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Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, this a very important discussion because we need to focus on where we are in terms of democracy, and particularly the European Union, which is too often attacked for its negatives and not praised often enough for its positives.  One thing I think we should really be focusing on more in the future is cooperation between national parliaments and the European Union, especially the European Parliament, because there’s too much of a divide even now.  We should also be trying to improve relations and cooperation with local politicians – county councillors, as we call them in Ireland – representing municipalities through the Committee of the Regions. There is no point in having in these parties if we do not work more closely with them.  Finally, in terms of creating European democracy and citizenship and awareness, I think we should be doing far more in facilitating young people to come to Europe by expanding Erasmus and ‘Meet your MEP’.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, doamnă comisar, stimați colegi, este clar, Uniunea Europeană are nevoie de reformare. Are nevoie de reformare pentru ca încrederea cetățenilor să fie la nivelul de care avem nevoie. Discursul doamnei președinte Ursula de ieri nu a ajuns la inima cetățenilor. A fost un  Mai este o problemă: cred că faptul că un singur om poate bloca voturile a 26 nu înseamnă democrație. Lăsăm să zburde Austria, ipocrit, în spațiul Uniunii Europene, blocând piața internă, fragmentând piața internă și nu i se întâmplă nimic, deși Comisia are la îndemână, evident, tratatul și, atunci când un regulament este încălcat, trebuie să acționeze împotriva statului membru. De aceea, este nevoie ca Parlamentul European să poată să aibă inițiative. Este singurul Parlament din lume care nu are acest drept.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Mr President, I want to take issue with the assertion of MEP Rangel that there is a link between direct democracy and dictatorship. Ireland is the country with which I’m most familiar, and Ireland has more characteristics of direct democracy than any other EU Member State, I would say. First of all, we have real direct elections with no list system, and therefore no barrier between the voters and the elected representatives. Secondly, we have a tradition of citizens’ assemblies like the Agora proposal, which allows very difficult public policy issues to be solved through direct democracy. And thirdly, we’re the only EU Member State that is required to have referendums on Treaty change. I would therefore say that it’s no coincidence that Ireland has the highest approval rating for EU membership and, I would argue also, the highest literacy about the EU and what it can do. So we need to listen to each other, learn lessons from each other, and recognise that the health of European liberal democracy depends on the health of liberal democracy in the Member States.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Señor presidente, comisaria Ferreira, ciudadanía y democracia. Escuchamos hablar de ello en un debate con la presidenta Von der Leyen, lamentablemente minado por intervenciones en español que, despreciando la agenda europea, solo tenían como obsesión denostar al Gobierno de España y a la Presidencia española. Pero lo cierto es que ninguno de los grandes objetivos de profundización democrática, incluido el reconocimiento de la diversidad incluso lingüística, será practicable si no despejamos las dificultades del método de decisión y la regla de la unanimidad, con la consiguiente reforma de los Tratados. Y desde luego es el caso de la ampliación a una Unión Europea de hasta treinta y tres miembros de la que habló también la presidenta Von der Leyen. Pero, además, le escuchamos decir que el Nuevo Pacto sobre Migración y Asilo es una combinación de soberanía, solidaridad y seguridad. Lo cierto es que la soberanía y la seguridad son las aspiraciones y las reivindicaciones de los Estados miembros, mientras que la solidaridad y la cohesión —no solamente entre Estados miembros, sino también solidaridad con los ciudadanos de terceros países que intentan llegar a la Unión Europea huyendo de la desesperación—, esas son el verdadero reto y esa es la cuenta pendiente no solo del Nuevo Pacto sobre Migración y Asilo, sino de la profundización democrática en la Unión Europea.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dacian Cioloş
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, Conferința pentru viitorul Europei a avut rolul de a ne deschide față de cetățeni, de care ne amintim o dată la cinci ani, când avem alegeri. Au venit mai multe idei de acolo, de la cetățeni. Acum, trebuie să le și punem în practică, pentru că e important să fluidizăm relația dintre cetățeni și decidenți în democrație. Altfel, riscăm ca democrația europeană să se erodeze în timp și să pierdem această legătură. Dincolo de rapoarte și de documente, doamnă comisar, e important să luăm decizii, pentru că cetățenii așteaptă în primul rând decizii care să aibă un impact pozitiv asupra vieții lor și asta trebuie să facem împreună, inclusiv cu Consiliul. Nu mai putem admite ca un stat membru să blocheze 26 de state membre atunci când e vorba de o decizie legitimă, legală, morală și de bun simț și ceea ce facem până la sfârșitul acestui mandat trebuie să ne dea această posibilitate. Altfel, o să vorbim de extreme după alegerile din 2024 și proiectul european va fi un proiect în proprietatea extremelor.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Elisa Ferreira
Language: EN

In fact, Europe’s strength lies in its unity, and this unity is based on our shared democratic values. European citizenship is one of the most significant achievements of the European project and is unique in the world. As underlined in the European Democracy Action Plan, we should continue to work on promoting free and fair elections and strong democratic participation, supporting free and independent media, and countering disinformation. We should also continue to improve the exercise of European citizenship rights and civic engagement. As indicated earlier, the Commission is currently working on many different actions supporting democracy and citizenship in Europe, which should bring tangible improvements. With your support, we will continue to look for ways to further improve these rights. We look forward to continuing to work with you on this multiplicity of files and dimensions of the discussion. Thank you very much – also in the name, of course, of Vice-President Jourová.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Niklas Nienass
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

The liberal democracy – I think this is the part where we all agree – is in danger from outside and from the inside. It’s changing and we need to improve democracy in order to make sure that it’s still working. When people call for representative democracy to have showed the best experience in the past, that might be true, but we still need to understand that things need to change in order to conserve what we want to keep precious. One of the main things I think the press and media and everybody is saying is that people are losing trust in democracy and losing trust in politicians, and so on. This is right, but the question is: how do we bring trust back? You don’t bring trust back by just saying, ‘Give it to me’, but you have to trust others in order to be trusted. Trusting citizens means giving them the possibility to decide, giving them tangible things to do with their own power, with their own voice. We can do that. Commissioner, you know about my ideas about using the cohesion funding for exactly that: to give citizens the power to decide where to use funding in order to empower them and to gain trust in democracy. But we should also do it when it comes to legislation. That’s why we are seeing the benefit of including partial measures of direct democracy into our representative democracy. Let me make sure that we’re not talking about referenda after referenda for everything. I think this is not wise, but to get the people in Agoras in a meaningful discussion – we have shown it in Ireland, we have shown it during the Conference on the Future of Europe that this works. It’s really good to build up trust, to make citizens feel noticed and make sure that they get involved in the political process. One last problem I want to mention here – and this goes to the Presidency, sorry, but I have to say, if we’re discussing democracy and we’re not allowing for blue cards in a various manner, then there’s something very badly wrong with a parliament that does not listen. So please, the Presidency of this House should make sure that blue cards are always available and that time has been taken seriously in account that blue cards can also be used.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Alin Mituța
Country: Germany
Language: EN

It is not by chance that representative democracy and the trust in political institutions is the highest in Member States where these kind of citizens’ participation mechanisms exist already. And my colleague Barry Andrews already mentioned that in Ireland the trust in public institutions is greater because we have this this mechanism of public participation. So our idea about creating this European Agora would follow up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, because, yes, we have to give an answer to the citizens. The citizens clearly said that they want to get involved more in the decisions of the Union. I think we need the citizens to get more involved in the decisions of the Union because we saw that they bring added value. They brought a lot of good ideas in the conference, such as competences on health, competences on education and so on.  So these are ideas that are very good for our European democracy, and I think we should be at least as courageous here in this House as the citizens were in the Conference on the Future of Europe. Thank you very much, and I wish to thank also my co-rapporteur, Niklas, and of course, the shadow rapporteurs and the Commission.
Debate: Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Country: France
Language: EL

Αυτή η πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα συζήτηση έληξε. Διήρκεσε 25 λεπτά περισσότερο από τον προγραμματισμένο χρόνο, αλλά νομίζω ότι η σημασία της δικαιολογεί αυτήν την επέκταση του χρόνου.  Η ψηφοφορία θα διεξαχθεί σήμερα.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Country: France
Language: EL

Το επόμενο σημείο στην ημερήσια διάταξη αφορά τη δήλωση της Επιτροπής με θέμα: Βία και διακρίσεις στον χώρο του αθλητισμού μετά το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Γυναικών FIFA ( Εξ ονόματος της Επιτροπής, τον λόγο έχει και πάλι η Επίτροπος κυρία Elisa Ferreira.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Estas conductas reflejan, sin ninguna duda, la punta del iceberg de una realidad discriminatoria y sexista mucho más amplia que se venía denunciando desde hace tiempo.  Desde aquí nuestra más absoluta condena a toda forma de violencia contra las mujeres. Hay que erradicarla con una respuesta inmediata y con una respuesta eficaz. Por esto, es necesario un llamamiento a toda la comunidad deportiva para que se cumpla con el Convenio de Estambul: proteger, prevenir, perseguir y eliminar. Proteger a las mujeres. Prevenir, perseguir y eliminar todas las formas de violencia contra las mujeres.  La respuesta de toda la sociedad ha sido ejemplar. El clamor social y el apoyo masivo a la campeona mundial de fútbol Jenny Hermoso ha sido decisivo. Gracias, Jenny. Y también gracias a la comunidad solidaria de las campeonas, porque nos han dado una lección para que nunca más una mujer tenga que vivir una situación de menosprecio, falta de respeto, abuso o violencia. Tenemos un largo camino por recorrer para derribar la desigualdad y conseguir un deporte libre de violencia y discriminación. Se acabó. Por todas, estamos contigo, Jenny Hermoso. El mundo está orgullosa de vosotras. Habéis hecho historia en el deporte, pero también en la lucha por conseguir una igualdad real en la situación de la mujer en el mundo del deporte.  La sociedad requiere y busca autenticidad y coherencia en la voz de sus líderes. Ojalá la reacción unánime de todos y todas en defensa de los derechos de las mujeres hubiera sido la misma en defensa y en crítica, sobre todo, de las dramáticas consecuencias de la Ley del «solo sí es sí». Es una pena.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Evelyn Regner
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: DE

Die Antwort ist aber ganz einfach: Dann, wenn die Zustimmung fehlt.  Es ist klar: Der Kuss von Rubiales war ungewollt, er war aufgedrückt, ohne eine Chance abzulehnen, und damit ein sexualisierter Übergriff, ein Machtmissbrauch. Ich hoffe, dass die weltweite Diskussion darüber zumindest eins allen klargemacht hat: nämlich was Konsens bedeutet. Die Selbstbestimmung der Frau über ihren eigenen Körper ist noch immer keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Sie ist aber eine gesellschaftliche Notwendigkeit.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Laurence Farreng
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Mais combien d’autres agressions silencieuses, combien de sportives et de sportifs victimes de coachs, médecins, encadrants abusifs, combien de douleurs étouffées par les fédérations sportives? Les agressions sexuelles sont pourtant répréhensibles partout dans l’Union européenne. C’est bien l’omerta qui règne encore dans le sport jusqu’au sommet des fédérations et qui détruit des femmes et des hommes. La loi existe et elle n’est pas respectée. À nous, parlementaires, de la faire appliquer, de faire pression sur les grandes organisations sportives comme la FIFA, de porter les voix des victimes, de favoriser la féminisation des encadrements sportifs, de promouvoir l’éducation au consentement dès le plus jeune âge, et d’harmoniser toujours davantage nos instruments judiciaires. Parce que plus jamais un homme ne doit salir la victoire des femmes.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Diana Riba i Giner
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: ES

Por esto hay que seguir abordando leyes que promuevan la igualdad, también en el mundo del deporte. El número de mujeres federadas o árbitras, por poner un ejemplo, sigue siendo inmensamente inferior y la brecha salarial es inaceptable. La mejor jugadora del mundo, Alexia Putellas, cobra en un año lo mismo que muchos jugadores del equipo masculino en un mes. También es urgente aumentar la presencia de la mujer en órganos de decisión del mundo del deporte. La imagen de la Asamblea de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol con 6 mujeres de 140 miembros, es bochornosa —por cierto, una asamblea repleta de palmeros apoyando el discurso reaccionario y machista de Luis Rubiales—.  Por esto, hoy pedimos iniciar un procedimiento legislativo que obligue a entidades deportivas como la Federación Española de Fútbol, una organización de interés público, a mantener la igualdad de género en sus órganos de decisión.  Y no, señor Borrell, no es que estemos aprendiendo a jugar como los hombres, es que estamos aprendiendo a romper el silencio. Como dijo la futbolista Vero Boquete: «Hemos callado ya mucho, hemos tenido que escuchar mucho y aguantar mucho. Y ahora vamos a hablar cuando nos dé la gana y donde nos dé la gana».
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jorge Buxadé Villalba
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Hace un año en España, el socialismo y sus socios aprobaron una reforma del Código Penal: 1 200 reducciones de pena, 117 excarcelaciones y varias absoluciones de violadores y agresores sexuales. Esta es su ley, su obra criminal. Ustedes la presentaron, la votaron, la aprobaron, la aplaudieron. Y las mujeres hoy son menos libres. Decenas de niñas y mujeres son todas las semanas en España atacadas físicamente por manadas sexuales. El 46 % de los condenados por agresión sexual en 2021 eran extranjeros. Curiosamente, cuando los autores son extranjeros, ustedes callan porque no encaja en su enfermo esquema moral de que el sujeto a destruir es el hombre occidental. Montan este espectáculo por un acto grosero y de falta de respeto a las mujeres, pero promueven la sexualización de los niños en los colegios. Ustedes se han opuesto a debatir aquí cuando se mató a un sacristán en Algeciras o cuando otro tipo iba pegando puñaladas a los niños y a bebés en un parque, solo porque no encaja en su enfermo esquema moral de que el sujeto a destruir es el hombre occidental. Ustedes, la izquierda —lo siento, tengo que decirlo—, siempre han sido un peligro para las mujeres. La diferencia es que ahora tenemos las pruebas.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Idoia Villanueva Ruiz
Political group: The Left
Country: Czechia
Language: ES

«Se acabó». Es también la bandera levantada contra la violencia sexual, contra la cultura de la violación, contra la discriminación sexual y laboral, contra el silencio y la impunidad. Con ella se ha levantado toda una ola en la sociedad española. Mujeres y hombres que defienden que no hay libertad sexual sin consentimiento. Un cambio social que avanza consciente y decidido, pero que todavía se enfrenta a muchas instancias de resistencia —Rubiales con toga— que se resisten a respetar y a garantizar el consentimiento y el derecho a la libertad sexual.  Por eso, todos nosotros y nosotras, desde todas las instituciones, debemos trabajar para que así sea. Gracias al movimiento feminista y a los cambios legislativos que acompañan esta lucha, donde hoy España es pionera, seguimos avanzando. «Solo sí es sí». «Se acabó».
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dino Giarrusso
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, immaginate se alla fine dei mondiali in Qatar, un dirigente argentino fosse andato a baciare in bocca Leo Messi: cosa sarebbe successo? E perché invece un dirigente spagnolo lo ha fatto con una donna? Il problema delle molestie e poi degli stupri è un problema innanzitutto culturale e va combattuto educando i bambini e i ragazzi al rispetto reciproco e a una consapevolezza completa della sessualità propria e altrui. Ma va combattuto anche a livello legislativo: in Italia oggi una donna ha solo un anno di tempo per denunciare una molestia o uno stupro; fino a poco tempo fa solo sei mesi. I grandi scandali degli ultimi anni non avrebbero avuto alcuna conseguenza penale in Italia, poiché nascevano da denunce arrivate dopo diversi anni da donne coraggiose che avevano superato il trauma. Propongo dunque che l'Europa stabilisca l'obbligo per tutti gli Stati membri di provvedere all'educazione sessuale dei propri giovani cittadini e di prevedere un limite di almeno cinque anni per una donna che vuole denunciare una molestia o uno stupro subiti. Senza nuove regole, temo, parleremo ancora per decenni di cultura dello stupro e di molestie rimaste impunite.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Frances Fitzgerald
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, no woman is safe from sexual harassment – not even a winner of the World Cup. What we witnessed this summer is a reflection of the widespread disrespect and misogyny faced by female athletes. I ask: if this can happen in public for the whole world to see, just imagine what happens in private and behind closed doors. The arrogance, the audacity, the collusion in full view of the world to see – an insult to women and to the men who champion equality in sport. What is now emerging is what many of our top female – and indeed male – athletes have had to cope with in terms of blatant harassment and again, for the women, the misogyny they have faced and demeaning behaviour. It is time to call a halt to this.  What we have seen in recent years is a wonderful flourishing of female sport, making up for decades of invisibility and lack of societal appreciation, thanks to terrific initiatives by many in sporting organisations, and indeed the resilience of sportswomen themselves. However, we still have a wage gap of 13% overall, and media coverage – this is hard to believe – of barely 4%.  We still have huge work to do for women in most sporting bodies at all levels – administration, coaching and amongst players. Future generations of young girls deserve equal access to a safe environment to participate in sport. This is the very minimum that they deserve.
Debate: Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Fru talman! Fru kommissionär! Fotboll är världens största sport och världens största kulturyttring. Det spelar ingen roll vart i världen man reser så kommer man att mötas av barn i fotbollströjor, barn med drömmar om att en gång få spela i en VM-final. Det vi såg efter VM-finalen nu var en professionell idrottskvinna som i sin största stund blir utsatt för ett övergrepp. Det har i sin tur lett till att fler har klivit fram och berättat om sina upplevelser.  Nu är det viktigt att vi står på Jennis sida och på alla andra fotbollstjejers sida och ser till att vi gör allt för att vi ska få till en förändring. För att de små flickor som i dag för första gången vill drömma och upptäcka fotbollsglädjen, så att glädjen ska kunna leda dem till upplevelser i fotbollssporten framöver. Det förtjänar våra flickor.