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Debate: Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Emil Radev
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, уважаеми г-н Комисар, методи на авторитарно управление, многократно осъждани тук в тази зала, бяха безскрупулно използвани от правителството на Кирил Петков и неговия вътрешен министър Бойко Рашков, който впрочем е бил част от репресивния апарат на бившия комунистически режим в България.  С влязло в сила съдебно решение арестът на г-н Борисов е обявен за незаконосъобразен. В заповедта за задържане не са посочени никакви уличаващи факти. Няма и доказателства, които да обосноват ареста на бившия министър председател на България. Точка, биха казали някои, но ако сложим точка ще спрем ли новите политически репресии? Само с категорична нетърпимост на всички институционални нива и на обществото като цяло можем да противодействаме на полицейщината и произвола. Когато сме свидетели на брутално погазване на върховенството на закона, мълчанието би било равносилно на съучастие.  Затова искам да попитам колегите от социалистите, Обнови Европа и Зелените дали щяхте да сте така мълчаливи, ако при управлението на Бойко Борисов беше арестуван опозиционен лидер? Дали този двоен стандарт не се дължи на факта, че бяхте представени в кабинета Петков? Мониторинговата група за върховенство на закона, която беше много активна по времето на правителството на Борисов, сега също учудващо мълчи.  Учудващо е и мълчанието на Европейската комисия. Тя ще наблюдава ли с безразличие незаконните арести на опозиционни лидери в държава от Европейския съюз или ще се крие зад извиненията, че не е компетентна по този въпрос? Осъждате ли тези незаконосъобразни или репресивни действия на правителството на Кирил Петков? И ако да, моля да го заявите високо и ясно, за да знаем, че можем да разчитаме винаги да защитавате нашите ценности.
Debate: Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Andrey Novakov
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, това, което няма да направя с тази реч са две неща. Първото е да плюя държавата си и второто е да влезна в роля на жертва. Това, което искам да направим, е да решим един европейски проблем, тук в Европа.  Европейският проблем е, че едни самозабравили се хора, попаднали случайно в политиката, решиха да се саморазправят с опозицията, като я тикнат в затвора. Само че това направи опозицията по-силна, а тях от управляващи ги направи подсъдими. Това, което се случи още е, че доказахме, че системата в България работи. Това, че тези хора вече не са управляващи, а съдът се произнесе два пъти, че те са виновни, показва, че България е правова държава и аз се гордея с това. Тези хора са изключение и аз съм сигурен, че хората никога повече няма да допуснат такива хора да ни управляват. Това, което вие трябва да се притеснявате със сигурност, колеги е, че този арест дойде един ден, след като беше направено оповестяване от бившия премиер и лидер на опозицията Бойко Борисов, че подкрепя Украйна и осъжда Русия и нейната агресия. Той зае вашата позиция и плати цената за това.  Искам сега да поговорим за двойните стандарти. Опитайте сами да си затворите очите и да си представите как премиер от ЕНП в Гърция или Хърватия тиква в затвора опозицията от зелените или социалистите. Тук щеше да има гладни стачки и настояване за оставки. Колеги в ляво, днес мълчите. Ако утре се случи във вашите държави, ще е късно да крещите.
Debate: Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Didier Reynders
Language: FR

I want to repeat that it’s for the national judicial authorities to address individual allegations of irregularities or violations and where relevant the investigation and appropriate follow-up. And I repeat what I have said in my introduction: as we can see from the functioning of the justice system in Bulgaria, from the judgment of the administrative court, this court found that there had been a violation of the law and offered a remedy – the annulment of the detention order. And so we have followed the same reasoning with such a case, like with other cases in other Member States, we left it to the national judicial authorities to analyse the situation and to take a decision. Of course, I want also to repeat that I am open to discuss with you about the rule of law situation in all the Member States. I have said that since the publication of the first report on the rule of law in 2020. I repeat that with the third edition with the recommendations for the 27 Member States, and of course we’ll discuss, if you want, the situation in all the 27, including Bulgaria, and it will be the occasion to analyse the situation, dedicated to the independence, the quality and effectiveness of the justice system, and the different measures taken to fight against corruption. But the message is very clear, and we will follow the same position in the future about all the individual cases.
Debate: Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Mikuláš Bek
Language: EN

Especially during these difficult times, the Union as a whole needs to be very vigilant on the respect of the values set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. The Presidency will pay particular attention to the views expressed today during this debate. Thank you very much for your attention.
Debate: Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov
Political group: PPE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: BG

Същевременно в страната бяха осъществени незаконни задържания и разпити от страна на полицията на стотици граждани, само защото са привърженици на опозиционни партии. Това е сериозен прецедент за страна член на Европейския съюз. Междувременно стана ясно, че с противозаконните си действия премиерът Петков и министър Рашков са имали за цел да създадат в обществото атмосфера на страх от властта. Петков продължава и днес да повтаря, че ако се върне на власт, ще арестува отново Борисов. Но така се случваше при комунистическия режим в моята страна.  Затова и ние трябва да осъдим всички опити да бъдат възстановени методи и практики на управление, характерни за този режим. Наш дълг е да защитим демокрацията и върховенството на закона.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Kolejnym punktem porządku dziennego jest debata nad pięcioma projektami rezolucji w sprawie łamania praw człowieka w związku z przymusową wywózką cywilów ukraińskich i przymusową adopcją dzieci ukraińskich w Rosji ( _______________ * Patrz protokół posiedzenia.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Michaela Šojdrová
Country: Greece
Language: EN

That is why we call on Russia to immediately cease the forced deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian civilians, especially children. Russia must repeal all legislation facilitating the adoption of Ukraine’s children and allow for the reunification with their parents. We stress the urgent need for EU and international organisations such as the United Nations Refugee Agency and UNICEF to have access to visit to the filtration camp, those facilities, and assist Ukrainian citizens, especially children, in their return to Ukraine. As President von der Leyen said today, courage as a face, the face of Ukrainian brave people, mothers and their children. We will follow the track of these children and we will not stop until their safe return.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Gunnar Beck
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, I would like to raise a point of order based on Rule 144, which provides that matters concerning breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Annex IV. Now, Annex IV, paragraph 2, states that ‘motions for resolutions shall not exceed 500 words’. The wording in the annex is clear and prescriptive: shall means shall. Yet most resolutions tabled consistently exceed the word limit, and not by a small margin. The joint motions for resolutions are even worse. The ID Group therefore requests that the Rules of Procedure be respected and that motions for resolutions that exceed the word count be deemed inadmissible. For this part session, of all the motions tabled, only three comply with the Rules of Procedure, namely the ID’s own motion on Nicaragua and both the ECR’s and the EPP’s motions on Uganda and Tanzania. We therefore request that all other motions for resolution be deemed inadmissible, and we only proceed to vote on those three.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Szanowny Panie Pośle, ma Pan rację co do objętości tych rezolucji. Jednak przez wiele lat art. 144 ust. 2 i załącznik IV, zwłaszcza jego ust. 2, były interpretowane w sposób elastyczny dla wszystkich grup politycznych, łącznie z Pańską grupą polityczną. W związku z tym dopuszczam do procedowania wszystkie rezolucje i proszę o zabranie głosu autora rezolucji, panią poseł Evin Incir.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Evin Incir
Country: Hungary
Language: SV

Vi har sedan april tagit del av uppgifter att Ryssland har tvångsdeporterat över en miljon ukrainska medborgare och tvingat in dem i ”filtreringsläger” där civila förhörs i timtal för att rensa ut så kallade nationalister. Detta är ingenting annat än en utrensning av ett folk. Det är också ett krigsbrott och ett brott mot mänskligheten. De mörka kapitlen i vår gemensamma mänskliga historia skulle ju inte upprepas, men bara om vi valde att komma ihåg den och agera hårt mot antidemokratiska krafter. Det är därför viktigt att vi gemensamt kräver stopp på Rysslands pågående människorättsbrott och kräver att EU-kommissionen och medlemsstaterna agerar för att vår historia inte ska upprepa sig i Ukraina eller någon annanstans på denna planet.  De som ligger bakom dessa vidriga deporteringar och tvångsadoptioner måste sanktioneras omedelbart. Putin måste stoppas. De högerextrema krafternas frammarsch i Europa och i världen likaså. Extremisterna i Ryssland, Ungern, Italien och till och med i mitt land, Sverige, stärks av varandras framgångar.  Rysslands aggression mot Ukraina handlar om ett av de vidrigaste brotten mot internationell rätt. Hela vår trovärdighet och hela det internationella samarbetet står på spel. Ukrainska folket har lidit nog och konsekvenserna av aggressionen mot Ukraina känns av i varenda del av världen.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Petras Auštrevičius
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

All those who contribute to the implementation of this policy must be subject to EU sanctions and prosecution before a future tribunal.  I call on the EU and its Member States to contribute to a mechanism to facilitate the return of forcibly deported Ukrainian civilians. I express my gratitude to all those who, in spite of personal danger, are restlessly working to locate, forcibly deported Ukrainians, including forcibly adopted children, and to return them safely home.  Ukraine's victory against unprovoked Russian aggression is our common goal. We must continue to support the heroic people of Ukraine so that they and their future – their children – are safe. Slava Ukraini.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Viola von Cramon-Taubadel
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Back then, it was already clear that the brave Ukrainians would not surrender to Putin’s murderous regime. Fast forward to today, Russian troops who killed thousands in Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol are now running away. The Ukrainian bravery unmasked the true face of Putin’s Russia: a wannabe superpower and at the same time a dying empire, pretending to be the world’s second military.  Putin’s attack on Ukraine was not only cruel, it was also extremely stupid. Soon, the Russian imperialism will be buried forever under the Ukrainian sunflowers. But before that happens, the dying empire caught in the corner is dangerous as ever. Because they cannot win over the battlefield, Putin now tries to steal Ukraine’s future. Several million Ukrainians have been forcibly deported, often to the far east of Russia. Deported Ukrainians are put in so-called filtration camps reminiscent of Gulag camps.  Among the deported Ukrainians, there are up to 600 000 children. One cannot imagine the pure evil it takes to abduct children from their countries, separate them from their parents, label them as orphans, forcefully put them up for adoption, and try to erase their Ukrainian identity. This is nothing short of genocide.  No matter how brutal the enemy is, the light will always prevail. The wisdom of Taras Shevchenko, so well preserved under the Russian propaganda banner, once again guides us: ‘Keep fighting, you are sure to win. God helps you in your fight. For fame and freedom march with you and the right is always on your side’.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Russia has to be defeated in this war, clearly defeated and forced to repeal all legislation and allow, by the pressure of the whole international community, to return all of them home, to their homeland and possibly still to their families. We wish them all the best. God bless Ukraine.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Andrius Kubilius
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

We need to speak in a very clear way: Putin’s crimes of deportations, also other war crimes, were born out of the first and major crime of Putin – crime of war aggression. And that is why we need to immediately address the major issue: the creation of Special International Tribunal on Crime of War Aggression. It is the only instrument to target directly the crimes personally of Mr Putin; it’s also to show both to Putin and to his elite that there will be no way to come back to business as usual in between of the West and criminal Putin regime, even after the war. It’s good that the resolution speaks about such a special tribunal. It would be good if big capitals would also support the creation of such a tribunal. It would be a clear evidence that nobody wants to go to business as usual with a criminal.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Et alors vous comprendrez que Poutine n’est pas simplement un autocrate dangereux et dur, c’est un criminel contre l’humanité. Que sa guerre n’est pas simplement une guerre, mais la tentative d’anéantir une nation. Que tous les politiciens ou commentateurs européens qui relaient ici sa propagande se rendent complices de ses crimes. Et qu’il y a une place pour lui devant un tribunal pénal international, dans une cellule, et une place pour eux, ses valets européens, dans les poubelles de l’histoire.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Karin Karlsbro
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: SV

Putins krig handlar emellertid inte bara om territorium. Det är inte första gången Ryssland använder hunger och deportationer som vapen. Historien upprepar sig. Det handlar inte om enstaka fall. Vi nås av rapporter om att uppemot två miljoner ukrainska medborgare deporteras till Ryssland, att barn stjäls och adopteras bort. Detta måste få ett slut. Ryssland måste ställas till svars. Alla som befinner sig i ryskt våld måste omedelbart få sina pass tillbaka och släppas fria. Vi måste fortsätta att ge Ukraina vårt fulla stöd, tills varenda mamma, varenda pappa och varenda unge har kommit hem igen – hem till ett fritt, ett fredligt Ukraina.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, according to reliable estimates, several hundred thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been forcibly deported to Russia, especially to the unpopulated regions in the far east of the country. This is also the area from which the overwhelming majority of the reportedly dead Russian soldiers were coming. Furthermore, and even more detestable, more than 250 000 children have been listed for adoption to Russian families, again in the least populous areas of the country.  The plan here is crystal clear. The Russian regime does not plan to stop sending these young men and women to die for a brutal and unjustifiable war. Instead, they have already started to substitute those who fall with other innocent human beings, disrespecting all basic international laws.  Dear colleagues, it is not the first time that this happens. Some of you perfectly know what Russian deportation looks like, since your countries have experienced that during the 20th century. From this House, we have already said, ‘never again’. Yet it is happening right now again. We must stand firm in condemning these atrocities, and we call on the international community to immediately open an investigation and to bring all those responsible, including Putin, of this atrocity accountable in front of the International Criminal Court.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Janina Ochojska
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Drogie Koleżanki i drodzy Koledzy! Przytoczone informacje zarówno o obywatelach Ukrainy deportowanych przymusowo do Rosji, jak i o liczbie dzieci, które podzieliły ten sam los, są przerażające i niestety przywołują na myśl zsyłki do gułagów członków różnych narodów w latach 40. ubiegłego wieku. W XXI w. Rosja konsekwentnie realizuje swój plan niszczenia narodu ukraińskiego i jego przyszłych pokoleń. Wyobraźmy sobie, że to wasz syn lub córka, wnuczek albo wnuczka zostaną wam dziś odebrane. Jeśli będziecie mieli więcej szczęścia, zostaniecie deportowani na Syberię, pod granicę z Kazachstanem lub jeszcze dalej w głąb Rosji, ale razem. Tych, którzy mieli mniej szczęścia, czekają lata rozłąki i życia w obcym miejscu. Europo! Rosjanie na twoich oczach wyniszczają naród i deportują twoje dzieci, które, tak jak ty, chciały wolności, równości i niezależności. Kto się o nich upomni, jak nie Ty?
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Radka Maxová
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, 200 tisíc, to je počet ukrajinských dětí, které byly násilně odvezeny do Ruska, jak na začátku června prohlásil ukrajinský prezident Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Život v oblastech vojenských konfliktů s sebou nese nejen riziko smrti v důsledku střelby, ale i další rizika. Statisíce dětí po celém světě ročně umírají kvůli nepřímým dopadům války, jako je podvýživa, nemoci, nedostatek lékařské péče nebo hygieny. Děti prchající před válkou jsou vystaveny zvýšenému riziku násilí, zneužívání a vykořisťování a stávají se oběťmi obchodování s lidmi, zejména při pohybu přes hranice. A jak můžeme vidět na případě Putinovy vlády, je zde i riziko nezákonných adopcí. Vážení kolegové z Rady, Parlamentu, Komise, nesmíme toto přehlížet. Musíme nezákonným adopcím předcházet skrze systém, který by pomohl lépe monitorovat především děti bez rodičů při překročení hranic. A musíme zajistit obětem spravedlnost, tedy vyšetřování pachatelů výše zmíněných zločinů. Podpořme zítra usnesení a pomozme těm, kteří to opravdu potřebují.
Debate: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President and Commissioner, it’s important at times like these to remind ourselves of the humanitarian principles, that is the obligation on humanitarian organisations to demonstrate independence, impartiality, humanity and neutrality, to deliver aid to the places where it’s needed most and to be completely neutral in armed conflict. The reasons for this are to ensure that aid gets to the people who need it most, but also to protect humanitarian workers. But it is relevant in the context of this debate, because humanitarian organisations are relied upon to create humanitarian corridors, but also to access prisoners of war on both sides of a conflict. We know that’s not happening right now. We don’t get the information we need because Russia has no respect whatsoever for humanitarian principles or international humanitarian law. So that’s why we need to have a discussion with humanitarian organisations so they can set out to us here in the European Parliament, or our committees, exactly what steps they have been taking to try to access the two million children that have been deported out of Ukraine into Russia. We need to hear exactly their evidence. The second thing we need to do is not to cut our humanitarian aid budget. At the moment, the Commission are proposing the highest cut of any proposed cut under any heading to the 2023 budget to our humanitarian aid budget. We need to put our values in monetary terms sometimes.