very good rhythm, democratically. It is being deployed extremely efficiently, and we all have to congratulate ourselves on how things are moving forward.  I have a couple of things to mention. I think probably the most immediate challenge is going to be absorption and execution in order for the instrument to have a real macroeconomic impact. I think this is one of the things we should focus on at the moment, and also be sure that all the climate goals that we enshrined in the regulation are well respected. But not only that, also to ask Member States in their recovery plans to update their climate and energy plans as they will need to do towards the 2030 goals. I think this is something that is going to be very important. Thinking of the future, Commissioner and Vice—President, I think that with the RRF we have learned a better way of organising our economic governance – greater ownership, having specific policies for every Member State, not having one rule and one—size—fits—all for everybody – and I think this is an extremely good lesson for the discussions ahead in the reform of the Semester and also our fiscal rules.