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Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Stelios Kympouropoulos
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, αγαπητοί συνάδελφοι, ήθελα να εκφράσω ιδιαίτερη ικανοποίηση που το Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο θα συζητήσει την πρόταση για ψηφιακό πράσινο πιστοποιητικό, μια πρωτοβουλία που ξεκίνησε από τον πρωθυπουργό της χώρας μου, κύριο Μητσοτάκη.  Χρειαζόμαστε ένα λειτουργικό, προσβάσιμο και ασφαλές πιστοποιητικό για όλους τους Ευρωπαίους πολίτες, χωρίς διακρίσεις και με σεβασμό στα δικαιώματά τους, ώστε οι Ευρωπαίοι πολίτες να μπορούν να το χρησιμοποιήσουν όσο το δυνατόν πιο σύντομα· αλλά και να δοθεί μια σημαντική ανάσα στον τουρισμό και στον κλάδο της εστίασης, οι οποίοι έχουν πληγεί ανεπανόρθωτα, μέσω μιας συντονισμένης, κοινής προσέγγισης χωρίς εξαιρέσεις, με ξεκάθαρη ενημέρωση σε περίπτωση που ένα κράτος μέλος εξακολουθεί να απαιτεί από τους κατόχους ψηφιακού πράσινου πιστοποιητικού να υποβάλλονται σε καραντίνα ή σε εξέταση.  Ωστόσο, η χρονική συγκυρία είναι κρίσιμη και επιβάλλεται η τάχιστη υιοθέτηση της πρότασης αρκετά πριν από το καλοκαίρι, ώστε να δοθεί ο απαραίτητος χρόνος στις επιχειρήσεις να κάνουν τον προγραμματισμό τους και να προετοιμαστούν. Γιατί μόνο έτσι θα μπορέσουμε να δείξουμε έμπρακτα στους συμπολίτες μας ότι, μέσω μιας κοινής ευρωπαϊκής προσέγγισης, η Ένωση μας μπορεί να δρα γρήγορα και να δίνει λύσεις προς όφελος των πολιτών της.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Paul Tang
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Madam President, the big tech companies see their profits skyrocket because of the pandemic, and then compare that to the small-business owner who is struggling to survive because of the pandemic. When he or she finds out that the big techs hardly pay any taxes, what do you think the reaction will be? So the Council doesn’t just need to discuss how to deal with a pandemic but also how to recover from it.  As Chair of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC), I am proud that yesterday the first own-initiative FISC report on digital taxation was adopted in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with an overwhelming majority and with a very clear message to the Council. A European digital levy should contribute to the OECD solution, preferably fall on profits and raise substantial revenue – also to pay for the expenditure of the Recovery Fund. It’s up to the Council to let digitalised multinationals pay their fair share and contribute to the recovery after the pandemic, so that not just small-business owners and the other taxpayers will pay the price of the pandemic.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Maria Spyraki
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε Hahn, ενώ συμπολίτες μας χάνονται και άλλοι νοσηλεύονται στις μονάδες εντατικής θεραπείας, ενώ η οικονομία της Ευρώπης χειμάζεται, σήμερα, εδώ, στο Ευρωκοινοβούλιο, με τη διαδικασία του κατεπείγοντος, κάνουμε ένα πρώτο βήμα ώστε να έχουμε το πράσινο ψηφιακό πιστοποιητικό μέχρι το τέλος του Μαΐου.  Το πράσινο ψηφιακό πιστοποιητικό έχουμε την τιμή να έχει ελληνική σφραγίδα, την ελληνική υπογραφή από την πρόταση του πρωθυπουργού Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη, και έρχεται να δημιουργήσει μια γραμμή ταχείας κυκλοφορίας, όχι μόνο για όσους εμβολιάζονται ή θα εμβολιαστούν αλλά και για εκείνους που έχουν αρνητικό τεστ και για εκείνους που έχουν αντισώματα. Τα εμπόδια μειώνονται· ο χώρος Σένγκεν επιστρέφει· παίρνουμε πίσω την ελευθερία των μετακινήσεων των πολιτών μας.  Είναι τώρα ευθύνη μας, ως Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, να εξαντλήσουμε όλα τα μέσα, ώστε οι εταιρείες παρασκευής των εμβολίων να εκπληρώσουν τις δεσμεύσεις τους και να καταφέρουμε να χτίσουμε ανοσία του 70% των πολιτών ως το τέλος του καλοκαιριού. Με το Πάσχα, να αναστήσουμε και την ελπίδα. Με το Πάσχα, να ξαναφέρουμε πίσω τη ζωή μας, τον ευρωπαϊκό τρόπο ζωής, να αναστήσουμε την οικονομία μας.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Nikos Androulakis
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, η έκθεση Borrell για τις ευρωτουρκικές σχέσεις θυμίζει στρουθοκάμηλο. Ενώ ο Erdogan είχε ήδη ξεκινήσει τις διώξεις για τη διάλυση του HDP, εσείς προαναγγείλατε επίσημη επίσκεψη και λίγες ώρες μετά μαθαίνουμε για την αποχώρηση της Τουρκίας από τη Σύμβαση της Κωνσταντινούπολης για τα δικαιώματα των γυναικών. Ποια είναι η αξιοπιστία της Ένωσης, όταν οικονομικά συμφέροντα μπαίνουν πάνω από την προστασία των ευρωπαϊκών αξιών και του κράτους δικαίου;  Στα συμπεράσματα του Συμβουλίου πρέπει να υπάρχει ρητή αναφορά όχι μόνο των κινήτρων αλλά και των κυρώσεων, στην περίπτωση που η Τουρκία συνεχίσει τις παραβιάσεις των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων στο εσωτερικό της και τις προκλήσεις στην ευρύτερη περιοχή. Επίσης, το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο σας έχει ζητήσει να συμπεριλάβετε τις κυρώσεις στο εμπάργκο όπλων. Δεν είναι δυνατόν να σταματούν τις πωλήσεις όπλων οι Αμερικανοί στην Τουρκία, και εσείς να συνεχίζετε να εξοπλίζετε τον γεωπολιτικό ταραξία.  Τέλος, θέλω να ευχαριστήσω τον Πρόεδρο Sassoli για τα θερμά του λόγια για τη 200ή επέτειο της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και να ευχηθώ στους Έλληνες και τους φιλέλληνες σε όλο τον κόσμο χρόνια πολλά.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Johannes Hahn
Language: EN

This is a very important element of a gradual return to normal, which is expected from citizens and businesses alike, with impatience all across the Union. It’s therefore important that interinstitutional negotiations can start as soon as possible. Work on the details of the technical solution will need to take place in parallel in order to ensure that it can be operational as swiftly as possible after the adoption of the legal framework.  We have heard some MEPs’ concerns on the possible lack of democratic oversight linked to using the urgent procedure. Strictly speaking, I understand with this procedure there will not be a formal vote on the committee report. However, the urgent procedure allows for Parliament as a whole to fully scrutinise the proposal and to adopt its position within a month of the adoption of the proposal by the Commission. Parliament, as the voice of European citizens, will therefore have a clear say in the setup of the Digital Green Certificate.  These are exceptional times and I hope you will agree with me on the importance of delivering for our citizens. How will we explain to our citizens that we cannot manage to move swiftly on important issues? What would be the message we send? Time is of the essence: every day counts. Moving forward, the Commission stands ready to provide all the support you might need and we will act as honest brokers during interinstitutional negotiations, while continuing to support Member States in developing the necessary infrastructure.  But let me also answer your question about the doses found in Italy today. We have repeatedly stressed the importance of full transparency on the number of doses that are being produced at AstraZeneca’s European production sites. We trust that AstraZeneca will do its utmost to ensure that all available batches are dispatched as soon as the quality-control process is completed. We don’t want to speculate on whether or not these doses have been designed for the European Union. If the company wants to export these doses out of the Union, it will have to submit an export authorisation request to the Italian authorities.  We observe a lack of transparency by AstraZeneca on how many doses they have produced, where and for whom. Given that they are not meeting their commitments under the European advance-purchase agreements, we consider it of the utmost importance to ensure full transparency. The precise amount of doses needs to be confirmed by the Italian authorities.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

The Digital Green Certificate is a particularly important development for southern Member States, whose economies rely to a large extent on tourism. Our next goal is to complete the legislative process as soon as possible so that the Digital Green Certificate can be deployed before the summer. Our citizens are impatient and anxious to exit the vice of this pandemic and to finally return to normality. Let us not disappoint them.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Milan Brglez
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: SL

Zato sem med prvimi, ki bo taka prizadevanja in delovanje na ravni Unije tudi odločno zagovarjal. Prav tako pa bom med prvimi, ki bo zagovarjal preglednost, preudarnost in dolžno skrbnost v zakonodajnih postopkih sprejemanja tovrstnih zavezujočih odločitev, predvsem zato, da se s tem zagotovi najvišje možne standarde spoštovanja človekovih pravic, ki so še posebej na udaru v kriznih časih. Zato odločitev EP o nujnem postopku za sprejemanje predloga uredb za izdajanje digitalnega zelenega potrdila ocenjujem kot napačno. Z nujnim postopkom se namreč ne pospešijo posamezne faze parlamentarnega odločevalskega postopka, temveč se slednje preprosto preskoči.  To konkretno pomeni, da dotični zakonodajni predlog ne bo podvržen temeljitemu nadzoru in pregledu na ravni pristojnih parlamentarnih odborov, kar odpira možnosti za zakonodajne anomalije in pomanjkljivosti. Poleg tega menim, da zaradi odločitve o nujnem postopku digitalno zeleno potrdilo ne bo nič prej zaživelo v praksi. Le Parlament se je odrekel temu, da v okviru svojih pristojnosti zagotovi najvišje standarde za zaščito državljank in državljanov EU ter njihove zasebnosti.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Vlad Gheorghe
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: EN

The Digital Green Certificate is an instrument to guarantee swift reopening of economies and ease European citizens’ movement. It is not in any way an instrument to condition or discriminate as it includes all possible alternatives available – vaccination, testing or proof of overcoming the infection with the new coronavirus. Moreover, let us once and for all make it clear that no personal data of European citizens are to be at risk while using the Digital Green Certificate, on the contrary – it is an instrument meant to protect Europeans from such breaches from public or private operators, while offering a quick & easy solution for safe travel. Transport and tourism are sectors with important losses due to COVID-19 restrictions in all Member States. We need this Digital Green Certificate to help us all overcome disastrous effects of over one-year partially or fully closed doors. The key to an efficient implementation is predictability and unity as to procedures and structures in order to offer European citizens the means to move freely while being 100% protected. I strongly support the Digital Green Certificate and the need for urgent implementation of this unitary instrument to help us all return to our lives before the pandemic.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Beata Mazurek
Political group: ECR
Country: Malta
Language: PL

Nie możemy jednak zapominać, że warunkiem sprawnego wdrożenia tego rozwiązania musi być zapewnienie wysokiego poziomu ochrony danych osobowych, przejrzystości systemu i braku dyskryminacji obywateli tych państw, gdzie poziom realizacji programu szczepień jest na niższym poziomie niż w innych państwach członkowskich. Tzw. zielone certyfikaty powinny ułatwiać podróżowanie w warunkach utrzymujących się ograniczeń, a nie prowadzić do kolejnych restrykcji.  Z punktu widzenia społeczeństwa niezbędne będzie przeprowadzenie skutecznej kampanii informacyjnej dotyczącej działań Komisji na rzecz wdrożenia nowych rozwiązań, by uchronić obywateli przed dezinformacją i pojawiającymi się na ten temat nieprawdziwymi informacjami.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Tom Vandenkendelaere
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: NL

Er dient echter een belangrijke voorwaarde aan gekoppeld te worden. Er mag namelijk niet gediscrimineerd worden op basis van het certificaat. Iedere Europeaan moet eerst een kans op een vaccin krijgen. Tegen de zomer zou het in gebruik moeten zijn. Een Europese gemeenschappelijke aanpak is in ieders belang in vergelijking met het alternatief dat elk land op eigen houtje iets anders onderneemt. Als we op één manier honderden miljoenen mensen de kans kunnen geven om terug te keren naar een zekere maat van normaliteit, zonder het virus te verspreiden, is dat in ieders voordeel.  Het geduld van onze burgers wordt op de proef gesteld, veel Europeanen zijn voorstander van zo’n systeem om opnieuw vrij te kunnen reizen. Het is onze plicht om dit zo snel mogelijk te bewerkstelligen.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of  and  March  – Digital Green Certificate
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Marco Zanni
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Sulla questione vaccini abbiamo ascoltato slogan estremamente ambiziosi, ricalibrati tuttavia, solo dopo poche settimane per gli errori di valutazione della Commissione. La gestione dei contratti con le case farmaceutiche non è risultata, infatti, all'altezza della situazione e i cittadini ne hanno accusato il colpo. Per quanto riguarda l'economia, condivido e supporto la proroga della sospensione del Patto di stabilità, ma mi preme sottolineare che rimane il paradosso del dispositivo di Ripresa e resilienza che, con la crisi economica in atto, servirà solo minimamente e i cui fondi sappiamo essere vincolati. Sul tema Turchia, esprimo infine tutte le mie perplessità.  Un Paese che utilizza ancora pratiche violente e antidemocratiche non dovrebbe essere tra le priorità del Consiglio.
Debate: System of own resources of the European Union – Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource – Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: MT

Il-punt li jmiss fuq l-aġenda huwa d-dibattitu konġunt li jirrigwarda r-Riforma tar-Riżorsi Proprji tal-UE, dwar - ir-rakkomandazzjoni ta’ José Manuel Fernandes u Valérie Hayer, f’isem il-Kumitat għall-Baġits, dwar l-abbozz ta' regolament tal-Kunsill li jistabbilixxi miżuri ta' implimentazzjoni għas-sistema tar-Riżorsi Proprji tal-Unjoni Ewropea u li jħassar ir-Regolament (UE, Euratom) Nru 608/2014 (10045/2020 - C9-0024/2021 -  - ir-rapport ta’ José Manuel Fernandes u Valérie Hayer, f’isem il-Kumitat għall-Baġits, dwar il-proposta għal regolament tal-Kunsill dwar il-kalkolu tar-riżorsi proprji bbażati fuq l-iskart mill-imballaġġ tal-plastik li mhuwiex riċiklat, dwar il-metodi u l-proċedura għat-tqegħid għad-dispożizzjoni ta' dik ir-riżorsa proprja, dwar il-miżuri li jissodisfaw il-ħtiġijiet fi flus kontanti, u dwar ċerti aspetti tar-riżorsa proprja bbażata fuq l-introjtu nazzjonali gross (13142/2020 - C9-0018/2021 -  - ir-rapport ta’ José Manuel Fernandes u Valérie Hayer, f’isem il-Kumitat għall-Baġits, dwar l-abbozz tar-Regolament tal-Kunsill li jemenda r-Regolament (KEE, Euratom) Nru 1553/89 dwar l-arranġamenti uniformi definittivi għall-ġbir ta' riżorsi proprji li jakkumulaw mit-taxxa tal-valur miżjud ( Nixtieq infakkar lill-onorevoli Membri li, għad-dibattiti kollha ta' din is-sessjoni parzjali, mhux se jkun hemm proċedura "catch-the-eye" u mhux se jiġu aċċettati karti blu.  Barra minn hekk, bħal fis-sessjonijiet parzjali preċedenti, huma previsti interventi mill-bogħod mill-Uffiċċji ta' Kollegament tal-Parlament fl-Istati Membri.
Debate: System of own resources of the European Union – Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource – Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The own resources of the European Union also allow us to establish a comprehensive budget in the future: a robust budget, which allows us to properly finance all the priorities that the citizens of the European Union expect us to deliver. The own resources are an important topic but they are also an urgent topic, because the whole EUR 750 billion post-corona package to help people, to help enterprises, to help regions affected by the virus, depends on the quick ratification of the own resources decision by all national parliaments. Here in the European Parliament we have done our job. We have given our opinion on own resources quickly. We have negotiated the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the multiannual financial framework quickly and we have set up our internal structures here in Parliament for the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. This is why it is of the utmost importance that all national parliaments ratify, by the end of April, the own resources decision so that help for people affected by the virus is coming. Finally, I would like to ask all pro-European groups to make sure that their national parliaments, their parties in the national parliaments, do their utmost to ratify the own resources decision quickly.
Debate: System of own resources of the European Union – Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource – Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Elisabetta Gualmini
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Finally, the European budget will become more autonomous, more transparent and stronger. We have a precise roadmap for the introduction of new own resources which won’t touch the pockets of our citizens but which will hit polluting companies, web-multinationals and fiscal free-riders more generally. I’m talking about the digital tax and the carbon border levy, to name but a few. But today it is less about the budget revenue side, and more about what it means to belong to a fiscally stronger European Union; it is less about technicalities and more about political will and political challenges. To have a sound and responsible budgetary policy means, in the first place, to have the possibility to pay back the costs of the Next Generation EU that needs to be able to support the giant mobilisation of resources which will help citizens and companies to stand up again after a dramatic outbreak. It means to give hope and faith to the young generations who are completely lost in the middle of this never-ending pandemic, and it means to care for the most vulnerable people who need protection and solid welfare services, not isolation. Our pride is based on the spirit and the sense of a community, the European Community. And communities do work if we have a fair and good balance between the promises we make and the financial resources we collect in order to have these promises fulfilled. It is time to accomplish, to get things done – no time is left.
Debate: System of own resources of the European Union – Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource – Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Luis Garicano
Political group: Renew
Language: ES

Eso está muy bien, pero ahora tenemos que construir hacia adelante para permitir que Europa tenga la capacidad para responder a crisis futuras, no solo a la crisis pasada. Eso requiere que Europa tenga la capacidad de actuar que hemos tenido y que tengamos nuestros propios ingresos, nuestros propios recursos: los recursos propios. Ahora mismo, muchos ciudadanos estarán sorprendidos de saber que esto no existe. La Unión Europea se financia como una organización internacional más, como las Naciones Unidas. Tiene que pasar el gorro de miembro en miembro para pedir contribuciones. Eso no debe ser así. Debemos tener una capacidad fiscal para poder actuar en crisis futuras, para poder responder a los problemas que se planteen. Por eso, el Parlamento ha propuesto este calendario que vamos a aprobar mañana: este calendario de recursos propios, que se basa, sobre todo, en hacer que las empresas tecnológicas digitales —que tanto se han beneficiado últimamente sin pagar su parte de impuestos— y las grandes contaminadoras paguen su parte. Ese es nuestro objetivo, y esta pandemia tan terrible que continúa debe abrir la puerta a esa oportunidad para que Europa realmente responda, de una manera parecida, de una manera potente económicamente, a futuras crisis y cree este tipo de recursos.
Debate: System of own resources of the European Union – Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource – Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Hélène Laporte
Political group: ID
Language: FR

Au-delà du saut fédéraliste dans la création d’un emprunt commun, dont personne n’est dupe sur le précédent qu’il crée, l’objectif de la Commission de nouvelles recettes couvrant les dépenses liées au remboursement en capital et en intérêts de l’emprunt semble hélas s’éloigner. Plus grave encore, le fait que le plan de relance finance non seulement des prêts mais aussi des subventions impliquera forcément des transferts budgétaires entre États membres. Un membre de la Commission m’a confirmé, lors d’une audition, que les États membres contribueront en cas d’insuffisance des recettes des nouvelles ressources propres, car l’Union européenne, n’a pas, hélas, l’intention de faire des coupes franches relatives à certains programmes dont la pertinence reste à démontrer, ou concernant des dépenses somptuaires par rapport à la politique immobilière. Il s’agira en réalité d’une double peine pour la France. Les 40 milliards revenant à la France vont coûter plus cher que ce que nous aurions pu obtenir sur les marchés car le cumul du remboursement atteindra 70 milliards d’euros. Ce montage nuit gravement à notre souveraineté avec un contrôle accru de Bruxelles sur le budget de la France et avec l’amorce d’une mutualisation de la dette qui marque un pas supplémentaire vers un budget européen, donc un transfert de souveraineté.