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Debate: Relations with the Palestinian Authority
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, on Palestine, EU politics takes place in a sort of a never-never land where things can be both true and untrue at the same time. We skirt around the details of a reality. We refuse to accurately name Zionism as practised as a European settler colonial project. Israel is an occupying power; Palestinians are a colonised people. The division of the West Bank, the checkpoints, the separate control regimes, the settlements and annexations, the systemic denial of rights: these are the crimes of apartheid. Israeli air strikes on Gaza in May: 33 dead, hundreds wounded. This isn’t self-defence, it’s a war crime. The slaughter of children from the air in Jenin: not self-defence. War crimes, illegal, without any comment out of the European Union, while the Commission President toasts the birthday of Israel’s occupation of Palestine as the realisation of a dream. Palestinians have a right to engage in resistance. Our duty under international law is to use diplomatic means to bring about an end to the intolerable conditions they live under. But until we stop rewarding Israel, they’ll keep doing it.
Debate: Relations with the Palestinian Authority
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Sabrina Pignedoli
Political group: NI
Country: Romania
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, voglio ricordare che questo Parlamento ha votato innumerevoli risoluzioni sulla questione palestinese. A cosa sono servite? A nulla. Gli attacchi dell'esercito israeliano sono aumentati e continuano a mietere vittime civili, anche bambini e giornalisti, e si abbattono le scuole costruite con i soldi dei contribuenti europei. Lo Stato di Israele può permettersi di non rispettare gli accordi internazionali, restando non solo impunito ma potendo contare sull'appoggio delle istituzioni europee. Vogliamo ricordare, per esempio, gli accordi commerciali preferenziali, l'ammissione di Israele ai programmi finanziati dai cittadini europei e, da ultimo, il vergognoso invito del Presidente di Israele alla plenaria del Parlamento per commemorare la Giornata della memoria? Nei territori palestinesi si vive uno stato di apartheid, di pulizia etnica da parte del regime colonialista israeliano. È ora che l'Europa si muova in maniera concreta, cosa aspettiamo ad approvare sanzioni contro uno Stato sorretto da un governo fascista che non rispetta i diritti umani?
Debate: Relations with the Palestinian Authority
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, for more than two days last week, the Israeli Defence Forces attacked the Jenin refugee camp in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank. Benjamin Netanyahu labelled the attack on one of the world’s most defenceless and impoverished areas a special operation. It reminds one of Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine, which we rightly condemned. But where’s the condemnation of Israel? As reported by the excellent Jeffrey St Clair, the IDF targeted Jenin’s entire population and the fragile infrastructure the camp depends on for its survival: power plants, pipelines, electrical lines, cell towers, sewage treatment facilities, roads, schools, mosques and clinics. When the UN is helpless and the Palestinian Authority – which is responsible for security in the Occupied Territories – acts as a subcontractor for the Israeli state, serving only to police Palestinians and not secure them from external attack, is it any wonder paramilitaries have risen up to defend neighbourhoods and families against such blood-soaked incursions? The Israeli treatment of Palestinians is barbaric and the EU is complicit.
Debate: Relations with the Palestinian Authority
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

Our commitment to the two-state solution has always translated into substantial financial support to strengthen the capacity of the Palestinian Authority and to improve the social and economic conditions of the Palestinian people, including refugees. The Palestinian people need a government that can govern effectively in all Palestinian territory and with full popular support. This also means giving Palestinian civil society, especially young people, more space and better participation in decision-making. At the current moment, however, it is crucial to prevent the violence from running out of control. All parties need to make an effort to de-escalate the situation to prevent further loss of life, ensure accountability, and bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. We urge the Palestinian Authority to do everything possible to condemn and stop terrorist attacks against Israelis and to counter incitements to violence. At the same time, we urge Israel to translate its condemnation of settler terrorism into action and exercise restraint in its military operations and to respect international law. All sides have the responsibility to engage and to create the conditions for a resolution of the conflict. We will continue to work with all our partners – and particularly together with the Saudi Foreign Minister and the Secretary—General of the League of Arab States – to revive Middle East peace efforts by exploring a comprehensive regional peace approach. We are now actively working on accelerating these efforts with the participation of our key partners. Thank you, President and Members, for the opportunity to exchange on this very important matter.
Debate: Relations with the Palestinian Authority
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Evin Incir
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

First and foremost, just to the colleague, David Lega: I just want to say, in contradiction to you, that I am able, as a Social Democrat, to love Israel and to love Palestine at the same time. That is called standing up for international law and the rule-based order. International law is universal, and it applies to all of us. And also to the colleague Mandl, who didn’t bother to stay either: there is no such thing as a ‘so-called’ Palestinian Authority. There is a Palestinian Authority. Let me also remind everyone who thinks the same that the Palestinian Authority is a product of agreement between Israel and Palestine. Who are we to undermine the effort of peace that they have tried to take? Then the claims that the EU is pumping out financial support without any conditionality – be it to the Palestinian Authority, UNWRA or anyone else – are astonishing and, of course, totally made up. Even with Israel, we have demands. Article 2 of the EU—Israel Association Agreement clearly states, ‘Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement’. I haven’t heard anybody in here saying that we should cancel the EU-Israel Association Agreement because we know that it is not good for the two-state solution. So why are we talking about dismantling the Palestinian Authority? I would not have thought that I would ever quote him, but even the Israeli right-wing Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that it is not in his interest to weaken the Palestinian Authority. And then we have MEPs in here saying that we should weaken the PA. What we do, if we weaken the Palestinian Authority and try to dismantle it, is that we abolish all kinds of possibility for a two-state solution, a peaceful two-state solution, with two democratic states living side by side in in peace, democracy and security. Colleagues, with this said, I just want to once again, as I did in the beginning, call on everybody to vote in favour of the recommendations as they are. They are negotiated, and it is a compromise from many different parts. And I want to finally say thank you to my shadow rapporteurs.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The elections of October 2022 allowed us precisely that. A very swift formation of state-level government allowed for moving forward on dozens of policies that have been blocked for years by uncooperative political actors. We see Bosnia and Herzegovina really moving forward and closer to the EU, delivering with concrete results. We have to welcome and we applaud this progress and we expect the authorities to continue building on and seizing this new momentum, this new dynamic. However, despite this very positive progress, we cannot ignore the main obstacle to the EU integration. On the very day that we commemorate Srebrenica, when we stress the importance of unity and reconciliation, we must condemn the escalation in dangerous and secessionist rhetoric by Milorad Dodik and the Republika Srpska leadership. Genocide denial is not acceptable. Undermining Dayton and the constitutional order is not acceptable. Awarding medals to Vladimir Putin is not acceptable. With the end of the blockages, it is clear: division and secessionism are the most serious obstacle to EU integration for Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is why the Commission must keep the funds for Republika Srpska suspended until democratic backsliding stops and until full alignment with our common foreign and security policy is ensured. That is also why the Council must make use of the sanctions regime and finally sanction Mr Dodik and other destabilising actors. And that is why the High Representative and EUFOR Althea have our full support in implementing and protecting peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lessons of Dayton cannot and will not be forgotten. When Russia brutally invades a sovereign Ukraine, when Iran oppresses and represses women, we have to be clear in the defence of our values, and we count on Bosnian diplomacy at home and in multilateral fora, and also on the enforcement of sanctions by its national authorities. It is clear that there were attempts by foreign actors to create instability in the Western Balkans to create another front in their war against Europe. Our response and the Bosnian response can only be unity and reconciliation. Only by ensuring rights to both citizens and peoples and no discrimination, only by protecting minorities and only by aligning with European standards, can we move from Dayton to Brussels and find a common future together. I have to say that it was a privilege to be the standing rapporteur for Bosnia and Herzegovina along this term. I have seen the aspirations of Bosnians in Sarajevo, in Banja Luka, in Mostar, and the willingness to commemorate, but also to overcome the wounds of the past for a better future for all. That is our hope. That is the hope that we have in the Bosnian people.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Olivér Várhelyi
Language: EN

Bosnia and Herzegovina also needs to develop a national plan for the adoption of the  Bosnia and Herzegovina is key for the future of the Western Balkans. The country should focus on the positive and constructive European agenda. This is the agenda with real gains and real benefits for everyone. It is the agenda that brings prosperity, stability and peace. And it is the agenda on which we need to work on together. We, at the Commission, are ready to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in this work and with all our instruments.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: HR

Protekla godina bila je povijesna za zemlju u smislu europskih integracija. Čestitam Bosni i Hercegovini na dugo očekivanom i dobivenom kandidatskom statusu te pozdravljam brzo formiranje Vijeća ministara te predsjedateljicu Vijeća ministara Borjanu Krišto koja vodi Bosnu i Hercegovinu na ubrzanom putu ka Europskoj uniji.  Europska unija postavila je jasno očekivanje od svih političkih aktera u zemlji. Nužno je pojačati napore u ispunjavanju ustavnih izbornih reformi u skladu s četrnaest ključnih prioriteta Europske komisije.  Trenutna kriza u BiH, a u svezi Ustavnog suda, još nas jednom vraća na osnovno pitanje problema u Bosni i Hercegovini kojima se bavimo u našim rezolucijama još od 2014. godine.  Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine kategorija je Daytonskog mirovnog sporazuma kojim je uspostavljen kao najviša instanca očuvanja ustavne strukture zemlje. Ukoliko sve odluke Ustavnog suda bez diskriminacije ne budu primijenjene i poštovane, pitanje Hrvata koji toliko godina čekaju legitimno predstavljanje neće biti riješeno na jednakopravan način.  Međunarodna zajednica mora inzistirati na primjenama odluka Ustavnog suda po pitanju legitimnog predstavljanja te donošenju izbornog zakona koji će osigurati da se svi konstitutivni narodi i ostali građani osjećaju ravnopravnim.  Ne smijemo dozvoliti selektivan pristup odlukama Ustavnog suda niti selektivan pristup miru i pravdi.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Dietmar Köster
Political group: S-D
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

I would again call for targeted sanctions against destabilising political actors, notably Milorad Dodik as well as other high-ranking Republika Srpska officials. We must overcome the ethnic divisions, the hate speech against Muslim people and several minorities, and the concept of constituent peoples, which is discrimination against other groups. I would like to underline that the country urgently needs measures against poverty, inequality and corruption. The European Union must strengthen the civil society because it builds the fundament to overcome ethnocracy in favour of democracy.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Klemen Grošelj
Political group: Renew
Country: Hungary
Language: SL

BiH je kot država kandidatka za članstvo po volitvah na pomembni prelomnici, ki bo določila, ali bo šla po poti reform v dobrobit svojih prebivalcev, ali pa bo postala prizorišče geopolitičnega prerivanja z lokalnimi nacionalističnimi primesmi ter z vsemi s tem povezanimi tveganji ponovnih tragedij, katerim smo bili priča v preteklosti.  Gospoda komisar, kaj bomo naredili – mi vsi, jaz, vi, Komisija, ta dom, OHR, EUFOR –, da ustavimo razdiralno in za vse v BiH – za Srbe, Bošnjake, Hrvate, vse prebivalce – uničujočo politiko gospoda Dodika? Ga bomo sankcionirali ali bomo šli še en krog pomirjanja z upanjem, zdaj pa bo. Kako bomo pomagali sedaj, ko so se oblikovale institucije oblasti v BiH? Da nam lokalni politiki ne bodo samo obljubljali in prodajali meglo – nam in prebivalcem BiH –, ampak da se bodo začeli reformni procesi, ki bodo Bosno utrdili na poti članstva v Evropski uniji in krepitve demokracije in vladavine prava, predvsem pa zagotovili ljudem v Bosni in Hercegovini boljši jutri in jasno evropsko prihodnost. Ali pa si bomo Pilatovsko oprali roke, še enkrat? Kako bomo zagotovili, da bodo evropska sredstva, ki so in bodo na voljo v BiH, porabljena za dobrobit ljudi in ne v korist ozkih interesnih skupin in bohotenje korupcije? Ali smo zato, da razširimo pristojnosti evropskega urada javnega tožilca in pomagamo BiH storiti ključni korak v boju proti korupciji in zlorabam EU sredstev? Mislim, da to moramo storiti, za Bosno, a še bolj zase in kredibilnost naše politike širitve in politike do Zahodnega Balkana.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Milorad Dodik takes a step towards the accession of the Republika Srpska from Bosnia and Herzegovina, rejecting the authority of the Constitutional Court. Many people fear the consequences. And this is why our report is clear: Dodik must be sanctioned. And the security must be guaranteed by reinforcing the EUFOR forces. Chair, we awarded the candidate status to Bosnia in December last year. Now, both sides must deliver on this commitment. So let’s support and push Bosnia to develop a true democracy and to comply with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and its own Constitutional Court, including Republika Srpska, and block any effort undermining the prospect of EU membership. We cannot afford to disappoint Bosnian citizens again. They deserve a peaceful and inclusive country where their rights are respected, regardless of their background. Let them be able to count on the European values.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Political group: ECR
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

It has been done by the Partnership for Peace and the Membership Action Plan of NATO. It has been done also with granting of candidacy status for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yet we are concerned by actions of Dodik that are particularly dangerous in view of Russian aggression against Ukraine. Therefore we have to act decisively and with resolve. I really commend the report. I think it is well done, and therefore I think that it gives prospects for Bosnia and Herzegovina as well.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Jean-Lin Lacapelle
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Vous, majorité de ce Parlement européen, chantez les louanges d’un multiculturalisme qui fait essentiellement les affaires de l’islam radical. Loin de voir le nombre croissant de Bosniaques musulmans engagés dans les rangs djihadistes, vous n’avez qu’une cible obsessionnelle: la République serbe de Bosnie. En Bosnie comme au Kosovo, vous ne cherchez en fait qu’à humilier les populations serbes et à détruire leurs droits – en l’occurrence, dans un ensemble fédéral bosniaque qui n’a pourtant aucune légitimité historique. Dans beaucoup de domaines, nous savons désormais que les eurocrates sont plus royalistes que le roi qui trône à Washington. Ainsi, concernant la Bosnie-Herzégovine, vous entendez piétiner les accords de Dayton qui, malgré leurs défauts, consacrent tout de même l’existence de la République serbe de Bosnie alors que vous voulez, vous, la dissoudre. Et on croit rêver quand on lit dans le rapport que la Bosnie doit opérer, je cite, une transition progressive de Dayton à Bruxelles. Nous demandons à l’Union européenne d’arrêter sa fuite en avant et de mettre fin à ses attaques contre la République serbe de Bosnie, comme d’ailleurs contre les peuples européens qui, de plus en plus nombreux, ont le courage de s’exprimer démocratiquement contre elle.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Kinga Gál
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: HU

Elnök Asszony! A jelenlegi geopolitikai helyzetben olyan megközelítésre lenne szükség, amely érzékenységet tanúsít a Nyugat-Balkán összetett problémái iránt. Ezzel ellentétben a Bosznia-Hercegovináról szóló jelentés kiegyensúlyozatlan. Ahelyett, hogy oldaná a feszültséget, élezi a konfliktusokat. A magyar álláspont bizonyítja, hogy a kioktatás és a szankciókkal való fenyegetés helyett a kölcsönös megértésen alapuló párbeszédre van szükség. Ezt a politikát igazolja, hogy magyar közbenjárásra, a három berlini folyamatban kötött megállapodásból kettőt sikerül elfogadtatni a boszniai szerbekkel. Elfogadhatatlan, hogy az Európai Parlament baloldali többsége a jelentésben pártérdekeket érvényesít, például amikor bírálja a magyar vállalatok jelenlétét, összemosva őket az Unión kívüli kínai cégekkel. Méltatlan továbbá, hogy ezt a jelentést is a bővítési biztos ideológiai alapú támadására használják, noha ő kiemelkedő munkát végez a térségben, és ehhez gratulálok. Bosznia-Hercegovina érdemi támogatására van szükség, aminek a legjobb eszköze a bővítési folyamat felgyorsítása. Ezzel tudunk tisztelegni a srebrenicai áldozatok emléke előtt, és legtöbbet tenni azért, hogy hasonló szörnyűségek soha ne ismétlődhessenek meg.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Sunčana Glavak
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, povjereniče, kolegice i kolege, put Bosne i Hercegovine prema europskim integracijama seže u 1997. godinu. Brojni od vas nisu ni mislili možda da će biti u ovom Domu ili biti u svijetu politike i donositi tako važne odluke.  2016. bila je godina podnošenja zahtjeva za članstvo, a eto, konačno u prosincu prošle godine ostvario se taj dugo željeni put. Što smo naučili? Puno je lekcija naučeno na tom dugom putu, kako u ovom domu tako iz perspektive bosanskohercegovačkih političara. Pred Bosnom i Hercegovinom, pred njihovom politikom, smatram da je generacijska prilika jer razina povjerenja u Europsku uniju prema najnovijem Eurobarometru od prije koji dan jest 57 posto. To čini, naravno, to je učinjeno i uz brojne napore trenutno predsjedavajuće Vijeća ministara Borjane Krišto, kojoj moram čestitati u njezinoj ulozi u ovom procesu koji se odvija, vidim da se slažete sa mnom, povjereniče.  Demokratska preobrazba i vladavina prava dobar su i istinski put Bosne i Hercegovine prema njenim punim europskim integracijama. Želimo gospodarski, politički i socijalno održivo društvo. Međutim, nemojmo zaboraviti, čestitam kolegi Rangelu, inače, na ovom izvješću, da žalim što se konstitutivni narodi spominju samo jednom
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Tonino Picula
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, prije 28 godina dogodio se genocid u Srebrenici. Žrtve nikada ne smiju biti zaboravljene. Pravda mora sustići sve zločince, a politika spriječiti da se takav zločin ponovi bilo kada i bilo gdje.  Ali danas Milorad Dodik negira genocid u Srebrenici s istom lakoćom kao i opstojnost Bosne i Hercegovine kao države. Uporno provocira radi skretanja pozornosti od pravnog nasilja kojeg provodi u svom entitetu.  Politička situacija u Bosni i Hercegovini najbolji je pokazatelj da napretka ne može biti bez konsenzusa i bez poštivanja ustavnog uređenja. Zato trebamo dosljedno primjenjivati politiku uvjetovanosti koja je dio IPA III sporazuma i preporuka o strategiji novog proširenja Europske unije.  Komisija bi morala što prije dostaviti svoju evaluaciju, a Bosna i Hercegovina konačno mora ispuniti glavni dio tih obveza. Vremena ima sve manje jer zemlja godišnje gubi 1,5 posto stanovništva i drži prvo mjesto na svijetu po kriteriju pada broja stanovnika.  Bosni i Hercegovini je mjesto u Europskoj uniji. Svaki stvarni pomak na tom putu imat će našu punu podršku.
Debate: Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: TUESDAY, 11 JULY 2023
Speaker: Karen Melchior
Political group: Renew
Country: Estonia
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner, today we commemorate 28 years since the Srebrenica genocide. This was a genocide that marked a European history and our conscience because we had a responsibility that we failed to live up to, to protect the population that had sought refuge in Srebrenica. It also marks all of our European populations because in each of our countries we have families that sought refuge as refugees after the genocide or before the genocide and reside in our countries. So the fate of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not only a fate for that country, but a fate for all of Europe. It is imperative that the killings that occurred in Srebrenica are recognised for what they truly were – a genocide. A genocide of Muslim, Bosniak people, young boys and young men and elderly men. This needs to be recognised also by the politicians of Republika Srpska as part of the way to deal with the past and achieve a peaceful future. We need to stop impunity, to lay the foundation for a more stable and European Bosnia and Herzegovina that we can welcome as part of the European Union.