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Debate: European Partnership on Metrology
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mikuláš Peksa
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, this is not a proposal that would fill the headlines of newspapers, but this is a proposal that clearly shows the potential for European cooperation. This is also a bit more personal file for me because before coming into politics, I also worked in a metrology institution, and I would like to use this opportunity to say thanks to all that work in this essential, although little-discussed, area. First, I’m very glad how this proposal went. We got more openness in how we use the results of scientific work. There is still a very, very long way to go towards really open science, but this is a good sign. At the same time, distribution of costs seems to be logical: with the EU paying for the research and the projects and the Member States covering the administrative costs. This European level of cooperation is, in my eyes, made even better by increased European oversight and more inclusion of scientists in it. The speed with which this file was prepared so it could start working for a better future is also commendable, and I thank my colleagues for it. This will be especially helpful for the smaller Member States, where the resources for development in the field are hard to come by.
Debate: European Partnership on Metrology
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, on this report, there’s no doubt we need to ensure there is strong collaboration across the European Union in the area of metrology itself. We have to ensure that, when we are involved in this, that we use the best scientific evidence available to us and that can only be brought about if we quantify it and measure it and have the proper statistics available for us, in terms of policymakers, in terms of government, in terms of industry, to ensure that when they are making decisions, there are basing them on the most up-to-date, scientific evidence available through proper measurement.  We also have to accept that we’re in a changing period – global warming, climate change, medical devices, medicines, atomic research, atomic science – that there are key significant areas that are taking us into areas of the unknown. And in going there, we have to ensure that we have the best evidence available to us in terms of quantifying and measurement.  So, from that perspective, I think the European Partnership on Metrology is very welcome, and I think it will be significant not only for research and innovation, but also filtering out into the broader education curriculum right across the European Union.  So I very much welcome this report and I hope that we can get on with implementing its recommendations.
Debate: European Partnership on Metrology
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател,  г-жо Комисар, обикновено критикувам изказвания и начинания на Комисията, които ми се струват извън договорите за Европейския съюз, но в случая това не е така. Това е една от сферите, в които Европейският съюз може да постигне нещо и то да бъде полезно за гражданите на държавите членки.  Разбира се тук не се мина без пропаганда и прогресистка идеология и не се мина без изисквания за налагане на квоти за равенство. А нека е ясно едно – когато става дума за наука, особено за точна наука като тази, за която говорим, човек или може, или знае, или разбира, или не може, не знае и не разбира. Налагането на квоти тук би било погрешно и би взривило самата добра идея да се постигне нещо, което да бъде полезно за гражданите на държавите членки. Така че, оставяйки настрана тази идеология, мога само да ви пожелая успех.
Debate: European Partnership on Metrology
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mariya Gabriel
Language: FR

Oui, ce partenariat repose sur les initiatives antérieures couronnées de succès dans le domaine de la métrologie et il nous permettra de consolider la position de l’Europe dans ce domaine et de créer un réseau au niveau européen pour les nouveaux domaines de la métrologie. Et grâce à la création de capacités européennes communes, nous pouvons être plus compétitifs et nous pouvons être prêts à relever de nouveaux défis mondiaux, tout en contribuant à la transformation écologique et numérique. Les partenaires sont prêts et, du côté de la Commission, nous faisons tout notre possible pour faciliter le lancement rapide du partenariat, cette année encore, dès l’adoption de la décision. Merci donc encore à tous ceux qui ont travaillé sur ce dossier. Faisons de ce partenariat en métrologie une réussite pour résoudre la fragmentation en Europe et faire face à la concurrence mondiale dans ce secteur.
Debate: European Partnership on Metrology
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Maria da Graça Carvalho
Country: Spain
Language: PT

A estreita colaboração entre instituições é, na minha opinião, uma importante via. Só assim conseguiremos identificar e desenvolver as tecnologias que nos permitirão fazer uma transformação inclusiva e financeiramente sustentável das nossas sociedades.  Quero aproveitar este tempo final para deixar alguns agradecimentos. Em primeiro lugar, aos meus colegas que fizeram intervenções hoje, neste debate, e a todos os que apoiaram o meu trabalho. Uma palavra muito especial para os relatores-sombra, as suas equipas e os conselheiros dos Grupos Políticos, com os quais tive uma colaboração excelente. Agradeço à Comissária Mariya Gabriel. Sra. Comissária, pode continuar a contar com todo o meu apoio na defesa da ciência e da inovação na Europa. Agradeço, também, às Presidências portuguesa e eslovena, que conseguiram preparar o trabalho neste dossiê de uma forma muito eficiente. Por último, mas não menos importante, agradeço ao Deputado Bușoi, o nosso Presidente da Comissão ITRE, pelo seu apoio constante, bem como a todo o Secretariado da Comissão ITRE pelos esforços feitos para garantir a eficácia do nosso trabalho, mesmo nestes meses de trabalho muito difícil em modo virtual e em modo híbrido.
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die kurze Darstellung des Berichts von Marion Walsmann im Namen des Rechtsausschusses über einen Aktionsplan für geistiges Eigentum zur Förderung von Erholung und Resilienz der EU ( Ich möchte Sie darauf hinweisen, dass Sie mit Ihrem Abstimmungsgerät spontane Wortmeldungen und blaue Karten beantragen können, nachdem Sie Ihre Abstimmungskarte in das Gerät eingeführt haben. Sie sollten deshalb Ihre Abstimmungskarte stets mitbringen. Im Plenarsaal liegt eine entsprechende Anleitung aus. Wenn Sie sich für eine spontane Wortmeldung registrieren möchten, können Sie das ab sofort tun, ohne das Ende der Aussprache abzuwarten. Ich möchte Sie außerdem darauf hinweisen, dass Redebeiträge im Saal nach wie vor am zentralen Rednerpult gehalten werden. Dies gilt nicht für spontane Wortmeldungen, blaue Karten und Wortmeldungen zur Geschäftsordnung. Ich möchte Sie deshalb bitten, die Rednerliste im Auge zu behalten und sich zum Rednerpult zu begeben, wenn Ihr Redebeitrag ansteht.
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, the protection of intellectual property rights is of fundamental importance in ensuring that there’s creativity and innovation and investment in the whole area of research. Of course, the collaboration across the European Union is significant and what we need to do is when you are protecting intellectual property rights that that percolates down into the universities, and that there is a strong collaboration between industry and universities in creativity, in innovation and research. So from that perspective, I do very much welcome this report.  Of course, we also have to be equally conscious of the fact that when intellectual property rights are stolen, very often they percolate into the criminal aspects of the world. So you will see that quite significant intellectual property rights, in terms of theft, on a regular basis and that very often funds criminal organisations and criminal entities.  Of course, as we become more dynamic and digital-centred, we have to also accept that intellectual property rights can be stolen very, very easily through cyber-crime as well. So from that perspective, we also have to ensure that we have strong resilience in our digital space to protect intellectual property rights in general and ensure that creativity, research and innovation isn’t stolen by cyber-crime.
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, колеги, рядко ми се случва да кажа две добри думи подред за начинания на Комисията, на колегите, но в случая е така. Тази вечер стават чудеса. Поздравявам докладчика. Докладът е навременен, особено с оглед на необходимостта от това да бъдат защитени малките и средните предприятия в момент, в който всяко едно работно място има значение. Радвам се още повече, че в този доклад липсваха обичайните идеологии и прогресистки утопии. Така че поздравления за колегата и желая успех.
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I was struck by a piece in the report which says that Parliament ‘stresses that a more equitable distribution of vaccines around the globe is essential for effectively combating the spread of COVID—19 and its mutations, and the need to support global access to COVID—19 vaccines; notes that the lack of access to affordable vaccines is still a major challenge in developing countries; supports, therefore, the Commission and the Member States in their efforts to push non—EU countries to lift current export bans and to step up the donation of vaccines’. Listen, this is the pot calling the kettle black. Twenty—seven Member States of the EU had a meeting as to whether they would lift intellectual property rights to allow developing countries who couldn’t afford to pay Big Pharma for the vaccine, and 27 Member States voted against allowing them to get access to the intellectual rights and the knowledge to make them themselves.  Unfortunately, the EU has made the vaccine a racist issue. It has made it an apartheid issue. Lately, only a couple of weeks ago, a Malaysian badminton team went to Ireland and some of the players were told they couldn’t play because they’d had the Sinovac vaccine, even though the WHO recognises it. What is going on?
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, já bych chtěl poděkovat paní zpravodajce za tuto zprávu, protože skutečně podporuje oživení a odolnost Evropské unie. Těžko v jedné minutě můžu vyzdvihnout všechna pozitiva té zprávy, ale chtěl bych zdůraznit, že v Evropské unii právě duševní vlastnictví představuje historicky ověřenou hodnotu, podporuje pokrok, podporuje bádání, kreativitu a zaměstnanost. Jenom dvě čísla: malé a střední podniky, které podporují duševní vlastnictví, mají o 60 % vyšší příjem na zaměstnance a vyplácí o 20 % vyšší mzdy. Takže bychom měli opravdu podporovat duševní vlastnictví a nehmotný majetek  ̶  mám pocit, že podporujeme méně, než by bylo možné. Já jsem tedy pro vznik Evropského informačního střediska pro duševní vlastnictví a měli bychom se zaměřit zejména v této době na podporu inovací, zejména v době postcovidové.  Myslím si, že je důležité ratifikovat balíček jednotného patentu, a to z toho důvodu, že přináší samozřejmě účinnější ochranu, řešení sporů a také zakládá Jednotný patentový soud. Pojďme chránit duševní vlastnictví, protože to je skutečně naše historicky ověřená hodnota.
Debate: An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Marc Botenga
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Rien n’a changé. En matière climatique, nous devrions aujourd’hui partager au plus vite les technologies vertes avec un maximum de pays pour accélérer la transition climatique. Mais par les brevets, vous préférez protéger les profits des multinationales européennes, cette fois au détriment du climat. En pandémie, la logique voudrait que nous levions les droits de propriété intellectuelle sur le vaccin et que nous permettions à toutes les entreprises qui le veulent partout dans le monde de produire des vaccins, mais vous préférez protéger les profits faramineux des géants pharmaceutiques garantis par ces brevets.  Chers collègues, une chercheuse me disait récemment que les inégalités de santé et d’accès aux vaccins et aux médicaments ne sont pas des conséquences malheureuses du système, mais une partie intégrante de l’architecture du système. Ce système a été conçu pour renforcer et protéger les inégalités. Il ne faut pas renforcer, mais renverser ce système.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Der erste Punkt der Tagesordnung ist – wie Sie auch dem Internet entnehmen können – die Erklärung der Kommission zu dem Ergebnis des EU-US-Handels- und Technologierats (TTC) ( Ich möchte Sie darauf hinweisen, dass Sie mit Ihrem Abstimmungsgerät spontane Wortmeldungen und blaue Karten beantragen können – also nicht mit der Hand, sondern mit dem Abstimmungsgerät –, nachdem Sie Ihre Abstimmungskarte in das Gerät eingeführt haben. Sie sollten deshalb Ihre Abstimmungskarte stets mitbringen. Im Plenarsaal liegt eine entsprechende Anleitung auf jedem Tisch. Wenn Sie sich für eine spontane Wortmeldung registrieren möchten, können Sie das ab sofort tun, ohne das Ende der Aussprache abzuwarten. Ich möchte Sie außerdem darauf hinweisen, dass Redebeiträge im Saal nach wie vor am zentralen Rednerpult gehalten werden. Dies gilt nicht für die spontanen Wortmeldungen, blaue Karten und Wortmeldungen zur Geschäftsordnung. Ich möchte Sie deshalb bitten, die Rednerliste im Auge zu behalten und sich zum Rednerpult zu begeben bzw. dorthin begleitet zu werden, wenn Ihr Redebeitrag ansteht.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Radosław Sikorski
Political group: PPE
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

I believe it builds on the history of the successful Coordinating Committee from back in the 1980s and earlier, which stemmed the flow of modern technologies to what was then the Communist bloc.  In the 1990s, we were hoping that China and Russia would join the world of free research, free enquiry and freedom in general, and that they would at least abide by the rules of the World Trade Organization. This has not happened. Therefore, unfortunately, we have to stick together with our democratic allies to set minimum standards and to start stemming the abuses.  So well done. I pledge the full support of my delegation to your work.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Bernd Lange
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

Let me make three remarks. One, this is a discussion forum, as Executive Vice—President Vestager said, to have an open and frank discussion. It is not a T—TIP reloaded. It’s a totally different child, and this is really important to have in mind and also to make public.  Second, it’s really important to set the impact for the challenges of the future specific to the field of trade – so standards on artificial intelligence, the question of subsidies, the question of export controls. All this has to be discussed, to give also some input to global trade, to the World Trade Organization.  Thirdly, we will scrutinise this process as a parliament in the Committee on International Trade and in Parliament in general, because transparency and the involvement of stakeholders is really important in this process. That’s also a lesson learned from the T—TIP exercise.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Liesje Schreinemacher
Political group: Renew
Language: EN

But let’s not forget that the same people who are shaking hands over the TTC now are also the ones in charge of negotiating the trade irritants and challenges that are still hanging over our heads, even if they may be suspended for two or five years. Of course, we know our interests will never fully coincide, but let’s use this momentum of the TTC and stop fighting each other with unnecessary or illegal tariffs and join forces on working together on global trade challenges. So now we have to get beyond words and actually come to concrete and tangible deliverables. This would be my most important question to the Commissioners here this morning: what do you see as a concrete deliverable in the very near future? I look forward to your answer.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Even more important strategically, I believe, is the standard—setting dimension going forward. Shaping the future, not just sorting out legacy issues. And there we have to work very diligently with the US because this is of geopolitical relevancy. And if you allow me to say that, in the spirit of geopolitical responsibility, wouldn’t it make sense if there would not just be the American Secretary of State, but also our foreign minister?
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Marco Campomenosi
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Ed è anche positivo il fatto che non stiamo parlando di un accordo commerciale di libero scambio, che su temi come l'agricoltura ci porterebbe lontano e ci porterebbe in conflitti difficilmente risolvibili, però abbiamo dei temi su cui è giusto riflettere. Per esempio io ovviamente, come tutti, accolgo con favore le aperture americane sul tema dei dazi all'acciaio e all'alluminio, però in questo momento servono solo ad alcuni esportatori ma non faranno altro che aumentare la carenza di acciaio che c'è in questo momento per i nostri produttori in Europa, su cui secondo me avremo bisogno di intervenire ulteriormente. E poi ci sono dei temi che riguardano la credibilità geopolitica di noi come istituzioni perché, da un lato, mi sembra – l'ho già detto altre volte – dobbiamo essere atlantisti sempre, anche quando governano i repubblicani, non solo quando governano i democratici. E poi alcuni casi, come quello emerso da un'inchiesta giornalistica nei giorni scorsi che parla di motori tedeschi venduti alle navi da guerra cinesi, quando qua, anche in quest'Aula, ci sono dei deputati che sono stati sanzionati per le loro posizioni sulla Cina o altri che si sono recati a Taiwan pochi giorni fa. Ecco, non vorrei che qualcuno confonda l'autonomia con l'irrilevanza, perché qui è in gioco la credibilità in un rapporto transatlantico che deve essere coerente in tutte le azioni che compiono l'Unione europea e gli Stati membri.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Geert Bourgeois
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Ik ben een fervent voorstander van de Handels- en Technologieraad: we moeten ernaar streven om als EU en VS samen de mondiale standaarden te zetten. Dit is een grote uitdaging. De Chinese standaardisering is momenteel in volle opmars. Als wij de toon niet zetten, zullen andere machten dat doen. Mijnheer Dombrovskis, dit moet inderdaad gebeuren vanuit onze gedeelde waarden en dat zal niet altijd even makkelijk zijn. We hebben enerzijds immers de VS, die een enorme voorsprong heeft op het gebied van gegevens en bovendien beschikt over een eengemaakte kapitaalmarkt, en waar nauwelijks regelgeving bestaat en veel ruimte is om te experimenteren, en anderzijds de EU, die niet alleen kampt met een grote achterstand, maar bovendien de neiging heeft te veel te willen regelen. De Commissie moet daarom stimulerende regelgeving vaststellen zonder onnodige belemmeringen. Voorts sluit ik me aan bij het streven van mijnheer Dombrovskis naar een intenser partnerschap. We moeten alle problemen op tafel leggen: de protectionistische “Buy American Act”, de “Jones Act” en ook de dreigende heffingen op elektrische voertuigen. Een duurzaam partnerschap moet stoelen op openheid en gelijkwaardigheid. Ten slotte wil ik oproepen om verder te gaan dan de wetgevingsdialoog en de totstandkoming van een echte trans-Atlantische parlementaire coöperatie na te streven.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Helmut Scholz
Political group: The Left
Country: Luxembourg
Language: DE

Zugleich ist klargeworden: Das wichtigste Thema für die USA sind die USA –  In diesem Rahmen wird nun der TTC platziert, und angesichts der planetaren Interessen – mit Blick nach Glasgow – müssen wir die verbleibende Zeit intensiv nutzen, um gemeinsame Interessen abzustecken. Der TTC wird nur fruchtbar sein, wenn er nicht zu einem Gremium der Absicherung globaler Vorherrschaft in Technologie und Industrie mutiert, sondern mit seinen Arbeitsgruppen, mit den geplanten breiten Stakeholdern, Beratungen und Meinungsaustauschen im wirklichen Sinn als Dialogforum für Nachhaltigkeit und Überwindung von Armut dient. Warum sollten wir nicht gerade die amerikanischen Ideen für eine Handelspolitik aufgreifen, die ihre Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter ins Zentrum stellt? Wir müssen sie nur so umgestalten, dass sie den Beschäftigten in allen Ländern der Welt dient. Viele befürchten jedoch, dass das Format TTC von den traditionellen Macht- und Konzerninteressen gekidnappt werden wird. In TTIP war die geplante regulatorische Kooperation ein Schwerpunkt der öffentlichen Kritik. Mit TTC ist die Idee nun wieder da, bloß ohne Handelsabkommen.
Debate: The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Date: THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Tiziana Beghin
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signori Vicepresidenti, onorevoli colleghi, avere un forum aperto per confrontarsi con gli Stati Uniti dopo anni di chiusure e incomprensioni è un grande passo avanti, di cui mi congratulo con la Commissione. Ho però alcune domande su cui spero i Vicepresidenti vogliano esprimersi, perché a distanza di quasi un mese dalla prima riunione io continuo ad interrogarmi su quale sia la vera natura di questo  Si tratta di un forum dove mediare su spinose questioni di legislazione, oppure di un luogo semplicemente in cui discutere? È uno strumento per scambiare idee o si vuole una base per un futuro accordo transatlantico? Insomma, se gli impegni presi non sono vincolanti, come è stato più volte ribadito, qual è allora il livello di  E infine, qual è il ruolo che la Commissione vede per il Parlamento in tutto questo? Poiché finora non siamo stati particolarmente coinvolti in questo forum.