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Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Fabienne Keller
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Ministre des affaires européennes, chère Jessika Roswall, Madame la Commissaire européenne, chère Ylva Johansson, depuis plusieurs années, l’Union européenne a été régulièrement la cible d’attentats terroristes dramatiques. Dans son dernier rapport, Europol signale la hausse significative du terrorisme d’extrême droite dans l’Union: c’est le deuxième type de terrorisme le plus recensé après les djihadistes. Ces attentats vont de pair avec un discours haineux et une idéologie populiste qui vise à déstabiliser nos démocraties, nous l’avons constaté avec les actualités récentes que plusieurs collègues ont citées, en Allemagne, à Bratislava, à Paris, à l’initiative de réseaux d’extrême droite. Pour y faire face, l’Europe doit rester unie. Je me félicite des avancées que nous avons obtenues ensemble, Madame la Commissaire, avec le règlement qui lutte contre la diffusion de contenus à caractère terroriste en ligne. Mais nous devons aller plus loin. Cela doit passer par une plus grande coopération entre les services répressifs, une plus grande coopération entre les autorités judiciaires et les services de renseignement des États membres. Car, nous le savons, le terrorisme d’extrême droite ne s’arrête pas aux frontières.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Jean-Lin Lacapelle
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, pour dissimuler vos propres turpitudes quant aux véritables menaces terroristes qui pèsent sur les pays européens, vous nous avez ressorti votre vieux fantasme sur la soi-disant extrême droite. Vous qui avez ignoré cette organisation criminelle mondiale numéro un qu’était le communisme, vous utilisez n’importe quel leurre pour dissimuler votre responsabilité directe dans la montée de la menace islamiste en Europe. Par votre politique délibérée visant à organiser la submersion migratoire de l’Europe, par votre complaisance pour les organisations islamistes, en allant même jusqu’à les subventionner, par votre servilité vénale à l’égard du Qatar et autres, vous portez une responsabilité accablante dans la diffusion de la seule menace réelle qui se pose aux peuples européens. Pour prendre le seul cas de la France, la totalité des assassins antisémites, ceux d’Ilan Halimi, de Mireille Knoll, de Sarah Halimi, des enfants de l’école Ozar Hatorah de Toulouse, ont tous le même profil: des individus issus de l’immigration maghrébine et africaine, islamistes radicaux. De sinistres individus que votre politique fait venir massivement en Europe et que vous protégez par vos juridictions et autres. Il existe assurément un danger de la part de groupuscules qui, d’où qu’ils viennent, menacent...
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

. – Herr Kollege Lacapelle, das stimmt nicht. Ich war in der Tat bei der Frau Kollegin Keller abgelenkt, drei, vier Sekunden, und Sie haben fast 1 Minute 15 Sekunden gesprochen. Ich weiß nicht, warum Sie sich aufregen. Ein bisschen mehr Präzision in der Vorbereitung wäre viel besser.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Eugen Tomac
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, doamna comisar, stimați colegi, cred că această temă este de mare actualitate, pentru că observăm că odată cu avansul tehnologic, cei care trăiesc din promovarea discursului urii, cei care neagă evidențele, cei care dezinformează folosesc extrem de eficient aceste instrumente. Tocmai de aceea, doamna comisar Johansson, cred că este esențial ca Comisia Europeană să vină cu o serie de reglementări noi, pentru că avem o generație nouă de copii și tineri expuși în fața acestui val extrem de agresiv care amenință democrația europeană. Odată cu războiul declanșat în Ucraina am văzut cât de solidari între ghilimele sunt cei care promovează teoriile conspirației, care pun sub semnul întrebării efortul făcut de către statele europene pentru a îl combate pe Putin și fi solidari cu Ucraina. Deci toate aceste fenomene sunt extrem de periculoase și ele trebuie combătute ferm. Nu putem rămâne indiferenți în fața dezinformărilor, în fața acestor grupuri extremiste care nu se hrănesc decât din discursul urii prin care încearcă să ducă în eroare populația și cetățenii Uniunii Europene. Este esențial să creăm mecanisme prin care, prin educație, să protejăm copiii și tânăra generație de acest val, care este din ce în ce mai periculos și reprezintă o adevărată amenințare la adresa democrației europene. Cred că avem nevoie de instrumente mult mai ferme, mult mai clare, mult mai bine pregătite pentru a face față tuturor provocărilor pe care, din păcate, avansul tehnologic îl oferă și celor care urăsc democrația și ne-o prețuiesc.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Jiří Pospíšil
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, byla to velmi zajímavá debata. Pozorně jsem ji poslouchal. Střídaly se zde často pohledy, jestli je třeba debatovat o extremistických činech spojených s pravicovým extremismem. Jsem přesvědčen, že tato debata mimo jiné jasně ukazuje, že je třeba o tom diskutovat. To nemění nic na tom, že vedle pravicového extremismu a jeho protizákonných projevů zde máme i silný levicový extremismus. Že oba extrémní politické proudy bohužel sílí, sílí v celé Evropě a demokracie na ně musí reagovat a musí být schopna se s nimi vypořádat. To je zcela jednoznačná věc a musíme si uvědomit, že to, co posiluje extrémní politické proudy, nejsou jen moderní technologie, sociální sítě, jak se zde uvádělo, ale jsou to některé země, které jim poskytují útočiště. Rusko, které je agresorem vůči Ukrajině, je také dnes „ostrovem bezpečí“ pro extrémní politické síly. Poskytuje jak pravicovým extremistům – těm zvláště –, ale i levicovým extremistům zázemí, a to jim pak umožňuje realizovat útoky v Evropě. Moc prosím, aby toto bylo vnímáno a nebylo to podceňováno. Chci upozornit třeba na ruské imperiální hnutí, které má silné zázemí v Rusku a podniká útoky i na území států Evropské unie. Jsem přesvědčen, že je třeba, abychom společně dělali vše v boji proti extremismu, a zvláště díky práci našich tajných služeb, které spolupracují. V tom vidím hlavní možnost oslabení extremismu.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, vážená paní komisařko, milí kolegové, všichni víme a známe jméno Breivik. Kolik mladých životů bohužel připravil o jejich budoucnost. V mé zemi, v České republice, v devadesátých letech konali pravicoví extremisté hon na Romy a bohužel u našich sousedů v minulém roce jeden extremista připravil o život dva mladé lidi s menšinovou orientací. Všechny podoby pravicového extremismu nebo extremismu obecně jsou nepřijatelné a nesmí být pro něj vytvářen jakýkoliv prostor v Evropě. Pravicový terorismus se vyvíjel, a to tak, že nejprve bojoval proti Židům, které vraždil. Následně popírali příslušníci této ideologie dokonce holocaust. Pak si našli další terč – islám a muslimy. A nyní se občas stává jejich terčem také dokonce naše společenství – Evropská unie nebo lidé s menšinovou orientací. Všechny tyto formy, které zde popisuji, jakékoliv nepřijatelné násilí, musíme odmítnout co nejrazantněji. Krajně pravicového terorismu a násilí v EU se v poslední době také dopouštějí jednotlivci nebo skupiny dokonce navázané na organizace, které mají politickou účast i v našem Parlamentu. Pravicový extremismus představuje reálnou hrozbu pro demokratický vývoj v EU. Co proti tomu můžeme udělat? Musíme prosazovat právní stát, demokracii a samozřejmě vzdělání pro mladé lidi. To je naše nejlepší investice do budoucna.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Diana Riba i Giner
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, que la ultraderecha es una fuerza creciente en Europa es una realidad que todos conocemos bien. Los sucesos del pasado diciembre en Alemania demuestran que ahora está organizada hasta el punto de planear un golpe de Estado. Pero las amenazas terroristas son la punta del iceberg del peligro que supone el crecimiento de la ultraderecha. Justamente en España, la ultraderecha tiene nombre y apellido, está políticamente institucionalizada e, incluso, ha entrado en Gobiernos regionales de la mano del PP. El partido VOX defiende una política xenófoba, homófoba, racista y misógina, como ha demostrado con el protocolo antiabortista de Castilla y León, copiado de la ley de Orbán en Hungría. Que partidos como VOX se encuentren cada vez con más influencia y poder político es la auténtica amenaza al Estado de Derecho de la Unión Europea. Especialmente, porque su discurso legitima eventos tan lamentables como los que hemos presenciado en Brasilia y en Washington. Actuemos antes de que los valores democráticos y los derechos humanos sean cosa del pasado.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Ein rechtes Netzwerk plante in Deutschland einen gewaltsamen Staatsstreich. Diese Menschen bekleiden häufig wichtige Positionen im deutschen Sicherheitsapparat. Wir jedoch müssen die Bedrohung durch solche Netzwerke ernst nehmen. Die Rechtsextremisten äußern ihren Rassismus, ihre menschenverachtende Ideologie, sie verbreiten ihre Parolen.  Wehrhaft demokratisch sein heißt aber, Rechtsextremismus entgegenzutreten, wo wir ihm begegnen, und das bedeutet auch in unseren Reihen. Das bedeutet auch, aufzustehen, wenn hier im Haus Theorien vom großen Austausch verbreitet werden. Das bedeutet, nicht mit Nazis abzustimmen. Das bedeutet, jegliche Form der Salonfähigmachung von rechtsradikalen Ansichten zu verhindern. Seien wir wehrhaft und schmeißen wir sie aus dem Salon. Sie haben keinen Platz in unserer Gesellschaft.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Kim Van Sparrentak
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, Capitol Hill, Brasília, the Reichsbürgers and Forum voor Democratie – a dangerous global far right is moving from their social media rabbit holes into the offline world, and they all promote the same harmful narratives based on disinformation, targeting women, targeting LGBTI people, targeting people of colour, and trying to overthrow democratic institutions. The spread of this sort of disinformation and extremism online is organised by far right groups, spread by Putin troll farms and then amplified by social media algorithms. In the current geopolitical context, the EU cannot afford to be naive. We need to unite against fascism, against Putin, and against tech capitalism that threatens our safe, online public debate. To defend our democracy, the role of social media in the spread of disinformation is key. That’s why I call upon the Commission to present strong rules on how platforms should handle disinformation, not just voluntary agreements, to make fact checks on content that goes viral on social media obligatory, and to ban polarising recommender algorithms.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Ylva Johansson
Language: EN

The plotters in Germany planned a Day X for democracy. What they got was a day of reckoning, a day of reckoning for far—right extremists thanks to the decisive action by the German police, showing that the fight against terrorism depends on police action.  The EU has taken a large number of measures to make Europe safer. I mentioned some of them in my speech. Prevention, on the one hand, police cooperation on the other. I could add the action we are taking against firearms or our security databases that will make it harder for terrorists to enter Europe or the protection of our public spaces like churches and stadiums and the resilience of our critical entities.  Beside resilient, critical entities, we need resilient democracies. A resilient democracy is a vigilant democracy. To fight internal threats we have the forces of law and order, which did the successful work in Germany, ready to defend the constitutional order, democratic values and fundamental rights. And against external threats, my colleagues Didier Reynders and Věra Jourová will soon present the Defence of Democracy package to help prevent Russia from manipulating public opinion in the EU, including elections and democratic debate.  Above all, as democrats, we must take a stand against violent extremism. In the Capitol in Washington and the President’s palace in Brasilia, the rioters shouted ‘This is our house!’. No, this is not your House and it will never be. Let that be clear to anyone with similar plans on this side of the Atlantic! This house belongs to the people of Europe. Finding for whom is having Johansson on too much. Just that was known minister. And it was well, I mean this is. President. Honourable Members. Commissioner, it is clear that what we hear today, the far right extremists and indeed all forms of extremism, has a various ramification which together pose a very serious threat to our democracy societies. As I said in my initial intervention, addressing the various dimension of the phenomena is a shared responsibility of all democratic institutions, be it at local, national or even at EU level. Despite our diverse political views, we should be able to draw the line between what we can consider normal and healthy political debate on the one hand.
Debate: Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall 
Language: EN

As I said in my initial intervention, addressing the various dimensions of the phenomenon is a shared responsibility of all democratic institutions, be it at local, national or even EU level. Despite our diverse political views, we should be able to draw the line between what we consider normal and healthy political debate on the one hand, and the spread of violent and hateful messages aimed at destroying the very core of democratic societies on the other.  The proper application of the Regulation on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online and the recently—agreed Digital Services Act to curb the spread of illegal and harmful content should be a key priority to counter extremism while protecting the freedom of speech and of expression. Cooperation with internet companies is key. However, we cannot ignore the fact that extremist group groups evolve very quickly, and it is a challenge for law enforcement authorities to keep up with and counter new trends. An effective EU response to extremism is therefore a permanent effort where the European Parliament plays a decisive role not only as a legislator but also as an awareness—raiser.  The prevention of radicalisation is key. Like I said in my earlier intervention, the Swedish Presidency will organise a conference in Stockholm in March with the title ‘Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Challenges and Responses’. It will address, for example, the issues of violent right—wing extremism, online radicalisation and recruitment to violent extremism and terrorism, and as well as lone actors.  We look forward to the working together with the European Parliament in the coming months. Once again, thank you for your attention and for the debate.
Debate: Verification of credentials
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Es folgen drei Bekanntgaben. Das Parlament prüft auf Vorschlag des Rechtsausschusses die Mandate von Frau Lara Comi, Frau Maria Angela Danzì, Frau Elisabetta De Blasis, Herrn Matteo Gazzini, Frau Paola Ghidoni, Frau Alessandra Mussolini, Herrn Denis Nesci, Frau Eleni Stavrou und Herrn Achille Variati mit Wirkung vom 2. November 2022.
Debate: Revelations of Uber lobbying practices in the EU
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

. – Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission zu Enthüllungen zur Lobbytätigkeit von Uber in der EU (
Debate: Revelations of Uber lobbying practices in the EU
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall 
Language: EN

The Swedish Presidency is implementing the transparency register. The Permanent Representative and the Deputy Permanent Representative will only meet registered lobbyists during the term of office as Presidency of the Council. As for the Council Secretariat, its contact with interest representatives are regulated by the 2021 Council decision, which established a strict transparency policy to meetings between its staff and interest representatives. President, since what prompted this debate was the EU legislation on platform workers, let me also take this opportunity to address the ongoing discussion on the working conditions and social rights of platform workers, namely in the context of the Platform Work Directive. The Council shares the view with the Parliament that platform workers should also enjoy protection under the European social model. This was a very clear message sent by the ministers following the EPSCO Council session last December. As you know, the Council has not yet been able to agree on its mandate, as views diverged on a number of points, notably related to the legal presumption. However, the Presidency is firmly committed to taking forward the work in the Council in order to allow for a successful conclusion of this file before the end of the legislature. Thank you very much for your attention.
Debate: Revelations of Uber lobbying practices in the EU
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Ylva Johansson
Language: EN

The Commission always stands for the highest standards. We apply very strict transparency measures to ourselves and have been working towards a common approach with other EU institutions. This Commission has been uncompromising in delivering the highest standard of transparency on who we meet, who seeks to influence us. The Commission requires all members of the Commission, members of their Cabinets and directors—general of the Commission to meet only interest representatives that are registered in the Transparency Register and to publish information on all meetings held with them. Interest representatives that register in the Transparency Register are required to comply with its code of conduct. This contains the ethical and behavioural rules and principles they need to observe in their interaction with the EU institutions. We are glad that the Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a major milestone in fostering a common transparency culture with the adoption of the interinstitutional agreement on the Transparency Register in 2021. This is a starting point to further build and improve transparency in the institutions. The Commission’s approach is that the other institutions should ensure an equivalent regime and, overall, at least the same level of transparency as the Commission concerning meetings and other interactions with interest representatives. For us, it is key to have strong rules and common principles covering in the same way all European institutions and bodies, and this is what the Commission will continue to push for. As regards the revelation of the Uber company lobbying practices from last year, the Commission attaches great importance to the role of whistle—blowers for good functioning of our democracy and also economy, as represented by the directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law from 2019. And we have taken the allegations in the media reports very seriously. The Commission sought clarifications from former Vice—President Kroes immediately in July 2022. The European Anti—Fraud Office has opened an investigation to establish the facts in view of possible breaches of professional duties; that is, the ethical obligations of Commissioners set out in the Treaties and in the Commission’s Code of Conduct for the members of the Commission. The Commission is closely cooperating with OLAF in this matter. Only after the investigation has been closed will it be considered whether any individual consequences need to be drawn or not.
Debate: Revelations of Uber lobbying practices in the EU
Date: WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2023
Speaker: Sven Simon
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: DE

Aber im demokratischen Prozess geht es natürlich immer um das Ausverhandeln von Einzelinteressen hin zur gemeinwohlorientierten Politik, jedenfalls bei uns in der EVP. Und deshalb ist es zunächst auch nicht anrüchig, dass ein Unternehmen sich dafür einsetzt – wie bei Uber –, bestimmte Wirtschaftssektoren zu liberalisieren, und das Gespräch mit Abgeordneten sucht. Was allerdings schon stimmt, ist, dass also das Unternehmen Uber mit diesen 124 000 Dokumenten der sogenannten Uber-Files – das wissen wir jetzt – erhebliche Ressourcen in dem Bereich Lobbyismus eingesetzt und investiert hat. Das für sich genommen ist auch noch nicht verwerflich, aber die Tonalität in diesen Firmendokumenten ist es dann schon. Da geht es nicht nur um eine Unternehmenskultur. Das ist jedenfalls sehr befremdlich in der sozialen Marktwirtschaft.  Es kommt aber am Schluss auf uns an. Und wenn es hier darum gegangen ist, dass politische Beziehungen zu vorteilhaften Gesetzen skrupellos ausgenutzt worden sind, muss das aufgedeckt, aufgeklärt werden. Wenn allerdings jetzt behauptet wird, dass hier wirtschaftsstarke Sonderinteressen europäische Politik gekauft hätten, stimmt das nicht. Dafür fehlt die Substanz. Es wird ja eine Richtlinie zur Plattformarbeit mit hohen Schutzstandards für Arbeitnehmer geben. Und wir müssen bei diesem Themenfeld – wie bei vielen Themen oder bei dem, was wir insgesamt jetzt hier diskutieren –, immer ein bisschen achtgeben, dass wir nicht Dinge skandalisieren, das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten, sondern in Ruhe analysieren, wo wir nachjustieren müssen. Und, Frau Kommissarin, es ist eben schon ein Unterschied bei Transparenzvorschriften, ob die Kommission agiert, ob Beamte agieren oder Abgeordnete mit einem freien Mandat, die sich danach richten.